After the wedding the demon department went quiet for a while but the sisters were other issue. They kept mentioning how Prue did this or that according to her powers and Sam was tired of hearing it all. If it wasn't an emergency she just didn't make use of them at all. The marks on her face slowly faded as the weeks passed, so did the bruises. The more her belly showed, the more she heard about Prue and she was trying to be as patient and respectful about it as she could but it was hard. To her, this was first and foremost Wyatt and her first born after all.
Sam was taking a break on the couch by the fire of the chimney. It was a cold winter morning and everyone was still sleeping in the Halliwell manor…or so she thought.
"Hey" said a drowsy Wyatt. Even in the dark, Sam couldn't help falling in love of his curly hair and half-way pajamas. "What are you doing up so early? It's cold" he said putting a throw on her, their hair oddly matched.
"Nothing" she answered with a sweet kiss as he sat next to her. She pulled him into the covers and he pulled her closer to him rubbing her arms to keep her warm. "Just thought some silence might be good"
"It's been hard on you these days. I'm sorry"
"It's not your fault. It's not anybody's fault. It's just…I don't know if we can pull this off" she sighed staring into the fire.
"Everything will be alright" he kissed her. "As long as we're together" She hugged him tighter and he kissed her even more passionately which soon carried them upstairs. Once the fire was out in the chimney, Wyatt and Sam's continued in their bedroom.
As ever, once he was inside of her they felt complete. Nothing else mattered. They could stay like that forever and now with her child inside of her that was a reality.
On breakfast while everyone helped setting the table, Phoebe arrived. Sam was setting the plates and went back to the kitchen for an extra one. Piper stopped her on her tracks.
"Where are you going?"
"Phoebe's here we need an extra plate"
"You've done enough…sit down"
"But…" she turned to Wyatt.
"Mom, she's fine"
"It's OK. We've got it. Why don't you both sit?" So they did. Wyatt kissed Sam's head begging for patience. Piper had been increasingly treating her like an invalid since the wedding. They sat by the table with Phoebe who had some notebook wide open.
"I've been thinking maybe we conjure an extra shield on her. It could be used up once but it could help in an emergency, don't you think?"
"Umh…morning Aunt Phoebe?" said Wyatt awkwardly. "And there's no need to speak in a third person since she's right here"
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean…" she reached for her hand.
"It's OK" said Sam, as breakfast officially began. Everybody sat on the table without another word except Chris who had just joined. He had his brotherly handshake and then gave Sam a kiss on the cheek before sitting down.
"Morning" was heard back and forth and was soon replaced by the clinking of cutlery. "Want some toast?" said Chris to Wyatt. He nodded and then put a slice on Sam's plate. She reached for the jam, and Piper tried to freeze her, the Jasper protected her. Everything went quiet.
"You should really watch out for your sugar levels" Piper said hands still up.
"I know, but I wasn't gonna over it" said Sam putting it down. She took a deep breath and looked down for a second. "Can I have some butter then?" Leo grabbed the plate and tried to pass it but Piper grabbed it as well.
"This is not sugar-free. Let me get you the…" but the butter flew from their hands and into Sam's before she could finish the sentence.
"This'll be fine, thanks" she said spreading some onto her bread. Piper sat back down. Wyatt and Chris stared at each other. They thought it was better to sit this one out.
"So, Wyatt, Sam, what do you think of the idea I was telling you about?" said Phoebe.
"What idea?" asked Leo eyeing Piper. She was still poking furiously her non-moving sausages.
"I don't think it'll be necessary, Aunt Phoebe" said Wyatt.
"As thoughtful as it was…" started Sam
"Guys. What idea? Maybe we should get a say in this?" said Leo.
"I don't see why. We can choose for ourselves" said Wyatt.
"Wyatt you know it's not like that" said Leo.
"Come Phoebe, do tell us. What idea have you come up to help them and they have yet again rejected in our faces?"
"Piper!" said Leo.
"Mom!" said Chris.
