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Corrections:

The corrections to Phoebe's daughter's names were made. Sorry if I confused anyone as I was working on the story I decided to change their names but did not correct it in all places until Lizardmomma brought to my attention. (Thank you for your eagle eye)

I am especially thankful to Charmedfam and Lizardmomma for their review of chapter 8 (slow sweet time) because it was the first time I had EVER written anything like that and I was terrified of what you may think. I wanted it to be erotic and loving…

Warning this chapter contains:

FLUFF …FLUFF…and some FLUFF however, for those of you that like my story but could do with out so much fluff a little more insight and background is also revealed.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the CHARMED characters. I just love and miss them.

Thank you, Constance Burge for developing a wonderful cast of characters and adventures.

Chapter 9

I called You

Hello you have reached the voice mail of Phoebe Halliwell if you leave your name and number I'll call you back as soon as possible.

Thanks and have a lovely day.

"Why do you have a cell phone if you don't keep it on?" complained Piper quietly as to not wake her husband as she placed the handset on her nightstand.

Piper had simply wanted to call Phoebe and check on her boys she knew that they were safe she just wanted to be reassured by hearing their voices.

Piper turned her body towards her husbands whom was surprisingly still asleep at 8:18 in the morning she lightly touched his hair remembering the incredible passion filled night they'd shared.

Not to mention what happened when Leo woke her up early this morning in the most pleasurable way. She had almost forgotten how wonderful it is to make love in the morning now that the boys are older and Leo goes work so early it's something they don't get to enjoy often.

Piper was wide awake and felt incredibly blissful and content.

She allowed her finger to play with the ringlet that had formed in her husband's hair knowing how much he hated the curls. She thought about the fact Wyatt's hair did the same thing and he like his dad was beginning to dislike the cute little curls as well.

So many times Piper had woken up to find Leo watching her sleep it always made her smile knowing he was there watching over her.

She rarely got to watch him as he was always awake before her however; Piper was enjoying this rare opportunity when the phone rang.

"Hello" said Piper into the phone quietly not wanting to wake Leo.

"Hello yourself" replied Phoebe cheerfully. "Why are you up so early, I would have thought you and Leo would have slept in?"

"We are or at least Leo is" replied Piper.

"Did you wear him out?" snickered Phoebe knowing Leo never slept late.

"Put one of my son's on the phone please" asked Piper completely disregarding Phoebe question.

"You are no fun you never give me any details anymore" Complained Phoebe actually enjoying teasing her sister.

"Anymore?" questioned Leo with a grin he had heard the whole conversation.

Piper turned to see her husband staring at her. She blushed and shook her head at him to deny Phoebe's comment. Piper put her hand over the receiver and said "you know Phoebe, she is exaggerating I don't tell her anything"

"I bet" said Leo shaking his head at his wife as he got out of bed and headed to the bathroom.

Leo had long ago come to terms with how close Piper and her sisters were, knowing they shared almost everything. He knew that the bond they shared had saved their lives many times therefore he wouldn't complain about it. Although he would admit that he did not miss living with the power of three.

Regardless of there bond Leo suspected that the most personal details of their lives were indeed private.

"Phoebe" hissed Piper "Can I talk to Wyatt?"

"He's still inside the restaurant they will be out in a sec. I came out first because Priscilla was fussy" Replied Phoebe "So I have time to hear all about your night."

"Phoebe you are impossible" Sighed Piper who was not surprised that they had stopped at a restaurant for breakfast. "Why do you need to know about my sex life you are married to cupid for God sakes?"

Piper heard the water running and knew that Leo was in the shower if Phoebe would ever let her talk to her boys' maybe she would join him.

"Well I do have a four year old and a three month old, so cupid or not that does not leave a lot of time for romance" Admitted Phoebe.

"Is everything okay with you and Coop?" asked Piper now questioning her sister.

"Nice try, but no changing the subject" replied Phoebe "but to answer your question yes, everything is fine it's great. We just need our sweet little daughter to sleep though the night."

Piper laughed and said "nothing will kill a romantic mood like a crying baby."

"Phoebe I will happily watch the girls so that you and Coop can have a romantic night alone." Offered Piper smiling "after all I had a amazing night last night."

"Now that is what I want to hear" replied Phoebe grinning truly happy for her sister.

Piper shook her head and remained quite.

"That's all I'm going to hear isn't it" questioned Phoebe pretending to sound disappointed.

"Yep" answered Piper rolling her eyes.

"Piper!" called out Leo from the shower wanting her to join him.

"Guess that will have to do" replied Phoebe surprised she got that much out of Piper. "Who I'm really worried about is Paige and Henry" Said Phoebe.

"Yeah I know something going on with them" Said Piper " but Paige has been pertty tight lipped about it."

" We should try and talk to her" said Phoebe " Hey...we will talk about this later everybody coming out of the restaurant" Said Phoebe as she handed her nephew the cell phone.

"It's your mom" she told Chris.

