*Baby I was so wrong
I promise you now my love is true
This is where my heart belongs
Cos here I am so alone*
"Prue Prue where are you?" Phoebe
yelled over the angry crowd desperation almost taking over. Prue appeared
besides her sister hearing the urgent tone Phoebe was
using.
"What's wrong Pheeps?" Prue asked worried that Piper was
hurt.
"Piper just called she wants us to go to the hospital right away." Phoebe cried
out letting worry take over her.
"Is she hurt?" Prue asked even more concerned now that her suspicions might be
confirmed.
"She wouldn't say all she told me was that she needed us." Phoebe answered her
oldest sister waving her arms dramatically.
"Well let's go." Prue said running towards the exit with Phoebe close behind
her. Close to the door they literally bumped into Dan.
"Where the hell is Piper?" Dan yelled looking at the two distressed
Halliwells.
"At the hospital." Phoebe said running past him not bothering to stop to see if
he was following them. Dan was confused, but he followed the crazed youngest
sister despite the fact. He wanted to make sure his fiancé wasn't hurt just as
much as the sisters.
. After an
hour of driving through traffic, during which Phoebe had voice complaints about
everyone in San
Francisco
being out, they finally reached the hospital. Prue had also filled Dan in on
what they knew before they all rushed into the hospital.
"Where can we find Piper Halliwell?" Phoebe asked the nurse. The nurse typed in
a few things in her computer but ended up with nothing.
"Sorry miss she hasn't been admitted." The girl answered. "Wait did you say
Piper?" The girl asked as the three worried people where about to walk
away.
"Yes yes Piper Halliwell." Prue practically yelled becoming quite frustrated
herself.
"I think a Piper came in with a young man. If this is who you are talking about
she would be in the waiting room of the ER." Prue and Phoebe both breathed a
sigh of relief when they heard that there sister wasn't hurt. Then Phoebe got
another worried look on her face.
"Leo." She whispered to Prue.
"Oh god." Both the girls ran to the waiting room. Leaving Dan behind even more
confused then before. They saw their sister sitting on a chair looking blankly
at the wall. Her once beautiful hair had all fallen down, pieces scattered here
and there. The flowers that had made it even more spectacular had all withered
away as if in mourning for a terrible loss. Her gorgeous blue dress was torn and
all Piper's makeup had been wiped away by tears.
"Oh Piper." Prue said walking over to her. Piper looked up and gave a
halfhearted smile at the sight of her sisters.
"I'm glad you guys are here." She whispered getting up and hugging the two
girls. Tears again fell upon here cheeks and she cried into her sisters seeking
the support that they so readily gave. After a few minutes of standing in that
hug Dan appeared in the doorway. He didn't say anything though, not wanting to
interrupt the moment. Soon Piper broke off the hug and sat back down, the two
girls followed her.
"What happen hun?" Prue asked pushing some of her hair out of her face and
gently wiping her tear stained cheeks.
"I found his car and a weird woman was there. I don't know what she was doing,
but it wasn't anything good. She disappeared and I ran to Leo. He had hit a tree
head on." Piper whispered so that Dan couldn't hear the magical
parts.
"Great this is just great. He had this one planned out, very convenient." Dan
stated looking at the three girls.
"What are you talking about?" Piper asked anger started to boil inside of her.
She didn't like the way this was heading.
"He planned all of this. Can't you see? He knew if he got hurt then you would go
running back to him." Dan answered in an annoyed tone as if it was as plain as
day.
"I can't believe you would say such a thing. You know what Dan this relationship
was a total mistake. I don't need this shit right now. I don't want to marry you
and in fact I don't want to ever see you again." Piper yelled throwing the ring
to the ground in front of Dan.
"So you're going to let Leo win his little game?" Dan questioned looking at
Piper as if she had grown another head.
"GET OUT!!!!!!!" She yelled pointing to the exit in rage. Dan was startled by
her outbreak and decided that it was in his best interest to leave for now.
"Fine." He grumbled stalking out of the hospital doors. "I was so stupid." Piper
whispered sitting back on the chair in between her
sisters.
"No Piper don't say that." Phoebe said hugging her not wanting Piper to blame
herself.
"This is all my fault if I had realized that Dan was such a jerk Leo wouldn't be
hurt, and if I had been more careful he wouldn't be mortal and and and he
wouldn't be able to get hurt." Piper choked on the last part the guilt piling
down on her.
