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:D This chapter is a lot shorter than my others but it is just as eventful! When I said before that Phoebe/Cole fans would not like chapter seven, it's now chapter six after a lot of editing! And I have very probably got my baby time line (in the sense of when they can walk & talk etc) all wrong in later chapters! But hey, I'm only fifteen & I don't plan on having a baby any time soon!

I know I said I'd only update on Sundays but this is my celebration of Season seven starting in the UK tonight! YAY!

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Princess Laur xXx

Chapter 4- A goodbye and a hello

Paige quickly got over her worry again- this time after words of advice from Piper. She was now seven months pregnant and it was very evident. Decron had not been mentioned for a while and they still knew very little about him. Prue now had full control of her orbing power but her levitating power was another story. Twice she had to be brought down from the roof of the nursery. Piper and Leo were worried that her powers were progressing too quickly and kept bickering about whether or not to bind them. Mark still went demon hunting on a regular basis, but he would never leave Paige unaccompanied and Phoebe was preparing to move out to Cole's apartment.

"I can't believe you're actually leaving." Piper sniffed.

She hugged her sister as the two reminisced in memories of old and new. Phoebe's eyes were also red and puffy but she wore a smile nonetheless.

"Remember that time when we were kids- I must have been about seven, and I ran away from home with a pillow case full of teddy bears! You and Prue got in so much trouble for letting me leave."

"Yeah." said Piper with a smile "I told you that you were never leaving home again 'cause I'd get grounded! Please don't can live here! I don't mind." Piper knew it was inevitably going to happen but the idea of one of her sisters moving out made her feel strange.

Phoebe laughed at the thought of Cole living with her sisters "Yeah, but I think he would!"

As Phoebe got up to go to the bathroom, Paige entered the kitchen from the basement.

"Piper!" She said loudly so that Phoebe could hear her. "I can't believe you're celebrating without me. She's finally gone!" At this comment Phoebe came pounding back into the living room and hit her sister over the head playfully with a pillow. "Ah ah ah!" Said Paige, shaking her finger from side to side. "You wouldn't want 'Bump' to get upset at you for beating up Mommy..."

"So she's still Bump, huh?" Asked Piper who was grabbing a handful of Doritos "Not got a name for her yet?"

Paige shrugged "Well, I was thinking of naming her after someone in the family so I took a look at the list of names in the source vanquishing spell."

"And?"

"I quite like Laura- but I still have to check with Mark."

"Aww that's so cute! What do you think Prue? Do you think your cousin should be Laura?" Piper nodded and Prue, who was sitting in her baby bouncer, imitated her.

That night there were a lot of tears from the Halliwell sisters. More reminiscing about moments they had shared in the manor took place and even Paige, who had only lived in the Manor for a year and a half had her fair share of soppy stories. When they finally headed off to bed each of them had their own separate doubts about Phoebe's leaving.

The morning finally arrived and Phoebe's departure led to even more tears. Everyone stood outside the manor as Cole lugged the last of Phoebe's boxes to the car.

"Geez Phoebe, we're gonna have to have a separate room just for your clothes!" He said, slamming the back door of the blue Audi TT. (AN-Did anyone else notice, the only time someone in charmed ever wears the same outfit twice is when Piper comes back from elder land in season 3 and thinks she had only been gone for a day?)

Phoebe and her sisters were sharing one last goodbye hug and Mark looked on, his screaming niece in his arms. "She's gonna miss her Auntie Phoebe." Mark said as he started to do 'the wiggle', calming down Prue.

"I'm gonna miss her too." sniffed Phoebe, taking Prue out of Marks arms and kissing her on the forehead before handing her to Piper and climbing into the car. She opened the window wide and stuck her head and hand out to wave goodbye for the final time. Although she still had her doubts about Cole, she had decided that moving in would be the best way to put her mind at rest.

As they drove off Paige jumped into the air and shouted in false celebration. "Great! Where's the champagne?"

"Shut up Paige!"

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Two months later and Paige was still pregnant. 'Bump' was three weeks late and Paige was beginning to get bored of being grounded to the Manor. Mark was now only demon hunting once a week in the fear of missing his daughter's birth. Even though Phoebe had moved out, she came back every two days to say 'hi' and check if there had been any demonic activity and Piper, when she wasn't at P3, was still at home looking after Prue.

Paige was alone in the attic looking through the book of shadows- something which had become a regular occurrence over the past month. She was deeply engrossed in a page about a demon catching ice cream man and was laughing loudly when she finally felt her waters brake.

"Mark!" She called out before trying to orb down to her bedroom. "Okay... I can't orb- Mark!" She called out once again before plodding, as quickly as she could manage, to the stairs. "Piper?"

When she finally reached the second floor she knew something was wrong. A crash from downstairs told her that there must be a demon in the house. "Leo!? Sam!?"

Seconds later two clouds of orbs formed in front of Paige. Leo, thinking the shout had been about the demon, ran in the direction of his wife's screams. Sam was about to do the same when he realised the expression on his daughters face.

"Baby..." She said, grabbing onto Sam's shoulder after receiving her first painful contraction. "Get Mark."

