Of coarse the day after I post an author's note saying that my computer is
broken and I cant type, I get my computer fixed. Figures. So here's the
next chapter. Its short and rushed, but I wanted it to get it posted
sooner. I want to finish it before I go places this summer. As always,
read and review. Enjoy.
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The mood in the house was very grim for several hours after Rachel left. No one wanted to see her leave. She brought a feeling to the house that no one had felt in a long time. Phoebe hadn't seen Piper so happy since Prue had died. Rachel had resurrected the old Piper, the carefree Piper. Paige was at work. Every time something different happened with Rachel, Paige had more paper work. The three sat in the large chairs like melted wax. No body was moving. "Hey Kirsten, I think I have a solution." Phoebe said. Quickly getting an idea.
"You do?" She asked.
"We need to get you to crossover." Phoebe said, her brilliant idea forgotten quickly.
"We knew that."
"I know, and I had this great idea, and then I forgot it."
"Hello?" Leo said, poking his head into the living room door, where everyone was sitting. "Why so grim?" He asked, seeing the frowns on everyone's faces.
"She's gone." Piper said in monotone.
"I'm sorry honey, but maybe we can start our own family soon." Leo said. He beamed down at her, but she didn't smile back. Piper gave him a quick kiss. She then saw in the door way, someone else standing there.
"Who's that?" Piper asked.
"She's is the elder's solution to Kirsten's problem." Leo said. "Becca, why don't you come on in?" When the woman at the door stepped forward, Piper noticed that she was about Kirsten's age, and not as old as Piper had originally thought.
"Hi." Piper said.
Shyly, Becca replied. "Hi."
"Leo, can you come here for a second?" Piper asked, pulling Leo into the kitchen. "What is she doing here?" She demanded.
"I was going to explain that in a minute." Leo said.
"Oh. Me first. What is she doing here?"
"She's what the elders had in mind when they wanted to help Kirsten. She's here to be a friend."
"You can't just force friends upon each other." Piper said.
"Kirsten won't know that Becca was there for that. Even Becca doesn't know why she's here. She thinks that it is part of whitelighter training, and in a way it is." Leo said, releasing Piper's fears.
"Do you think this will work?"
"I sure hope so. It's the only idea we've got."
"That wasn't my question. It was a yes or no question."
"Umm… I hope so?" Leo tried again. Piper glared at him. "Yes?" he said uncertainly.
"Fine, come on, lets go." Piper said. They returned to the living room expecting to see an awkward silence, to their surprise, everyone was chatting happily. "Looks like it worked." She whispered.
"I think it did." He whispered back. The two smiled up at each other.
"There's something I want to talk to you about." Piper said. She pulled Leo up into their bedroom.
"I got a call from the doctor, with the fertility tests yesterday." Piper started.
"And?" Leo prompted. Piper wasn't smiling. Her face was grim, and she was avoiding his eyes. He feared the worse.
"The doctor thinks that it is impossible for me to have kids. He asked me if I had taken any blows to the abdomen. And I told him no, so I kinda left him in the dark about why. I'm so sorry Leo. I know how badly you want a family. And I want one too. I'm so sorry." She said. She broke down in tears. Leo pulled up close, and held her tight.
"It's not your fault. It's evil's fault. There are other options. We'll just use one of those." Leo reassured.
"No Leo, it is my fault. I'm the one that goes fighting evil once a week. It's my fault."
"Piper, whatever you do, don't blame yourself." He kissed her tenderly on the head. "I love you no matter what." He said. They sat there. The laughter drifting up from downstairs seemed almost inappropriate, but it was a nice distraction. They lay on the bed for twenty minutes, enjoying each other's company. Neither one said anything; everything that needed was said by Leo, and those three magic words. "Piper, I was thinking, what about adoption?" Leo said, bringing up the subject that they were both almost avoiding.
"I think that that is the best option." She said.
"I know the perfect girl." Leo whispered to himself. "Come on, let's get back to everyone before they start to get worried." Leo said, helping Piper stand up. Taking her hand, he ushered her out of their room.
