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

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Chapter 14

A few months later, the police had found Dan and sent him to a prison in Texas. They had also tracked down the people he was getting the drug from and sent them to a California prison.

Paige was fine now. She went to the psychiatrist three times a week for about two and a half weeks. It helped the police find Dan. It also helped the doctors with Paige's injuries. They were allowed to go home shortly after that.

Prue and Andy were having a great time. They loved to watch A.J. play on the floor, trying not to hurt his fragile baby brother who was lying nearby.

Phoebe and Cole were loving their life together, raising Savannah. Phoebe was even considering going to college soon.

Everything was going great for the Halliwell family. Except for one thing.

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Piper had an appointment at the hospital today. She and Leo had been trying to have a baby ever since Andy and Prue had Alex. So far, things weren't going too well.

She was sitting in an office, waiting for her doctor to come in. She was trying so hard not to worry. When the doctor walked in, she felt her stomach tighten. "Hello, doctor," she said.

"Hello, Piper. How are you feeling?" the doctor asked.

"Well, a little nervous, to be honest."

"That's quite understandable. As you probably guessed, we got the results of your test. Now, don't get too upset or worried, but, you're not pregnant yet. And, there's a very small chance you won't ever be able to get pregnant again."

"What?"

"Yes, because of the injuries you sustained when you were younger, from the rapes as well as giving birth a fairly young age, there was some damage. Now, I'm not saying there is no chance at all of you having more children, it's just that it will be difficult."

"I see. If I do have more children, will there be any risk of harm towards me or the baby?"

"There shouldn't be. But it's always difficult to tell. In some cases, the mother could be perfectly healthy without any physical problems, and both mother and baby could be seriously injured during child birth."

"Ok. Thank-you doctor."

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Before Piper went home, she tracked down Leo and told him that they needed to talk when he got home.

She was in their room when he did get home and he came right up. "Hi sweetie," he said when he walked in.

"Hi honey. Could you close the door?"

"Sure. What's up?"

"Well, the doctor gave me some interesting news today."

"And?"

"Well, we're not pregnant yet. She said that it will be difficult for me to get pregnant because apparently there was some damage done. It was a combination of the rapes and giving birth at a young age."

"So, what does that mean for us?"

"It just means that we'll have to try harder."

"Like, right now?" Leo asked, smirking. Piper just smirked right back at him.

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"Piper! Leo! Are you home?" Prue yelled as she walked in the front door, carrying Alex.

"Yeah, Prue! We're upstairs!" Piper called to her.

Prue walked into the kitchen to get some juice for Alex and a little snack for A.J., Jess, and Mel who were all playing in the front yard. Piper then came downstairs to see Prue and give her an update on the day.

"Piper, why are you in your pyjamas?" Prue asked.

"Oh, yeah, well, when Leo got home, we..."

"Ok, too much information. Where's Leo now?"

"In the shower."

"I see. Well, the kids are out front right now, playing. Why don't you go see your girls."

"Why, did something happen at school today?"

"Don't ask me, I wasn't there. I was out shopping all afternoon."

Piper didn't say anything else, she just went outside to see her girls. When she got there, Jess and Mel ran over to her. They had mud all over their clothes. "Hey girls. How was school? Did anything interesting happen?" Piper asked.

"These boys were picking on us and our friends," Mel said.

"Why?"

"We don't know," Jess said.

"Well let's go inside and change into some clean clothes."

"Mommy, can we go to McDonald's for supper?" Jess asked.

"We'll see what Daddy says."

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A couple days later, Piper was at home, cleaning up a little, when the phone rang. "Hello?" she said, answering the phone.

"Hi, is this Jessica and Melinda's mother?" someone said on the other end.

"Yes, is there something wrong?"

"Not really, but we would like you to come down to the school if you could."

"Of course. Right now?"

"Yes. Thank-you very much. Good-bye."

"Bye."

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When Piper got to the school, she went to the office, where she unexpectedly saw the girls. "What's going on here?" She looked at both of the girls and saw that they had some cuts and bruises on the arms, legs, and faces. "What happened to you two?"

"I think I can answer that," a woman said as she came out of the Principal's office.

"Ms. Simpson, what happened to my daughter's?"

"They were in a fight with a boy in their class."

"Does it have something to do with what happened the other day?"

"Yes, I think so. The girls haven't told me too much about the fight yet."

"What was going on out there girls?" Piper asked, turning back to her daughter's.

"He was picking on us again, Mommy,"Jess said.

"Who was?"

"Bobby."

"About what?"

"Because we live with Aunt Prue and Uncle Andy."

"So you got into a fight?"

The girls just nodded.

"That's no excuse. I'm going to go talk to Ms. Simpson now. I'll be back in a few minutes." Piper then walked into Ms. Simpson's office with her, where they closed the door to talk about the situation.

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When they got home, Piper sent the girls up to there room. She needed to talk to Leo about what happened.

No one else was home yet, not even Leo, so Piper went into the kitchen and started making supper. A few minutes later, Leo walked in the back door. "Hi sweetie," he said.

"Hi Leo. I need to talk to you about the girls."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"They got into a fight at school. They said it was because a boy was picking on them about living with Prue and Andy."

"Really? That doesn't really make sense, but who knows with the kind of kids around here."

"What should we do about the girls? Right now they're in their room."

"Well, why don't I go see them. I'll try to talk to them about it."

"Ok, thanks honey."

Leo made his way up the stairs to see the girls. When he got there, they were playing with dolls and stuffed animals, like little girls do. "Hi girls."

"Hi Daddy," they said.

"Do you wanna tell me what happened at school today?"

"Not really."

"Why not?"

"Because."

"Ok, then you don't get any ice cream after supper."

"What? But Daddy!" Jess said.

"If you want ice cream, you have to talk to me."

"It was just a stupid boy, Daddy. He was saying that we're poor and that we all sleep in one room because we live with Aunt Prue and Uncle Andy."

"Well, that's not very nice, but it's still no reason to fight."

"Sorry, Daddy."

"This weekend, I'm going to take you to this boys house and have a visit with his parents. And I want both of you to say sorry to him."

"Do we have to?"

"Yes. Now, let's go downstairs and watch some cartoons."

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A/N: That's the end of the chapter! Please review and keep an eye out for the next one.