Declaimer: I don't own Charmed.

Chapter Thirty-two

"I've just realised ," Paige said to Phoebe, as they pushed the trolley around the grocery store. "We haven't got a clue what Piper's into at the minute."

"Yhea, you know, you're right there hon'." Phoebe turned to Cat. "What are your aunt's usual cravings?"

"Oh every pregnancy has all sorts, the only thing that's ever been the same is chocolate and ice cream." Cat replied.

"But it'd always a different type." Kattie added.

"When she was pregnant with Kattes it was cooking chocolate and tutee-fruity ice cream, with Jess it was pink white chocolate and this wearied peach sorbet thingy you could only buy in one shop miles out of town, with Beca-"

Cat was cut off by Kattie's exited squeal.

"I remember this," Kattie beamed. "It was chocolate covered crystallised ginger,"

"And a mouthful to say." Paige quipped.

"And choc-mellow ice cream." Kattie finished.

"And with Wyatt…." Cat trailed off, thought for a moment, then simply shrugged.

"We didn't really see mommy much when she was pregnant with Wyatt." Jess explained. "Did we Beca?"

"We didn't really see her at all." Beca said. "Hardly ever. It wasn't fair. It isn't fair."

"I know it isn't sweetie." Phoebe said.

"No, you don't get it." Kattie insisted with a slightly defiant tone in her voice. "It wasn't just a little bit unfair. It was totally and utterly unfair."

"We only got to see her once, for about 15 minutes when she was pregnant." Jessie complained.

"Oh." Paige said sympathetically. "Bummer!"

"When was that?" Phoebe asked.

"Only just after she discovered she was pregnant, but before Cole came back in to your lives." Beca said.

"When aunt Phoebe took a rather unhealthy liking to the sea and all it's creatures." Cat said. "Then we didn't get to see any thing of her for more or less nine, nearly ten months."

"You know," Phoebe said. "As enlightening as this conversation is, this really isn't helping with our problem. I think we should try her cell on the off chance it might be on."