Lovin' You Chapter 6-Extended Love.
Two months later, Parker still wouldn't answer the phone when her mom called, the twins were confused why Dillon was gone, and the twins' fifth birthday was coming up and Parker was undecided about what to do. They were having a party at the park and the kids from their school were coming but she wasn't sure if she should invite her mom and dad. She knew they missed their grandparents but after what her mother said she wasn't sure if she could pretend to forgive her so easily.
Parker was cleaning up Phoenix's room when the phone rang and she answered without looking. "Hello?"
"Hunny, don't hang up." Piper's voice drifted through the receiver. Parker didn't hang up but she didn't reply. "I just wanted you to listen, I didn't mean it the way it sounded. I love those kids, you know that, and I love you. I didn't mean to insult you or my grandchildren." Piper took a deep breath and waited as Parker stayed quiet. "Please say something."
"I can't talk about this right now. I'm cleaning." she said shortly.
"Can I come help?" Piper asked hopefully.
"If you were to show up, I can't be rude and send you away." Parker said truthfully.
"Ok, I love you." Piper said and sighed when Parker hung up without saying anything. Parker went back to cleaning and ten minutes later someone knocked on her door. She slowly went over and opened the door and there stood Bayleigh with Nakeah in her carseat sitting next to her. "Bayleigh, hunny, what are you doing here?" Parker questioned letting her in and picking up the carseat.
"Daddy brought us. He said to give you this." she said handing her an envelope.
Parker sat the carseat down and took the envelope and opened it to find a letter. She unfolded it and started reading:
Parker,
All Bayleigh's been able to talk about since you left is you. I want you to know that I do love my girls, I just can't take care of them the way I wanted them took care of. Every little girl needs a mom and your the best I've ever seen. With Dillon, I know you can give them the life I wanted them to have. Enclosed are you copies of the guardianship papers. I've already signed them. Your probably wondering why I was so brought on by you. I know your a Halliwell. I know your a witch. I was to. Well, half anyway, from my dad. The girls are half but I know you'll treat them just as you treat your full blooded magical children. Never resent them for the way I've done this and don't try to find me. I won't be anywhere from now on. Tell the girls I love them.
Love Always,
Seth
Parker stood shocked and read through it a few more times before she turned to the papers. He had legally given her custody of his kids. Parker folded the papers back up and turned to look back at the girls. Nakeah was still asleep in her carseat and Bayleigh was sitting polietly on the couch. Parker sat down next to her. "Well, Bayleigh, I guess I'm your new mommy." Bayleigh nodded slightly and started chewing on her bottom lip. "Did daddy leave your stuff in his apartment?"
"Yeah, he said you could use magic to get it." she said wriggling slightly on the couch.
Parker nodded thinking about what she would do now, giving them up was out of the question, she couldn't do that. She was so deep in thought that she jumped when the door was knocked on. She got up from the couch and lifted Bayleigh up onto her hip. "OK, sweetie, lets go get the door."
Parker opened the door, with Bayleigh rested on her hip, and Piper raised her eyebrows when she saw the little girl. "Hi."
"Hi." Bayleigh greeted back.
"Uhh, Parker, hunny, is there something you haven't told me?" she questioned coming into the apartment.
"Parker's our new mommy." Bayleigh told her as Parker gently sat her down in the floor when Nakeah woke up crying.
Piper watched with wide eyes as her daughter lifted the three month old baby from the carseat. Parker craddled the baby against her as she handed her mom the papers. "What are you going to do with them?"
"What do you mean? I'm going to raise them." Parker countered as if her mom was crazy.
"Hunny, four kids is..."
"Out."
"Excuse me?"
"If all your going to do is tell me how I'm messing your life up, I want you out of my house. I don't care what effects this could have on you because all I need to know is that these magical kids are safe and I can't think of a safer place then in this family."
Piper looked at her daughter closely and knew that she meant it. "What can I do to help?"
"You can watch them while I orb over and get their stuff." Parker commented, handing the infant to Piper. Piper nodded as Parker orbed away.
Piper sat down and studied the kids. Bayleigh had long blonde curls and piercing blue eyes and looked small and innocent like any three year old should. Nakeah was tiny and tall and had a small amount of silky black hair that was starting to fade to blonde and had the same blue eyes as her sister. How could anyone abandon their kids? Parker orbed in, snapping her out of her thoughts, with basically everything the kids own. "What are you going to do with them?"
