Took me awhile to think about what this chapter should be about. Anyways, I got my thoughts together, and here's the finished copy of it. Please read and tell me what you think. What I should change, keep or totally throw out. I know some of you have read "My Sacrifice", the sequel to "Disrupted Behavior". I'll update that as soon as possible, maybe over my spring break vacation (if I'm not out on the beach or in San Antonio). I hope I get it up before then. Anyhow, ENJOY!!!

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Chapter 12

Monday: 11 am

Pulling away from Leo's arms, Piper got up to get ready. This was the day when she was supposed to show up for her doctor's appointment. Just thinking about it made her queasy inside.

Fumbling through her closet, Piper searched for something to wear. Leo awoke without Piper in his arms and he looked around searching for her.

"Honey? Where are you going?" Leo mumbled yawning. "I have some business to take care of," Piper answered. "It's that important if you can't tell me? For real though, where are you going?" Leo asked again.

Biting down on her lower lip, Piper hesitated to answer him. Instead she just kind of looked at him for awhile. "So, are you going to tell me or not?" Leo demanded. Piper answered finally, "I'm going to the doctor. I have an appointment for noon." "Oh, okay. Do you want me to come with you?" Leo asked. "No, no, that's okay. You just take care of your business. I'll let you know how it goes," Piper stated combing her hair.

Without another word she kissed Leo's cheek, grabbed her keys, and left.

Clinic:

"Hello, Piper. How are you feeling today?" her doctor greeted her looking at her files. "Hi. I'm okay right now. I haven't lately," Piper said simply feeling a bit intimidated. Her doctor shined a bright light into her eyes. "You're files says you're not feeling well," her doctor declared. "I've been feeling lightheaded," Piper said trying to avoid the light in her eyes.

"When was your last menstruation?" He asked. "Uh...two months ago," Piper answered. "I see, that's why we have a pregnancy test for you. We'll get to it in a minute or two," he said leaving the room.

Piper could hear her heart pounding in her ears. She was so...nervous and anxious. At some point, she wished she had asked Leo to come but it wasn't all that bad.

By the time Piper left, she wasn't as nervous anymore. Her results should come in the next day or two.

"Did everything go okay?" was Leo's first question when she entered. "It was fine," Piper insisted. "Great, I have something to tell you," Leo stated. Piper went and sat down next to him concerned, Leo looked at her.

"I'm leaving two days earlier then I should," Leo announced. "Okay," Piper said. She gave him a weak smile. "And I'm also staying a week longer then I should," Leo added. "What a shame," Piper said sarcastically.

Looking at the strain expression on her face, Leo kind of sensed that there was something going on with her.

"Are you upset about it? Cause I mean, I can stay if you want me to. I'll take another assignment that's not long," Leo explained. "No, it's okay. You have a job, and I totally understand that. Besides, your job serves a better purpose then mine does anyways," Piper stated mumbling her last sentence to him.

"You certainly don't look half happy about my leaving," Leo pointed out. Piper asked walking into the kitchen (away from him), "What do you want me to do? Throw you a good-bye party? I mean, you're leaving for three freaking weeks for crying out loud!"

Leo walked into the kitchen and looked at Piper indulgently. "Come on, honey. What are you so mad about? Tell me, please?" Leo asked. He tried to hug her, but she pushed him away angrily. Leo put more force down on her, and apparently she relaxed into him. "Tell me, please?" Leo asked this time in a softer tone.

Piper sighed a long depressing sigh. "It's just that everything was starting to get good, and suddenly you have to leave. It doesn't seem fair, you know? I'm just finally getting better and just when I thought we were happy. Everything just seems to go wrong," Piper explained. "We are happy, Piper. I just have to leave for a couple of weeks and I'll be back. It's not like I'm leaving you forever," Leo said. "Are you?" Piper questioned. "No, silly. That's the most preposterous thing I've ever heard coming from you," Leo stated.

"Someone's been reading the thesaurus," Piper teased. They both laughed at it and all was forgotten.

