Well, here's the next chapter...thanks for the reviews!!...oh and i have a question....what were the wars that Victor and Logan joined?...please tell me...i had no clue at all...the only war i knew that they had joined was the Vietnam war..aside from that I don't know anything anymore...For this chapter, I am kinda focusing the relationship of Logan and Piper....anyway..please enjoy this chapter!! ^_^


Part Six: REALIZATION

"What do people usually wear during a festival?" Piper asked, looking at Logan.

Logan shrugged. "We never had attended anything like this before. In fact, I think this is the first time that we are attending a celebration," he responded, kicking the small pebble lying on the ground in front of him. The pebble rolled away from him.

It was a great day today. The sun was up and the skies were clear. It was not too hot or too cold. It was the perfect day to have a celebration. In fact, the weather was so good Piper and Logan decided that they would just go outside and have an afternoon stroll. Victor was inside the house. He told them that he wanted to take a nap before they go to town.

Piper sighed. Logan was right. They never had cared what were happening in the town. They were living their lives as peaceful as possible, not letting anyone to get close to them, afraid that normal people would know about their 'abilities.'

Logan looked at her. She was thinking about something that was making her look gloomy and again, Logan couldn't figure out what she was thinking. The helpless feeling was there again. He envied Victor since he could be able to tell what she was thinking just by looking at her.

Piper gave him a smile. "You don't have to worry about me. I was just thinking about nothing," she lied.

Logan gave her a suspicious look. "You know, for the past years we have been together you really haven't told me what you really feel."

Piper looked down. He was right. She was still uncomfortable telling other people what she was really feeling. "Are you mad at me because of that?" she asked.

"I didn't say I am mad at you. It's just that, I find it very frustrating," he said.

Piper gave him a smile. "Why is it frustrating? Jealous that I could read your mind while you can't?" she taunted.

Logan chuckled. "Why would I be jealous? Mine is way better than yours? How could you protect yourself with that kind of power?"

He was right. How could she protect herself? She could only read minds but she could never fend them off. Sure she could control things, but she can only control things that were light enough for her mind to lift. She didn't even want violence. She couldn't even bring herself to punch someone. She didn't know how to fight. "Yeah, you're right. I could not even use my powers in protecting myself," she said, sadly. "Victor was right. I am just weak."

Logan looked at her. He gave her a concerned look. He didn't like her to be sad. "You're not weak. In fact, you are powerful."

Piper looked at him. He was saying those things to her because he only wanted to see her smile again. "I don't believe you."

Logan sighed. "Well, guess what? You are powerful since you have me and Victor. You don't have to learn how to fight. As long as you are with us, you will be safe. We will do the fighting for you. We won't let anything bad to happen to you"

What Logan said was sincere and true, but Piper didn't want to be useless when it comes to battling. She didn't want to watch Victor and Logan fighting other people just because she couldn't protect herself. "But what if I am alone? How could I fend off my opponents if you are not with me?"

Logan didn't know what to answer. She had a point. Victor and Logan couldn't be with her all the time. There will be times when he and Victor would go away again, leaving her alone, just like the time they went to the war.

Piper looked at Logan's torn expression. She knew that he really didn't know what to say next. She sighed. "Well, we better get inside the house." She headed towards their house, with Logan right behind her. She was determined to learn how to fight.

When Piper and Logan had reached the house, they were surprise to see Alice waiting outside. Alice looked impatient and grumpy. It looked like she had been waiting outside the house for a long time already.

"Why are you here?" Logan asked, looking at her curiously.

Alice shot him an angry look. "I was waiting for Piper to open the door. I didn't know that you went out."

Piper smirked. "Why were you looking for me?"

Alice rolled her eyes. She didn't have time for this. She better get to work now.

Piper didn't have to wait for her reply. She instantly knew why Alice was looking for her. "Spit it out," she said. Even if she knew what she was thinking, Piper still had to act like she couldn't read her mind.

"I was supposed to ask you where Victor was," Alice replied, hesitantly.

Logan rolled his eyes. He didn't like the way she kept on chasing after Victor.

"Victor is inside the house," Piper informed, biting her tongue to prevent from laughing.

Alice rolled her eyes. "If Victor was inside the house, then how come he didn't even open the door when I kept on knocking on it," she asked, sarcastically.

"Victor doesn't like visitors," Logan said, with a smirk.

Piper shot him a look. She knew that he only wanted Alice to leave Victor alone. "He was taking a nap, so maybe he didn't hear you."

Alice shrugged. "Then he might be such a heavy sleeper if he didn't hear any of my knocks," she said.

Logan chuckled. "Believe me. You don't know the way he sleeps."

