Declaimer: I don't own Charmed.

Chapter Thirty

Piper steeped out of the shower, feeling remotely human again, apart from the over whelming morning sickness, that alone was enough to make any woman feel in-human.

She wrapped her self in a warm fluffy towel gown and stared at her face in the mirror.

"I can't believe I'm pregnant again." She muttered pulling her damp hair off her face. "Not like this. On my own again." She rubbed her hair in a towel. "I don't know if I can do this all again, going through this all again by my self. Haven't I been through this all before? I don't think I want to have to do it all again. Not like this. Not on my own."

Leo orbbed in.

"Oh my God. Piper." He said. "I am so sorry. I didn't know you were in here. I didn't even know you were back yet."

"Oh." She smiled at him softly. May be she wasn't as alone as she thought she was. "I got lucky at the hospital and air port."

"The baby, is every thing alright?"

"Fine, just fine. Apart from the morning sickness. I've got some sonogram pictures and …. err …. a sonogram video to show you. It's scary for me," She said. "I'm twelve weeks now. That's the first trimester gone, over and done with."

"Well the last six weeks have been the longest of my life." He said.

"Yhea, being away from my children is one of the most difficult things I've ever had to do. But the time just slipped through my fingers."

"where've you been? That tan of yours is not from around here."

"Spain." She replied. "Portugal and New York. Long story."

"Must be."

"Is every one alright here?"

"Yhea, apart from the house being trashed and your little sisters being scared to death that you are going to kill them because of the mess. Are you?"

"Providing my girls and Wyatt are in one piece they're safe from me." She said. "I'm actually quite impressed that the house is still standing."

"that it is."

"you wanted to talk to me about some thing before I did the whole storming off thing. Do you still?"

"Well, you'd probably prefer me to do this some where else. But why break tradition." He fumbled in his pocket, produced her engagement ring and went down on one knee. "Piper will you marry me?"