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Chapter 5 - Things Change ~*~*~*~ And let's don't go
placing no blame ~*~*~*~ "So how did it go?" Cole looked up from his desk to see Mrs. Seer standing in front of him. "It went fine. Of course she has no suspicions and there is no reason for her to have them." "Would you like me to do something else?" "No, wounding Prue was enough. She is the strong one of the three. And this all has to be subtle. If there is even the slightest thought that I might have done it then we'll never get away with it." "Of course. I will leave you now. I need to leak some information to the public." "And what information is that?" "That Piper Halliwell has been spending the past week in her ex-husband's house." Cole smiled at the information. Nothing like good-old fashioned publicity to start cracking people. "Very well. Thank-you Mrs. Seer. I will tell you what happens from here." She bowed out and left Cole to contemplate what to do next. ~*~ Leo and Piper came into Prue's room with Paige. "Hi Mommy!" she greeted going over to Prue's side. She climbed up to get a hug from her. "Hello Angel. How are you doing?" "I'm okay." she answered. "About that..." Piper started, but Paige interrupted, "Uncle Leo do you love Aunt Piper?" Leo looked stunned as did Prue and Piper. "Of course I love Aunt Piper, why do you ask?" "Are you going to stay forever?" Paige asked not giving up her reason. "Honey why are you asking?" Prue asked Paige. But Paige was persistent, "Are you Uncle Leo? Are you going to stay?" "Of course I'm going to stay Paige. Why are you asking?" "Piper do you know what is going on?" Prue asked, "I have no idea. Paige, you know that Uncle Leo loves me. What's going on?" Just then Paige got a huge smile on her face and turned to face Prue. "Momma, Uncle Leo loves Aunt Piper and he's going to stay when she has her baby!" Everyone was stunned. No one moved and Piper forgot how to breathe. Prue was the first to shake her shock. "What?" "Aunt Piper is preg... is pren... Aunt Piper is going to be having a baby!" Paige announced again. "How do you know that?" Prue asked Paige. "Well I heard Aunt Piper and Uncle Leo talking about being prenant. And I asked Mistew Darryl what that meant and he told me it meant that someone was going to have a baby." She announced happily. Leo was the second to recover. "We haven't told anyone." He turned to Piper for support and she just looked back at him. This so wasn't what she had in mind when she announced this to her sister. "So it's true?" "Yes." Piper finally answered. "We just weren't sure what we were going to do. And I didn't want to discuss it until I was sure." she explained. Prue smiled. She knew it all along. "What are you smiling about?" Piper snapped. "At the premiere I knew something was up. You were both fighting and being cute at the same time. And then when Leo said nothing was going on I just took a leap." Piper narrowed her eyes at her sister. Leo took Piper's hand and led her back to the chairs trying to get her to calm down. "Honestly Piper I don't know why you didn't tell me." Prue said. Piper sighed and Leo put his arms around her, "She didn't want to say anything because she is worried about how the media is going to play this." Leo explained. "Well give me some time and I'll try and come up with something." Prue assured them. "Thanks." "You could pull a Ross and Rachel." Prue joked, but was only met with stone-y silence from both. "Guess not." she muttered. ~*~ "Turner." "Cole? This is Phoebe Halliwell." "Phoebe, hello. Is there something I can do for you?" "Yes actually there is. I have just signed with Revlon for an ad campaign and I would like you to take the pictures." "Doesn't Revlon normally provide their own photographers?" "Yes they do, but I have a stipulation in my contract that says I get to provide my own photographer if the one chosen is not to my liking. And since the creep who is doing it is my ex-boyfriend, Stefan, then I do not like him and I get to hire my own." "When is the shoot?" "It will be here in L.A. at Studio Nine on Thursday at 9:00 AM." "I'll be there. And thanks for the job." "No, thank-you." Phoebe hung up the phone and smiled. She walked out of the Shadows Inc building and into her car. Cole was good looking and Phoebe wanted something more with him than a working relationship. However it was doubtful that it would happen. Cole had an edge about him that made her hair raise just a little. She wasn't sure if it was good or bad yet, but she wanted to find out. She was going to drop her stuff off at Leo's house and then go to the hospital to spend some more time with her sisters. When she got to Leo's house however there were hordes of reporters on his lawn. So she quickly drove to Piper's house. She quickly got out and people ran over to the house and were asking her if she knew Piper was with Leo? If rumors were true. And the questions went on. She quickly got in the house and put her stuff up. She got her phone and called Piper. "Hello?" "Piper something's happened. There are reporters all over Leo's house and they are asking about you. What happened?" "Nothing has happened. Are there any over at my house?" "Yeah they're all over. What do you want me to do?" "Come to the hospital we'll discuss it here." "Okay. Be there soon." She clicked off the phone and left. ~*~ "That was Phoebe. Apparently there are reporters all over YOUR lawn." she pointed at Leo. "Reporters? What are they doing there?" Leo asked. "I don't know. Maybe they got some type of tip or something." "Well you have been seen there a lot. Both of you together." Prue interjected. And it wasn't appreciated. "Why are you mad at Mommy and Uncle Leo?" Paige asked. Piper's look softened, "I'm not mad at them baby. I'm just frustrated. We just never seem to catch a break." she explained to her niece. "Oh. Well you should apologize to 'em." Piper laughed, "You're right. Prue, Leo I'm sorry." she said. "Apology accepted." Prue said, "I'm going to need some more convincing." Leo said. "More convincing?" Piper asked as she walked over and stopped to stand right in front of him. He smiled up at her, "Yes. I believe that I need more convincing that your apology was sincere." he explained. Piper leaned down real close and brushed her lips over his and then to his cheeks and finally to his ear, "I'm sorry." she breathed. "Hello, My daughter is watching this." Prue exclaimed from the bed. Piper smiled at Leo and turned to Paige and Prue, "I was apologizing." she stated. Prue narrowed her eyes to her and Paige laughed. "You're funny Aunt Piper." Piper smiled and sat on Leo's lap. He leaned into her where Paige couldn't see him and whispered into her ear, "That was cruel. You're going to have to make it up to me." She turned slightly to him, "Plan on it." ~*~*~ End of Chapter 5 * "Baby Things Change" Lyrics by Dwight Yoakam. |