A/N: Thanks again for reviewing everyone! I have to give a lot of credit to Beautiful Garbage....your reviews are touching and I'm glad you like my story a lot. Also to Trunks, I appreciate all the compliments you've given me about my story. I've finally gotten about to write another chapter but after this you won't see a lot of quick updates from me since school started so....it's gonna be really hard but I'm going to try as hard as I can to get my work done^^

Summary: Glenn and Jessica live a happy marriage and they also have the blessing of expecting a new baby any time soon and Glenn couldn't be any happier....but trouble strikes the Belland household that leads to pain and suffering for Glenn as he runs to the Charmed Ones for help with anger and revenge on his mind. Paige can't help wondering if it was destiny for them being more than just friends....what will happen? Please read and review!

Takes place one year after "House Call." I ignored the whole goddesses, leo becoming an elder and leaving, Chris coming from the future thing so in this fic, that stuff never happened. After Wyatt was born, just the normal kind of situations appeared up in the Halliwell household....

A Moment to Spare- Chapter 3

by countertiger-x

Lightning flashed over the skies and could be seen from inside the Halliwell Manor. Rain started pouring like mad from the skies and the cracking sounds of the thunder seemed as if it would never end. The louder the thunder got, the more Wyatt seemed to cry.

"Oh shhhh...it's okay honey, the thunder's not going to hurt you...." Piper said as she rocked Wyatt back and forth in her arms. Wyatt's cries could be heard all around the house and he showed no signs of stopping. Piper sighed as she tried everything to try and stop Wyatt from crying but nothing would work.

Leo walked into the room, his eyes filled with worry and anxiety. "Is Wyatt okay? He hasn't stopped crying since the storm started hours ago." Leo said, walking up to Piper's back and kissing Wyatt's forehead. Piper shrugged. "I don't know, I guess he just really hates the thunder and rain now, but I don't get it because we've had a ton of storms in San Francisco and it's never seemed to bother him before."

They both sighed and Leo took Wyatt into his arms and also attempted to stop him from crying. "It's alright little guy...Daddy's here to protect you. You'll be okay..."

Piper walked over to the window of the nursery and looked outside.

"My god it's so dark out there. And it looks like the streets are about to flood. I don't remember having storms as bad as this. The branches of the trees outside are getting knocked down to the ground." Piper said with a bit of surprise in her voice.

"Well....I don't think it's anything magic-related, I think it's just a storm, Piper." Leo said, walking around the room with a crying Wyatt in his arms.

"I never said it was. I'm just suggesting that it could be. Wyatt's a powerful and magical kid, he could be crying for a reason." Piper said, sounding a little more worried. Leo thought for a moment, considering that Piper may be right. They were interrupted by Paige walking through the nursery door.

"Your wonderful baby hasn't stopped crying in a long time. I haven't gotten sleep in a very long time. Is it me or do you see controversy here too?" Paige said, walking in with her arms stretched and a yawn. Her eyes had brown circles under them, indicating that she was incredibly sleepy.

"You shouldn't need that much sleep. Whitelighters don't exactly need sleep because you have to be dedicated to your job in protecting your charges. You're part whitelighter Paige and I'm a whitelighter and I don't get much sleep." Leo said, grinning. Paige gave him a squinty look.

"No, my dear brother in law, you just don't get sleep because lately my SISTER has been keeping you up and don't think I don't know what you guys do. You forget that I, too was young once." she replied as all three of them started laughing.

"Eh, no sleep. Story of my life. I'm sorry Paige....but why are you sleeping anyway? It's only 7 pm...." Piper asked.

"Well I woke up really early this morning and stormy weather always makes me really tired. Geez, will you look at this storm. It's crazy....I've lived in California my whole life and I don't remember a storm being this bad. In Chicago, in Florida, in New York, in Michigan maybe, but not in San Francisco." she said, taking a peek out the window.

"We were just talking about that. Do you think it could be something magical? Perhaps demonic?" Piper included. Paige seemed to think for a moment and was about to speak when they were interrupted by Phoebe's entrance.

"Piper, Paige, Leo, I'm going out with Tucker. If Elise calls for me, tell her that my column for the rest of this week is already in okay?" Phoebe said, putting her cell phone into her purse. She seemed distracted by organizing her purse and showed up with a light, yet huge rain slicker on. Piper, Paige and Leo looked at her with widened eyes while Wyatt kept crying.

