Author's Note: Even though Leo and Piper still had a year left before their wedding, I thought it was time to start planning for it. By the way, thank you for the reviews.

Disclaimer: Don't own Charmed.

Chapter Twenty Six

Wedding Plans

Piper came in the door, hands full of groceries. Phoebe and Paige were right behind her. They had their hands full of groceries as well. "Thank you for coming with me. I know it wasn't the shopping that we usually do. But I needed help today."

"You're welcome. But do you really need all this?" Phoebe asked. "It's just a graduation party."

"I want to make it special. After all, it's for Leo," Piper replied.

"I know it's for Leo. It's just that it seems like you are overdoing it," Phoebe said.

"How am I overdoing it?" Piper asked.

"I really don't think you need appetizers at a graduation party," Phoebe said. "Can't you just order pizza?"

"Do you know how many people are coming?" Piper asked. "Look, I just want everything to be perfect."

"It will be. Just relax and don't worry about it."

Piper knew that she was right. Yet, she couldn't stop worrying.

Piper opened the door for her guests. "Welcome, please come on in." She smiled as they went in.

It was the day of the graduation party. Leo was the center of attention while Piper kept answering the door. She had invited Leo's parents, her family, Kyra, Lilly and a few others. Leo really didn't want a big graduation party. Instead, he only wanted it with family and friends.

The only person that Piper didn't know about inviting was Natalie. Leo really didn't want her to invite her. They haven't heard from her since that day. Leo wanted to keep it that way. So Piper gladly didn't send one out.

Everyone had a good time. Piper was glad that the party went well. She was worried for awhile. Then she told herself that as long as Leo had fun, that was the only thing that mattered. After all, the party was for him.

Piper pushed her cart down the aisle. Her thoughts started to wander away from her. Since Leo graduated, it was really time to start planning the wedding. They knew the obvious things that they wanted to do. Piper was going to have Prue as her matron-of-honor. Leo was going to have his new brother-in-law Andy as his best man. Phoebe and Paige were going to be her bridesmaids. However, Leo didn't know who was going to be his groomsmen yet.

Piper wished Payton was old enough to be in the wedding. Even when their wedding comes around, she will still be too young.

After running her errands, she went back to the apartment where Leo was waiting for her. "Leo, I was thinking that we should start planning the wedding. I know we want to have it a year after my graduation. However, we don't even have a wedding date."

Leo nodded. "We should start now especially since the church calendar fill up fast," Leo said.

Piper bit her lip. Leo looked at her. "Actually, I don't want to get married in a church. I rather have an outdoor wedding. Prue had one and I fell in love with the idea," Piper replied.

"Well, I always wanted to get married at the same church that my parents were married in. However, I think an outdoor wedding would be nice as well."

"Good, that is settled. Do you mind if I cooked for the wedding?" Piper asked.

"Piper, I love your cooking. But it's our wedding. We should give you a break."

"Oh come on. You know nobody cooks like I do," Piper said.

"Piper, we'll find a good caterer that you are happy with. That way, there are no problems," Leo said firmly.

Piper finally gave in. "Ok, fine, we can get a caterer." She then realized an important detail that they should have tried to figure out in the first place. "Leo, what about the wedding date?"

Leo thought for a moment. "Well, how quick do you want to marry after your graduation?" he asked.

"I want to marry as soon as possible," Piper replied.

Leo nodded. "What about May thirtieth?"

"Sounds good to me," she replied. "Since we picked a date, I really want to figure out a place for the wedding. I would love to get married in the park with an arch overhead."

Leo nodded. As they continued to make plans, Piper and Leo both grew more and more excited. By the time the afternoon was over, Leo and Piper almost had everything listed that they wanted for the wedding. "Did Prue have this much?" Leo asked Piper as they were finishing up.

"Well, Prue had a very small wedding with just family and friends. She didn't want a big wedding. I guess that runs in the family because I don't either."

"Me either," Leo admitted.

"Is there anyone else you wanted to invite? There aren't many people on your guest list," Piper said, glancing at it.

"No, I don't have very many relatives besides my parents. I only have a few good friends. However, I do want to ask you about inviting someone else who's not on the list," Leo said.

Piper looked at him. "Who is it?" she asked, hoping that it was not Natalie.

"It may be a crazy idea, but I want to ask Hope if she wants to attend the wedding. After all, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her," Leo replied.

"True and I would love to have Hope at the wedding," Piper said.

"Good," Leo replied before kissing her. "I can't wait to be married to you."

"Neither can I," Piper said, smiling.