Here is a extra Chapter for those of you who couldn't wait :)
I know what you guys are thinking I have gone Brad Kern styles by breaking Leo & Piper apart. I'm just so lucky I live in New Zealand so I don't have to worry about one of you guys hunting me down and killing me, but then again knowning you people you will find away :o I know I would :p
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Chapter Sixteen
A year had gone by and Leo had devoted his time into working. He had cut everyone out of his life and drowned himself into his work.
"Leo I think you need to take a break."
"Andy I have deadlines to meet, I do not have time to take breaks."
"God dam it Leo! Are you listening to yourself! Everyday it is work! work! work!"
"Andy I know you have a wife and child to take care of. If you want to go home, go."
"Leo you still have a son! Can you not see what you are doing to him. He has lost his mother, and now it looks like he his losing his father too!"
That night when Leo reached home he went straight to his son's room. He saw his little boy fast asleep. It reminded him how when he use to wake before Piper and he spent the time looking at her sleeping form until she woke up.
"Daddy," three year old Matthew said as Leo was about to leave his son's room.
"Matthew."
Matthew got out of bed and walked over to his father and grabbed his hand. "Daddy can I sleep with you tonight?" Matthew asked.
Leo lifted Matthew into his arms, "Sure, I would like that."
It was the morning and Matthew was the first one up. Leo woke up when he could feel his son jumping on the bed. "What are you doing?" Leo said as he grabbed Matthew and tickled him. Matthew yelled out in laughter. "You laugh just like your Mommy use to Matthew."
"Daddy, Why can I not remember Mommy?"
"You were a baby when Mommy died Matthew."
"How did Mommy die daddy?"
Leo pull his son close to him and hugged him tight. "I do not know Matthew." Just then Leo had made a promise to himself to devoting the rest of his life to raising his only child.
"Melinda honey eat your breakfast," Piper said to her ten month old daughter.
Melinda began to laugh. Piper turned around to see Cole and Glen there. "Good morning Princess," Glen said as he kissed Melinda.
"Is some one not eating her food?" Cole said has he made faces at Melinda making her laugh even more.
"Coooo..... Coo...leeeeee," were the sounds that came out of Melinda's month.
"What did you just say beautiful?" Cole asked. "Piper, I think Melinda just said my name."
Melinda pointed at Cole, "Cooolee."
"She did," Glen said "Sweetheart can you say Glen."
"Hey, Melinda darling it is not Cole, it is Uncle Cole and Uncle Glen," Piper said.
Cole and Glen laughed at Piper, "Uncle Cole is going to feed Princess Melinda her breakfast," Cole said as he grabbed the bowl out of Piper's hand.
"Uncle Cole you do have to go to work you know," Piper said.
"With a honey like Melinda at home. I should give up working."
"What?" Piper asked.
"It was just joke Piper. I can not give up work or who is going to feed all four of us."
"It was not that. I... Never mind."
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"Uncle Devon, what brings you here?" Leo asked as he came downstairs to find his Uncle over.
"Leo my son. How have you been?"
"Fine thank you."
"Where is my naughty little grandson."
"I put him down for a nap."
"It must be hard looking after him?"
"Well Uncle Devon he is my son and Sally helps me out, as so does Daniel and Milla."
"Milla how is that young lady?"
"I am good Uncle Devon," Milla said as she walked into the living room and took a set next to Leo.
"Uncle Devon!" Matthew yelled run into his great uncle's laps.
"Matthew, Give you great uncle a kiss," Uncle Devon said. "I see a lot of you in him Leo."
"Really I see Piper's eyes in him though. He is the only thing I have left of her."
"Leo have you thought about getting married again?" Uncle Devon asked.
"Married? I lost my wife."
"Leo that was two years ago. Matthew is growing and he needs a mother."
"Uncle Devon Matthew has a mother, Piper."
"Son it was had."
"I do not wish to discuss this." Leo said as he walked out.
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Every road had a rainbow
Every wish had a star
Every tear had a shoulder to cry on
And every night had guitars
But every fools a lonely
And such a fool am I
Cause every night I think of you
And every night I die
Is there life after love?
Something's certain and something's I'm sure of
Like angles in heaven and god up above
Is there life after love?
- Life after Love - by Shania Twain
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It was later that night and Leo was in his room looking out the window. He spotted the garden that use to be Piper's. John still planted Poppies there, he planted them to remind him of Piper's beauty. Every time Leo looked at the garden he swore he had just seen Piper there picking the Poppies like she always did. She always picked them to put on his desk in the study. Leo turn around to see his son fast asleep on his bed looking so peaceful. "Leo," a voice said.
Leo turned around to see Milla standing there. "He looks so peaceful does he not?" she said.
"Looks just like his mother when I use to wake up before her just to watch her sleep."
"Leo have you thought about what Uncle Devon said?"
"You mean marriage. My heart only belongs to one person that is Piper."
"What about Matthew? He needs a mother Leo."
"He has Sally and you."
"Leo I love Matthew. But I also want to get married one day and have a family of my own. I will not be here all the time for Matthew."
"What are you trying to say?" Leo asked.
"Leo I think you know what I mean."
Leo looked down at his son and then back up at Milla, "I do not know what to do."
"Do what you think is right Leo."
"I made a promise to myself that everything I did I did for Matthew. Maybe it is time I gave him a mother."
