A new Power of three Part 28:
Epilogue
AN: so here goes already my last chapter of this Fiction. Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for everyone who reviewed. Athena, I thank you so much, you really have kept me going ;)
2nd month of Prue's pregnancy
Prue was back for almost a week now. The note hadn't really answered any of their questions, but what were they supposed to do? Prue and her sisters were working permanently on something to keep everyone safe. Phoebe finally also had told her sisters. Andy today had let Prue sleep in. it had been a Saturday and they had decided to leave the potion making and spell writing to Monday. After a late breakfast with the girls he went up to their bedroom to wake Prue. Andy smiled at his wife and kissed her to wake her up. Prue almost immediately pulled away again
"eggs..." she said with a disgust look on her face as she opened her eyes. Andy laughed
"ya, eggs..."
"You want me to get you something, too?"
"No... I don't want anything... I just wanna get dressed and want to enjoy the day with you and the girls."
"Well... what do you wanna do?"
"I'd love to go shopping..."
"Okay... then we get you some great over-all new outfit and tonight we go dancing to the club..."
"we do?"
"We do" Andy said grinning and pecked her a few times.
"Can you get the girls while I get dressed?" she asked between his soft pecks
"anything you want..."
"... I got it" Prue answered him, just like it is in the song of Roy Orbison. Prue then finally got up, but again felt this immense dizzy spell.
"Prue?"
"Just give me a second" she whispered, but Andy anyway stepped up behind her, holding her in his arms
"you sure you wanna go shopping?"
Prue slowly nodded
"yes." She said forcing a smile on her face. Andy saw her smile and got even more worried. To him the solution to this whole mess was to strip the girl's powers and for Prue to retire.
3rd month of Prue's pregnancy
"I'm going" Andy yelled into the backyard, where Prue and her sisters were seated. He went outside and kissed his girls
"bye Andy" Phoebe said and Andy nodded at them then left
"you are still not talking?" Piper asked, looking at Prue, who just looked down
"what's going on between you?" Paige asked. Who had been doing some traveling, once they were done with the serious witch stuff and now tried to catch up. Prue took a big breath.
"i need to change Anna's diaper" she told them and got up, showing her swollen belly "Anna… c'mon" she called for her smaller daughter and reached out a hand to her then went inside
"what's going on? Did I miss something? I never… I mean since I know them they are this… happy couple… I never even saw them fighting and now they're not talking?" Paige asked looking from Piper to Phoebe
"all I know is that they had this huge fight" Piper said lowly
"do you know anything Pheebs?" Paige asked, seeing how Phoebe looked down. She and Andy had talked a lot lately.
"Andy has some problems with magic since we know about the baby… he doesn't want what we do… well did like daily for his girls." Phoebe said lowly
"but they are magical. Noone can change that..."
"well there would be a possibility… they could bind their powers, like grams did with us" Piper explained Paige
"but wouldn't that make them even more vulnerable?"
"yes it would. And that's why I don't want to bind them" Prue said and again took her seat again. The other three shrugged together. They hadn't expected for Prue to be back so soon "oh I'm sorry… shall I go again so you can talk?"
"Prue..." Piper said softly
"well I've got some announce to make..." Phoebe told them, looking at each of her sisters "as you all know I've finally been to a doctor..."
"yay to that" Paige cheered, what caused Piper to laugh. Prue kept her stare down
"did you find out the sex of the baby?" Piper asked
"umm no. we kinda were to shocked to ask about it" Phoebe said, stifling a small laugh
"shocked on what?" Prue asked, now looking at Phoebe. Her face still kinda like stone. She was so annoyed by Andy and her fighting and now her sisters mixed in as well
"is there something wrong?" Piper asked as well
"no. no, there's nothing wrong… there's just more than we thought" Phoebe told them
"okay am I the only one not getting what you're saying?" Paige asked
"we'll have twins" Phoebe finally spilled
"you… wow… congrats, Phoebe!" Piper told her and hugged her
"two?" Paige asked shocked "i don't think I could even handle one." Paige said surprised
"let alone three… and with powers" Prue mumbled angrily. Getting Paige all wrong
"Prue… noone said that!" Piper told her
"no. you guys just talk about me and Andy and I don't get how our problems are any of yours. Yes my husband wants to bind our kids' powers..."
"so? Cole and I already thought about that as well" Phoebe admitted, though with her children it would be something else, because they were scared about their demonic side.
