A/N: As per usual, I want to thank the reviewers first! Just one actually, since only one replied.

Vintagegirl, I have a bunch of evil cliffhangers in this fic. And with 25 chapters . . . that's a whole hell of a lot of cliffhangers! Lol. Don't worry; we all have our stupid moments. I have several, in fact ; Awwww, thanks! I don't fully understand the C2 stuff, but I checked yours out and saw that almost every fic you have on it has 50 or more reviews. So thanks a bunch! It means a lot to me that you're enjoying the fic so much. And I promise, it gets SOOOO much better! And I'm not just saying that because I wrote it and I want reviews. Lol.

Also, to everyone else, please review! I know nothing interesting happens in the beginning, except for Payton stealing the pregnancy test (lol!) But like I told Vintagegirl, it gets really good! So please read and review! I'm working on a second and third installment, too! So enjoy and again, please review!

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Once home, Payton hid the test in her jeans pocket. She made her way into the house and tiptoed to the steps.

"Hey, Payton."

Wincing, Payton turned to see Pandora and Phoenix standing at the bottom of the steps behind her.

"H-hey, guys. What are you doing here?" Payton asked, her nerves humming.

"We live here," Phoenix replied with a frown. "Where'd you go?"

"Oh, just o-out," Payton told her, biting her lip.

"What's wrong?" Pandora asked.

Payton gulped. "Wrong? Nothing. Why would anything be wrong?"

"You only bite your lip when you're nervous," Pandora replied.

"I'm fine. Just tired," Payton snapped, running the rest of the way up the steps and into the bathroom, slamming the door for the second time that day.

"What's her deal?" Phoenix demanded, crossing her arms.

Pandora shrugged. "I don't know. But I think we better go talk to our parents now. Mom said if we needed any of them to go to P3 into Aunt Piper's office and call for Leo and have him bring whoever could come."

Phoenix nodded.

"Do you think you can orb us?" Pandora asked.

"I think so," Phoenix replied, taking Pandora's hand. Concentrating really hard, she orbed them to Piper's office at P3 and called for Leo, plus whoever could come along.

Minutes later, Leo had orbed in with Piper, Phoebe, and Paige.

"What's up?" Phoebe asked, smiling. She obviously hadn't noticed the sad, worried expression son her daughter and niece's faces.

"We need to talk to you guys . . ." Pandora began.

Piper frowned. "Oh no. What's wrong? What's happened?"

"It's Payton . . ." Phoenix explained.

"Is she okay?" Paige asked, eyes widening slightly.

"She's been acting weird all morning," Pandora said. She then began to fill everyone in on what had happened since she had woken up that morning. When she was finished, she added, "I think she might be sick or something."

The adults exchanged worried looks.

"Come on. Let's go home and check on her," Paige said.

Nodding in agreement, Phoenix took Pandora's hand, Phoebe to Paige's hand, and Piper hugged Leo. Together, they all orbed home.

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Payton paced the bathroom, waiting out the time in which the box had told her to wait. One minute seemed like an eternity. Finally, her watch beeped, informing her that the minute was up and she practically tackled the counter where the pregnancy test sat. She picked it up with shaky hands and glanced down at the results.

"Shit," she murmured, growing pale.

She tossed the test back into the box and paced the small bathroom, her mind reeling with what to do next.

That's when someone knocked on the bathroom door.

"Payton? Are you in there? You okay?" It was Piper.

"Uh . . . f-fine, mom. I'll be out in a minute," Payton called. She picked up the box, looking for a place to hide it but found none. So, she tossed it into the air and flicked her hands at it, blowing it up. She waved her hands in the air to try to get rid of some of the smoke, then opened the door.

"Everything okay?" Piper asked, worry etched on her face.

Payton smiled and nodded. "Fine. I was just washing up."

"Pandora and Phoenix are worried about you. They said you were acting strangely and they think you might be sick," Phoebe informed her.

"Sick? Of course I'm not sick," Payton said, laughing. "I'm fine. Really. Wouldn't I tell you if I weren't?"

"I smell smoke," Paige said, her tone accusatory.

"I accidentally blew my toothbrush up because I, uhm, I heard a noise and it startled me. I need to go buy a new one, I guess." Payton laughed and moved past them. "Call me when lunch is being served, please. I'm starving." She walked to her room and closed the door.

Piper walked into the bathroom and looked around.

"She says everything's fine. And I think I believe her," Paige said, shrugging.

"But what about everything Pandora and Phoenix said?" Leo asked, frowning.

Paige shrugged again. "Why would Payton lie to us?"

"She's hiding something," Piper said suddenly.

Everyone turned to look at her. She was waving Payton's toothbrush in the air, frowning with worry and hurt.

"She lied to us," Paige said flatly. "I can't believe she lied to us and here I am defending her."

"We'll just have to watch her carefully and the first sign of weirdness, interrogate her. If she's sick, she either needs Leo to heal her or she needs to see a doctor," Phoebe said, sighing.

Everyone nodded, except Piper, who was lost in her own thoughts.

Why would she lie to me? Piper wondered, hurt and angry. She and Payton were close and there was no reason for her to hide things. As far as Piper knew, she had always made it clear to her daughter that, no matter what happened, she'd always love her. And now Payton was lying and hiding things. Tears in her eyes, Piper pushed past everyone and made her way down to the first floor. The others followed her, all wondering the same thing: What was Payton hiding?