Phoebe and Piper rushed into the hospital room to see their sister lying on the bed. A nurse was checking her pulse and scribbling down some things. They just looked at her sleep, unharmed.

"Is she ok?" Piper asked, looking at the nurse. They had only received a phone call form a personnel at the hospital telling them Paige was there.

"I couldn't say, but Doctor Front will be in…" the nurse stopped talking when a man in his late twenties walked in, with short brown hair, spiked up, "And here he is." The nurse finished, handing the clipboard to him and left the room.

"Hi, I'm Dr. Front." He extended his hand to Phoebe first and then onto Piper.

"How is she?" Piper asked.

"She should be fine, just over exhausted." He answered, looking at her chart. Paige started to wake up, blocking her eyes from the lights.

"Paige, sweetie." Phoebe said, touching her cheek.

"Mmm… Phoebe, where am I?" Paige asked, sitting up.

"The hospital."

"Oh…" Paige said, trying to figure out why she was there.

"What were you thinking?" Piper asked, peeved at her sister's defiance.

"Thinking? About what?" Paige was incredibly clueless.

"Hmm… 'I'll just go to sleep early.' And then couple hours later, we receive a phone call saying you're in a hospital."

"I was bored sitting in the house all day. I'm not twelve you know."

"Excuse me Miss Halliwell, but what have you been taking for the headaches and your pain?"

"You guys already told him?" Paige asked, surprised.

"Told me?" Front asked, just as Piper was shaking her head.

"She's been kind of sick lately."

"Well, those are all side effects of the pregnancy."

"What?!?" The three sisters questioned in unison.

"Me? Pregnant?" Paige asked, her breathing increasing.

"Yes… didn't you know? You're at least two months pregnant. You haven't noticed any increase in headaches, mood swings, weight gain, cravings…?"

"I can't be pregnant… it's not possible." Paige said, still flabbergasted.

"Well, using protection doesn't guarantee you won't become pregnant." Paige sent a killer death stare straight through Front's forehead. Him giving a speech on protection was not was she was in the mood for. "Umm… you should set up an appointment with an optometrist as soon as possible. Read all medical labels if you have to take something, and stay away from alcoholic beverages and drugs." He paused briefly, "I'll just leave you three alone." Dr. Front almost ran out of there.

"I take every step… how…." Paige said, beginning to panic.

"It's ok, things like this happen and it can happen to anyone." Phoebe began, rubbing Paige's back, "but you have us."

"It's ok? I'm pregnant Phoebe! Me! Pregnant! I can't even be on time to work."

"How is this possible? I-I can't be pregnant."

"Well, occasionally, the condom can break and then the little guys get…"

"No! I don't mean it like that. I haven't had sex since Glenn went back to Australia."

"You think Glenn's the father?"

"No! Glenn left five months ago. This baby is two months old, it doesn't make sense."

"And you're sure you haven't gone out with any guy since then?" Piper asked, hoping it was more of a memory lapse than supernatural.

"It's not the kind of thing you forget Piper."

"Maybe she's not pregnant, and he made a mistake." Phoebe suggested.

"Not likely… she's been showing a lot of the signs he described. The sudden craving for ice cream, more frequent headaches, vomiting, mood swings…"

"I have not been having mood swings!" Paige said frustrated. "And I can't be pregnant! It doesn't add up!"

"Wait… Piper you don't think that…" Phoebe said, trailing off. Piper's look of her face showed you knew what Phoebe was inferring to. Her jaw dropped as she looked at Paige and then to her stomach.

"No… that was only two days ago."

"But he had said she'd be back in a couple days. Maybe that's how long it takes. It'll explain a lot."

"What would explain a lot?" Paige asked, not really catching onto anything.

"Link… and you conceiving his heir."

"But I didn't sleep with him."

"He's not human. Maybe you don't have to in order to create a child."

"Are you saying I'm pregnant with some… thing?" Paige touched her stomach, fearing what might be within it.

"Not exactly… we can ask if he's sure…"

"It's fine; I only want to go home."

"Paige, we want to make sure you're ok. You haven't been feeling well for a while." Phoebe said, holding Paige's hand.

"I know… I just want to go home. I don't want to stay here anymore."

"Fine, but only if Dr. Front say you can. And we're making the next appointment they have available at optometrist." Piper compromised with her sister.

"Okay." Paige agreed silently; she was secretly scared of what the ultrasound might have revealed.

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            Paige went quietly to her room and lied down to be alone but Piper and Phoebe both noticed her. They crept up to her room and peered into the door. Paige had already changed and was lying on top on the covers. She had curled herself up in a crocheted blanket, starring out the window into the black sky. She looked incredibly lonely and depressed. A large sigh emitted from her as she placed her head on her knee. Phoebe, returning back to her attitude when she was the youngest sister, ran in and began to jump up and down upon her bed. Paige eventually couldn't help but smile at her sister's antics.

"What are you doing?" Paige asked, holding back a laugh.

"Phoebe, stop jumping on the bed; you'll mess up the box spring." Piper said, walking in and sitting on the bed.

"No fun Piper, you're just no fun." Phoebe said as she retired to the corner of the bed. Piper stuck her tongue at Phoebe in reply. "So, we were wondering what the real reasons were that you didn't want to stay." Paige's eyes dropped down to the little pudge that was her stomach.

"I just don't like hospitals…" Paige replied, receiving a look both her sisters, knowing that they knew that was all.

"And…" Piper pushed on.

"I… umm…"

"Was worried that you could be pregnant?" Piper finished the statement.

"More liked scared." Paige corrected, "Being pregnant is one thing, but demonically pregnant is another. I didn't want to see some evil fetus floating in me."

"It would've helped to explain what's wrong with you."

"I know… I'm sorry; I should have done it when I was still at the hospital."

"It's ok… you just get to go to see someone who specializes in babies instead; a better deal." Phoebe smiled.

"And we'll be there to make sure everything is fine." Piper chipped in.

"Yeah… sure." Paige agreed half-heartedly as Piper pulled her into a hug, Phoebe joining in to. Paige was still thinking about the possibility of the baby. She had a feeling that it really did exist, and she knew that no matter what her sister's did, it'd still have been within her. She muttered thanks when the hug broke, and uneasily fell to sleep when her sister's left.