Sam, not wanting to leave his daughters side, hesitated before orbing downstairs and coming back with Mark in tow. "It's okay sweetie, Piper's taking care of it." He said, recognising the worried expression on her pale face.

"Decron?" She asked in a sharp intake of breath. Mark nodded. "Sam, get Phoebe!"

Sam orbed out and Mark did his best to manoeuvre Paige to Piper's room. In all the confusion, neither Paige nor Mark noticed Decron appear behind them. It wasn't until Piper and Leo came pounding up the stairs that either sensed danger. Unfortunately, it was too late.

Piper arrived in her bedroom to see Decron aim a large fireball into her little sister's back.

"No!" Mark screamed as Paige went crashing to the floor. He pulled the athame out of his belt and lunged it straight into Decron's stomach.

"Bye Bye Baby!" Decron growled with a twisted smile before once again flaming out.

Everyone crowded round Paige who was still unconscious on the floor. Mark held her in his arms and breathed deeply trying to hold back tears. "Heal her damnit, Leo!" He shouted.

Leo bent over Paige and held his hands over her back. A golden glow was emitted from them and a flustered Paige sat up before breaking down into worried tears.

"There's something wrong with my baby..." She was sobbing uncontrollably and clutching her stomach.

"Leo. Take Paige and Mark to the hospital. NOW!" Piper demanded. Leo did not hesitate.

Somehow (although they weren't sure how), Leo, Mark and a still sobbing Paige arrived in the hospital without being seen. "My wife needs a doctor!" Yelled Mark, slamming his hand down on the reception desk.

What seemed like an age later, Paige was in a hospital bed, Mark by her side to hold her hand while she was delivering her baby. Piper, Phoebe, Sam, Leo, Prue and Cole waited outside the room for five antagonising hours listening to Paige give birth but when the screams stopped their ears were not greeted by the sound of a crying baby. Instead they heard the sound they had been dreading- the sound of a hysterical Paige and Mark.

Paige watched the young, male nurse cut the cord and suddenly more pain than she had ever experienced washed over her as she realised the baby was not making a sound. They carried the small, lifeless child to the opposite side of the miniscule cubical and Paige felt like a million athames had been lunged into her heart at the same time. She leaned onto Mark, her sobs so violent that they hurt. Mark let out a sorrowful cry and electricity sparked from his fingers. He wanted to curl up in a ball and cry, but he stood to support his wife. The tears however, he could not prevent. He had not felt pain so immense as this before. Not even when his father had died.

Suddenly, both parents' heads jerked upwards as they heard a small cry. The hope soared back into their hearts and when they realised that the same male nurse was carrying a whimpering bundle of pink blankets towards them, their tears or remorse turned to ones of happiness.

"Congratulations," the nurse said, "you have a beautiful baby girl." Paige and Mark were not listening to what the nurse said. They were too busy taking in the marvellous sight of their tiny baby girl. She had a head of dark hair and her mother's pale skin and nose. But her eyes were Mark's; the deep midnight blue with hints of aquamarine: the eyes of nobody other than a nauctater.

Phoebe burst into the room to see a tearstained and exhausted Paige hold her baby girl for the first time. Paige was actually smiling for what seemed like the first time since her wedding and Mark too, was grinning more broadly than ever, kissing his daughter's tiny hands. Everyone outside had feared the worst and apparently the residents of cubical 5D had been too, due to the look of relief on the doctor's face.

Everyone wrapped up Mark in a huge group hug, leaving Paige to hold her baby. Paige could not describe the immense feeling of joy that was running through her body. She had been sure they had lost their baby and now and the tiny infant wriggled innocently in her mother's arms, Paige could not stop crying.

"I'm never gonna let you go." Paige whispered, "And that big ol' demon is gonna get his butt kicked by Daddy,"

"He sure is." Mark agreed, kissing Paige and the baby in turn, "And then Daddy is gonna take you out and buy you anything you want."

"I think you'll have to wait at least another ten years before she'll want to go shopping." Piper joked, "But in the mean time, I'm sure the Mommy would enjoy the offer."

"I could sure use a cup of tea…"

"I'm on it!" Cole quipped as he exited the room with Leo to fetch drinks from the vending machines.

"She looks just like you when you were born," Sam said, tearing up over his grandchild, "But her eyes are Mark's"

"They run in the family!" Mark said proudly. His eyes suddenly lit up as if an invisible light bulb was shining above his head and he turned to Paige, "Do you mind if we name her after my mother? The middle name I mean?"

Paige did not hesitate in answering. Her smile was so wide that it was obvious she was in love with the name already, "Laura Rose Anderson…It's perfect."

For now, everyone was happy. The joy of a new baby and the love of her parents was enough to lighten any mood. Any mood, that is, except Decron. As he watched from under his cloak of invisibility, he bubbled with rage. The baby was alive and that meant they were one step closer to vanquishing him. Still, he had plenty time until the third child would come and he was going to stop at nothing! The Andersons were going to suffer.

Another chapter down! You didn't think I'd kill her did you?! And as for the comment about the third child…keep reading to find out! It's gonna be a while until I mention it again!

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Laur xXx