Part 2 West Virginia
When the four of them got home victor dismissed both Phoebe and Paige and told George the butler to bring his evening brandy into the study. He waited at the door of the study for Piper to pass him. More nervous then she thought she would be, Piper walked over to the fireplace and sat down on the elegant little chair before it. She took her gloves of making sure the note stayed where it was. Looking up at her father, she could see he had a furious glare on his face. She thought maybe she should start the conversation. But one more look at her fathers face told that might not be the best course to take. Victor took his seat across from her behind the desk. Again he glared at her.
"do you have any idea what you have done tonight? He asked her. But his face telling her he didn't really want an answer. "For weeks we have been going to these balls to built your reputation, to show them you are worthy of even the best of gentleman in this part of the country. And in one evening you have manage to ruin what ever we had built." Piper had lowered her head. She didn't like to be scolded like a little girl and she hated it even more when the one doing the scolding was her father. She so hated to disappoint him. "What have you got to say for your self?" Victor said getting up from his chair and walked to stand in front of her. "How could you spend the evening dancing with that..that?" It seemed her father couldn't get out of his words his face slowly turning red his voice getting louder with each spoken word.
Softly Piper murmured that is was not her fault. Victor had apparently not heard her as he kept going on about how Leo was the worst thing that could have happened to her. He didn't elaborate on this which made Piper wonder what is was that Leo had done that made her father hate him so much. She had to ask her Cousin if she got out of this alive she told her self. "Well" she heard Victor say. She had been so much in thought she had not heard her father. "I am sorry father" she spoke softly.
"I would think so." He said. "No about dancing with him father!" Piper said then wanting to kick her self for not letting it rest. Her father turned back towards and lowered his face to where it was only a few inches for hers. "Care to explain that young lady" he shouted. I am sorry I was lost in thought just a minute ago, but I am not sorry for dancing with Mister Wyatt, I have a prefect reason for why I was dancing with him for the last few dances" She said giving her father a defiant look. Victor looked like he was about to explode. Then in the next second it looked like the life just drained out of him and he sat back down in the chair. His face was almost white to his earlier red. Piper jumped of her chair and to his side. "Daddy what is wrong?" she asked in alarm. Victor gave her a look. "I just don't know where I went wrong, you have always been such a good girl, what happened? It has to be my fault! It just has to be." He said softly looking past her now out of the window.
Piper stood up. And looked down at her father. She should have known. He did it all the time. "Enough father! She told him her hands on her hips now. "It will not work this time." Victor looked at his daughter and sat up. "I can't believe you would go this far," Piper went on now pacing the room. "I told you I haven't done anything wrong!" As she tossed her little bag on the table in front of him.
Victor gave her look not understanding why she was throwing stuff at him. "Just look in the bag and look at the dance card," Piper yelled now just as angry as her father had been not ten minutes before. For a second it looked like victor was going to refuse to look. And Piper sight a breath of relieve. But she had sight too soon for Victor picked up and opened the little bag and then opened the dance card so he could see if what she was telling him was the truth. He then looked up at Piper and then down again. "I am sorry Piper..i." he started. Piper took her bag and stepped away from the desk turned to leave the room. She looked over her shoulder to see Victor looking at her.
"You should have trusted me when I told you it was not my fault, but you chose to belief that I was a liar daddy, I have never lied to you. And it hurts to think that you don't trust your own daughter!" and with that she left the room.
Feeling a little guilty for leaving him like that. Knowing full well that she had a note stuck in her gloves and that hiding the note was as much as lying as one could get, but then her father didn't trust her to begin with, if he would catch her she had only proven him right. She walked through the hallway up the large stairs and in to the room she shared with her two sisters. Who faithfully where waiting for her. They told the maid that they could help each other undress and that they didn't need her again till tomorrow morning. The maid bid them goodnight and so sooner had she closed and Paige and Phoebe pounced on her. "What happened?" this came from Paige. "Did he do his hart attack bit?" this from Phoebe. " He yelled," Piper said to the first. "And yes he did." She told Phoebe.
She walked over to the other side of the room and sat down on the little chair across from the mirror she took her glove and shook the note out on her lap. ""What you got there?" Phoebe wanted to know. "Nothing" said Piper softly. But before she could get a change to read the note it got ripped from her hands. Paige dashed around the bed and tossed the note to Phoebe. "Phoebe, this is not funny, give it back" Piper yelled at her. "Jees must be important," she said with a little smile. "Who is it from?" holding the note just out of pipers reach. "Phoebe just give it back, please". It must have been the way she looked or had almost pleaded for the note because Phoebe handed it over. "Sorry Piper I didn't know it was that important."
Piper took the note and sat down on the bed. Slowly she opened the note. Wondering all the while what Leo might have written her. The note read:
Dear Miss Halliwell I enjoyed your company tonight immensely Please do me the honor of meeting me. At the pond about a half-hours ride from the house. If you will not meet me, I will not bother you again. My heart would be broken. But I think I should live. Again I plead to you. Tomorrow on the morrow at 10:00 am
Sincerely yours
Leo Wyatt
Piper folded the note and tucked under her pillow. Looking up she saw both Phoebe and Paige looking at her. "Well?" Phoebe asked her first. "Who was it from?" Paige wanted to know. At first she didn't want to tell either of her sisters's what the note had said. But she was so excited she had to tell someone. And who better then her sisters.
