I got a few emails from people demanding that I update so I thought I better lol. I'm sorry for the wait but this is 4000 words so hopefully that makes up for the it. Only a few chapters left of this story, it's quite sad really.

Anyway here you go…

Chapter 29

Hope, Hearts and Hospital Part 2

"Hey I was just coming to look for you," Prue smiled slightly as she approached Phoebe in the reception area. Phoebe took a cup of coffee from the vending machine she was standing at and turned to face Prue.

"You found me," she replied with a half-hearted smile.

Prue nodded and noticed the cup of coffee in Phoebe's hands, she raised an eyebrow slightly at her younger sister, "since when do you drink coffee?"

Phoebe sighed, "when people are in hospitals they drink coffee, right?" She sipped from the cup and pulled a disgusted face, "now I remember why I don't drink it though." With her face still screwed up she thrust the cup into Prue's hands, "here enjoy."

Prue chucked softly and sat down on a seat behind them, Phoebe sat beside her and in unison they both sighed. Turning to look at each other they smiled faintly.

"How's Paige?" Phoebe asked, concern evident in her voice.

"She's worried but that's to be expected I guess but she's keeping it together." Prue informed her with concerned sigh; she smiled slightly at Phoebe. "You should go and see her."

"I can't…" Phoebe shook her head sadly and trailed off before looking up at Prue, "she'll ask about Grams and…" Her voice cracked and she paused.

"And what?" Prue prompted with urgency suddenly feeling panicked at Phoebe's tone.

Phoebe sighed as tears shone in her eyes, "its not good Prue." She informed her eldest sister, her voice coming out shaky.

And Prue didn't need details; just those few little words caused such a blow. She buried her face in her hands and took a long deep breath to compose herself before facing Phoebe again and then in the steadiest voice she could manage she firmly told her, "she'll pull through, she will."

"Prue you don't know that," Phoebe pointed out weakly then paused before stating quietly "Mum never."

"Mums situation was different," Prue automatically said resting her hand on Phoebe's shoulder comfortingly.

"We still lost her and then Grams was the one that took care of us…how can we live without her, she's all we have?" Phoebe let a tear escape and roll down her cheek as Prue pulled her close to her and held her tightly, soothingly stroking her hair.

"Well we're not going to find out because she's going to be fine." Prue reassured herself as much as Phoebe because once again that horrible feeling was back in the pit of her stomach.

"Piper you want something to eat? I'm making lunch for me and Cole anyway." Leo shouted over to Piper while he had his head in the fridge. There was no response form Piper. He found that odd since he just heard her put down the phone. Coming away from the fridge with the butter, he saw her standing in a daze in the middle of the floor. He set down the butter on the counter and called her name again with concern.

She snapped out of her daze and looked at him.

"Piper whats wrong?"

"Grams had a heart attack," she told him blinking a few time as if trying to process the information herself.

"Oh my God!" Leo exclaimed immediately moving closer to her, he rubbed her shoulder comfortingly, "Is she going to be okay?"

"Prue said it's not looking good," she managed to whisper. "Paige's has gone into labour aswell." She added after a beat.

Leo's eyes widened in surprise but before he could say anything Piper spoke with a firm tone albeit with a slightly shaky voice, "I have to go there…" She freed herself from Leo and made her way to their bedroom.

He followed her through and stood by the door watching her gather bits and pieces and stuff them into a suitcase not caring whether they were creased or not. "Piper…" He began with a sigh.

"Leo I have to go," she stated firmly briefly glancing up at him.

"I know…I was just going to say to leave room in that suitcase for me."

She looked up at him again and gave him a grateful smile while nodding her head.

"Hey guys what are you doing?" Leo looked behind him to see Cole standing there. Upon seeing Piper packing he smiled obliviously, "going somewhere?"

Leo smiled sadly and looked at Piper who sighed and nodded her head slightly at Leo as if giving him permission to tell. "We're actually going to San Francisco." Leo paused and moved closer to Piper, putting his arm around her waist supportively.

