"So what are we going to do?"

It was a seemingly ragtag group of people that had crowded into the yearbook office. Leo and Nick stood at the front of the room, heading a meeting they'd pulled together on Piper's behalf. Leila was there, as the best friend, so were her co-workers, both sophomore representatives Zoe Chesterton and Cooper Skelding, as well as Camy Fett and Tyson Anifo, the freshman council.

"We have to do something," Leila spoke up strongly. "She can't keep going like this."

"We're going to have to pool our resources," Leo responded coolly. "Does anyone remember what she was planning to do for the next meeting?"

"Erin told her to do something," Zoe volunteered. "I can't remember what it was."

"Well that's helpful," Leila responded sarcastically.

"That's not what we need," Leo said calmly. "We need to figure out how we're going to take some of the pressure off of her."

"Divide what she was doing," Leila said.

"No one knows what she was supposed to do," Nick reminded her.

"We're going to have to guess. We have to do something," Leo responded.

It was getting absolutely nowhere. Leila took a deep breath, reminding herself that she'd gone to Nick first. She had been so worried about Piper that she'd gone to her last resort. She knew Nick cared about Piper and figured he'd probably do anything for her. Then something hit her. "Her planner."

"What about it?" someone asked.

"We need her planner," Leila elaborated. "That's the only way we're going to get anything done."

Leo caught on. "She's got everything super-organized. Everything is all written out in that thing."

"She doesn't let it out of her sight. There's no way we're going to get a handle on it," Nick pointed out. "There's nothing we can do."

"Someone's got to be able to do it," Zoe said. "You're close." she waved to Leila. "You do it."

"Are you kidding me? She's violent when it comes to that thing. And I value all of my limbs exactly the way they are, thanks," Leila replied.

"I picked it up just fine," Leo said. "I still have all of my limbs."

Nick looked around. "So we agree? We need to get a hand on her planner."

"Just to photocopy a few pages," Leo agreed. "And we've got less than a week to do it. I'll get the planner; you guys keep trying to remember what the heck Piper was supposed to do. Check the minutes of the last meeting; check whatever you can think of. She's one of council's best assets and I don't want to lose her to stress."

Leo sighed as he wandered through the halls, trying to find Piper. It had been three days and they had yet to get a hand on her precious planner. But he was running out of ideas. They had a lot of work to do and not a lot of time to do it anymore.

And Piper was nowhere in sight.

So he went to the only other place she could possibly be. The librarian didn't glare at him this time as he stepped into the silent room, nor did she even bother to ask him why he was there. Leo made his way through the bookshelves quietly,

Sure enough, Piper was asleep on the floor, as she had been the last four times he'd tried to hunt her down. He'd restricted his conversation with her to classes and their one study session/discussion group they'd had one afternoon with Nick, too afraid that the conversation would turn less fun and more business. He'd never wanted to disturb her sleep.

Nevertheless, her planner wasn't lying around. So he carefully searched the nearby backpack until he discovered the precious thing. He looked over at her while he withdrew the small book from her bag and had to pause, like he had almost every day he'd found her.

Asleep, Piper was innocent and just as beautiful as he'd found her as he spent more time with her. She slept peacefully against the floor, her sweatshirt lying nearby. With a smile he lifted the fabric, folding it and placing it gently under Piper's head.

Then, with a heavy sigh and a last fleeting look at a girl he was so endlessly worried about, he turned and left, planner in hand.

Okay, Piper thought to herself. Everything is okay. Life will not end.

Her library corner was strewn with papers, binders, textbooks, pens and pencils, everything in her backpack and yet, her planner was nowhere to be found. He life had become that little book. She used it for everything, to try and remember everything and to organize what she had to do each night.  Her life was that planner.

Piper dropped to the ground in a panic. This was just not turning out nicely at all. Her life was crazy, nuts and insane and she'd known it. Part of her blamed Erin for piling as much as she could on Piper's shoulders, but part of her blamed herself for agreeing to take it all on.

I can't do anything about it now, she thought to herself as she began gathering everything up to replace in her bag. Though I would never let that thing out of my sight. Someone must have taken it while I slept. That'll teach me to fall asleep in the library with all of my things around.

She was sure she looked as crazy as she felt as she raced out of the library and towards her history class.

"Pip! Hold up."

Piper closed her eyes as she skidded to a stop. "Leo, I don't have time for this, I'm already going to be massively late."

"You're not, the bell hasn't even rung yet," Leo answered, his worry blatant in his tone.

She stopped. "It hasn't?"

"No. It's not due to ring for another fifteen minutes."

Her shoulders sagged and she sighed. "I'm losing my mind."

"My sentiments exactly. You've seemed a little out of it recently."

Piper smiled slightly at his worry. "I'm fine."

"No you're not," Leo contradicted. "Four days of falling asleep in the library? I'm surprised you haven't completely broken down yet."

"Alright, I will be fine. Better?"

"When?" Leo responded, crossing his arms over his chest. "Because from where I stand if something doesn't change soon there won't be anything left of you."

Piper blinked. While she considered Leo one of her good friends, possibly even one of her best friends, she wasn't expecting him to challenge her or be so blatantly concerned. "When things calm down. Look, I thrive on stress, I'll be just fine."

"And if you collapse?"

"I haven't yet, have I?" she pointed out with a roll of her eyes. "I know me better than anyone and I say I'm fine with what I'm doing."

Leo sighed and reached into his backpack withdrawing Piper's planner. "You left this behind this morning in your rush to get out of calculus."

She looked at him gratefully. "Oh, thank God. I thought I'd lost it." She wrapped her hands around it, squeezing it until her knuckles turned white.

"That thing is incredible," he said honestly. "I'm surprised you can keep everything straight."

"It's organized," she responded as he fell into step with her. "It helps me keep everything straight."

He stopped, grabbing her wrist and swinging her around to face him. "You shouldn't have to keep everything straight. You're sixteen; you're supposed to have fun."

"I will be fine," she repeated. "Stop worrying, you're going to give yourself wrinkles before your time."

Leo sighed as he watched her walk away and looked up. He hoped what they'd planned would work before Piper ran herself out.