"It was from Leo" she told both of them. "What did he want?" "He wants to meet me tomorrow morning at ten at the pond." Piper told her stunned sisters. "Your not going to do it are you?" Phoebe asked with a frown. "Why not?" Piper asked her. Knowing full well neither one of her sisters would even think of doing anything that outlandish. "Piper are you out of your mind, if father finds out he is going to kill you!" Phoebe burst out. "And then is going to kill Leo!" Paige added to it.
"Who is going to kill who"? Came a voice from the door. Startled all three girls turned to find their Cousin standing by the door. "No one". Piper said and got up from the bed. "I clearly heard you guys talking about something. Why cant I be part of it?" Hannah pouted. "We where just talking about stuff!" Paige said. "Yeah if it is anything important we will let you know!" Phoebe added to it.
A little more then put out Hannah left the room in a huff. "Fine be that way". She said right before closing the door. Paige jumped on the bed laying down stomach first feet up in the air. "Are you going to go?" she asked Piper. "I don't know!" come Piper's voice from behind the screen where she was getting undressed. "What do you mean, you don't know. Either you go or you don't?" Phoebe piped up.
"I want to but I don't know how much time I have?" Piper said coming from behind the screen. "Dad told me she had Dan Gordon come over for a late lunch." As she sat in front of the mirror again. Picking up a brush she started to brush her long locks. "What would you guys do?" She asked her sisters. Paige was the first to answer. "Nope I would be to scared that father would find out." "What if father wouldn't find out?" "I still don't think I would do it!" Paige told her. "And you Phoebe?" piper said turning towards her other sister. Who had a dreamy look on her face. "It is all so romantic" she sighed. "I didn't ask if it was romantic, would you go Phoebe?" Piper asked again. "I think I would but I would be sure to cover my behind" she said. "ohh I just don't know" Piper sighed throwing the brush down. "Yes you do!" Paige said looking at her. "Yes you are right." Piper admitted. "So you are going!" Phoebe exclaimed. "yup." Piper stated the obvious.
With that the girls each crawled in bed. Neither of them knowing that, some big ears in the hallway had overheard the whole conversation. "So you think you are going to sneak away do you? We will see about that.
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When the four of them got home victor dismissed both Phoebe and Paige and told George the butler to bring his evening brandy into the study. He waited at the door of the study for Piper to pass him. More nervous then she thought she would be, Piper walked over to the fireplace and sat down on the elegant little chair before it. She took her gloves of making sure the note stayed where it was. Looking up at her father, she could see he had a furious glare on his face. She thought maybe she should start the conversation. But one more look at her fathers face told that might not be the best course to take. Victor took his seat across from her behind the desk. Again he glared at her.
"do you have any idea what you have done tonight? He asked her. But his face telling her he didn't really want an answer. "For weeks we have been going to these balls to built your reputation, to show them you are worthy of even the best of gentleman in this part of the country. And in one evening you have manage to ruin what ever we had built." Piper had lowered her head. She didn't like to be scolded like a little girl and she hated it even more when the one doing the scolding was her father. She so hated to disappoint him. "What have you got to say for your self?" Victor said getting up from his chair and walked to stand in front of her. "How could you spend the evening dancing with that..that?" It seemed her father couldn't get out of his words his face slowly turning red his voice getting louder with each spoken word.
Softly Piper murmured that is was not her fault. Victor had apparently not heard her as he kept going on about how Leo was the worst thing that could have happened to her. He didn't elaborate on this which made Piper wonder what is was that Leo had done that made her father hate him so much. She had to ask her Cousin if she got out of this alive she told her self. "Well" she heard Victor say. She had been so much in thought she had not heard her father. "I am sorry father" she spoke softly.
"I would think so." He said. "No about dancing with him father!" Piper said then wanting to kick her self for not letting it rest. Her father turned back towards and lowered his face to where it was only a few inches for hers. "Care to explain that young lady" he shouted. I am sorry I was lost in thought just a minute ago, but I am not sorry for dancing with Mister Wyatt, I have a prefect reason for why I was dancing with him for the last few dances" She said giving her father a defiant look. Victor looked like he was about to explode. Then in the next second it looked like the life just drained out of him and he sat back down in the chair. His face was almost white to his earlier red. Piper jumped of her chair and to his side. "Daddy what is wrong?" she asked in alarm. Victor gave her a look. "I just don't know where I went wrong, you have always been such a good girl, what happened? It has to be my fault! It just has to be." He said softly looking past her now out of the window.
Piper stood up. And looked down at her father. She should have known. He did it all the time. "Enough father! She told him her hands on her hips now. "It will not work this time." Victor looked at his daughter and sat up. "I can't believe you would go this far," Piper went on now pacing the room. "I told you I haven't done anything wrong!" As she tossed her little bag on the table in front of him.
