Meet Melinda
::::Same Day::::
~Leo's POV~
I had ten minutes to get dressed and to Paige's. After trying to shower with only one good hand I was glad that Paige said she would give Patrick a bath. I grabbed the carrier/car seat, strapping it in the seat next to Patty's booster seat. I went to rang the bell at Paige's and was greeted by Glen who looked like he hadn't slept in a week.
"Hey, man you think you can avoid midnight births some of us would actually like to sleep," Glen said leading me into the living room where Patrick sat playing with 'Legos' that had apparently been a surprise for the new big brother.
"Daddy, look what Uncle Glen bought for me," Patty said coming up, to me showing me the little family he had made with the 'Legos' including a Mommy, Daddy, brother, and baby.
"Well that was very nice, did you thank him for that?" I asked when Paige came in from the other room.
"Yes, he did, Leo, what is that on your arm?" Paige asked.
"Well, Piper apparently broke my hand yesterday, and since it wasn't demonic it didn't heal itself," I said explaining the brightly colored cast on my arm.
"Wow, it must have been really painful," Paige said, "So are you going back, now?"
"Yep, come on Patty let's go see Mommy," I said gathering him with my arm, "Thanks again you guys, you'll be by later right?" They nodded, then waved to us as we drove strait to the hospital.
"Daddy why did Mommy hurt you?" Patty asked as we walked down the hallway to Piper's room.
"She didn't want to, but she was hurting really badly," I explained to the best of my ability, "Hey Mommy, you have a visitor," I said opening the door to Piper's room, where she sat holding Melinda.
"Hey, there's my big boy, Patty I have somebody I want you to meet," Piper said as I helped Patrick climb up onto the bed, "this is your baby sister Melinda," Piper said shifting the pink bundle of blankets, so you could see the tiny form buried in them.
"She's really small, was I ever that small?" Patrick asked looking up at me I nodded and he looked back at Piper, "Can I hold her?"
"Sure, just sit right here," Piper said moving over in the bed a little so that Patrick could lean up against the pillows, "and be very careful, hold her head up," Piper directed handing him the small bundle, I placed my hand under her head just for support.
"She smiled at me," he said looking up at Piper, he looked so amazed staring down at his little sister.
"That's because she knows you, you're her big brother," Piper said taking the baby back, as Patty started to get a little to excited.
~Piper's POV~
"You know if you want to play this little game, with us that is fine but do you have to have Leo on your side," Phoebe said marching into my room seeing Mel for the first time she quickly got to my bedside.
"Well fine then I'll just let you figure it all out yourself," I said as Leo sat down for the first time since getting here.
"Okay, Okay, I'm sorry now details I want details," Phoebe said taking Melinda out of my arms.
"Melinda Prudence Halliwell-Wyatt, 11:59 p.m., March 31st, 8lbs. 11oz., a screamer just like her older brother," Leo ran down the stats, "Blonde curls like Daddy, and chocolate brown eyes like her Mommy," he concluded.
"Well Melinda Prudence you are one special little girl, you've got a great big brother, I know that Mommy and Daddy might be a little mean sometimes but you can always come to me," Phoebe said sitting down in the other chair, "And you've got a cousin, who is gonna grow up to be your best friend I can already tell."
"I hope so because if we have another Piper is not getting ahold of these hands," Leo joked holding up his one good hand and one with a cast.
"Leo, what happened to you?" Phoebe looked up to see Leo in mock defeat.
"Well, Pheebs it was very painful, and I vented, non-magical can't heal," I said taking Mel back from her, "Speaking of nieces where's mine?"
"Day care for the first time it was so hard leaving her there," Phoebe said picking up her purse, "And now I have to go to work, just came to say 'hi', I love you."
"Well that was interesting," Leo said taking Patrick off my bed, "So are you ready to ditch this place?"
"That would be nice, is Paige coming?" I asked Leo who seemed busy, thinking about something.
"They said they would be by later, I'm going to the car I'll be back in a minute," Leo said ducking out the door.
~Leo's POV~
I didn't want Piper to know that the Elders had summoned me so I ducked out before Piper could pick up on what was going on. They wanted to give their congratulations, and assure me that they would still keep my work load down low. I was back in Piper's room with the carrier before she could pick up on anything that was wrong.
"Well you really are in a hurry to get out of here aren't you?" Piper asked when I went to change Mel.
