Leo noticed the girl from the store a few days ago sitting with some guy. He knew what he was about to do was probably a bad idea, in fact he was going to turn around when she noticed him also.

He noticed the pang of hurt in her eyes and knew that even though he wasn't allowed to date the girl that he should at least apologize.

Coop was of course watching from the distance gleeful about the Manny situation and decided to let Leo approach the table knowing he wouldn't want to put Piper in harms way by taking her for a date.

"Uh, hi Piper." Leo greeted nervously ignoring the irritated look from her date.

"What do you want?" Manny asked before Piper could respond.

Leo didn't know if he should explain himself or continue talking to Piper. He chose the latter.

"I'm really sorry about the other day. Something came up and my phone got stolen and I didn't memorize your number."

Manny noticed the peek of interest on Piper's face and couldn't help the jealousy that went through him thanks to a wave of Coop's hand.

"Excuse me, but as you can see we are on a date here. So if you could kindly leave, I'd appreciate it." Manny replied.

Leo knew it was now or never. He felt a connection to the girl and would rather deal with protecting her than let her date this guy.

"Actually, Piper I was wondering if you'd like to go on that date we were supposed to go on the other day right now."

Coop was furious at Leo's selfishness. How dare he put his needs before someone's life the Cupid thought.

Piper was in a predicament. She was very attracted to Leo, he seemed light hearted and kind but she couldn't help but feel interested in Manny. He was intense, mysterious, and seemed to know all of the right things to say.

Manny's ego was wounded but he knew he couldn't completely shut the guy down even after he hurt his sister so badly.

"Look here, I'll tell you what. You can be a man and let me finish my date with Piper. I don't take you to be the asshole type so go ahead and take her number down. I can handle competition but if you stand her up and hurt her again I'm going to find you and lose my shoe in your ass."

Leo was completely taken aback by Manny's response. While on one hand he didn't want to be challenged in front of Piper, he knew Manny had a point and he wanted to be respectable.

Piper on the other hand was completely ensnared by Manny on his reply alone. It surprised her that he cared so much about her feelings.

"Leo, I'm sorry to say but I'm not interested."

Manny's eyes went wide. This wasn't going according to plan he thought. It was going to crush Piper not to have anyone to land back on after he got 'drafted' aka turned back into Prue.

"I understand.." Leo replied dejectedly.

"Are you sure Piper? He seems like a nice guy." Manny replied wanting to salvage a date for her and Leo.

While Piper was confused, Leo thought Manny was taking a poke at him.

"Fuck you."

Manny rolled his eyes.

"You wish." He replied with out thinking.

Leo didn't take kindly to Manny's insinuation that he was gay. He drew his fist back and socked him right in the nose making Manny fall out of his seat.

"Leo?!" Piper exclaimed angrily while quickly tending to Manny. "Are you okay?"

The other restaurant attendees watched entertained.

Manny's eyes were clamped close as he tried to keep tears out of his eyes. Instinctively his hands covered his bloody nose.

"I think it's bruised."

Leo felt extremely horrible watching Piper gasp by the amount of blood coming from the guys nose.

He reached down and helped Manny up.

"I'm.. I'm really sorry."

Manny lowered his hands from his nose, while the logical side of him could see he was genuinely apologetic, the testosterone fueled side was furious.

In a split second he drew his fist back and punched Leo in the temple, coupled with his powers Leo was sent backwards and was knocked out.

"Someone help him." Manny replied casually while he walked over Leo's unconscious body.

Piper followed him immediately.

"Stop walking and tilt your head back," She explained while digging in her purse for some tissues. When she couldn't find any she resorted to texting Phoebe hoping she was still at Fine Romance.

*Manny got in a fight with the guy who stood me up, please tell me you're at Fine Romance and can come pick us up. -Piper*

Unbeknownst to Piper, Phoebe was actually already in the car shacking up with some guy named Owen. Luckily they were finished. Phoebe kicked the guy out and replied she would be there soon.

Manny washed his hands and nose in the upstairs bathroom of the manor.

