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Her breath caught short in her throat almost as if she was being suffocated. The bag of ice she was waiting to purchase fell out of her hands being heavier than her at the moment. "Hey, are you okay?" asked the woman behind her breaking the trance.
"Yeah, fine." she waved a hand and picked up the ice. "Excuse me." she politely moved past her and the couple behind her returning to the freezer she had came from and throwing the bag back in with the rest. Letting it all set in, she took a couple deep easy breaths and slowly walked out of the gas station.
Piper Halliwell sat behind the wheel of her black jeep, staring at him through the window. Leo Wyatt. Back in San Francisco after 7 years, who knew he'd return? And working at the gas station? What the hell happened? Thought he had better plans. Bigger dreams. More exciting life. God, he looked miserable. It was kind of sad to see really. How long has he been here? she thought.
Not that she should be much of a talker. What did she ever do to be successful of? College? Screwed that up. Job? She was a fucking temp. Taking what no one wanted just to get a few bucks to get by. Living in the same house she grew up in with sisters who unlike me had a life. And relationships? Hardly worth looking over. Sure there was Evan now, but since Leo, they haven't quite been the best. Maybe she was the sad one.
A car honk blared at another almost hitting. She jumped, scared out of her thoughts and started the car. She forgot all about everything just focusing on being home and alone where she felt the most comfortable and safe. Much to used to it.
She parked in the driveway and walked inside, throwing her keys and purse on the stand by the door. "Good, your back. I'm having a heat stroke!" Phoebe sighed dramatically making her smile. She looked at empty hands. "Where's the ice?" Piper mentally slapped herself. She meant to stop at another gas station. She put her hands up in an sorry way. "All out." she replied.
"What?" Phoebe said. "It's summertime in one of the most hottest cities in the world and they are out of ice everywhere? It couldn't get any better than this." she stated sarcastically and walked back into the living room. The AC was blasting and they had fans out everywhere. Possibly the hottest day yet. Piper didn't know if she should tell Phoebe about Leo or not and deciding not to yet, she turned to leave "I'm gonna take a long cold shower." she told her sister and walked up the stairs, drowning in thoughts, worries and the blazing San Fran heat.
"Piper, are you coming down to eat? I ordered pizza." Paige said through the door with soft knocks. She had showered and laid down for a nap. She got up and opened the door. "Yea, I'm starving." she smiled and followed Paige to the dining room where Phoebe was bringing drinks.
"Oh, Piper, Evan called earlier. I told him you were sleep so he said he would call back later." Phoebe said taking a bite. She nodded and sipped her coke. Then decided it would be a good time to get out with it before she let it bother her anymore. She looked at Paige chewing and then to Phoebe doing the same. It was quiet and she broke the silence.
"Hey, you guys remember Leo?" Piper said as nonchalantly as it could come and bit into her pizza. She watched for reaction. They looked at each other, looks silently asking why she would bring him up after all these years. Considering she had made it clear when he left that she never wanted to see, hear or talk about him ever again. Finally Paige looked at her. "Yea, of course we do." Phoebe nodded along.
She had to keep eating to keep a steady tone. She swallowed and took another bite. "He's back." she said washing it down with a drink of coke. They exchanged shocked looks. "How do you know?" Paige asked. She looked down at her empty plate. "I saw him today. At the Stop N Go when I was looking for ice. He works there."
"Um, did you talk to him?" Phoebe slowly asked, knowing he was a sensitive subject. She shook her head no and grabbed for another peice of pizza. "No reason to." she stated taking a bite, "Just thought you guys would of liked to know." After all, he was their friend too. With that said, they finished eating in silence.
With the quietness in the room and talk of him now silently in the air, she mentally relived the past. She was again watching him the day he first stepped out of her life.
They had been best friends since making mud pies in the sand box in headstart. Now years older and getting ready to leave high school, they were still going. In the middle of their 3rd year in a relationship. Once they got into freshman year, it just seemed right to be more than friends. Now seniors, it was great, while it lasted.
Piper was standing at her locker exchanging books when Leo walked up behind her putting his hands over her eyes. "Guess who?" he whispered into her ear. She smiled knowing exactly who though pretending not to "Um, give me a hint." she says. He laughs and kisses her sweetly on the lips. "You got me." shs shrugs.