"Hi Mommy" said Chris "guess what I had for breakfast"

"Morning peanut" answered Piper "I'm guessing pancakes"

"Yes, but it was a special pancake it had a smiley face on it. It had strawberry eyes, whipped cream nose and a banana mouth." Answered Chris, excitedly as he described his breakfast "Patricia had one too"

"Wow that sounds pretty cool" replied Piper trying to imagine the dish. "What about your brother did he have a smiley face pancake too?" asked Piper.

"Nope… he had a Dad breakfast" explained Chris.

Piper smiled knowing that meant Wyatt had eggs and toast.

"Mom, do you want to talk to Wyatt?" Asked Chris

"Yes I do" replied Piper "I love you, have fun with the animals."

"Love you too Mommy" Said Chris. "Mom wait… what is Dad doing?"

"He is in the shower Chris he's fine" responded Piper knowing her son like her always felt better when he knew that his family was safe. It made Piper feel guilty because a six year old should not have worry about the safety their families.

"Okay" replied Chris satisfied with his mother's response as he handed his brother the phone.

"Good morning Mom" said Piper's oldest son into the phone sounding so grown up. Wyatt was not surprised his Mom was on the phone she always called to check up on them when they went with anyone except Dad.

"Morning Buddy" said Piper already feeling better now that she talked to both of her children. "Did you have fun last night?"

"Yeah Aunt Phoebe's couch turns into a bed and me and Chris slept there. It was cool" said Wyatt as he snapped the seat belt into place.

"Mom you know what else?" asked Wyatt "Uncle Coop let me feed Priscilla her bottle and she drank all of her milk and she didn't cry"

"She likes me mom" Said Wyatt proudly.

"Well of course she likes you buddy" replied Piper. "She is your cousin and she knows you will always look out for her." Piper believed in her heart of hearts he would.

Phoebe turned in her seat toward Wyatt and listened to her nephew talk to his mother. She momentarily thought about all the drama that he had been through in his short life. She was grateful that that he could not remember most of it; she hoped he could not anyway.

She glanced at Chris whom was engaged in conversation with her daughter and thought of the man her youngest nephew was going to be and although she knew he would not be the same Chris whom has traveled form the future to save his family she suspected there would be many similarities and that pleased her very much.

"Mom we are going to watch a movie" said Wyatt as he watched the video screen that was secured to the back of the seat begin to light up.

"Okay watch your movie and have fun with the puppies" Said Piper to her oldest son "I love you"

"Okay Mom here is Aunt Phoebe… I love you" said Wyatt as he returned the phone to his Aunt.

"Hello" said Phoebe "do you feel better now"

"Yes I do… thank you for calling me back so I could talk to them." said Piper "Now I'm going to find my husband and do something that is going to make me feel even better"

"Piper" squealed Phoebe not believing what her normally reserved older sister had actually said.

"Bye Phoebe" said Piper as she ended the call laughing and a little embarrassed, but pleased at the fact she had just shocked her little sister.

"Now let's see if I can shock my husband" said Piper to herself out loud as she made her way to the bathroom.

"Would you like come company?" asked Piper sticking her head into the shower.

"Finley" said Leo with a smirk "I was beginning to think you were going to stay on the phone all day."

"No, not all day just long enough to check on the boys who are fine I might add" replied Piper as she stepped in to shower.

Leo knew they were fine as his senses were always tuned into his children. He understood his wife's need to check up on them, yet he was relieved she was no longer fixated with there safety.

"Oh… I thought you were gossiping with Phoebe" Said Leo grinning as he moved from directly under the shower head to allowing Piper access to the water.

"No… I was not gossiping...really" answered Piper as she tilted her head back and let the water run down on her hair.

"Really?" replied Leo as he watched the water pour down on his wife's naked body.

With her eyes closed Piper ignored Leo comment and reached for the shampoo bottle which Leo instantly took from her hand "allow me" said Leo as he opened the bottle and squeezed the sweet smelling soap into his hand.

Leo loved Piper's hair next to her eyes it was the most beautiful thing about her physical body. It was always so soft he loved to touch it, to watch it fall and frame her face and the smell of her hair could be intoxicating at times. As his fingers massaged the wet soapy strands, Leo wondered if he had ever told her how much he loved her hair and how glad he was that she didn't change it all the time the way her sisters changed theirs.

"You're so quite" said Piper as she turned to face her husband. "What are you thinking about" She asked moving to let the water rinse the soap from her hair.

Leo raised his hands to Piper head and gently tilted it back giving his lips full access to hers. He gently brushed her lips with his own as the water splashed down on the both of them. With his tongue he licked the small droplets of water landing on Piper's mouth.

Causing her to moan and open her mouth to him unabashed by the obvious passion building in her body.

"Your hair" said Leo as he broke the kiss.

"What?" asked Piper pulling back just a little to look at her husband?

"I was thinking about your hair" replied Leo

"Wow… I can't wait until you think about the rest of me" quipped Piper.


