Part 4
A knock sounded on her bedroom door and Phoebe's voice yelled, "Piper!"

The knock and the sound of Phoebe's voice startled Piper, who dropped the test into the garbage.

"What?" Piper called back, shuffling towards her door. She pulled it open and looked into Phoebe's eyes.

"C'mon, Pipe. We got some ugly demon ass to kick!" Phoebe told her sister, grabbing her hand and pulling Piper down the stairs after her.

Prue, Leo, and Cole stood in the by the foot of the stairs, watching the sisters descend. Prue avoided Piper's gaze, Piper avoided Cole, and Leo
watched the three of them with a hurt look on his face.

He suspected something was going on with Piper and Cole, but he couldn't quite figure out how to find out without betraying Piper's trust. So he watched and waited for some evidence of an affair.

Phoebe bounced on the balls of her feet, ignoring the obvious tension in the group. "Okay, Piper, Leo explained to Prue, so lemme get you up to speed," she began. "Me and Leo went to Melissa's apartment and searched a little and guess what we found?" Phoebe paused, waiting for Piper to guess.

"Um, the Lochness monster?" Piper guessed half-heartedly.

"No, silly," Phoebe told her. "We found a lost Shakespeare play!"

Piper looked at Phoebe like she'd gone mad. "You, of all people, are excited about Shakespeare?"

Phoebe shook her head. "It's not the Shakespeare that I'm happy about. It's the fact that we can use it to help find and kill the demon. We can scry with it or something."

Prue spoke up. "Yeah, good idea, Pheebs. Why don't you and Piper go scry? Leo can check with the Elders. Cole, you go to the Underworld and see what you find and I'll search the Book again."

The group scattered to do their jobs.

Piper shot a scathing look at Prue back. 'That bitch paired me with Phoebe so I'd feel even guiltier than I already do.' She followed Phoebe up to the attic and get all set up to scry.

Just as she was about to begin, Cole shimmered in.
"Phoebe," he whispered in a sing-song voice.

Phoebe whirled around and grinned. "Hey, baby," she answered in a childish voice. "I thought you were in the

They snuggled on the couch for a few minutes. Piper tried her best to tune them out by concentrating on the scrying crystal. It took all she had to keep her tears from falling. Just thinking of Cole with someone else was awful enough, but to actually see it made her heart feel as if it had been torn from her chest and stomped on.

"Pheebs, can you get me a glass of water?" Piper asked. She needed to talk to Cole about her test results.

"Yeah, of course, Piper," Phoebe replied. She brushed her lips against Cole's cheek and then bounded down the stairs.

"Cole," Piper's voice broke and the tears finally flowed.

Cole was up and at her side in an instant. "Piper, what is it?"

Piper looked into his dark, mysterious eyes and the look of anguish on her face broke his heart. "I-I think I'm pregnant," she finally told him, diverting her eyes.

Cole reeled backwards, his mind racing. 'Maybe I'm hearing things,' he thought. "What did you say?" he whispered, hoping desperately that what he's just heard wasn't true.

"I might be pregnant." Piper wiped her eyes with the side of her hand, not caring that her mascara was smudging. "And…I'm not sure who the father is."

Cole climbed to his feet and began pacing. 'This can't be happening. She can't be pregnant. She can't be. Phoebe will never forgive me. And neither will Piper is Leo and Phoebe find out.'

"Are you sure?" Cole asked, desperation creeping into his voice. He knelt down and probed her eyes with his.

Piper took a deep breath. "I took a home pregnancy test and it was positive. I'm going to the doctor as soon as this demon is done with to find out for sure, but Cole, I know what the answer's going to be. I'm pregnant."

A loud squeal filled the room and Phoebe dove onto Piper. "You're pregnant!"
Phoebe screamed. "This is so excellent!" She started kissing Piper's stomach. "Hello, baby!"

Piper and Cole exchanged petrified glances over Phoebe's head.