"Hey." he says turning her around, "I'm gonna remember that." he smiles and wraps his strong arms around her, kisses her and in one move leaves her breathless. The bell rings and she curses him under her breath. That boy could never see how he made her crazy, how much she loved him with all her heart and soul.
Hours later at Tony Benson's party she searches for him. Asking everyone she knows. Stacy finds her and asks where she's been. "Looking for Leo. Have you seen him?" she asks. Stacy smiles weakly and she knows somethings wrong. Not wanting to ask, she does anyway. She takes her hand leading her up Tony's stairs and to a closed bedroom door. Piper looks at her and Stacy nods to go in.
She gently pushes the door open and looks inside. Two heads pop up out of the sheets with that deer in the headlights look. Jessica Farber, school slut, no surprise and...Leo. Her Leo. She loses feeling in her body and he starts to get up. "Piper, let me explain this." he says grabbing his jeans off the floor.
Stacy grabs her hand. "Let's get out of here." She says pulling her to her car and driving off.
That was the last day she ever had any type of communication with him. Word got out and people understood why they no longer talked. Her sisters found out why he no longer called or came over. It was over.
Countless lonely nights, billions of useless tears shed, she just couldn't forgive him. When you do something like that, it's not exactly easy to say "sorry it'll never happen again" and forget it. It doesn't matter if your intoxicated or not, at least it shouldn't. She couldn't even make herself listen to him. She tried but that really was the end.
After graduation, he left. Left her heartbroken and lost without anything to tell or say. She wouldn't of wanted to talk or listen anyway.
That was the last she ever heard of him. Until now.
With old memories rushed back for the first time in 7 long, painful years of healing, she excused herself from the table. She went to her room and it was there that she tried endlessly to convince herself that she didn't care about him and never would. Racking her head with "no's" and "never's", but to no avail, she cried. She cried for what she lost so many years ago. For what never happened that could've. She cried herself to sleep.
Leo breathed a sigh of relief as the night came to an end. It was midnight, when he got off. He locked up the Stop N Go gas station and walked to his car.
Getting home about 15 minutes later, he walked into his apartment and headed straight for the bathroom for a shower.
As he got dressed and layed down to sleep, he thought about how low his life was. He had all the potential to do things different. Live better. But something was stopping him and he didn't know what. After time spent away, he needed to come back. San francisco was home. He was born and raised here, anywhere else felt like a visitation.
He had been back for about a month now. After a few days to himself, he had caught up with some old friends and Fridays became a frequent outting. Days were spent as a cashier at a damn gas station. He needed something to fill the days. Usually he did 9 hour shifts, but today he pulled a double. That happened when the other guy couldn't make it.
He planned to do more. Moving back didn't mean to do just this like he really had no life at all. He just wanted to start out slow. Get things situated. Make sure it was worth staying. Then he would let things get more interesting.
He sighed and rolled over to his side. He stared at the picture on his nightstand. The picture of her. The picture of Piper. Possibly the only girl in his life he ever really loved. Best friend to girlfriend, then girlfriend to nothing. One party and drunk mess later, he lost it all. The girl and the good reputation.
He knew he fucked up. He himself cried over her. Gave himself a beating hard to handle. He literally felt his life go down the drain. So many times he tried to talk to her. He tried to explain. But even he knew nothing could be said to help her forget the betrayal.
Fianally it ate him up. His parents had been wanting to move since junior year, but because of Piper, he found ways to change their mind whenever it came up. So he waited for it to come up again which he knew it would. When they mentioned it, he agreed and they were ecstatic. He prayed a new start would help him cope. Sure he was supposed to be off to college, but he still stuck with bis parents.
They let him finish the year and graduate. With school completed, they were gone.
Now 7 years later, he was on his own and back home. Looking at her at the age of 18 made him smile and remember all the times spent with the love of his life. So if he loved her so much why did he cheat right? He sadly hated himself for not knowing the anwser to that.
She would be about 25 now, he thought. God, I miss her. That was seceretly the top reason he came back. He missed San Francisco, yea, but Piper, he was dying being away. Getting the guts to try to find her though, that was another story. "Time" he whispered. "Just a bit more time."
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