Piper walked into the manor Sera still in her arms, but as they were walking into the living room Sera scrunched up her face, when Piper looked to see why Sera did that, Piper let out a laugh, for in front of them were Phoebe and Cole making out yet again on the couch
"Guys!" Piper said trying to get their attention, but then Sera started to cough constantly and she wasn't stopping which got Piper worried.
"Sera, sweetie are you okay?" she asked rubbing Sera's back as Sera slowly stopped
Sera looked at her and nodded slightly.
"How about we get some water for you?" Phoebe asked her sweetly, "Hi I'm Phoebe."
Sera looked at her and gave her a small smile.
As Piper carried Sera to the kitchen with Phoebe and Cole behind. Piper put Sera on the counter about to let go but Sera refuse to let her go, which surprise everyone, so Phoebe went to get some water for Sera.
"Here you go, Sera." Phoebe said handing it to her, Sera took it from her and gulped it down.
"Some one was thirsty!" Piper said smiling, but when she saw Sera was looking at something kinda scared, she followed the little girls gaze as did Phoebe and they both realized she was looking at Cole
"That's Cole, don't worry he's not going to hurt you." Phoebe said soothing
Sera looked at him then back to Piper, Piper nodded her head reassuring her like with Leo.
"Well don't just stand there come and say some thing!" Phoebe told him.
Cole looked at her not really sure if her should
"Pheebs, I'm not good with children." He whispered to her
"course you are!" she said matter-of-factly, turning to face him.
Piper looked at her sister and then back to Sera who was sitting quietly staring at her,
"Hey kiddo how about you and me go look for Leo?" she asked
Sera looked at her and smiled, Piper smiled back at her taking her in her arms and handing the plate of cookies to Sera to hold. As the two of them walked out the kitchen they heard the front door slam in loudly followed by something that was thrown on the ground causing a loud thud. Sera suddenly got terrified thinking the worst and held on to Piper tightly.
"Dammit!!" they heard Prue yell walking into the living room plopping on the couch, "That-that-that man! I swear he's so da…." Prue started but Piper walked in with Sera in her arms. "Da….darling, whose this little darling?"
Piper chuckled at her sister's save of saying the word in front of Sera, Sera looked at Prue a little scared she might do her something. Prue walked up to her and smiled sweetly.
"Don't worry about her she won't hurt a fly! Just a little crazy." Piper told Sera who started to laugh at Prue who made a face at Piper then said to Sera, "Don't take her on I she /I is the one that's a little crazy."
But both of them was surprised to see Sera shake her head, "Nuh uh, she nice lady."
"Thank you sweetie." Piper told her smiling, then faced Prue, "See some one's smart here."
Suddenly Sera started another coughing fit again, which got both of them worried,
"let's go and get you some water, Sera." Prue told her
"honey, are you sick?" Piper asked her
Sera looked at her and shrugged her shoulders.
"Well how about we go get you some water and look for some cough syrup for you okay?" Piper told her
Sera looked at her and smiled hugging her, but started to cough again, as Piper started to rub her back gently. As they walked into the kitchen Piper realized her sister and Cole had weren't in the kitchen, when Piper put Sera on the counter, like last time, Sera still refuse to let her go, so Prue got Sera some water for her as Sera drank most of it still hugging Piper.
"Sera sweetie, why don't you let me go so I can go and get the medicine for you?" Piper asked nicely.
"uh- uhh." She said shaking her head left to right
Prue chuckled, "Don't worry Pipe I'll look for it."
She said going into the fridge.
"Nope nothing, do you think it might be in the medicine cabinet?"
"nah hardly likely of us putting it there seeing it suppose to be in the fridge."
"True, besides wouldn't it be too strong for her?"
"Oh god I totally forgot about that! I'll ask Leo to go get it for me."
"Ask me to do what for you?" Leo asked as he walked into the kitchen and saw Piper holding Sera.
"Hiya! Sera!" he told her, and stretched his hands out to her and Sera looked at him and went in his arms but still kept on looking at Piper.
"Children's cough syrup for Sera."
"okay sure no problem." He said handing Sera back to Piper after she handed him some money.
"Actually Leo I'll come with you I have to pick up some stuff." Prue said to him
"Okay sure."
"We'll let me go and get my bag and we can go."
