Suppertime found the Halliwell children and Patty around the table with Baby Paris seated in Paige's old highchair. It had taken Paige about an hour to clean Paris, but luckily Prue and Piper had dinner finished by the time they went inside because Patty walked through the door only moments later.

"Where's Pa?" Paige asked when she noticed that Patty was alone.

"He and Cole had to pick something up from Sleepy Eye for a delivery. He said that they would be back late, probably around seven. So, they should be back soon."

"Papa?" Paris asked , and looked up from her food to Patty.

"Yes, Paris. Your papa will be here soon."

"Where's Mama?"

Piper looked at Paris and set down her fork. "Paris, don't you remember? Your mama was tired, so she needed to take a nap, but you couldn't stay at home all by yourself so you had to come with me," at the toddler's blank stare she shot a pleading look at Paige.

Paige sighed and said, "Mama's at home, Paris. You will see her soon."

Paris looked back down at her plate, "Oh, okay."

Piper picked at her dinner for a bit before she pushed her plate away and looked at Patty. "Ma?" she asked, "may I speak with you as soon as you are finished with your supper?"

"Why, Piper! You can speak to me at the table, can't you? What is so important that you need to wait until after supper?"

Piper glanced at Paris, "It's about P-H-O-E-B-E."

Patty looked surprised, but followed Piper's line of sight. "Oh, yes Piper. You may speak with me after dinner."

Paige looked puzzled before saying, "Phoebe? Why did you have to spell that?"

"Mama!" Paris squealed in delight. "Is Mama here? Where's Mama?"

Piper glared at Paige, and she ducked her head in shame. "No Paris, your mama isn't here," she said before turning to Prue. "Prye? Could you watch Paris? Ma and I better go out to the barn to talk."

Prue furrowed her brow in frustration, but agreed. There was something going on that Piper wasn't telling anyone, and she was going to find out.

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Prue and Paige had just finished washing the dishes when Cole and Victor walked through the door. Paige walked over to the cupboard and took out two plates, then filled them with what had been left over from supper. Piper and Patty had yet to come in from their talk, and Prue was growing worried, they had been gone for a long time.

"Prue?" Victor asked after he sat down at the table.

"Yes, Pa?"

"Where is your Ma?"

"In the barn, Piper had to talk to her about Phoebe. She went to visit her, and she brought Paris home with her. I don't know much else about it."

At that moment, Piper and Patty walked through the front door. Patty walked over to Victor and took him by the arm. "Victor?" she asked, "can you step outside with me for a moment? I need to speak with you."

Victor and Patty made their way outside and shut the heavy door behind them. "What is it, darlin'?" Victor questioned with a confused tone present in his voice.

"Piper visited Phoebe today, and she did not want to rest at all she said. She took Paris off of her hands, and she said that she would go to sleep then, but she's not sure if she did or not. I was thinking… I could go with Cole back to their house tonight and keep an eye on Phoebe to make sure that she gets her rest."

"I'm sure that she's fine, Patty. You do not need to go over there and stay, Cole can take plenty good care of her when he's there… and when he isn't she knows what she should and should not do. You have your job at the restaurant, and no matter how much you want to be with Phoebe, you can't. Cole and I were in Sleepy Eye picking Kady up from the train depot. She even volunteered to help take care of Phoebe, she knows the situation and I am pretty sure that she can handle it."

"I don't know, Victor," Patty protested. "Kady is a friend, but I would just feel a lot better taking care of my daughter myself."

"Patty, everything will be just fine, but if it will make you feel any better you can stay the night with Phoebe, and in the morning when Cole goes into town he can take you to the restaurant."

Patty finally agreed that this was the best proposal, and the two headed back into the house.

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Patty held tightly to Paris as the wagon traveled over the juts in the road. Paris had fallen asleep at the house before Victor and Cole had arrived and had not stirred since, and if they were lucky she would sleep through the night.

"How's Paris doing over there?" Cole asked from his place behind the reins.

Patty looked down and saw that she was still sleeping peacefully and sighed, "She's still asleep."

"That's good. I don't want her to wake up when we get there and wake up Pheebs. Hopefully she's still asleep from when she went to bed after Piper left," Cole remarked. Victor and Patty had told him of the situation not long after they came in from outside, and he had agreed to allow Patty to come home with Paris and himself.

As they neared the house, Paris made out a figure in the dark summer night. "What is that?" she asked fearfully, clutching tightly to Paris.

Cole handed Patty the reins and bounded out of the wagon to see what it was. When he approached the figure and saw that it was Phoebe, he picked her up and carried her back to the wagon. An apprehensive look masked Patty's face when she saw Cole walking back toward the wagon with Phoebe in his arms.

"What is it, what's wrong?" she cried, full of fear.

"I don't know. Can you take Paris inside? I'm gonna take Pheebs into Doc Baker and see if he knows what's wrong. I'm tired of these fainting spells. No matter what he says, it just doesn't seem normal."

"Are you sure that you don't want me to come with you, Cole?" Patty asked alarmed. "After all, I have had five children and would know more of what to tell Doc Baker."

"No, that's quite alright, Patty I'm sure that I can handle it. Besides, someone needs to stay and watch Paris."

"Oh, okay," Patty responded as she boost Paris up so that her head could rest on her shoulder. She watched until Cole drove away with Phoebe laying in the back of the wagon before she made her way inside with her granddaughter.

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"Doctor Baker! Doctor Baker!" Cole called as he pounded on the door to Doc Baker's office, but received no answer.

"Cole?" Kady asked as she approached the door. "What are you doing here?"

Cole looked away from the door for a moment, long enough to acknowledge Kady and Andy who had a sick-looking Ben resting in his arms. "Something's wrong with Pheebs again. Patty had offered to watch her tonight to make sure that she slept, and we were going to the house, but when we got there… we found Pheebs laying outside, unconscious. I left Patty at the house to watch Paris."

"She fainted again?" Andy asked, puzzled. "That makes the tenth time since the spells started, doesn't it?"

"I thought that it was more than that, but I'm just tired of it all. Doc Baker says that it's perfectly normal, but she did not faint at all while she was carrying Paris!"

"I never fainted with the twins, either… Mother did plenty enough for the both of us," Kady laughed.

Andy boosted Ben up farther in his arms before he asked, "Cole, do you need any help getting Phoebe inside?"

"No thanks, I can handle it."

At that moment, Doc Baker opened the door and looked outside. "Cole, Kady, Andy… come in."

An: Left you on another cliff hanger --- I promise If I have the time tonite I'll add the next chapter ---- Once again I say Read and Review ----Thanks for all those who did on the first chapter.