Prue sat at her desk, tapping her feet, waiting for the final bell to ring. A few people had asked why she was so agitated, but she didn't have the time or patience to answer, and simply breezed past. A couple of times she had thought of cutting the rest of school and darting to the chemist for her little sister. But she knew that Gram's would flip if she was home a second before 3:15, without an illness note from the Nurses Office.

The well-known 'bring-bring' of the brass bell sounded throughout the large milk-stone building and all the students breathed a huge sigh of relief. Prue was among first to stand up. She hurriedly gathered her books together and picked up her black satchel, heading for the door.

People dodged out of Prue's way as she stalked down the corridors to the two sets of double oak doors. She practically ran across the car park, resulting in a cramp in her left leg by the time she got to the car. 'Crap' she mumbled. She knew she couldn't drive with cramp, it was dangerous, and she wouldn't be much use to Piper from the hospital. She'd have to wait for it to wear off.

At home, Piper was watching the hands on her Eeyore clock as they moved towards 3:15. Prue was always home by this time, no exceptions. Piper knew that it wouldn't be long now until she came home with the pregnancy test. She was dreading it, but for some reason she wanted the time to come, it was as if the wait was killing her.

She rolled over and placed her hand on her stomach, pressing on it. The whole concept was kind of funny. She'd only ever spent one night with Jimmy, and if she was being honest, she wasn't sure she wanted to at the time. She liked Jimmy and she couldn't deny that. But after ten months together, she wasn't so sure they still had that flame. He was getting restless and not paying her as much attention. Sometimes she preferred to be doing things with her guy friends, and he didn't take that well.

On occasions, they'd have huge arguments; they'd be furious and could bite the head off of each other. His soft brown eyes would blaze a fiery red and would seem as deep as cauldrons. It scared Piper; she was terrified that when he was that angry, he'd do something horrific to her. He hadn't...as yet...but she wouldn't put it past him. And that was the one thing that stopped her breaking up with him.

Piper rolled back over, trying to rid her head of thoughts. She had enough to worry about right now without thinking about what Jimmy would do to her, besides, it's not like she'd ever break up with him anyway...would she?

She sat bolt upright when she heard a car roar around the corner and screech to a halt. She jumped up off of her bed and ran to the window, roughly pulling back the curtains and glancing outside. She saw the jeep sat on the driveway, and a flustered Prue darting up the steps.

Piper jumped with shock and flew back to her bed when she heard the front door slam.

"Prudence!" Came Grams' distressed voice from the floor below. "Did you have to slam that door so loud! You nearly broke the glass!"

Prue kicked off her shoes, dropped her bag and started to make her way up the stairs. "I had a great day, I'm tired, Hi, Bye." When she reached the top of the stairs she nearly tripped and Piper heard a "Whoa there, Nelly!" which made her chuckle.

Prue gently tapped on Piper's bedroom door, nearly as nervous as the girl herself. "Hey Pipes, it's me."

"Ya...I know...I heard you all the way round the corner." She mumbled with a small smile. "Come on in."

Prue let herself into the bedroom and quietly shut the door behind her, not giving Grams any reason to suspect that the two were secretly up to something. She perched herself on the end of the bed, tapping Piper's leg. "So Missy, how have you been today?"

"Ok actually." Piper replied softly after a little hesitation. "A couple of sore pains every now and then but I haven't been sick or that tired. I'm feeling a little better than this morning."

"Well that's good. I was worried about you, you know?" Prue mumbled, looking away.

"I appreciate that. But don't worry; I'll be fine, whatever happens. Heck, I've been through worse...I think." She replied, taking a moment to finish the sentence.

"We all have seeing as we've lost two parents, nearly had Phoebe paralysed in a trampolining scare, nearly had Grams throw herself down the stairs...I guess we've had it bad." Prue muttered quietly with a little chuckle. The girls found it slightly funny that their family was accident-prone. The death of their mother wasn't funny.... but the Phoebe and Grams incidents? They could laugh about them for hours. "So." Prue declared after pulling herself together. "Not to dampen the happy mood...but do you think you want to do this now or later?"

Piper sighed and thought it over. She'd wanted to get it out of the way, she wanted to know the results and be able to say, I've done that now, and I've got to move on, either way. But now she wasn't so sure that she was ready for the news...if there was any. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, sticking out her hand.

Prue handed her the test and followed Piper out of the bedroom when she stood up. "Now remember, I will be right out here ok, Pipes?" she asked.

Piper turned around as she walked into the bathroom and gave her a thin grin. "Yeah, I know. Two minutes ok?" Piper asked.

Prue nodded in agreement. "Two minutes and counting." As Piper closed the door, Prue slid down the wall, closed her eyes and crossed her fingers. "Please, please, please." She whispered. "Negative, negative, negative."

The two minutes seemed to last forever, and Prue was getting agitated. "Ok in there, Pipe?" She questioned, looking nervous.

"Yeah...everything's...fine." She mumbled in reply from the other side of the door. A few seconds later the door began to slowly unlock. Prue jumped up and stood facing it.

When the door opened, Prue saw Piper's eyes boring into hers, her expression unreadable. "Welll..." She asked, taking a deep breath.

AN: I am NOT mean for leaving you with a cliff-hanger. Some people might be able to tell what's going to happen...but I can promise you...no-one knows for certain, I haven't told anyone!! R&R pwease!!