AN: Hello all! I know this chapter as taken me forever, but, in my defense, I had this chapter all typed up, but then, when I went to update it, my computer wouldn't come on (this was also my reason for not emailing you, judges)! I was sooooo pissed off! So, I'm updating from somebody else's computer, so bare with me, please! Thank you so much!

Moonlight shone across the floor as Piper followed an impromptu pattern overLeo's chest. She lay flush atop him under the blue-purple sheets. He had dropped off to sleep almost right away, which had been her plan as well. But, she couldn't sleep. She stopped tracing and rested her head against his chest and listened, enthralled, to the steady sound of his heartbeat, the shallow, easiness of his breathing, the rasp of a snore every now and then. That made her smile. And then she frowned. Had Leo meant what he said about a baby? It was easy to say during lovemaking; of course you wanted to have a child with that person, of course, because you loved them. At that moment. But then, after it was over, and you could look at it from an outside point of view, you couldn't take back that outburst.

So where did that leave her? Piper wanted to be with Leo more than anything, but God, a kid? A baby? She loved him, boy did she love him, but…Piper rose, put her clothes back on and crossed to the full length mirror. She picked up and pillow, and—not before hesitating—put it under her shirt mimicking a pregnant woman's belly. She turned sideways to better judge. Did it look natural? No. Was it flattering? Ha, no. Was it…was it something she would want with Leo? Yes. God, yes. Suddenly, something occurred to her. They hadn't used a condom. Could she already be pregnant? Did sperm travel that fast? But did that make her want it any less? No. She wanted this. But they need to be in a steady relationship, hell, this could end…

And suddenly, she couldn't imagine their relationship coming to an end. She could imagine holding a little bundle of joy, Leo at her side, Emma with them shouting "Let me see the baby! I wanna hold it, I'll be careful, honest" at the top of her lungs. And then Leo would take the baby from her hands and sink down beside Emma, so she could get a better look. Frustrated, Piper snatched the pillow away. Who the hell did she think she was kidding? She wasn't ready for kids. Was she? Shouldn't life have come in a manual? Somehow, she didn't think "When and When Not To Have a Child With a Man You Are Not Married To With a Child Of His Own From a Previous Marriage" would be a section.

"You'd be beautiful." Piper's head snapped up to look at Leo. He looked majestic, godlike, just then, propped up against the pillow. The sheet was tentatively covered his lower half, and what showed was broad, tan, masculine perfection. His eyes were blue-green orbs of loving worry as he laced his hands behind his head.

Piper laughed bitterly. "Okay, Leo. Sure."

"I'm serious." He held out his arms and sure enough, she crossed to him, crawling into them. "You would be just beautiful."

"But Leo we aren't even—"

"What?" he interrupted. "Married?" He laughed loudly. "Honey, if I cared about waiting until I was married to have a child, well then, I'd gotten down on bended knee a long while ago."

Piper didn't even wonder why he didn't do that now. "Leo, maybe you don't understand. If we have a child, but we don't work out, that kid is going to be stuck between us, and it was something that could have been avoided—"

Leo sounded exasperated. "Piper, don't argue. I want this, and I know you want this, so let's do it."

She didn't say anything for a long time. And then he realized she was sleep. With a crooked smiled, he curved her in his arms and with delicate force, anchored her to him. And so they slept.

AN: This is way, way, way, way filler! Just please don't be mad! I'll address Emma in the next chapter, but I just wanted you guys to know I hadn't forgotten about you! Please, keep sending in your contest nominees, please! We've only got one story so far nominated for the Piper and Leo category and that's "Lustville" (ATTN, Judges: If you have read this story, please do, and send your review of it to my email, and I'll visit it my bio on instructions of how to rate it!) So, if you think there are other stories out there worthy of recognition, then, please send them with a review or an email. I will be nominating a few myself and your story is one of them, you will get notification and soon will see it posted on my bio! So please, send them in, send them in, send them in and we can really get the ball rolling! My email can be found through my bio, but if you find that's too much trouble, ask my outright in this review! One more thing: YOU CAN TOTALLY SUBMIT YOUR OWN STORY! (Unless you're a judge.)

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Author and ContestMistress (Something slightly kinky about that, lol), GeminiPiper.