I hardly got any reviews for my last chapter. You people all know how that makes me sad. My week's already sucked so review and make me feel better please!
ONE WEEK LATER
Prue came into the kitchen with dark circles under her eyes. Ever since Lily was born Andy and she got hardly any sleep.
"Prue, you look terrible" Phoebe said.
Prue yawned and grabbed a mug of coffee.
"One, three, and five in the morning" Prue said. "Each time she was up for at least an hour"
"Maybe I should stay home with the kids" Phoebe said. "You go take a nap"
"I'm fine" Prue said. "It's Andy that had to go to work. By the way, can Andy borrow yours or Piper's car on Wednesday? The van isn't working and his car is supposed to go into the shop for an oil change"
"Why aren't you getting the van fixed?" Phoebe asked.
"We are getting the van fixed" Prue said. "There's just no rush. I won't being leaving the house for a while if Lily keeps waking up and the only place Andy goes is work"
Prue yawned.
"Why waste money?" Prue asked.
"Prue, you'll tell us if you guys are having money problems again, right?" Phoebe asked.
"Everything is fine" Prue said.
Prue heard Lily start to cry from the baby monitor she was carrying. Prue sighed and got Lily. She came back into the kitchen just a Phoebe was hanging up the phone and holding Caitlyn.
"I'm working from home today" Phoebe said.
"Pheebs, you didn't have to do that" Prue said.
"I want to spend time with the kids" Phoebe said.
Prue rocked a fussy Lily back and forth.
"What is wrong, Lily?" Prue asked. "I fed you, I changed you, I have done everything"
Lily cried even louder. Prue put her pinky in Lily's mouth. Immediately Lily quieted down.
"I wouldn't have thought of that" Phoebe said smiling.
"After five years of being a mom, you learn the tricks" Prue said. "How is Caitlyn doing?"
"She's let's you know when something is wrong" Phoebe said. "But other than that she's quiet. She likes to smile though"
Prue smiled.
"Just wait until she calls you mom for the first time" Prue said. "Or when she tells you she loves you"
Phoebe looked at Prue holding Lily.
"You're an amazing mom" Phoebe said. "You're incredibly sleep deprived but you still manage to take care of your kids without any complaints"
"You're not so bad yourself" Prue said. "At least you wanted to be a mom. Sometimes I can't help but feel guilty that my first reaction wasn't to be happy after I found out I was pregnant with the twins"
"Why feel guilty? You didn't know what you were going to do" Phoebe said. "The important thing was that you loved them through all of that"
"You are a very wise girl, you know that?" Prue asked.
"I've heard it mentioned once or twice" Phoebe said smiling.
Prue rocked Lily back and forth.
"It's only been a week and she's so big" Prue said.
"Admit it, you're going to miss being pregnant" Phoebe said.
"I don't know" Prue said. "After thirty hours of labor with this one…I don't think so"
"What did it feel like?" Phoebe asked. "To have a human being living in you for nine months"
"With the twins it got a little cramped" Prue said. "They were taking up all the space. Pressing on my bladder, kicking my kidney, kicking each other"
Phoebe laughed.
"It isn't the fact that I carried them for nine months that makes me their mother" Prue said. "It's the fact that I would give up anything for them"
Phoebe smiled and looked down at Caitlyn.
"I got to talk to Chloe for the short period of time that we knew her" Prue said. "She became…I guess you can call it…my friend. She talked to me the morning that she died; I already knew she wanted you to take care of Caitlyn if she died. She said if she was going to have to choose the person to take care of her child when she couldn't then she was going to choose a person that she knew would love that baby"
"How did she know though?" Phoebe asked. "She didn't know me, nobody knows if I can be a mom"
"It takes someone with a lot of love to take a thirteen year old not only into her home but into her heart" Prue said. "And that is exactly what you did three years ago"
Phoebe looked at Prue.
"You really think I can be a mom?" Phoebe asked.
Prue nodded.
"For the last two months you have taken care of that girl, what's making you doubt yourself now?" Prue asked.
"I don't know" Phoebe said. "Just seeing you and Piper handle your kids and you guys seem to know exactly what's wrong and how to fix it"
"It comes with time" Prue said. "Everything about motherhood comes with time"
Patti came running into the kitchen.
