Part Two
Paige ran her hands through her hair as she felt herself sink further into sofa as her worst fears were confirmed. As much as she had expected to hear those words yet they had come as a complete shock to the system. Her body felt as if it was hanging on a cliff edge as it trembled. It was like a bullet had penetrated her stomach.
She let out a small gasp as she cradled her stomach and rocked slightly in her seat.
Eva sat down next to her friend and wrapped her arm around her pulling her tightly into the hug. She didn't know what to do. If it had been her she would have wanted to disappear into thin air and not face a life or death decision. The one thing that she did know is that Paige would need all the help that she would be willing to accept.
"What can I do?"
"Tell me it isn't true." Paige replied looking absent-mindedly at the clock on the wall.
"I can't do that." Eva replied as she turned Paige body to face her own. "I know that this is the worst thing in the world that could have ever happened to you. But I know you can cope. And I'm your friend and I'll be there to help you in any way I can."
Paige considered her friends face for a minute, trying to read the concerned expression. "Okay, okay, I want you to help me get rid of this."
"As your friend," Eva started as she looked into Paige's eyes. "I really think you should think about this."
Paige looked at her friend incredulity for a couple of seconds. She couldn't believe what Eva was suggesting. She felt so robbed, cheated and dirty and that was not the way to bring a new life into the world.
"This thing inside me wasn't born out of love," Paige replied as she gripped hold of the sofa. "It was born out of the most hellish experience that you can ever imagine and I don't need a constant reminder of that."
"Paige."
"No," Paige interrupted her as she got to her feet. "I'm not going to change my mind here, 'cause after tomorrow I never want to think about those events ever again. So if you're not going to help me, I'll find someone else who will."
"Paige."
As Paige glanced at her watch she saw her arm tremble slightly as she tried to keep it still. "I better go, Darryl will be at the house now."
"Are you sure you okay to drive?" Eva asked in a concerned tone as she got to her own feet.
Paige nodded as she felt her tears back and hugged her friend. She whispered meekly in her ear, "I'll be okay."
"Okay," Eva replied kept her eyes firmly on the youngest Charmed One as she kept an air of doubt in her mind at her friends' actions. "But I'm here for you whatever and whenever you need me."
* * *
Darryl wrapped his hands around his cup of coffee as Piper excused herself to go and put Wyatt down for a nap. Darryl kept his eyes fixed on Phoebe; he had a feeling in his gut that they were all putting a brave face on the situation.
"Seriously Pheebs," He started and waited for her to turn his attention to him. "If either of you are hiding anything they'll get it out of you. And if you're not prepared they'll twist what you say."
"Thanks for that Darryl," Phoebe said sarcastically. "You've made me feel just perfect about tomorrow. You go and tell Paige that."
"I'm talking to you, not Paige." Darryl replied firmly. "I'm trying to help you out by letting you know what it's going to be like. 'Cause we all know that we've got to treat Paige with kid gloves or she'll take several backwards steps but you deserve to know everything that you can handle. And you can handle this."
"I'll go and see what's keeping Piper," Leo offered as he got to his feet and left the room.
"You've got to give him points for his style, he knows when to go and leave you to have some time alone." Phoebe said with a small smile, before looking Darryl straight in the eyes. "I know what's coming and I'm fully prepared. We're going to send them all to where they belong especially that b*stard who hurt my little sister. Although if I had my way, he be."
"Phoebe!" Darryl interrupted her as he saw the glint in her eyes. "I know how you feel."
"You telling me you wouldn't honestly do that? I mean if you could." Phoebe questioned her friend with a slight air of disbelief in her voice.
"Unofficial of course I would, I hope he ends up where he deserves. She's my friend as well as your sister and I can't stand the thought of her being hurt." Darryl told her. "But officially we'll lock him up for a long time, that's why we're got to do this right. We can't give him a chance to weasel out of it."
* * *
Piper stared at Wyatt as she sat on her bed. Her infant son looks so peaceful and unaffected by everything that was happening around him. She smiled to herself at his innocence, which she could only hope he would keep surrounded by all different kinds of evil everyday of his life.
Her smile grew as she felt husbands hand slip over her shoulders. The eldest Halliwell slowly turned as she held Leo's hand in her own.
"What are you thinking?" Leo asked softly as he followed Piper's gaze to the crib.
"How perfect he is." Piper explained with a smile as she let herself dissolve into the Whitelighter's arms. "He's just so innocent, he so hided from the mayhem that's going on yet he's growing up in the middle of it."
Leo settled himself on the bed with his wife in arms and kept his eyes on his son. She was right the two of them had created this perfect tiny person. Wyatt was the impeccable pure mixture of the two of them and if anyone could deal with everything that goes on around them it would be his boy.
"And that's how it should be."
Piper bent her head up ways and sent her husband an unsettled look, "But will he ever be normal?"
"Who wants to be normal?" Leo replied with a smile, "Besides perfect kids aren't normal and he's perfect remember."
* * *
Paige opened the door to the manor and locked it behind her. She stood in the hallway for a couple seconds as she tried to stop her body shaking.
She felt like she had never needed a drink so badly, but that wasn't a possibility. She was not going to let herself be destroyed anymore than it had been. She was going to turn her life back around.
The half Witch-Whitelighter closed her eyes slightly as she whispered to herself.
'It will be okay, it has too.'
She kept repeating the phrase a couple of times in her head before stopping to take a long deep breath in. After catching her breath and opening her eyes again she looked around to the stairs and the entrance to the lounge.
Paige forced herself to smile; it was show time. She just had to get through the next couple hours and then she could get onto the phone and sort out this mess.
"She anyone home?"
