I'm taking Prue's job as a photographer and twisting it to fit the story.
7 months later.
Piper and Leo were sitting in a restaurant. They had just finished dinner and they were waiting for dessert. Leo looked kind of nervous. The waiter appeared with Piper and Leo's dessert; on Piper's plate was a rose.
"What's this?" Piper asked picking up the rose.
Something shiny caught her eye. In the rose was a diamond ring. Piper looked up and Leo was on his knee.
"Leo?" Piper asked with tears in her eyes.
"Piper, I love you with all my heart. Ever since I saw you I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you" Leo said. "I know there will be troubles facing us ahead, but I know if I have you at my side I can face anything. So Piper I have one question…will you marry me?"
"Yes" Piper said.
She leaped up and hugged Leo.
"Oh no you don't!" Prue yelled running across the conservatory.
Ava was trying to pull herself up using the TV cabinet. Prue picked her up.
"What do you think you're doing?" Prue said.
Ava squirmed, trying to get Prue to set her down.
"Fine I'll set you down, but you can't go back to the cabinet" Prue said.
She set her down. Ava crawled over to the blanket lying on the floor and started playing with a toy. There was a gust of wind and Andrea appeared next to her.
"Where did you come from?" Prue asked.
Phoebe walked into the conservatory.
"Prue I lost… Andrea there you are" Phoebe said. "How do you keep track of them?"
"How as in, how magically, or how because they're identical" Prue said.
"Both" Phoebe said.
"Magically, wherever Ava is, Andrea is and vice versa. Non-magically, I'm solving that problem today" Prue said.
She held up two tiny bracelets. One was silver and one was gold. They had a small triquetra and a lightning bolt on it, symbolizing they were a Charmed Ones child and Twin of the Elements. Engraved on the back was: To my dearest daughters, I'll always be with you.
"I found these in the small bowl on their dresser; they must be from when Andy painted the nursery" Prue said with a hint of sadness in her voice. "Ava gets the silver one, and Andrea gets the gold one"
She put the bracelets on them.
"There were two necklaces in the bowl too, for when they're older" Prue said.
"That's so sweet" Phoebe said.
"Hey, where's Piper?" Prue asked.
"She's still sleeping" Phoebe said. "I'm guessing her date with Leo went well last night"
There was silence.
Just then a stuffed teddy bear came flying at Prue. She caught it without looking.
"Not funny Andrea" Prue said.
Andrea giggled.
"Apparently she thinks it's very funny" Phoebe said trying not to laugh.
"Do you think I was this bad when I was a baby?" Prue asked.
"Probably" Phoebe said. "Like, mother, like daughter"
Piper walked into the room with Leo.
"Good morning" Piper said cheerfully.
"Good morning" Phoebe said.
Ava and Andrea were babbling to each other.
"Okay everyone, Leo and I have something to announce" Piper said. "We're getting married"
"Yea!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Congratulations" Prue said faking a smile.
"When's the wedding?" Phoebe asked.
"We were thinking we would have it in June" Piper said.
"You want to wait ten months?" Phoebe said.
"Yeah, we don't want to rush it" Piper said. "Besides, by then the girls will be walking, so they can be the flower girls"
"Ugh, don't remind me" Prue said. "I can hardly handle them crawling"
"I also have something to announce" Phoebe said. "I want to invite Cole over for dinner, so he can meet you guys"
"Oh, when?" Piper asked.
"Would this evening be good?" Phoebe said.
"It would be fine with me" Piper said.
"I'd have to see if Darryl or Sheila would babysit" Prue said.
"No, keep the girls here, please. I want Cole to meet them" Phoebe said.
"What if they use their magic?" Prue asked.
"They haven't done it in front of strangers before" Phoebe said.
"Fine, but if they throw food at your date, it's not my fault" Prue said, half kidding.
"Leo, can you stay for dinner?" Phoebe asked.
"Unless I get called away" Leo said.
"Good" Phoebe said. "I'll go call Cole"
Phoebe went to get the phone.
