"Grams? Where's Mama?" asked a 5 year old Piper who was tugging on her
grandmothers skirt.
Grams didn't look up. She was to busy talking to some people Piper didn't know. She was in the manor but it didn't feel like it. Everyone looked so sad. Even Grams who has always been cheerful.
Piper sighed and walked away. She was wondering why people were giving her flowers and food all the time. She was also wondering why mommy wasn't here. She hasn't seen her for almost three whole days and was starting to miss her very much. Piper then spotted her older sister Prue. Daddy was carrying her. Her head buried into his shoulder.
"Prue doesn't cry" Piper thought. "She never did. Something is wrong"
Piper slowly walked over to her sister as Victor put her down. Prue's eyes were blood shot and she had tear-stained face. This scared Piper. Tears starting forming in her eyes.
"Prue where's mommy?" she asked. "Why isn't she here?"
Victor saw the sadness look on his daughters face and scooped her up.
"Honey we've been over this before" Victor said tears forming in his eyes. "Mommy's gone."
Piper's eyes widened. "Gone?! For how long?"
"Forever"
Piper suddenly went into a deep shock. No mommy can't be gone. She was always there for her. She wanted her mom to come there now and tell her it was all right. Who was going to take care of her?
"No! She promised me!" Piper screamed as she wriggled out of her father's grasp.
"Piper" Prue called to her as she tried to grab her little sister.
Piper whipped away from her to and ran along the hallway. Not caring who saw her. Tears streamed down her face.
"Grams" she screamed as she ran around the house in frantic search of her grandmother. She finally found her resting in one of the chairs in the parlor.
When Grams saw Piper she quickly took her into her arms. Rubbing her back softly as Piper buried her head in her shoulders. Sobbing loudly. Her shoulders heaving up and down.
"Its okay my girl, its okay" Grams said in a soothing voice.
"Mommy promised. Bring her back to me Grams okay? Okay?!" Piper yelled as she looked at Grams right in the face.
Grams shook her head sadly. "I can't my darling"
"Put me down!" Piper screamed kicking and slapping her grandma until she was forced to put her down. Piper ran from the room and up the stairs. She came into her mom's room thinking that she would find her there. Piper's eyes looked all around. She found nothing. Piper leaned against the wall and slowly slid to the ground. She tucked her knees up to her chest. She started crying loudly.
"Mommy mommy" she whispered. "Mommy please come back"
~*~
"Its my turn" 5 year old Patyn yelled to her older sister. "You already talked to her"
"Just wait," snapped 7-year-old Melinda.
Patyn folded her arms across her chest and stuck out her lower lip. Melinda always got her way. It was her turn to talk to mommy. Leo came into the room then caring 2-year-old Prue in his arms.
"Okay Melly" Leo said hearing the argument. "Its Patyn's turn now.
"Love you mommy" Melinda said quickly before handing the phone to her sister.
"Hi Mama!" Patyn said excitedly.
"Hey" Piper said as she drove along the curvy road. "How has my girl been?"
"Good cept when are you coming home?"
Piper smiled. "Pretty soon honey. Let me talk to daddy okay?"
"K mommy love you lots and lots," Patyn said before handing the phone to Leo.
"Hey" Leo said.
"Hey honey. I should be home in about an hour. I'm just approaching the bridge." Piper said as she cradle her cell phone against her shoulder.
"Okay see you then. I love you"
"Love you to"
Later on that night Leo was just tucking the girls into bed. Piper was half an hour late but that didn't worry him. She probably got caught in traffic.
"Dad?" asked Patyn as she sat up in bed.
Leo turned around. "Yeah?"
"Mommy's gonna be home pretty soon right?" she asked a worried tone in her voice.
Leo smiled. "Yeah. She will be home pretty soon. Go to sleep now."
Patyn snuggled under the covers and closed her eyes. In a very minutes she was fast asleep.
