The Scare

It was 4:30 in the afternoon. Piper and Mike were sitting on the couch in the living room, where Piper was eating. She had been eating ice cream for the past hour. Mike sat there, staring at her.

"How can you eat that much ice cream without getting sick. She just gave him a stupid look.

"Oh, yeah sorry," he said. She just smiled as she put more ice cream into her mouth. As they sat there, talking and him watching her eat, they heard the front door open.

"Hello, anyone home?" Phoebe shouted.

"In here," Mike replied. She came into the living room, with someone behind her.

"Hey Mike. Hey Piper," she said. Piper looked up after swallowing the ice cream.

"Who's this?" Piper asked.

"Oh, Piper, Mike, this is Drake. Drake, this is my sister Piper and her boyfriend Mike," Phoebe introduced them.

"Hi," he said to them.

"Hi," they replied. "Ok, well, we are going upstairs to do homework," Phoebe said, grabbing Drake's hand and walking away.

"Phoebe," Piper said.

"Mike, help me up," she said. He stood up and helped his girlfriend up. "Phoebe," she said again, chasing them. Phoebe came back downstairs when she heard her sister call her.

"What?" she asked. "I know you two didn't go up there to do homework because you didn't have your bag with you and neither did he. Just don't do anything stupid ok. You don't want to end up like me, pregnant. Ok," Piper said to her.

"Ok, but we really were going to just make out on my bed," Phoebe replied, "And don't worry we won't do anything stupid." Piper smiled and nodded her head. Phoebe smiled back and turned around to go back upstairs. Piper watched her go, before turning around to go back into the living room. As she turned around though, she had gotten really dizzy.

"Mike!" she yelled, before collapsing. He heard her yell and came running.

"Piper?" he asked, looking for her. "PIPER!" he yelled, seeing her lying on the steps. "Oh my god!" he said. "Phoebe!" he yelled. She came running back downstairs.

"What? What happened?' she asked, seeing Piper lay there.

"I don't know. I was just sitting on the couch waiting for her and I heard her yell my name," he explained, as he picked her up. Phoebe caught onto what he was going to do and quickly ran upstairs to get Drake. Mike quickly brought her outside and laid her down in his car, before quickly getting in and watching as Drake and Phoebe ran out of the house. Phoebe got into the back and laid Piper's head on her lap as Drake sat in the front with Mike. As soon as the two doors were closed, he took off to the hospital. Twenty minutes later, they arrived. Mike got out, picked up Piper again and ran into the hospital, with Phoebe and Drake behind him. Half an hour later, Piper was in a bed, hooked up to machines, with her sisters, brother, her grandparents, and Mike all surrounding her. The doctor came in and started to explain to Piper what had happened and why it did. Piper couldn't believe what she was told. She didn't want to believe that she had something that endangered both her and her two babies lives. She had toxemia, which was brought on by high blood pressure. She had to be on bed rest, a low to no sodium diet, and had to stay calm for the sake of her children. Then, something came to her mind.

"Um, excuse me," she said.

"Yes?" Dr. Jeffries asked.

"Well, I have school. How am I supposed to be on bed rest if I have to go to school?" Piper asked.

The doctor looked at her, thinking about it before she said, "Ok, well, then you have to choices. You can either be home-schooled or we can give you a wheelchair to use while you are in school. The only thing is that no one has really ever used a wheelchair before instead of the bed rest so we don't know what will happen if you decide to use it. All we know is that you have to stay off your feet." Piper laid there, taking in everything her doctor was telling her. She looked at Piper and asked, "So what's your choice?"

Piper looked at the doctor and said, "I think that I'll take the wheelchair. I mean I'm only 4 ½ months pregnant and I really don't want to miss that much school." Mike just looked at her before sighing. He knew that he wouldn't be able to chance her mind after she made her choice. He let his head drop onto her hands. Everyone else stood off to the side, knowing that this was Piper's choice and that they wouldn't be able to help her make her decision, even if it wasn't the one that they wanted for her. Dr. Jeffries looked at Mike.

"Mike, do you agree with this?" she asked. He lifted his head and looked at their doctor.

"Well, it isn't really my decision to make is it? I know that it's Piper's choice and I trust that she is making the right choice," he said, before looking at his girlfriend. He could see the smile starting on her lips and the tears in her eyes. He knew that she was scared about herself and more importantly, their babies.

"Ok then. Piper, I will have a nurse bring the wheelchair in and you can go. I will go discharge you now," she said, before walking out. About 2 minutes later, a male nurse walked into the room. Mike had helped her change into her clothes, before the nurse came in. Once he did, he helped Piper into the wheelchair, as Mike stood off to the side, waiting. Once Piper was in the chair, Mike pushed her out of her room and down the hall, where they saw their doctor. "Oh, Mike, Piper, I was actually going to catch you before you leave. I just wanted to let you two know that I have made an appointment for you two for next month to see how you are doing ok?" she asked.

"Ok," Mike said, as he grabbed the card, saying when their appointment. They both thanked her, before they left, only to deal with another school day tomorrow.