Life's not always Like a Box of Chocolates
"Leo!? Leo!? I know you can hear me!"
"Piper." She screamed.
I saw her clutch her heart, and widen her eyes as she stared at me.
"With all of your yelling you didn't hear me orb in. Look, I'm not supposed to be here but I am. This had better be important." I knew what was coming.
She sighed, and we sat side by side on the sofa. She turned towards me. Then, staring into my eyes, she slowly moved her hand towards her stomach, and motioned for me to look. My eyes widened. No baby. She wasn't pregnant.
Knowing what I knew about the girls, and their magic, I knew something had gone terribly haywire. She bit her lip, and looked down for herself. Immediately, once she realized she wasn't pregnant, she passed out.
"Piper? Piper, do you know where you are?" Phoebe asked me. I slowly opened my eyes, and saw her sitting at the foot of my bed, holding out some ice to me. I didn't take it. My hands instantly flew to my stomach. Houston, we have a problem.
"Wh-what happened?" I asked, tears forming in my eyes. "Where's Chris!?"
"He's at the school. Something was happening, something magical, so we took him there. He's probably safe," Paige replied.
"What happened to the baby!?" That's when they all looked at each other. Leo was one of them.
"Piper, Leo has something to tell you…a secret. He won't tell us yet, he said you needed to know first. He thinks it has something to do with the baby."
"Leo knows??" I whispered to Paige, who was sitting next to me.
"Yeah. You must have forgotten Elders can watch over us. We're the charmed ones."
Phoebe motioned for Paige to follow her out of the room. I didn't want them to go. Whatever this secret was, I wanted them to know too. Or, at least I think I did.
After they left, the room went completely silent. So silent, that my ears were ringing.
"Leo…just tell me. I am worried enough as it is."
He sighed, and I saw tears in his eyes. "Piper…I haven't been completely honest with you lately…You see, last night, I, um, I…"
"You…what?"
"I." He stopped. "I have another charge. She has had a major crush on me ever since I started watching over her. When I told her I was getting married, she went into a depression. She swore on her mother's grave she would win me back someday, and that she would be my true love…Well, last night, I heard her chanting some sort of spell, I couldn't quite make it out, but I felt so…drawn to her. Once I got down there, she immediately called out a seduction spell. I couldn't…I couldn't force myself to orb, and well, we…There wasn't any protection."
I was completely blown away. I was speechless beyond words. Tears formed in my eyes. All the pieces fit together now.
Swallowing the lump in my throat, I croaked, "So are you saying that, whatever this witch's name is."
"Heidi."
"Heidi, cast a spell on you to make you have sex with her, and now, because of all that magic, and because Chris was yours, was transferred to her body, instead of mine? So now she is madly in love with you and carrying your baby!?" A whisper had turned into an uncontrollable outburst of outrage.
He looked down, apparently ashamed. "Yes…" he whispered.
"Well…don't just sit there. We have to find a way to get him back."