"What? Obviosly, she knows what she's doing. Worked well so far right?"
"Mom, I won't let you speak to my wife that way"
"Then, think Wyatt. This is not just you and her anymore. There's a baby in the middle of what you decide. There's…there's…"
"It is NOT your sister! I am sorry, Piper, but Prudence Halliwell died a long time ago and I'm not bringing her back!" she ran upstairs pulling her arms free from Wyatt. Chris followed her.
"Give her some air" he grabbed his shoulder while he stared upstairs.
Sam paced up and down the room. She couldn't do this. It was too much. She climbed out the window and just walked away.
Meanwhile, DOWNSTAIRS…
"We're all just trying to help you" said Leo. "You might feel this is too much, but you have to understand just how much it means to all of us as well"
"Dad. I do. OK? But what you have to understand…is what she said…Aunt Prue's gone. This is our child we're talking about. Fate landed this huge responsibility on us, but nothing is bringing her back" said Wyatt. "I have all this power and still can do so little to help her cope with this. I feel so weak sometimes. She's showing so much strength right now. Can't you guys see that?"
"Maybe we did get a little carried away" admitted Phoebe rubbing her hands on her face looking stern. "But we mean well"
"I know" said Wyatt. "She keeps telling me that. How great must have been to grow in a family like yours"
"I guess we haven't really made her feel comfortable" said Piper to everyone's surprised. "But Phoebe's right…we mean well, but that's no excuse, Wyatt I'm sorry. I just can't imagine what would happen if I lost you or if you lost her and I can't help you…"
"Yeah, you're being…my mother. Maybe, just…take it easy on her. The only mistake she's made is fall in love with me"
"She has no taste" said Chris. They chuckled. Chris grabbed Wyatt's shoulders. "Should I go get her?" Wyatt nodded.
Chris knocked on the door and called her name a couple times before opening the door. There was nobody there and the window let the air in. Phoebe came up. "Chris? Guys what are you doing…?"
Chris came running from the attic. "She's gone"
"What?"
"I looked everywhere" Wyatt caught up with them. "Don't panic! But she's not in the house"
"What?" he ran back to his bedroom. He found her purse with all her meds and keys. "She didn't go to the store" he started to sense her. Piper and Leo came upstairs.
"What's going on?" said Piper. "Where's Sam? Wyatt's…?" she pointed.
"Can't find her!"
"Could it be the Jasper?!" said Chris.
"No, I've found her before with it"
"Unless she's using it against you" said Leo. Wyatt stared. "If she doesn't want you to find her, she could be blocking you out" Wyatt sat on the bed with his head on his hands.
"What's the matter with you people? We've lost people before come on!" she clapped her hands. "Leo and I will go look for her. Chris you look on places you guys hang out. Wyatt and Phoebe try scrying"
"Mom, she's blocking me"
"But she's carrying a witch who's not" she caressed her son's cheek. "besides Phoebe already had premonitions about her, so maybe we can trigger one…you're still not moving chop chop" At the sound of these last words and claps everybody scrammed.
At the park:
Sam was sitting by the shade of a tree, hiding from the path and any person within earshot. Silence was truly golden for her. She put her hands on her belly and thought: "If this is how they pressure me, I cannot imagine how they'll try and pressure you. I won't let them. Your daddy and I'll take care of you". After a while, she started feeling drowsy, maybe it was time to go home.
"You there!" said a policeman. "What do you think you're doing sleeping in the park? Got any ID?"
"No, officer. I left my bag at home, but I'll call…"
"Yeah, I've heard that one before" the man cuffed her. "You're coming with us"
"What? Who's us?'
"Ooops" said the policeman. Then another demon shimmered on her other side. "Careful. The jasper protects her, stay by her sides. This was easy"
"The hell is was" she started pulling herself free and yelled. "Wyatt. Chris!" she said as he appeared first. "Get them!" she said. She dropped to the ground and her shield detected the demons who had to let go. Chris could attack them then. Wyatt appeared a second later. He smiled at her. "Behind you" Wyatt attacked two more coming his way. Sam was attacked by a surprised she-devil who took her by the hair and cut her face with her athame. Sam jumped to the front in pain and looked down at the cuffs which disintegrated in tiny pieces. Then, she threw them to her face and killed the demon whose face was shattered by the shards or metal.
