The drive home was silent. Piper didn't ask or say anything after Leo got
back into the car. She just drove, keeping her thoughts in her head. When
they got to the manor, Piper parked in the driveway and than they both got
out of the car. Piper walked straight up the stairs of the manor steps and
into the house and than up to her room, not saying anything. Leo followed
her inside the house and watched her go upstairs. Phoebe walked into the
room. "Hey, How did it go?" she asked Leo. "Ok I guess, Piper didn't go in,
she stayed in the car and I went in." he told her as he walked into the
kitchen with Phoebe following behide him. " Why did she stay in the car?"
she asked. "I don't know, she hasn't said anything since I left the car to
see Mel, she been on silent mode." Leo said as he got himself coffee.
"That's not good, I can tell you that right now." Phoebe told him as she
sat down at the table. "Anyway to break her out of it?" he asked as he sat
down also. "I don't think so, we just let it ride out, and when she is
ready, she will talk." Phoebe told him. "How long does it last for?" Leo
asked after taking a sip of his coffee. " A couple of days, the longest she
went was a week and a half." She said. "Hopefully it doesn't last that
long, because sooner or later she will have to talk to Mel, cause she is
going to be there for awhile." Leo told her. "Maybe you should go talk to
Piper." Phoebe told him getting up from her seat. "Yeah, maybe I will try
and talk with her." He said getting up also and made his way out of the
kitchen and up to his and Piper's room and opened the door. He saw Piper
laying down on the bed with her back to him, he walked over and sat down
next to her. "Piper, how are you doing?" he asked, trying to make
conversation, but she didn't say anything in return. "I talked to Mel, I
guess she is doing alright, she just has a cut on her forehead." He said,
still not getting a response from her. "Come on Piper, you cant keep doing
this not talking thing." Leo told her. Piper just pulled the blanket more
around her, not wanting to speak to her husband or anyone else. "Fine,
don't talk to me either, but you will sooner or later, but I have to go
now." He told her when he heard a charge calling him, he still didn't get
anything. "I love you and I'll be home as quick as I can." Leo said and
orbed out.
