A/N: Last chappie was kinda long therefore, this one is gunna be short. It gives some insight to everyone's feelings and into Sebastien's home life.
Fanmania: It just seemed right to have him do it. Plus I couldn't think of anyone better. He just seemed right.
Who-will-change-the-world: Well, that's the last we see of him for a while… I don't know yet, I might find another way to bring him back…
BlissfulLyssTurner72: Well, then you wont like the rest of the story… Well, I hope that you do but it's not all about Phoebe…
Chapter Ten: Love and Panic
Later that morning, Paige leaned over the center island with a cup of coffee in hand. Her third that morning. A half-eaten muffin lay on a plate in front of her. Phoebe happily bounced in, looking way too happy for Paige's taste.
"What's up 'lil sis?" she asked, grinning.
"Nothing. Would you mind?" Paige closed her eyes.
"Mind what?"
"Looking so psychotically perky?" She re-opened her eyes and rolled them. Phoebe simply laughed. "Why are you so happy anyways?"
"This is the first time in four months that I haven't had morning sickness!"
"So we hurried for nothing," Paige mumbled in response. "Easy for you to say."
"What was that? I didn't hear you."
"Oh, nothing. Where's Piper?"
"Right here," Piper said, walking into the kitchen, still in her pajamas. "I need coffee."
"Let me get it for you," Paige offered. "You two sit in the living room. Piper, I'll bring you your coffee."
"Me too please!" Phoebe said hurriedly as Piper ushered her into the living room. Paige got two mugs from the cabinet and filled them with the hot, steaming coffee. She filled hers to the top and carried the three mugs into the living room. She handed Piper and Phoebe theirs and kept hers for herself.
"So why are we in here this early in the morning?" Piper asked as she took a sip of her coffee. "Any demon news? I did hear voices in the attic last night. Did you take care of it?"
"Well, not necessarily demon news…" she paused. That subject was best left untouched. She didn't want to tell them more than she already had to let alone anything about Cole. "I took care of it."
"Then what is it?"
"I need to talk to you about something very serious. Something's been going on that I haven't been completely truthful about."
"Is this about the toilet?" Phoebe asked with seriousness in her voice. Paige laughed quietly. "No, I'm serious. Every morning when I get up to get this crappy morning stuff over with, the toilet's always running. It gives me the creeps."
"Yeah, I guess you could say that this has something to do with that. It's usually because I'm in there getting this 'crappy morning stuff' over with as you call it." Paige tensed at the concerned looks that she was getting from her sisters.
"Paige, what aren't you telling us?" Piper asked, slowly.
"Um…Piper, do remember when I said that the Elders were making a huge mistake when they assigned Kyle to me?"
"Yea, but I don't-"
"I knew what was going to happen." Paige finally took a seat between Phoebe and Piper. Phoebe placed her arm around Paige's shoulder.
"Sweetie, it's okay. You can tell us," she reassured her.
"I can't," She began to snivel as she realized how much she had betrayed her sisters.
"Yes, you can. It's okay." Piper too put her arm around her.
"But, I never told you. I don't know why. I guess I just never found the time. I just couldn't tell the truth."
"Tell the truth about what, Paige?" Phoebe was beginning to feel bad and scared at the same time.
"Almost four months ago, after Kyle was assigned to be my Whitelighter, I found out that I… I…" Paige broke into hysterical sobs. She turned to Phoebe. "I'm so sorry. You came clean and now it's time for me to do the same thing. I'm about four months pregnant."
"Oh, hunny," Phoebe said as she wrapped Paige in a hug. "Don't worry, we're not mad at you."
"Not at all." Piper also hugged Paige. "How could we be?"
"Thanks you guys," she replied as she tears stopped. The already fallen ones left small trails down her cheeks. "Thanks for understanding."
"No problem. You didn't get mad at me for not telling you. Why should I get upset with you? But I do have one question. How do you stop fast enough to flush and orb?" Phoebe began to laugh as her sisters joined in.