"PIPER!" Phoebe's voice called from the downstairs. "IT WORKED!" She happily cried. Her feet came running up the stairs. She stopped dead, her smile gone, when she saw Piper's tear stained face. "Piper, what's wrong? Why is your mascara running?" She pulled her hand inside her sleeve, and whipped the make-up off of Piper's face.
'I'll tell you later Pheebs. What worked?" Piper quickly changed the subject.
"Kirsten is gone. Becca followed her up."
"I gotta go help Kirsten get acquainted up there." He said. He looked into Piper's eyes to ask if she was ok. Piper nodded. Leo kissed her forehead, and orbed.
"That's great."
"You don't seem too happy." She commented.
"It's something else. But now's not the time. You should call Paige and tell her what happened."
"Ok. Piper, if you want to talk, I'm here." Phoebe offered. Piper smiled.
"I'll take you up on that offer later. Right now I think I'm going to take a quick nap."
"Ok."
The mood that was in the manor when Piper went for her nap, remained for weeks after ward. Piper confessed to Phoebe and Paige later that night about not being able to have children. Her mood about it reflected into Phoebe and Paige. Things were getting back to normal almost two months later. Demons had come, and been vanquished, but the memory of Rachel's laughter still pierced the halls.
"She's done it again!" Paige exclaimed one morning, coming home early.
Piper was coming down the stairs, still rubbing her eyes after a late night at P3. "Who did what again?" She asked sleepily.
"Rachel, she ran away again!" Piper's heart skipped a beat. Rachel was all alone in the city.
"When?" She asked. She was just as panicked as Paige was.
"Last night! Apparently Kara wasn't worried until this morning and Rachel 'wouldn't wake up'."
"Do you think she actually ran away, or do you think that she used her powers and wasn't able to go back to normal?" Piper asked. She was going to think rational about this. She was going to think rational about this. She was going to think rational about this. Hell, who was she kidding? She loved Rachel like a daughter, and the thought that she was missing killed her.
"I don't know Pipe. I don't know." Piper collapsed in the chair. Breathing heavily. But she didn't have to do much for long. The door bell rang.
"I'll get it." She volunteered. She opened the door and gasped.
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The mood in the house was very grim for several hours after Rachel left. No one wanted to see her leave. She brought a feeling to the house that no one had felt in a long time. Phoebe hadn't seen Piper so happy since Prue had died. Rachel had resurrected the old Piper, the carefree Piper. Paige was at work. Every time something different happened with Rachel, Paige had more paper work. The three sat in the large chairs like melted wax. No body was moving. "Hey Kirsten, I think I have a solution." Phoebe said. Quickly getting an idea.
"You do?" She asked.
"We need to get you to crossover." Phoebe said, her brilliant idea forgotten quickly.
"We knew that."
"I know, and I had this great idea, and then I forgot it."
"Hello?" Leo said, poking his head into the living room door, where everyone was sitting. "Why so grim?" He asked, seeing the frowns on everyone's faces.
"She's gone." Piper said in monotone.
"I'm sorry honey, but maybe we can start our own family soon." Leo said. He beamed down at her, but she didn't smile back. Piper gave him a quick kiss. She then saw in the door way, someone else standing there.
"Who's that?" Piper asked.
"She's is the elder's solution to Kirsten's problem." Leo said. "Becca, why don't you come on in?" When the woman at the door stepped forward, Piper noticed that she was about Kirsten's age, and not as old as Piper had originally thought.
"Hi." Piper said.
Shyly, Becca replied. "Hi."
"Leo, can you come here for a second?" Piper asked, pulling Leo into the kitchen. "What is she doing here?" She demanded.
"I was going to explain that in a minute." Leo said.
"Oh. Me first. What is she doing here?"
"She's what the elders had in mind when they wanted to help Kirsten. She's here to be a friend."
"You can't just force friends upon each other." Piper said.
"Kirsten won't know that Becca was there for that. Even Becca doesn't know why she's here. She thinks that it is part of whitelighter training, and in a way it is." Leo said, releasing Piper's fears.
