Part Five
Piper stared at her husband for a couple of second before doing anything. There he was, right in front of her and she did not know what to do. Part of her wanted to hug and kiss him, to sink into his arms like nothing had happened. Like he was still only her husband and their whitelighter and had never become an elder. The other part of her wanted to hit out at him, she wanted to slap him across the face and demand why he had left them.
"Leo," She muttered.
Leo smiled back at her, and walked over to his wife. Every part of his body had been aching and missing both his wife and son. Wanting to see them and hold them, wanting to make sure that they were both okay and someone would be there to protect and look after them.
"Piper," He replied. "I've missed you so much."
"And that's why you haven't answered by calls until now. Haven't come to see your son. Or haven't even send a message saying that you were okay."
Leo looked quizzically at Piper before turning his attention to Chris. "But, I have."
Chris felt both sets of eyes turn on him as realisation dawned across the two faces. He shuffled nervous on his feet for a couple of seconds before regaining his confidant stance. They both had to accept their new roles and the sooner they did the better. So if he had been hiding messages between the two then it was for their best interests and they should just accept that.
"What?" Chris said with a innocent look on his face as he flashed them a smile. "My mom used to always tell me that there is nothing wrong with stretching the truth."
Piper just glared at the young whitelighter for a couple of seconds. "Just get out of here, now."
Leo waited as he watched Chris slope off and down to the basement. The boy had to surely have some good qualities but for the life of him it could not work it out yet. If Chris was there just to cause havoc then surely he would have not helped them against the Titians.
"I'm sorry, Piper." He explained as he took her hand. "I should have come to see you earlier."
Piper pulled her hand her way, "Yes you should have."
"But, as arrogant as Chris can be, he is right about one thing."
"Excuse me."
Leo waited for a second as he choose the right words. "We do need to get on with our lives and if not just for ourselves then for Wyatt. And as hard of that is we have to do it, it not fair for Wyatt otherwise."
"I'm being to think you don't even know what's fair." Piper replied, with the anger building inside her. "And I think you should just go back up there until you stasrt to get it."
Piper stared as her former whitelighter disappeared, with the fury build inside her. Yet the moment the orbs had disappeared into thin air she regretted what she had said. Why had she not just hugged him and told him that she loved she loved him. She reached forward into the thin air where just minutes before her husband had been standing as if she could hold onto him.
The eldest Halliwell was broke out of her thoughts as she heard Wyatt familiar call. She mentally scolded herself as she headed for the stairs, she had to put Wyatt first and she'd not been doing that.
* * *
Paige slipped through the door to the manor at about two o'clock in the morning. She had just had one of the best first dates that she ever could have had, but for the first time in a while she was glad that she did not have a job in the morning. The high that she was on at the moment was going to keep her up for a while.
She headed quietly up to her bedroom as placed a CD on in the machine and grabbed her headphones. Piper would kill her if she woke Wyatt up and Phoebe would kill her if she woke her up without a good reason. Either way keeping the noise down was pretty much essential with the two temperamental sisters that she had.
She changed into her pajamas and then curled up on her bed with her diary and her music as she smiled to herself. She held her pen to her lips and poised as she thought of what to write. She wanted to savor every moment of the night instead of rushing it away.
* * *
Phoebe looked up from her coffee, cereal and newspaper. Her mouth opened slightly to see Piper fully dressed in the kitchen herself. It was the first time that she had seen her sister dressed and ready to face the day since Leo had left.
"Close your mouth Pheebs," Piper told her. "You look like a goldfish."
"Your up."
"I'd noticed that too." The elder sister replied, "I decided that it was about time that I started to get my life back in order. I can't stay like this forever, it's not fair on me or Wyatt."
Phoebe smiled at her older sister full of admiration. She knew Piper had to take it one step at a time and since she'd made the first step, she was not going to push her too far.
"Good for you."
A small smile shot across Piper's face. "Thank you."
"Anyway changing the subject, did you hear Paige get in last night?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah," Piper replied. "She slipped in when I was checking on Wyatt at about quarter past two."
Phoebe grinned at Piper evilly as an idea struck her. If Paige was going to play with fire in dating older men she was going to have a bit of fun with her. Its what any good big sister would do and what both Piper and Prue had done to her many a time as a teenage.
The middle charmed one when to the stairs with Piper slightly behind her. Phoebe glanced at the red roses that had arrived on the hallway table only ten minutes before.
"Paige! Paige!"
"Oh that's evil." Piper whispered. "Paige!"
Paige appeared at the top of the stairs with a groggy expression on her face. She had not planned on waking up for another couple of hours and was not ready or awake enough to face a demon attack nor ready to be social with her sister yet.
"What is it?"
"It's just you've got some roses down here." Piper told her with a small smirk.
Both Piper and Phoebe found themselves burst into fits of laughter as Paige sprinted down the stairs to rush to look at her flowers almost falling over her own feet.
Paige smiled as she took the card ignoring her two older sisters. It had been so long since that she had got flowers let alone red roses. She read the note quickly, 'I had a great time, your one in a million. I'll call you later to sort something else out, Josef.' She turned back to her sisters.
"Okay, night, I'm going back to bed."
"You not going to give us any details?" Phoebe asked.
"Nope," Paige replied with a smile.
Phoebe sent a small smile back. "Ah well, I'll just find out at work."