"It's a trick you have yet to master," Paige joked.
"No, seriously, you remember me when I was pregnant with Chris don't you? I was always getting sick. And when I did-" Piper smiled.
"Nobody stood in your way," Phoebe finished. "I think that we were all too afraid that you'd blow us to smithereens." She scooted down, away from Piper. "And I'm still afraid that if I cross you, you'll blow me up!"
"Hey! If anyone should be scared, it should be me! I'm the one stuck in the house with two moody, pregnant powerful witches. It's a good thing that you two are going to be so close together. I mean Phoebe, you're exactly four months down and Paige, you're what? About a week shy of that?"
They both nodded in response.
"Well," Piper said, grinning from ear to ear. "That's a very good thing."
"Why is that?" Paige asked, interested.
"Yea," Phoebe put in. "Why is that?"
"Because. At least I won't have to put up with one of you longer than the other."
"Boy, aren't you the nicest sister in the whole world?" Phoebe teased, sarcasm dripping from her voice.
"Yep, and don't you forget it!" Piper responded confidently.
"You know, I think she's actually right. It's bad enough that it happened this way. But at least it didn't happen simultaneously," Paige chirped. She looked at Phoebe and Piper and all three began to laugh.
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Sebastien scratched the back of his head as he opened his refrigerator door. He looked in it: nothing but a bottle of water. "Great," he muttered. His stomach gave a loud growl as he opened the freezer door. There was a box of toast able waffles inside. He picked up the box and looked in it. There was only one waffle left.
"Better than nothing," he sighed to himself. He took it out and put in in the toaster and pushed down on the lever. He walked back into his bedroom and grabbed and put on a pair of jeans over his sleeping shorts. He heard the 'pop' of the toaster as he put on a blue t-shirt. When he headed down the hall, he was stopped mid-way by a Kazi Demon.
"Everyone else has failed, but I will not! Give me the stone!" he shouted as a fireball appeared in his hand.
Sebastien used his super speed as he bolted around the demon and down the hallway. Once he was out of his apartment, he stood with his back against the front of his door. He looked around to make sure no one was near.
"Paige!" he called.
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Paige sat at the dining room table doing crossword puzzles in the morning paper. Phoebe sat across from her, proof-reading her own column. Paige looked up when she heard Phoebe sigh loudly.
"Everything okay Phoebes?" she asked kindly.
"No. I left out a word. It says 'Just follow your, it will lead you to the right place.' 'His what?' they will ask! It should say 'Just follow your heart it will lead you to the right place." Phoebe put her head in her hands and sighed. Paige let out a small laugh. "Hey! It's not funny. It's bad. Very bad."
"Oh, you'll get over it," Paige assured her. "What is 'the opposite of live' and is four letters?"
"Dead?"
"No, wrong letters."
Piper, who had been getting herself a fresh cup of coffee, finally spoke up. "That's easy, evil."
Paige sketched in the letter and found that they fit. "That's it! But how did you know that?"
"Easy. Evil is live spelled backwards." She took a sip of coffee and smiled.
Once Paige had finished the puzzle, she folded the paper up and tossed it to the stack of recyclable papers. It didn't land right on the top as she had anticipated. The whole pile began to tumble but stopped, suspended in mid-air.
"Piper," she said warningly. "Remember? No personal gain."
"Oh, right." She flicked her wrist and unfroze the falling stack.
Paige walked over and began to pick them up when she heard a jingling noise in the air around her. "Oh, no."
"What is it?" Piper asked, concerned by the worry in Paige's voice.
"Sebastien."
"Well, go!" Phoebe ushered. Paige nodded and orbed out.
"I hope he's okay," Piper sighed.
A/N: Finally, Chapter ten! Yay… It's finally up. Sorry if it was a little weird. I had a bit of writer's block… Please Review.
