Different Paths Part 14:
Two Meghan's

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As they neared the kitchen Prue could hear a baby crying and her smile grew, knowing it was coming from her youngest daughter. Phoebe looked up when she heard someone entering and smiled
"looky... mommy... now she can get you silent... and I'm out of it"
she said smirking and went up to the chair, Andy placed Prue on and then placed the little girl in Prue's arms. Prue smiled
"heey..."
she said smiling as the little girl calmed immediately down. Ann yawned a little by hearing the all too familiar heartbeat and the voice of her mom but kept on whining...
"Hey... what's wrong, huh? You telling me how bad Auntie Phoebe and Uncle Cole were?"
she asked smiling, as she let the little girl suck on her finger
"Seems like someone's hungry, huh?"
she said and then again looked down again at Ann

"did they not give you anything to eat?"
"We tried, but she didn't get the system with the bottle"
Phoebe told her. Prue smiled a little and opened her robe just to lift her shirt so her daughter could eat. Brianna needed a while to finally get that what her mom was offering her was food. Then she started to suck peacefully on her mom's breast, both hands on the breast. Andy smiled while Phoebe jokingly tried to block Cole's view from Prue's breast. Prue looked up and looked at Andy
"where's Meghan?"
"In front of the TV"
Paige answered for Andy, entering the kitchen and letting herself fall onto a chair
"exhausted?"
prue asked smirking
"you play with Meghan for a while and we'll talk again"
Prue smiled
"sorry... I'm still used as a milk bar here"
Paige already opened her mouth to answer as Piper and Leo entered
"we have news"
Piper said smiling in a cheery voice, receiving everyone's attention, then looked up at Leo
"you wanna?"
Leo nodded and looked up at everyone
"our family will grow some more"
"I'm pregnant!"
Piper told them... everyone went to congratulate them, all except Prue, who still was busy feeding the still youngest Halliwell. Meghan ran into the kitchen as well and Brianna pulled away crying, with no reason.
"Aunt Paige, Aunt Paige! C'mon... I wanna play more hide and seek! Please!"
she begged
"what about TV?"
"TV's boring... I wanna play!"
Andy glanced at Prue, who just repeated the look and sighted
"hey... don't I get a good morning?"
she asked looking at Meghan while still trying to calm Brianna down
"morning mom!"
Meghan said all fast and then looked back up at Paige with a begging face... while Andy glanced at Leo, who looked in a quizzical look back
"umm... Meghan... let Aunt Paige rest some more... you can play later again... now go back to the living and watch some more TV, okay?"
Meghan made a face... and then a doggy face back at Paige
"okay..."
"No, Paige. I'm her father... and I said no..."
Andy told Paige. As Andy received weird views from everyone while Meghan stuck out her tongue out at him
"you're stupid! I hate you!"
she said and ran out again
"Andy!"
Prue snapped as Brianna calmed down again, just as Meghan left. She looked down at the baby in her arms and was confused
"she feels it too... it's not Meghan!"
"Wait what?"
Phoebe asked
"Andy thinks Meghan is not Meghan..."
Prue repeated as she directed Ann back to where she could eat... Andy looked at Leo searching for help
"what? Why are you looking now at me?"
"Cause you know just as much as I do... that Meghan never behaved this way... she's not the wild kind of child. She always called Prue mommy and not mom... if that child was Meghan... she'd come to Prue and cuddle her... never letting her go again... cause she missed her like hell... my daughter never would use the words that child just did... right, Leo?"
"I... I don't know Andy..."
"What?"
"Well... I know that she's not behaving like 'up there' but... I don't know if that's not normal... she was dead... this here... life is something completely different than what she had so far... so I guess it's just normal she also acts a bit different..."
"Okay... maybe... but what's with Brianna..."
"What's with her?"
piper asked
"she started crying just as Meghan entered and when she left again she stopped. Isn't that a bit of weird? If it was the whole night same Meghan...t hen why did she start being uneasy since Meghan was supposed to be on the toilette?"
Andy asked... Prue looked down at Brianna in her arms, which ate peacefully. She didn't believe Andy until now neither, but he had a point. Babies were sensible about such kind of things and if Brianna felt, this wasn't her sister but some stranger; maybe there was some truth in it...
"do you know something we don't?"
she asked silently... crawling her youngest daughter's cheek as the baby pulled away and seemed to look at Prue (babies in the first few weeks don't see much... so this is why it seems so ;)) then suddenly they heard a weird sound and they turned around just to find some purple light, just like the day before and suddenly there was a 'sleeping' Meghan floating in the air. Prue looked up starred a few seconds at her older daughter before down at Anna
"wha..."
then she looked up again, just to see the light disappear and Meghan starting to fall to the floor... Prue reacted fast and stretched her hand out... just to catch Meghan in her fall
"Andy..."
Andy right away started for the child and picked her up from mid air
"Paige... call for Meghan..."
"But..."
"I mean it Paige... Andy's right... it's impossible the all mad Meghan and the sleeping Meghan there are the same..."
Paige nodded
"Meghan! Come back to the kitchen... let's play!"
Prue glanced at Piper, who nodded, understanding what Prue wanted. Seconds alter another version of Meghan ran back in
"really?"
she asked excited, then saw the real Meghan laying in Andy's arms
"damn!"
she cursed and wanted to disappear, but Piper was faster and froze her
"I get a robe..."
Phoebe said...