Disclaimer: See chapter 1 as usual

Thank you to my revwiers - and I know that's not spelt right but my brains not functioning at the moment...too much staring at a computer screen, always makes words look wrong if their right and right if they're wrong. I do a computing degree so of course always staring at a computer too.

Anyway, enough of that, you're here to read the next chapter. Oh and by the way, yes James is the little manticore baby, that baby is so cute!

The Miscarriage

Chris did not sleep that night. He was too bust thinking about his baby growing up evil and how a demon possessed a cupid to make him and Mel fall in love. So they were not meant to fall in love. It was all a plan for demons to take over the world. He did not know what hurt him most, the fact that they were not meant to fall in love or that a demon made a cupid make them fall in love. He loved Melinda with all his heart and now he knew she would end it. They could not have a life together, not if their child was meant to be the destroyer of the Earth, what hope did they have. And to top everything off, Melinda had ignored him since Coop broke the news, and Wyatt hated him. His family was breaking apart, just like he and Melinda feared.

He turned his head towards the alarm clock, the red light beamed 6:30am. Half an hour until he had to get up, but getting up early would not hurt. He would be grateful for a full shower of hot water.

Orbing himself to the bathroom, he looked in the mirror. He could see the dark marks under his eyes, showing he had not slept. He ran his hand through his dark-brown hair and then turned the shower on. Just as he was about to take his boxers off, he heard a knock on the door.

"Chris?" He could hear Mel's voice from the other side of the door. He opened the door to see her standing there in her PJs.

"What's up?" Chris asked, slightly coldly, he was still a little pissed that she had avoided him yesterday.

Melinda did not answer, instead she walked into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her.

"I'm sorry." Melinda said just as she kissed Chris hard. As she realised Chris was responding, she got more passionate. After she had taken the tonic last night she realised maybe it was not the right thing to do. She was forcing her own abortion, and now that was going to happen she had to make it up to Chris, without him knowing what she had done. She loved Chris, even if it was because of demonic cupids, and she knew they belonged together.

"Mel…" Chris broke away from the kiss, "Why?" He wanted, no needed, an explanation for why last night she was avoiding him and this morning she was all over him, but soon the lust became too much and he pulled her back into the kiss and let his hands slip under her PJ top and take it off.

"Chris? Mel? Which One of you's in there?" there was banging on the door and Piper's voice sounded.

Chris and Mel looked at each other, wondering what to do.

"It's me mom." Mel shouted, thinking that Chris could orb out if he had to.

"Where's your brother?"

"I don't know, kichen?" Piper must have been satisfied, because Mel could hear her footsteps walk away. Chris looked into his sister's brown eyes and kissed her.

"We'll finish this later." Chris said orbing out to the smaller bathroom for his shower, so nobody got suspicious.

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It had been nearly 48 hours since Melinda had taken the tonic, and she could feel the effects of it taking affect. The morning sickness had stopped, but the miscarriage had still not come. Things around the house had not got any lighter either. She and Chris still had not really talked about everything, and that was her fault. Chris wanted to, wanted to find out if they were going to get past it, but that was not something on Melinda's mind right now.

"Chris, just leave it, please." Melinda shouted at her brother, running down the stairs away from him, but he just followed.

"Why can't we just talk?" Chris had hissed. Melinda looked into his green eyes that were normally inviting and made her melt, but right now anger and tiredness washed through them.

"I can't think about that while I'm…" Suddenly a pain in her stomach stopped her from talking. She collapsed to her knees as the pain grew. It was happening, it was happening right now. She felt Chris run to her side, to help her, but there was nothing he could do.

"Wyatt!" Chris called to the ceiling, as Melinda had dropped to her knees. Wyatt orbed in his usual blue and white orbs just as Piper and Leo had ran in from the kitchen. They had obviously heard Melinda screaming in pain, and thought it was a demon attack. If only it was a demon attack. Chris knew what was happening.

