Around 6 months later
"Oh god I'm in so much pain!" Piper
screamed squeezing Prue's hand tightly.
"Oh sweetie it will be ok." Phoebe
replied from the other side of Piper. Piper let out a cry of pain as another
shot of pain shot threw Piper
"I can see the head!" The doctor exclaimed,
"Just one more push!"
"OOOOHHHH GOOODD!" Piper yelled out. Suddenly a baby's
cry could be made out.
"It's a beautiful girl!" The doctor said as he
wrapped her in a blanket. Piper sighed laying back on the bed. She closed her
eyes slightly tired from the ordeal. "Would you like to hold her?" Piper nodded
as the doctor handed her the tiny baby. She was so precious so beautiful. Piper
gasped she loved her more than anything right now.
"Miss Halliwell we need
for you to sign one more paper if you are going to give up the child." A nurse
stated. Piper looked down to the tiny buddle in her hands. She had thought the
moment she had her she would hate her. Only bad memories returning from the
past. But Piper was feeling completely different. The love was just poring out
of her a feeling she hadn't had in a long time.
"I'm I'm not giving her up."
Piper stated tighten her hold on her child. As if they where going to deny her
the right to have her.
"Are you sure?" Prue asked running her hands threw
Pipers hair. She had had a feeling that once Piper had the child she would want
it.
"Yes." Piper said forcefully the love evident in her voice.
"Alright
then does she have a name yet?" The nurse questioned.
"Yes Leonora Leslie
Halliwell." Piper stated cuddling with her child.
"Leonora?" Phoebe asked,
that wasn't one of the names they had discussed. Piper nodded knowing what her
sister was thinking, but she didn't care.
"She's beautiful." Prue replied
over her new niece.
"Isn't she?" Piper sighed.
"We have to clean her up.
And you have to rest." The nurse stated. Piper sighed she didn't want to give
Leonora away in fear she would not return. But she reluctantly let the nurse
take her. After all Piper could barely keep her eyes open.
"Rest hunny."
Prue replied. Piper let herself drift off to sleep while Prue and Phoebe went to
the nursery.
3 months later
I'll be the one...
I guess you were lost
when I met you
Still there were tears in your eyes
So out of trust and I
knew
No more than mysteries and lies
There you were, wild and free
Reachin' out like you needed me
A helping hand to make it right
I am
holding you all through the night
CHORUS
I'll be the one
Who will
make all your sorrows undone
I'll be the light
When you f eel like
there's nowhere to run
I'll be the one...
To hold you and make sure that
you'll be alright
'Cause my faith is gone
And I want to take you from
darkness to light
There you were, wild and free
Reachin' out like you
needed me
A helping hand to make it right
I am holding you all through
the night
CHORUS - repeat
You need me like I need you
We can share
our dreams comin' true'
I can show you what true love means
Just take my
hand, baby please
I'll be the one
I'll be the light
Where you can
run
To make it alright
I'll be the one
I'll be the light
Where you
can run
CHORUS - repeat
I'll be the one
I'll be the light
Where
you can run
To make it alright
I'll be the one
I'll be the light
Where you can run
To make it all right
I'll be the one
To hold you
And make sure that you'll be alright
I'll be the one
"Mommy is
Leo going to be my daddy? My friends talk bout dads I wanna to!" Maria exclaimed
as she ate her breakfast.
"Awww sweetie….. these things take time…. But
maybe." Leticia replied giving her daughter a hug. "Are you ready Leo should be
here any minute." Suddenly the doorbell rang. Maria jumped off her chair and
answered it.
"Lweo I'm all ready!" She exclaimed.
"Thanks I really need
to get this paper done today…. Your lucky you already did it." Leticia said
coming up to them.
"No problem we will have fun! Right?" Leo replied.
"YEP!" Maria exclaimed excitedly.
"Alright I'll see you two later."
Leticia gave them both a kiss on the cheek and than they where off. She sighed
sitting down to work on her paper. It was Saturday and this was the last thing
she wanted to be doing at the moment.
A few hours later Leo and Maria where
having a great time at the zoo. They sat at a bench with ice creams in hand.
"This is fun!" Maria said taking a huge lick of her ice cream.
"It is."
Leo agreed.
"Lweo?" Maria whispered.
"What sweetie?"
"I think you
should move in with us." She stated hope rising in her eyes. Leo smiled at her
and pulled her into his lap.
"Hmmmm and what does your mother say about
this?" Leo questioned.
"I know she wants you to!!!" Maria replied.
"We'll see sweetie but I think we need to get your mommy into this
conversation." Leo stated. "Hey lets go see the zebras."
"I loooooove
zebras!" Maria exclaimed jumping up.
"Did you guys have fun?" Leticia asked
as they came in.
"YES YES!!!! U HAVE TO GO NEXT TIME!" Maria exclaimed
giving Leticia a hug.
"Well I will make sure I do that."
"So did you
finish your paper?" Leo asked sitting down on the couch.
"Yep all done." She
replied sitting next to him.
"Mommy I want Leo to move in!" Maria stated
jumping in between them. Leticia almost spit out her drink but managed to
swallow it.
