Part 7
So many thoughts raced through Prue's head as she floored the accelerator in her attempts to catch up to her runaway sister and Cole.
'Why is this happening now, of all times?' Prue asked herself, swerving to the right to avoid a collision with an SUV. 'Do the fates really have that much fun toying with us?'
Phoebe watched Prue's face as she contemplated who knew what. As her sister veered onto an empty dirt road, her eyes flashed to the right and Phoebe was able to read her better than a book. She saw not just anger at the situation, but also fear and sadness.
'There's something she's not telling me,' Phoebe knew instinctively. 'But then again, I'm doing the same thing. She doesn't know that Piper and Leo are about to get a little bundle of nerves, otherwise known as a magical baby.'
Leo stared out the window, lost in thought. A desolate expression coated his handsome features. He knew something was going on between Piper and Cole. He could just tell. And he felt that both Prue and Phoebe were being even more secretive than usual. Both of them were hiding something. Every time Prue's vivid green eyes brush over him, he saw the guilt and sympathy flash briefly across them before her emotionless stare returned. Phoebe, on the other hand, wouldn't look at him. And when she did, her light soft eyes twinkled and she winked or smiled at him.
Prue jammed her foot on the brake as Piper and Cole's motorcycle pulled to the side of the road and they scrambled off and into the grassy but deserted park.
Prue, Phoebe, and Leo raced from the car and continued their game of Cat-and-Mouse with the mischievous couple on foot.
Prue tried her powers, but they had no effect on her sister. Leo tried orbing in front of them but Cole managed to shimmer them to safety each time. The whole time, Piper and Cole giggled their heads off, having the times of their lives.
The three finally caught up with the elusive pair deep into the woods. They were resting near a log, completely hidden from view except for Piper's slender leg.
Phoebe had written a spell mentally while they were still searching and recited it, freezing the sleeping Piper and Cole until they were ready to do something with them.
Leo orbed the sisters and Cole back to the Manor. He cast a longing glance at his wife's sleeping form, still snuggled next to Cole, before returning to the field for Prue's abandoned car.
Prue immediately began flipping through the Book, her fingers angrily turning the pages. When one particularly rough flip tore one of the pages, Phoebe's head whipped up. She's been making Piper and Cole comfortable-on separate couches.
"Hey, careful!" She warned.
Prue nodded absently. The Book's torn page magically repaired itself as Prue's returned her gaze to it. "Not that I should be surprised," she muttered. "It does everything else. Why not heal itself?" Her eyes were skimming the page when she gasped involuntarily.
"Pheebs, I think I found something; a potion." Phoebe crossed the attic floor and read the page for herself. Prue finished reading and added, "But we need something of Piper's."
Phoebe nodded. "I'll go get it," she offered. But her eyes wandered to Cole's still form.
The love in her sister's eyes broke Prue's heart because she knew how crushed Phoebe would be when she found out the truth.
"No, I'll do it. You sit with Cole," Prue told her, striding out of the room.
She entered Piper's room. Prue glanced around before deciding to check the bathroom for something. She quickly scanned the bathroom before letting her gaze stop at the hairbrush lying on the counter. "Perfect," she whispered. Prue grabbed it and turned to leave but as she did something in the trash caught her eye.
Her delicate hand darted into the can and removed a used home pregnancy test. Prue's startling green eyes grew wide in shock as she read the results and the impact of it hit her.
Piper was pregnant…with Cole's child!