They were cradled in each others arms talking or what not. "Are you sure there's not more to the doctor visit you had today?" Leo asked. "No. Why?" Piper asked. "I don't know. Just feels like you know something I don't," Leo answered drawing circles on her stomach. At that moment, Piper thought he knew, but it totally went straight over his head.

"Nope. There's absolutely nothing I can think of," Piper finally said telling a fib. "Okay, then. But do realize when I leave, you can't tell me anything until I get back," Leo reminded.

Does that mean she'll have no contact with him for three weeks? That's going to kill her. It's like jumping off Mountain Everest. Should she tell him now or later? It was a 50/50 call though. She didn't know which to choose. Besides, her results should be in by Wednesday and he's leaving that day. Maybe she'll make up her mind by then, right? Right?

Later that night, Leo orbed out to the heavens above because the elders were calling. Fixing Angie her dinner, Piper thought about calling her sister. She needed to tell someone what's going on. Leo just wasn't an option at the moment.

"Thank you, mommy," Angie said politely as her mom placed her dinner down in front of her. "You're welcome, sweetie," Piper said untying her daughter's bow in her hair because it was loose. She spent at least 2 minutes trying to tie Angie's long hair back into a neat ponytail.

Before Piper ate, she picked up the phone and dialed the manor. Hoping that Phoebe is home and that she wasn't busy doing anything.

"Hello?" Phoebe's voice answered on the second ring. "Phoebe? It's me," Piper stated. "Hi, aunt Phoebe!" Angie shouted from where she was sitting. "I want to talk to aunt Phoebe," Angie said nagging her mom. "Okay, after I'm done. Eat your dinner," Piper directed walking into the living room.

"Yeah, Phoebe. I just needed to talk to someone about something," Piper said slowly. "Did Leo hit you? If he did, I'm going to bash his skull in," Phoebe stated rather serious. "No! Course not," Piper said. "Then what is it?" Phoebe asked.

"I went to the doctor today to check up on my stomach pain and my nausea," Piper explained. "Oh! That's right, you have been feeling sick. So, how did it go?" Phoebe questioned concerned. "Well, the thing is that I think I'm pregnant and they ran a pregnancy test. The results don't come in until Wednesday," Piper finished before Phoebe cut in. "Okay, well, you should be ecstatic about it. But since when have you slept with Leo again? Okay, never mind that question. But what's wrong? You didn't want another baby, did you?" Phoebe asked.

"Look, Phoebe. You're missing the point, which you never gave me the chance to get to," Piper pointed out to her sister. "Oops! Sorry. Go on," Phoebe apologized.

"The point is the results come in Wednesday, but Leo is also leaving for his whatever thing that same day. Should I tell him about it?" Piper asked. "He's leaving early. You mean, you haven't told him about it?!" Phoebe asked in disbelief. "Why not?" Phoebe added.

"Well, because I didn't want him to split his focus. His job is important, you know? I just wanted to wait until he comes back and tell him," Piper stated. "That's probably true, but you're important too. You need to stop putting other people first and start putting yourself first sometimes. You deserve attention," Phoebe said simply. "I guess you're right," Piper said. "It's your call, sis. I wish I could say more, but whatever you decide is fine with me," Phoebe said.

"Alright, here he comes. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye," Piper said hanging up as Leo came looking for her.

"Who were you talking to?" Leo asked. "Umm...Phoebe? Yeah, I was talking to Phoebe," Piper stated walking back into the kitchen with him. "Hey! I wanted to talk to aunt Phoebe!" Angie shouted. "Oh, I'm sorry. You can call her after you're done," Piper said. "No! I want to talk to her now!" Angie yelled.

Leo gave Angie a stern father type of look and ordered, "Eat your dinner." Angie piped down and did as ordered.

"Do you want steak or lamb chop?" Piper asked with a plate in her hand. "I can serve myself, thank you. Have you ate anything?" Leo asked taking the plate form her. "No, I'm not feeling well. Maybe I'll have some yogurt or something light," Piper answered.

