Well I'm back! I know the other is still going but I got this idea and I just had to do it. It's Piper and Leo-No magic-and it's based on the film 'Serendipity' which is one of my favourite films.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Charmed characters, all belong to the WB and Co. I own Erin, Ally, Finley and Sam.

Summary: What happens when you spend one night with the perfect woman and then leave the rest up to fate?

With A Little Help From Fate-Chapter 1-'One Night'

Oh how she hated Christmas shopping. All the shops seemed to be humming with customers and you couldn't move sideways. Every aisle of every shop was filled with men and women carting bags behind them filled with luxurious gifts for their loved ones. Children zoomed around the shops bored of their shopping expedition and in need of some entertainment. She couldn't handle the noise. All she wanted was a pair of black gloves to keep her hands warm. Her eyes swivelled around the shop until she spotted a glove stand. She made her way over to it, pushing past couples deciding what to get each other for their first Christmas together. She made it to the stand and reached out to grab the last pair of gloves when someone else's hand grabbed them first. She turned around getting ready to shout at the woman for taking them when she clearly had her hand on them first.

'Excuse me. I had those first.' She said. She noticed it was a man and not a woman as she expected.

'Um…sorry but I grabbed them first.' He said.

'No I saw them first so they're mine.' She said and took hold of one of the gloves.

'Let's see if they have anymore. Excuse me. Excuse me.' He said catching the attention of a shop assistant. 'Do you have any more pairs?' He said holding up the gloves.

'Nope. We have all the stock out.' She said surly and walked away.

'Ok well then that makes them mine.' She said and took hold of them again.

'But I need them for a present for my girlfriend.' He said looking pitiful.

'Well I need them to keep my hands warm.' She said and smiled.

While they were arguing a man suddenly grabbed the gloves and began walking away.

'Hey!' She shouted. 'We had those.'

'Oh well you didn't seem to be paying for them.' The man said with a hint of sarcasm.

'Well we were just deciding.' He said.

'Care to explain?' The man asked.

'Um…well…' She looked to him and smiled.

'In 18 months…'

'After the operation.'

'She will be.'

'He will be.'

'My girlfriend.'

'My boyfriend.'

'Ok.' The man said. 'Here take them.' He said and walked off shaking his head in confusion.

'Well that was good work. You deserve these.' He said and handed them to her.

'Thanks.'

'How about coffee? My shout?' He offered.

She looked down to her watch to check the time and then smiled. 'Yea sure.' And they left the crowed shop and headed down the block to a café called 'Serendipity'

'I have been going to this café since it opened. I love the name of it. "Serendipity".' She said and sipped her coffee. 'I love the meaning of it: A fortunate accident. But I don't believe in accidents, I think fate's involved.'

'So you mean we don't make any decisions for ourselves?' He asked.

'No I think we make our own choices I just think fate helps us make the right ones.' She said and looked to him and smiled. 'But seriously let me pay the cheque.' She said and got out her purse. She paid for the coffee and then stood up and put a hand through her long, brown hair. 'Well this has been nice. I had better go though.' She said and made a small wave and left the café without saying anything else. He watched her go and then left himself. He walked down the block looking at the tuba players playing 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful' vibrantly. He smiled to himself and then walked down the subway steps and felt a sudden chill around his neck and brought his hand up to rub it and he realised he had forgotten his scarf. He started up the steps again and made his way back to the café. He entered the café and headed to were they had been sitting. He saw her. She was picking up her paper bag with the gloves in it.

'Hi.' He breathed.

'Hi.' She said and smiled.

A few minutes later they were ice skating on the outside rink and asking one another questions.

'Are you sure you're not just here for a few days to marry some guy and then go back to San Francisco.' He asked.

'No.' She laughed. 'I'm here to stay. What about you?'

'No. True New York resident. So what do you miss most about Frisco?'

'My sisters.' She said and smiled. 'Favorite movie?'

'Cool Hand Luke.' He said. She looked at him, confusion written all over her face. 'Cool Hand Luke. Paul Newman? You're kidding me!'

'No.' She said. 'Favorite sexual position?' She asked and then spun around and plummeted to the ice and landed on her side.

'Yeah, that's my favorite too.' He laughed and helped her up. 'You ok?

'Yeah. Just…' She said and held up her arm.