"Sweetie…." She started but was interrupting.
"Pwease mommy
pwease pwease Ill be good forever and ever." Maria begged.
"Well……. I guess
its up to Leo." Leticia stated not being able to say no to Maria.
"I would
love to."
"YAY!" Maria jumped up and down on the couch.
"Is that all your stuff?" Leticia asked looking over the
suitcase.
"No I have a bit more outside I'll go get it now." Leo replied
heading for the door. Leticia nodded unzipping the suite case. She started
unpacking placing cloths in the door. As Leticia was moving some more cloths
something fell on the ground. She bent down and picked the object back up.
"Piper and Leo for eternity." Leticia read out the writing on the back. She
turned it around to find a picture. A stunningly beautiful woman stood
comfortable in Leo's arms. She had soft brown hair that flowed down to her
shoulders. Leo had on the biggest smile she had ever seen. The love was
radiating from his eyes. Her heart acked Leo had never been this happy with her.
Leticia took a closer look at the woman. Something clicked in her mind she knew
this woman.
"Piper?" She whispered realizing it was the woman she had worked
for a while back. She remembered her being depressed and talking about a lost
love. Piper had seemed devastated just as much as Leo was when she found him.
She quickly shoved the picture back into his suite case, pushing Piper out of
her mind. The feeling of guilt and hurt overwhelming her. She whipped away her
tears as she heard the door open.
"Hey what's wrong?" Leo questioned seeing
Leticia a bit upset.
"Nothing my eyes they are just watering."
"Are you
sure?" Leo asked knowing she was upset about something.
"Actually Leo I ummm
need to tell you something." Leticia stated. Leo was now moving in with her. She
had to tell him her secrets…. In return hoping he would tell her his.
"What?" Leo asked sitting on the bed.
"This is going to be hard to
believe. Believe me it was hard for me at first. We are starting to get serious
and I don't want to start out with lies. So so I'm going to tell you this. It
doesn't change who I am." Leticia said dreading telling him. She had told her
last boyfriend who had immediately left her. But no matter how much she wanted
to she couldn't start out like this.
"Ok….." Leo replied not sure what to
think. Should he be worried….?
"Well you see….. Maria and and I we are
special….. We have well…. Ummm powers… magical ones." Leticia stated almost in a
whisper. Shock overwhelmed Leo.
"Wha… what?" He stuttered standing up. He
couldn't believe this it was happening again.
"I know its hard to believe but
it's the truth and Leo….." Leticia tried to explain. He was taking it just like
her last.
"No….. I have to go…." Leo stated grabbing his coat. He walked out
of the room pulling the door open.
"Leo are you coming back?" Leticia
exclaimed grabbing his arms. Tears threatened to tear out of her eyes.
"I
I…. Don't know." Leo replied pulling away. It was the truth he didn't know if he
could handle this again.
Leticia watched as his figure disappeared down the
hallway. Tears overcame her as she fell to her knees.
I am here to tell you
that we can never meet again
Simply really isn't it? A word or two and
then
A lifetime of not knowing where or why or how and when
You think of
me or speak of me or wonder what befell
The someone you once loved so long
ago, so well
Never wonder what I'll feel as living shuffles by
You
don't have to ask me and i need not reply
Every moment of my from now until I
die
I will think or dream of you and fail to understand
How a perfect love
can be confounded out of hand
Is it written in the stars?
Are we
paying for some crime?
Is that all we are good for
Just a stretch of
mortal time?
Is this some god's experiment
In which we have no say?
In
which we're given paradise
But only for a day
Nothing can be altered,
there is nothing to decide
No escape, no change of heart, nor any place to
hide
You are all I'll ever want but this I am denied
Sometimes in my
darkest thoughts I wish I never
learned
What it is to be in love andhave
that love returned
Is it written in the stars?
Are we paying for some
crime?
Is that all we are good for
Just a stretch of mortal time?
Is
this some god's experiment
In which we have no say?
In which we're given
paradise
But only for a day
Is this some god's experiment
In which
we have no say?
In which we're given paradise
But only for a
day
Leo walked quickly out into the bitter cold. He shouldn't have
left he knew it was wrong…. He had hurt her. But what was he suppose to do
history was repeating itself.
"I BET YOU GUYS THINK THIS IS FUNNY!" Leo
exclaimed to the sky. He ran his hands threw his hair as tears escaped his eyes.
"IS THIS SOME KIND OF GAME!?! DO YOU ENJOY SEEING ME SUFER! I GAVE UP PIPER FOR
YOU! DO YOU WANT ME TO HAVE NO LIFE?!?!" Leo screamed. He shut his eyes trying
to block the pain out. Leo pulled out a crinkled picture of Piper that he kept
in his wallet. He only had two pictures of her. "God what am I doing?" He
questioned overcome with her beauty. He hadn't looked at her in ages in fear
that he would fall for her all over again. He knew he could never escape his
feelings she was the one for him. His soul mate and nothing would ever change
that. But she didn't want him….. He whipped his eyes staring longingly at the
picture. He forced his hands to let go, the picture floated down to the ground.