"I just think the most comfortable place you could be right now would be at the manor," I said going to get Mel's new outfit, I started out pretty well, but the cast kept me from finishing the job.
I pulled into the driveway, shifting the jeep in to park. After gathering up Mel and Pat and all of our stuff we finally got into the house, Paige and Glen were sitting in the living room waiting for us to get home.
"So you guys were just going to wait till we got home," Piper said sitting down on the couch Glen quickly moving out of the way.
"Yeah, I know you hate hospitals and that you would be home pretty soon anyway so I think we did the smart thing," Paige stated matter-of-factly, "And we thought you might want these."
"Paige you didn't have to get us anything," Piper said taking the presents she held out, handing one to Patrick, one to me, and opening the other, "Paige, I can't believe you got this," Piper said holding up the charms that Paige had given her one was a rattle and the other was a little head that matched the one she had for Patrick. I opened my package to find earplugs.
"Earplugs?" I asked looking at Paige.
"Yeah, Phoebe said you said she was a screamer," Paige said, "and Melinda gets, her first doll," Paige said holding up the little cabbage patch doll that was small enough for Mel to get her hand around.
"Daddy, look what I got," Patrick said holding up a little t-shirt that said proud big brother. A cry soon interrupted our little session and Piper pulled Mel out of her carrier, and Paige and Glen quickly left. ~Piper's POV~
Leo was tucking Patty in and I was changing Mel, getting her ready for bed. "He's out, I doubt he'll wake up till about 9," Leo said coming into our bedroom.
"Well, she's out to but she'll be up at about 3," I said setting Mel down in the basinet, "Which means we need to sleep, now."
"She perfect, you know?" Leo asked watching Mel as she slept, "I never imagined I could have anymore room in my heart, but she came along and she fits perfectly," Leo just watched her sleep the steady rise and fall of her chest.
"Trust me, I know," I said coming to stand beside him, "she is going to be spoiled."
"When are we going to bind her powers?" Leo asked looking up from her, "I mean we bound Patrick's and I think we should bind hers too, at least till she's old enough to under stand."
"I agree, but let's at least wait till tomorrow to talk about it I'm tired and we have to get up in 6 hours," I said climbing into bed while Leo changed and soon crawled in behind me.
::::Same Day::::
~Leo's POV~
I had ten minutes to get dressed and to Paige's. After trying to shower with only one good hand I was glad that Paige said she would give Patrick a bath. I grabbed the carrier/car seat, strapping it in the seat next to Patty's booster seat. I went to rang the bell at Paige's and was greeted by Glen who looked like he hadn't slept in a week.
"Hey, man you think you can avoid midnight births some of us would actually like to sleep," Glen said leading me into the living room where Patrick sat playing with 'Legos' that had apparently been a surprise for the new big brother.
"Daddy, look what Uncle Glen bought for me," Patty said coming up, to me showing me the little family he had made with the 'Legos' including a Mommy, Daddy, brother, and baby.
"Well that was very nice, did you thank him for that?" I asked when Paige came in from the other room.
"Yes, he did, Leo, what is that on your arm?" Paige asked.
"Well, Piper apparently broke my hand yesterday, and since it wasn't demonic it didn't heal itself," I said explaining the brightly colored cast on my arm.
"Wow, it must have been really painful," Paige said, "So are you going back, now?"
"Yep, come on Patty let's go see Mommy," I said gathering him with my arm, "Thanks again you guys, you'll be by later right?" They nodded, then waved to us as we drove strait to the hospital.
"Daddy why did Mommy hurt you?" Patty asked as we walked down the hallway to Piper's room.
"She didn't want to, but she was hurting really badly," I explained to the best of my ability, "Hey Mommy, you have a visitor," I said opening the door to Piper's room, where she sat holding Melinda.
"Hey, there's my big boy, Patty I have somebody I want you to meet," Piper said as I helped Patrick climb up onto the bed, "this is your baby sister Melinda," Piper said shifting the pink bundle of blankets, so you could see the tiny form buried in them.
"She's really small, was I ever that small?" Patrick asked looking up at me I nodded and he looked back at Piper, "Can I hold her?"
"Sure, just sit right here," Piper said moving over in the bed a little so that Patrick could lean up against the pillows, "and be very careful, hold her head up," Piper directed handing him the small bundle, I placed my hand under her head just for support.
"She smiled at me," he said looking up at Piper, he looked so amazed staring down at his little sister.