She seemed to notice the silence and looked up slowly to see their stares. "What...?" she asked them. Suddenly all three of them broke down into smirks and laughs. "What??? Why are you guys laughing??" she said, sounding offended.

"Only cause of that big plastic bag you have over yourself. Wow....Phoebe risking to get wet and actually finishing work on time. This must be one special guy. Who is this Tucker?" Paige said. Phoebe blushed and seemed embarrassed. "Tucker's my new boyfriend?? I told you guys about him for like the past week. And I have been with him for the last what....month?"

"Apparently you neglected to include his name each time." Leo said.

"Yeah, you only included the great sex and love life part." Piper said, on the verge of cracking up into laughs. All three of them laugh and Phoebe playfully punched her in the arm. "Shush, don't be talking dirty while my nephew and the future of this family is in the room." Phoebe said. She looked over at the crying Wyatt and had a sympathetic expression on her face.

"Oh, what's wrong with Wyatt? Is he scared of thunder?" Phoebe asked, running over to Leo and stroking Wyatt's head. Leo shrugged. "We don't know...it never bothered him before. Then again we've never had a storm this big before."

Phoebe made a little baby sound and took Wyatt into her arms trying to make him stop crying. Suddenly, she gasped as the touch of Wyatt pulled her into a premonition. Her eyes closed abruptly for a while and it seemed as if she were short of breath. Leo, Piper and Paige noticed this and went to her side.

"Phoebe? You okay? Was that a premonition?" Piper said, taking Wyatt into her arms.

Phoebe opened her eyes and let out a deep breath. She had a confused look on her face and nodded. "Yeah....but....it wasn't....a normal one."

"Why? What did you see in this one?" Leo asked, anxiously.

"I saw....you." Phoebe said, pointing to Paige. "And Glenn."

"Glenn? What does he have to do with anything?" Paige asked curiously. Phoebe shrugged. "You two were in the attic. And you two were....kissing. Which doesn't make sense how I got it by touching Wyatt....." she said. All four of them stopped, still confused by the premonition.

"Well that's weird." Piper said.

"Definitely." Leo replied. He looked over at Wyatt and played with his hands. "What are you trying to tell us little guy?"

"Do you think that was the future and you and Glenn actually have a chance together? You seemed like you really missed him this morning...." Phoebe suggested. Paige was silent for a minute and shook her head. "Nah....he's happy with his blonde bimbette wife. I doubt he would abandon his wedding vows for me....an old friend who means absolutely nothing to him now. Besides, I haven't seen him for over a year, and I doubt I ever will again. What you saw was probably something in the past....you've gotten those before." she said, the hurt in her voice clearly visible to all three of them.

"Paige, you okay? I mean if you want to talk...." Piper started, but Paige had already started to walk out the door.

"No, I'm fine you guys. I'm just really tired. I'll see everyone later. Have fun Phoebe." she said before walking out of the room. All three of them sighed.

"Poor Paige....I feel so bad." Phoebe said.

"Losing a person you love....we've all gone through it. I guess we just better give her time alone." Piper suggested. All three of them nodded in agreement. Phoebe went over and kissed Wyatt again and said bye to Piper and Leo before heading out the door.

Piper looked down at Wyatt in her arms. It seemed as if Wyatt never even took a minute to breathe and kept crying.

"Let's try and get this kid to be quiet for now. Then later we can...do what we want to." Piper said to Leo with a little seduction in her voice.. Leo grinned and they both laughed.

****

Glenn held the huge gauze pads on the wound on his left side, knowing that putting pressure would help stop the bleeding and reduce the pain. The shirt that he had torn and wrapped around the big flesh eaten wound on his leg was completely soaked red with his blood. He was losing gallons of blood by the minute, with his whole left side completely incapacitated.

He kept his eyes on the road and his right arm held the steering wheel tight. He used his right leg for pressing all the pedals, since his left leg was unable to at the moment. His breathing was still uneven and the urge to stop and just rest for a moment was tempting since he was tired and felt weak. The pain was capable now to deal with, but he knew he had to get to Paige and her family so that they could help him.

He had been speeding down the California highway for hours, since Santa Monica was about 6 hours away from San Francisco. He had gotten most of the trip done in only 3 hours since he had been speeding and only had about half an hour to go. He was surprised at himself, how he had gathered up the strength to speed in the stormy weather as weak as he was.

But then he realized that it wasn't that surprising, since he had all the motivation in the world to get him going. He knew Paige had connections with "up there." He knew that Paige could have some power where she could heal people or possibly bring them back from the dead. If Paige helped him, he could get Jessica and his son back, destroy the lunatic that was after him and get back to his normal life.