"Piper sweetie if it had happen all over again Leo would have made the same
decisions. He would have saved you again." Prue went on knowing that she spoke
the truth.
"But if I had been more careful he wouldn't have to."
"Come on stop that. It's not going to help Leo now." Phoebe stated forcefully
running her hands through Piper's hair.
"Your right. What if he dies? God I would never forgive myself. He can't die we
have so much to do together. I have so much to tell him." Piper whispered new
tears replaced the ones her sisters had wiped away.
"Piper none of this is your fault." Phoebe insisted before she could continue a
doctor came out from the ER. He swiftly headed over to the three
women.
"Is he okay?" Piper asked quickly getting out of her
seat.
"Are you family?" The doctor asked inspecting the
sisters.
"Yes!" Piper yelled not liking how he avoided the
question.
"First of all Miss you are going to have to calm down." The doctor answered
giving the girls a knowing look.
"Calm down, calm down, you want me to calm down when the person I love could be
dead! Now is he ok?" Piper yelled letting her emotions get the best of
her.
"Piper he's right calm down." Prue told her little sister. Piper gave her a look
that might have killed Prue if looks could kill.
"Well there was internal damage, he broke four ribs, lost a lot of blood, and
hit his head pretty hard. We have him stable for now, but we don't know if he is
going make it. Right now the key for his survival is for him to make it past
these critical hours. There is some swelling of the brain, so if he does make it
through this he could slip into a coma. The sooner he wakes up the better his
chances are that there will be no brain damage." After hearing this Piper was
shocked. She couldn't say anything she fell back into her chair. Feeling her
heart being ripped into even more pieces she put her head in her hands and
started to cry. Prue held her close, but nothing could make Piper feel any
better. After talking to Phoebe a little more the doctor quickly left to go
attend to other matters.
"Piper hun the doctor said you could see him if you want. Just one of us at a
time though. You should go in there Leo needs you." Phoebe knelt down and
whispered this to Piper. After a few minutes Piper got up and headed to the room
they had taken Leo.
"Oh god Prue I can't believe this is happening." Phoebe exclaimed sitting
down.
"I know I know." Prue answered.
"He is going to make it through this right?" Phoebe asked hoping for some
reassurance from her sister. Prue didn't know what to say, she wanted to tell
both the younger girls that everything would be fine. Deep down inside Prue
didn't know anything and she was just as scared as them.
Piper stood in the doorway to Leo's room. She was afraid to go close to him
fearing that he would disappear once she stepped in. Finally she walked over to
his bed; Piper winced at the sight of the man she loved. She sat down in a chair
next to the bed and took Leo's hand. It felt clammy like he had a fever. Piper
gently touched his face, as more tears pored out of her eyes.
"God Leo don't die please I need you." Piper put her head on his lap and cried
softly.
After an hour Piper hadn't come out of the room Leo was in and Phoebe was
getting antsy.
"Screw what the doctors say I'm going to go see him." Phoebe announced walking
over to the room. Prue just sighed not having the strength to fight with her
youngest sister. Phoebe walked into the room, she saw Leo lying peacefully on
the bed with Piper's head on his lap. She appeared to have cried herself to
sleep. The sight made tears come out of Phoebe's own
eyes.
"Oh god Piper doesn't deserve this." Phoebe cried. Piper heard Phoebe's sobs and
picked her head up.
"Piper
I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you."
"Its ok I wasn't really sleeping." Piper answered looking Leo over to make sure
nothing had happen. Phoebe quickly wiped away her tears not wanting to upset
Piper even more. Suddenly the door opened and the doctor
appeared.
"I thought I said one at a time." He said looking at the two
sisters.
"Whatever." Phoebe muttered not bothering with the
doctor.
"Anyways you three should go home and get some rest. Its past hours any
ways."
"I'm not leaving Leo." Piper said sternly. I don't care if I have to freeze this
whole dam hospital I'm not leaving him, Piper thought.
"Fine." The doctor answered not wanting to get in a fight. He knew this was a
rough time it didn't look good for this young man. "I'm going to check on him."
The doctor replied Piper moved over to Phoebe so that the doctor could get by.
She watched him closely being very protective of Leo. Just in case he was a
crazed demon or something, which wouldn't be the first time. After a few minutes
Phoebe decided to go back out to Prue.
