"Should we tell her?"
Jamie lifted her head to look across the hall at Mike, who was casually leaning against the wall. She squinted her eyes to glare at him.
"Her mom could be dead right now!" Jamie hissed. "We can't pop in there and say, "oh, yeah, we're kind of dating." Do you want to make her go back into a coma?"
"I'm sorry!" Mike held up his hands in defense. "I just…I told you guys I liked her, and I don't want her to find out the hard way that I really don't anymore."
"It's okay," Jamie sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "I'm just worried about what she'll say. She never got around to saying if she liked you back or not, so…"
"Will you guys stop talking about me and get in here!" Rose's voice yelled from through the door.
Mike and Jamie froze with their eyes wide. They sat there for a moment, not sure what to do. Then, Jamie slowly got to her feet and stood in front of the door. She put her hand on the doorknob before stopping cold. Mike came up behind her and gently set his hand on top of hers. Together they opened the door to see Rose's smiling face.
"Yay!" Rose squealed.
"What's yay?" Jamie asked tentatively.
"You two! You guys make the cutest couple!"
"You really think so?" Mike wondered.
"Of course! Why wouldn't…" Rose stopped as she watched Mike's face. "Oh." Rose shook her head and waved her hand nonchalantly through the air. "Don't worry about that. I'm not totally hurt that you don't like me."
"You guys are too loud," Madison grumbled from her position curled up next to Rose.
"You really, really don't mind?" Jamie asked again, all three of them ignoring the 7-year old.
"Gosh! It's not like I would hit you over the head…" Rose stopped as Jamie crossed her arms and eyed her best friend. "Okay, I would. But I've decided that its time for me to start changing. Not worry so much, and have more fun with life. Now I get to watch you guys go out on dates!" Rose clapped her hands.
"That makes me feel so much better. I was so worried about telling you," Jamie let out a breath. Mike leaned in and put his arm around her shoulder.
"We both were." Mike added.
"No worries. Now, is that all you're going to do Mike? I don't get to see a kiss or anything?"
"We haven't kissed yet!" Mike and Jamie both exclaimed together, their cheeks turning bright red.
"Jeez, could you be any more suspicious?" Rose laughed. She realized that she hadn't acted like this since she had been a little kid, but it felt good. A part of her was sick of acting like an adult, and enjoyed this playful side.
"I want to sleep!" Madison called out, her head still buried in her pillow.
"Well, its time for you to wake up. The nurse said that Dad was going to tell us what happened after he had said goodbye."
Madison shot up at her sister's words. All thoughts were lost of Jamie and Mike's new relationship as the room grew quiet with the idea that Mrs. Wyatt may not be living anymore.
A hand knocked on the door. The nurse peeked her head in and made eye contact with Rose.
"Your dad would like you to come see him in your mom's room. He said all of you were allowed to come."
The door closed again, and the room was dead silent. Slowly, Rose climbed off the bed and helped Madison to her feet.
"Well, it's now or never."
Jamie ran over and threw her arms around her best friend.
"I just want you to know, that whatever happens, me and Mike are gonna be there every step of the way."
"Thanks, guys." Rose smiled faintly, then held her sister's hand and led the way out of her hospital room. Mike and Jamie followed closely behind. After a few turns, they group appeared in front of Piper's door.
"I don't hear anything," Mike said, just to break the silence.
Rose put her hand on the doorknob and slowly opened the door…
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Piper slowly opened her eyes and looked around. The room was silent except for the sound of sobs. Piper looked down to see her husband crying onto her hand.
"Leo," Piper whispered. Piper moved her hand and set it on top of Leo's head, running her fingers through his hair. Leo looked up with his tear-stained face and his jaw fell open.
"Oh, God, Piper," Leo raised himself to be level with Piper's eyes and set his hands on her face before kissing her slowly. Leo pulled away as tears continued to stream down his face and buried his face into Piper's shoulder.
"Leo," Piper repeated quietly. "I'm okay."
"I thought I lost you," Leo moaned into the neck of Piper's hospital gown.
"Hey, look at me." Piper lifted Leo's head and stared right into her husband's tear-filled eyes. "You didn't lose me." Piper almost laughed at the thought. "I'm right here. And now, you can stop your crying, and we can live out the rest of our lives like we were supposed to."
Leo nodded his head and kissed Piper's lips. Piper melted into her husband, hoping to never forget what his lips tasted like. As Leo released himself and leaned against his wife's shoulder, Piper realized how different this was from all the other times.
Whenever she had been upset, Leo had been there for her. Now Piper was being the strong one, making everything okay again. Piper smiled to herself. It felt good to have things back to the way they were supposed to be. So Piper hugged her husband tighter just for the sake that he was there.
"We should probably tell the kids," Piper whispered. She released one arm from around her husband's body and pushed a red button on the side of her bed. A few seconds later, a nurse opened the door with a smile.
"Could you tell Rose Wyatt in room 246 that her Dad wants to see her?" Piper asked. "Tell all the kids that are in there to come."
The nurse nodded and left. Piper ran her fingers through Leo's hair again, feeling like she could never get enough of it.
"Do you know how much you're turning me on right now?" Leo spoke, tilting his head up to look at his wife. Piper smiled mischievously and ran her fingers deeper. Leo leaned up to catch Piper's lips in his. Slowly, he lifted himself off of the chair and crawled next to Piper, never closing the gap between them.
Just as Piper was sliding further down the bed so she could lie on her back and Leo sprawled across the top of her, the door to the room opened.
"Mom!" Rose shrieked. It wasn't sure if she was excited to see Piper or was terrified because of the position she was currently in.
"Rose!" Piper answered, pushing Leo off of her. Leo stood on his feet and ran a hand through his hair.
"That's gross." Madison commented. Laughed filled the air, and the tension was relieved. Rose and Madison ran forward and jumped onto the bed to attack their mother.
"It is so good to see you guys again." Piper muttered as she kissed her children's foreheads repeatedly. She pulled away and looked over at Rose. "I am so sorry about missing your play."
"I forgive you." Rose replied with a smile. "At first I was mad, but…"
"Mad?" Jamie cut in. "You were more than mad! You ran away!"
"You ran away?" Piper repeated, eyeing her daughter with heightened interest.
"Well, that's kind of a long story," Rose looked down, embarrassed now at her rash actions.
"We have time." Piper said. So Leo pulled out two chairs for Jamie and Mike, then sat down next to his wife. Together, they listened to the story of jealousy and how it had been overcome.
A/n: Sorry for the wait. For once, I wasn't busy with school, I was trying to update other stories. I have to say, I don't know if this is going to be the last chapter or not. I know its shorter than the other two, but I have no where to go after this. If someone can give me a good idea that can go on for another 8 chapters or so, then I'll keep going. Until then, this is the "last" chapter.