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When Piper pulled away, Leo looked a little hurt, but said nothing. Phoebe and Paige looked at each other, and their hearts broke. Paige walked over to Piper, and patted her back, "It's going to be OK. We'll get through this together – all of us." Piper nodded her head and slightly smiled. She looked at Leo again, and tried to get the image out of her head of the fiery red eyes.
Piper shuddered, and then shrugged it off. Now was not the time to be weak and break down. She bravely walked to Leo, and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. He smiled at her, surprised that only a few minutes ago she had pulled away from his touch. Piper glanced towards her sisters, who were both looking at her. She smiled, and then reached out her hand to them. She stood on her tip-toes and whispered in Leo's ear, "Let's go home."
Leo squeezed her hand, "I have to make sure…um…he's gone first." He softly kissed the top of her head, "I will be back." He squeezed her hand again as he orbed out. Paige and Phoebe grabbed Piper's hands and then the three sisters hugged. Piper looked into both of her sisters' eyes and said with deep gratitude, "Thank you so much for being there for me." They smiled with tears in their eyes as Leo orbed back in. He smiled reassuringly, and took Piper's hand. Leo orbed out as Paige took Phoebe's hand. Soon, everyone was back in the manor, and everything continued normally for the following week…
It was 1 AM and Piper woke up sweating. She had had the nightmare again. She could see his glowing red eyes and feel the warmth of his breath on her face, and feel him beating her. She cringed as she remembered the pain in her legs, and the pain he created when he was too rough with her. She silently cried, and glanced at her husband, sleeping peacefully beside her. Piper got up and went into the bathroom as quietly as she could. She looked into the mirror hanging on the wall, and stared at her red eyes, and wet cheeks. She felt so dirty, and she hated herself for it. Dangerous thoughts ran through her head. 'I let him do it to me…I should have pushed him away…It's all my fault…Leo doesn't deserve this; he deserves better.'
Piper rummaged through the medicine cabinet, and pulled out a bottle of Advil. She slowly opened the bottle and poured the pills into her hand, 'Maybe if I take 3, the pain will go away.' She laughed at herself, and took 2 pills out of the palm of her hand. She swallowed them with a glass of water, and then glanced down at the rest of the pills in her hand. She slowly walked over to the toilet, careful not to drop any pills, and sat down on the cover of the toilet. She picked up one pill, and put it up to her mouth. Piper felt a small breeze, and looked up. Her eye caught the reflection in the mirror. It was a pair of red, fiery eyes. She tried to scream, but it just wouldn't come out. She quickly stood up and backed up against a nearby wall. The pills fell from her hand, and clattered against the floor. The owner of the red eyes materialized a few feet from her.
Piper gasped and put her hand to her mouth. She couldn't scream, and she felt guilty. She cried and sunk to the floor. 'Leo' slowly approached her with his finger to his lips, "Shhh… This will go fast if you don't make trouble." He pressed his body up against hers, and started to pull of her shirt. She whimpered, and tried to fight back, but it felt as if she was a puppet, and he was pulling all the strings. He sighed when Piper wouldn't stop whimpering, and then smacked her hard across the face. Piper flew to the floor, unconscious. 'Leo' smiled, and laid her on the bathroom floor. He took off the rest of her clothes, and began to do the same with his.
Leo felt the empty space beside him and groaned. He looked at the clock, and the red digital numbers showed it was 1:45 AM. Leo grunted and pulled himself out of bed. He walked up to the bathroom door, and assumed Piper was in there because of the light radiating from underneath the door. He opened the door and a shocked expression spread across his face when he saw 'Leo' on top of Piper.
Leo confidently walked over to 'Leo' and hit him so hard; any random person would not have believed Leo was a pacifist. The disguised demon rolled off of Piper, and fell to his knees. Leo glared at the demon, "You damn bastard! Get off of my wife!" Leo hit the demon again, and the demon passed out. Leo glared at the unconscious demon, and lifted Piper off of the bathroom floor. She was bleeding, and bruises began to appear along her arms and legs.
Leo gently placed his wife on the bed. He placed his hands over Piper, and a glow came from Leo's hands. Whatever was physically broken – healed, but Leo was afraid if Piper's mind had broken down along with her body. Once he had healed Piper, he picked her up and carried her to Paige's room. He loudly knocked on the door so Paige would be able to hear him, "Paige, I need to talk to you right now!" After he was satisfied that Paige was up, he went to Phoebe's door and did the same. Paige walked sleepily out of her room, and followed Leo into Phoebe's room. Phoebe closed her door after Paige, and looked at Leo, "What are we going to do?" Leo sadly shook his head, "I don't know. I just don't know."
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