"really?" Piper asked
"yeah. I mean… they'll be demonic." Phoebe said softly and placed a hand on her stomach
"i just never thought you would consider that. I mean… you probably are the one most 'in love' with your powers" Piper told her
"we're only just thinking about it. We haven't decided on anything yet." Phoebe told them and looked at Prue
"we didn't decide anything either, if that's what you wanna go for, Phoebe" Prue kinda bitched at her little sister
"yeah well you will never decide if you don't talk" Phoebe told Prue. They had gotten pretty close lately with both being pregnant, but at the same time it ripped them apart that it seemed like Phoebe was the only one Andy talked to.
"i wouldn't have a problem to discuss the matter of binding her powers. But that's not all he suggested, okay? He also considered stripping them completely!" Prue told Phoebe. "You guys happy now?" Prue asked upset. She hated that she had to deal with everybody's opinion on this. This was something between her and Andy
"I'm gonna lay down for an hour can you watch the girls?" she mumbled as she started to go back inside, not showing her tears
"Prue wait…" Piper again tried softly
"did you know that?" Paige asked Phoebe
"no..." Phoebe said lowly
4th month of Prue's pregnancy
"what's this?" Andy asked finding his mom and Prue in the kitchen over some tea when he returned from work
"hey baby" Julia told him and got up
"mom. Please. Would you finally stop calling me baby?" he asked and let her wrap his arms around her, not reacting to it though
"Meghan told your mom about our fights." Prue told him
"we are not talking. So we also don't fight" Andy argued
"yeah well that's why I'm here." Julia said "c'mon. Sit down with us"
"there's nothing to talk about, mom. Prue has her opinion. I got mine."
"i said you're sitting down now. I'm not gonna leave before you haven't talked"
"I'm not in the mood for talking" Andy told them, grabbed himself a beer and disappeared through the backdoor
the next morning Andy sat with Julia and the girls in the dining to breakfast. Julia had tried several times to get him or Prue to talk to her. Or to each other. Without any use. She told them both, she'd stay till they had talked. For the sake of the girls they needed to clear this.
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Prue slowly made her way down the stairs. She had slept longer that day. The pregnancy and the fight with Andy really draw on her. She clung to the banister. The room was spinning. Every single muscle of her body hurt and she felt like she was going to throw up any second. She felt like crap. She had been good in hiding her condition so far. She at least thought so. In the meantime she didn't know what to think anymore. Meghan seemed to catch more than she thought or else she probably wouldn't have called Julia.
She slowly came down the stairs, carefully placing one foot before the other, holding tightly to the banister. Then finally stopped for several minutes, taking in deep breathes, trying to stop the spinning.
Andy heard steps from the stairs and looked to the door, waiting for Prue to come through it, but there was nothing. He narrowed his eyes and looked back at Anna and Mags, who were still eating peacefully. He looked at his mom, who looked just as confused, Prue wasn't coming in
"I'm gonna see where she went" Julia told him and got up. She walked to the stairs, finding Prue on the landing, clinging to the banister. She looked pale. Paler than ever. White as the wall. Julia had noticed something was wrong with Prue. She definitely was pale already the night before. But when it seemed useless to talk to them together, Prue had told her she'd go to bed and she thought some sleep probably would do her good. seeing Prue like that was just something she couldn't bare.
Andy had a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach and followed his mother. When he saw Prue coming down the stairs he immediately froze. He instantly had images of the night of their prom in his mind. He saw her swaying a little. Saw how she had stopped her walking back then in try to suppress her dizziness.
"Prue..." he called softly. Prue's eyes opened slowly. His voice echoed through her mind and she couldn't quite locate him, since it seemed like there were 20 Andy's standing close to one another. She closed her eyes fast again and shook her head a bit to try clearing her vision
"Prue? Are you okay?" Julia now asked worried, going up a few steps of the stairs, towards her, noticing there definitely was something wrong. Prue opened her eyes again and tried to speak, but before she could, her world turned blank. Andy saw Prue's eyes rolling into her head and then how her feet gave away and darted up the stairs to catch her, just inches before she hit the floor.
"Prue? Prue?!" he called, slightly slapping her, trying to get her back awake again. Alarmed by the yells the girls ran out into the hall as well. Anna right away was wailing, scared about how her mom looked. While Mags looked up at her dad, trying to figure out how or if she could help
"Meghan, honey, can you get me a cold wet cloth?"