"Yea, bye kiddo, bye sweetie." Leo said to them, giving a kiss to Piper on her cheek as Sera looked at both of them, Leo gave Sera a kiss on her forehead also, which also surprised her, she gave him a small smile as he left.
'A kiss!' now that was something Sera never ever got or felt, she always saw grown-ups kiss their children her age on their head or cheek or something, but she never felt one, but today she did, to someone she didn't even know. A lot of different thoughts went through this little five yr old's head. 'how could people who now met her be so nice to her? But yet her foster father who knew her for over a year, never once even talked to her nicely or even talk to her all he ever did was yell at her or hit her.'
Suddenly they heard the sound of an old rackety truck pull up on the drive way. Sera knew exactly who that was. Piper looked at Sera worried.
"That's my foster father." Sera said quietly
"Okay well let's go and carry you over so we wouldn't worry." Piper told her, but Piper only was thinking angrily, 'like he would care!' at the back of her mind she didn't want to carry Sera over but she knew it would just cause more trouble for the five yr old.
Sera looked at her and nodded slightly, not wanting to go as much as piper didn't want to take her, but Piper knew she had to, Sera on the other hand wasn't too sure.
As the two of them made their way to Sera's house through the back door of the kitchen, Sera came down from Piper's arms, and gave Piper a frightening look, but some how Piper understood and nodded. As they got closer Sera had let go of Piper's hand and turned to face her, Piper stooped down to the little girl's level.
"You want me to go with you?"
"No." the little girl shook her head bravely
Piper gave nodded and gave her a hug and whispered to her.
"Don't worry I'll come back for you I promise."
Sera nodded her head and bravely walked off to her house.
Sera slowly walked up the stairs knowing all to well what would happen to her but then Piper's words repeated in her mind every time she took a step, 'I'll come back for you.' Sera smiled in ward knowing Piper would keep her promise, maybe now and finally Sera's prayers would be answered, after a year of praying for some one to come a take her away from Jonathan, maybe these people were the ones to take her away from the pain, she hoped and prayed it was true, as she reached the door and turned the knob slowly, in side she could her Jonathan yelling continuously for her, she shivered at the thought but then remembered Piper's promise. As she walked into the house closing the door behind her waiting for what would come next.
"Guys!" Piper said trying to get their attention, but then Sera started to cough constantly and she wasn't stopping which got Piper worried.
"Sera, sweetie are you okay?" she asked rubbing Sera's back as Sera slowly stopped
Sera looked at her and nodded slightly.
"How about we get some water for you?" Phoebe asked her sweetly, "Hi I'm Phoebe."
Sera looked at her and gave her a small smile.
As Piper carried Sera to the kitchen with Phoebe and Cole behind. Piper put Sera on the counter about to let go but Sera refuse to let her go, which surprise everyone, so Phoebe went to get some water for Sera.
"Here you go, Sera." Phoebe said handing it to her, Sera took it from her and gulped it down.
"Some one was thirsty!" Piper said smiling, but when she saw Sera was looking at something kinda scared, she followed the little girls gaze as did Phoebe and they both realized she was looking at Cole
"That's Cole, don't worry he's not going to hurt you." Phoebe said soothing
Sera looked at him then back to Piper, Piper nodded her head reassuring her like with Leo.
"Well don't just stand there come and say some thing!" Phoebe told him.
Cole looked at her not really sure if her should
"Pheebs, I'm not good with children." He whispered to her
"course you are!" she said matter-of-factly, turning to face him.
Piper looked at her sister and then back to Sera who was sitting quietly staring at her,
"Hey kiddo how about you and me go look for Leo?" she asked
Sera looked at her and smiled, Piper smiled back at her taking her in her arms and handing the plate of cookies to Sera to hold. As the two of them walked out the kitchen they heard the front door slam in loudly followed by something that was thrown on the ground causing a loud thud. Sera suddenly got terrified thinking the worst and held on to Piper tightly.
"Dammit!!" they heard Prue yell walking into the living room plopping on the couch, "That-that-that man! I swear he's so da…." Prue started but Piper walked in with Sera in her arms. "Da….darling, whose this little darling?"
Piper chuckled at her sister's save of saying the word in front of Sera, Sera looked at Prue a little scared she might do her something. Prue walked up to her and smiled sweetly.