He recognized the streets of his old hometown, where he had been raised and where he grew up. Paige had been there everyday of high school and was one of the best friends he had ever had, and he couldn't seem to get her out of his mind. He had to admit, even before the nightmare had come, he had had thoughts about her, what it would be like if they were still together and he hadn't met Jessica.

There was a time where Glenn was truly in love with Paige and it felt like the best thing in the world to him at the time. He thought he was going to be with her forever and even marry her....until she turned to other responsibilities and they split up and decided to only remain friends. It had broke his heart but had led him to meeting the other love of his life. Jessica.

Suddenly, he a sharp pain went through him as his left wound started to act up. He gasped and put his head down on the steering wheel, not feeling able to take the pain. He lost concentration of the road and it caused him to swerve out of the way into a street light. The collision took a lot out of him and made him bump his head hardly on the steering wheel and his mirror and his window shattered onto him.

He groaned and sat there for a bit, not wanting to get up. Finally he found the strength to push the door open and he literally fell out onto the street. He got up slowly, the wound on his leg still crimson and in pain. Surprisingly there were no cars around him and nobody passed him by on the street he crashed on. He looked like a maniac having only a bloody undershirt on and a red leg not to mention the new cuts on his face. He had a huge bruise on his forehead from the crash.

Standing in the rain, he was soaked and cold and he knew that someone would find him, either a person or a demon. He knew he had to keep moving and he was only a few minutes from Paige's house. He walked away from his car onto the sidewalk and continued his journey. He limped, dragging his wounded leg along with him. His blood dripped occasionally on the sidewalk, making the puddles on the ground a little pink and he always felt extremely weak and wanted to stop, but nothing would make him stop his way to Paige's house.

Finally he found his way to Prescott Street and Pine Street and recognized the huge Red Victorian house. The lights were on and memories started flooding back to his mind. The sound of the booming thunder and lightning flashing across the sky took him back to reality and he walked over to the house, climbing the many steps.

He got up to the front door, having a little shelter above him from the rain and realized he looked like a mess. He rang the doorbell, nervous and anxious about who would answer the door. Suddenly, he became weak in the knees and felt pain like no other before. As if on cue, the door opened and he saw Paige with her crazy red hair and her sleepy eyes, and her rose colored lips.

Paige's eyes widened as she saw the wreck Glenn was and was apparently shocked. "GLENN?" she screamed out loud. His eyes started to close and he felt himself getting dizzy.

"Paige...." he muttered, before giving up and falling into Paige's arms.

****

"Oh my god...Glenn..." she whispered, as she struggled to keep his weight up from hitting the floor as he collapsed into her arms. She used all her strength to drag him by his shoulders into the house with his feet dragging behind. Glenn groaned but he looked as if he were completely knocked out. Paige tried as hard as she could to move him further, but with her little strength it didn't seem possible to her.

She thought about it and mentally slapped herself. "Duh." she muttered as she took Glenn's hand and orbed him onto the living room couch.

"LEO!!! PIPER!!" Paige yelled, her voice echoing through the house, blending in with Wyatt's crying. She waited a few minutes, examining Glenn and gasping every two seconds looking at how wounded he was. In no time, Paige caught Leo running down the stairs as fast as he could with Piper tracking behind with Wyatt on her shoulder. "Leo, hurry. It's Glenn."

"Glenn???" Leo started. "What's he doin-----oh...my god."

Leo was shocked to see how badly Glenn looked. With a soaked red t-shirt on his left leg, it looked as if something claw-like had cut right through his leg and had taken a bite out of him. He also had a big injury on the left side of his stomach that was bleeding badly. Bruises were seen everywhere from the tip of his forehead to his shins. His lip was gashed, and he had cuts that looked like were caused from broken glass. He was totally disheveled.

"Oh geez." he whispered as his eyes widened at how hurt Glenn was. Leo was surprised Glenn was still breathing.

"LEO! NOW!" Paige screamed at him. Leo snapped out of his thinking state and ran towards Glenn's side, his hands already starting to glow. He kneeled and moved his hands all around Glenn. First he healed the bruises and cuts on his face. Then it was the massive wound on the left side of his stomach and the rest of his arms. Paige grew upset at the amount of time Glenn was taking to heal.

"What's taking so long???"

"He almost died Paige...that's what's taking so long." Leo said, still concentrating on healing Glenn. Piper walked in a few moments later and gasped as she saw how bad Glenn looked. "Oh son of a...." Piper bit her tongue. "What happened here?"