Piper stared at her husband for a couple of second before doing anything. There he was, right in front of her and she did not know what to do. Part of her wanted to hug and kiss him, to sink into his arms like nothing had happened. Like he was still only her husband and their whitelighter and had never become an elder. The other part of her wanted to hit out at him, she wanted to slap him across the face and demand why he had left them.
"Leo," She muttered.
Leo smiled back at her, and walked over to his wife. Every part of his body had been aching and missing both his wife and son. Wanting to see them and hold them, wanting to make sure that they were both okay and someone would be there to protect and look after them.
"Piper," He replied. "I've missed you so much."
"And that's why you haven't answered by calls until now. Haven't come to see your son. Or haven't even send a message saying that you were okay."
Leo looked quizzically at Piper before turning his attention to Chris. "But, I have."
Chris felt both sets of eyes turn on him as realisation dawned across the two faces. He shuffled nervous on his feet for a couple of seconds before regaining his confidant stance. They both had to accept their new roles and the sooner they did the better. So if he had been hiding messages between the two then it was for their best interests and they should just accept that.
"What?" Chris said with a innocent look on his face as he flashed them a smile. "My mom used to always tell me that there is nothing wrong with stretching the truth."
Piper just glared at the young whitelighter for a couple of seconds. "Just get out of here, now."
Leo waited as he watched Chris slope off and down to the basement. The boy had to surely have some good qualities but for the life of him it could not work it out yet. If Chris was there just to cause havoc then surely he would have not helped them against the Titians.
"I'm sorry, Piper." He explained as he took her hand. "I should have come to see you earlier."
Piper pulled her hand her way, "Yes you should have."
"But, as arrogant as Chris can be, he is right about one thing."
"Excuse me."
Leo waited for a second as he choose the right words. "We do need to get on with our lives and if not just for ourselves then for Wyatt. And as hard of that is we have to do it, it not fair for Wyatt otherwise."
"I'm being to think you don't even know what's fair." Piper replied, with the anger building inside her. "And I think you should just go back up there until you stasrt to get it."
Piper stared as her former whitelighter disappeared, with the fury build inside her. Yet the moment the orbs had disappeared into thin air she regretted what she had said. Why had she not just hugged him and told him that she loved she loved him. She reached forward into the thin air where just minutes before her husband had been standing as if she could hold onto him.
The eldest Halliwell was broke out of her thoughts as she heard Wyatt familiar call. She mentally scolded herself as she headed for the stairs, she had to put Wyatt first and she'd not been doing that.
* * *
Paige slipped through the door to the manor at about two o'clock in the morning. She had just had one of the best first dates that she ever could have had, but for the first time in a while she was glad that she did not have a job in the morning. The high that she was on at the moment was going to keep her up for a while.
She headed quietly up to her bedroom as placed a CD on in the machine and grabbed her headphones. Piper would kill her if she woke Wyatt up and Phoebe would kill her if she woke her up without a good reason. Either way keeping the noise down was pretty much essential with the two temperamental sisters that she had.
She changed into her pajamas and then curled up on her bed with her diary and her music as she smiled to herself. She held her pen to her lips and poised as she thought of what to write. She wanted to savor every moment of the night instead of rushing it away.
* * *
Phoebe looked up from her coffee, cereal and newspaper. Her mouth opened slightly to see Piper fully dressed in the kitchen herself. It was the first time that she had seen her sister dressed and ready to face the day since Leo had left.
"Close your mouth Pheebs," Piper told her. "You look like a goldfish."
"Your up."
"I'd noticed that too." The elder sister replied, "I decided that it was about time that I started to get my life back in order. I can't stay like this forever, it's not fair on me or Wyatt."
Phoebe smiled at her older sister full of admiration. She knew Piper had to take it one step at a time and since she'd made the first step, she was not going to push her too far.
"Good for you."
A small smile shot across Piper's face. "Thank you."
"Anyway changing the subject, did you hear Paige get in last night?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah," Piper replied. "She slipped in when I was checking on Wyatt at about quarter past two."
Phoebe grinned at Piper evilly as an idea struck her. If Paige was going to play with fire in dating older men she was going to have a bit of fun with her. Its what any good big sister would do and what both Piper and Prue had done to her many a time as a teenage.
The middle charmed one when to the stairs with Piper slightly behind her. Phoebe glanced at the red roses that had arrived on the hallway table only ten minutes before.
"Paige! Paige!"
"Oh that's evil." Piper whispered. "Paige!"
Paige appeared at the top of the stairs with a groggy expression on her face. She had not planned on waking up for another couple of hours and was not ready or awake enough to face a demon attack nor ready to be social with her sister yet.
"What is it?"
"It's just you've got some roses down here." Piper told her with a small smirk.
Both Piper and Phoebe found themselves burst into fits of laughter as Paige sprinted down the stairs to rush to look at her flowers almost falling over her own feet.
Paige smiled as she took the card ignoring her two older sisters. It had been so long since that she had got flowers let alone red roses. She read the note quickly, 'I had a great time, your one in a million. I'll call you later to sort something else out, Josef.' She turned back to her sisters.
"Okay, night, I'm going back to bed."
"You not going to give us any details?" Phoebe asked.
"Nope," Paige replied with a smile.
Phoebe sent a small smile back. "Ah well, I'll just find out at work."