Meghan nodded immediately and set off in a dead run to the closest bathroom.
"c'mon, Ann, we bring mommy, to the couch, huh?" he asked smiling at his youngest. Anna sniffled a few times and then clung to Andy's leg as they walked to the living. What didn't exactly help Andy. Julia followed and then set some pillows on the couch to support Prue. Andy laid Prue down, propping her feet on some pillows. Meghan came back with a wet towel and handed it to Andy
"what's wrong with mom?" she asked
"she just fainted... nothing to worry about" he reassured his girls. He looked back at his mom
"Meghan... get ready for preschool, okay?" Julia asked her granddaughter
"It's Saturday" Meghan said crossing her arms. Andy smiled a little
"could you guys please go with grandma? Maybe you can see how things go at the manor"
"Have to be?" Meghan asked
"yes"
"'okay. let's go, huh?" Julia asked the two girls
"Mags say 'tay, not I!" Anna protested. Andy sighed
"come here, beetle bug" Andy said and placed her on his lap "mommy's fine. She just was very tired and so went to sleep without wanting to. I'll wake her and talk to her about resting."
"Promise?"
"Yes, I promise, she's going to be just okay. Now c'mon go with Mags and grandma to the manor, okay?"
"'tay" Anna nodded "me wants to go see twis(chris)" Anna told her grandma as they started to walk. Meghan however stayed with her parents
"sweetie, c'mon..." Julia said softly
"you are not going to fight again, right?" Meghan asked, looking at her father. Andy again sighed. He hadn't realized the girls really caught anything. But just by the looks Meghan really understood pretty much what was going on
"we won't fight. I promise"
"good… cause I can hear you being mad at mommy..." Andy looked at his mom, then back at Meghan
"honey what do you mean with that?"
"i sometimes hear yours and mommy's voice in my head even though you are not really talking." Meghan old him. Andy closed his eyes
'great… just great. Perfect what magic can do' he thought, again more keen on binding their powers for their own sake
"what's that got to do with magic, daddy?" Meghan suddenly asked surprising Andy. He starred at Meghan for a second. He never had gotten she could do anything like that, but it seemed like Meghan could read his thoughts
'mindsharing' Andy thought to himself
"what's that?" Meghan asked innocently
'damn it' Andy again thought
"daddy!" Mags cried out 'hearing' her father cursing
Julia first was confused at what was going on, but suddenly too 'heard' Andy cursing
"did you just say it out loud? Because I heard that too…" she told her son. Andy now starred at his mom, then back at Meghan
'dam… no...' he took a deep breath. He couldn't think what he wanted and he couldn't say what he wanted. Great
"dadi do again" Anna giggled. She loved when people cursed. Everyone always told them they shouldn't curse and when adults did it always was funny how they acted when they heard
"Andy..." Julia asked, waiting for an explanation
"just a second!" Andy told them and ran to the manor. He took the stairs to Piper and Leo's floor two at a time and opened their door "Leo… oooh damn it…. Sorry" he said and all fast left the bedroom in which Piper and Leo where in the middle of 'it' as fast as possible again "what the hell is going on this morning?" he mumbled to himself, then jogged to the basement, where Phoebe's flat was. This time he learned from his mistake and knocked on the door before entering
"Andy, hey..." Phoebe greeted him sleepily
"sorry, Phoebe. I didn't want to wake you… but… is there ANY possibility my girls can read minds? And also share the thoughts?"
"well… technically anything is in the pool..." Phoebe told him "why?"
"long story… I'll explain later..." Andy said "thanks Pheebs" he told her quickly and left again. He returned to their living and saw them looking all expectantly at him
"what's mind…?" Meghan started as the first one. Andy bit his lip, then knelt down, so he was his daughter's eye level.
"mindsharing" Andy told his daughter. "you remember how mommy and I told you, that you and your sisters are very special girls?"
"yes because of astral orbing" Meghan answered her dad
"yes, well seems like that's not the only thing you guys can do. You know… mommy can move things with her mind… and as it seems you can move thoughts to other people's mind he explained his daughter
"and that's mindshaving?" Meghan asked. Andy smiled
"mindsharing. Yes."