"Do you think this will work?"
"I sure hope so. It's the only idea we've got."
"That wasn't my question. It was a yes or no question."
"Umm… I hope so?" Leo tried again. Piper glared at him. "Yes?" he said uncertainly.
"Fine, come on, lets go." Piper said. They returned to the living room expecting to see an awkward silence, to their surprise, everyone was chatting happily. "Looks like it worked." She whispered.
"I think it did." He whispered back. The two smiled up at each other.
"There's something I want to talk to you about." Piper said. She pulled Leo up into their bedroom.
"I got a call from the doctor, with the fertility tests yesterday." Piper started.
"And?" Leo prompted. Piper wasn't smiling. Her face was grim, and she was avoiding his eyes. He feared the worse.
"The doctor thinks that it is impossible for me to have kids. He asked me if I had taken any blows to the abdomen. And I told him no, so I kinda left him in the dark about why. I'm so sorry Leo. I know how badly you want a family. And I want one too. I'm so sorry." She said. She broke down in tears. Leo pulled up close, and held her tight.
"It's not your fault. It's evil's fault. There are other options. We'll just use one of those." Leo reassured.
"No Leo, it is my fault. I'm the one that goes fighting evil once a week. It's my fault."
"Piper, whatever you do, don't blame yourself." He kissed her tenderly on the head. "I love you no matter what." He said. They sat there. The laughter drifting up from downstairs seemed almost inappropriate, but it was a nice distraction. They lay on the bed for twenty minutes, enjoying each other's company. Neither one said anything; everything that needed was said by Leo, and those three magic words. "Piper, I was thinking, what about adoption?" Leo said, bringing up the subject that they were both almost avoiding.
"I think that that is the best option." She said.
"I know the perfect girl." Leo whispered to himself. "Come on, let's get back to everyone before they start to get worried." Leo said, helping Piper stand up. Taking her hand, he ushered her out of their room.
"PIPER!" Phoebe's voice called from the downstairs. "IT WORKED!" She happily cried. Her feet came running up the stairs. She stopped dead, her smile gone, when she saw Piper's tear stained face. "Piper, what's wrong? Why is your mascara running?" She pulled her hand inside her sleeve, and whipped the make-up off of Piper's face.
'I'll tell you later Pheebs. What worked?" Piper quickly changed the subject.
"Kirsten is gone. Becca followed her up."
"I gotta go help Kirsten get acquainted up there." He said. He looked into Piper's eyes to ask if she was ok. Piper nodded. Leo kissed her forehead, and orbed.
"That's great."
"You don't seem too happy." She commented.
"It's something else. But now's not the time. You should call Paige and tell her what happened."
"Ok. Piper, if you want to talk, I'm here." Phoebe offered. Piper smiled.
"I'll take you up on that offer later. Right now I think I'm going to take a quick nap."
"Ok."
The mood that was in the manor when Piper went for her nap, remained for weeks after ward. Piper confessed to Phoebe and Paige later that night about not being able to have children. Her mood about it reflected into Phoebe and Paige. Things were getting back to normal almost two months later. Demons had come, and been vanquished, but the memory of Rachel's laughter still pierced the halls.
"She's done it again!" Paige exclaimed one morning, coming home early.
Piper was coming down the stairs, still rubbing her eyes after a late night at P3. "Who did what again?" She asked sleepily.
"Rachel, she ran away again!" Piper's heart skipped a beat. Rachel was all alone in the city.
"When?" She asked. She was just as panicked as Paige was.
"Last night! Apparently Kara wasn't worried until this morning and Rachel 'wouldn't wake up'."
"Do you think she actually ran away, or do you think that she used her powers and wasn't able to go back to normal?" Piper asked. She was going to think rational about this. She was going to think rational about this. She was going to think rational about this. Hell, who was she kidding? She loved Rachel like a daughter, and the thought that she was missing killed her.
"I don't know Pipe. I don't know." Piper collapsed in the chair. Breathing heavily. But she didn't have to do much for long. The door bell rang.
"I'll get it." She volunteered. She opened the door and gasped.