Paige paced back and forth as Leo continued healing Glenn's upper half of his body. She turned to Piper. "I don't know....he just showed up at the doorstep like this...." Paige said, never remembering a time where her voice was as nervous as it was now. "Who could of done this? If I find them I'll vanquish their sorry a—"

"Watch it missy. Baby. Here. Now. Listening." Piper said, pointing her finger to Wyatt in her arms. Wyatt's crying had stopped, but his eyes were weary and he looked as if he were about to start again any moment. He whimpered a little and Piper rocked him a bit. "It's okay hunny..."

"Who could have hurt him this bad. I have never seen any one of our innocents being alive and wounded as much as this. I don't understand who would do this." Paige said, her voice getting softer and the anxiety getting more and more visible through her voice. Piper glanced at the huge bite on Glenn's leg and turned squeamish.

"My god....it's like he was attacked by a bear or something. Nobody I know has jaws as big as that thing on his leg. You can even see little teeth marks at the end." Piper made a disgusted look. "I think I'm gonna throw up....."

Paige paid no attention to Piper and kept pacing. "God dammit Leo....what's happening?"

Leo had a concerned look on his face as he got to Glenn's leg. He realized that Glenn's leg did not seem to be healing. Leo put more effort into his power, giving it all he had, trying to heal Glenn's horrible leg, but it didn't show any kind of sign of healing. Leo stopped and turned to look at Piper and Paige. "His leg's not healing. I don't know why....this never happened before."

"What??" Paige exclaimed, her eyes widening. She ran over to Glenn, and looked at his leg, still bloody and cut. "Here...let me try with you. Maybe it needs more power....." she said. She took Leo's hand and both of them held their palm over Glenn's leg and both of their hands started glowing, but nothing would work. Paige closed her eyes, trying to reach into her full power, but nothing would work on Glenn's leg.

"Why isn't it healing? It's a physical wound!! It won't even work with TWO whitelighters??" Paige cried and complained.

Leo stopped to think for a minute. "This isn't possible....even with only me. I used my full power on his leg alone, and nothing's been changed. This isn't a normal wound. It had to be—"

"Demonic." Piper finished. "I'll call Phoebe to come home, and then we'll check the Book."

Piper left for the kitchen with Wyatt still in her arms. Paige still kneeled by Glenn, fixing his appearance. She stroked his hair back so it didn't look as ruffled, and threw away the bloody gauze pads he held in his hand. Leo was still using his power, trying to heal his leg but finally accepted the fact that it wasn't going to heal. At least, not with his powers. Paige glanced at Glenn then to Leo.

"Leo....is he going to be alright? He's a little better now that we healed the other wounds right? I mean...he's still not in danger of dying is he?? Is he??" Paige asked, like a little anxious child.

"I don't know...." Leo said, glancing away and looking pessimistic.

Paige glanced at Glenn again, and saw that he was breaking into a sweat. His breathing started to get a little faster, and he was burning up. "Oh my god....he's burning up. He's getting a fever..." Paige gasped.

"I'll go get some ice water or something..." Leo said, running to the kitchen. Paige stayed by Glenn's side. "I'll heal you....I promise. I won't let anything happen to you."

****

"You took the picture and just RAN???" Phoebe exclaimed, barely breathing over her laughing. She held her stomach as she couldn't control her giggles. The man across from her, with light brown hair and green eyes was laughing just as much as her from across the table.

"Yeah!!!"

"Let me get this straight.....you snuck onto Brittany's Spears' balcony, snapped a picture of her in the BATHROOM, then jumped from the balcony onto her front lawn and ran from her big bodyguards???"

"Why is it so hard to believe! It's part of my job as a celebrity photographer! You know the part in photography school, where they train you how to run from bodyguards while dragging your camera bag along with you???" he said jokingly. Phoebe cracked up even more and they both started laughing hysterically.

Finally they calmed down and Phoebe flipped her hair and sighed. "Oh...Tucker.....you never fail to make me happy...."

"Well, a woman as beautiful as you should always have that great smile on her face no matter what....I'm just enforcing the laws of nature!" Tucker replied, smiling and sitting back in his chair. Phoebe started to blush and smiled. She looked around at the numerous amounts of people in the café she and Tucker were in, and was amazed at how many people were packing in the small coffee place.

