So, this is the last part. My first fic that I actually ended. And over 200 reviews. I'm so excited that people seemed to like it. Thanks for reading and I hope that you'll read my other fics and review just as you did for this one.
Chapter 35-Epilogue
Making her way into the manor with grocery bags full of things that Piper had insisted couldn't wait, Pheobe managed get them to the kitchen counter as she struggled to carry them along with little Potter, who quietly slept in his infant seat.
"Here," she exclaimed as she looked at her sister, who was busy cooking. "Do you know what traffic I had to battle to get this, along with carrying this little bundle around?"
She sat his carrier down and took the small infant out.
"You could have left him here. We would have watched him," Piper responded to her younger sister's stressed out words.
"I know. I just don't like leaving the kids when Cole and I can't be there," Pheobe told her as she proceeded to warm a bottle for the newborn. "It's not that I don't trust you and Prue. You know that I do. Right now I just can't do it. With everything that happened, I just haven't been able to leave them."
"I know, sweetie, but the kids are safe. The Elders agreed that as long as their demonic powers were stripped, you could raise them with no problems," Piper reassured her.
"Thanks, but for now I'll just play it safe. I won't give the Elders a reason to change their minds," Pheobe told her sister.
Piper, preparing for a formal dinner, carried what was needed to the dining room.
"And how is the most beautiful woman in the world feeling?" Cole asked as he walked into the room carrying two young children.
"Good now that you're home," she answered as she placed a kiss on her husband's lips.
"Mama," two year old Ben squealed as he held out a small stuffed bear.
"Is this for your baby brother?" she asked him smiling as he attempted to repeat her words.
Wanting to make sure that her children weren't feeling left out because of the new baby, she handed Potter to his father to feed him while she took time with the two young toddlers.
"Do you like Potter?" she asked her oldest child who nodded excitedly in response.
"Ma," Melinda cried as she held out her chubby arms.
"Come here, baby," she offered as she pulled the one year old into her arms. "Did you have fun with daddy?"
After only a few minutes, it was obvious that both of the little rugrats were due for their nap, as little Melinda let a yawn escape her mouth and Ben began to rub his eyes.
Seeing how tired the children were, Pheobe picked up her son and daughter and put them down for their naps before walking into the bedroom she shared with the man she loved.
"Little tired?" she playfully asked finding him sitting on the bed, eyes half open.
"Thoroughly exhausted," he said laying back on the bed.
"I gotta say that taking care of them was a lot easier in the alternate reality," she decided as she laid beside him.
"Yeah, because their births were more spaced out. Three kids in three years isn't exactly the easiest of situations," he said as he shut his eyes.
"I was afraid that if we wasted time, we wouldn't have our three children," she truthfully explained. "I don't think I've ever been this tired. Where's Potter?"
"Asleep," he answered drifting off himself and finding that since this would probably be the only time that all three kids were asleep at the same time, Pheobe also went to sleep.
An hour later, they were woken up and forced to the dining room by a very anxious Prue.
"A toast to Pheobe and Cole who, beating the odds, have reached yet another anniversary and have completed their family with little Potter," Prue announced which was followed by the clinking of wine glasses.
"And now let's eat 'cause I'm starving," Leo added before digging into his dinner.
"Manners, Leo. What are you teaching our boys?" Piper asked as she watched both Wyatt and Chris follow in their father's actions.
"Boys will be boys, Piper," Prue began.
"Yeah, I know that, Prue, but he could at least try to have some manners when we're eating...," Piper continued, the argument continuing on.
Watching her family, she finally felt whole. She watched as her husband fed their daughter, saw her son as he attempted to eat his food, most of it only landing on himself. Looking behind her, she found their two-week old son in his bassinet, who was content at the moment to listen to the noises surrounding him. Leo and Piper were together again and back to how they had been, their quirky bickering. She felt as though her life was finally right. Her family was finally whole.
Hope that ended good for everyone. Haven't ever done an epilogue so... Please review. All are welcome. If you didn't like it, please let me know what I can do to help my stories.