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Four months later. Phoebe is waiting for the adoption to go through. Phoebe graduated from college and started her job at the newspaper. Ryan and she are still dating. Andy went back to work. Aidan is still not showing any powers. Prue and Andy keep arguing. Cole still keeps popping in and out. They haven't figured out how to vanquish him.
"Andy!" Prue yelled. "I thought you were going to take them for awhile"
"I told you Prue I had to work late" Andy said.
"You had to work late, what else is new?" Prue said. "Ever since you went back to work a couple weeks ago that's all you do!"
"You think I like missing out on my kids growing up!" Andy yelled back. "You think I like not seeing my wife anymore!"
"Then tell them you can't work late! Sheila never has a problem with Darryl working late!" Prue yelled.
Prue stormed away mad.
Andy sighed.
In the kitchen.
"Have they stopped yelling for the last month?" Phoebe asked.
"No and I'm worried" Piper said.
"It common for newly married couples to argue and if you add in the fact that they have three kids then there's going to be big problems" Phoebe said.
Prue came into the kitchen.
"Prue I said I was sorry" Andy said.
"Sorry worked the first ten times you said it" Prue said.
"What do you want me to do Prue?" Andy asked. "Quit my job? We hardly have enough money right now"
Prue looked at the kitchen table where everyone was staring at them. They quickly went back to what they were doing.
"Living room, now" Prue said.
They went to into the living room.
"I think we know how this is going to end" Piper said.
"They yell, Andy says I'm sorry for the eighty millionth time, Prue storms off, Andy slams door and leaves for work" Leila said.
On cue the door slammed shut. Prue came into the kitchen again.
"So, Phoebe, how's the job going?" Leo asked changing the subject.
"Good, Elise says I'm becoming one of the most read columns in San Francisco"
"Good for you" Piper said. "Leila, how's school?"
"Fine" Leila said.
"I hated eighth grade" Piper said.
"So did I" Phoebe said.
"Why did you hate it, Mom?" Leila asked.
"Let's just say I wasn't the best student in the world" Phoebe said.
Aidan started crying through the baby monitor. Prue sighed and walked out of the kitchen.
"Whoa, do not tick her off today" Phoebe said.
"I have to go honey" Leo said.
He kissed Piper.
"Bye sweetie" Piper said. "I love you"
"I love you too" Leo said.
He orbed out.
"You guys make me sick" Leila said.
"At least we don't make you go deaf" Piper said referring to Andy and Prue's constant arguing.
"True" Leila said.
"You have to get to the bus stop" Phoebe said. "You can't miss the bus again"
"Okay, okay" Leila said. "But you have Ryan to orb me to school"
"Yes but Ryan has other jobs to do too" Phoebe said. "Come on head on out"
Leila grabbed her backpack and headed out to the bus stop.
"You've adjusted well to the mom thing" Piper said.
"It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be" Phoebe said.
"It's cute how she calls you Mom" Piper said.
"The first time she said that it gave me this cool feeling that I never thought I'd have" Phoebe said.
Prue walked into the room with Aidan straddled on her hip, Andrea holding on to one of her legs, and Ava following in front of her.
"I told you leave your brother alone" Prue said to Ava.
"No!" Ava yelled.
"You don't say that to me Ava Penny" Prue said.
The phone rang.
"I'll get that" Phoebe said.
Prue gave Aidan to Piper and put Andrea and Ava in their height chairs.
Phoebe hung up the phone.
"I've got to go to work" Phoebe said.
"Bye" Piper said.
"Yeah, Bye" Prue said.
Phoebe left.
"So, thanks for taking care of Patience yesterday" Piper said.
"Anytime" Prue said.
"You know maybe we could take care of the kids sometime for you" Piper said. "You could go on a date with Andy or something"
"I'll pass, he'd probably be working late anyway" Prue said.
"You know Prue, I'm sure he doesn't mean to" Piper said.
"I know" Prue said. "Which is why I'm picking him up some lunch and surprising him with the kids this afternoon"
"Good" Piper said.
Prue got out some food for the twins and a bottle for Aidan.
"I don't think I've actually slept for the last week. Aidan keeps waking up at one at night and doesn't fall back asleep until four then Andy either is just getting home or getting called in. Then that wakes up the girls so I do it all over again" Prue said resting her head on the table. "Then Andy and I yell and argue until he leaves for work or I slam a door in his face"
"It was really hard for you when the twins were born, remember?" Piper said. "You didn't sleep for like six months"
"I know, but then I didn't have a husband to share the work with and now that I do he's never home" Prue said. "Which makes me constantly worrying about if he's going to get hurt again and if he's ever going to come home"
"I feel the same way with Leo" Piper said. "When he orbs out in the middle of the night I'm terrified a darklighter or something will make it so I don't get to see him again"
"At least you sleep" Prue said yawning.
