Chapter 8: The Truth at Last

A/N: Thanks for all the nice reviews. This is the chapter you've all…well, at least I've been waiting for. Paige tells Kyle, and stuff. Next up, the details of Phoebe's premonition. It's all happening kind of simultaneously. ; Chapter 9: We're screwed.

Paige's stomach was in knots. It was not just the morning sickness. She had waited two weeks since she found out to tell Kyle. She was afraid of his reaction. The thing that worried her most was the fact that she didn't know if he was really staying. He had never given a straight answer to why the elders had allowed him to come back to her. She feared that when she told him, the elders would send him away.

Would Kyle even want a child? They had never spoken of the subject. All she knew was that she loves Kyle and he loves her. That would never change. She was so afraid of him leaving again. She didn't want to be hurt anymore. If she told him about their baby, then it would hurt much more if he left. They would raise their child together. She didn't care what the stupid elders said. Kyle was staying with her and their baby.

She was 5 minutes from Kyle's house now. She was so nervous that she was almost shaking. Her heart was thumping rather loudly in her throat. She had to know, be positive. Paige had spent the past 14 days imagining Kyle's possible reaction. She had thought up so many scenarios, but none probably came close to the truth. This morning she finally got up the nerve to call him. All she had said was that they needed to talk. Still, it had taken all of her nerve just to dial the number.

What she needed was the truth. She knew just how to get it. Although it had been over a year since she had cast the spell, she still remembered it. The last time she cast it, it had been for her boyfriend Nate. That time had gone on badly, but now she had a much more important reason. She wanted to hear Kyle's reaction to her pregnancy, his true reaction. She couldn't give him a chance to lie to her. She parked her car in the parking lot of Kyle's building and began to chant.

For those who want the truth revealed
Opened hearts and secrets unsealed.
From now until it's now again,
After which the memory remains.
Those who now are in this car
will hear his reactions for what they are.

She felt the familiar tingle of magic encircle her and envelop her body. She had tweaked the spell a bit, but it was sure to work. She took a deep breath and entered the building, unconsciously preparing herself for the worst.

When she got to Kyle's apartment, he was sitting on his sofa, awaiting her anxiously. "What is it Paige? What did you want to talk about?" He approached her anxiously. She paused for a moment, suddenly unsure of what to say.

"Kyle…" she said slowly, "I'm pregnant." His jaw dropped. He hadn't yet said anything. The silence was killing her. Kyle was stunned and he didn't know what to say. But he could tell by the look on Paige's face he had to say something, or she might burst into tears.

It was in fact Kyle who had begun to cry. They were thankfully tears of happiness. He was going to be a daddy! There was a little being inside Paige that they could both raise and nurture. His euphoria was abruptly cut short by what the elders told him. He was only here until the Charmed Ones. That's what the elders had said. Then he was to return "up there" until he was given other charges. They had forbidden him from ever seeing Paige again.

'Screw them', he thought bitterly. He would be there for his child, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Paige was looking at him attentively, waiting for an answer. He looked straight into her deep brown eyes and said, "I'm never going to leave you Paige, and I will never leave this baby. The elders can say what ever they want, but I'm not going anywhere…I'm so excited."

Paige broke into her first true smile in days. The lovers hugged, crying their eyes out. Suddenly, Kyle stiffened. "What is it?" Paige asked, her voice filled with concern.

"It's Phoebe", Kyle said, his face contorting in pain, "she's hurt." Without another word, the two of them orbed out. Neither could have imagined the horrific things they would see when they reformed…