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Six months, it had been six months since Piper and Owens wedding, six months since the run in with Leo, six months and Piper Halliwell-Johnson was about to pop. Her baby was ready to come, she knew that, and she was as excited as ever about that fact.
She didn't know whether the baby would be a boy or a girl, smart or popular, she didn't know anything of that sought but she did know that this baby was loved. Her husband loved this child, as he said while he spoke to her crutch every night. Her boy's loved this child as they both always wanted to know every single thing about it. And she loved this baby. It was a weird feeling but it was a feeling she had had three times now. The feeling of loving a person you know absolutely nothing about, of that feeling of complete unconditional love. It was a tremendous feeling.
Piper's due date had been three days ago so she hadn't been in the best of moods lately, as she was always uncomfortable because of this. At the moment though, she was feeling quite content. The baby had stopped moving for a little while and she was lying down on her bed with her son Chris lying on the end of the bed talking to her.
"Why does the baby never kick when I'm around mom" he asked
"You've felt the kick before Chris" she answered
"Well yeah but not nearly as many times as Wyatt or Dad has" he said sulkily
"Well it's not really that important, you have bigger things to worry about don't you" said Piper
"Like what"
"Like the fact that any day now you're going to be a big brother, just like Wyatt is your big brother" Piper told her son
Chris looked away from his mom with a strange expression on his face. He didn't know how to be a big brother; he had always been the little brother, always the baby. He was worried now, he didn't think he ever be able to be as good of a big brother as Wyatt was. He was about to ask his mom about this when but she let out a scream just before he got the words out.
"What's wrong" he asked concerned
"Contraction, oh oh contraction!" she exclaimed "Go get daddy Chris" Chris quickly orbed out of the room to find his dad. In a matter of seconds he was standing back on the floor of his parent's bedroom with Owen at his side.
"Chris I've got to take your mom to the hospital ok, go to magic school, find Wyatt and then stay with your Aunt Paige until she can bring you guys to the hospital" said Owen to Chris as soon as he had realised what was going on
"Ok daddy" said Chris before orbing out.
He had not been in magic school for more than five seconds when Wyatt orbed in beside him.
"What are you doing here Chris?" he asked concerned
"Our little brothers coming" he answered "How come mommy and daddy don't know it's a boy and we do"
"Because we are half angel, they aren't" answered Wyatt in a matter of fact tone
"Come on we have to find Aunt Paige" said Chris taking Wyatt's hand. He waited patiently while Wyatt searched for her with his sensing powers.
"She's in her office" said Wyatt "But come to my class now and we will go when that finishes" Chris nodded his ok and they went on their way.
An hour later they were walking through the massive halls of magic school, neither of them had spoken in a while but Chris had something he really needed to talk to Wyatt about so he broke the comfortable quietness.
"How do you be a big brother Wy?" he asked quietly
"What do you mean?"
"Mommy said that I was going to be the knew baby's big brother, I don't know how to be one" said Chris
"Well sure you do, you just look out for them and make sure they are always ok" Chris still looked worried so Wyatt went on "Like with Patty. You're her big cousin right?"
"Yeah" said Chris
"And you always make sure she is ok and that she is happy"
"Yeah but that's different, she's my cousin"
"No it's not Chris, it's just the same thing except you will feel more of a connection with the baby, like you feel one with me" Chris nodded but was still looking only at the floor
"Don't worry so much about it ok. You're going to be a great big brother and I'll help you be one alright after all I'm your big brother so I still have to look out for you" Wyatt then put his arm around Chris's shoulders and gave them a squeeze of reassurance.
A minute later they reached Paige's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in" she called and when she caught site of whom it was continued "Is your mom having it now" they nodded "Oh it's so exciting, I remember when the two of you were born, it was a bit different, not as simple"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh don't worry about that" she answered waving off the question "We've got to go"
"Ok where we going" asked Chris
"The hospital duh" said Wyatt, Chris's cheeks turned a light shade of pink
"No, no, we'll go home first and take the car" said Paige. The three of them orbed back to the front hall of the manor and were just about to walk outside when someone knocked on the front door.
"Hello?" said Paige speaking to the man she found on the other side. The man looked at her strangely before answering
"Ah yeah hi, um does... ah, who are you" the man looked very confused
"Paige" answered Paige also confused
"Paige...?" he asked
"Mathews, why" she asked
"Never mind" he started walking backwards "Just knew someone who used to live here, don't worry bout it, never really thought they'd sell the place but hey what do I know" he was mumbling
"Wait! Who you after" Paige called after him but he was gone. She then turned to the boy's "Do either of you know who he was?" both shook their head "Oh well come on we got to go"
When they arrived at the hospital they found Owen standing just outside of Piper's room pacing back and forth.
"Daddy" called Chris when he spotted him
"Hey little buddy" said Owen picking Chris up "Your little brother or sister is going to be here any second now"
"Little brother daddy, it's a boy" Owen smiled at him softly. Chris then spotted someone off to the side of his dad "Aunt Phoebe, is your baby coming now too" he asked his Aunt"
"No Sweetie, not for a couple of months yet" she answered the boy
"Oh ok then" Phoebe had gotten pregnant not long after Piper's wedding, her and Les were expecting their second child in three months time.
"Excuse me Mr Johnson" asked a nurse coming out of the room
"Yes" said Owen spinning around to face the lady
"You can come back in now" she said and Owen sighed with relief, "they can come too" she added indicating the boy's. Owen took Wyatt's hand and led the two of them into the delivery room.
The second they stepped inside the faint sound of soft baby cries met their ears. They walked quietly over to Piper's bed and looked down on the woman who was holding her newborn baby.
"It's a boy" she said looking up at Owen with a smile
"Told ya" Chris bragged but Owen wasn't listening, he was busy starring down at his new son with a look of wonder on his face.
Another cry from the child brought Owen back to reality and he bent down and shared a long gentle kiss with his wife.
"I love you" he said looking at her "And you little one" he added casting a loving gaze over the baby
"Shawn" said Piper suddenly
"Shawn Halliwell-Johnson" stated Owen, nodding his approval
"Is that his name?" asked Wyatt
"Yes that's your little brother" said Piper
Chris gazed down at the child from his position in Owen's arms. He was a beautiful baby Chris noticed, but that wasn't the main thought running through his mind. No the main one was much more special, it was that he finally understood what it meant to be a big brother, it meant that he would do anything for the baby, he had to protect him, protect Shawn, his little brother.
A/N: So sorry about the long wait for this chapter, I'm not going to tell you when the next one should be up because if I do it won't be up by then. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review.