She rested her head on the table. Andrea threw some food at her. Piper tried hard not to laugh.
"Andrea, so help me, you are going to be in big trouble if you do that again" Prue said. "What have I told you about throwing things?"
Prue got up and cleaned the food off of her shirt.
"I'm going to go change" Prue said. "Can you watch them?"
"Yes" Piper said. "But when you go upstairs can you check on Patience and see if she's still sleeping"
"Fine" Prue said.
She headed upstairs.
"You guys are going to drive your mother insane" Piper said.
Ava squealed. Aidan started cooing.
"And make her go deaf in the process, why don't you be nice to your mommy?" Piper said.
"No" Andrea said.
"No" Ava said.
"You are just as stubborn as your mom" Piper said.
She started feeding Aidan.
"Is that bottle good" Piper said.
She sat there feeding him. Prue came into the kitchen carrying Patience.
"The littlest princess was wide awake up there" Prue said. "I wish my kids were that quiet when they woke up"
"Switch kids" Piper said.
Prue handed Patience to Piper and took Aidan.
"You were hungry" Prue said noticing the empty bottle. "I think I'll hurry up and go to the police station before Andy gets called out on something"
"Okay" Piper said. "Do you need any help?"
"Watch the girls while I put Aidan in his carrier, please" Prue said.
She put Aidan's coat on him. Then she went and got the carrier and put Aidan it. Then she cleaned up the girls and put their coats on them.
"Okay, I should be back soon" Prue said. "Are you working tonight?"
"Not until eight and Leo should be back by then" Piper said.
"Okay, see you later" Prue said.
She loaded up the stroller for the girls and then loaded the kids into the van. She stopped and picked up some lunch for Andy. Then she went to the police station. She struggled to open the door with the stroller and baby carrier.
"Mrs. Trudeau" an officer said opening the door for her.
"Thank you" Prue said.
"No problem, Andy should be at his desk" the officer said.
"Thanks" Prue said.
She went to Andy's desk.
"Surprise" Prue said.
Andy looked up from the paper he was working on.
"I'm sorry" Prue said. "I thought I'd bring some lunch and show you that you aren't missing your kids growing up"
"I'm sorry too, Prue" Andy said. "I feel bad about leaving you alone with the kids everyday"
Prue set the carrier Aidan was in on his desk.
"Daddy!" Ava shouted.
"Ava, indoor voice" Prue scolded.
Andy took her out of the stroller and sat her on his lap.
"Do you know what Andrea did this morning?" Prue said. "She threw cereal at me"
Andy laughed.
"You wouldn't be laughing if it was you buddy" Prue said.
She smiled.
"I should be home on time today" Andy said. "I'll give you a break from them"
"That would be nice" Prue said. "Piper said they could take the kids sometime if we wanted to go on a date or something"
"Why don't you sit down?" Andy said.
"We're not interrupting your work?" Prue asked.
"Not at all" Andy said.
Andrea started to squirm so Prue took her out of the stroller and put her on her lap.
"This is where your daddy works" Prue said to Andrea.
"You look tired" Andy said.
"Aidan hasn't been sleeping well" Prue said yawning.
"Why don't you wake me up and I'll take care of him?" Andy asked.
"You hardly get enough sleep as it is" Prue said.
Prue's cell phone rang.
"Hello" Prue said.
"Aunt Prue, it's Leila" Leila said. "Cole appeared at school today"
"What?" Prue asked. "When?"
"He first appeared in my study hall and then in the hallway between class" Leila said.
"Did you call your mom?" Prue asked.
"Her cell phone was off and she wasn't at her desk. Then I tried the manor but it was busy" Leila said.
"Okay, I'm going to come pick you up from school" Prue said. "I don't want you there without us"
"But I have a test next hour" Leila said.
"You'll have to retake it" Prue said. "Now, I'm going to try and get a hold of your mom to have her call the school to tell them I'm picking you up"
"Okay" Leila said.
"Okay, stay in crowded places so he can't bother you" Prue said.
"Okay, bye" Leila said.
"Bye" Prue said.
She hung up.
"Cole appeared at Leila's school twice today" Prue said. "I've got to go pick her up"
"Is she okay?" Andy asked.
"Yeah, but I don't trust Cole not to try anything" Prue said.
She put Andrea back into the stroller. Andy put Ava in the stroller.
"I'll help you put them in the car" Andy said.
