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Chapter 10: Thunder Storms

[Piper's POV

I realized that my body was still stiff from his sudden leave, and I was standing alone in our leisure room now. I looked over to his closed door. Was he already asleep? How could you sleep after something like that? I slumped down onto our couch and pouted.

I can't believe I seriously let that happen! How could I let him kiss me like that?! And I kissed him back! What is wrong with me? What is wrong with him?!

No, I'm going to march into his room and tell him that he has no right to kiss me without my permission! Ugh...!!! I wanted him to kiss me, and it was intensely pleasurable. I've never felt anything more powerful as adrenaline pumped through my body.

How was the kiss for him? Did he like it? Or did he leave because he felt that I was too elementary for him? Why do I care what he thinks? But I do...That's odd; I've never paid attention to what he thought before. Was it...dare I say...love?

No...It can't be. What is love? How does it feel to love your husband?

I sighed, exhausted. Too many unanswered questions and I wasn't getting answers anytime soon. Sleep sounded like a good idea.

A sudden clap of thunder made Piper jump.

Please, don't rain.

[Leo's POV

I jerked up when I heard her bedroom door close rattling every possible object. I expected it. What could she be doing out there that long? Was she too angry with me to move? Was she crying? Piper, please don't cry. Her tears brought me to my knees literally.

I wanted to rush over there and cradle her into my loving arms. I wanted to tell her how I couldn't live without her by my side and that I love her.

Instead, I placed a pillow over my face and tried to fall asleep with the howling winds outside.

The storm system moved in violently rattling the windowpanes. Thunder and lightening lit up the sky with light and noise. Rain poured down endlessly creating a river-like noise outside.

Piper came out of her room with an oil lamp in her hand lighting the way. Leo was wrong when he said that she was afraid of nothing.

The oil lamp provided enough light for Piper to scan the selection of books on the shelf. Thunder and lightening clashed in the sky angrily forcing Piper to find comfort on the couch. Carefully, she placed the lamp on the table as she pulled her knees up to her chest. It was a cold night and she forgot to grab a quilt from her bedroom. Piper wrapped her arms around her knees tightly and let the flickering of the light from the lamp ease her drowsy eyes to a dreamlike stage.

She was swaying in her seat as sleep refuse to escape her no matter how hard she tried to stay awake. Sometimes, jerking back up before she fell out of the couch. Piper believed she was soundly in bed before she tipped over and cracked her head against the table.

[Leo's POV

The noise outside woke me up, and it was coming from the leisure room.

I swung my bedroom door open to see what was going on. I saw an oil lamp sitting on the table before I saw Piper stand up from the floor. What was she doing out here in the middle of the night? Did she fall? Was that the noise I heard? If it was, it couldn't have been good.

"Ouch!" She gasps when she felt the right side of her forehead. She had no idea I was watching her until I made my way over.

"Piper? What's going on?" I asked hazily. She looked up and my eyes popped out of their socket when I saw the growing purple bump on her head. My heart stopped at the sight.

"I'm okay," She insisted restarting my heart. I thought she would relapse into amnesia again.

"What were you doing anyways?" I asked slightly annoyed as I stared at the still growing bump.

When she peered at me, I could tell that she was extremely restless.

"I was...Did I wake you? I'm sorry," She said quickly.

I held her face in my hands and asked, "Why aren't you asleep?"

"It's raining," She answered easily.

I gazed at her dumbfounded because my mind refused to make the connection between sleep and rain at the moment if there was a connection at all.

"And..." I tried to come up with a question.

"I can't sleep when it rains. I'm scared of the thunder and lightening," She explained embarrassed.

Thank God she knew what I was trying to say, because if we were to play a guessing game right now. I would've lost.

I laughed running a hand through my hair as she pushed me out of her way. I caught her elbow.

"Wait, you're serious?" I questioned. She stared at me.

"Stand right here," I ordered making my way to our bedchamber door.

The servant who kept watch outside was falling in and out of sleep until I snapped my fingers. He jumped up with alert eyes. "Ice," I ordered once and shut the door.

When I came back, she was rubbing away the goose bumps on her arms. I took her hand and pulled her towards my room when she held back. I turned around and said, "You're going to catch pneumonia if you don't warm up. You were always prone to colds, you know?"

I could calculate the reluctance in her eyes. Then, the servant came back with a bucket of ice. I quickly dismissed him and turned my attention back to her.

"The rain isn't going to let up anytime soon," I insisted but she still refused.

I placed the bucket down and turned my back, "Fine, you can stay out here by yourself."

She quickly caught my arm and said, "Leo, don't leave me alone." I would never leave her alone, didn't she know that?

Once inside, I wrapped a blanket around her shoulders and started a fire in the hearth. When her shivering stopped, I turned my attention to her bruised forehead. She always finds a way to get herself hurt. How does she manage that? It must be incredibly difficult. I wrapped a chunk of ice in a cloth and proceeded to place it against her forehead when she waved me away.

"What's that for?" She asked.

"Your forehead. There's a big bump and it's all purple," I told her.

"It's too cold," She refused.

I was too sleepy to argue with her. Instead, I pulled her to me and placed the ice against her forehead. She flinched at the piercing coldness against the warm room, but soon settled down leaning her head on my bare chest.

"I thought you were afraid of nothing," I whispered softly rubbing her back.

"I said you would be surprised," She retorted.

"My little clumsy Queen. You must be more careful," I teased.

She scoffed but didn't argue with me.

[Piper's POV

I was leaning my head against his incredibly warm chest that nestled me in protectively. My eyes couldn't help but soak in the muscles that defined his body. They were strong, rigid, but they were surprisingly comfortable.

Being so close, I could smell the scent of his skin. It was a scent that drove me crazy because I began to trace the outline of his muscles. He eyed me awkwardly and I blushed pulling my fingers back. I heard him chuckle softly.

What are you doing, Piper? You're not supposed to give him any ideas, remember?!

I sighed and he tilted my chin up to his face.

"You know, I don't mind," He smiled. "Of course not," I said sarcastically. He chuckled again and removed the ice from my forehead.

"The bump is going down. The bruising may still be there," He concluded making his way to the empty bedside.

"Where are you going?" I asked not wanting him to leave my side. Not even an inch.

"To sleep," He answered crawling into bed with his own blanket. Then he grinned, "Unless you want to sleep by yourself." I quickly shook my head because the storm outside was even louder than before.

"Good. Then, go to bed, My Love. Oh, and don't try anything funny either," He said lying down.

I dropped my jaw. That was my line! He stole my line!

"I'm the one who's supposed to say that!" I exclaimed laying down also leaving a good distance between us.

He smiled, "You're not the only one who values your virtue, you know."

I huffed and angrily turned my back to him.

Who did he think he was? Hmph!

In their deep sleep, they did not realize they had found the warmth of one another. Piper cradled against Leo's chest and in his loving arms held his Queen.

More to come...

I wrote this after pulling a 12-hour school day, and I was really sleepy.

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