Later that afternoon Piper smiled to herself as she thought about the fact that she and Leo had stayed in bed most of the morning it was so unlike them but they needed it. It was not so much the sex that they needed although Piper had to admit it was pretty amazing for an old married couple as Phoebe had called them.

It was the relaxing, the playing, the being absolutely lazy in each other arms that they needed.

Piper looked at her watch as she put laundry in the washer it was almost 2:30 if she hurried she could finish all of her chores including giving some thought to dinner before Leo got back from helping Henry with a task at his and Paige's new house.

Henry did not know a lot about home repair and had often taken Leo up on his offer of assistance since he and Paige bought there home several months back. Leo actually enjoyed and was good at those do it yourself home repair projects.

Leo also knew that teaching Henry how to repair things would greatly reduce the risk of Paige being tempted to use magic for home improvement.

Piper eyed the dishes she had put in the sink to soak but decided to take a quick break and have a glass of tea before she tackled them. She poured the tea in a tall glass filled with ice and decided to walk outside into the back yard.

Looking around the backyard Piper wondered where in the world the new dog house was going to go still not believing they were going to have a puppy to contend with soon.

Oh well that problem is Leo's and the boys thought Piper. I will clean up demon guts but I will not be cleaning up dog crap.

Piper sat down on the swing set that Leo had built for Wyatt and Chris years ago. She thought about how they would always beg to be pushed higher and higher. Piper would push them as high as her heart would allow, she had more fear than they did.

The boys had all but abandoned the swing in favor of sports; they were both going to play baseball this year. She was grateful her Dad had volunteered to drive the boys to some of their practices.

The boys were very close to Victor and now that demonic activity was greatly reduced he spent more time at the manor.

Piper finished her tea and flung the ice on the ground as she stood up to go back in the manor she noticed the same black cloud of smoke she saw yesterday off in the distance. "They still did not get that fire out" Piper said out loud wondering what the heck could be burning for more than 24 hours.

Piper looked at her watch and expected Leo back in about 45 minutes. She hoped he'd have some insight as to what's going on with Paige when he got back.

Although with Leo even if he did know something there was a good possibility he wouldn't share it with her especially if Henry told him something in confidence.

Piper walked back into the house to hear the phone ringing.

"Hello" said Piper in to the cordless handset regretting it immediately when she heard the voice on the other end of the line.

"Hello Piper" said a reserved voice that belonged to Billie Jenkins "I was wondering if I could please talk to Leo"

"Leo is not here Billie" replied Piper wondering what Billie wanted with her husband. "He is at Paige's house call him on his cell phone."

Piper was the only one in the family that could not completely forgive Billie for her actions that let up to the ultimate battle. She knew it was wrong to hold on to those negative feelings especially considering the sacrifice Billie had made to the Greater Good. Yet she did, and suspected to some degree she always would.

Billie stayed with Paige and Henry for awhile after the battle. This had caused serious tension between Piper and Paige at the time.

Leo was her unofficial White Lighter, because for some strange reason the Elders had not reassigned her one after Paige could no longer hear her calls.

Piper was sure there was something more to it. She knew with every fiber of her being the Elders hadn't sent her a White Lighter because they knew they could simply take advantage of her husband. Why else could he hear her call? He is only supposed to hear Halliwell witches.

Leo of course thought it was because she had sworn off all magic after the death of her sister and did not actually need one.

Piper absolutely despised most Elders and regularly accused them of trying to be Gods. Piper finely had a showdown with one of the Elders that had been years in the making.

Leo had to physically restrain her from blowing him up. She had been emotionally distraught because an attack on Chris by a Dark Lighter and the Elders initial hesitation to heal him.

A short time after that all of Leo's White Lighter powers were restored including his ability to orb into the heavens with except of his immortality. His only charges were the Halliwell witches.

"I called him on his cell phone it went to voice-mail" answered Billie "I called last night too"

"Big surprise" muttered Piper.

The fact that Leo did not answer his cell phone or check his voice-mail did not alarm Piper because he had a bad habit of turning his phone off. It drove her nuts they'd had more than one argument about it.

"Well call out for him, Billie he will be able to hear you" replied Piper annoyed that what she said was true.

"No Piper" replied Billie "I respect your rule of no magic unless absolutely necessary"

"Would you just ask him to call me?" asked Billie "please!"

Despite herself Piper smiled at Billie's willingness to abide by her rules, which were admittedly hard if not impossible enforce in the first place.

"Billie can I help you with something?" asked Piper surprising herself with the question.

Billie was amazed that Piper had offered to assist her. She always hoped that one day the woman that had taught her so much about being a good witch would forgive her. Somehow she doubted that day was going to be today.

"Um…well…no… that's okay" answered Billie wanting to ask Piper but not wanting to bother her all at the same time." Please just have Leo call me as soon as possible."

"Billie are you sure?" asked Piper instinctively knowing something must be wrong.

"I'm sure" said Billie not certain of her own words before she hung up the phone.

Piper frowned and hung up her phone as well. "This is not going to be good I just know it" warned Piper to herself

"LEO!" Called Piper

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