'Oh my god. That's deep.' He said. He helped her out of the rink and took her to a bench. He ran to the nearest shop and asked for a plaster and then returned to her. 'Here let me…' He said gently and began dabbing the cut with a tissue. He then put a plaster on it. 'Oh.' He said looking at the freckles on her arm.

'Oh freckles. Curse of my family.' She said.

'They're not just any freckles.' And her took her arm. 'They're Cassiopeia.' He said.

'Cassiopeia?' She asked.

'Yeah. I'll tell you the story. ' (Finish this!)

'Make it legible.' She said.

'I can't believe I'm writing my name and number on a piece of paper.' He said and then held his hand out to hand it to her. Suddenly a lorry drove past gathering up a lot of wind and it flew the paper out of his hand. 'That didn't mean anything.'

'No….it did. This isn't right.' She said and began walking away.

'No wait. Come back.' He said and chased after her. 'C'mon that didn't mean anything. Take a chance, like we do with money.'

'That's the best idea you've had all night.' She said and took out a dollar note. 'Write your name and number on this.' She handed him the money. He looked at her with narrowed eyes and began writing his name and number on it.

'You are a very interesting woman you know that?' He said. He handed her the money. 'Leo Wyatt 555-545'. She crossed the busy road and bought a packet of mints with the money. Then she turned to him, waved and began walking away.

'Hey wait!' He shouted and ran to her. 'What did you do that for?'

'Well when that money returns back to me with your number on it. Then I can ring you and when you hear my voice on the other end. Then you'll believe in fate.' She smiled and her brown eyes lit up.

'Well what about you?' He asked. 'We need something with your name on it.'

'You're right.' She took out a book titled "Love in the time of Cholera" and put wrote in her name and number on the inside. 'Tomorrow morning I'll sell this book to a used bookstore so every time you pass a bookstore you'll have to look in.' She said. He looked at her with narrow eyes again. 'C'mere.' She said and grabbed his arm and pulled him inside 'The Waldorf Astoria.'

'What? Where are we going? I'd like to know you before…' He said jokingly. She just smiled at him and continued to pull him until they stopped outside the elevators.

'Now go in there and pick a floor.' She said and headed to the elevator on the other side. He followed her. 'No! Get in that one and choose a floor.' She said. He walked to it and got inside. 'Here.' She said and through the 'Bloomingdales' paper bag to him. Just as the door was closing she said. 'Piper. My name's Piper.'

He smiled and said to himself. 'Piper….' Then he looked to the buttons with the numbers of floors on them. He waggled his finger around and then landed it on number 23.

She smiled and remembered the money. 'Leo…' She whispered. Then she looked to the numbers and chose 23.

His heart was beating and his hands clammy. Suddenly the elevator stopped and he looked to check the floor. It said 12. The doors slid open and he didn't see Piper. But he saw a large man with his son in a Devil suit.

'Get in.' the man said and he and his son got in. Leo looked at them and then the doors closed again. Suddenly the boy started pressing all the buttons.

'No! Stop it!' Leo said to him. 'Stop.'

'Ok calm down mister.' The man said. 'He's just a kid. Come here.' The boy looked to Leo and stuck his tongue out and then stood beside his dad. Leo just looked at him and thought he was a very insolent child but just shrugged it off.

The elevator doors opened and she stepped out. She looked around but he was nowhere to be seen. He heart fell a little. She hadn't really expected him to be there. She sighed and sat down in front of the elevator. She waited…

Every floor he stopped the elevator, stepped out to see if she was there. Each one with negative findings. He prayed they would make it to 23 before she left. That was even if she was there. He didn't know what it was but he had a feeling she was there.

She waited for a few minutes and then gave up. He wasn't coming. She reached into her pocket and lifted out the glove. She smiled and then hit a button and another elevator opened and she got in and it closed. As soon as it closed the elevator beside it opened and Leo stepped out. He looked around but she wasn't there. He sighed and knew it wasn't meant to be. He went back into the elevator and pressed Ground Floor and started the long journey back down.

Piper stepped out of the Waldorf Astoria turned left and walked down the block to her apartment, the glove on her hand.

Leo stepped out and turned right. He still carried the bag with the glove in it. He looked in it and smiled. He then began to walk to his apartment, back this girlfriend.

Ok first chapter…was it ok? I know it was long…but I doubt the other chapters will be as long…but please review them anways! Ok so is it any good? Should I keep going? The other chapter to 'A Stranger's Love' will be up in a few days. Ok enough crap talk...please review! Molly xXx