Chapter 7 Piper and Paige.

Phoebe had mixed feelings when she finished her first day, on the one hand, she was tired of everything she had done that day and wanted to go home. But on the other hand, she wished to stay a little longer to avoid the whole possibility of Paige being pregnant. Paige being pregnant changed a lot of things. And right now, the youngest Charmed One isn't fond of any new changes. While driving home, Phoebe was lucky enough to be able to distract herself by playing one of the music stations and singing along.

The drive from the paper to the manor wasn't long just under twenty-minutes. Phoebe pulled up against the drive before getting out. Like usual Phoebe didn't bother taking her front door key out of her purse, she knew someone would be in. Walking directly into the house over into the living room, she is greeted by Prue and Piper who are sitting down on one of the couches.

"Our assumptions, was right Paige is pregnant," Piper tells Phoebe.

"Are we absolutely sure?" Phoebe asks.

"She admitted it to me earlier," Prue answers.

"Child maintenance is going to be a bitch. The father living in a different time zone a different era," Phoebe joked.

"PHOEBE! Now isn't the time for jokes, Paige is confused, she has no idea if she wants to keep the baby, have an abortion or give the baby up for adoption, she needs our support," Prue scolded.

"Well, destiny dictates she keeps the child," Piper spoke-up.

"Destiny can be vague sometimes look at us, mom had four daughters, not three. And Melinda's prophecy did not include us having our powers bound at last minute as children. Being kept in the dark about magic up until almost four years ago," Prue said.

"Even if the baby doesn't have a father right now, doesn't mean. Paige can't make it work, we'll show her that she can make things work the baby will have a mom, three aunts and three uncles right from the get-go," Phoebe says.

"Cole doesn't count Phoebe, he's a demon," Prue responds. It was no secret amongst the

"He's half-human too Prue, he has a soul and he has proven himself over and over," Phoebe snapped.

"All I'm saying is that if Paige chooses to keep the baby. The baby shouldn't be around possible negative influences," Prue responds.

"Right now isn't the time to question Cole's loyalty and whatnot. We have the Source and demonic fractions coming after us. We need to be prepared, we almost died by Shax's hands. And we can't be prepared if we're all in different corners," Piper says.

"Piper's right, we need to be in the same corner, right now we need to secure the house," Prue replies.

"I guess, we could do a combination of the apple and laurel leave protective circle with a Power of Three spell. It should prevent most demons and warlocks from entering. Limiting the attacks," Phoebe suggested.

"What about Paige's work, demons could attack there at any time?" Piper pointed out.

"Can't she go on maternity?" Phoebe asks.

"No, she's too early to qualify for it right now, her job isn't exactly working from home friendly either," Piper answered.

"What if Leo cloaks Paige and the baby? He's cloaked other charges before," Prue suggests.

"That could work, but if Paige's magical presence is too strong it could subconsciously overpower the cloaking. The same with the baby," Piper said.

"So, we magnify his cloaking by the Power of Three and have her check in with us, every few hours," Prue spoke.

Meanwhile upstairs in the attic, we have Paige standing over a cauldron adding various ingredients into the cauldron. She had checked the Book of Shadows entry five times. On a small piece of paper, she writes down her question and folds it in half.

"Spirits mighty, spirits wise heed the hope within my mind. Grant me the answer that weighs heavy on my heart and mind," Paige chanted before dropping the piece of paper into the cauldron a poof of white smoke comes and goes quickly much to Paige's disappointment. Paige performed the same spell and ritual another five times with the same results. Signing in defeat, she just fell onto an old couch to rest. Paige was too concerned with her own thoughts to notice Piper.

"A penny for your thoughts," Piper commented making her presence known to her younger sister. Paige looks up at her sister and sighs, right now the company was something, she could do without sadly it was impossible due to her current circumstances.

"I suspect Prue has already told you about the heir inside of me," Paige assumed.

"She did, I would prefer being told by you in person like normal sisters," Piper replies.

"It isn't exactly the kind of news, I wanted to share with everybody," Paige said.

"Is having a baby that bad for you?" Piper asks.

"I don't know yet, I wish I did. I never really thought, thought about it you know. It wasn't a dream of mine at least not one of those big dreams. I've always had one goal ahead at me at a time. Go to college, be a social worker's assistant get promoted to be a social worker have a few dates. Not become a witch, discover sisters and get knocked up by a prince from a different era," Paige answers. Piper didn't respond straight away, she was taking her time in figuring out how she wanted to respond.

"What spell were you working on before I came in?" Piper asked.

"A ritual to give me an answer on what to do. But I must have done something wrong because I tried a bunch of times and it hasn't given me an answer about this whole baby thing," Paige answers. Piper brushed a stray string of her hair to one side before speaking again.

"Magic can't solve all our problems or give us every answer. But what I can tell you is that whatever decision you make. You have three sisters who will support you no matter what," Piper said sincerely.

End of chapter 7.