There were a bunch of people in raincoats, and with wet umbrellas trying to get out of the terrible storm going on outside, while the others just wanted to get some peace and quiet doing their work. While the people looking for shelter from the rain stayed in the café, they also decided to get some coffee, so the employees at the counter were rushing to get everyone's order in and done. A long line went around the whole place, to the counter to order some drinks.

"This place is packed....it's totally crazy." Phoebe said. Tucker nodded. "Well, this storm isn't exactly normal either...I don't blame them for wanting to get out of it. It's pouring and it's pitch black outside..." he replied, looking out towards the windows. Phoebe observed him, seeing that it looked like he suspected something was wrong and were thinking very hard.

"What are you thinking about?"

Tucker looked surprised to hear her voice and smiled. "Um....nothing. There's just a lot of stuff on my mind...."

"Like what?"

"Oh....it's nothing you would be interested in." he said, obviously trying to get off the subject, but Phoebe was persistent.

"Oh really now? Well, I'm an advice columnist. I have to listen to EVERYONE'S thoughts and I think I get interested in things easier than you think. So try me."

Tucker bit his lip, looking as if he was nervous about something but kept his smile on his face. "Just...I'm a weird guy. Let's just say I believe.....in....wacky things! And...the storm's a little supernatural to me if you know what I mean...." Tucker said, very hesitant in his words. Phoebe's face lit up.

"You believe in supernatural stuff??"

"Yep."

"No way...cause I do too!!!" Phoebe exclaimed, suddenly really happy about their similarity. "I mean...I just have a strong belief that everything happens for a reason....and there's more out there in the world....and stuff...." she said, slowing down and realizing the childish tone in her voice. Tucker laughed.

"That is so cool."

Phoebe had a warm feeling inside of her, having a good feeling about Tucker. She looked in his eyes and felt safe, protecting vibes from him, and he was perfect for her. She knew that she had never felt like this since Cole. She leaned in over the table, and Tucker seemed to do the same, and they kissed each other. Phoebe felt as if she never wanted to let go.

Suddenly, she felt something on her waist vibrate. She let go of her kiss, and looked down at the ringing cell phone on the hook on her belt. She gave a nervous smile to Tucker and apologized before she picked up her phone. "Hello?"

"Phoebe. It's Piper."

"Piper! Why are you calling?" Phoebe asked, a little irritated. Tucker waited, looking into Phoebe's eyes and smiling.

"We have a little wiccan emergency."

"I kinda figured that out." Phoebe said, keeping a sarcastic happy tone in her voice, not wanting Tucker to suspect anything. "But does it have to be right NOW?"

"Phoebe. Glenn showed up on our front door step, bloody and cut."

"What?" Phoebe exclaimed, serious and worried. "Is he okay? Did Leo um....help him?"

'That's the thing. He had a million gashes and bruises, and Leo healed all of them, except for this one flesh wound on his leg that not even Paige can help heal and we think it's a serious demonic situation. Glenn's starting to burn up and he looks really......terrible. You need to come home so we can figure this out together. Paige is so upset right now."

"Well that would explain why I got the weird 'vibe' from Wyatt earlier. Oh, geez, poor Paige....wait, do you know how he even got there?"

"No idea, he just rang the doorbell and collapsed right in front of Paige."

"Okay, okay. I'll be there in a few. Tell Leo to um....pick me up will you?" Phoebe said, giving a sorry look to Tucker. She closed her phone and put it back on her belt clip.

"I am so....sorry....my sister just called and there's this family emergency at home...." Phoebe said, feeling extremely crappy for having to put down her afternoon with Tucker. Tucker was about to say something , when he stopped in the middle of his sentence, and looked like her was thinking of something, or as if something was calling him. He was like that for a little bit, and Phoebe looked at him strangely.

"Tucker?"

Tucker snapped out of his thinking state. "Oh. Um...it's alright Phoebe, really. I think I just got a little call to work....I just remembered something I had to do and I have to finish before my deadline...."

Phoebe felt relieved that he had somewhere to go too, but was still weirded out by Tucker's little "moment". "So, I'll be seeing you?" she said, getting up and grabbing her stuff. Tucker smiled and nodded.

"Definitely. Expect a call from me later tonight." he said. They both smiled at each other and kissed one last time, before they both went their separate ways to separate entrances. Phoebe waited until she saw Tucker walk out the door, before she ran to the back room of the café where the payphones were. In a matter of seconds, Leo orbed into the same room.

"You ready?" Leo asked, holding out his hand.

"Let's go." Phoebe said, taking his hands and they both dematerialized into shiny white lights.