Blood had gotten all over his shirt and as much as he wanted to walk in to his room and find another shirt, he knew he couldn't.

After taking off the disgusting shirt he cracked open that bathroom door.

"Do you guys have a shirt I could borrow?"

Piper was already ready with a shirt from the Ex boyfriend pile beside the door.

When Piper opened the bathroom door completely, Manny wanted to shriek and cover his chest, but he didn't.

He couldn't help but feel uncomfortable about Piper's once over. It took a second but she finally handed over the shirt which Manny hastily put on.

"Thanks Piper, and sorry about ruining your chances for a date with that guy."

Piper was pretty confused as to why Manny looked genuinely and terribly sorry. "Why?"

Manny was lost for a reply but luckily Phoebe entered the restroom.

"Bad news, Fine Romance had a pipe explosion and is closed until further notice. Good news, Prue said you could stay here while you get your place fumigated for a few days because she has a business trip."

Piper wanted to disagree with the extended offer, she did just meet the guy after all but then again he was Phoebe's friend.

Manny sensing Piper's discomfort shook his head. "You know I can go to a hotel."

"Why do that? When we could be bonding? Because bonding is important. In fact I think we have been bonding quite a bit today. Isn't that great?" Phoebe replied hoping Manny would take a hint about the book.

"Oh.. Uh. Well if you insist, we can catch up on old times. I can stay on the couch."

Piper frowned at his response and glared at Phoebe. She was always trying to take what she couldn't have.

"Nonsense, you deserve to be comfortable after the incident. Go ahead and sleep in Prue's room. What she doesn't know won't hurt her." Piper insisted.

Manny wondered how many people have slept in his room while he wasn't there.

"Oh. Okay. Well I'm going to take a nap."

Phoebe directed him to the correct room and walked back to Piper excitedly. She was so happy that Piper was happy even if it was because of a date with her own sister. What she didn't know didn't hurt her.

"So how was your date?" Phoebe pried.

"It was great. He's really sweet and caring. He honestly wasted no words, everything he said actually meant something. None of that awkward chit chat. He's really handsome. I never thought I'd be into the dark mysterious type but wow." Piper gushed.

Phoebe deflated at the thought of Manny disappearing. At least she would have him for a few more days until the piping was fixed.

Manny was awoken from his nap by the smell of chocolate chip cookies.

He opened his eyes to see Piper placing a tray on the night stand beside him.

"Oh, hey. I figured you might want a snack when you woke up."

"What brand are these? Chips ahoy dough or the yellow brand? I'm sorry to be picky but I only really like Chips Ahoy dough." Manny asked knowing they were made from scratch.

"Actually I made them from scratch. I like to bake and cook. I hope you like them." Piper responded nervously.

Manny picked up a cookie and took a bite. It was still warm, crispy on the outside but soft in the center. He nearly moaned as he ate another.

"These are delicious! How did I get so lucky?" He praised making Piper blush.

"Can I take a look at your nose? I really hope it isn't broken."

Manny nodded and Piper took a step forward to have a better look at his nose. She prodded it gently causing Manny to hiss.

"Sorry!" She exclaimed as she looked into his eyes.

Coop knew what Piper was contemplating, with a smile he waved his hand intensifying the spark she felt.

Manny was completely caught off guard when Piper pressed her lips against his. He wanted to shove her off, suddenly regretting the whole plan, not because he was disgusted but because his body was reacting against his will.

He wanted to pull away and leave the kiss chaste so that he wouldn't be so disturbed later on but he couldn't stop.

He kissed her back. Piper deserved to be cherished and happy even for a couple of days at the expense of his sanity.

Manny tried to thinking of attractive guys and other things but the testosterone made him focus entirely on Piper's kiss.

"Oh my." Phoebe gasped. She was disturbed by the scene once she had opened the door. She was certain Manny was also but knew he couldn't do anything about it, so she did.

"Piper, Manny does not like hooking up on the first date. You ought to slow down before you scare him off."

Piper was grumpy when she pulled away, while Manny was extremely confused.