EPILOGUE
Phoebe was sitting out by the fountain in the garden, letting her mind drift when she heard footsteps. Alarmed, she looked up. Ever since the kidnapping business a few months ago, she was always on alert. She relaxed when she saw that it was only Prue.
"What are you doing out here?" Phoebe asked. "Aren't you supposed to be with Piper?"
Prue glanced at the castle, sighed, then sat down next to Phoebe.
"I was." Prue said. "But she became so demanding. I told her that I had to check on something in the kitchen and left. I tricked Andy into taking care of her, then I came out here."
"Remind me never to be pregnant." Phoebe said. "I don't want to go from mood to mood, snack to snack like that."
Prue just smiled, but quickly stopped when she heard the kitchen door close. She turned slowly and saw Piper waddling toward them, whimpering.
"You - you - you didn't come back!" Piper wailed then sat down next to Prue and pulled her into an oxygen-draining hug.
"Sorry." Prue choked.
"Never do it again." Piper cried.
"I - won't." Prue choked. "Prom - ise."
"Okay." Piper sniffeled and let go of Prue. Prue gasped for breath and Phoebe smiled.
"How are things?" Phoebe asked.
"Good, I suppose." Piper said more calmly. "Leo has been gone a lot lately. I swaer, the Elders are just trying to keep him away from - from - from... fat and pregnant me!"
"No!" Prue and Phoebe exclaimed in unision.
"You're not fat." Prue said.
"Right! And...and you glow!" Phoebe said.
"I glow?" Piper sniffled.
"Yes, a very beautiful glow." Prue said.
"Well, if I glow..."
"You glow?" Cole asked as he joined the sisters.
"He doesn't see the glow!" Piper wailed and hugged Prue again. "I don't glow!"
Prue shot Cole a death glare as Piper squeezed the oxygen out of her and Phoebe threw him a look that plainly said 'Fix this, NOW!'
"Oh! Oh! Glow!" Cole said. "I was just joking. Of course you glow! It is the most beautiful gow I have ever seen or will ever see in my life! Oh, such a glow! My eyes are not worthy of -"
Phoebe and Prue were now signaling with their eyes not to go overboard, so he abruptly stopped talking and sat next to Phoebe.
"So, you saw the glow?" Piper asked.
"It's apparent, I think, that he did." Andy had now joined them all and Piper detached her arms from Prue, letting Prue breathe the sweet oxygen.
"And...did you see the glow?" Piper said with large puppy-dog eyes.
"Of course I did." Andy said. "I was blinded by the wonderfulness of it."
"See how he said it in so few words?" Phoebe whispered to Cole.
"I've got some news that I'm sure Phoebe and Cole would like to hear." Andy said and led the two a few feet away. Piper and Prue watched as Andy said something to them. Cole smiled and Phoebe didn't show any emotion, then they walked back and joined the others again.
"I get it." Piper said and began to cry again. "You don't want the fat pregnant woman to know!"
"Not at all!" Andy said quickly. "I just thought that it would be best for Phoebe and Cole to hear it first, then they could decide if they wanted me to tell you."
"Do you want me to know?" Piper asked Phoebe and Cole; she was on the verge of tears.
"Yes." Cole said quickly. "Andy, tell her."
"Well," Andy said. "Lawrence is dead."
"How?" Prue asked.
"The idiot tried to summon something to get him out of his cell. It backfired and he got a pretty nasty demon in his cell with him and the demon didn't like being disturbed, so an energyball was fired, and well..."
"So, now there's a demon in the castle?" Piper asked.
"No," Andy said. "As soon as the guard saw the demon, he went and got a few officers and two of the witches that were waiting to speak with you and the demon is now vanquished."
"So, one less demon and one less piece of dirt." Prue said.
"It's going to be a good day." Phoebe said. Then Leo orbed in.
"Great day." Piper corrected her.
THE END
Phoebe was sitting out by the fountain in the garden, letting her mind drift when she heard footsteps. Alarmed, she looked up. Ever since the kidnapping business a few months ago, she was always on alert. She relaxed when she saw that it was only Prue.
"What are you doing out here?" Phoebe asked. "Aren't you supposed to be with Piper?"
Prue glanced at the castle, sighed, then sat down next to Phoebe.
"I was." Prue said. "But she became so demanding. I told her that I had to check on something in the kitchen and left. I tricked Andy into taking care of her, then I came out here."
"Remind me never to be pregnant." Phoebe said. "I don't want to go from mood to mood, snack to snack like that."
Prue just smiled, but quickly stopped when she heard the kitchen door close. She turned slowly and saw Piper waddling toward them, whimpering.
"You - you - you didn't come back!" Piper wailed then sat down next to Prue and pulled her into an oxygen-draining hug.
"Sorry." Prue choked.
"Never do it again." Piper cried.
"I - won't." Prue choked. "Prom - ise."
"Okay." Piper sniffeled and let go of Prue. Prue gasped for breath and Phoebe smiled.
"How are things?" Phoebe asked.
"Good, I suppose." Piper said more calmly. "Leo has been gone a lot lately. I swaer, the Elders are just trying to keep him away from - from - from... fat and pregnant me!"
"No!" Prue and Phoebe exclaimed in unision.
"You're not fat." Prue said.
"Right! And...and you glow!" Phoebe said.
"I glow?" Piper sniffled.
"Yes, a very beautiful glow." Prue said.
"Well, if I glow..."
"You glow?" Cole asked as he joined the sisters.
"He doesn't see the glow!" Piper wailed and hugged Prue again. "I don't glow!"
Prue shot Cole a death glare as Piper squeezed the oxygen out of her and Phoebe threw him a look that plainly said 'Fix this, NOW!'
"Oh! Oh! Glow!" Cole said. "I was just joking. Of course you glow! It is the most beautiful gow I have ever seen or will ever see in my life! Oh, such a glow! My eyes are not worthy of -"
Phoebe and Prue were now signaling with their eyes not to go overboard, so he abruptly stopped talking and sat next to Phoebe.
"So, you saw the glow?" Piper asked.
"It's apparent, I think, that he did." Andy had now joined them all and Piper detached her arms from Prue, letting Prue breathe the sweet oxygen.
"And...did you see the glow?" Piper said with large puppy-dog eyes.
"Of course I did." Andy said. "I was blinded by the wonderfulness of it."
"See how he said it in so few words?" Phoebe whispered to Cole.
"I've got some news that I'm sure Phoebe and Cole would like to hear." Andy said and led the two a few feet away. Piper and Prue watched as Andy said something to them. Cole smiled and Phoebe didn't show any emotion, then they walked back and joined the others again.
"I get it." Piper said and began to cry again. "You don't want the fat pregnant woman to know!"
"Not at all!" Andy said quickly. "I just thought that it would be best for Phoebe and Cole to hear it first, then they could decide if they wanted me to tell you."
"Do you want me to know?" Piper asked Phoebe and Cole; she was on the verge of tears.
"Yes." Cole said quickly. "Andy, tell her."
"Well," Andy said. "Lawrence is dead."
"How?" Prue asked.
"The idiot tried to summon something to get him out of his cell. It backfired and he got a pretty nasty demon in his cell with him and the demon didn't like being disturbed, so an energyball was fired, and well..."
"So, now there's a demon in the castle?" Piper asked.
"No," Andy said. "As soon as the guard saw the demon, he went and got a few officers and two of the witches that were waiting to speak with you and the demon is now vanquished."
"So, one less demon and one less piece of dirt." Prue said.
"It's going to be a good day." Phoebe said. Then Leo orbed in.
"Great day." Piper corrected her.
THE END