Chp.8
As Paige walked into the club touching the door, she got an instant premonition. Fire everywhere and Prue's black BMW in blazes. A fire breathing demon was above flying around with Prue's dangling, lifeless body captive. As Paige came back to her sense she gasped for air and nearly fell down the stairs.
"Paige!" Piper and Prue called as they watched her fall. Helping her to her feet again, they walked her over to the lounge where they had been previously sitting.
"Honey are you alright?" Prue asked gently with a sense of panic in her voice.
"Yeah I'm fine. At least I hope. Look Prue you're not going to that photo shoot tomorrow!" Paige said obviously distraught.
"Honey what are you talking about. Why not?" Prue asked patiently noticing the frightened look on her sister's face.
"Well I had a premonition. I saw your car in blazes and a fire breathing demon holding your body captive which...well...PRUE YOU WERE DEAD!" Piage yelled trying to gain control of herself.
"Paige it's okay honey. Calm down," Piper said soothingly. Piper of course wasn't in a too good of state herself at the moment hearing yet another premonition about the death of her sisters. Paige got a lot of premonitions about the deaths of themselves but nearly as many as she had been lately.
"No it's not! I'm so god damn tired of all these premonitions about the death of my loved ones. It's like watching the scariest horror movie that just makes you want to die over and over and over again. I can't stand it anymore!"Paige cried tears flowing nonstop down her cheeks.
"Look sweetie I know this must be tough for you especially since you haven't had too much time to get a hold of your powers but we have to work together and get through it. Something tells me it will only get worse until this baby is born," Prue said.
"I know. God you guys must think I'm such a big baby breaking down like this," Paige laughed at herself.
"How could we ever think that of you. Paige you're our sister we love you. Look everybody has a breaking point at times and it's okay. If the elders wanted three women who would never get emotional at times, then they better find some other women. This isn't something that's easy to deal with. It's more something you live with rather than actually deal with," Prue said, "Now why don't I call in sick tomorrow and we can just relax for a day. Together we haven't had much time together maybe we should have a sisterly bonding day. Shopping, coffee, lunch. Sounds good to me how about you guys?"
"Sounds great but only until eight. I have plans at eight with a special someone," Paige said mysteriously, the colour returning to her already pale face.
"Oh my god is it that Steve guy that you've been talking about for like weeks? That's so exciting! I'm so happy for you!" Prue said excitedly.
"What Steve guy?" Piper asked clueless.
"Well, there's this totally gorgeous guy at eh office and Paige has been trying to get him to notice her for like weeks and he finally asked her out today! Isn't that great?" Prue said.
"Yeah and he's is so dreamy! Anyways Prue, how did the appointment go?" Paige asked.
"Great. I'm due on May 12th and I'm 12 weeks along," Prue replied.
"Oh honey, that's great! You know what this means? Shopping!" Paige said happily.
"Yeah Prue you really need some maternity wear. Look that baby bump is already starting to show!" Piper said just as happily.
"Yeah I guess so. Cole was really great about it too. That's all I needed for reassurance. He seems really excited too like he really wants to be a daddy," Prue said smiling. Piper looked at her sisters face which was suddenly filled with panic.
"Prue honey, what's wrong?" Piper asked gently. Paige, noticing the look of panic as well, looked to her sister with a gentle, questioning face.
"I don't know. I mean I just realised something. What if I'm not a good mother? What if I can't raise him properly and then a demon takes him away or something. I barely know anything about parenting. How the hell am I supposed to raise a child!? Especially in this world," Prue said frantically.
"Honey you'll be a great mother. In fact you'll be the best mother this baby will ever have," Paige said trying to cheer Prue up.
"You know what you're right. I'll just have to worry about that when it's closer and I still have plenty of time until then," Prue replied feeling much better, "so Piper what have you been doing today?"
"Well I met with a band and they'll be playing here on Saturday. You guys should come. It's a new band they're called Akimbo. Kinda unique name hey," Piper said energetically.
"Yeah maybe Steve and I will check it out," Paige said smiling. Prue raised her eyebrows in acknowledgement. "anyways, I'd better get back to work before I get fired and I end up dateless."
"Okay well we'll see you back at the manor then," Piper said. Paige nodded as she headed back up the stairs and out the doors. Prue then turned to look at Piper.
"So do you think I'll be married before or after the baby," Prue asked humorously.
"I don't know. Have you and Cole talked about a wedding? I mean that would be a little rushed don't you think?" Piper asked very seriously.
"Piper, honey, I was joking," Prue said smiling trying to refrain from bursting out laughing.
"Oh, right. Well did you even intend on getting married," Piper asked realising her foolishness.
"I don't really know. I think I would at some point like to tie the knot. I mean we're going to have a child together. I haven't really thought about it though," Prue said. Prue then let out a big yawn, "you know I'm pretty tired I think I might just head home, have a bath and then head to bed."
"Okay well have a good sleep. I love you!" Piper called as Prue made her way to her car. Prue was extremely tired when she opened the door. The pregnancy was really draining her especially that horrifying premonition that Paige had had. Although Prue had acted like it didn't bother her too much, it had bothered her intensely. She feared for the life of herself and her unborn child everyday and those death predictions just made it worse. As Prue walked into the dining room, to put her things down, Cole shimmered in behind her.
"Hey stranger," Prue said lovingly, "where have you been all day?"
"Just running some errands. That kinda thing," Cole said casually.
"Ah. What kind of errands?" Prue asked suspiciously.
"Ones that you can't know about," Cole responded.
"Fair enough," Prue said. Cole smiled mischievously.
"Oh oh!" Prue said excitedly grabbing Cole's hand and placing it on her growing stomach, "do you feel that?"
"That's amazing!" Cole said as he felt his baby move around happily in Prue's stomach, "you feel that all the time?"
"Yeah almost every minute unless she's tired," Prue answered.
"She? I thought it was a boy," Cole said rather confused.
"Me too but I just got this feeling today that maybe it is a girl," Prue answered.
"Oh," Cole answered sounding a little discouraged. He was kinda hoping for a boy but still.
"Honey you're not mad are you?" Prue asked a little worried about the expression on Cole's face.
"Of course not, I just was kinda hoping for a boy that's all. You know the whole father son sorta thing," Cole replied trying to reassure Prue who looked like was going to cry at any moment. Cole walked towards Prue and wrapped his arms around her. Prue cried softly in his arms. Stupid hormones! Prue said to herself. "Look honey, I'll love our child no matter what gender it is or what powers it has. It's ours. We made it, me and you."
"Yeah we did," Prue replied with a smirk on her face, "I'm sorry it's just these stupid hormones all the time."
"That's okay hormones or no hormones I still love you," Cole replied lovingly. Prue smiled and then snuggled back into the safety of Cole's arms.