~*~ Patyn was awoke a little while later with the front door opening. She smiled. Mommy was home. She climbed out of bed and hurried down the stairs.
"Mommy" she screamed expecting her mom to scoop her up in her arms. Instead she found two police officers standing there. Leo just coming in to the room.
"Yes?" Leo curiously picking Patyn up.
"Mr. Wyatt I'm afraid we have some bad news." Said one of the officers.
"What what is it?" Leo stammered getting very worried.
"I'm afraid that your wife as been in an accident"
"Daddy? Is mommy hurt?" asked Patyn her lip trembling.
The police officer continued. "A semi collided with her. I'm sorry she didn't make it"
"I'm sorry?" asked Leo putting Patyn down.
"Sir your wife is dead"
Patyn shook her head. No her mommy can't be dead. She was just on a little trip.
"No your lying" Patyn said running over to the police officers and kicking one of them in the shines. "Mommy IS coming back!"
Leo quickly took his daughter and folded her in his arms. The officers got the hint as they left the manor. Melinda came running down the steps then. Hearing everything flung herself at her dad and buried her face into his waist. Crying.
~*~
The day of the funeral Patyn awoke from her dad's bed. Her sisters and herself had been sleeping there the very night they found out. She climbed over her dad and walked out of the room. She walked down the stairs just as there was a knock on the door. Patyn walked over and opened it. There she found her aunt Phoebe and Paige.
"Auntie" Patyn said as she held her arms up to Phoebe who scooped her up in her arms.
"Its okay baby. What are you doing up so early?" Phoebe said as the three of them climbed the steps and stepped into Leo's room.
"Couldn't sleep" Patyn explained as Phoebe sat her down on the ground.
Paige went over to the side of the bed and shook Leo gently. He stirred and rolled over. This sent Prue, who was in his arms, to roll over and wake up. She let out a loud wail. She was mad that she gotten woke up so suddenly. Phoebe gathered Prue up in her arms. Leo woke up then and started waking up Melinda. When they were finally all awake none of them could accept that fact that today they had to bury their beloved Piper.
Grams didn't look up. She was to busy talking to some people Piper didn't know. She was in the manor but it didn't feel like it. Everyone looked so sad. Even Grams who has always been cheerful.
Piper sighed and walked away. She was wondering why people were giving her flowers and food all the time. She was also wondering why mommy wasn't here. She hasn't seen her for almost three whole days and was starting to miss her very much. Piper then spotted her older sister Prue. Daddy was carrying her. Her head buried into his shoulder.
"Prue doesn't cry" Piper thought. "She never did. Something is wrong"
Piper slowly walked over to her sister as Victor put her down. Prue's eyes were blood shot and she had tear-stained face. This scared Piper. Tears starting forming in her eyes.
"Prue where's mommy?" she asked. "Why isn't she here?"
Victor saw the sadness look on his daughters face and scooped her up.
"Honey we've been over this before" Victor said tears forming in his eyes. "Mommy's gone."
Piper's eyes widened. "Gone?! For how long?"
"Forever"
Piper suddenly went into a deep shock. No mommy can't be gone. She was always there for her. She wanted her mom to come there now and tell her it was all right. Who was going to take care of her?
"No! She promised me!" Piper screamed as she wriggled out of her father's grasp.
"Piper" Prue called to her as she tried to grab her little sister.
Piper whipped away from her to and ran along the hallway. Not caring who saw her. Tears streamed down her face.
"Grams" she screamed as she ran around the house in frantic search of her grandmother. She finally found her resting in one of the chairs in the parlor.
When Grams saw Piper she quickly took her into her arms. Rubbing her back softly as Piper buried her head in her shoulders. Sobbing loudly. Her shoulders heaving up and down.
"Its okay my girl, its okay" Grams said in a soothing voice.
"Mommy promised. Bring her back to me Grams okay? Okay?!" Piper yelled as she looked at Grams right in the face.
