Piper, nervous in the witness chair, pushes her hair away from her face as she awaits her testimony to the court.

"Miss Halliwell, could you please tell the court why you want to adopt Serena?" Cole folds his hands together as he awaits an answer.

Piper clears her throat a little and chuckles to her self as she says, "Why does anyone want to adopt a child? To give them a loving home, security, comfort…a family."

"True…but…why Serena?"

Piper pauses a minute. "When we met Serena, she was running…" Piper shakes her head in quick motions as she says, "from something…she was scared, unable to trust anyone. And…when we opened our home for her…she…she opened something for us in return…our hearts." Piper takes a breath. "You know when women talk about how the first time you hold your baby, it's when you realize how much love you can have for someone? Well…when Serena was in the coma, it was like something in me, in all of us, died. And when she opened her eyes, I was there. I saw them open up for the first time as she called out my name. And, that's something I didn't want to…COULDN'T let go. I know it's sounds absurd, but in that short time, we became a family. And you can't let that kind of love slip away…it's too precious." Piper takes another breath as she sighs a little. "You ask, 'why Serena?'" Piper pauses and shrugs her shoulders a little. "Why not?"

The courtroom is silent.

"No more questions, your Honor." Cole takes his seat.

Judge Barker looks at Clark, who has not moved from his seat. "Mr. Clark…?"

Clark stands up as he readjusts his tie. "No questions at this time Your Honor."

Judge Barker nods his head. "Very well. Miss Halliwell you may step down."

(Scene cross fades to Phoebe at the witness stand.)

"So tell me Miss Halliwell -- why do you think you would make the best home for Serena?" Cole walks towards Phoebe seated in the witness chair.

Phoebe smiles, "Oh that's easy. We absolutely adore her and love her very deeply. Financially we are stable, we have a large enough house in a wonderful neighborhood…we all love children…and we love having her around and would like to keep it that way."

"But, surely other foster family's liked having Serena around; what makes you and your sisters the ones who should adopt her?"

"It's…it's hard to explain…I mean, how do you explain a feeling? It all boils down to love. That little kid has opened up so much to us, it's indescribable. She's a true sweetheart and deserves the best the world can offer, and that includes the best family. What's the sense in letting another family adopt her if she's just going to keep running away and isn't happy? People are always talking about do what's in the best interest of the child. Well, I can tell you that Serena feels exactly the same way. I mean she has continually brought up our names to every single foster family she's been with. She's run away 15 times, so obviously she wants to stay with us. God, she even wrote our address on her stuffed cat!"

"Objection." Clark stands up. "Miss Halliwell is speaking as if she were the child in question. How can she possibly know how the child feels - or even if Serena IS this happy with them? How do we know that they haven't brainwashed the kid for ulterior motives?"

Before Judge Barker can respond, a voice is heard from the back of the courtroom doors. "Why don't you me yourself?"

The girls, Cole and Mr. Clark turn towards the voice.

There stood Serena, hand-in-hand with Mrs. Robinson, her social worker, also accompanied by Darryl and Mr. Cowan.