"You okay, honey?" said Wyatt.
"It's nothing. Go help Chris" she said. Chris was lying on the floor nearby. They went together. He had a nasty cut by his side.
"Got me off guard" Wyatt started healing him. "Got you too"
"Hey, you did worse than me" Sam smiled a bit painfully.
"All done, bro. She's becoming an expert now" he said healing his beloved's face and arms from scratches. She hugged Wyatt, then kissed Chris on the cheek for coming to her rescue.
MONTHS WENT BY:
"Hello, I would like to buy a book on candles"
"Blessings. Do you need to do a particular job with the candles or just general information?"
"I wanted to make a circle and they tell me I need seven?"
"Well it depends how you make your circle" Paige came into the store. "Hi, be right with you. The new merchandise is in those boxes"
"Here" she said walking over to the bookcase. "This book's good for beginners in candle magic and…this one" she said perusing for a second one. "If you want to read more on magic circles which I recommend before you even think of making one of your own, this goes through the whole process and meaning blow by blow…and if you're still interested in buying those candles I have them in all the colors my dear and we open every single day" the sound of the cash register signed her final words.
"Thanks so much"
"If anybody pressures you into something you don't know, you come ask me again, ok?"
"Thanks, I appreciate it. Bye"
"Teens" she said taking a seat on one of the chairs next to Paige who had begun opening boxes.
"You seem to guide them pretty well"
"Most of them just want to know and I give them the book on party tricks and that gets the job done. Some just want to feel at ease with nature don't really practice just buy my teas and read the theories. Everybody uses the craft as they will" she caressed her overinflated belly. "I just hope they find their way the way I once did"
"How's my nephew?" Paige said caressing the belly.
"Lazy. Moving sluggishly"
"Wow. This is nice. Multi-funnel. We could definitely use it"
"Just write the number of item on the list and how many and I'll e-mail my order. These samples are for me, but if I want any more I have to specially order them" she said yawning every few words.
"Have you guys set a date for the doctor?" asked Paige still perusing the new merchandise samples.
"Not yet. Wyatt doesn't want to get caught off guard and he's been hunting demons like crazy. Not even Chris has rested cause he doesn't want to leave him alone in the whole thing. Piper's been all over the book recognizing every demon they catch and I've been visited by a relative every two hours because I'm not to be left alone".
"Hello, Sam" said Michelle.
"Great. I'm going home I guess. Michelle forward any calls to my cell and any messages directly to facebook"
"OK. Get some rest"
"Sure thing" she said waving goodbye. Paige followed her outside.
"I've got an idea" said Paige. "Get in"
"Well I wasn't gonna walk home" she jumped in the car. Paige drove off nowhere near the manor. She headed for the mall. Once there she turned off the car and turned to Sam.
"I think you're postponing: The lot of you. You have to see that baby and make sure he or she is alright. Now, don't judge me but I know there's an OBGYN in that mall. We can go and I'll call Wyatt or we can go home. Your call" Sam considered her for a moment and then she opened the car door.
They entered the doctor's office and it was almost empty. There were a couple girls in there and one of them ran away once she caught eye of grown ups coming in. "Cool. You're next"
"Wyatt's not answering his phone" said Paige. "I'll call him again in a couple minutes"
They were getting ready for the ultrasound and Paige held Sam's hand tight. Sam just had no idea what to think. She was scared even. Paige was ringing Wyatt with her free hand, when the ultrasound was ready to start, Wyatt answered his phone and Paige stepped out. Sam was left alone looking terrified.
"Wyatt! Why the hell don't you answer your phone?"
"Is something wrong?"
"No, not really. Listen. I need you to orb to the West Valley mall and come to the OBYGN close to the northeast door"
"Aunt Paige…?"