"do we have more powers?" Meghan asked innocently
"well maybe you do. You know you two are still very small. Maybe you do. But your powers will grow as you grow older… and maybe there will come more powers to you once you can handle them" he said softly and ruffled her hair a little "but.. you gotta tell me or mommy when you can do something new. Can you hear mommy and me already long?" Meghan shrugged her shoulders
"i think it started when mommy got sick" Meghan told him
"see. You gotta tell me stuff like that" he said softly
"i didn't know that. Sorry daddy" Meghan said looking down. Andy smiled a little and put a hand to her chin to make her look at him again
"it's okay. You didn't know" he told her softly and pecked her lips "come here you two" he said and pulled his girls into his arms "i love you" he whispered to them and then looked at his mom, showing he wasn't sure how to deal with it all
"okay girls, c'mon. We let daddy wake mommy now… let's go see your aunts and cousin" Julia told the girls
"umm.. I think you better just go to the backyard" Andy told his mom, turning a little red. Julia laughed and nodded then went with Meghan and Brianna to the backyard. Andy smiled a little and then turned back to Prue. He let the cold towel run over her face.
"Prue... c'mon... wake up, sweetie" he whispered. He was scared himself, but this emotion he only revealed now, that the kids were gone. He saw how Prue slowly started to stir. He pulled some hair out of her sweaty forehead. She felt slightly warm and he was immediately even more worried
"Prue?" he asked softly again. Prue's eyes fluttered open and right away the smell of pancakes filled her nostrils. It smelled so very disgusting right now and she realized right away, she needed to get to the bathroom and that fast. She jerked up, just to be pulled down by Andy again
"hey, easy..." he said tenderly. Prue tried to fight him back, but it was too late already and she threw up, technically right onto him. She tried to catch her breath, as he stood up right away, looking slightly disgust. Prue noticed what had happened and sighed
"Andy... I'm so sorry..."
"It's okay..." Andy said, trying to reassure her.
"c'mon... I'll orb us upstairs, so we can get cleaned"
"I think I prefer walking..."
"Okay... c'mon..."
"No... Go already... get cleaned... don't want the rest of my... throw up... all over the house floor... it's enough if I have to clean this here."
"You are not cleaning anything... now c'mon" Andy said, this time insisting on taking her.
An hour later, both were finally clean and Andy had scrubbed the floor again. Then made some tea and went upstairs. He carefully sat down on the edge of their bed
"there... I made you some tea..."
"I'm fine, Andy..."
"I'm calling Dr. Andrews to come over as soon as you are asleep..."
"Andy... please..." Prue tried to come through to him, but he just continued to rant
"you fainted. that's not fine. And that's not normal" he argued. Prue sighed
"it's just been a little much lately. With us fighting..."
"yeah, well that's stopping now. I promise"
"so the girls keep their powers?"
"well… after you blacked out I had some talk with our girls and I kinda realize some things while talking to them..." he said softly "now let's stop talking about this. How about you sleep a little?" Prue shook her head and sat up
"no… it's Saturday… I wanna do something with the girls. And your mom is still here as well. And: I might don't wanna talk about this powers thing now, but tonight would be a good time, right?" Andy nodded a little and for the first time in almost a month kissed his wife.
5th month of Prue's pregnancy
"baby, I'm home" Andy called. Prue came out of the kitchen and smiled at him. Andy got out of his shoes and walked up to her to kiss her
"what are you doing home already" she asked confused
"well, we got bored at the station, so I took the rest of the day off. Thought we could spend some time alone. Pamper you a little. Then pick the girls together and head for the park..."
"that sounds amazing. But… the new furniture was delivered this morning and I went to get some paint for the new baby room."
"well we also could do that tomorrow"
"but you don't know when you will home tomorrow..."
"I'll be whole day in" he told her. Prue broke into a big smile
"tomorrow, too?"
"yap." he grinned and put a hand to her stomach "you like that, too, baby girl? You let mommy rest a little and daddy's gonna pamper you two" Prue smiled and again kissed him
"I'm sure she loves it"
"but… I'd say we move your plans to tomorrow. The girls will be excited about their new furniture. They will want to have it done today. And I kinda do too. I also ordered some new photo wallpaper for the girls rooms at the hardware store"
"Prue..."
"they said it would be there this evening" she told him mischievously
"no… c'mon you know how much I hate renovating… and then three girls rooms?"
"I'll do the color and the wallpaper. I promise."
"no you won't. You just sit in the rocking chair and relax"
"Andy I'm pregnant, not sick"
"well I still want the two of you being fine"
"we're fine…" Andy sighed
"okay. So where do we start?"
"well I already started to go through our closet. we'll need to empty our walk in closet. Before we can build up any furniture… we first should get the baby bed and changing table out of Anna's room..."
