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A/N: Oh, aren't you reviewers just the loveliest bunch of people that I know? Awe, so kind, and make me so happy. Prues-Clues: Thanks for all the advice, it has been taken wisely. And you know the only reason I wrote this was because I love all your stories so much? I hope you're still not on your writers block because I adore your stories. MollyBall: I'll make you a deal. You keep reading this story and I'll make sure Piper doesn't die? Deal? PiperLeo4eva: Oh Good ideas! I'm gonna use them as well! And thanks for reviewing ever so positively! PiperPerson: Yeah, paragraphing looks so much better and it's because I found the preview/quickedit button. Took me that long. Thanks for reveiwing. xjelliepotatoex: Heya! I've read some of your reviews of other stories and I agree. What's with all the Piper and Cole going around? It's so scary. Piper and Leo are the best!
Piper looked around the room, staring into space. "Leo?" she asked.
Leo turned around, closing the manor door behind him. They had just come back from the club. "Yes?"
"When you died, in the war, were your parents still living? I mean you were only young."
"Oh My Dad died in the war as well, he was a cornel and my mum well she died of cancer later on."
Piper took a glance at him. "Really?"
He nodded at Piper. "I saw it while I was a white lighter. Pretty hard but then, I saw a lot of people die in the war. It's just hard when it's so close and you couldn't do anything."
Piper squeezed Leo's arm. "H-hard? How was it, um, hard?"
Leo wrapped his arms around Piper. "Well I wouldn't want to go through it again. That's for sure."
He leaned down to kiss Piper on the lips but Piper didn't respond.
"Piper?" gazed down at his newly wed wife. "Piper what's wrong?"
Piper shivered in his arms before answering slowly. "Leo, you'd never leave me, would you?"
Leo gave her an odd look. "Of course I won't… Why would you think that?"
Piper ran her hands through her hair, trying to think of a good excuse. "I just… promise me you'll never leave."
Leo nodded assuring. "Piper of course. I…I love you, I'd never leave you. I mean we made our promise of always, I wouldn't break that. I mean, not unless you had an affair or something but God no Piper. Nothing else could pull me away."
Piper closed her eyes and leaned against Leo's chest.
They traveled upstairs and into bed. Leo knew that Piper seemed tired so he let her sleep. He wrapped his arms around her and cuddled her until he fell asleep.
Only Piper hadn't.
She watched Leo peacefully sleeping and fingered his face, affectionately.
Only this morning had she found out she had breast cancer, Dr. Slack had talked so much about ducts and lobes, axilla, lymph things. Piper didn't even understand. So many things, so much to go through, so much to take it. She looked back at Leo.
She wanted to tell him. She wanted him to tell her that everything would be alright. That he'd protect her. That he'd sort everything out for her. That he'd be there every step of the way. And he would. Only it wouldn't work because nothing Leo could do would help her. He couldn't even heal her… He watched this happening to his mother and he didn't want to go through that again. And she died!
Then the thought struck Piper. She could die too. She could feel her body shaking against Leo's.
The doctor didn't mention that. All he talked about was mammograms, biopsy''s and receptors tests. Whatever they were. Not about Death.
'I can't put Leo through that… Not again.'
Piper got out of Leo's reach. 'I can't do this to him… I can't do this to my sisters.'
She was about to get out of the bed before she heard Leo call sleepily. "Piper? Piper what are you doing?"
Piper turned around. "Oh…nothing."
Leo shook his head. "Come on Piper, you need some sleep."
Piper decided to go back to sleep. She hugged Leo and sighed. This was going to be the last night she'd be with Leo, or her sisters.
Piper stood in the kitchen mindlessly stirring pancake mixture in a bowl.
Phoebe walked in hand in hand with Cole. "Morning Piper!" she called, cheerfully.
Piper kept stirring not noticing Phoebe.
"Piper? Piper!"
Piper turned and screamed, dropping the bowl, which smashed, over the ground. "Oh oh, uh hi Phoebe. God I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
She bent down and started to pick up the glass.
"Piper… God, you're so clumsy." Phoebe commented, walking over. "Let me give you a hand."
"No I'm fine."
Phoebe raised her eyebrows and helped Piper pick up the glass. "You alright, you look pretty… run down."
