Declaimer: I don't own Charmed.

Chapter Four

"So ..." Grams said when she and Piper were alone. "I want you to tell me every thing. You can start by telling me how you ended up pregnant."

"The way people usually do. By having sex."

"Your going to have to elaborate for me."

"Come on Grams you haven't been dead that long. Don't tell me you need a biology lesson."

"No. I mean who, where, how?"

"Here," Piper said. "Well in my bed room, with Leo, it just sot of happened and it was a massive mistake."

"So sleeping with the man you love is a massive mistake?"

"No, it was a slip up. I can mange with out him."

"But your not denying that you still love him?"

"I do Grams. Of course I do. But I can't put my self through being left again, I can't put Wyatt through what my girls went through, and I can't, no, I won't put my precious girls through all that again."

"You'll need to explain to me Piper. Start at he beginning. Tell me all about my great-granddaughters."

"How do you mean? About starting at the beginning."

"How all of your girls came to be. Start with the eldest. Tell me about her."

"Alright," Piper began. "She's 14 years old. Her name is Cat, I mean Catherin Amanda. She's Prue's daughter and every bit like her mother. Kattie, Kattie Louise is my eldest daughter. She is 12 years old. Kattie's head strong, defiant and a total sweetie. Jess, Jessie, Jessica Mari is 10 years old. She's a free sprit, kinda like Phoebs or you in your flower child days, just a less hippy version. Then there's Beca, she's the youngest. She is 8 years old. Rebecca Victoria. My beca is sweet, inanest, kind, caring and a dreamer."

"All Halliwell by name I hope."

"Yes Grams. Catherin Amanda Halliwell, Kattie Louise Halliwell, Jessica Mari Halliwell and Rebecca Victoria Halliwell."

"They've got pretty names Piper. Prue was what, 18 when she had Catherin. How come I didn't know about it?"

"Yes Prue was 18 when she had Cat. She told me as soon as she knew. She was scared and totally over the moon. She didn't tell you because she was scared of how you might react. You always hated every guy we brought home. She got pregnant by a one night stand. You would have killed her, or at least that's what she thought. Ants, Antony Young, was the guy she slept with, his really nice, he raises the girls. When he found out Prue was pregnant he wanted to marry her. She didn't want to. But he was there for her through every thing. You'd like him. Just after I found out Prue was pregnant I met this guy. Six months later we were engaged. Me and Prue moved out when she was six months pregnant. We moved in with my fiancée."

"I remember when you two moved out."

"Prue lived with us for around six months. Until Cat was 3 months old. She really couldn't cope. So me and my fiancée took on the reasonability of raising Cat. Prue still saw her every day and loved her. But she couldn't cope with her by her self. When I discovered I was pregnant with Kattie we made a pact not to tell you or Phoebe, because we'd been lying to you for 2 years. I was supposed to get married after I had Kattie. But we wanted to tell you, so we held off. Before we had worked any thing out, I was pregnant again. It was a really bad time, I became really ill. But Ants took the kids in the day, he, Cat, Kattie, Prue' and my man got me through. I nearly lost Jess a couple of times. But it was fine when she was born. We waited a while before we started to plan for the wedding. So I could wean Jessie, get her settled into a routine, get my health back and my figure too. Then shook horror I found I was pregnant again. Every thing fine. For the first six months. Then every thing went down hill. My fiancée got a major case of cold feet and left me. I got really, really, really ill. I was admitted to hospital for the last trimester. Cat, Kattie, and Jess moved in with Prue and then they all moved to North Beach. Ants helped out a lot. I moved in with them after I had Beca and I suffered from server anti natal depression. Prue got me over it and we had 2 grate months the six of us together. Then when you got ill we couldn't manage. We couldn't afford to pay your medical bills and get a bigger apartment. The girls were getting bigger, we were living in a two bed room apartment and Prue was engaged. She hadn't told Rodger about Cat and when she got married there was no way I could raise four kids on my own, no matter how much Ants helped out. The three of us were struggling as it was. So Ants took all the girls to his house. His parents helped out. I got up the courage to contact my girls' grandparents, who are filthy rich by the way and they helped out with all the financial stuff. Me and Prue still saw our girls whenever we could and they've always known how much they're loved.''

"Where do they go to school?" Grams asked.

"They don't.' Piper replied. 'Ants and his parents home tutor them. I teach them about magic and my girls grandparents pay for everything."

"Are you going to tell me who your fiancée was?"

"No you don't need to know and I don't like to talk about him, cause I really don't want anything to do with him. What sort of sick man leaves his 6 month pregnant fiancée, 2 daughters and niece, who he adored, without a word?"

"You go wash your face sweetie, get rid of all those tears, I'll go tell, Leo, Phoebe, Paige, Chris and Paige's guy, they can come down now. Fine you alright with that?"

"Yeah, sure Grams. You won't tell them of what I've told you. Will you?"

"No you can tell them yourself when or if you feel ready to."