"That's because she knows you, you're her big brother," Piper said taking the baby back, as Patty started to get a little to excited.
~Piper's POV~
"You know if you want to play this little game, with us that is fine but do you have to have Leo on your side," Phoebe said marching into my room seeing Mel for the first time she quickly got to my bedside.
"Well fine then I'll just let you figure it all out yourself," I said as Leo sat down for the first time since getting here.
"Okay, Okay, I'm sorry now details I want details," Phoebe said taking Melinda out of my arms.
"Melinda Prudence Halliwell-Wyatt, 11:59 p.m., March 31st, 8lbs. 11oz., a screamer just like her older brother," Leo ran down the stats, "Blonde curls like Daddy, and chocolate brown eyes like her Mommy," he concluded.
"Well Melinda Prudence you are one special little girl, you've got a great big brother, I know that Mommy and Daddy might be a little mean sometimes but you can always come to me," Phoebe said sitting down in the other chair, "And you've got a cousin, who is gonna grow up to be your best friend I can already tell."
"I hope so because if we have another Piper is not getting ahold of these hands," Leo joked holding up his one good hand and one with a cast.
"Leo, what happened to you?" Phoebe looked up to see Leo in mock defeat.
"Well, Pheebs it was very painful, and I vented, non-magical can't heal," I said taking Mel back from her, "Speaking of nieces where's mine?"
"Day care for the first time it was so hard leaving her there," Phoebe said picking up her purse, "And now I have to go to work, just came to say 'hi', I love you."
"Well that was interesting," Leo said taking Patrick off my bed, "So are you ready to ditch this place?"
"That would be nice, is Paige coming?" I asked Leo who seemed busy, thinking about something.
"They said they would be by later, I'm going to the car I'll be back in a minute," Leo said ducking out the door.
~Leo's POV~
I didn't want Piper to know that the Elders had summoned me so I ducked out before Piper could pick up on what was going on. They wanted to give their congratulations, and assure me that they would still keep my work load down low. I was back in Piper's room with the carrier before she could pick up on anything that was wrong.
"Well you really are in a hurry to get out of here aren't you?" Piper asked when I went to change Mel.
"I just think the most comfortable place you could be right now would be at the manor," I said going to get Mel's new outfit, I started out pretty well, but the cast kept me from finishing the job.
I pulled into the driveway, shifting the jeep in to park. After gathering up Mel and Pat and all of our stuff we finally got into the house, Paige and Glen were sitting in the living room waiting for us to get home.
"So you guys were just going to wait till we got home," Piper said sitting down on the couch Glen quickly moving out of the way.
"Yeah, I know you hate hospitals and that you would be home pretty soon anyway so I think we did the smart thing," Paige stated matter-of-factly, "And we thought you might want these."
"Paige you didn't have to get us anything," Piper said taking the presents she held out, handing one to Patrick, one to me, and opening the other, "Paige, I can't believe you got this," Piper said holding up the charms that Paige had given her one was a rattle and the other was a little head that matched the one she had for Patrick. I opened my package to find earplugs.
"Earplugs?" I asked looking at Paige.
"Yeah, Phoebe said you said she was a screamer," Paige said, "and Melinda gets, her first doll," Paige said holding up the little cabbage patch doll that was small enough for Mel to get her hand around.
"Daddy, look what I got," Patrick said holding up a little t-shirt that said proud big brother. A cry soon interrupted our little session and Piper pulled Mel out of her carrier, and Paige and Glen quickly left. ~Piper's POV~
Leo was tucking Patty in and I was changing Mel, getting her ready for bed. "He's out, I doubt he'll wake up till about 9," Leo said coming into our bedroom.
"Well, she's out to but she'll be up at about 3," I said setting Mel down in the basinet, "Which means we need to sleep, now."
"She perfect, you know?" Leo asked watching Mel as she slept, "I never imagined I could have anymore room in my heart, but she came along and she fits perfectly," Leo just watched her sleep the steady rise and fall of her chest.
"Trust me, I know," I said coming to stand beside him, "she is going to be spoiled."
"When are we going to bind her powers?" Leo asked looking up from her, "I mean we bound Patrick's and I think we should bind hers too, at least till she's old enough to under stand."
"I agree, but let's at least wait till tomorrow to talk about it I'm tired and we have to get up in 6 hours," I said climbing into bed while Leo changed and soon crawled in behind me.