Different Paths Part 30:
Barbecue

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It was bright daylight already for a while. Andy crept into the bedroom and sat down next to Prue, starting to kiss her naked back, neck and face. A small smile appeared on Prue's face as she took in a deep breath. Andy smiled as well and kissed her lips. Prue started to return it and when the long kisses finally ended, Prue opened her eyes and looked at him
"hey"
"hey"
she said in a sleepy voice
"slept good?"
he asked grinning
"yeah... too good, probably"
she said smiling
"what's that grin supposed to mean?"
"The question was rhetorical"
"what do you mean?"
"That it's already 1 pm?"
he asked. Prue froze
"you're kidding, right?"
"nope... everyone waits in the garden for us... we made a barbecue... everything's set to eat"
Prue smiled, sat up and kissed him again
"why didn't you wake me earlier?"
"I know what you went through the last months with Anna's teeth and Meghan's nightmares..."
Prue smiled
"I love you"
she whispered. Andy just leaned down and kissed her in return
"go already downstairs... I'll be there in a minute"
"okay"
Andy said and kissed her once more before going downstairs again

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Prue appeared several minutes later in a pair of tight blue jeans and red shoulder free t-shirt-top in the backyard
"momi!"
Meghan yelled. she pulled away from her aunt Paige to run to her mom. Prue smiled and picked her up as she ran straight into her arms
"heeey"
she said smiling and kissed her cheek
"whoa... sleeping beauty is coming..."
Phoebe teased. Prue gave her a glare and then a wink, and then looked back down at Mags
"and how did you sleep? No nightmares?"
Mags shook her head
"nope... and mi wom's vewy col"
"I know"
Prue said smiling and then looked back at the group
"where's Anna?"
"Sleeping under the tree over there"
Paige answered when Andy came over to the table with some steaks, sauces and other things to grill. He went over to Prue and kissed her again
"hey, could you stop that? Hungry here!"
Piper called, more joking than meaning it all serious. Prue pulled away and smiled
"don't get cocky or I'm gonna think about that talking to you once more"
Prue said laughing, walking with Mags in arms and Andy by her side over to the table, then sat down on one of the two last two places. It was a quarter shaped table. For each couple one side. Prue sat Mags down on her lap and then looked at Paige
"thanks for watching them"
"always"
Paige returned. Prue then glanced at the man next to Paige, surprised it wasn't Glenn
"oh right... sorry I forgot... Prue... my boyfriend Alex... Alex... my oldest sister Prue"
"nice to meet you"
Prue said looking slightly irritated. She leaned over to Paige and whispered
"what's with Glenn..."
"Later..."
Paige whispered back. Prue nodded slightly and then looked up again
"honey, what you want?"
Andy asked, as everyone else had already their meat
"umm... Mags, what do we want?"
she asked looking down at Meghan
"te funi sausas auntie pipew makes!"
"It's made, princess"
Andy corrected her and put some of the sausages Piper cut in at the ends, so it looked like it where four feet. Prue smiled and looked at Piper, seeing her with painful face
"you okay?"
"Yeah... don't worry"
Piper returned, putting on a smile, as everyone else started to look at Piper, like she was a ticking bomb.
"I'm fine, people... just... backaches..."
she assured them, everyone going back to eat, except Prue
"momi!"
Mags called
"wha... what?"
Prue asked, shaking her thoughts away to look down at her daughter
"cut!"
Mags told her. Prue smiled
"sure"
she answered. Andy poured Prue some sprite into her glass and some bluna for Meghan, before kissing Prue once more
"Leo... can you reach me the ketchup"

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After they finished Piper got up
"I'm gonna get the desert"
Piper told them
"want me..."
"No, Leo, I don't want you to help me... I'm alright... not ill... just pregnant, okay?"
Prue smiled a little and looked at Andy
"I wasn't that bad, right?"
"No... No... Naturally not... I told you to stop it before you got the chance to get this annoying"
Prue said grinning as they leaned in for another kiss. Mags laid already half asleep in Prue's arms as Ann started to cry and scream loudly. Andy was about to get up, when Prue stopped him
"wait. Let me... you had her already all morning"
she said smiling and passed Mags on to Andy, then got up, going over to the tree, where Brianna was sleeping on a blanket
"hey... hey... it's okay... mommy's here"
Prue said, staying for a while more under the tree, crawling her back

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Piper was in the kitchen... trying to relax a little. It seemed like everything hurt, every bone, every muscle. She walked over to the fridge to grab the bowl of pudding. She just had the door closed again, as she suddenly shrugged together by a sharp pain in her back, the glass bowl with pudding hitting the floor, causing a loud crash.

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Prue practically stood next to the kitchen window as the bowl hit the ground. She shrugged together at the crash and Anna started crying lowly again.
"shshshsh"
Prue made while glancing up at the kitchen window and saw Piper's face and how she tried to get air. She glanced back at the table and saw everyone laughing. She knew Piper'd freak if she got everyone to be a pain in the neck without any real reason and so decided to go in on her own. She entered seeing piper back on the counter a huge mix of different liquids was on the floor. Blood, something water alike and pudding. Prue looked up at her sister's face. Both knowing what that meant
"okay... stay calm"
Prue told her gently as she walked closer to Piper, trying to balance on the liquid, backing Piper and carrying Anna at the same time. Prue lead Piper to the living and set her in one of the armchairs
"stay here... I'm back in a second"
Prue told Piper before starting to head back out
"Prue!"
Piper yelled. Prue turned around again
"don't go"
"honey... I have to bring Ann away... and get Leo... I'm back in a second I promise"
Prue said, then saw Piper's face and smiled at her, going back to Piper, hugging her tightly
"don't worry, everything's okay"
she whispered, kissed her forehead and then started for the door again
"Prue!"
Piper yelled again
"pip..."
"Hurry!"
Prue smiled and nodded. She went back to the backyard
"okay, people... stay calm now... but... it's baby alarm"
Prue told them
"what!"
Leo asked, jumping up
"hey... she's okay..."
Prue said smiling
"she's in the living"
Leo nodded and ran to the manor. She glanced at Mags and saw she was asleep. Andy nodded
"I'm gonna bring her to bed"
Prue nodded back and smiled
"set the baby monitor"
Andy nodded, getting up. She then handed Anna to Phoebe looking at her and Cole
"can you..."
"Sure"
"I... better go..."
Alex said while he got up
"you don't have to..."
"I know... but I want to... this is a family thing..."
"Okay... then I bring you outside..."
Paige offered in time with Prue to head back into the manor. When they were all alone with Anna, Cole looked at Phoebe
"so much to... we tell them..."
Phoebe looked down at Anna and sighted. She hated to have to hide something of her sisters.

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AN:
sorry to leave ya hanging here... but... well sometimes a cliffhanger's good, right?

Peanut2lb: well yeah... maybe it was romantic, but it also was a) very old... wrote pretty much the same scene already a million of times and b) I can#t keep up the happy family thing forever... will eb getting boring after a while and you people probably want to get some more action...

Poofball: thanxs for the nice compliment and your review

PrUe AnD Andy: aww you're so cute! I know, I don't want it to stop neither... but I only have a tiny amount of ideas left over... two of those three I have started with this chapter... aaand maybe there will be an epilogue... a tiny thing with 10 chapters playing in the future... belonging on the feedback I get after I finish this...
and... I might won't write anymore, but I'll still be part of fan fic net and so will be my stories...
plus... hey... why don't you sign in and try to publish some things? I'm sure you'd be a great author as well