Alright, I should probably start by saying thank you to everyone who's been reviewing this. It means a lot to me that you are enjoying it...and if you're not..well...you're keeping your opinions to yourself...so thanks for that!
Here's the next chapter. I wanted to give it to you before I left so you all get something...sorry if it's not up to par. I usually get to write these alone, and my mom is sitting...about...well...she's on top of me, really. So I'm not getting quite enough privacy to be my dorky self.
And I keep deleting everything by mistake, because my arm slides over the keyboard...dammit.
So...let's go on with the show!
Wyatt Halliwell-Wyatt is a weird name...and other random thoughts
by moi
"What do you mean, I'm pregnant. Didn't I just tell you that was impossible." Paige was past angry. This entire doctor's office was CRAZY! ABSOULTELY NUCKIN' FUTS! We mean...oh, never mind. This is rated too low...dammit.
"No, it's not impossible-." That poor doctor was trying...you had to give him that...
"I can't be pregnant, the sheer power of my will prevents it!" Paige said. And it was true. Nothing worked quite as well as a strong...will...
But, you know, a little thing called protection might have worked better...there's that chance...
"Miss Matthews, please-"
"Do you see a husband? No, do you even see a boyfriend? I don't. I see a stupid fish-faced kid who likey-likey the roofey's too much-"
"Did you just say-"
"So, because the idiot who decided to mess with me for a year...messed with me, I can not and will not-"
"Miss Matthews, there are many options here. But the fact remains that you are indeed pregnant. I'm sorry if this is unwanted. But it's here. And it's real. So please, deal with it accordingly." The doctor heard too many of these people to really care.
So, he did what any other caring man would do.
"YOU CAN'T JUST THROW ME OUT OF YOUR OFFICE!" Paige screamed, but the doors had already closed behind her. "I can't believe that son of a-"
"Paige, you yelled at the doctor. When you should be yelling at Peter." Piper said, picking up her jacket and leading her to the car.
She gave it a few minutes of silence, and then couldn't hold it in anymore.
"So what are you gonna do?"
"What?"
"Are you gonna keep the baby?" (Oh no! This is getting racy! What ever shall Paige do? Will they cancel this story like they cancelled that show on the WB for showing a girl getting an abortion? NOOOOO!)
"Are you kidding?" Paige said, staring at Piper as if she had two heads. "...look...this baby is going to make a differnce on the world. It'll have powers, and a purpose. I can't just...get rid of a child like that." (Oh...never mind...)
Piper just kinda smiled. She wanted to be an aunt again.
"Plus, like hell I'm wasting the 20 dollar co-pay." Paige smirked, and let Piper drive her home.
Of course, with a new kid on the way, lots of things needed to be changed, gathered, bought, spared, and the many other...past tense verbs...that one might do in preparation for a baby.
If only Paige's new power wasn't getting in the way.
"Paige, you don't need another Hershey Bar..." Phoebe said, exasperated at the new projection.
"I didn't want it. I think...my kid does..." Paige said, unwrapping the chocolate bar all the same...hey, a girl was only pregnant...um...once in a while...yeah...let's stick with that...once in a while...
"Your kid? But...what does that mean?"
"It means that this new power isn't yours, Paige. It's your baby's." Leo orbed down to report this news.
"What? Are you telling me that first, I'm going to get fat, and now, I don't even get the kick ass power of projection? THAT'S UNFAIR!" Now, she was just sulking.
"Didn't you expect that? You were saying that the baby was projecting Hershey bars from the womb..." Phoebe wondered.
"Well, yeah, but I thought it was just..I dunno...using my power! Not the other way around..." This preggers-lady was not happy.
"But...that's awfully early to get powers, isn't it?" Piper asked her husband, now ignoring her baby sister...
"Yeah...talk about your first response..." Phoebe added.
"Well...I don't know." Leo was kinda sick of being Witch-ipedia. Was he really expected to know everything?