As soon as Wyatt's orbs materialised he looked at his youngest sibling on the floor, gripping her stomach in agony. He ran to her and tried to heal her, but he knew it would not work, but with his parents running in from the kitchen he had to show that he was trying to help her.

"What's wrong?" Leo asked his oldest son, seeing the glow to Wyatt's hands but Melinda's pain not easing off.

"It's not working." Wyatt shook his head and then looked at Chris.

"The baby." Melinda screamed in pain at Chris, not realising that everybody else was in the room. She could not open her eyes for the excruciating pain.

"Chris!" Wyatt looked at his younger brother and pointed at Mel. She was bleeding.

"I'll get her to the hospital," Chris said, ignoring his parents questions about what baby and what was going on, "Meet me there." And with that, Chris picked up his lover and orbed them to an alleyway, just next to San Francisco Memorial. He ran straight through the doors to the receptionist, carrying his baby sister in his arms, blood running down her legs.

"Please help me, she's having a miscarriage."

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"A miscarriage!" Piper shouted at her eldest son, as she got into the passenger seat of his car. She did not see, but she knew Leo had climbed into the back.

"Mom there's no time to explain." Wyatt shouted back. He did not need this. His sister was losing her baby, which was good really, considering it was meant to be evil, and his brother had orbed her to the hospital without thinking about exposure. But then again, the thought of exposure was not running through any of their minds when they realised what was going on.

"How long have you known she was pregnant?" Leo asked calmly. He had a knack for that.

"About three weeks." Wyatt answered, knowing he was disappointing his parents, knowing that Mel was disappointing them. This was not how any of the three siblings wanted their parents to find out. Uncle Coop! Wyatt had to tell Uncle Coop. He would wait until they got to the hospital, he could not risk his parents finding out Coop knew too.

"Who's the father?" Leo asked, Wyatt wishing he had not. That was one question he did not want to answer. What did he say? Well actually it's Chris'. He and Mel have been sleeping together for the past year and a half. Not quite.

"I don't know," Wyatt answered, silently laughing at himself remembering that was what Mel said she would say, "She never said, and I didn't want to press the information out of her."

As they pulled into the parking lot of the hospital, Wyatt realised his mother had been surprisingly quiet throughout the whole journey, well apart from the initial outburst. He looked towards Piper, who looked like she was in shock.

"Mom?" He asked, slightly worried.

"My baby's pregnant." Was all she could say.

"Not anymore." Wyatt got out of the car, knowing Leo would look after her, right now he had to find Chris. Chris must have been going out of his mind. Wyatt actually started feeling guilty for blaming everything about the demonic child on him, Chris was now losing his unborn baby, and was on his own at the moment. Melinda must be with the doctors by now. Wyatt ran through the doors of the hospital and ran to the waiting room, to find Chris pacing, Melinda's blood on his T-shirt, obviously from when he had picked her up.

"Chris." Wyatt called his brother's name as he ran to him.

Hearing his name, Chris stopped in his tracks to see his older brother running towards him. Immediately Chris broke down. He would not do it alone, nor in front of Melinda, but now that Wyatt was here, which was weird considering they had been fighting for two days now.

Wyatt hugged his baby brother, as he broke down.

"She's losing it, she's losing the baby." Chris sobbed into Wyatt's chest, feeling his protective arms around him. Now he remembered that no matter what happened between them, if he needed him Wyatt would be there.

"I know. I know." Wyatt soothed his brother, "Careful though mom and dad are here."

Chris quickly pushed away from Wyatt and wiped his eyes. He finally sat down on a chair, seeing Wyatt sit next to him and then looked to the floor, staring at it blankly.

"They're in the parking lot at the moment," Wyatt explained to his younger brother, "You can cry a bit longer." But Chris shook his head. He had to stay strong. Melinda would need him to stay strong.

Finally, Piper and Leo got to the waiting room and found their sons. Leo looked at Chris, to see red puffy eyes, he had been crying. So he had known about the baby too. Their children had kept Melinda's pregnancy a secret.

