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A/N: Sorry for the wait. Thank you to my reviewers. Here is the next chapter.

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Chapter 9

The Canadian ranch sold within a couple of weeks and everyone was now sitting in the living room of the manor, looking at old pictures.

Piper's parents and sisters were there, and so was Leo's Mom and Paige's Dad. Paige also brought her new boyfriend, Glen with her.

"Mommy, is that you?" Jess asked, pointing to a picture of four little girls and a little boy.

"I think so. And that's Prue and Phoebe, and I think that's Paige, but I don't know who that is. Mom, do you know?" Piper asked Patty.

"Um, I think it's just an old neighbour. He looks about you age, Piper," Patty said.

Phoebe looked at the picture then pulled it closer for a better look. "Mom, do you have any idea of who this could be?" she asked.

"No, honey. Why?"

"Because, I think it's Drake!" Phoebe was getting tears in her eyes now. Cole wrapped his arms around Phoebe to comfort her.

They set the picture aside and moved on. No one brought up that picture.

About half an hour later, they were going through the high school yearbooks when Paige stopped them.

"Piper, who is that?" Paige asked.

"That would be," she paused as she looked closer to the picture in the book. "Dan Gordon. Why?"

"That's the guy who attacked me at the party," Paige said. (A/N: So I went for the obvious person.)

"What?" the adults all said.

"That's it," Patty said. "Andy, you're going to take me to see him now. No one attacks two of my daughters and gets away with it."

"What?" Paige asked. "Who else did he attack?"

"Me," Piper said quietly. "He raped me almost six years ago and then had the nerve to show up at the wedding."

"Oh, so that's what all of the commotion was," Paige said.

"Patty, settle down. He's already in jail," Andy said.

"We can just charge him," Sam said.

"You can. I can get Darryl to come out here and write it up," Andy said.

"Thanks," Paige said.

"I think we've had enough pictures for now," Piper said.

"Yeah. I'm going to go lay down," Prue said.

"The kids should go take naps, too," Patty said.

"Actually," Leo said. "Piper and I were going to take the girls out for a bit. We need to go school shopping for all of us."

"Ok," Patty said. "But the younger children should take naps."

"You heard Grandma, A.J.," Andy said. "Nap time." Andy picked up A.J. and carried him up to his room.

"Patty, I'm going to take Paige to my place for a while," Sam said.

"Ok. Please take good care of her," Patty said.

"Of course," Sam said. "See ya later." Sam, Paige, and Glen left, after Paige hugged her mother.

"Mom," Piper said, "we should only be a few hours. Today is registration at the college and the elementary school, so we're going to do all of that, and then we might do some shopping."

"Ok. Have fun," Patty said.

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At the elementary school, the girls were playing with some other kids while Piper and Leo were talking to the teacher and filling out paper work.

"So," the teacher, Miss Moore started, "I'm going to need to see your driver's licenses, birth certificates, the girls' birth certificates, any allergies or medical conditions the girls have, and phone numbers where I can reach you or their emergency contact."

"Ok, well, we have school all day, so the main contact number would be one of their Aunts or Uncles."

"Yes, I see that you're quite young to have children this age. Are they you biological children, or did you adopt?"

"I don't think that's any of your business, Miss Moore," Leo said.

"Leo, it's ok," Piper said. "Miss Moore, we did not adopt Jessica and Melinda. It's just that something happened one night about six years ago that neither of us regret. However, the entire time I was pregnant with them, I didn't know who the father was." Miss Moore's mouth was open in shock. "And, no, I am not a slut or a whore. I was raped by two other guys the night the girls were conceived."

"I'm sorry," Miss Moore said. "Uh, to continue with the information I need."

"Of course. I have everything written here for you," Piper said.

"Thank you very much," Miss Moore said.

Mel ran in with tears in her eyes. "Mommy, Daddy, Jess needs your help!"

"What's wrong, Mel?" Piper asked.

"Jess isn't moving."

Leo ran outside and Piper picked Mel up and started following.

"Mel, honey, what happened?" Piper asked.

"Someone pushed her," Mel said.

"Ok Mel, Daddy's looking after her," Piper said.

Leo ran up to them with Jess in his arms. "We have to get her to the hospital, Piper. She's not responding," he said.

"What? Let's hurry up and get in the car. I'll drive."

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1 hour later, Piper and Leo were on either side of Jess' hospital bed while she laid there, unconscious, with her arm in a cast.

There was soft knock on the door and Prue walked in. "Any change?" she asked.

Piper shook her head. "Not yet. How's Mel?"

"She's sleeping."

"Great," Piper said. "I think you should take Mel home."

"Are you sure?" Prue asked.

"Yeah. She'll be more comfortable there. And you will, too."

"Ok." Prue turned and quietly left.

Jess started to stir. "Jess?" Piper said. "Jess, can you hear me?"

"Jessie? Jessie, honey, wake up," Leo said.

Jess' eyes slowly fluttered open. "Mommy? Daddy? Where am I?"

"You're in the hospital, honey," Piper said.

"Someone pushed you and you hit your head," Leo said.

"Oh. My arm hurts, and my neck hurts." She paused. "Where's Mel?"

"She's going home with Aunt Prue," Piper said.

"Piper, why don't you go try to find a doctor."

"Ok. I'll be back in a minute."

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The next day, Prue and Mel went back to the hospital to pick up Piper, Leo, and Jess.

The doctors wanted to keep Jess overnight for observations.

"Ready Jess?" Leo asked.

"Yeah."

"Ok, let's go." He picked Jess and carried her to the nurses desk where Piper was waiting and signing papers.

"Ready?" she asked.

"Yep," Leo said. "Let's go see Mel and Aunt Prue."

"Where are they, Daddy?" Jess asked.

"They're waiting outside with the car," he said as the three of them headed down the hallway.

When they got closer to the Jeep, they saw Prue holding Mel, leaning against it.

"Jess!" Mel yelled happily.

"Mel!" Jess happily yelled back.

"Settle down, girls. Jess can't do too much for a while," Piper said.

"Mommy, what's on Jess' arm?" Mel asked.

"It's a cast," Piper said. "Her arm got broken when she got pushed. When we get home, we'll get out the markers and everyone can put their name on her cast."

"So, Piper, how is she?" Prue asked.

"Well, she broke her arm and got a slight concussion. But she'll be fine," Piper said. "We need to stop at the drug store for a prescription she got for her head, too."

"Ok," Prue said.

"What's a prescr. . ." Jess started to ask, but couldn't say the word.

"A prescription is medicine, Jessie," Leo said.

"Oh," Jess said, pouting a little.

"It's ok, honey," Piper said. "You'll only have to take it for a little while and then whenever your head really hurts."

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A/N: And that's the end of the chapter. Please review and stay tuned for chapter 10.