Piper shook her head and tried hard not to smile. She opened the door and entered. Logan was right behind her as well as Alice. It was dark inside and it seemed like Victor was still sleeping since it was so quiet.

"I'll just go up to his room," Piper said. She was about to go up, when Alice stopped her.

"A woman should not enter the room of a man, if she have no relation to them or what so ever," she said with a serious tone.

Piper raised an eyebrow. Whatever Alice was thinking, it was plain weird.

Logan laughed. "That's the lamest thing that I had ever heard," he said.

Alice glared at him. "That is not a laughing matter, Mr. James."

Piper giggled. "Victor is related to me. He is my friend so it is alright for me to go to his room." She went up the stairs, ignoring the looks from Alice. She knocked on Victor's door. No one answered.

Piper concentrated on reading Victor's thoughts. It was blank. "Hey Victor, open up," she said, pounding the door with her fist. She waited for a few seconds until she heard a thud coming from inside the room. She smiled. Victor had finally woke up and he had rolled off the bed.

The room door opened revealing a grumpy Victor. "What the hell was the noise all about?" he asked, roughly. "Don't you know that I'm sleeping?"

Piper smirked. "Of course I know that."

Victor snarled. "Well, why did you wake me up?" he asked, sounding impatient.

Piper shrugged. "Alice was looking for you. She had been waiting for you downstairs." She turned away and went towards the stairs.

Victor stared at her as she left. What does that Alice girl wants from me anyway? He yawned before following Piper downstairs. "What time is it?" Victor asked as soon as he caught up with Piper.

"Hm, I think it is 6 o'clock," Piper responded.

Victor smiled. "The celebration will begin in a few hours."

'Yeah, I know. Isn't it exciting?"

Victor chuckled. "Maybe." He looked at Piper. Her eyes were twinkling as she thought about the festival. "What will you wear?" he asked.

Piper snapped out of her daydream and looked at him. She smiled sheepishly. "Actually, I hadn't thought about that."

Victor smirked. Just like what he had expected. She would never care about her appearance. When they got downstairs, Alice stood up. She looked nervous and excited. It looked like she had been rehearsing what she will say when she sees Victor. Piper gave a Victor a smirked. He give Piper a look that says, 'don't even think about it.'

"Good evening, Mr Creed," Alice said. Her cheeks were tinted pink as soon as she greeted him.

Piper bit her tongue to prevent herself from laughing. She left Victor's side and went towards Logan who was sitting on the kitchen chair. He was glaring at Alice the whole time. Annoying little runt, he thought, angrily. Piper winked at Logan. He smiled at her. "Read my mind, huh?" he leaned on Piper to whisper.

"Yeah," she answered.

"Well, you hadn't fix yourself yet?" Alice said, inspecting Victor's appearance. It looked like it had been weeks since he had changed his clothes (which was probably true anyway).

Victor shrugged. He took a seat beside Logan. "Help me," he murmured to Logan.

"Well, isn't it sweet," Logan sneered.

Victor gave him a death glare which made Logan shut up. Piper giggled.

Alice followed Victor. She stood in front of him. "I could help you in choosing what you should wear for the celebration," she said, smiling.

Logan looked at Victor grinning mischievously. "Well, Victor what do you say? Why don't you let her help you. You really need some help when it comes to wearing something good."

Victor scowled at him. He tried his best not to growl. "Look who's talking," he hissed.

Alice ignored the little argument of Logan and Victor. "Well, since you had agreed to my suggestion, could I take a look at your closet?"

Victor looked at her. He was about to object when Piper cut her off.

"How nice of you to help Victor choose what he will wear for the festival," Piper said with a smile.

Victor was about to argue but then, Piper prevented him to say anything.

"I may as well accompany you to Victor's room," Piper said, standing. She took Alice by the arm and pulled her towards Victor's room.

"H-hey, I did not agree to this!" Victor exclaimed following them.

Logan was left in the kitchen. Might as well follow them since I don't have anything to do in here, he thought. He got up and followed the three.

"Alice, um, why don't you just help Piper in dressing up? I could choose what I would wear for the party anyway," Victor said, trying to convince Alice to change her mind. They were nearing his room now and he didn't want anyone to enter his room except maybe for Logan and Piper. He was territorial after all.

Alice froze. "Did you say that Piper will attend the celebration, as well?" she asked, with a disappointed face.

Piper nodded her head. "Of course I will. Victor told me that you won't mind. so Logan and I will go too."

Alice seemed to frown. She was hoping that she could be alone with Victor with no disturbances. She wanted to have Victor's undivided attention. "Well, I could just help Piper in choosing her clothes," she said, downcast. Her perfect chance to have Victor was ruined. "Kindly show me where her room is."