"Everything's fine. Trust me" he did as his Aunt had asked. It took him a couple minutes to get there as he was instructed. He was agitated and worried. "Calm down. You'll scared her"
"Who? Sam? Is she alright? Why is she in the doctor's office?"
"Ultrasound. You had to stop putting off seeing your baby. Come with me" She took him by the hand. Wyatt could hardly feel the floor beneath him, his footsteps not quite firm on the ground, every sound had just vanished from his ears until…he heard sobs. Paige opened the door and found Sam sobbing. Wyatt ran to her, snapping abruptly to reality.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing" she said hugging him. She kissed him over and over again. Wyatt could see the ultrasound unplugged and off and the doctor by the wall unconscious.
"You did that?" said Paige. "I got it" she started checking on the doctor.
"It's alright" said Wyatt. "It was an accident" Sam shook her head. She stood holding her robe and pulled the cables to their places. Wyatt tried to stop her. "Honey, we'll fix it. It's OK" she kept shaking her head and pushed his hands away. Once the thing was back on she asked Wyatt to scan her. Wyatt used every practice of pre-med he had and did so. Soon, his eyes were as teary as Sam's. He recorded the live feat in an USB and they started to shuffle things around grabbing the chart and erasing evidence. They placed the doctor on the chair and orbed out. Paige went to her car and Wyatt took Sam home.
Once back home, Wyatt and Sam lied on the bed breathing hard staring at the ceiling holding hands.
Wyatt was the first to talk. "I love you" he said caressing her hair. She smiled.
"Are you happy?"
"So much I…can't even begin to describe it"
"What about Phoebe's premonition?"
"I'm not letting anything happen to you" he grabbed her belly.
Suddenly, they heard Paige opening the front door and saying hello loudly as if she were trying to get every weasel out of their hole. Chris came out of his room.
"I thought you weren't home" he said when he saw them coming out of their bedroom.
"We weren't" They said in a chant and Wyatt took Chris by the back of the neck playfully. Sam had both hands on her stomach and couldn't stop smiling.
"Where's Piper and Leo?" said Sam.
"I think they were at the Solarium. Why?"
"Come on" said Wyatt steering his brother.
Once in the solarium, everyone was waiting to see what was going on. Paige was just as puzzled. She didn't get how since it had been her idea.
"Mom, dad, Aunt Paige, bro can I borrow your laptop?" Chris went to the dining room and got it. He was back in a couple seconds. "Aunt Paige pointed out that we might have been…unwillingly postponing seeing our baby in the ultrasound, because of all the expectations and problems we've had. Discussions and…"
"Misunderstandings" completed Sam. "Most of all, we've had so many of those that we forgot the beauty of it all. Our family. We are one way or another and…we were missing…"
"This" said Wyatt as he put the laptop on the table and let the volume all the way up. Everyone curled in to see: two beautiful shapes curled one next to the other. The air was filled with the two beautiful heart beats almost in unison: A song from heaven.
"Oh my God! Congratulations" said Paige.
"Wyatt…" said Chris hugging his brother.
"What up uncle Chris?" said Sam before he hugged her.
"My son. Congratulations" said Leo before hugging them both.
"Mom? Aren't you gonna say anything?" said Wyatt. Sam took his wrist and tightened her grip with a stare. She walked towards her and sat on an empty chair.
"We love our children that's all that matters. I know I'm…nothing more than a mortal to you, but I am their mother and I won't let anything get to them, Piper. Don't you trust me?" she took Piper's hands. Piper was crying silently.
"It's not that I don't trust you. It's just like you said: You're a Halliwell now. Those two beautiful creatures are bound to our family's luck. To our suffering. We can't be sure if we'll be able to stop…"
"But we can have faith. Nothing can take that away from us. Like you had faith in Leo. Like Phoebe has faith in changing her premonitions. Don't give up on us so fast…mom, please. We need you"
"I'm here for you. All of you" she said hugging Sam.