"Grams had a heart attack and Paige has gone into labour." Piper informed him in one breath, knowing she wouldn't have been able to finish her sentence unless spoken quickly.

"Oh," was all Cole could stutter, clearly shocked by the news.

"That's why we have to go," Leo explained after a moment while Piper zipped up the suitcase.

"I want to come too," Cole suddenly spoke causing both Piper and Leo to be surprised. "You can't change my mind, I'd worry far too much if I stayed here."

Piper in hurry to leave only nodded and smiled faintly at him while Leo nodded too and picked up the suitcase from the bed. Piper moved to the door and Cole quickly embraced her tightly whispering words of reassurance into her ear, which she was grateful for.

Leo was last out the apartment; he took one last look in the place before closing the door behind him.

"You're baby's heart beat is quite slow." Doctor Matthew's, the doctor currently looking after Paige told her with a weary tone.

"That means?" Paige asked tentatively as Kyle squeezed her hand for support.

"The baby is not as strong as we would hope." He paused and looked at Paige seriously, "she's very small."

"So?" Paige urged with concern.

He sighed but smiled as reassuringly as he could, "well hopefully we can keep her inside you for as long as possible, even a few hours can make a difference."

"But my water already broke…"

"The baby can stay in for a while yet even if the water has already broke but you have to relax and stay calm." He warned her gently.

"Then she'll be okay?" Paige asked cautiously.

"I'm afraid I can't answer that for sure but stay calm okay." With a smile sent her way he left the room leaving Paige and Kyle alone.

"You have to tell Glen," Kyle said out of the blue.

Paige looked at him slightly taken aback but just fell back against her pillow and sighed, "I was so sure I didn't want this baby but now the thought of losing her…guess this is karma huh?"

Kyle didn't say anything. Paige smiled slightly, "Glen has to know, I'd never forgive myself if the baby…" she trailed off biting her lip and swallowed. "And he'd never even known."

"The baby is going to be fine." Kyle said firmly giving her hand another squeeze. "Now I'll go call Glen and tell him to come to the hospital then you can explain everything." She nodded with slight apprehension, he smiled a little at her and leant over and kissed her forehead. "Don't worry everything's going to be okay."

She weakly smiled and as he left the room, her hand fell to her bump and she stroked it while whispering, "I'm sorry for everything…"

"Hello,"

Kyle took a deep breath as he heard Glen's voice on the other end of the line, "hi Glen its Kyle, Kyle Brody you know from school?"

Glen's brow wrinkled in confusion as to why he was calling but he went with it, "Sure, what's up?"

"Actually its Paige…"

He barely finished his sentence but Glen's ears perked up when he mentioned Paige's name, "Is she okay?" He immediately asked, worry evident in his voice.

Kyle smiled at his concern, "I think she should answer that." He responded, "Can you come to the hospital?"

"Hospital? Why whats wrong?" Glen demanded to know urgently.

Kyle sighed, "just come to the hospital Glen." He instructed softly.

Glen nodded on the other end of the line before realising Kyle couldn't see him. "I'll be there soon."

"Come on Grams you can't leave us." Prue whispered her voice sounding desperate as she stroked her grandmother's hand while she lay unconscious on a hospital bed. She sighed, when there wasn't even a slight movement from the woman. "I'm scared," she admitted weakly, "I have to be strong for everyone, assure them everything is going to be okay but how can I do that when I'm not even sure myself." She closed her eyes and fought back tears. When she opened them again she smiled weakly at her grandmother, "you hold on okay?" She pleaded quietly.

"Prue?"

Recognising the voice as Phoebe's she hastily rubbed her eyes getting rid of the build up tears before turning to face her sister. "Hey," she spoke softly.

"Piper called, she's on her way." Phoebe told her while walking further into the room.

Prue nodded, "good."

Phoebe smiled in agreement and waited a second before speaking again, "you know its okay to be scared, you don't have to act tough for us." She nudged Prue's shoulder playfully.

"But I do," Prue whispered, "Because if she dies then it'll be left to me to take care of everything."

