Leo helped Piper out of the car once they had arrived at his place

Leo helped Piper out of the car once they had arrived at his place. Piper looked around the yard cautiously. Every sound, every movement she feared might be Clint waiting to jump out and take her back home. She didn't know what to expect anymore, she had never gotten this far from the house without him, not in years.

"Come on Piper." Leo said gently taking her hand.

Piper drew back when he touched her, she hadn't heard him speak she had been too focused on all of the bustle that was taking place around them.

"I'm sorry Leo." She apologized looking at him.

"It's okay, I should be more careful." Leo said smiling softly at her.

Leo tried taking her hand again, this time Piper didn't draw back in fear and Leo led her into his house. Piper stopped once inside the doorway and looked around.

"Wow, this place is so great." She said quietly to herself. But Leo had heard her.

"Thanks." He said to her with a smile.

Piper looked around at all the paintings on the wall, the beautiful furniture; she didn't expect any of this stuff, especially not from the handyman. Leo watched her as she slowly made her way around the room smiling at everything she saw. Leo walked over to her slowly.

"Would you like something to eat?" he asked remembering that she hadn't been able to eat earlier because of Clint's tirade.

Piper looked at him not sure what to say. Back at home she had to eat every time Clint wanted to when he was there. This usually consisted of breakfast and dinner, even if she wasn't hungry. Leo watched her for awhile trying to get a read from her expression.

"You don't have to eat if you're not hungry." He finally said.

"Are you sure?" Piper asked looking up at him confused.

"I'm positive Piper, I'm not going to force you to eat." He said with a gentle smile.

"Okay, well, in that case, I'm not really hungry." She said looking at him waiting for his reaction.

"Alright then, so what do you want to do?" Leo asked still smiling.

"What do I want to do?" Piper asked, that was something she hadn't been asked since she had been with Clint.

Leo nodded still smiling "Yeah, what do you want to do?" he asked again

"I don't know what I want to do." Piper said looking up at Leo.

"Well, I'm going to make myself some dinner while you think about that." Leo said smiling.

Piper nodded and began walking around the living room again. She saw a fireplace, it looked a lot like the one she remembered from the manor, she used to love sitting in front of that old fireplace. A smile crept onto Piper's face and she headed back into the kitchen.

"Leo?" she asked

"Yeah?" Leo replied turning away from the oven where he had just placed his food.

"Can we light a fire….in the fireplace I mean?" She asked

"That sounds like a great idea." He said with a big smile.

"And can we listen to music too?" she asked

"Whatever you want." Leo replied "Just go pick out a CD and put it into the stereo and I'll be in to start the fire soon."

Piper went into the other room and began looking through Leo's CD's, she found one by Melissa Ethridge and a big smile formed on her face. Melissa was one of her favorite singers and she hadn't been allowed to listen to her favorite music back home with Clint. Piper picked up the CD and turned on the stereo. She placed the CD into the stereo and then looked at it for awhile trying to figure out how to work it. Piper went back into the kitchen and sat at the table waiting for Leo, he was over at the oven ftaking his food out.

"Damn!" Leo yelled as he dropped the pan, he had picked up the pan without using a mitt. Piper walked over to him to see if he was alright.

"Leo, are you okay?" she asked

"Yeah, just burned myself, I guess I should get a wrap on this." he said heading out of the kitchen.

"Are you insane." Piper said running up and grabbing his arm, she dragged him back into the kitchen "Let me help." she said as she took his hand and ran it under warm water slowly changing the water to cold.

Leo smiled at Piper as she held his hand under the water. He watched her as she moved his hand from the water, put some neosporin on it and then wrapped it with gauze.

"There, that should be better." Piper said looking up at him

"Thanks a lot Piper. Have you ever thought about being a doctor?" he asked with a smile

"No, you just kinda have to learn this stuff when...nevermind." she said turning away and walking back over to the table.

"No wait, when he burned you? Is that what you were going to say?" Leo asked following her

"Just please, please let it go Leo." Piper said looking up at him, and Leo nodded not wanting to push her.

Leo walked into the living room and looked over at the stereo, it was turned on, but nothing was coming out of it.

"Hey, Piper, I thought you were gonna start some music." He said looking back at her

"I, I was. I just, I don't know how to get the CD to play." Piper confesed embarassed.

"Oh, don't worry about it." Leo said shocked she didn't know how to work a stereo, he walked over and started the CD then went and started the fire.

Leo sat down on the floor infront of the fire and looked over his shoulder to see if Piper was going to join him. Piper slowly walked over and sat down next to him, but not too close. Piper sat there staring at the fire, Leo looked over at her with a smile. 'She really does look gorgeous in the light from the fire.' Leo thought, he was beginning to get very confused about his feelings for her, did he like her, or did he love her, Leo wasn't sure.