A/N: I don't own charmed.
Leo sat with his head in his hands for a while until his neck hurt. How could he have let this happen? Why couldn't he have stopped this? He had been so looking forward to having a baby with Piper, and now his world came crashing down on him.
He lifted his head up, and leaned it against the wall in back of him.
" Leo you have to stop beating yourself up about this." Phoebe told him. " Piper will be fine."
" The baby won't be." He said.
" Maybe not." Phoebe said. " But maybe he or she will."
" There's still that chance that the baby will die, though." Leo said. " Phoebe, I won't be able to live with myself if the baby doesn't make it, and Piper's heart will be broken. She really wanted a baby."
" You guys will get through this." Phoebe said. " Like I said have faith."
" We may not." Leo said. He got up, and started to walk around.
" I'm going to get a drink, can I get you anything?"
" No." Phoebe said.
Leo walked over to the soda machine, and put a dollar twenty-five in. As soon as he put the dollar in, it spit it back out again.
" Come on." Leo muttered. He shoved the dollar back in. It finally took the dollar, but nothing happened once he pushed the button of the soda his choice.
In aggravation, he banged his fists against the machine, and sunk to the floor. Tears spilled out of his eyes, and down his cheeks fast. He had never cried before like this, not even when his brother died.
" Leo it's okay." Phoebe said, suddenly beside him. " Come back and sit down. You need some rest." She helped him stand up.
" No, not until Piper is alright." He said.
" Leo sit down." Phoebe said, as soon as they got back to the waiting room. " Rest, and before you know it the doctor will be back with news."
" The scary part is that it could be bad news." Leo said.
It wasn't until about another couple of hours until Dr. Gerardo came back into the waiting room.
" Your wife is awake would you like to see her?" he said to Leo.
" Is she okay?" Leo asked.
" She's okay right now." Dr. Gerardo said. " She needs to rest."
" What about the baby?" Leo said.
" Come with me." Dr. Gerardo said.
Leo looked at Phoebe.
" You go." She said. " You be with her."
Leo nodded, and then followed Dr. Gerardo to the room where Piper was. They walked in to see Piper lying in bed with her eyes closed.
Leo rushed over to her side, and kneeled down next to her, taking her hand into his. Her eyes slowly opened.
" Leo?" she whispered slowly. "What happened?"
" You passed out." Leo told her. "But you're okay now."
" Is the baby okay?" she asked.
Dr. Gerardo stepped closer to them.
" We were able to keep the baby inside of you." He said. " That is one miracle child, let me tell you. The baby sure held strong. The baby is just fine. You just need to rest a lot, and not be under stress. No work from now on, okay?"
" I'll do anything." Piper said, putting a hand to her stomach.
" With future pregnancies, the rest still goes." He said.
Piper and Leo nodded.
" Would you like to know what the baby is?" he said.
Piper looked up at Leo.
" I think we want to know." Piper said. " At first we wanted it to be a surprise, but I want to know now."
" I do, too." Leo said, agreeing with his wife.
" We took a sonogram before." Dr. Gerardo said. He took a piece of paper out of his pocket. " Here is your baby. Congratulations it is a girl."
" Leo, it's a little girl." Piper smiled down at the sonogram picture. The sonogram picture that they had didn't show what the baby was, because they had said that they wanted it to be a surprise.
" I'll give you two some time." Dr. Gerardo said. He left the room, leaving Piper and Leo completely alone.
" He told me the baby might not make it." Leo told her. " I was devastated. It was like my brother all over again. I was doubting myself again, telling myself it was my fault, just like it was my fault with Brian."
" It isn't your fault." Piper told him. " And neither was your brother."
" It doesn't matter, everyone's safe now." Leo said. " And I'm going to take such good care of you."
Piper looked down at the sonogram again, and put a hand to her belly.
" I was thinking we could name her Brianna." Piper said, looking up at Leo. " Sort of after your brother."
" I like that." Leo smiled. He put his hand on top of Piper's hand that was on her belly.
" Hi, Brianna. I'm your daddy. I'm going to take really good care of you and your mommy, okay? You don't have to worry."
" I'm not worried." Piper said. " Neither should she be."
" I'm going to go get your sister." Leo said. " She's probably still worried."
" Bring her in." Piper said. " Don't tell her it's a girl yet."
Leo went out to the waiting room to see Phoebe sitting in a chair drinking a water bottle.
" She's okay." Leo said. " She wants to see you."
" What about the baby?" she said, standing up.
" Come see for yourself." Leo smiled, and led Phoebe to Piper's room.
" Piper, oh my gosh you're okay." Phoebe said, running into the room.
" I am." Piper smiled, as Leo sat down next to her. " Guess who else is, too?"
" The baby?" Phoebe said. " Was the baby born?"
" Not yet." Piper said. " It's a girl."
" A little girl?" Phoebe smiled. " How cute."
" Her name is going to be Brianna." Leo said. " After my brother."
" That is so cute." Phoebe said. " What did the doctor say about all of this?"
" She's taking off of work." Leo said. " Even after the baby is born. She needs to take it easy."
" I couldn't agree more." Piper said. " But right now, I want to go home."
Piper was allowed to go home the next day. Leo took the whole day off to make her feel more comfortable around the house, and pamper her. He got all of her favorite foods, and rented a bunch of her favorite movies.
Piper was starting to like this whole pampering thing.
A/N: please review. I hope everyone liked this chapter, and I hope you liked the cliffy last chapter. Tell me what you thought of this chapter!
-Whitelighterleo21-
