Chapter 11:
"Paige, Phoebe" Piper yelled as she and Leo orbed in. "What is it?" Paige asked as they both walked inform the kitchen, "Oh my, what happen?" Phoebe asked as she saw that they were both splattered with blood and Piper's shirt sleeve was burned through. "Oh you know the usual demon attack. Glowing red eyes, long sharp claws, trying to kill me, same old stuff" "Were you hurt?" Paige asked as Piper sat down on the sofa. "If you're asking about the blood, no. That was from when I exploded the demon's arm before he disappeared." "But…" Leo interjected, "She did get a rather ugly looking burn on her arm…" Smiling Piper interrupted, "Yeah but Leo fixed it. What would I do with out you Leo?"
Paige glanced over at Phoebe and saw her slight wince, "Well let's not wait around to find out" Paige said as she took charge of the situation. "Why don't I go check the Book and look for the demon while Piper goes and rests?" Seeing that Piper was looking at her she added, "I just meant that from the looks of things" Paige nodded towards her shirt, "I thought that you might be a little beat." Yawning Piper said, "Maybe you're right, oh but first there's something else about the demon." Looking up Phoebe said, "Oh what's that?" Leo took the opportunity to answer for Piper, "Well he said that he must take the Powerful One. The first born daughter of a Charmed One and a white lighter." "So," said Piper beaming at Leo, "We think that maybe the demon knew something we didn't and perhaps…I hope…I'm pregnant, or at least I will be soon." "Oh" said Phoebe rather taken aback. Seeing the hurt look in Piper's eyes she quickly added, "I'm thrilled it's just so unexpected to hear it from a demon. That's all" "Yeah I know it was really weird" Piper said as she yawned and headed up the stairs. "Well I'll go check out stuff about the demon and maybe I'll find something about the daughter of a Charmed One." After standing in an awkward silence with Leo for about a minute, Phoebe said, "Well, I guess I'll go help Paige" Grabbing her hand and then quickly dropping it Leo said, "Phoebe, I don't want things to be weird between us." Looking Leo in the eye for a long moment, Phoebe knew that they were both thinking about the last time she had said that and what had happened next. "You know Leo," Phoebe said as she turned away, "Let's just forget it ever happened, alright?" She gave him a weak smile and then headed up the stairs with a sigh.