"She must really like him if she's bringing him over to the manor" Prue said.
"Well, it's a good time to do it since there hasn't been a demon attack in four months" Piper said.
"Thanks for jinxing us" Prue said.
Prue glanced over at the blanket. Ava and Andrea were gone.
"Where did they go this time?" Prue said.
She started searching the house for them. They came crawling out of the living room.
"Stop that, girls" Prue said picking them both up.
"Why don't you bind their powers?" Piper asked.
"Because, if demons attack, they'll be completely defenseless" Prue replied.
"But they'd be off the demons radar" Piper said.
"Yes, but we wouldn't"
"Good point" Piper said.
"Changing subject" Prue said. "After you and Leo get married. Will the spell be able to be reversed?"
"Yes" Leo said coming into the room. "Marriage is something that even the Elders can't break"
"Good, cause I'm starting to worry that they'll find out" Piper said.
"Well in ten months your worries will be over" Prue said.
Phoebe came downstairs.
"Cole's coming over at five thirty" Phoebe said.
"Good" Prue said. "I actually have a small announcement to make. I was thinking we could kind of use some money right now and I saw an ad for a job. It would let me work from home most of the time and when I didn't, most likely I could take the girls with me. I decided to interview for the job and I told them about my situation with being a single mom of twins. They told me they completely understand about me needing to work from home or take the twins along sometimes and they said they thought I was perfect for the job"
"What would you do at the job?" asked Phoebe.
"They'd give me a subject to photograph. I'd go out and take photos that went along with the subject, develop them, and give them to them" Prue said.
"Who are they?" Piper asked.
"415 magazine" Prue said.
"Oh my god!" Phoebe exclaimed. "That's not a small announcement that's huge!"
"Congratulations Prue" Piper said.
"When do you start?" Phoebe asked.
"Next week" Prue said. "I ordered a bunch of photography stuff and I thought maybe I could set up a developing room in the basement"
"You've always wanted to be a photographer" Piper said. "I'm glad you'll finally get to do it"
"Yeah, good luck" Phoebe said.
The girls squealed.
"They're happy for you too" Phoebe said.
"Well if you want these girls to actually resemble clean by the time Cole gets here. Then I'm going to have to start now, so I'll be upstairs"
"Need any help?" Piper asked.
"That would be nice, thank you" Prue said.
"I wanna come too" Phoebe said.
"Fine" Prue said.
"I think I'll leave for a while" Leo said. "I'll be back for dinner though"
"Hey I was thinking. For the last seven months, where do the Elders think you are?" Piper asked.
"With different charges" Leo said.
"Wow, they're really gullible" Phoebe said.
"Or that was just the spell" Prue said. "Now come on lets wash these babies"
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and the girls went upstairs. They started washing the girls the girls. Ava sent water a Prue.
"No, be nice to mommy" Prue said.
She took a rubber duck and gave it to Ava. Andrea stole it from Ava using her powers. Ava starting crying which made the water go splashing everywhere. Huge waves had formed and were soaking the floor with water.
"Prue, make your daughter stop" Phoebe said standing far away so she wouldn't get wet.
Prue grabbed Ava's duck from Andrea and gave it back to her. Then she handed Andrea her duck.
"Can you finish giving them a bath" Prue said her voice cracking. "I'm going to go change"
Prue hurried out of the bathroom.
"She's been a little odd this morning don't you think" Phoebe said.
Piper paused for a second.
"Phoebe, what's the date today?" Piper said.
"Crap!" Phoebe said. "Tomorrow the anniversary of Andy's death"
"And this morning I come in with the news I'm getting married" Piper said.
"And then I announce that I'm inviting my boyfriend over to meet the family" Phoebe said.
"We need to talk to her" Piper said.
"First we need to finish with their bath" Phoebe said.
In Prue's room, Prue was lying on her bed sobbing. After she quieted down she walked over to the wooden chest at the end of her bed. She opened it and got out the box she kept Andy's stuff in. She took out one of his shirts and hugged it, inhaling his scent. There was a knock on her door.
