It had been a month since Piper's little trip to the hospital. Piper was busy putting the laundry away. She and Leo had reached a deal. She took care of the home and the kids and he managed the club and worried about what the elders were hiding. Piper couldn't help but smile as she tucked the last of Makayla's shirts into the drawer. 'There was a time that you were my little baby.' Piper thought running her finger over the picture of Makayla that sat on the dresser. 'I can't believe that you are already six years old. Well you aren't the baby anymore.' Piper rested her free hand on the nice round belly that now protruded from her body. "You're going to me lots of trouble aren't you little one?" She said aloud.
"Piper?"
"In here Leo." Piper called out. She closed the drawer and turned only to have Leo's arms surround her.
"What are doing?" He said with a smile.
"The last of laundry, for today anyway. Aren't you supposed to be setting up the club today? The band is coming in for a sound check this afternoon."
"I have it under control. I just wanted to check on you."
"I'm fine. Please stop worrying. I am getting hungry though." She chuckled. Leo placed his hand next to hers on Piper's stomach. "I'm going to go downstairs and get something to..." Piper started to say when a swirl of bright white lights surrounded her. Her vision cleared and she was standing in the kitchen. She had orbed downstairs. It obviously was not the first she had orbed but when she looked around she noticed that Leo was not there.
"PIPER? Where are you?" Leo frantic voiced called as he thumped down the stairs.
"In the kitchen." Her voice became shaky when she realized that it was not Leo that orbed her downstairs but that she had done it alone. Leo burst into the kitchen moments later. "Wait if you didn't? How did I?"
"I don't know. The baby?" He answered trying to comfort Piper before her emotions took over.
"Piper." Piper and Leo turned their heads to the sound of her sisters calling from the other room. Leo took Piper's hand and led her into the sunroom where Phoebe was standing and Paige was coming in from the living room.
"What are you two doing here?" Leo asked as he helped Piper sit down in one of the wicker chairs that filled the sunroom.
"I don't know. I was making lunch and the next thing I knew I was standing here." Phoebe said joining Piper on chair.
"Neither do I? I was busy with the girls and I orbed here. I didn't want to orb I just did." Paige answered Leo.
"I think this is the babies again. Piper was upstairs and she orbed herself down to the kitchen. Which makes sense since the baby is part whitelighter. What doesn't make sense is how Phoebe got here. Did you orb?" Leo said trying to get things under control again.
"I don't think so. I know orbing. I mean I have done it enough between you and Paige. It was like I instantly moved places. No lights, warm sensation or anything."
"Well try it again. See if you control it enough so we can see how you did it." Phoebe closed her eyes and concentrated like Leo had suggested. Seconds later she opened her eyes and was sitting on the kitchen table. Leo, Piper and Paige came into the kitchen. "You blinked." Leo said.
"I what? I blinked? But that's a warlock's power. How can I be blinking?" Phoebe asked in panic mode.
"Well originally blinking was a very rare good power. Only the strongest of witches could handle it. It wasn't until a group of warlocks stole the power back in the 1600's that it became known for being an evil power. Something else that is making me wonder is that these babies seem to show their power at the same time. It's like they are connected some how."
"What like siblings?" Piper asked.
"No not siblings. They're cousins. I was thinking more like they're telepathic." All of the girls gave Leo a sceptical look. "No I mean it. Think about it. All of your powers accelerated at the same time, they move at the same time, Melinda can feel all of them, and now you are all orbing or blinking at the same time. Plus they were conceived all around the same time." Leo was doing his best to organize his thoughts and what he had discovered.
"Okay Leo how do you explain Piper's little trip to the emergency room last month? Phoebe and I didn't have to go." Paige said pulling a chair up to the table.
"I don't think that had anything to do with the baby. I think that was just Piper's body reacting to stress. And in fact I think it was the baby's healing power that prevented her from going into actual labour. Look I have been doing a lot of research on anything that could lead me to find out what the elders are hiding from us. I haven't found much but what I have found is saying that this trio of babies will be the strongest ever to be born on earth."
"What does that mean?" Phoebe asked.
"That means that you three need to watch your backs and be extra careful. These infants have just begun their magical destinies."
"Wait if they're telepathic what does that mean for labour?" Piper asked.
"Well they are due on different days with a week in between so I think we should be okay on that front." Leo said trying to relax Piper again.
"Let's hope so." Piper leaned in and gave Leo a quick kiss.