"right, so we do what?"
"could you ask Leo for help? We need to get our bedroom sofa to the attic. Then move our closets into the that space. Then we need to start with the color in the new babyroom and afterwards get the changing table and baby bed there… then we build up Anna's new bed and get the painting table from Meghan's room to Anna's… and last but not least build up Meghan's new desk"
"did you know I had off or something?" Prue laughed and kissed him again "I'll go to the manor and ask Leo for help"
"thank you" she said softly "I'll be upstairs" she told him as each went their ways
6th month of Prue's pregnancy
"the girls asleep already?"
"yes. Guess they got tired with playing in the backyard"
"well… who wouldn't the way you play with them. And they completely love their dad" she told him as he sat down next to her "and so do i" she smirked. Andy leaned in for a long kiss
"so what are your plans for tonight?" Andy asked innocently
"umm… I just wanted to do some reading. Why?"
"well I wanted to do some reading as well..." he said and like magically produced a baby name book in front of her. Prue laughed "i think it's time our babygirl got a name, right?" he asked
7th month of Prue's pregnancy
Prue was just painting with Anna and Mags in their living room as the phone rang. Prue sighed heavily. She was sitting on the floor and would need a while to get up again
"i get it for you, mommy" Meghan offered. Prue smiled thankfully at her oldest and nodded
"thank you princess" Mags got up and grabbed the telephone then handed it to her mom
"Trudeau?" she asked not checking the number first
"hey Prue, it's Cole. we're at the hospital. The girls are there" Prue started to smile. The first Halliwell kids to be born in a hospital. And she would get the next. They had made up a potion for the days they needed the babies to be 'normal'. It ripped them for several hours off their powers. This allowed Phoebe and Prue to actually deliver in a hospital and to go to doctor's appointments without having to worry
"congrats Cole! Is everyone doing good?"
"yes. Phoebe is a little weak though" he informed her
"that sounds like normal" Prue grinned "look I'll try to come there as soon as possible. Just need to set the girls and call Andy"
"no need to hurry. We won't go anywhere anytime soon."
"alright. I'll see you later Cole." she said laughing and hung up
"what is it, mommy?"
"well, your aunt Phoebe is in the hospital, because your cousins are there. So you two ready to see them?"
"baby" Anna exclaimed excited
8th month of Prue's pregnancy
Prue was letting herself fall on her bed. She was simply exhausted. She was in late 8th month and no sign of the baby wanting to come out so far. Her feet were sore, her back was hurting and every step she did was too much for her to handle right now. Adding to it all came, that she was jealous on Phoebe, who finally had gotten rid of the extra weight a few weeks ago.
"You better get out of there soon, are we clear?" she asked her belly, letting out a big breath. She closed her eyes; somewhat sure, she wouldn't get interrupted.
The baby hadn't moved for a while now and so she guessed she was asleep, Meghan was in her room doing some painting and Anna over at the manor, playing with her aunts and new cousins. She closed her eyes... sleep! She didn't have much of that lately, since the baby always decided to be wide awake when she wanted to sleep. And when the baby was asleep, she needed to take care of the other two. Just as she was drifting off to sleep, the door opened and someone jumped onto the bed
"mommy..." Prue sighted and dragged her eyes open.
"Yes... Mags"
"Anna had a flower and the baby now has a star... what did I have?"
Prue narrowed her eyes and pulled herself into a sitting position
"what... Mags, what are you talking about?"
"the music box... you had one for Anna... and you have one for the baby... did you have one for me too?"
"Um... yeah... we did..."
"What was it?" Mags asked
"song or shape?" Prue asked
"both!"
"Umm... the song was... I think my girl... and the shape was a little red heart"
"why did you take 'my girl'? What if I was a boy?"
"Princess, I'm really tired... can we talk about this after I have slept a little..."
"Okay..."
Meghan said sadly and wandered out of the room. Prue sighted. She dragged herself into a sitting position and then got up. She walked into her closet and got the box in which she collected everything she wanted to remember out. She opened it and stirred for a few minutes through it. She found the little heart and placed the box down on the floor. Last but not least she finally went to Meghan's room. She entered it, without a knock, since the door still was slightly open. She stepped up to her oldest and laid the little terry cloth heart onto Mags' desk
"we never thought about you being a boy... somehow we wanted a girl and somehow we always felt you were a girl"
"really?"
