Chp. 20

6 months later Prue watched as her son took his first step. Prue smiled at her little boy and let a tear fall. It was so exciting seeing Cole's first steps but she couldn't help but be sad knowing that his daddy didn't get to see them. It was quite amazing to see him walking considering he was only nine months old. Just like his mommy, he skipped crawling and went straight to walking. Things had been going pretty well in Prue's life lately. Okay that was an understatement things were going FANTASTICLY. Peyton was finally enrolled in kindergarten and doing fantastically in it. Her teacher was already asking Prue if they could bump her up a few grades because the work was too easy for her. Prue of course said no, she wanted her daughter to have a childhood, or at least as much of it as she could. Although she was really happy that her daughter was excelling in school, Prue was a little happy about something completely different. Her and Jack, to be exact. They had been going steady for 6 months now and things couldn't be better. Prue thought she actually had a second chance at love with Jack. She had really come to love Riley as well. Prue smiled lost in thought for a moment until her daughter's yells pulled her back to reality.

"Mommy I'm home!" Peyton called as she bolted up the stairs. Piper usually picked her and Wyatt up from school and Prue usually dropped them off.

"Hi sweetie! How was school today?" Prue asked eagerly.

"It was good, we're going to the zoo next week!" Peyton practically screamed.

"That's great honey."

"Yeah and Maddie invited me to her birthday party this Saturday!"

"Honey that's great! Do you want to go?" Peyton nodded.

"I wanna get Maddie a present too!" Prue smiled.

"Of course we'll get Maddie a present," Prue said pulling her daughter close to her. Prue smiled, Peyton was getting so big, already birthday parties! Next it will be boys and more parties (ones Prue should be worried about) and then college.... Prue was lost in her thoughts yet again.

"Mommy?" Peyton asked shaking her mother.

"Yeah sorry sweetie hey Riley and Jack are gonna come over tonight okay?"

"Okay I like to play with Riley and Cole likes Riley too." Prue smiled, yes her life couldn't be better, so she thought.

That night Jack and Riley showed up around 6. Jack greeted Prue with a polite kiss.

"Ewwww!" Riley said running up the stairs to find Peyton. Prue loved how at home he felt when he was here and vice versa when her kids were at Jack's.

"Well at least I don't have to worry about him and girls for a little while yet," Jack said with a chuckle. Prue smiled.

"I'm just glad the kids get along so well together. Peyton's really starting to develop a thing for Riley too," Prue said smiling. Jack gave her a funny look. "Don't worry, I meant she's really starting to like him as a friend." Jack nodded in assurance.

"Well Ms. Turner, I think I'm starting to develop a thing for you too, although I think of you a little more than a friend," he said, his lips meeting hers in a sincere kiss. Prue indulged in the kiss for a little longer than pulled away smiling.

"Not around the kids!" she said shooing him up the stairs. Jack smiled naughtily. The rest of the night when quite well. Jack and Prue watched a movie with the kids, than shooed them all off to bed so they could have some time to themselves.

"So do you think this will work?" Jack asked suddenly. Prue looked at him rather surprised.

"What do you mean? I mean it's not like anything had happened yet."

"Well maybe not just yet," Jack said. Prue looked at him funny.

"What are you implying exactly?" Prue asked. Jack then pulled out a small box and opened it causing Prue to gasp.

"Prue, will you marry me?" he asked smiling.

"Jack, I-I don't know what to say," she stuttered.

"Say yes," he said taking her hands in his. Prue gave him a look of uncertainty."What's wrong? If it's the kids, I mean we can make it work or if it's too soon I understand that you might just need some more time-" Prue put a finger over his lips causing him to stop talking.

"Jack, it's not that at all," she said, "it's just...I haven't been all that honest with you and...there's just so much about me that you don't know about nor will understand. There's things about me and my kids that will probably scare you...and I just don't know if I can tell you," Prue finished, letting a tear roll down her cheek. Jack leaned forward and wiped it away.

"Prue, there's nothing that you could do to scare me or drive me away from you. I lost you once and I don't think it was just a coincidence that we met again. Prue, you can tell me anything." Prue looked up with tear stained eyes and shook her head.

"Jack..."

"Prue, if you don't want to tell me, I understand. I just wish you could trust me enough to tell me," Jack said a little disappointed.

"Jack, you don't understand. I want to tell you so bad...but I..."

"You can't," Jack said finishing her sentence for her. Prue nodded. "It's fine. Just forget I even asked. A tear formed in her eye and she finally saw the truth for what it was and what needed to be done about it.

"No Jack, I will not forget. I love you SO much and I didn't think I'd ever be so lucky to have found such a deep connection with someone this many times but, this can't go anywhere unless we're completely honest so, if you still want to marry me after this, I will gladly become Mrs. Sheridan."

"Okay, I'm ready."

"Okay, well here it goes. Jack, I'm a witch and not the warty, green little witches you see but me with, powers. Both Piper and Paige are witches too and together, we are the most powerful force of good magic. Well we used to be. Anyway, we use our magic to fight scary and seriously creepy demons and to protect innocents such as yourself. My late husband, Cole, was a demon which is, well, forbidden in the magic world. Well at least relationships with witches and demons were but I've never been one for the rules and we ended up conceiving Peyton who is THE most powerful being ever to walk this earth. I swear there's nothing that girl CAN'T do. This really isn't great though because demons like to target her in hopes of killing her so she won't be a threat and they did actually succeed once but she wasn't gone for too long. One of the perks of magic. Hours after she had died, I found out I was pregnant with Cole but I wasn't happy about it because I'd just lost my daughter so it was a little hard to be overly happy for this one. I don't know how it happened but I guess Cole made a deal with Death that he would die and Payton would come back in, full flesh and blood. So, he died seconds after Cole Jr. was born and it broke my heart. Also, I think a demon may be after Peyton again. Anyway, still want to marry me?"

"This is all real?"

"Yeah, it's kinda why I didn't really want to tell you because-" What happened next, Prue would never have expected in a million years.

He kissed her.