I recently thought of a new story that I wanted to put out. No magic and it's a life of Piper and Leo's relationship. First few chapters might seem a little slow but it will get better! Please review!-Marina

The blaring alarm going off wasn't anything new to me. A sound I would be forever damned to hear every morning, and would have no choice but to listen. Slowly I opened my eyes and saw the glowing numbers of my clock. '5:30' It read.

It was time to get up and get ready for work! Although I doubt you can call being assistant librarian, work. Looking in the mirror, I sighed. My two sisters Phoebe and Prue had always been beautiful, while I, was a different story. Growing up as the "ugly duckling" was never easy. High school especially was the worst time of my life. Acne, controlled my life. I wore glasses, my hair was frizzy, and I was very short. Getting picked on everyday seemed to turn into a habit.

As I got older, very few things changed. Acne went away, but the glasses remained. To be perfectly honest, contacts scared the crap out of me. I always thought they would get stuck in your eye and you wouldn't be able to get them out. My hair grew longer and on good days, had small curls.

Dress attire usually consisted of long skirts, sandals, and long sleeve shirts. No point in showing anything when you have nothing to show. Today, I decided to dress in a black skirt that went down to my ankles, black shoes, and a red shirt.

When I got downstairs, my sisters had already left the house for work. I ate a bowl of cereal in silence then got in my old car and drove to work. When I got there, his car was in the parking lot. I caught my breath in my chest. He always made that happen. When my breathing turned to normal, I was able to get out of the car and go inside. The library was silent except for the quiet typing coming from the small office in the back. I straightened my back and walked toward the office.

It was hard to talk when I saw him there, in his desk, looking as handsome as ever.

"Good morning Mr. Wyatt." My voice was soft and quieter than usual. He turned to face me with his blue eyes. Oh and how I loved them. A girl could easily get lost inside those pools of liquid fire.

"Miss Halliwell. Pleasure to see you this morning. How are you?" I found myself staring and glanced to the side. Didn't I tell you that a girl can get lost?

"I'm well, thanks. Uh..." Clears throat. "I'm just going to go...reshelf the books." Without a response from him, I quickly left the office. My cheeks felt hot and my breathing was labored. Why was it that he was the only one who could do that to me?

The day went on with very few people in. The few books that were returned, I decided to put them back on the shelves. There's only one problem about being a librarian, is that when you reshelf books, some go on the very top. The top shelf is at least eight feet tall so we use a old brown ladder. The ladder as well, scares the crap out of me.

As I read the last name of the author, I noticed that the book was on the top shelf. "Damn." I slowly climbed up with a few books in my arms. The ladder started to wobble so I griped the top. With luck not on my side, the ladder turned to the side and started to fall. "Oh...crap." Then with a 'thud', I hit the ground hard and everything went black.

I woke up feeling butterflies in my stomach. When my eyes opened, Mr. Wyatt's mouth was over mine. He was trying to give CPR. His mouth was warm and it tasted like vanilla. I got lost in the moment and found myself moving my lips slightly with his. He immediately pulled back, his cheeks turned a bright red.

"Piper...I uh...are you ok? You took a pretty bad fall!" His cheeks were still red but this time his ears were doing it too.
"I'm fine Leo." I stood up and the room started spinning. Loosing my balance, Leo's arms quickly went out for me.
"Whoa, be careful!" He caught me easily. I blushed.
"You sure you're ok now?" I nodded, stood up, then brushed my skirt off.

The rest of the day went as it always did, nothing exciting. However, at six, my whole day turned into a nightmare.

A woman came through the library doors. Her shoulder-length hair glowed from the sun, she had a business suit on, and was carrying a bag of food. She walked in and went straight to the back office...where Leo was.
"Laurie." I sighed to myself.

I listened to their conversation while continuing to stack books.

"Hi pumpkin!" Her unusual perky voice always annoyed me.

"Hi Hun." I heard him say. There was silence then the sound of their lips smacking. My eyes closed in disgust.

Both of them came out of the office after maybe twenty minutes, hand in hand. I pretended to read a book that was in my hand when they both came up to me.

"Piper, I uh am going to take off the rest of the day." I just nodded. There wasn't really anything I wanted to say to him. With that, they left.

The problem about being in love, is that you can't choose who to love. It's like a feeling that pulls you in and you have no control over it. My problem, is that the man I am in love with, is married. I fell in love with him the very first day we met.

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It was two years ago, and I had just gotten fired from my accounting job. The sign in front of the library said Help Wanted. I couldn't pass up an opportunity like that. When I walked in, there was a man at the main desk. According to his badge, his name was Leo. He was the most handsome man I had ever seen. Within minutes, I was hired.

Every chance there was, I made conversation with him. His voice was mesmerizing and his eyes hypnotized me. It wasn't until two months after working there, that I realized he was married.

"Leo, would you like to have dinner with me sometime?" I asked closing for work one day. It had taken me forever to work up the courage to ask him.

"You mean like a date?" His cheeks had turned red.

"Well yeah."

"Piper, I'm sorry but I can't. I uh...I'm married." It wasn't until that moment when I looked at his hand, that there was a silver ring on his finger.

I couldn't speak. There was a lump in my throat and tears were starting to form in my eyes.

I nodded then grabbed my things, and left.

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Leave it to me to fall for a married guy. We never talked about that conversation again. Once I met Laurie, I knew how he could fall for a woman like that. Successful, pretty, smart, I could never live up to her.

Glancing at the clock, it read 9:20. Just a few more minutes, and I could leave for the day. Grabbing the key, I walked to lock the door when I saw Leo walk up. He opened the door and immediately went to the back office. He looked sad, not like himself. Once the door was locked, I walked to the back office.

Leo had his face buried in his hands and looked stressed. When he lifted his head, his eyes were red and you could tell that he had been crying.

"Leo what's the matter?" I wrapped my arm around his shoulder.

"Laurie..she..cheated on me. We're getting a divorce."

Hmm..leave it to me to fall for a free man.

I hope this story wasn't too boring. It was an idea that I just HAD to get on paper...well in words. Please review!-Marina