"Yes..."
"will daddy be very mad at the baby? Because it's a girl again?"
"No... I'm sure he won't be... as long as you girls go playing some soccer or basketball or whatever else with him from time to time..." she said smiling
"mom?"
"huh?"
"Can I keep the music box?"
"Naturally you can... Anna has hers... so you also get yours." Prue answered smiling, knowing Meghan was thrilled about anything music and with that loved the little music box, even though she hadn't started it yet.
"Well... I'm gonna go to bed now, okay?"
"Ya... thank you mommy"
"always" Prue told her and kissed the top of her head before leaving. She closed the door after her and leaned onto the door. Seconds later she heard the melody of 'smile' coming from inside the room
Prue smiled as she remembered completely again. she hadn't been that sure about the song, but remembered it was something of the movie 'my girl'. It was silent in the house for several seconds beside the soft sound of the music box. Then she heard a small voice from Meghan's bedroom, singing along with the music box
"if you just smile" Prue whispered as well and placed a hand on her stomach. She smiled slightly and went back to the bedroom. just as she was going to lay down again, she felt the baby moving again
'great' she thought to herself and dragged herself up again
30th May 2005
everyone was round and about already for a while. Prue was just setting Meghan and Brianna some lunch. Anna would soon turn three and today she was allowed to have a test day in kindergarten. Andy had gone upstairs with the girls to brush their teeth. He himself always used to fix his tie only after breakfast as well. Prue felt a hard kick coming from her stomach and she inhaled sharply. She moved a hand to her huge tummy and held onto the counter. Taking deep breathes. Her due date had already been a week ago and she really couldn't wait to finally be not pregnant anymore.
Andy returned to the kitchen just that second and when he saw Prue holding onto the counter, he hurried up to her. He put a hand on the small of her back
"you okay?" he asked worried. Prue forced a smile and turned to him
"yes. Just some great kick"
"you sure?" he asked searching her eyes
"we're fine" Prue answered him smiling. Andy put a hand on Prue's tummy and felt how hard it was. He looked at Prue again, one eyebrow raised
"it's nothing. It hardens now every now and then. I think my body is training" she said softly "and it's about time I get to train."
"Prue you're over the due date… you su..."
"i know how real contractions feel and this ain't one" she interrupted him.
"maybe I should stay home..."
"maybe you could drive me crazy? Andy..."
"you could go into labor any second. I can't just go to work like there was nothing"
"but I'm not in labor so far. And I'll call you the second I am..." she told him and pecked him
"I'll take the girls to kindergarten and then I come back again to check on you"
"there's no need for that Andy. Seriously! I haven't had one real contraction so far. My stomach is hardening every now and then… which is a sign of contractions, yes, but I haven't felt one so far, Andy. Could you just trust me in this?"
"I'm just worried..."
"i know" she answered and they melted into a kiss, when Meghan and Brianna came to the kitchen as well
"can we go now?" Meghan asked looking from her mom to her dad and back again
"yes, of course" Andy said and pulled away from Prue to start for the girls. Prue closed her eyes and let out a small moan. Andy turned on his heel to look at her
"what?" Prue asked confused and then realized she had moaned "my back just hurts..." she told him
"lay down a little" he told her seriously
"i will. Just have to clean some stuff"
"Pruuue" Andy sang through gritted teeth
"I'm pregnant not..."
"… sick. I know. Just promise me to take it easy" he said softly
"promise. Now go or you'll be late. Bye girls. Have a great day" she told them and knelt down. Meghan and Anna right away ran into her mother's arms
"bye mommy" they told her and kissed her cheeks. Prue smiled and kissed both of their heads as well "you watch your sis today, okay?" she asked Meghan
"yap" Meghan nodded and they started to leave
"love you guys" Prue said and got up again. She inhaled sharply as she felt a pain shoot through her whole body while getting up. She then heard the front door close. She moved over to one of the bar stools just between their kitchen and dining. She leaned onto one and took a few breathes while caressing her tummy. When she felt like things had calmed down again she started to clean. At least she wanted to, when another pain ran through her body.
"damn it" she whispered and again grabbed for the counter to steady herself "okay. So we'll skip cleaning today." she told herself and went for the living. She laid down on the couch and closed her eyes trying to relax, but again a contraction hit her. She breathed through it and then got up to get the phone to call Andy. But it was nowhere to be found. Anna lately always took it to play. She sighed and searched for her cell, but not finding it either for the same reason.