Victor looked relief. "Sure," he said with a smirk. "Her room is that way." He pointed at the opposite direction of his room.

Alice nodded and then gave him a smile. "Well then, you might as well start on fixing yourself up."

Piper glared at Victor. Don't think that you are getting away from this, she told him before Alice started dragging her.

Victor just smirked. Of course I know that, he sneered. He watched Piper as she was pulled towards her room. This was going to be interesting...

An Hour Later...

"Please Piper, help me in this one. This might be my chance to get Victor," Alice pleaded as she brushed Piper's brown hair.

"Fine," Piper responded.

Alice squealed with delight. "Thank you so much. You are my savior." She jumped up and down while wrestling Piper's tangles.

Piper sighed. Alice had asked her a favor. Piper had been asked to give Alice and Victor some time alone to get to know each other. Alice had been begging Piper for some time now and it was getting in Piper's nerves.

"Do I really have to wear something like this?" Piper asked Alice as she looked at the dress she was wearing with disgust. She hated wearing something girly.

Alice rolled her eyes. "Of course you should. Women should always wear dresses in occasions like this," she said.

Piper sighed. She really didn't want to wear such thing. "But what if I don't wear a dress?"

"Then you cannot go inside the party," Alice replied. She began pinning Piper's hair. "There now, I am finish." She put down her hands.

Piper stood up. She didn't have any mirror inside the house so she had to go out of her room. Alice followed her as Piper went out of her room. She went towards the mirror and stared at herself. Alice smiled looking triumph. "You look beautiful," she said.

Piper continued to stare at the mirror. She was not used to see her all fixed up. She was used to seeing her loose hair and her same old clothes. "I look...different," she stated.

Alice smiled wider. "Well, different is always better." She inspected Piper, checking if she had been able to do a nice job in making her look presentable.

Piper suddenly turned around to see Logan coming out from his room. He looked clean and noble than his usual messy look. He noticed Piper and he smiled. "You look beautiful," he said, walking towards her.

Piper smirked. "You look handsome," she said with a grin.

Then Victor came out of his room. He too looked clean. In fact he looked like he had completely changed. He had combed his head and he was wearing clean clothes. He stared at Piper. He didn't say anything. He just stared at her.

"Well, look who had just came out of his room," Logan sneered.

Alice blushed as soon as she saw Victor. "Y-you look nice," she stammered.

Victor snapped out. "Thanks," he said, smugly.

Piper chuckled. "Not bad," she said.

Victor smiled at her. "You're not bad yourself."

"Well, thanks to Alice, I wouldn't look like this," Piper said.

Victor smirked, showing off his fangs. "No wonder you look beautiful."

They locked eye contact for a moment. Logan realized that they were having a 'quiet' conversation again. This time he felt a little jealous. He finally noticed that Piper and Victor always had a 'quiet' conversation, but he hadn't experience talking to Piper by the mind.

Alice cleared her throat since everyone became quiet. "Well, then let us go," she said. She went towards Victor.

Piper then realized that Alice had been wearing a dress that was fit for a celebration. She was too occupied with thoughts that she hadn't been able to noticed it.

Victor smirked. "Sure." He quickly led the way out of the house, leaving behind Alice.

They went outside the house. Piper locked the doors of the house. After making sure that the doors were locked, she pocketed the key. Logan gave her a smile and took her by the arm. He leaned down to her ears. "Look at Alice," he whispered.

Piper looked at Alice. She chuckled when she saw her looking quite annoyed. Victor was leaving her behind. He didn't bother to even go back and talk to her.

"What a sweet couple," Piper joked.

Logan laughed. He looked at Victor. He remembered about what he had just realized a while ago. "I have a question," he stated looking at Piper.

Piper looked at her. "What is it?" she asked.

"Why do you always talk to Victor by your mind?" he asked.

Piper shrugged. "I don't know. I find it easier talking to his mind. I didn't have to concentrate that hard to put my thoughts in others' head, now that I am used to it."

"Then, I have another question," Logan said. "I noticed that you hadn't talk to me by your mind, why is it?"

Piper was caught off guard by that question. True, she hadn't talked to Logan's mind yet and she didn't know why. "I don't know," she answered. Logan's question kept on repeating in her mind. "Maybe I just like seeing Victor get irritated because I kept on bugging him," she joked. She hoped that Logan would just forget that question. Even she didn't know what to answer

Logan looked at her and shrugged. "True," he said. He grinned at her. Well there was no reason to be jealous about that kind of thing, right?


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