"Don't worry about her she won't hurt a fly! Just a little crazy." Piper told Sera who started to laugh at Prue who made a face at Piper then said to Sera, "Don't take her on I she /I is the one that's a little crazy."
But both of them was surprised to see Sera shake her head, "Nuh uh, she nice lady."
"Thank you sweetie." Piper told her smiling, then faced Prue, "See some one's smart here."
Suddenly Sera started another coughing fit again, which got both of them worried,
"let's go and get you some water, Sera." Prue told her
"honey, are you sick?" Piper asked her
Sera looked at her and shrugged her shoulders.
"Well how about we go get you some water and look for some cough syrup for you okay?" Piper told her
Sera looked at her and smiled hugging her, but started to cough again, as Piper started to rub her back gently. As they walked into the kitchen Piper realized her sister and Cole had weren't in the kitchen, when Piper put Sera on the counter, like last time, Sera still refuse to let her go, so Prue got Sera some water for her as Sera drank most of it still hugging Piper.
"Sera sweetie, why don't you let me go so I can go and get the medicine for you?" Piper asked nicely.
"uh- uhh." She said shaking her head left to right
Prue chuckled, "Don't worry Pipe I'll look for it."
She said going into the fridge.
"Nope nothing, do you think it might be in the medicine cabinet?"
"nah hardly likely of us putting it there seeing it suppose to be in the fridge."
"True, besides wouldn't it be too strong for her?"
"Oh god I totally forgot about that! I'll ask Leo to go get it for me."
"Ask me to do what for you?" Leo asked as he walked into the kitchen and saw Piper holding Sera.
"Hiya! Sera!" he told her, and stretched his hands out to her and Sera looked at him and went in his arms but still kept on looking at Piper.
"Children's cough syrup for Sera."
"okay sure no problem." He said handing Sera back to Piper after she handed him some money.
"Actually Leo I'll come with you I have to pick up some stuff." Prue said to him
"Okay sure."
"We'll let me go and get my bag and we can go."
"Yea, bye kiddo, bye sweetie." Leo said to them, giving a kiss to Piper on her cheek as Sera looked at both of them, Leo gave Sera a kiss on her forehead also, which also surprised her, she gave him a small smile as he left.
'A kiss!' now that was something Sera never ever got or felt, she always saw grown-ups kiss their children her age on their head or cheek or something, but she never felt one, but today she did, to someone she didn't even know. A lot of different thoughts went through this little five yr old's head. 'how could people who now met her be so nice to her? But yet her foster father who knew her for over a year, never once even talked to her nicely or even talk to her all he ever did was yell at her or hit her.'
Suddenly they heard the sound of an old rackety truck pull up on the drive way. Sera knew exactly who that was. Piper looked at Sera worried.
"That's my foster father." Sera said quietly
"Okay well let's go and carry you over so we wouldn't worry." Piper told her, but Piper only was thinking angrily, 'like he would care!' at the back of her mind she didn't want to carry Sera over but she knew it would just cause more trouble for the five yr old.
Sera looked at her and nodded slightly, not wanting to go as much as piper didn't want to take her, but Piper knew she had to, Sera on the other hand wasn't too sure.
As the two of them made their way to Sera's house through the back door of the kitchen, Sera came down from Piper's arms, and gave Piper a frightening look, but some how Piper understood and nodded. As they got closer Sera had let go of Piper's hand and turned to face her, Piper stooped down to the little girl's level.
"You want me to go with you?"
"No." the little girl shook her head bravely
Piper gave nodded and gave her a hug and whispered to her.
"Don't worry I'll come back for you I promise."
Sera nodded her head and bravely walked off to her house.
Sera slowly walked up the stairs knowing all to well what would happen to her but then Piper's words repeated in her mind every time she took a step, 'I'll come back for you.' Sera smiled in ward knowing Piper would keep her promise, maybe now and finally Sera's prayers would be answered, after a year of praying for some one to come a take her away from Jonathan, maybe these people were the ones to take her away from the pain, she hoped and prayed it was true, as she reached the door and turned the knob slowly, in side she could her Jonathan yelling continuously for her, she shivered at the thought but then remembered Piper's promise. As she walked into the house closing the door behind her waiting for what would come next.