"great" she mumbled as she dragged herself upstairs to search Anna's room.
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Andy walked into the station and into his and Darryl's office
"heeey… already thought you wouldn't be in"
"i didn't want to, but Prue said it was safe"
"still no sign of the baby?"
"nope"
"I'm glad Sheila never was over her due date… I'd drive crazy" Darryl told him
"oh believe me, I am!" he told Darryl and stifled a laugh. Then suddenly narrowed his eyes
"what?" Darryl asked
"i dunno… I just feel like there's something wrong" he told Darryl and got his cell out. He dialed Prue's cell and waited for her to take it
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once finally upstairs, she started to hear her cell phone ringing.
"keep ringing" she mumbled, as it was easier to find her cell like that as she followed its ring. When she finally found it – in the box with Anna's doll clothes – the ringing had already subsided
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"Prue doesn't take her cell" Andy told Darryl and started to look worried, then dialed their home number again waiting
Prue heard their home phone go off now. It seemed kinda close, coming from the girls' bathroom. She ignored it though in try to call Andy back. She sighed as it was occupied. She started to search the home telephone, as she guessed Andy was trying to call her and that was why he was unavailable, but again when she finally found it, the ringing was gone
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Andy again hung up, as no answer came. He looked at Darryl completely freaked
"why isn't she taking the goddamn phone?!" he asked a mix of worried and anger evident in his voice
"maybe she went to the manor?" Darryl suggested "but… better go home. You won't be any use to me the way you are today"
"i guess you're right" Andy told him and left the station again, driving back home. Once in his car he called the manor
"Halliwell?" Piper answered
"hey Piper, is Prue over at the manor?"
"no. why? Everything okay?"
"i dunno… I can't reach her."
"I'm gonna go over and see to her" Piper told him
"thanks Piper. I'm on my way home again as well..." he told Piper and hung up again, stepping a bit more on the gas pedal
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"damn it" Prue cursed. She had tried three more times to call Andy back with no success. Again a contraction hit her and she let out a low scream. They were coming closer and were getting worse. A slight panic rose inside of her as she clung to the doorhandle to keep herself on her feet. She took deep breathes and as soon as the contraction was off again she started to go downstairs, but had to sit down on the stairs again because another contraction hit her
"Prue!" she heard Piper call through from the kitchen, but couldn't answer her, as she was still in pain. She let out a small scream again though.
Piper heard Prue's scream and picked Chris, so she would be faster at the source of the scream. She went around the stairs and was just about to put one of her feet on the first one when she found Prue there. Sweating. Her face screwed and hard breathing
"oh my god" she said lowly. She looked at Chris in her arms. "umm honey, auntie Prue is a little sick. Mommy needs to help her. Can you go to daddy for me?" Chris just nodded and orbed out. Piper groaned. She actually wanted him to walk back to the manor not use his powers. A moan from the stairs snapped her attention back to Prue. She hurried up the last few steps to be Prue's level and looked at her
"is this what I think it is?" Prue just nodded and when finally the contraction was over she explained hard breathing
"i can't reach Andy"
"i know. He called me, because he can't reach you either. he's on his way" she told Prue "okay. c'mon. let's get you downstairs." Piper told her and helper her sister to get up, then supported her on their way down. Just as they stepped off the last step, the front door flew open and Andy stood in the front door.
"oh my god." he breathed, immediately catching onto what was going on. He took a few steps towards Prue and Piper and as he just approached them, he was greeted with a huge puddle of fluids on the floor, which was slowly making it's way through Prue's pregnancy jeans
"I'm sorry" Prue mumbled, but doubled over in pain right away again. Andy who stood almost in front of her caught her and held her up
"breath Prue" Piper instructed slowly
"I'm… trying" Prue got out between breathing, screaming and some moan. Once it was over again she looked slightly panicked at the other two "this is proceeding fast. We need to go to the hospital. Immediately." she told Andy, who just nodded
"Piper, can you get Prue something to change?" he asked his sister in law. Piper nodded and ran upstairs. Andy now placed Prue on the stairs and made her sit down "i told you I'd better stayed home" he told her as he helped her out of her wet things
"it was nothing until you left" she told him
"yeah that's why your water broke like half an hour later"
"Andy I swear. This wasn't to reassure you. It only started after you left already. We need to get to the hospital. Please. I don't want my sisters to do the delivery again" she pleaded him
"we'll go the instant you're changed or do you wanna get there in these soaked pants?"
