It's a Baby's life.
Disclaimer: I do not own the charmed charactors, or the show. But the story idea, Annabelle, and anything else my wild imagination dreams up is my personal property.


~Just to let everyone know. I made a mistake in my previous Authors note. I meant to put Phoebe and Cole were married, not Piper and Cole. Thanks! ~Holly~


"Piper? Paige!" Cole called again.

"We're in here!" Piper said coming out of the kitchen.

"Whoa, Piper, did you try to teach Paige how to cook again? Cole asked looking at Paige and Piper's faces.

"No, if we would done that then the house wouldn't of been standing." Piper said sitting on the couch.

Paige shot them both a look of annoyance. "Just because I'm not miss Betty Crocker like you are Piper doesn't mean I can't cook!".

"Ladies," Cole said trying to calm them down.

"Cole, I....... I mean Paige and I need to tell you something. Something very important." Piper started slowy.

Cole eyed them suspiciously. "This isn't like the time Paige melted my laptop is it?"

"Oh noooo," Piper said quickly. "We just... well uh... we can't exactly...".

"We lost Annabelle!"Paige blurted out quickly."We didn't mean to!She just disappeared. We have turned this place upside down and still can't find where she's hiding."

Cole stood up slowly. "You think you lost my DAUGHTER." he said looking between the two of them.

"I don't see how you could do such a thing," he roared.

Piper flinched. "Cole, I know you're upset, but we'll find her."

Cole looked at her and instead of turning her into a flaming mound goop like she thought he was. He did the opposite and started to laugh.

"I'm sorry," he said trying to control himself. "Its just how can you lose my baby when she's right here," he said and picked up a car seat with Annabelle sitting perfectly happy in it."

Piper and Paige looked at him dumbfounded. "But how".. Paige started to ask, but was cut off by Cole.

"Paige, I'm half demon, so Annabelle is a third demon. She just started shimmering yesterday when Phoebe was here. "Didn't Phoebe tell you before she left?"

Paige turned an angry red "Hell no, I mean it was probably too much of an inconvienance for her. After all we are just her SISTERS.Why would she give such an important piece of information to us.!"

Paige suddenly realized something she turned from her sister to Cole.

"You moronic dickhead! You KNEW we were watching her! Why didn't you tell us she was with you."

Cole smirked. "I wanted to see what you would do. I was hoping you would tell me the truth instead of LYING to me. You know I don't take kindly to liars," Cole scolded her.

Well I don't take kindly to demonic dads who get a power trip from scaring the living HELL out of his sister in-laws!" Paige practically yelled into his face.

"She's been with you the entire time?" Piper said ignoring her sister.

Cole shrugged. "Pretty much, although she did disappear for a minute. I don't know where she went though."

"Oh I have an idea," Piper said wiping some paint off of her.

"What can I say, she just loves her daddy, don't you Bella," he said lifting her out of her car seat."

"So what other powers has she inherited from Daddy?" Paige asked fearfully.

Cole shrugged. "I don't know, I guess time will tell."

"I just don't want pint size energy balls being my wakeup call in the morning." Paige warned Cole.

"Paige it wouldn't be any different from MY wakeup call when you have YOUR friends over. Don't look at me that away... Piper gave her sister a look. "

"Remember when I walked in on your friend Carla in the bathroom? I not only saw her, but I saw her wearing my silk robe that Leo gave me for my birthday!"

"Okay, Okay already. I get the point." Paige said backing off.

"Piper," Cole said suddenly. "I need you to take Annabell for me. I have to get back to work."

"But what if she shimmers again?" Paige asked before Piper could.

Cole handed Piper a bottle of formula. "Here, Feed her this and it should bind her power for a while."

Piper quickly put the formula in the baby's mouth.

"There you go miss Annabelle. That should keep you grounded for a while."

The baby gurgled and happily sucked on the bottle.

Cole glanced at his watch. "I gotta go." he said and kissed Annabelle on the top of her head.

"If anything else happens." He paused and looked at them both. "Lets just hope it doesn't" he warned them and shimmered out.

"You know we do have a door for a reason," Paige yelled into the air."


Piper took Annabell and placed her in her crib. "Well that went well."

Paige moved a pillow and flopped down on the couch. "I can't BELIEVE she didn't tell us!"

Piper walked over and sat down next to her. "Well I'm just glad we didn't end up on the missing persons report.. Whew".......

Paige smiled darkly. "WE didn't, but someone else might."