Change the Pattern-Part 1

A couple moments later-Leo is still gone.

"Uh, Piper?" Phoebe was watching Piper kneading dough.

"Yeah?"

"Why are you kneading dough?"

"I'm not in a good mood. Bad things happen with my hands when I'm not in a good mood. I hate my power!" Piper shoved her hands into her pockets.

Phoebe laughed. "But Piper, you're pregnant! Aren't you at least a little happy about that?"

"I would be if it were under normal circumstances. I don't like it when warlocks hunt me down because I'm pregnant."

Phoebe stared at her and didn't say anything.

"Okay, so I am happy, I'm really happy. I'm just worried and it's not just the warlock. Leo looked even more worried than I look and he didn't look at all happy that he would be a father."

"Don't be. We'll fix this." Phoebe reached in to hug Piper just as Leo orbed in with a very worried, almost scared look on his face. Piper turned around smiling but her smile suddenly faded. She knew that face very well. There wouldn't be any good news. "Leo what's wrong?"

"Do you want the bad news or the good news first?"

"Good news!" said Phoebe.

"Sorry, no can do. I'll start with the bad news." Phoebe sighed and waited for Leo to continue. "The bad news is there is no good news." Piper and Phoebe looked at each other. This wasn't going to be good.

"I'll call Prue." Phoebe got up and went to the phone.

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Prue looked at her purse angrily as her cell phone rang. "Great, perfect timing." She unwillingly dug through the mass of papers, wallets and god knows what else in there to reach her phone.

"Hello? Prue speaking."

"Hey, it's me." Phoebe responded.

"Uh-oh. What's wrong?"

"Actually I'm not quite sure. Piper's pregnant and a warlock is after her baby."

"That's great! Wait, a warlock is after her baby? Why?"

"We don't know, something about power most likely. Leo's here and he has some news. We'll wait until you get home."

"Okay, be right there."

She put the phone back in her purse.

"Angela, will you tell Carl that I can't do the photo shoot. Family emergency."

"Yeah, sure, but I don't think he'll be happy. You've had a lot of family emergencies." Angela glared at her. Prue didn't know why but she had never really gotten along with her. She was always on her back and once Prue caught her sneaking around in her office. Her excuse was that she needed a paper clip. Prue shrugged off the weird feeling and replied. "I don't care if he's happy or not, I'm going." Prue walked out and drove off in her black BMW X5. In about 20 minutes Prue was home.

"I'm home!"

"In here!" Piper yelled.

Prue walked into the living room and sat next to Piper on the couch. Leo was pacing.

"So what's the deal?"

"This isn't going to be easy for me to tell you guys," Leo started. "but Piper, we've had a lot of lives together and…" he stopped choking on his words.

"Okay, and…" Prue urged.

"And in almost every one Piper's had a miscarriage or something has been wrong with her first baby."

"So you don't think this is an exception." Phoebe stated understanding what Leo was getting to.

"No, unfortunately I don't." Leo stopped pacing and looked at his shoes.

Piper had been silent the whole time. "What about what we saw in the future. What about Melinda?" she asked.

"Melinda may not have been your first child." Piper understood why Leo had not been happy. Never in her life had she been more determined. She was going to have this baby with no deformities no matter what. Even if she was just doing it for Leo.