"Bayleigh can share with Phoenix and the baby will stay in my room with me." she stated, putting Nakeah's premade bottles in the fridge.
"What are you going to do when she gets older? You can't just expect her not to get older and notice when you and Dillon..." Piper shivered disquested at the conversation.
Parker glared at her. "You didn't really take that into consideration."
"How was I suposed to know you were coming over? It's not like you called to inform us that you were safe, let alone coming to visit."
"Didn't look like you were too worried." she shot back.
"I know, but I was. That's how it started, he was trying to calm me down because my pacing was driving him crazy." Piper sighed and layed the baby down in the playpen that Parker just orbed in and walked over to Parker and held her shoulders to make her look at her. "I didn't mean for you to come. If I would have known we wouldn't have been... doing what we were. What would make you think that I wouldn't worry about you?"
"You didn't seem so worried when you were screaming at me. I felt like a teenager again and if you had any clue about how I felt when I was a teenager you'd know how scary that is."
"Baby, you wouldn't let me know. All you did was push me away and that worried me to no end." Piper pulled her into a tight hug. "Hunny, I love you and I know you as much as you'll let me know. I love those kids and I know you know that I do."
"Do you know everything?" Parker questioned.
"Almost." Piper commented, smirking. "I'm still trying to figure you out though, but I will, trust me."
"Good, 'cause I don't think I can raise four kids by myself."
Piper gently pulled away from the hug. "By yourself?" she questioned curiously.
"Dillon left, right before I went to your place actually."
"Oh, Hunny. What happened?" Piper questioned sincerely.
"I cheated on him." she whispered and nodded as Piper's eyes widened. "With Bayleigh and Nakeah's dad."
"Why?"
"I don't know, honestly."
"Parker, you know better then that."
"I didn't mean for it to happen, it just... did."
Piper sighed and turned back to the stuff Parker had just orbed in. "How about I trade you?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well, with it just me and your dad we don't need all the room that the manor has. You on the other hand do need it."
"Really?" Parker questioned.
"Yeah, but you can't quit your jobs either I can watch the baby while you work."
Parker nodded, "Deal."
Piper smiled and turned back to the baby and picked her back up. "Your Aunt Phoebe's gonna eat you up. Yeah she will. Don't worry though, she tried to eat your mommy when she was little like you too but I stopped her, don't worry." she said to the baby who just stared at her with interest and then smiled.
Parker smiled and lifted Bayleigh back up and kissed her cheak. "OK, time to get moving."
"Parker that'll take days." Piper commented.
"Not my way." she commented back smirking. She sat Bayleigh back down and closed her eyes. Take a deep breath, she held out her hands and flicked her wrist and all of her and the kids stuff orbed to the manor and all of Piper and Leo's stuff orbed there.
"Now that was cool." Bayleigh commented as Parker grinned at her and lifted her back up.
"Now that was personal gain." Piper quipped.
"Screw the elders." Parker commented smiling.
"God your too much like me for you own good."
"Now mother would you like me to change? Be more like Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Paige maybe?"
"No, you stay the way you are." Piper said back smiling.
Parker grinned. "Well, I gotta go get the twins. I'm meeting Dillon at the bay bridge. Would you mind taking these two to the manor?"
Piper nodded and put Nakeah in her carseat and lifted it up after straping her in safely. "Meet you there." she commented grabbing Bayleigh's hand and heading toward her car. Parker sighed and orbed to the bridge.
Parker stood on one of the Bay Bridge watching as Dillon and the twins appeared in a swirl of purple light. She grinned and lifted Potter up. "Hey, I've got a surprise for both of you."
"Really? What is it?" Phoenix questioned excitedly.
"You'll just have to see." Parker then looked up at Dillon. "Call later to set up another time to see them ok?"
Dillon nodded. "Definantly." Parker smiled at him softly before orbing him back to his house and orbing back to the manor to her new house and new family.
A/N: That's the last chapter. Sorry if i didn't finish it off as you'd like but i've just not got time to work on it regularly so i decided that this would be a good place to stop.