"One minute" Prue said.
She quickly put the shirt and the box back in the chest and closed it. She wiped her eyes.
"Come in" Prue said.
"Hey, we need to talk" Piper said.
Phoebe and she walked into the room.
"After you left we realized why you were so upset" Phoebe said.
"I'm fine" Prue said.
"Prue, we know you're lying" Piper said. "You don't have to pretend"
"Prue we know it's hard" Phoebe said. "You can talk to us"
"I really just need to be alone right now; I'll be down for dinner:
"Prue I can call Cole and cancel, he'll understand" Phoebe said.
"No, you will not cancel because of me" Prue said. "I'm fine"
"Okay, Prue, whatever you say" Piper said, "Come on Phoebe, let's start dinner"
They left her room.
A couple hours later Prue came downstairs.
"It smells good down here" Prue said walking into the kitchen. "Hi, my babies"
Piper was putting the final touch on the dinner and Leo was setting the table in the dinning room. Prue went and picked up Ava and Andrea.
"You girls are getting to big to hold at the same time" Prue said.
"Cole getting here any minute" Piper said. "Phoebe's upstairs changing her dress, for the third time"
The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it" Prue said.
She answered the door.
"Hi, you must be Cole" Prue said. "Come in"
"Phoebe! Cole's here" Prue yelled.
"I'll be down in a second" Phoebe said.
"We can wait for her in the living room" Prue said to Cole.
They went and sat in the living room. Prue sat Ava and Andrea on a blanket on the floor.
"So, you must be Prue" Cole said.
"Yes, I'm guessing the kids gave it away" Prue said. "So what do you do?"
"I'm a district attorney" Cole said. "I work for Wellington Law Firm"
"Interesting, where did you go to college?" Prue asked.
"San Francisco University" Cole said.
"So you grew up here?" Prue asked.
"Actually no, I moved here five years ago to attend college"
Phoebe walked into the room.
"Hey, Prue hasn't been interrogating you too much has she?" Phoebe said smiling.
"Not at all" Cole said. "You look stunning"
"Thank you" Phoebe said.
Piper walked into the room with Leo.
"Cole, this is Piper and her fiancé, Leo" Phoebe said. "Piper and Leo, this is Cole"
"Nice to meet you" Piper and Leo said.
"Nice to meet you too" Cole said.
Piper and Leo sat down next to Prue and Phoebe sat down next to Cole.
"So, what have you and Prue been talking about?" Phoebe said.
"Nothing really" Cole said.
"So were did you and Phoebe meet?" Piper asked.
"We met at a café. She had drop her wallet and I picked it up for her"
Ava came crawling over to Prue and tried to pull herself up using the sofa. Prue picked her up and sat her on her lap.
"So how old are the twins?" Cole asked.
"Seven months" Prue said.
There was an awkward silence.
"So who's hungry?" Piper asked.
"I am" Phoebe said. "Let's eat"
Everyone headed into the dining room. Prue placed the girls in their height chairs.
"Wow that looks delicious, Piper" Cole said.
"Thank you" Piper said.
Everyone started eating except Prue. She just moved the food around on her plate. Piper noticed this.
"I need to check on dessert" Piper said. "Prue can you help me?"
"Um, yeah" Prue said getting up. "Leo can you watch the girls?"
"Yeah" Leo said.
Piper and Prue walked into the kitchen.
"Prue, you don't have to stay in there" Piper said.
"I'm fine" Prue said.
"Why aren't you eating?" Piper asked. "Prue, it's going to be rough, we understand if you need to take some time to yourself"
"I'm fine. I told Phoebe I'd meet Cole and I intend to keep that promise" Prue said. "Now let's go back out there"
"Okay" Piper said.
They headed back out into the dining room. For the rest of the dinner Prue sat quiet. When Cole left Prue immediately put the girls to bed and went to sleep.
Okay, I don't know if there really is a San Francisco University, but in my world there is.