"Faith hit her head" Patti said. "She fell off the chair"
Prue went into the conservatory and saw Faith crying.
"Ooo that looks bad" Prue said noticing the blood.
She laid Lily in her bassinet and picked up Faith.
"Hey sweetheart" Prue said. "We're going to clean you up and call your mommy, okay"
Prue rocked Faith back and forth as she walked her into the kitchen.
"That looks pretty bad" Phoebe said. "Is she going to need stitches?"
"I don't know" Prue said. "When Aidan got stitches I thought is was just a little cut but I was wrong"
Lily started to scream from the other room which caused Caitlyn to start crying in Phoebe's arms.
"It's like a chain reaction" Phoebe said. "What do we do?"
"Okay, Lily's going to have to wait" Prue said.
Prue got a cold wet washcloth for Faith's head and put it on the cut.
"Mommy, where's Lily's binky?" Aidan asked coming into the kitchen.
"It's right here" Prue said. "But I don't know if she's going to want it"
Aidan took the pacifier and ran into the conservatory.
"Be gentle" Prue yelled after him.
Prue arranged Faith on her side, grabbed the phone, dialed Piper's number, and walked into the conservatory. Phoebe followed after her.
"Piper, it's Prue" Prue said. "Yeah, I know it's loud but Faith fell and she's got a cut on her head. I'm not sure if it needs stitches but you might want to come home"
Lily screamed louder as Aidan tried to give her the pacifier.
"Aidan, I don't think she wants that" Phoebe said taking the pacifier away.
Just then Andy came in the door.
Prue covered the phone.
"What are you doing home?" Prue asked.
"I fell asleep at my desk" Andy said tired. "Darryl sent me home"
Andy picked Lily up out of the bassinet.
"Piper, she is fine" Prue said into the phone. "You don't have to hurry just get here when you can. I promise, bye"
Prue hung up and set the phone on the couch.
"I don't think I have to ask how your day's going" Andy said.
Both he and Prue yawned at the same time.
"Take a nap" they both said at the exact same time.
Aidan stormed off up to his room mad.
"That's just great" Prue said. "Why is he mad?"
"You were here this morning, I was not" Andy said.
"So I'm supposed to know why he's mad?" Prue asked.
"No, I'm just asking if anything happened this morning" Andy said.
"Well if it did I wouldn't be asking why he's mad" Prue said.
"Both of you quiet" Phoebe said. "You're both tired, you are both stressed out, now when Piper gets home and takes Faith I want you to first go see Aidan and then both of you take a nap, not that's an order"
"One problem officer" Prue said sarcastically. "Ava and Andrea will be home by then and I promised to help them with a project"
"I can help them" Phoebe said.
"But I promised them" Prue said. "Not you"
"But you are very sleep deprived" Phoebe said.
"I've lived like this before" Prue said. "I'll survive"
"You might survive but I can't guarantee your marriage will" Phoebe said.
Phoebe set Caitlyn in Lily's bassinet.
"Hand me Faith" Phoebe said.
Prue handed Faith to Phoebe.
"I am going to talk to Aidan" Prue said.
Prue went up to Aidan's room.
"Hey buddy" Prue said. "You seemed kind of upset down there?"
Aidan turned his back to his mom.
"Why are you mad?" Prue asked.
"Daddy came home and he don't pay attention to me, you don't pay attention to me, then I try to help stupid Lily and Aunt Phoebe tells me no" Aidan said. "Ever since the stupid baby came you and daddy just pay attention to her"
"I'm sorry" Prue said. "It wasn't fair that we were ignoring you. Your daddy feels bad too. But you have to understand that it's been a little while since we've had a baby. The last time we had a baby was when you were born. See you were such a good baby though, you hardly cried at all but Lily cries a lot. When Lily cries she doesn't let mommy and daddy sleep"
"So why don't you get rid of her?" Aidan asked.
Prue laughed.
"Even though she does cry we love her" Prue said. "Just like we love you even though you cause trouble sometimes too"
Aidan was quiet.
"I'm not mad anymore" Aidan said.