Leo pulled his hands into his pockets fighting the desperate feeling to pick up
that picture. He fought it heading back inside.
"Look at this place?" Phoebe said in owe.
"Its awesome
Piper." Prue said hugging her sister.
"You did it." Phoebe chirped.
"No
we did." Piper smiled opening the door to her new restaurant. P3 had done
incredible well in the last two years. In fact Piper had opened to more up. But
it wasn't enough Piper needed more. Something was missing from her life. Of
course Piper had her sisters and Leonora. But still her like wasn't complete. At
night in the pit of her stomach a depressing empty feeling went threw her. As if
she wasn't satisfied with her life. She was hoping that maybe this restaurant
would fill the gap in her heart. After all food had always been her passion.
"Wow its even nicer inside." Phoebe stated as they stared around the place.
Piper hadn't let either of her sisters in the building tell she was completely
set up. She had wanted it to look wonderful for them.
"I'll get you guys a
drink." Piper said ushering them over to a booth. Phoebe sat down with little
Leonora wiggling around in her arms.
"I can't believe it's been two years."
Prue sighed looking lovingly at Leonora.
"I know." Piper joined in setting
three glasses down and poring.
"It's been a tough couple of years." Prue
stated thinking of the past days. Things had changed considerable after the
birth of Leonora. The sisters barely got to talk anymore with their busy lives.
Prue had moved out of the manor a while back with her boyfriend. Pheebs still
lived there with Piper.
"But we got threw it!" Phoebe replied.
"Mommy."
Leonora reached her hands out so Piper would talk her. Piper picked her up and
rocked her back and fourth.
"So Phoebe how's medical school going?" Prue
questioned.
"Ok it's hard but this is something I am really going to love.
Just a few more years and I'll be a doctor!" Phoebe laughed.
"I'm proud of
you Pheebs you know. My little sister a doctor." Prue replied.
"Thanks
Prue…. Ok enough of this boring crap….. how's Jack?" Phoebe counter acted ready
for all the juicy details. Prue and Jack had meat up, again a while back at a
photo shoot. Somehow Prue decided to give things another chance. Things seemed
to be getting pretty serious with him.
"Just fine Pheebs just fine." Prue
laughed.
"Do you think he's the one?" Piper questioned. She was happy for
Prue she deserved this more than anybody. She hadn't exactly had the easiest
love life.
"I think so….." Prue sighed dreamily. She loved him so much she
was sorry that she broke it off before. But that was the past and they always
say if you truly love something than you've got to let it go…. And if it comes
back to you than it truly does belong to you. Now all that was left was for him
to proposed.
"What about you guys? Any special males in your life's?" Prue
questioned taking a sip of her drink.
"Well this guy Rich he's really cute
and nice. But he just got over a relationship soooo….. I dunno….. I don't even
know if he's interested." Phoebe replied. Piper didn't answer. She had given up
on love it wasn't worth the trouble.
"Piper?"
"No there just aren't any
guys out there……." Piper replied.
"Your just to picky." Phoebe stated.
"Look who's talking." Prue laughed.
"So tomorrows the big opening day?"
Phoebe said changing the subject. It had been such a nice day of spending time
with her sisters. She didn't want to get into a fight.
"Yeah I can't wait."
Piper replied smiling.
"Mommy tired." Leonora stated yawning. Piper smiled
gently standing up.
"Than we shall be off." She stated.
"Yea I'm hungry
we need to have dinner anyways." Phoebe replied jumping up and heading for the
door.
"You coming over Prue." Piper questioned.
"Of course." Prue
replied as they walk outside.
Here and now
Is the way I
live
Unafraid of
What life gives
And there have been times in my
life
I couldn't see a difference
In pain or in joy
Or in sun or in
rain
They just seem the same
But I'm only human
Branded by my
ambitions
But I'm going to make it
Here and now
Is the way I
live
With an open heart and mind
So many intentions
In this life I
could have followed
But one of those
Paths must lead to your heart
Here
and Now
Is the way I live
Unafraid of
What life gives
Respect things
I don't understand
So many intentions
In this life I could have
followed
But one of those
Paths must lead to your heart
Here and
Now
(Here and Now)
Here and Now
"So?" Leo asked standing up. Leo
was incredible nervous even his palms where sweating. Leticia nodded her head.
It took a few minutes for his brain to process the information. "OH MY GOD……. We
we we are going to have a baby?" Leo questioned still shocked.
"Yes."
Leticia replied a smiling slinking onto her face.
"Wow." Leo said falling
back onto the chair.
"Leo are you you happy about this?" Leticia questioned.
She was sooo happy about this but she wanted him to be to. She hadn't wanted to
tell him but he could tell something was wrong with her. Leo stood back up and
took her hands.
"Of course….. I want this more than anything. I've always
wanted a family." Leo replied sweeping his hands threw her hair. Leticia smiled
pulling Leo into a passionate kiss.
"I'm so happy you said that." She stated
as they pulled away…. "Cuz I really want this baby."
"Me to. We better get
home we have to tell Maria." Leo stated. Leticia nodded and they starting for
home.