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Chapter 8- The baby's birth
Everything had been fine since Leo came back, except for the fact that the Elders hadn't contacted Leo in a very long while, which worried everyone. On the bright side, Piper was now nine months pregnant and would give birth any day now…
"A little to the left." Piper motioned with her hands. Leo nodded and adjusted a picture of a teddy bear over the changing table.
"Is that better?" Leo asked, still holding onto the picture. They had decided to convert they're closet back into a nursery.
"Uh, a little bit more."
Leo sighed and moved the picture once more.
"Um I…ooh, the baby just kicked!" Piper beamed suddenly.
"It did!" Leo forgot about the picture and ran over to Piper and put a hand over her belly. The picture fell to the ground and shattered. Piper jumped.
"Leo!"
"Sorry," Leo apologized sheepishly and started to clean up the shards of glass. Piper shook her head and smiled. Just then Phoebe and Paige rushed in, potion in hand.
"What was that!" Phoebe demanded scouring the room.
"It's okay, Leo just dropped a picture." Piper assured them. "You two don't have to come rushing to my side every time you hear something weird, ya know."
"Actually we do," Paige started and put her arm around Piper. "Especially since now you don't have the luxury of a force-field like you did with Wyatt."
"Yea but still, I can still freeze and blow things up." Piper reminded them.
"Why can't you just let us worry about you? Is that so much to ask for? I mean you won't even tell us what the baby's sex is; and we're dying to know!" Phoebe said.
"Well we don't even know," Leo spoke up as he finished cleaning up.
"That's because I want to be surprised." Piper said as the four of them walked out of the room and headed downstairs.
"How is it not killing you! If I was pregnant I'd want to know the sex of the baby right away!" Phoebe asked.
"Fine, I have the results in my purse, if you guys want to find out whether it's a boy or girl, be my guest." Piper pulled out a folded up piece of paper and handed it to Phoebe. She, Leo, and Paige exchanged a glance.
Phoebe reluctantly handed back the paper. "Nevermind, we can wait a few more days."
"Good," Piper smiled. "Now I'm hungry, who's up for pineapple pizza?"
The three of them exchanged another glance and scrunched their noses.
Later…
Leo crawled into bed next to Piper, who was reading a book. He kissed her on the cheek and lay down. Piper closed her book and did the same and put her head on his shoulder. Leo let out a long sigh.
"What?" Piper asked, looking up at him.
"Oh noth-…well, you remember about that premonition Phoebe had when I lost my memory?" He asked.
"You mean the one where you kissed that woman?"
He nodded.
"How could I forget? Why do you ask?"
" Piper, you know I would never kiss another woman, right?" Leo questioned.
"Of course I do, but Leo, why are you talking about it?"
"I don't know, it's just been bugging me." Leo confessed.
Piper looked at him, confused. "Leo, you lost your memory, so it wouldn't have been your fault if you did." Piper tried to convince him.
"Yea, but still.." Leo started but Piper put a finger on his lips.
"I have no idea why you're worrying about it, it happened months ago, and I know you would never kiss anybody else willingly, so just forget about it, okay?" Piper smiled, then added. "If you did I would have to blow you up."
Leo smiled too then kissed her. There was a little 'pop' sound. Piper pulled away.
"What was that?" Leo asked.
"I-I think my water just broke." Piper stammered.
Much Later….
"C'mon Piper, you're almost there." Paige coaxed.
Just like when she had Wyatt, Piper was having another home birth, also, just like when she had Wyatt, she wasn't happy about it.
Piper pushed again and cried.
"Good job sweetie," Phoebe told her. She was holding Wyatt.
"You're almost there," Leo added, Piper squeezed his hand tightly.
"Okay, I see a head…shoulders….a body….Piper how are you doing this?" Paige's eyes widened.
"Not helping!" Piper cried.
"Sorry…legs and…oh my god, she's here."
"She? I got a girl!" Piper smiled as she tried to catch her breath.
"Ye…wait, we're no done here!" Phoebe gasped as she took Paige's place.
"What!" Leo and Piper screamed in unison.
"You mean twins!" Paige asked, just as shocked as everyone else.
"That's what it looks like," Paige answered somewhat sarcastically. "Alright, Piper, push."
5 minutes later.
Piper held her babies in her arms, a boy and a girl. Everyone else gathered around her.
"I can't believe we have twins." Leo said softly.
"Me neither," Piper agreed.
"They're so cute," Phoebe cooed. She was still holding Wyatt, "See Wyatt, you have a brother and a sister now." She told him sweetly.
"What are you gonna name them?" Paige asked.
"Well Leo and I agreed on Prudence Melinda, if it was a girl, and Christopher Jordan, if it was a boy." Piper said.
"So, Chris and Prue…" Paige smiled down at the sleeping babies.
"I think Prue would've liked that." Phoebe noted.
"Me too," Piper nodded and let a few small tears stream down her face. Leo picked up Prudence gently.
Suddenly a row of blue and white lights filled the room and 3 Elders appeared.
The family looked up, shocked.
"What are you doing here?" Leo asked.
"Leo, we are glad to see that you have your memory back." Odin started.
"No thanks to you," Phoebe said coldly.
"We were not happy with what we had to do, but it all worked out." Ellen spoke calmly.
"What do you want? If you haven't noticed, we're trying to have a family moment here." Paige crossed her arms.
"That is why we came, Piper was never supposed to have those babies, a powerful Seer came to us and told us that what she foresaw." The third Elder spoke up.
"And what exactly did she foresee?" Piper questioned. She was a little taken back about the fact that 'they' thought her children shouldn't have been born.
"She informed us that those two children would be more powerful than anyone has ever imagined." Ellen replied.
"And that's not a good thing?" Paige sneered.
"It is and it isn't," Odin said as he glanced at Prudence and Chris. "It turns out that one of them will be the world's most powerful good witch, stronger than you yourselves, and the other, well…" He stopped and turned to the third Elder who spoke.
"The other will be the most powerful evil, stronger than the last Source."
Everyone's thoughts automatically turned to Cole, they were barely able to vanquish him, and they couldn't imagine a sweet baby growing up into something like that.
"Neither of them will be evil, not with Piper and Leo as their parents." Phoebe spat and put her hand on Piper's shoulder.
"We cannot be certain of that. That's why, we have come to take them back with us, where they will be surrounded by nothing but good." Odin told them regretfully.
"We're good, unless you haven't noticed!" Paige hollered.
"Yes, but the demons you fight certainly are not." The third Elder stated the obvious.
"Then we'll give up our powers, either way, you're not taking my children." Piper stated sternly.
"You do not have the option of giving up you powers, you would not be able to protect innocents." Ellen said.
"Take them away and that's exactly what we'll do." Piper spoke up again. "Besides, how do you know the Seer wasn't lying. I bet you anything it was a Demonic Seer, wasn't it?" Piper demanded.
"Yes, it was, but…" Ellen started but Paige interrupted.
"Exactly,"
"You're not taking them." Leo finally spoke up.
"We have no choice, we're deeply sorry." Odin said.
"Actually you have two choices, you can get the hell out of my house or I blow you up." Piper's voice shook but showed that she was dead serious.
The babies started to cry at all this yelling. Both parents started rocking the babies back and forth.
The Elders looked at each other then Ellen said.
"We'll give you time to say good-bye."
With that said they orbed away.
"We've got to do something," Phoebe muttered as she looked sadly at her niece and nephew.
TBC…
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