Leo gave her a worried look. "I'm concerned about you, Piper. You've been acting weird lately. I'm starting to rethink if I should leave you alone," Leo declared. "No, I'm fine, really. You should go. We'll be fine, right Angie?" Piper asked. "Right," Angie reassured.

"See? We'll be fine," Piper insisted hitting his arm lightly and walking off.

Sitting down next to Angie, Leo began to eat his dinner too. "Angie? Do you know if anything is going on with your mother?" Leo asked. "No, daddy. You're married to her, aren't you? You should know her better then I do, right?" Angie questioned. Leo got irritated and said, "Angie, please. All I needed was that 'no'. Now eat your dinner." "I'm already finished, daddy," Angie said smiling and putting up her dish in the sink.

Sometimes, Leo just thinks Angie is a carbon copy of Piper. They act exactly alike on most occasions. Like the wittiness that they both have for example.

Wednesday Morning:

While Leo was still in bed that morning, Piper received a phone call. Angie was off and away at school.

Picking up the receiver, Piper's hands begin to tremble. She could hear her heart pounding in her ears, and the blood rushing under her skin like a thundering waterfall.

"Hello? Piper Halliwell speaking," Piper said unsteadily. "Good morning, Piper. It's Dr. McCoy. How are you doing?" he asked. Piper could hear him flipping through papers on the other line. "Nervous?" Piper said uncertain of what she was at the moment.

Dr. McCoy chuckled slightly. "Anyhow, I'm calling to give you your results personally."

Personally? Why does he have to tell me the results personally? Oh, my goodness! There has to be something wrong, Piper thought.

"Are you there? Piper?" Dr. McCoy asked. "Yes, I'm sorry. I'm here," Piper answered.

"Okay, the blood work came back negative. There's nothing wrong with you," Dr. McCoy stated. Piper twirled the cord around her finger nervously. "And the pregnancy test?" Piper asked.

"It came back positive. Congratulations, Piper!" Dr. McCoy announced. Piper's jaw dropped down to the ground when she heard this. "You mean that I'm-me-I'm pregnant?" Piper asked in shocked. "Yes, you are two months and a half pregnant. Now, remember that means regular check-ups and everything, okay?" Dr. McCoy wanted to make sure she got the concept.

"Right, sure. Thank you," Piper said before hanging up the phone.

She was rather speechless and didn't know what to make of it. How she would love to tell Leo right then and there. But he was leaving. That changed everything.

Footsteps interrupted her thoughts. It was Leo, who was fresh out of the shower and smelling full of shampoo and cologne. Leo came to hug her, but she turned to the sink and vomited.

"Well, isn't that a nice way of greeting your husband," Leo stated. Piper glared at him.

She couldn't blame him of not knowing, but she wanted to rip his throat apart for saying that.

"Okay, see, now I'm really worried about you. I think I should stay home, Piper. Take care of you. I heard the phone ringing? Was that the clinic?" Leo asked staring at her. "Uh...yes? Yeah, it was," Piper answered. "So, is everything okay?" Leo questioned lifting her chin up. Piper fell silent as if she had to think about it.

Holding the truth back was actually harder then she thought it would've been. She wanted to tell him the truth so much, but she kept it to herself.

"Yeah, everything was fine," Piper stated. Leo gave her a funny look and asked, "Was?" "I meant is. Everything is okay," Piper restated. "But you said was. Is there something wrong?" Leo asked. "I meant is, okay?" Piper asked rudely. "Well, alright. No need to yell. Now you going to give me a kiss or what?" Leo asked hovering over her very closely. His scent invaded her nostrils and it made her sick to her stomach.

He gave her a small kiss on the lips and promised he'll be back home in time to say good-bye before he leaves. Piper nodded and gave him a brave smile.

Oh, boy. Piper just has a feeling something bad is going to happen. It's swelling up in her like a balloon. Poor Piper...Why did she had to be so stubborn?

TBC