Chapter 2

Not in a rush to go down the stairs, she heard the friendly banter between her two sisters coming through the kitchen. 'Okay, I can do this… How hard can it be? …' Approaching the swinging door, taking a deep breath she entered. '…Here goes nothing.'

"Hey! You still here? We thought you left early…It's 9.30 everything okay?" Pheobe greeted.

"Yeah, you kinda look that you had a restless night." Piper joined in.

"I slept fine, is just this morning that I feel restless. Look I've got to tell you guys something and you need to sit down for it."

Straight away Piper and Phoebe were beside Prue worried. "Are you okay?"

"You are not sick are you?"

"What did the doctors say?"

Batting their hands away and shrugging their concerns off. "You guys, I'm fine, I'm not ill honest. Please sit down."

Pulling up their chairs and sitting next to Prue both Piper and Phoebe looked at each other, worry and fear clearly shown in their faces. "Prue you scaring us, tell us what's wrong so that we can help you."

"I bit late for that… 8 years too late…" Prue mumbled to herself. "What?" Piper asked.

"Nothing, Look, I'm going to be blunt with the both of you…You are…aunties." Hearing that the youngest cheered and sighed with relief that it wasn't serious.

"Prue… That's great news! I didn't even know you were dating anyone… Does the dad know? Don't answer that… It doesn't matter, we be here for you if he isn't. Congratulations… Piper did you hear? We are going to be aunties. Ain't that great?" Prue looked over to Piper noticing her deep in thought, she had caught what Phoebe didn't.

"Present tense…" Piper cut in her face in deep thought. "What? What do you mean present tense?" Phoebe asked a bit confused.

"Don't you see Pheobe? Most mothers to be, announced the news in a future tense… You're going to be …. How do you feel about becoming… But she said… are … we are aunties…Prue…Did you already had a baby? We're your sisters you don't have to be ashamed."

Prue chewed on her bottom lip, rehearsing in her head what to say before speaking; even then it came all in a rush and just about made sense. "I… Look…" she startes to panic.

"Prue… Take a deep breath and start at the beginning, we won't judge you…" Placing their hands on top of their sisters…"Not when you hear what I have to say…

"… It was my last year at college we were careful, guess the condom split I wasn't on the pill…When I didn't get my period…I wasn't worried I never been regular…It was when I started throwing up…"

"You were pregnant on the last year of college…Prue…That was what 8 years ago!" Piper sounded disappointed. "Look it wasn't like I was the Hilton hotel… Spread my legs and let anyone in. It was with Remy who I went out with for 2 and half years…We made a mistake…"

"She didn't mean it like that Prue, calm down and carry on…" Phoebe rubbed her back whilst shooting daggers at Piper, watching as Piper shugged her shoulders in reply. "When we found out. Remy was wonderful about it, supporting me…Until I told him that I was considering putting the baby for adoption. Don't look at me like that Piper… I know how you feel about it but I done all my rising with the both of you, I just want a break from that. I wanted my life back. Can any of you understand that?"

"We do, don't we Piper?"

"…I guess we should have known by you not showing up for family dinners, wearing baggy clothing, we thought Remy was hurting you. So, what happen to the baby?"

"He was seven months premature, so tiny, so fragile…Remy was there at the birth…We, had broken up months ago… On my half…I wanted him to be present at the birth, least I could do after the way I treated him…The moment he saw his son he fell in love with him straight away…Whilst I couldn't look at him…I couldn't look at my own son…There were people from the adoption agency. Remy went mad, then begged me to let him take care of him, he will quit college to raise him whilst I carried on… I carried on with my life as normal for six years but it wasn't until when I saved Max that made me realised what I gave up on. Remember the question you had asked me Pheebs about whether I saved Max or did Max save me, remember… " Pheobe nodded her head. "Well, that's when I got back in touch with Remy through Andy's help. The weekends that you haven't seen me? It wasn't due to overtime at Bucklands; it was because I would visit him on the weekends. He sussed it out who I was…He was okay with it…"

"Why now?" Piper asked. "Why suddenly now and not before?"

"Piper…" Phoebe warned, clearly not missing how distress Prue was but can't understand why Piper was playing up.

"No, Phoebe she has to have a reason why now after all these years she is bringing this up now."

"Piper we don't…"

"It's okay Pheebs… She's right I do have a reason…Remy died in a car crash along with his fiancé and they put me down for guardianship; so we can expect a visit from the social workers any time this week."

"Damn it Prue…" Piper scrapped back the chair and went out of the kitchen. "Piper…" Phoebe started before Prue cut her off.

"Leave her be Pheebs… I'm surprise your taking this well I'm mean for the way I treated you and accuse you of things when it was really me that was the screw up."

"It will be okay sis…I be here and once Piper calms down she will be here there for you too."

"It's just not her I'm worried about… He's a boy which means no powers, no way to protect himself… what if a demon attacks…I can't go through losing him again." The dam had broke, tears poured out. She wasn't use to this but even the strongest person fall and needs a helping hand. "Prue, everything will be alright, you've been holding this in for far too long. I surprised you didn't break down long ago."

"I'm sacred Pheebs, being a weekend mum suited me fine, What if I'm not a good mum as I meant to be? I'm not Suzi…"

"Suzi?"

"She was Remy's fiancé, She was amazing with him I don't think I can match up to that."

"No one will be expecting you to."

"But the social will."

"You a good person Prue, you got a heart of gold. Things will be okay you see."

"What about if I lose my temper with him? You know how am like, I've got a short fuse… What if…" She paused out of the sisters it was Prue that would snap quickly. Actions first, questions later both the younger two have been on the receiving end of her wrath more Phoebe then Piper or so Phoebe thought.

Phoebe took both hands and cupped Prue's into them. Prue looked up and saw the love in them. "We all know your short-tempered Prue, but you won't hurt him and if you in any doubt call us and we be in the room just in case."

Smiling, at the gesture Prue just said two words that meant a lot to both sisters. "Thank you."

"You welcome…" Phoebe replied back. "…Have you got a photo of my nephew."

Prue's smile grew wide with pride as she reached in her pocket I took out the crumpled photograph of her son and handed it over to Phoebe. "Here…That's your nephew…That's my son Marc…"

Just like Prue, Phoebe smile grew wide with pride as see looked at the photo with her nephew. "Marc hey? He's gorgeous Prue…" Looking up at her big sister once more she reassured her that everything will be fine and that she won't be alone in this.