They walked out to the car. They loaded up the kids and stroller.
"Be careful" Andy said.
"I will" Prue said. "I love you"
"I love you too" Andy said.
He kissed her.
"Bye" Prue said.
"Bye"
Prue got into the van and headed to pick Leila up. She tried Phoebe again.
"Hello?" Phoebe said answering the phone.
"Pheebs, it's Prue" Prue said. "Leila called and said Cole showed up at her school twice. She said she's fine and I told her to stay in crowded places. I'm heading over there now to pick her up"
"Okay, I'll call the school and tell them. When you go to sign her out she still goes by Leila Conner" Phoebe said. "I'm tied up at work so I won't be able to get to the manor until later"
"Okay, I'll call you if he shows up again" Prue said.
"Okay, bye" Phoebe said.
"Bye"
Prue hung up. She pulled into Baker Junior High. She unloaded the kids and went to the office.
"I'm here to pick up Leila Conner" Prue said to the secretary.
"And you are?" the secretary asked.
"Her aunt" Prue said.
"I'll call her down" the secretary said. "You can have a seat over there"
Prue sat down and waited. Leila came to the office.
"Ready to go?" Prue asked.
"Yeah" Leila said.
They went to the car and started towards the manor.
"Did he say anything to you?" Prue asked.
"No, he just kept staring at me" Leila said. "It was creepy"
"At least he didn't try anything" Prue said.
"I think we should summon Joyce or whatever you called her" Leila said. "She might be able to help us vanquish him"
"I don't know" Prue said. "I don't think she could do much more then we can"
"I just don't like seeing Mom so frustrated" Leila said.
"I know" Prue said. "I don't like it either"
"Plus with Cole out of the way she could get more serious with Ryan"
"You like Ryan?" Prue asked.
"He's cool" Leila said. "So where were you when I called?"
"Police department, bringing Andy some lunch" Prue said.
"Did you apologize?" Leila said.
"Not that it's any of your business but yes I did" Prue said.
"Good" Leila said.
They pulled into the driveway of the manor.
"Can you help me unload the kids?" Prue asked.
"Sure" Leila said.
They got out of the car and started unloading the kids.
"Why don't you take Aidan so I don't wake up the twins" Prue said.
"Okay"
Prue handed the baby carrier that Aidan was in to Leila. She carefully picked up Andrea so she wouldn't wake her up. Cole shimmered in behind her.
"Leila take Aidan and the girls and go inside" Prue said.
Prue sent the twins down by Leila. Leila grabbed their hands and took them inside.
"Leave my nieces and my kids alone" Prue said. "They did nothing to you"
"So protective" Cole said. "You can't protect them forever though"
"You're like this fly that just won't go away" Prue said. "Why did you show up at Leila's school?"
"No reason" Cole said. "Just wanted to see if I could figure out why Phoebe wanted to adopt that little brat"
Piper walked over beside Prue.
"You're back again?" Piper said. "Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Nope" Cole said. "I enjoy seeing the panic I cause you whenever I show up"
"It's not panic you see, its disgust" Piper said.
"You know that hurts" Cole said.
He put his hand around Piper's throat.
"I wouldn't do that in public" Prue said.
Cole let go and stepped back.
"I'm wasting precious time talking to you" Cole said.
He shimmered out.
"You okay?" Prue asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Piper said. "Why did you bring Leila home?"
"Because he showed up twice at her school" Prue said.
"Can't he just leave the kids out of it?" Piper said.
"Apparently not" Prue said.
They went inside the manor. They found Leila and the kids in Andrea and Ava's shield. Three demons were attacking them. Lightning bolts and fire were being fired at the demons. Prue flung the demons into a wall. Then Piper froze them and then blew them up.
"Are you guys okay?" Prue asked. "Leila, you're bleeding"
Leila had a cut on her arm.
"It's just a little cut" Leila said.
"Leo or Ryan!" Piper yelled.
"Aunt Piper it's not that bad" Leila said.
"Still they should heal you" Prue said.
Ryan orbed in.
"What happened?" Ryan asked.
"Three demons" Prue said.
Ryan went over and healed Leila's arm.
"Maybe I should stay here and make sure no more demons come" Ryan said.
"You don't have to do that" Leila said.
"I want to" Ryan said.
Ava and Andrea started running around. Prue sneezed.
"You're not getting sick are you?" Piper asked. "Didn't Andrea just have a touch of the flu?"
"I'm not sick" Prue said.
"If I catch you sneezing again you're going to lie down" Piper said.
"Fine" Prue said.
They spent the rest of the evening playing with the kids.