A/N: Thanks for the reviews, guys! ( I am still writing No One Can Hear
You Scream.I swear.
An Excuse 2/?
"Leo!"
"Yes Father?" Leo Wyatt, a boy of 16 was the son of John Wyatt who was the meanest man in all of Salem, although he was probably most respected. If it weren't for him, they say, the town wouldn't still be standing.
"Get the horses. There's to be a hanging today."
"Yes father."
"Oh, and Leo?"
"Yes father?"
"Act nice today. You need to follow in my footsteps when I get too old to do it anymore."
"Yes father."
"Stop yes fathering me! Get the horses!"
Leo nodded and walked out towards the stable. He hated going to hangings and he avoided it as much as possible, but he had no excuse this time. Most of the women his father accused were innocent and even his father could tell. Leo wasn't at all close to his father and his mother had died of scurvy a year ago. He had no brothers or sisters and was always looking for someone to talk to. He had now brought the horses around to the front and he and his dad mounted them and trotted off to the hanging.
- - -
Dan came walking, nearly trotting up the lane to the Halliwell's house where Prue and Piper were outside feeding chickens and churning butter, respectively.
"There's to be a hanging today!"
Piper leaned on a nearby tree. "So we've heard. Who's a witch this time?"
"Old Miss Lucy."
"Miss Lucy? What did she do?" By this time Prue joined them at the tree.
"Nothing."
"This is nonsense!" Piper declared. "They're going to hang all the women and only have men left!"
Dan laughed. "Well that's all the news today, good bye!"
"Good bye." Piper and Prue said in unison.
"I'm going to town," Piper said as she turned around to face Prue.
"Why?"
"Well I want to see this hanging for myself and mama has more eggs to sell." In truth Piper wanted to find out more about the accusation on her. She wanted to find Leo..then it clicked.
"Oh goodness!"
"What?"
"I met a boy yesterday named Leo Wyatt."
"What's bad about that?"
"Wyatt, Prue, Wyatt!"
"Oh! Son of John Wyatt?"
"Yes!"
"Just stay away from him, then."
"I was going to ask him about my accusation."
"Piper, don't ask around. They'll think your nervous because you are a witch."
"Thanks, Prue." And she went to town with the notion that Leo might not be the boy she thought he was.
She traveled through town not wanting to be seen, sold her eggs, and quietly stood in the back of the crowd to watch the hanging. There stood John Wyatt ready to read the usual reading, an explanation of the sentence. Piper glanced around the crowd looking for Leo but couldn't see him.
"Didn't expect to see you here." Piper turned around quickly.
"Oh! Leo! Hello."
"So you come to the hangings?"
"No, I was just in town and I came by to see who they had accused this time."
"I don't think it's right and I wish it weren't my father doing it."
Leo wanted to make sure she knew he had nothing to do with it.
"I think it's wrong too."
"Did you here they accused Phoebe?"
"Phoebe! Wow, her father is a great friend of your father!" Piper was shocked that even John Wyatt would accuse someone who is such a great friend.
"I know. My father said that Phoebe's parents were the ones who accused her and my father just followed."
"That's terrible!"
"I know."
After a couple moments of silence Leo started talking again, what he really wanted to tell her.
"Look, I don't know how to say this but they think you're a witch."
Piper looked down and finally said, "I know. I thought I could just come and act like I always did so they wouldn't suspect me."
"Yes, you should do that. Tonight I'm going to try to convince my dad that you aren't a witch."
"Thank you. Hopefully I have the pleasure of meeting you again."
"I hope so too."
TBC.uh, how lame was that ending? Sorry again for the shortness. The next chapter should be up shortly, hopefully. (
An Excuse 2/?
"Leo!"
"Yes Father?" Leo Wyatt, a boy of 16 was the son of John Wyatt who was the meanest man in all of Salem, although he was probably most respected. If it weren't for him, they say, the town wouldn't still be standing.
"Get the horses. There's to be a hanging today."
"Yes father."
"Oh, and Leo?"
"Yes father?"
"Act nice today. You need to follow in my footsteps when I get too old to do it anymore."
"Yes father."
"Stop yes fathering me! Get the horses!"
Leo nodded and walked out towards the stable. He hated going to hangings and he avoided it as much as possible, but he had no excuse this time. Most of the women his father accused were innocent and even his father could tell. Leo wasn't at all close to his father and his mother had died of scurvy a year ago. He had no brothers or sisters and was always looking for someone to talk to. He had now brought the horses around to the front and he and his dad mounted them and trotted off to the hanging.
- - -
Dan came walking, nearly trotting up the lane to the Halliwell's house where Prue and Piper were outside feeding chickens and churning butter, respectively.
"There's to be a hanging today!"
Piper leaned on a nearby tree. "So we've heard. Who's a witch this time?"
"Old Miss Lucy."
"Miss Lucy? What did she do?" By this time Prue joined them at the tree.
"Nothing."
"This is nonsense!" Piper declared. "They're going to hang all the women and only have men left!"
Dan laughed. "Well that's all the news today, good bye!"
"Good bye." Piper and Prue said in unison.
"I'm going to town," Piper said as she turned around to face Prue.
"Why?"
"Well I want to see this hanging for myself and mama has more eggs to sell." In truth Piper wanted to find out more about the accusation on her. She wanted to find Leo..then it clicked.
"Oh goodness!"
"What?"
"I met a boy yesterday named Leo Wyatt."
"What's bad about that?"
"Wyatt, Prue, Wyatt!"
"Oh! Son of John Wyatt?"
"Yes!"
"Just stay away from him, then."
"I was going to ask him about my accusation."
"Piper, don't ask around. They'll think your nervous because you are a witch."
"Thanks, Prue." And she went to town with the notion that Leo might not be the boy she thought he was.
She traveled through town not wanting to be seen, sold her eggs, and quietly stood in the back of the crowd to watch the hanging. There stood John Wyatt ready to read the usual reading, an explanation of the sentence. Piper glanced around the crowd looking for Leo but couldn't see him.
"Didn't expect to see you here." Piper turned around quickly.
"Oh! Leo! Hello."
"So you come to the hangings?"
"No, I was just in town and I came by to see who they had accused this time."
"I don't think it's right and I wish it weren't my father doing it."
Leo wanted to make sure she knew he had nothing to do with it.
"I think it's wrong too."
"Did you here they accused Phoebe?"
"Phoebe! Wow, her father is a great friend of your father!" Piper was shocked that even John Wyatt would accuse someone who is such a great friend.
"I know. My father said that Phoebe's parents were the ones who accused her and my father just followed."
"That's terrible!"
"I know."
After a couple moments of silence Leo started talking again, what he really wanted to tell her.
"Look, I don't know how to say this but they think you're a witch."
Piper looked down and finally said, "I know. I thought I could just come and act like I always did so they wouldn't suspect me."
"Yes, you should do that. Tonight I'm going to try to convince my dad that you aren't a witch."
"Thank you. Hopefully I have the pleasure of meeting you again."
"I hope so too."
TBC.uh, how lame was that ending? Sorry again for the shortness. The next chapter should be up shortly, hopefully. (