"I'm going to phone Uncle Coop." Wyatt said quietly, hoping his parents would not hear.

"Wait until we find out for sure." Chris answered, wanting Wyatt to stay. He knew that his mom and dad did not know he was father yet, but if he was alone with them they would ask questions and one of those would be 'do you know who the father is?'

After a long 20 minute wait, a doctor finally approached.

"Mr Halliwell." The doctor said to Chris, why was he talking to Chris? Oh wait, he had brought Melinda in, they had not seen Piper or Leo yet.

"Ah I presume you are Melinda's parents." The doctor said to the two adults sat with Chris and another boy, the girl's boyfriend?

"Yes." Leo answered, seeing that Piper was still in shock from finding out her 16-year-old daughter was pregnant. Leo was too, but he needed to stay calm and switched on for Melinda and the boys.

"I'm afraid I have some bad news," the doctor started, making Chris wonder whether something serious had happened to Melinda, since surely at 16 losing a baby was not bad news, "Your daughter has had a miscarriage. Also, she lost a lot of blood. More that usual, so we're going to keep her in for a few days until she recovers."

"Can we see her?" Leo asked the doctor, then wondered whether it was wise letting Piper go and see her daughter in the state she was in.

"I suggest only two at a time."

Leo looked at his boys, "Go on, I dare not let your mother in yet." Piper obviously still was not listening, since she had not said anything.

Wyatt and Chris looked at their father, Chris was not sure he wanted to see her yet, but knew he did not want to stay with his parents either. Feeling an arm pull him towards where the doctor was saying the room was, Chris allowed himself to follow his brother to see their sister.

As Chris entered the room, he saw a pale young girl laid in the hospital bed. The name plate read Melinda Halliwell, but it looked nothing like her. She looked so frail and helpless.

"Hey." Wyatt whispered to his sister, seeing her laying there helplessly. He could not believe that, from what the doctor had said, she nearly died losing her baby.

"Hey." Melinda smiled weakly, looking at her two brothers standing next to her. She knew without being told she had lost the baby, and not because of the tonic she had taken, she felt empty inside. She looked at Chris, wishing she could tell him everything but knew she could not. Chris' eyes were puffy and red, he had been crying, and it was all her fault, "I'm sorry." Melinda whispered to her lover, who took her hand.

"It wasn't your fault," Chris explained, "I shouldn't have been arguing with you. Putting you under stress. I should have known it would harm the baby." Chris felt a lump grow in his throat as he started to blame himself, but felt Melinda squeeze his hand.

"It wasn't your fault," Melinda said softly, "Trust me."

"I love you." Chris said, hoping it would make everything better, even though he knew it was false hope.

"I love you too."

On that note, Wyatt started to walk to the door.

"Sorry." Chris kicked himself, Wyatt still did not like the fact that they loved each other.

"Don't be," Wyatt shook his head, understanding they needed each other right now, "I'm just going to call Uncle Coop." And with that, he left the room.

Chris turned back to the 16-year-old girl.

"Where's that stupid mechanical baby?" Melinda asked.

"At home." Chris laughed, trying not to cry.

"You can cry you know." Melinda said, feeling awful that she could not cry. She was glad the baby was gone.

"I need to be strong for you." Chris said, looking into his sister's eyes an perching on the bed. He watched Melinda shake her head. Chris stroked Melinda's face gently, and then broke down again. He felt worse for breaking down in front of her. Chris put his head on Melinda's chest, as she ran her hand through his hair.

"Let it all out, baby." Melinda told him, soothingly, "Just let it all out."

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Ok, review review review. And please I've already said if you don't like it then don't read, so don't bother flaming - especially from an anonamous reviewer cuz i will just delete, they're just boring now since they all ready EXACTLY the same thing. If you don't think Melinda is Piper's baby then have a look at Charmed Book of Three Vol. 2. end of rant