Prue saw her sister walking towards her, she was hoping that Leo had some how
woken up.
"Any change?" She asked as Phoebe sat down.
"No. You should go see him," Phoebe told her.
"You going to be okay out here alone?"
"I'm a big girl I can deal." Phoebe answered as Prue got up. Prue gave her
sister a hug then went to Leo and Piper. She saw the same scene that Phoebe had
seen. Only Prue decided to not make up her sister, Piper needed as much sleep as
she could get so Prue left. She sat next to Phoebe who had fallen asleep as
well. Prue decided to try and get some rest knowing it was going to be a long
few days.
The next morning the doctor awakened Prue, Phoebe was still asleep next to
her.
"I figured since you are the oldest you should know first." The doctor told a
sleepy Prue. As soon as she heard this she jumped
up.
"Oh god don't tell me he's gone." Prue questioned tears threatening to
drop.
"No he made it through the night okay, which is the good news." The doctor said
encouragingly.
"What's the bad news then?" Prue asked in a fearful
tone.
"He slipped into a coma." The doctor answered. Prue sat down comprehending what
the doctor had just told her.
"God for how long?" She asked stunned.
"We don't know it could be hours, days, weeks, years…" The doctor said the last
part softly, but Prue heard it load and clear. "I have to get back to work,
I am deeply sorry." The doctor replied sadly, and then left Prue to think. As
soon as the doctor left Phoebe awoke. She saw some tears in her sister's eyes
and feared the worst.
"Oh my God Prue he's dead." Phoebe cried hugging Prue. Prue was startled not
knowing Phoebe had gotten up yet.
"No no he….slipped into a coma." Prue told her sister hugging her
back.
"Oh no does Piper know?"
"I don't think so. I better go tell her." Prue got up and headed for Leo's room.
Phoebe followed close behind. Piper was still asleep on Leo, holding his hand
tightly. Prue didn't want to wake her up, but she knew Piper would be mad if she
didn't, gently she poked Piper.
"Hunny get up." She whispered. Piper opened her eyes and gave Prue a confused
looked. She then stared around the room tears forming in her
eyes.
"I had hoped it was just a bad nightmare." Piper muttered looking at her
sisters.
"Piper hun……" Prue didn't know how to continue.
"What is it?" Piper asked not liking the way Prue had stopped mid sentence. The
only times she did that was when she knew something that would upset her
sisters.
"Well the doctor told me that…….. that Leo umm slipped into a coma last night."
Prue told her younger sister looking away slightly.
"No." That's all Piper could say. She took her attention back to Leo and traced
the outline of his face. All she could do was stare at him and cry. That's all
any of the sisters could do.
All Leo could see was darkness, he could feel people around him, but he didn't
know who they were. He tried to move but his body was paralyzed. All he could do
was lay in the darkness and listen to the voices around him. Immediately he
recognized Piper's voice, she was crying and so were the other two voices with
her. He knew they must be her sisters, but he couldn't make out what the
other two women were saying. Leo could only hear Piper's mesmerizing voice, even
when it was sobbing.
"Oh god Leo wake up soon. I don't want to live in this world without you. You
have to wake up there is so much I want to tell you. Don't leave me Leo."
He tried to tell Piper he was there and would never leave her. Leo's voice
wouldn't work tears started to form in his eyes. He wanted to tell Piper
everything would be okay, but he couldn't. Why were they doing this to him?
Why?
It had been weeks since Leo had slipped into a coma, and nothing had changed.
Piper wouldn't leave his side in fear he would slip away from her while she was
gone. All she did was sit next to him and pray for Leo to wake up. Prue and
Phoebe came by everyday. They had to keep leaving their lives or they would lose
the house and everything else. Piper didn't mind she didn't want them to witness
her so weak all the time. They tried to get Piper out of
the
hospital
with the help of the doctors, but she would just freeze them. So Prue and Phoebe
stopped trying.
One night when Piper sat next to Leo she noticed the date. It was the day of her
and
Leo's
first kiss. This made Piper cry remembering how happy she was back then. She
took a hold of Leo's hand and squeezed it gently.
"Remember that day. We were so happy; I can't imagine never
being
kissed
like that again." Piper then laid her head on his lap and fell fast
asleep.