Grams shook her head sadly. "I can't my darling"
"Put me down!" Piper screamed kicking and slapping her grandma until she was forced to put her down. Piper ran from the room and up the stairs. She came into her mom's room thinking that she would find her there. Piper's eyes looked all around. She found nothing. Piper leaned against the wall and slowly slid to the ground. She tucked her knees up to her chest. She started crying loudly.
"Mommy mommy" she whispered. "Mommy please come back"
~*~
"Its my turn" 5 year old Patyn yelled to her older sister. "You already talked to her"
"Just wait," snapped 7-year-old Melinda.
Patyn folded her arms across her chest and stuck out her lower lip. Melinda always got her way. It was her turn to talk to mommy. Leo came into the room then caring 2-year-old Prue in his arms.
"Okay Melly" Leo said hearing the argument. "Its Patyn's turn now.
"Love you mommy" Melinda said quickly before handing the phone to her sister.
"Hi Mama!" Patyn said excitedly.
"Hey" Piper said as she drove along the curvy road. "How has my girl been?"
"Good cept when are you coming home?"
Piper smiled. "Pretty soon honey. Let me talk to daddy okay?"
"K mommy love you lots and lots," Patyn said before handing the phone to Leo.
"Hey" Leo said.
"Hey honey. I should be home in about an hour. I'm just approaching the bridge." Piper said as she cradle her cell phone against her shoulder.
"Okay see you then. I love you"
"Love you to"
Later on that night Leo was just tucking the girls into bed. Piper was half an hour late but that didn't worry him. She probably got caught in traffic.
"Dad?" asked Patyn as she sat up in bed.
Leo turned around. "Yeah?"
"Mommy's gonna be home pretty soon right?" she asked a worried tone in her voice.
Leo smiled. "Yeah. She will be home pretty soon. Go to sleep now."
Patyn snuggled under the covers and closed her eyes. In a very minutes she was fast asleep.
~*~ Patyn was awoke a little while later with the front door opening. She smiled. Mommy was home. She climbed out of bed and hurried down the stairs.
"Mommy" she screamed expecting her mom to scoop her up in her arms. Instead she found two police officers standing there. Leo just coming in to the room.
"Yes?" Leo curiously picking Patyn up.
"Mr. Wyatt I'm afraid we have some bad news." Said one of the officers.
"What what is it?" Leo stammered getting very worried.
"I'm afraid that your wife as been in an accident"
"Daddy? Is mommy hurt?" asked Patyn her lip trembling.
The police officer continued. "A semi collided with her. I'm sorry she didn't make it"
"I'm sorry?" asked Leo putting Patyn down.
"Sir your wife is dead"
Patyn shook her head. No her mommy can't be dead. She was just on a little trip.
"No your lying" Patyn said running over to the police officers and kicking one of them in the shines. "Mommy IS coming back!"
Leo quickly took his daughter and folded her in his arms. The officers got the hint as they left the manor. Melinda came running down the steps then. Hearing everything flung herself at her dad and buried her face into his waist. Crying.
~*~
The day of the funeral Patyn awoke from her dad's bed. Her sisters and herself had been sleeping there the very night they found out. She climbed over her dad and walked out of the room. She walked down the stairs just as there was a knock on the door. Patyn walked over and opened it. There she found her aunt Phoebe and Paige.
"Auntie" Patyn said as she held her arms up to Phoebe who scooped her up in her arms.
"Its okay baby. What are you doing up so early?" Phoebe said as the three of them climbed the steps and stepped into Leo's room.
"Couldn't sleep" Patyn explained as Phoebe sat her down on the ground.
Paige went over to the side of the bed and shook Leo gently. He stirred and rolled over. This sent Prue, who was in his arms, to roll over and wake up. She let out a loud wail. She was mad that she gotten woke up so suddenly. Phoebe gathered Prue up in her arms. Leo woke up then and started waking up Melinda. When they were finally all awake none of them could accept that fact that today they had to bury their beloved Piper.
