44 Blueberry Hill, Saturday

[sleepswthdemons]

Phoebe was tired of being cooped up and feeling a little restless. She couldn't seem to get comfortable and her emotions and hormones were slightly frayed.

Ok, more than slightly.

After some wheedling, begging and threatening, the boys had helped Phoebe get settled on the front porch swing.

She was, of course, wearing a jacket and there was a blanket nearby in case she got chilled. There was also a pitcher of Lavender Jasmine tea on the table next to her as well as her laptop and a selection of trashy novels.


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[snarky-witch.livejournal.com]

Piper spotted her sister sitting out on the porch next door, so she wandered over. "Hey, Pheebs. How are you feeling?"

[prodigalpawn.livejournal.com]

Connor had spent yesterday sleeping under the gazebo. He'd slept in worse places in Quartoth. He'd also raided the supossed Divine Leaf's trash. Scrounging for food was a valuable survival skill in hell.

He just didn't know what to make of this place. It looked, felt, and even smelled like Milieux. Either someone was going to a lot of trouble for this charade, or something impossible had happened.

He was still dressed only in the scrubs he'd found at the clinic. Prowling around during the day probably wasn't the stealthiest thing he could do, but he needed to get a sense of this place during daylight hours.

His senses were still tuned to hell. That might be why he didn't know Phoebe was there until it was too late to hide.

[dark-innocence.livejournal.com]

Lana was passing by on her way to check on Dean when she saw Phoebe out on the swing. She hesitated, but she really wanted to see her friend and hadn't since before Jim - well, since before Jim. She wasn't sure if Anders - Sam, god, she was never going to get used to calling him Sam - had told her about it or not.

"Hey, Phoebe," she said quietly.

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

"Cooped up and henpecked," Phoebe said with a smile. "How are you?"

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

Phoebe felt someone arrive near her and she lifted her head from the impromptu nap she had taken.

She stared for a moment.

"Connor?"

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

"Lana!" Phoebe looked genuinely happy to see her.

[dark-innocence.livejournal.com]

Lana smiled at her. "How are you - and the little ones- doing?" she asked gently.

[prodigalpawn.livejournal.com]

Connor froze, turned, and stared as well. He'd been gone a long time. It took a moment for him to remember her name. "Pheobe?"

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

She extended her hand for Lana to come sit with her.

"I'm tired and the twins are active."

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

She nodded slowly.

[dark-innocence.livejournal.com]

Lana came up and sat beside her. "I can imagine. Not too much longer now, huh?"

[snarky-witch.livejournal.com]

"The guys are being over protective, huh?" Piper smiled, taking a seat next to Phoebe. "I'm doing okay."

[prodigalpawn.livejournal.com]

He shook his head. "No, I don't believe you. This is a trick. It's all a trick." But he really wanted to believe it.

[beenthroughthat.livejournal.com]

Sam drifted out of the house at some point, just to check on Phoebe. He didn't say anything at first, simply content to stand in the doorway and watch her with a smile on his face.

[desertaliengirl.livejournal.com]

Isabel was returning from a day playing tourist when she saw Phoebe on the porch. "You're glowing," she smiled.

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much."

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

She stood up carefully and walked towards him. "Connor? It's me. It's Phoebe."

She could sense his distress and it pained her.

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

"December."

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

She turned to look at him and smiled.

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

"Isabel!" Her face lit up.

[dark-innocence.livejournal.com]

"Less than two months then," Lana said with a gentle smile. "You guys must be so excited."

[beenthroughthat.livejournal.com]

"Hey, gorgeous," Sam said. "Enjoying yourself?"

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

Phoebe nodded. "And scared."

[sleepswthdemons.livejournal.com]

"Come sit with me?"

[prodigalpawn.livejournal.com]

But surely, if someone were going to fake all this, it would have been someone like Cordelia, or Bella, or one of his foster parents they'd use against him right?

Why would they use Pheobe to trick him? Or make her pregnant?

He didn't back away, but he didn't approach either.

"How could I be back here?"