"I'm fine!" Piper snapped.
Phoebe took a step back and exchanged glances with Cole. "Ok… ok… just asking. Cole and me are going for lunch so doesn't cook for us ok? I think Prue's coming back from her photography course as well so watch out for her. If she asks where her post is tell her I placed it on the kitchen table and all her files and documents are next to the fridge. "
Piper nodded. "Ok… bye."
There were so many things she wanted to say but she had to keep normal.
Cole nodded at her. "Bye Piper."
Piper forced a smile at him.
Leo came down the stairs. "Hey Piper… Oh what happened?" he said looking at the glass.
"Nothing really."
"Did you get hurt?" he asked, concerned.
Piper shook her head. He's so concerned. 'Why is he so concerned?' she wondered. So caring, so considerate. It's not natural! She found an angel and had to leave him.
Piper suddenly came over lightheaded.
"Piper?" Leo cried. He grabbed her. "You ok?"
"Yes, yes I'm, I'm fine… Really."
Leo shook his head at her. "Are you sure? You've been quite ill lately."
"No I haven't!" she protested.
"Piper I think you should see a doctor."
"I have you, you're basically a doctor."
Leo shook his head. "If it's anything internally I can't heal you. Maybe you should…" seeing the look on Piper's face he sighed. "Just an idea… I'm just concerned for you. I don't want anything to happen to you."
Piper had to bite her lip to stop herself from bursting into tears. All she wanted to do was tell him that there was but…but…
"Maybe I should make you an appointment-
"No! No, I will, maybe…"
"Maybe?"
"Ok, I will…" And she wasn't lying. She had to go to the hospital the next day for scans. The thought brought another shiver to her. 'No wonder Leo thinks I'm ill!' Piper thought. 'I'm always bloody shaking…'
Piper looked back up. "Are you going somewhere?" she had only just noticed Leo was wearing his white white lighter robes.
He nodded. "I have a meeting with the Elders to find out who my new charge is after well… yesterday…"
Piper hugged Leo.
"I'll see you later yeah?" Leo checked.
"Yeah," Piper lied. "Have a good time with the Elders."
"I will if that's possible. See you honey."
He reached down to kiss her and Piper wrapped her arm around Leo's neck and kissed him passionately.
"Goodbye…"
Leo orbed out.
Piper wiped a tear out of her eye and picked up a pen and paper. She had to explain to Leo why…why she was leaving. But she couldn't tell him the truth.
'A goodbye letter, huh' She thought to herself. 'How film like…" she chuckled slightly. Her mind temporarily wondering off to films. The she knew what to write.
She scribbled down a note, pausing before writing 'I love you'. She shook her head and left it on the kitchen table in an envelope.
She ran upstairs and grabbed some clothes. She then stopped. No, she couldn't take anything; it could help Leo find her.
She picked up a photo of her wedding day. She looked at it closely and then dropped it. She couldn't take anything but her surgery details.
Piper ran down the stairs and crashed into a very wet Prue.
"Hey…" Prue greeted.
Piper looked at her. "Prue? Oh, oh, good to see you…"
"You too!"
"How was the course?"
Prue gabbled endlessly about photography and the new techniques she had learnt and how some guy in New Orleans had offered her a job but she refused it because of the sister thing.
Piper felt guilty straight away. 'I'm doing it because I love them…' she kept telling herself. "Uh Prue… I have to go, uh, out…"
"Oh? Oh that's cool. I'll show you the pictures I took later shall I?"
Piper nodded. "Sounds great. Uh, take care yeah?"
Prue looked up at Piper's serious face. "I will… are you ok? You look pretty run down."
Piper stared. "Oh, Oh I'm fine. I'm good. Very good. Bye!"
She took one last sad look at Prue before making a dash for the door. She couldn't break down… not now.
"Hey, take an umbrella, it's raining…"
Piper had already gone. She ran down Prescott Street and didn't look back. She couldn't look back.
She ran through the rain and quickly began to feel ill.
She stopped in front of a park bench, leaning on it. Breathing deeply.
She heard a voice behind her. "Going somewhere?"
Piper turned around. "Mum?"
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll update soon I hope!
