The Shopping Trip!

"I get the window seat!" exclaimed Matt as he watched Melinda slide into it.

"No you don't! You got it last time!" Melinda said.

"Hey come on you guys" Piper said as she approached the minivan. "Melinda your right. Matt was at the window last time"

Matt mumbled something under his breathe but slide into the seat besides Deshawn and Prue who were in carseats.

"Mommy mommy! Don't leave without me!" Ryanne scream running out of the manor with Leo holding Shardelle closely behind.

"Oh my baby!" Piper said slyly. "How could I ever forget my baby!"

"Mommy" Ryanne said knowingly as she slid into her car-seat and buckled herself in. "I'm not a baby no more. Im a big girl"

Piper smacked her forehead. "Of course! I forgot. Thank you for reminding me"

"No problemo" Ryanne said giving her a thumbs up.

Piper smiled as she slid into the passenger seat and waited while Leo put Shardelle in hers and got into the drivers seat.

"I can't believe were doing this" Piper said as Leo was turning on the engine.

"Doing what?" asked Leo as they drove off.

"Taking our 6 little monsters to the mall." Piper said grimacing, wondering what all could happen there.

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"Okay everybody stay very close there's cars!" Piper said as she watched all her children get out of the van. "Okay let me get Shardelle and daddy will give you the instructions."

Leo smiled. "Okay Ryanne hold on to mommy's hand. Deshawn and Prudence hold on to my hand. Melinda and Matt you don't have to hold onto hands with anyone but be very careful! Stay very close to us"

All the kids smiled sweetly except for Ryanne. She had a frown on her face and it looked like she was going to cry.

"Honey whats wrong?" asked Leo as he picked up the little girl.

"I'm a big girl!" she exclaimed as she started balling.

"Yes you are" Leo said giving Piper a confusing look as she stood beside him.

"I-I-I-I don't need to hold onto anyones hand!" Ryanne cried. "Cause I'm a big girl!"

"Honey you have to" Piper said.

All of a sudden as the Wyatt family thought she was going to stop crying she screamed at the top of her lungs and nothing Piper or Leo could do could make her stop. All of a sudden Piper got very fed up. She and Leo switched kids and Piper started rocking Ryanne back and forth.

"What are you doing?" asked Ryanne finally stopping.

"I'm treating you like a baby because your acting like one" Piper said angrily. "Big girls don't scream like that."

"I'm a big girl and I still hold on to daddy's hand" Prue pointed out.

"See Ryanne?" Piper said. "Big girls still hold on to mommy or daddy's hands"

Ryanne pouted out her lip. She really had no choice. "Fine but I'm a big girl and no one else is so NUH!"

"Leo you take the kids and go ahead" Piper said angrily as she got the keys for the van. "Ryanne is staying here till she smartens up!"

Leo nodded. That was the best thing they could do. "Come you guys.."

All the kids followed behind Leo looking back at their mom who was never really this angry at one of the kids before.

"I wanted to go shopping" Ryanne said crying.

"Well you shouldn't act like that then" Piper said as she carried Ryanne into the van and then sat down herself.

"Please momma?" Ryanne pleaded. "I'll be good now"

Piper shook her head. "Nope you are on a timeout. You have to be quite until I say we can go into the mall."

"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" was all Piper could hear after that. "This is going to take awhile she thought.

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"Okay first on the list. It says here all you kids need some new pairs of clothes" Leo said as he pushed the cart while the kids held onto it at the side.

"Daddy?" asked Melinda softly. "Is Ryanne really in big trouble?"

"Nah. Not that much. Mommy just wants to teach her not to scream like that" Leo explained.

"Were not bad are we daddy?" asked Deshawn.

"No. Niether is Ryanne. She is just cranky. Probably also has some Aunty Prue's blood in her" Leo said chuckling.

The kids looked at him for a minute like he was crazy but then went off into their own ways because they reached the clothing section.

"Okay Matt you fit size 8 or 9, Melinda 6 or 7, Prue and Deshawn 4 or 5" Leo said all in one breathe. "I'll be over here looking for stuff for Shardelle. Stay close!"

"Okay daddy" Prue yelled back at him.

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"And now you see why you can't scream like that?" asked Piper to her daughter. "Ryanne? Ryanne?"

Piper looked over the seat and found Ryanne asleep in the carseat Piper put her in. She smiled and gently took her from the seat and stepped out of the van. She locked the doors and went inside to look for the bunch. Piper finally found them in the clothes section.

"Hey, Leo what are you doing?" asked Piper as she watched him set yet another pair of clothes into the cart.

"These kids grow out of them to fast!" Leo exclaimed.

Piper shook her head. Almost automatically she knew something was wrong.

"Leo someones missing" she said worriedly.

Leo looked around counting heads. He found Matt and Deshawn looking at the toys nearby. He found Melinda looking for clothes for her "baby"

"Its Prue"

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The next chapter is where they look for Prue. Could you give me some possible suggestions on where she could be? Thanx.