"You won't have to do that." Phoebe said firmly putting her hand on Prue's shoulder. Prue looked up and smiled at her younger sister, gripping her hand that was on her shoulder tightly.

"Thanks."

"Just because you're the oldest doesn't mean you don't need comforting like the rest of us." Phoebe pointed out wisely trying to keep her tone light and playful.

Prue nodded and smiled gratefully at her.

Phoebe stood outside the hospital just minutes after being with Prue and couldn't help but let a few tears fall down her cheeks. She didn't want Prue to see her upset again but she couldn't help it. Seeing Grams so lifeless made her feel scared and sad. Shivering as the cool breeze of the day hit her she still felt more like standing outside being cold than going back inside to face reality.

More and more tears fell down her cheeks. It was as if once they started she couldn't stop them. Suddenly she felt warm arms encircle her body, surprised she looked up at his face. Now feeling puzzled she couldn't quite bring herself to ask questions instead she rested her head on his shoulder and enjoyed the feeling of warmth and comfort.

Not far from them Lee watched feeling a twinge of jealousy at the sight. He smiled weakly; glad Phoebe was getting some comfort even if it wasn't from him though.

"Cole," Phoebe mumbled.

"Its freezing out here, come on lets go inside." Cole suggested gently.

"In a minute, you go on in though," she told him smiling slightly.

He nodded hesitantly but didn't want to argue so walked off inside, she shivered again and only a second later was joined by Lee.

He smiled at her, "you okay?"

She shook her head slightly, "not really."

He nodded understandingly, "Cole seemed to be comforting you." He stated nonchalantly.

She looked at him surprised, unaware he had seen; "it wasn't like that…"

"No…no its okay I'm glad he was there for you. I would have been here sooner but…"

"You're here now." She finished for him and grabbed his hand tightly. He nodded and leant in to kiss her softly.

It was at that moment Cole appeared at her side again carrying a cup of coffee. Out of the corner of her eye Phoebe saw him, she quickly came away from Lee and looked at him awkwardly.

"I thought you might need this to warm you up." He stated holding out the coffee to her; she silently accepted and smiled softly at him. If Cole felt awkward he was doing a great job of hiding his discomfort. He turned to Lee and held out his hand to shake Lee's, "hey Lee good to see you again."

"Uh yeah you too." Lee stuttered awkwardly while taking Cole outstretched hand.

An awkward silence to say the least fell on the three, thankfully broken by a delighted squeal from someone. All turning their heads to the source of the noise, they saw Piper and Leo walk towards them. Piper ran up and hugged Phoebe while Leo watched and smiled at them as he walked a little slower over.

"You're here!" Phoebe was relieved and happy at the same time.

"Of course I am," Piper replied coming away from her sister and catching sight of Lee and Cole standing uncomfortably beside each other. She looked at Phoebe discreetly raising an eyebrow. "Looks like I got here just in time." She smirked slightly.

Phoebe hit her to shut her up and gave her a warning glare but was relieved of the interruption.

"How about we go inside?" Phoebe immediately forgot the situation with Cole and Lee and her thoughts floated back to Grams and Paige. Her face fell and instantly she felt Piper's arm wrap around her, a supportive smiled on her face.

"We should go back inside." Phoebe then responded shivering a last time before being led back indoors by Piper, the three boys closely following, Leo walking between the other two.

"Piper!" Upon seeing her sister enter her room, Paige squealed with delight and motioned for Piper to hug her.

Piper laughed at her sister and glad she was slightly perky embraced her warmly, "good to see you two." She pulled away from her and sat on the chair beside the bed while smiling still. "How are you and this little one?" She asked patting Paige's stomach gently.

"Little being the objective word." She sighed and shook her head sadly.

"What?"

"The doctor says she's really small." Paige explained.

"Oh, well I'm sure she'll be fine." Piper comforted her reaching for her hand.

Paige nodded, "that's what I'm trying to believe. It supposed to keep me calm and relaxed." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway how are you?"

"I'll be better once I know you and Grams are going to be okay," she smiled faintly.

"I thought you were going to cheer me up," Paige pouted.