Victor gave her look not understanding why she was throwing stuff at him. "Just look in the bag and look at the dance card," Piper yelled now just as angry as her father had been not ten minutes before. For a second it looked like victor was going to refuse to look. And Piper sight a breath of relieve. But she had sight too soon for Victor picked up and opened the little bag and then opened the dance card so he could see if what she was telling him was the truth. He then looked up at Piper and then down again. "I am sorry Piper..i." he started. Piper took her bag and stepped away from the desk turned to leave the room. She looked over her shoulder to see Victor looking at her.
"You should have trusted me when I told you it was not my fault, but you chose to belief that I was a liar daddy, I have never lied to you. And it hurts to think that you don't trust your own daughter!" and with that she left the room.
Feeling a little guilty for leaving him like that. Knowing full well that she had a note stuck in her gloves and that hiding the note was as much as lying as one could get, but then her father didn't trust her to begin with, if he would catch her she had only proven him right. She walked through the hallway up the large stairs and in to the room she shared with her two sisters. Who faithfully where waiting for her. They told the maid that they could help each other undress and that they didn't need her again till tomorrow morning. The maid bid them goodnight and so sooner had she closed and Paige and Phoebe pounced on her. "What happened?" this came from Paige. "Did he do his hart attack bit?" this from Phoebe. " He yelled," Piper said to the first. "And yes he did." She told Phoebe.
She walked over to the other side of the room and sat down on the little chair across from the mirror she took her glove and shook the note out on her lap. ""What you got there?" Phoebe wanted to know. "Nothing" said Piper softly. But before she could get a change to read the note it got ripped from her hands. Paige dashed around the bed and tossed the note to Phoebe. "Phoebe, this is not funny, give it back" Piper yelled at her. "Jees must be important," she said with a little smile. "Who is it from?" holding the note just out of pipers reach. "Phoebe just give it back, please". It must have been the way she looked or had almost pleaded for the note because Phoebe handed it over. "Sorry Piper I didn't know it was that important."
Piper took the note and sat down on the bed. Slowly she opened the note. Wondering all the while what Leo might have written her. The note read:
Dear Miss Halliwell I enjoyed your company tonight immensely Please do me the honor of meeting me. At the pond about a half-hours ride from the house. If you will not meet me, I will not bother you again. My heart would be broken. But I think I should live. Again I plead to you. Tomorrow on the morrow at 10:00 am
Sincerely yours
Leo Wyatt
Piper folded the note and tucked under her pillow. Looking up she saw both Phoebe and Paige looking at her. "Well?" Phoebe asked her first. "Who was it from?" Paige wanted to know. At first she didn't want to tell either of her sisters's what the note had said. But she was so excited she had to tell someone. And who better then her sisters.
"It was from Leo" she told both of them. "What did he want?" "He wants to meet me tomorrow morning at ten at the pond." Piper told her stunned sisters. "Your not going to do it are you?" Phoebe asked with a frown. "Why not?" Piper asked her. Knowing full well neither one of her sisters would even think of doing anything that outlandish. "Piper are you out of your mind, if father finds out he is going to kill you!" Phoebe burst out. "And then is going to kill Leo!" Paige added to it.
"Who is going to kill who"? Came a voice from the door. Startled all three girls turned to find their Cousin standing by the door. "No one". Piper said and got up from the bed. "I clearly heard you guys talking about something. Why cant I be part of it?" Hannah pouted. "We where just talking about stuff!" Paige said. "Yeah if it is anything important we will let you know!" Phoebe added to it.
A little more then put out Hannah left the room in a huff. "Fine be that way". She said right before closing the door. Paige jumped on the bed laying down stomach first feet up in the air. "Are you going to go?" she asked Piper. "I don't know!" come Piper's voice from behind the screen where she was getting undressed. "What do you mean, you don't know. Either you go or you don't?" Phoebe piped up.
"I want to but I don't know how much time I have?" Piper said coming from behind the screen. "Dad told me she had Dan Gordon come over for a late lunch." As she sat in front of the mirror again. Picking up a brush she started to brush her long locks. "What would you guys do?" She asked her sisters. Paige was the first to answer. "Nope I would be to scared that father would find out." "What if father wouldn't find out?" "I still don't think I would do it!" Paige told her. "And you Phoebe?" piper said turning towards her other sister. Who had a dreamy look on her face. "It is all so romantic" she sighed. "I didn't ask if it was romantic, would you go Phoebe?" Piper asked again. "I think I would but I would be sure to cover my behind" she said. "ohh I just don't know" Piper sighed throwing the brush down. "Yes you do!" Paige said looking at her. "Yes you are right." Piper admitted. "So you are going!" Phoebe exclaimed. "yup." Piper stated the obvious.
With that the girls each crawled in bed. Neither of them knowing that, some big ears in the hallway had overheard the whole conversation. "So you think you are going to sneak away do you? We will see about that.
tbc