Paige ran her hands through her hair as she felt herself sink further into sofa as her worst fears were confirmed. As much as she had expected to hear those words yet they had come as a complete shock to the system. Her body felt as if it was hanging on a cliff edge as it trembled. It was like a bullet had penetrated her stomach.
She let out a small gasp as she cradled her stomach and rocked slightly in her seat.
Eva sat down next to her friend and wrapped her arm around her pulling her tightly into the hug. She didn't know what to do. If it had been her she would have wanted to disappear into thin air and not face a life or death decision. The one thing that she did know is that Paige would need all the help that she would be willing to accept.
"What can I do?"
"Tell me it isn't true." Paige replied looking absent-mindedly at the clock on the wall.
"I can't do that." Eva replied as she turned Paige body to face her own. "I know that this is the worst thing in the world that could have ever happened to you. But I know you can cope. And I'm your friend and I'll be there to help you in any way I can."
Paige considered her friends face for a minute, trying to read the concerned expression. "Okay, okay, I want you to help me get rid of this."
"As your friend," Eva started as she looked into Paige's eyes. "I really think you should think about this."
Paige looked at her friend incredulity for a couple of seconds. She couldn't believe what Eva was suggesting. She felt so robbed, cheated and dirty and that was not the way to bring a new life into the world.
"This thing inside me wasn't born out of love," Paige replied as she gripped hold of the sofa. "It was born out of the most hellish experience that you can ever imagine and I don't need a constant reminder of that."
"Paige."
"No," Paige interrupted her as she got to her feet. "I'm not going to change my mind here, 'cause after tomorrow I never want to think about those events ever again. So if you're not going to help me, I'll find someone else who will."
"Paige."
As Paige glanced at her watch she saw her arm tremble slightly as she tried to keep it still. "I better go, Darryl will be at the house now."
"Are you sure you okay to drive?" Eva asked in a concerned tone as she got to her own feet.
Paige nodded as she felt her tears back and hugged her friend. She whispered meekly in her ear, "I'll be okay."
"Okay," Eva replied kept her eyes firmly on the youngest Charmed One as she kept an air of doubt in her mind at her friends' actions. "But I'm here for you whatever and whenever you need me."
* * *
Darryl wrapped his hands around his cup of coffee as Piper excused herself to go and put Wyatt down for a nap. Darryl kept his eyes fixed on Phoebe; he had a feeling in his gut that they were all putting a brave face on the situation.
"Seriously Pheebs," He started and waited for her to turn his attention to him. "If either of you are hiding anything they'll get it out of you. And if you're not prepared they'll twist what you say."
"Thanks for that Darryl," Phoebe said sarcastically. "You've made me feel just perfect about tomorrow. You go and tell Paige that."
"I'm talking to you, not Paige." Darryl replied firmly. "I'm trying to help you out by letting you know what it's going to be like. 'Cause we all know that we've got to treat Paige with kid gloves or she'll take several backwards steps but you deserve to know everything that you can handle. And you can handle this."
"I'll go and see what's keeping Piper," Leo offered as he got to his feet and left the room.
"You've got to give him points for his style, he knows when to go and leave you to have some time alone." Phoebe said with a small smile, before looking Darryl straight in the eyes. "I know what's coming and I'm fully prepared. We're going to send them all to where they belong especially that b*stard who hurt my little sister. Although if I had my way, he be."
"Phoebe!" Darryl interrupted her as he saw the glint in her eyes. "I know how you feel."
"You telling me you wouldn't honestly do that? I mean if you could." Phoebe questioned her friend with a slight air of disbelief in her voice.
"Unofficial of course I would, I hope he ends up where he deserves. She's my friend as well as your sister and I can't stand the thought of her being hurt." Darryl told her. "But officially we'll lock him up for a long time, that's why we're got to do this right. We can't give him a chance to weasel out of it."
* * *
Piper stared at Wyatt as she sat on her bed. Her infant son looks so peaceful and unaffected by everything that was happening around him. She smiled to herself at his innocence, which she could only hope he would keep surrounded by all different kinds of evil everyday of his life.
Her smile grew as she felt husbands hand slip over her shoulders. The eldest Halliwell slowly turned as she held Leo's hand in her own.
"What are you thinking?" Leo asked softly as he followed Piper's gaze to the crib.
"How perfect he is." Piper explained with a smile as she let herself dissolve into the Whitelighter's arms. "He's just so innocent, he so hided from the mayhem that's going on yet he's growing up in the middle of it."
Leo settled himself on the bed with his wife in arms and kept his eyes on his son. She was right the two of them had created this perfect tiny person. Wyatt was the impeccable pure mixture of the two of them and if anyone could deal with everything that goes on around them it would be his boy.
"And that's how it should be."
Piper bent her head up ways and sent her husband an unsettled look, "But will he ever be normal?"
"Who wants to be normal?" Leo replied with a smile, "Besides perfect kids aren't normal and he's perfect remember."
* * *
Paige opened the door to the manor and locked it behind her. She stood in the hallway for a couple seconds as she tried to stop her body shaking.
She felt like she had never needed a drink so badly, but that wasn't a possibility. She was not going to let herself be destroyed anymore than it had been. She was going to turn her life back around.
The half Witch-Whitelighter closed her eyes slightly as she whispered to herself.
'It will be okay, it has too.'
She kept repeating the phrase a couple of times in her head before stopping to take a long deep breath in. After catching her breath and opening her eyes again she looked around to the stairs and the entrance to the lounge.
Paige forced herself to smile; it was show time. She just had to get through the next couple hours and then she could get onto the phone and sort out this mess.
"She anyone home?"