"Right sorry I will try." Piper promised then grinned at a thought, "so guess what I intervened when I got here,"

"What?" Paige asked curiously sitting up further in her bed.

"A very awkward moment between Phoebe, Lee and Cole." She told her while still grinning.

"Cole's here?" Paige asked eyes widening, "oh my God!" She laughed with amusement.

"I don't think Phoebe found it so amusing," Piper commented. "Love triangles," she tutted and grinned.

"Paige Glen's coming."

Paige looked to the door to see Kyle standing there, her mouth fell open. She knew she told him to call him but now that he was coming it scared the crap out of her. "He is?"

Kyle noticing Piper for the first time offered her a small smile, which she returned before looking at Paige, "Glen's coming, how come you didn't tell me?"

"I…oh God I'm going to be sick, what am I going to say to him?" She panicked.

"Paige calm down, he's not here yet and you were the one that told me to call him," Kyle reminded her softly moving closer and grabbing her hand.

She smiled weakly at him then caught Piper's eye, "looks like Phoebe's not the only one going to be caught in a awkward threesome." Piper thought to herself watching the closeness between Kyle and Paige in front of her.

Paige reading Piper's thoughts sent her a glare warning her to get rid of her thoughts. Piper just smiled innocently.

"Oh sorry…" Kyle began to apologise to the person who he had just bumped into but stopped as he noticed the person's face. "Glen you're here," he stated in surprise. Glen nodded quickly and kept walking away from him. "Wait where are you going?" Kyle asked puzzled as Glen headed towards the exit.

"I just can't deal with this right now," Glen mumbled more to himself than anything.

Kyle still confused grabbed Glen's arm stopping him. Glen spun around sharply to face him. Kyle taken aback by his attitude hid it well by calmly asking, "Deal with what?"

"Kyle I know."

Kyle released his grip on Glen and nodded finally understanding Glen's behaviour, "oh, so you already talked to Paige." He said more to himself as if just trying to process the situation.

"No, I didn't talk to her I just saw her." Glen said through gritted teeth.

"Well you have to go back and talk to her! Let her explain!" Kyle exclaimed in exasperation.

"Whats to explain? I walk in here in a panic thinking something's happened to her. I go to reception asking where Paige Halliwell is and the receptionist tells me she's in the maternity ward. I find this strange but I follow her directions, all the way puzzling over it and then I get to her room number and look through the window. Inside there's a doctor talking to Paige and her top is up showing…" He trailed off feeling overcome with different emotions, anger, confusion, shock…

"A heavily pregnant bump?" Kyle questioned raising an eyebrow. "Because that's what she is Glen- heavily pregnant infact so heavily pregnant that's she's having a baby anytime soon." He informed him almost bluntly which he knew was slightly harsh but he figured it was the only way to make his point.

"I can't deal with this." Glen repeated shaking his head and walking away.

"Glen you can't walk away from this! You have to deal with it because like it or not she's having your baby soon!" Kyle called after him. People around them were beginning to stare; Kyle smiled apologetically at them for the disrupted peace and decided it best if he followed Glen outside.

Kyle caught up with Glen and was surprised to see he had stopped on his own accord and was leaning back on the wall, his eyes closed. Kyle was startled by the sound of Glen's voice, as he hadn't even opened his eyes to know that he was there. "How could she keep this from me?" His voice was soft and full of confusion.

"In her own way she did it for you, she thought it would be best." Kyle answered carefully aware his answers were the thing standing between Glen accepted his new role or him leaving the hospital altogether.

"I just…I just can't believe this." Glen sighed with disbelief finally opening his eyes and looking at Kyle.

I couldn't believe it either when I first heard. Infact I still don't and its been months now…"

"Months? You've known for months but she didn't think to tell me?" Glen exploded stepping back form Kyle.

"Glen…" Kyle winced at his mistake.

"She told you but not me! I can't believe this!" He exclaimed feeling outraged.

"Glen just calm down…" Kyle requested calmly.

