Chapter 4.1 – Good Morning, Beloved
The next morning sunlight streamed into Piper and Leo's bedroom. The sunlight bounced off Leo's closed eyelids. As he slowly began to come back to consciousness, his empty arms registered and thoughts flooded his mind of the last few days, thoughts of a bleak future without Piper. Then, the bed shifted and he felt the weight and heat of his wife as she rolled back into his arms. A smile spread onto his lips as he opened his eyes.
Piper was still sound asleep. Leo propped himself on his elbow and just watched her for several minutes, still in awe over this miracle. After a while, she opened her eyes and turned to look at him. "Good morning."
"Good indeed," Leo agreed with a ready smile. "It is a very good morning when I wake up with my beloved at my side. I never want to wake up like I have for the last few days, again, alone, without you."
Piper grinned. "Well, I don't intend on dying any time soon, so for now don't worry."
Instead of reassuring him, her words had the opposite effect. They made him think of the eventuality that he would outlive her.
Piper saw the somber look on his face and took his face in her hands. She smiled at him and placed a quick kiss on his lips. "Don't think about that, Leo. I'm here now, and I intend to be here for a very long time. Enjoy now. And who knows? With all these new rules, I might be such a good little witch that they'll make me a whitelighter, too, and then we can have eternity together."
Leo relaxed and smiled. "That would be wonderful. Although you a witch that the Elders would want to turn into a whiteligher? That I'd have to see. But you are right. We have now. And I plan on enjoying every single second of it. I love you, Piper."
"And I love you, my darling Leo," Piper told him as she gave him another kiss, longer this time.
Leo kissed her back and they remained that way for a few moments before Piper playfully pushed him away. "We had probably better get up," she told him with a teasing smile. "Our guest are due in," she paused and looked at the clock, "about a half an hour, maybe a little more. I don't think they would be too pleased to have us greet them just out of bed. We'll have time to ourselves later."
Leo sighed. "Yeah, you're probably right. Let's get up." He got up out of the bed and headed over to the dresser. He pulled open the drawer and started getting out his clothes for the day.
Behind him Piper also rose. She walked over to the closet and got out her favorite outfit, figuring this was a day to celebrate. Once she was dressed she joined her husband, who had headed into the bathroom. She began brushing her teeth and her hair, so glad that all were exactly as they were before she died, despite not having brushed either in a number of days.
Downstairs the doorbell rang, causing Piper to look up. "What if it's not them?"