"no… ooooo" Prue's answer turned into a scream as another contraction started "damn it" she cursed trough gritted teeth. Piper arrived with a short pregnancy dress and handed it to Andy, who helped Prue out of her t-shirt as well. Then dressed her into the dress and a new panty
"want me to carry you or can you walk?" he asked Prue
"gimme a few seconds and I'll waaaaa..." Prue cramped up again. Piper and Andy exchanged glances.
"this is happening too fast, guys. you'll never make it to the hospital..."
"this only just started… we'll make it" Prue said as she forced herself to get up and started for the front door
"Andy… we've done it before… this is insane"
"what do you want me to do? Argue with her in her condition?" Andy sighed, grabbed Prue's hospital bag and walked up to Prue, who was almost at the car already
"don't forget to drink!" Piper yelled after them, not wanting to scream out potion after them, as they already sped off. Piper let out a deep breath. She just hoped this would turn out good.
"did you drink the potion already?" Andy asked
"no" Prue got out between breathes
"there's a bottle of it in the glovebox" he told her. Prue nodded and after the contraction was through again she got one of the little bottles there out and drank it. Andy just was stopping at a red light and looked at her. Prue smiled at him
"we're gonna have our baby"
"yeah. And she still doesn't have a name" Andy laughed
"maybe once we look at her" she old him
"i love you, Prue" he told her turning seriously
"i love you as well" she answered and leaned over to kiss him.
"Andy… I think I need to push" Prue breathed at the next red light, though they were almost at the hospital already
"what? No… Prue, we're right there… just continue to breath"
"i… I can't… she wants out..."
"Prue, your labor only started like 45 minutes ago… try to breath..."
"i can't" she told him desperately.
"then just don't push… I'm calling the hospital." he told her and got out his cell to call the hospital
"hello. Trudeau speaking. I'm on my way to you. My wife's in labor. We have only two corners ahead, but she thinks she needs to push… alright. Thank you" Andy said into the phone then glanced at Prue again while driving "they're gonna wait for us..." he told her, then reached one hand out to her and ran it through her hair. He had noticed how the contractions now barely stopped. They came like right one after the other and not being able to help her other than get her to the hospital drove him insane. He finally saw the hospital in reach and pushed the gas pedal again to get to the entrance. He saw already from far, how a doctor and a few nurses with a bed stood there. He stopped right at them and the doctor opened the car on Prue's side.
"hey, I'm Dr. Michaels." he told her and smiled at Prue "I'm gonna check very quickly on your state and then we'll get you inside" he told Prue, who just nodded. The doctor helped Prue out of her panties and was just about to reach inside of her, when he noticed he actually didn't have to
"i can already see the head" he informed the nurses behind him and one headed inside the hospital already. He looked at Andy "park the car here." he instructed Andy "misses Trudeau. I'm really sorry but we're gonna put you on the bed now and then we'll take you into one of the elevators. we're gonna lock it once we're in and probably will deliver your baby there. I don't think we will make it up to the maternity ward anymore." he told Prue serious. Prue couldn't do much more anymore but nod. Andy pressed a kiss onto Prue's head and then got out of the car. He walked around it and helped the doctor get Prue on the bed. Once she was on the bed, they hurried inside and into the elevator. One of the nurses had already prepared everything there. Once two nurses, one of them being a midwife, the doctor, Prue and Andy were in the elevator, the doctor put some kind of card onto a black field and with that locked the doors. Then he pushed the button so the elevator would anyway go to the 4th floor, where the maternity ward was located. The midwife checked once more on Prue's condition and propped her feet up
"the head's there already" she informed. "misses Trudeau, just two more pushes and your baby will be there" she told her. Prue looked panicked at Andy
"she… she has no… ahhh"
"she'll have a name" Andy reassured Prue and clung to her hand while again kissing the side of her head. Prue pushed with all her might and instead of two pushes, the baby was born within one. The midwife picked the little girl up and smiled at her
"you really were in a hurry to meet your mom and dad, huh?" she said gently and laid the baby onto Prue's chest. Andy's face lit seeing his tiny daughter
"hey" he said excited and beamed down at the baby. Prue as well started smiling and kissed the little girl's head
"welcome to the world..." she whispered. And then looked up at Andy "Liliana?" Andy smiled and looked back at the baby in Prue's arms
"hey Lily" he said softly and now too kissed his daughter's head
