"Ok i need one of those, and three of those. oh i like these... i'll have three of these too...." Phoebe said as a saleswoman followed her around the baby store. She was in her element, with Prue's credit card safely tucked in her purse.
She was loaded down with bags and Piper was at her side pushing Daniel in his stroller as Phoebe bought everything Andrew would need.
"Phoebe why do the triplets need a play gym? they are only a few hours old. All babies at that age do is sleep, drink and poop, they are not exactly gonna be making any use out of this, and besides have you seen the cost?" She said smiling as the saleswoman grimmaced at her.
"I know that Piper, but it's always good to be prepared, and i want Prue to be as prepared as possible.She's gonna need all the help she can get with three babies to care for. And i have Danny here , so i'm gonna be busy too. Ohh we will need three of those too...." She said turning to the saleswoman again.
Piper shook her head and hurried after Phoebe as she shopped. She looked at her nephew and smiled, he was awake and was watching his mom intently.Piper was so proud of how he had fought to get better after a traumatic birth. She stopped and sat down in the 'mother-baby' area of the store and she pulled Daniel out and sat him on her knee. subconsciously bouncing him up and down gently. He stopped watching his mom and turned to look at Piper. She noticed and smiled at him.
"Your mom is unstoppable when she shop's. A little bit of advice for when your older." Piper said grinning at him. He gurgled an answer back to her and pushed himself back into her arms, where he closed his eye's and began drifting off. Piper stroked his face and soon he was asleep in her arms. Instead of putting him back in his stroller. She held onto him and watched her sister shop. After about an hour a shadow crossed her path and she looked up into familier eye's.
"Rick?Oh my lord... what brings you here?"
"I thought it was you Piper. I've just moved back here. Thought i would catch up with Brenda.... you had a baby?" He said shocked.
"She looked at him confused then as Daniel wriggled in his sleep in her arms, she clicked. He thought this baby was hers. Well she thought to herself, she was sat in the mother-baby area. So he would think that.
"Oh nooooo, This is Phoebe's son. She's on a shopping fix but my legs are tired so i decided to sit this one out and let her to it.." Piper explained as Rick gently stroked Daniel's face before sitting down at her side.
He spotted Phoebe and watched her for a moment, before turning back to Piper.
"She's getting an awful lot of stuff for this little guy, isn't she?" He said chuckling.
"Oh no, it's not for Daniel here, its for his cousins." Piper said
"Nate and Scott?" He questioned.
"Nope. Prue's children." Piper said, enjoying watching his confusion.
"Prue's got children too. When did this happen?"
"Early this afternoon. She had triplets." Piper said nonchalontly.
"Woah. Were they expected?"
"Only two of them, the third , a boy, wasn't." Piper said. Laughing as the saleswoman chased after phoebe as her sister zoomed around the aisles.
"Wow..... so you really got a house full at the moment then" Rick said chuckling again.
"Yup." Piper answered.
"You got space for everyone?" He asked
"That's not something we are thinking of right now....that's for further down the line... " Piper said looking at him for a moment. " Do you want to come back to the manor and see Brenda?"
"Not at the moment, i'm not looking my best." He answered.
Piper snorted, causing Rick to look at her funny. She looked at him in his torn denim's, crisp white t-shirt and brown leather jacket, topped off with his sand coloured doc martins. 'not looking his best' piper thought. 'If i wasn't married....' But to Rick she said.
"You look great Rick.And i'm sure Brenda would love to see you again."
"You think?"
"Ye...." She was cut off by Phoebe reaching her.
"Hi Rick....good to see you again" She said as he stood and hugged her.
"So i understand congratulations are in order." He said nodding to a sleepy Daniel, as he sat back down at Piper's side.
"Thanks.. you here to see Bren'? Oh Prue's just ha...." Phoebe began.
"Had triplets, yea Piper just told me.... you girls got your hands full now. My sister just had a baby girl. Marina. I'm here getting her something, but i'm clueless as to what to get babies." Rick said smiling up at Phoebe.
"Something soft and cuddly will do...like....ohh like this..." Phoebe said, picking up a soft pink teddy bear of a nearby shelf, and handing it to Rick.
Taking it, he looked it over, and smiled at Phoebe.
"This is great Phoebe. Marina will love it." He said.
"Piece of cake" Phoebe said throwing her arms out to her side, then dropping them.
"So have you got everything, Phoeb's, can we go, Daniel needs his basinette and i need a earl grey?"
"Yup. I've arranged for the big stuff to be delivered later this afternoon.These bags here." She said pointing to the ten of so bags near her feet. "Can come home with us now, i bought Andrew some gorgeous little outfits, Prue'll love em ." Phoebe said happliy.
Piper looked at Rick and rolled her eye's.
"My sister. the shopaholic." She said sighing.
Laughing Piper stood and strapped a still sleeping Daniel in his stroller and they waited while Rick paid for his neice's teddy. Then they left and headed for Piper's car.