Declaimer: I don't own Charmed.

Chapter Eight

The door bell rang.

Piper whipped her hair up into a pony tail before she opened the front door.

"Hey!" She said smiling brightly expecting to see Ants and her girls. "Oh Darryl. It's only you."

"Expecting someone else?" He asked steeping into the house despite a protest from Piper.

"Yes, I am actually." She replied. "Go into the kitchen. Phoebe or Paige will explain, or who ever is in the least amount of shock. Quick!" She ushered him towards the kitchen. "And try to act surprised."

"Piper." Leo said as he and Grams walked down the stairs. "Can we talk?"

The door bell rang again.

"Later." Piper said. "May be a little later sweetie. Can you go into the kitchen please? I'll come get when I'm ready."

She waited until she heard the door click shut behind them before she opened the front door.

"Hiya guys!"

It was her girls and Ants this time. Beca and Jess stood at the front of the group. Jess was holding a chocolate point Siamese cat and Beca was cradling a blue point Siamese cat in her arms. Behind Beca and Jess, stood Kattie and Cat. Kattie had a large card and a box of chocolates and Cat held an enormous bunch of flowers and a bottle of Champaign. Behind them Ants stood heavily laden with shopping bags. They were all beaming.

"Come in! Come in!" Piper gushed.

"Mommy!" Beca squealed dropping the cat the moment the front door was closed.

"Hey baby!" Piper said spinning her around as she hugged her youngest daughter. "I've missed you girls so much."

"Where's Wyatt?" Jessie asked giving her mom a big hug.

"With his daddy." She replied.

Ants and Cat were standing in the living room. Ants had put down his heavy shopping bags. Kattie stood a little way away from them. Next to the coffee table, avoiding Piper's eye. Piper led Jess and Beca into the living room to join the others, and sat the two girls down on the sofa.

"Congratulations aunt Piper." Cat said giving her a huge bear hug and handing her the flowers.

"I hope you don't mind me telling the girls you're pregnant." Ants said.

"Not at all." Piper put the flowers to one side and gave Cat another hug. "There beautiful sweat pea." Then she mouthed a heart felt "thank you" to Ants over the child's shoulder.

"We brought some Champaign too!" Cat said her eyes dancing. "Although I'm not sure if you should have some in your condition."

"I'll have to ask my midwives." Piper said unable to stop her self from smiling.

"I'm just gona go put the ice cream we brought you in the freezer." Ants said.

"Don't say a word about them coming in here yet." Piper mouthed to him.

He gave her a thumbs up to show he got the message and took one of the bags into the kitchen.

"How about a kiss for your long lost mother then Kattie?" Piper asked.

"Sure mom." Kattie said as she gave her a half hearted hug. "We got you some chocs and a card. There on the coffee table."

"Take off that hat Kattie. You're indoors." Piper instructed.

"Do I have to mom?" Kattie whined.

"Yes." Piper pulled the hat off her head and a mass of long bright blue hair fell down around her eldest daughter's shoulders. "Kattie Louise Halliwell what the hell have you done to your hair!?!"

"I died it." Kattie admitted sheepishly. "It's a little brighter and bluer than I intended."

"It's blue!" Piper fumed. "Bright blue! If that is permanent I am going to kill Ants."

"It isn't permanent aunt Piper." Cat said. "It will wash out."

"Good." Piper breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm gona go get my family now. Phoebe, Paige, Wyatt, Darryl, Leo, please don't kill him, Chris, please don't kill him either, and my Grams, your grate grandmother. She's back from the dead again."

"Dose she have some sort of a problem with being dead?" Jessie asked.

Piper disappeared off into the kitchen laughing softly to her self.