"You are an ex-elder, you have to know." Apparently, the answer was yes, he was, as his wife looked worried. "Even Wyatt didn't get his powers until he was a few weeks old...Is there yet another prophecy we don't-"
"No, I think they've all been fufilled for now..." Paige interjected. She wasn't allowing her kid to be this all-powerful being...oh no, if she was having a kid, the only thing that child would be the best at was ballet...even if it was a boy. Ballet dancers were hot.
Maybe they'd even inherit her wonderful voice...only...you know..be better..because let's be completely honest with ourselves here...Paige isn't all that good...we're not sure how the idea that she could sing got into her head...we all just wish it would get out.
"So this kid is just awesomely powerful...?"
"No, that doesn't make sense..."
"Hey!" Paige was now insulted. She might not want an all-powerful kid, but she could create one if she wanted! "What are you saying?"
"I think...the kid is making up for lost time..." Leo said, biting his lip. It was time for the truth to come out...the whole truth...nothing but the truth...so help him...Elder-Beings...
"Lost time? What are you talking about?" Now, the great and powerful mother-to-be was confused...again. It was a very fierce change of emotions for her.
"Well...I think you were supposed to have this baby a while ago..." Or...you know..he might have...knew it...think...know...same thing, really.
"When?"
Leo braced himself. "Alright...do you remember that parole officer? Henry?"
"Um...yeah...I remember getting married to him and then, him running off scared when we had our first problem." That bastard was a sensative subject. Paige hadn't thought about him in 6 years, and she wasn't planning on starting now.
"Well, I think, maybe...um...in an alternate timeline, one that...could have happened...you and him...you know...um...you know..."
"That's impossible! He was a king among pricks! How could you even have thought an idea like this?" Outrage! Scandal!...Truthiness, as the great Stephen Colbert would say...
"Oh...just...a..." Leo started, but faded out... "The Elders told me..."
"And why would they tell you something like that!" Piper was kinda pissed too. Why didn't he let her in on the family secret! It was her family!
"Um...well..they felt bad...it's...why..."
"Oh no...you're kidding. YOU'RE KIDDING!" Paige screamed.
"What is he kidding about honey?"
"LEO ASSIGNED PETER TO KNOCK ME UP!" Paige shreiked, and stormed out.
"Oh...oh no..." Phoebe couldn't stop herself from laughing. "Leo, you are so dead!"
"What was I supposed to do? Tell the Elders that Paige didn't need love? Or a kid? You know she wants to be a mom." Leo said.
"No, she wants to be the great Aunt she is! Or to find love on her own. Without ...outside help!" Phoebe snorted. This really wasn't funny...so why was she laughing?
Piper was just sitting there...the elders needed to stop butting in all the time...something was going to happen if they didn't just...stop.
The next day was Monday. Which meant...school time for the kiddies. Wyatt and Melinda ran off to their respective classrooms, joining in with friends and laughing and playing. Aw, how very very sweet. Chris on the other hand...well...
Chris was a fairly popular kid, don't get us wrong. He was funny, smart...funny...um...smart... all the things he ought to be. So, he had lots of friends in the third grade. But Chris was too smart for his own good. Too good at what he did, so this lovely Monday...he was sent to the assistant principal's office.
You may remember Sarah...let's just say...she became more of a bitch.
"Hi, Chris. Can you have a seat?"
"I'm not in trouble, am I?" Chris asked. He was always in trouble.
"Oh no, you're not in trouble. I just want to talk to you about something."
"...Okay..." Something was wrong...she wasn't this...involved...usually...
"Chris, you won the spelling bee." No freakin' shit, sherlock. But, to an eight year old (we have to dumb it down)...it was more like... 'DUH!'
"Yeah...I swear, I didn't cheat!" Chris actually knew how to spell 'insignificant'! And 'Pyrokenisis'...yeah, he is a smartie-pants.
"I know, don't worry. But I was looking at your file...it seems that you're ahead in every one of your subjects."
"Uh huh..." Chris was scared. This was going somewhere...he wasn't sure where, but he could feel it. She was actually excited...and when an adult was excited, that was never good. It usually meant some bad idea was coming...
"We're going to try a little experiment, ok?" And here it was! Right on time!
"What kind of experiment?"
"Chris, you ask a lot of questions..." Sarah said, standing up, and taking Chris by the hand.
"Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise." Sarah responded, taking Chris down the hallway and towards the second floor. "Chris, how would feel if you moved up a class?"
"Up a class? You mean...like...leave the third grade early?" Confused, he wondered why she was asking now...in the middle of March...
"Yeah...as an experiment. For the next three weeks, you'll be in the fourth grade, and we can see if you can keep up. If you can, next year, you'll join the fifth grade instead of the fourth." Sarah said.
"Um...do I have to?" Chris liked the third grade. All of his friends were in the third grade!
"It'll be fun! I promise!" Sarah said, and stopped at a door. "Here's your classroom."
And Chris just stared. He knew this door. He knew that room...
It was Wyatt's classroom.
"I still don't get something." Paige said. "Why did Phyllis get powers so early at all? I mean, Melinda took five years to get her powers..."
"Phyllis?"
"It's a 'P' name..."
"I think you need to give up on naming the kid right now. We have to work on you being able to focus her power.Try and get...a new and clean nursery!" Piper wanted a girl, she was going to call the child a 'she' until Piper knew otherwise.
"This can't be good for her.." Phoebe thought, thinking of both the child and the mother. Personal gain had to come into effect here...Yeah, Phoebe was just too lazy to find the proper term for an undiagnosed gender...
"Yeah, well killing her mommy won't be so good for her either." Piper retorted. She was kinda sick of Paige's bitching. If this was how bad Paige was at one month, imagine what it would be like at eight!
"It won't work, anyways. Projections only last a little while..." Leo said, and Paige snapped her head when she saw who was there. She was still angry at Leo...but she didn't exactly have a boyfriend's house to hide in...so she came back.
"So...why do some kids get powers prenatally?" Paige asked Leo. WHOM SHE WAS STILL ANGRY AT!
"Most kids get them. At least...most kids in this family..." Leo replied, completely oblivious to the fury radiating toward him.
"Why not Chris or Melinda?" Phoebe asked.
"...Did anyone stop and think that maybe Chris and Melinda did have their powers?" Leo stopped. This might make sense...
"What? Did you see Piper orbing?" Paige questioned.
"No...but Phoebe had a lot of premonitions..." Leo remembered.
"OK, so Chris is the black sheep?" Piper said, looking around to make sure he couldn't hear that...but it was noon, and he was still at school...
"No...Chris had his powers...they...just weren't ...showing themselves." Leo started...but Phoebe caught on.
"What?"
"Ok, maybe it's like this." Phoebe explained, "Big Chris had his powers...and was using them quite frequently...so...little Chris never got to use them while you were pregnant with him...and then...Wyatt kept orbing things to and away from him...but what if half of that orbing was Chris' doing? And we just thought that Wyatt couldn't leave him alone?"
The three other people in the room sat stunned.
Silence...silence...silence a little longer and then...
"...Phoebe, that's a really stupid idea." Paige rolled her eyes.
"Well...I tried."
"Wait...one thing sounds like it could work." Piper said, and even Phoebe was surprised...
"Like what?" Phoebe asked. She wanted to know what was ...right...with her explination.
"That Big Chris had his powers... I mean, can two people share the same powers?" Piper asked her husband.
"It's possible. I guess..." Leo tried to sound like ...well...like he knew what he was talking about.
"...Alright, that's it. Go check on why my baby is superwitch! And don't come back with any more theories that have to do with devine intervention." Paige grumbled. Leo orbed up, afraid of the consequences if he didn't.
"That would be pretty cool. If it was a devine intervention thing..." Phoebe started.
"Don't."
"Yeah, you could name is Jesus. ...Jesus..a if it's a girl, and we can get a manger." Piper added.
"Stop."
"I wonder if you can find a manger now-a-days." Piper thought.
"I think I saw one at the Super Walmart..." Phoebe replied.
"Super Walmarts are just weird. You can get-"
"SHUT UP! BOTH OF YOU!" She yelled, and orbed up to her room to cry some more. She really didn't wanna be in this situation right now!
So? Was this alright? I move in to my college on Friday...so we'll see when I can update again. Hopefully soon. I have a plotline for this one!
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