"Good" Prue said. "And your dad and I promise that we'll try to pay more attention to you"
Aidan nodded.
"Okay" Prue said. "Now maybe you can come downstairs and play with Patti, she's kind of lonely right now"
Aidan nodded and ran out of the room. Prue followed him back downstairs.
"Problem solved" Prue said. "We have to pay more attention to him"
Andy nodded.
"I'll take him to play football Sunday" Andy said.
"The last time you took my son to play football he came home with a bump on his head" Prue said.
"That was not my fault" Andy said.
Prue smiled.
"I know" Prue said.
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LATER ON THAT AFTERNOON
"Andie and Ava where do babies come from?" Aidan asked.
"I don't know" Ava said. "We should ask Leila"
They went into the conservatory.
"Leila, do you know where babies come from?" Andrea asked.
"Um, Aunt Prue" Leila said. "Your kids have a very interesting question that I think you should answer"
Prue walked into the conservatory with Lily.
"What?" Prue asked.
"Go ahead" Leila said. "Ask your mom"
"Mommy, where do babies come from?" Aidan asked.
"Um…go ask your dad" Prue said.
"Why? Don't you know?" Ava asked.
"I'm really busy but your dad's in the kitchen working so he's much less busy" Prue said.
"But we can't bother him when he's working" Ava said.
"This time's the exception" Prue said.
The kids sighed and walked into the kitchen.
"Daddy, where do babies come from?" Ava asked.
"That's a question you should ask your mom" Andy said looking up from his work.
"We did" Ava said. "She said to ask you"
"Prue!" Andy exclaimed.
Prue innocently came into the kitchen.
"What?" Prue asked smiling.
"Would you like to explain to me why my kids are asking me this question?" Andy asked.
"Tell you what" Prue said. "We'll tell you the answer to the question when you're older"
Aidan sighed.
"We spent all of this time and we don't even get an answer!" Andrea exclaimed.
"You'll get an answer…when you're twenty five" Andy said smiling. "Now shoo, I'm trying to work"
The kids ran out of the kitchen. Prue and Andy started laughing.
"I feel kind of bad for them" Prue said laughing.
"Well I wasn't about to answer their question" Andy said.
"Did you get your paycheck?" Prue asked.
Andy nodded.
"How bad is it?" Prue asked.
"I hope we don't need to use the van for a very long time" Andy said.
Prue sighed and sat down.
"You know, I can get a job" Prue said.
"With four kids?" Andy asked. "Plus your sisters depend on you for babysitting and there's the demon hunting"
"We can't survive with one car that seats a family of five" Prue said. "If we have to take the kids somewhere where will we put Lily and her carrier?"
Andy put his head in his hands.
"The cost of putting the kids in daycare if you got a job would probably make us lose money" Andy said.
"I know" Prue said. "I didn't want to get a job anyway"
"That's what I figured" Andy said.
"We need money, Andy" Prue said.
"I know" Andy said. "But the only way that would happen is if I got a promotion which won't be happening any time soon"
"I'm sorry" Prue said. "That's probably my fault and my sisters"
"It's not your fault" Andy said. "You were just doing your job"
"Too bad my job doesn't pay" Prue said.
Prue stood there fiddling with her clothes.
"I can't wait until I'm in my own clothes again" Prue said. "Lily may be born but I still look pregnant"
"You look beautiful" Andy said. "Sleep deprived but beautiful"
Prue smiled.
"You have to say that" Prue said. "You're married to me"
Andy stood up and started kissing Prue.
"Am I convincing you you're beautiful yet?" Andy asked.
"Maybe in a couple more minutes" Prue said smiling.
Andy continued kissing Prue. Piper and Leo walked into the kitchen with Faith. Piper put her hands over Faith's eyes.
"I think we'll come back later" Piper said turning around.
Prue and Andy stopped.
"Sorry" Prue said. "I should go check on the kids"
Prue walked out of the kitchen. Andy gathered all the papers from the table. In the living room Phoebe was playing with Caitlyn. Suddenly a demon shimmered in.
"Piper, Prue!" Phoebe yelled.
"I'm here for my baby" the demon said.
Ooo, cliffhanger! Review and I'll update faster.