"Calm down! Calm down! My ex girlfriend is in labour with my baby and I just found out about it like ten minutes ago and you want me to calm down!" He was shouting now, getting louder and angrier with every word he spoke.

"Glen I know you're angry okay but do you think its going to help Paige any if you go in there shouting at her?" Kyle pointed out while remaining calm.

Glen took a deep breath and calmed himself slightly long enough to think over Kyle's words, "no," he finally agreed and then sighed, "but if I see her right now I don't know if I'll be able to keep it together," he admitted.

Kyle nodded, "Then don't see her just now, go home and calm down, think it over and then come back." He instructed.

"Okay," Glen decided and ran a hand through his hair.

"Don't take too long though Glen, the baby wants out sooner rather than later." Kyle smiled slightly and patted Glen's back.

Glen nodded but couldn't speak. Baby. He shook his head as he walked away, the word repeating over and over in his head.

It all felt so surreal to him.

Piper walked outside the hospital and caught sight of Prue standing by herself.

"God its cold out here," Piper commented while shivering, Prue instantly spun around and smiled when she saw Piper.

"Piper," Prue said happily while hugging her sister.

"Its good to see you but can I ask why you're out here? It's freezing." Piper wrapped her arms around herself to keep warm.

"Is it?" Prue shrugged.

Piper gave her an odd look, "are you kidding? Its like minus degrees out here," she was exaggerating but she didn't care she was making a point. When Prue just shrugged again, she felt worried, "okay whats wrong?" She asked. Prue shrugged again. "Okay the Prue I know doesn't run from her problems, now you want to talk?"

"You know maybe the Prue everyone knows is just an act," Prue snapped turning away from piper.

"Prue…" Piper was taken aback by her words.

"No Piper I just can't do it anymore. Everyone's counting on me to be strong and there for you all but I just feel useless. I mean what if Grams…"

"Prue don't say it!" Piper warned her gently.

"Its reality Piper!" Prue shouted, she was shaking like mad.

Piper sighed and smiled sadly at her sisters broken form. "Come here," she told her and hugged her tightly. She was surprised by Prue's actions. Prue never broke down; she was just there for them if they ever broke down. Yet here she was a complete mess, with tears pouring down her face. And yet Piper wasn't so surprised when she thought about it. No one was invincible; everyone was fragile, especially at a time like what they were all going through.

"My mum just got back to take Abbie…" Andy started to explain but stopped when he saw how upset Prue was. She fell into his arms instantly. He rubbed her back soothingly and looked questioningly at Piper.

Piper smiled faintly, "look after her," she told him simply.

He nodded and looked down at Prue in his arms and held her tighter.

Piper sighed as she made her way back inside. As she entered the hospital Leo walked up to her, "hey," he greeted her softly.

She weakly smiled in response.

"So how you holding up?" He asked his face etched with concern for her.

She sighed and shrugged her shoulders a little, "as well as can be expected under the circumstances. Better than Prue,"

He nodded understandingly, "well listen I called work and explained that we won't be able to come in for a while and they totally understood, so are jobs are safe." He smiled a little, "one less thing to worry about right?"

Piper bit her lip and turned away from Leo, her heart sinking. "I can't go back," she whispered squeezing her eyes shut. Leo didn't say anything, in some way he was half expecting the words but they still hurt all the same. Piper looked back round at him, a sad expression on her face, "I'm sorry Leo I just can't leave now. They need me here and I need to be with them."

After a few seconds Leo nodded, "I understand." He said barely above a whisper, pain flashing across his eyes though.

"Okay," Piper whispered back, while nodding her head and fighting back tears.

They both stood there in a tense silence, her trying not to cry and him trying not to beg her to change her mind.

They were interrupted by Cole running towards them. The look on his face told them straightaway that something was wrong.

"It's your Grams…"

Ooh whats happened, oh well I know and you will too in the next chapter lol. Also there's more from the Phoebe/Cole/Lee love triangle. Paige and Glen finally talk but has he really calmed down? And Paige has her baby.

I would say I'll update soon but I can't promise anything. Reviews however do make me feel more like typing…lol