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A/N Sorry to leave you guys hanging, wait until tomorrow :p
I know what you guys are thinking I have gone Brad Kern styles by breaking Leo & Piper apart. I'm just so lucky I live in New Zealand so I don't have to worry about one of you guys hunting me down and killing me, but then again knowning you people you will find away :o I know I would :p
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Chapter Sixteen
A year had gone by and Leo had devoted his time into working. He had cut everyone out of his life and drowned himself into his work.
"Leo I think you need to take a break."
"Andy I have deadlines to meet, I do not have time to take breaks."
"God dam it Leo! Are you listening to yourself! Everyday it is work! work! work!"
"Andy I know you have a wife and child to take care of. If you want to go home, go."
"Leo you still have a son! Can you not see what you are doing to him. He has lost his mother, and now it looks like he his losing his father too!"
That night when Leo reached home he went straight to his son's room. He saw his little boy fast asleep. It reminded him how when he use to wake before Piper and he spent the time looking at her sleeping form until she woke up.
"Daddy," three year old Matthew said as Leo was about to leave his son's room.
"Matthew."
Matthew got out of bed and walked over to his father and grabbed his hand. "Daddy can I sleep with you tonight?" Matthew asked.
Leo lifted Matthew into his arms, "Sure, I would like that."
It was the morning and Matthew was the first one up. Leo woke up when he could feel his son jumping on the bed. "What are you doing?" Leo said as he grabbed Matthew and tickled him. Matthew yelled out in laughter. "You laugh just like your Mommy use to Matthew."
"Daddy, Why can I not remember Mommy?"
"You were a baby when Mommy died Matthew."
"How did Mommy die daddy?"
Leo pull his son close to him and hugged him tight. "I do not know Matthew." Just then Leo had made a promise to himself to devoting the rest of his life to raising his only child.
"Melinda honey eat your breakfast," Piper said to her ten month old daughter.
Melinda began to laugh. Piper turned around to see Cole and Glen there. "Good morning Princess," Glen said as he kissed Melinda.
"Is some one not eating her food?" Cole said has he made faces at Melinda making her laugh even more.
"Coooo..... Coo...leeeeee," were the sounds that came out of Melinda's month.
"What did you just say beautiful?" Cole asked. "Piper, I think Melinda just said my name."
Melinda pointed at Cole, "Cooolee."
"She did," Glen said "Sweetheart can you say Glen."
"Hey, Melinda darling it is not Cole, it is Uncle Cole and Uncle Glen," Piper said.
Cole and Glen laughed at Piper, "Uncle Cole is going to feed Princess Melinda her breakfast," Cole said as he grabbed the bowl out of Piper's hand.
"Uncle Cole you do have to go to work you know," Piper said.
"With a honey like Melinda at home. I should give up working."
"What?" Piper asked.
"It was just joke Piper. I can not give up work or who is going to feed all four of us."
"It was not that. I... Never mind."
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"Uncle Devon, what brings you here?" Leo asked as he came downstairs to find his Uncle over.
"Leo my son. How have you been?"
"Fine thank you."
"Where is my naughty little grandson."
"I put him down for a nap."
"It must be hard looking after him?"
"Well Uncle Devon he is my son and Sally helps me out, as so does Daniel and Milla."
"Milla how is that young lady?"
"I am good Uncle Devon," Milla said as she walked into the living room and took a set next to Leo.
"Uncle Devon!" Matthew yelled run into his great uncle's laps.
"Matthew, Give you great uncle a kiss," Uncle Devon said. "I see a lot of you in him Leo."
"Really I see Piper's eyes in him though. He is the only thing I have left of her."
"Leo have you thought about getting married again?" Uncle Devon asked.
"Married? I lost my wife."
"Leo that was two years ago. Matthew is growing and he needs a mother."
"Uncle Devon Matthew has a mother, Piper."
"Son it was had."
"I do not wish to discuss this." Leo said as he walked out.
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Every road had a rainbow
Every wish had a star
Every tear had a shoulder to cry on
And every night had guitars
But every fools a lonely
And such a fool am I
Cause every night I think of you
And every night I die
Is there life after love?
Something's certain and something's I'm sure of
Like angles in heaven and god up above
Is there life after love?
- Life after Love - by Shania Twain
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It was later that night and Leo was in his room looking out the window. He spotted the garden that use to be Piper's. John still planted Poppies there, he planted them to remind him of Piper's beauty. Every time Leo looked at the garden he swore he had just seen Piper there picking the Poppies like she always did. She always picked them to put on his desk in the study. Leo turn around to see his son fast asleep on his bed looking so peaceful. "Leo," a voice said.
Leo turned around to see Milla standing there. "He looks so peaceful does he not?" she said.
"Looks just like his mother when I use to wake up before her just to watch her sleep."
"Leo have you thought about what Uncle Devon said?"
"You mean marriage. My heart only belongs to one person that is Piper."
"What about Matthew? He needs a mother Leo."
"He has Sally and you."
"Leo I love Matthew. But I also want to get married one day and have a family of my own. I will not be here all the time for Matthew."
"What are you trying to say?" Leo asked.
"Leo I think you know what I mean."
Leo looked down at his son and then back up at Milla, "I do not know what to do."
"Do what you think is right Leo."
"I made a promise to myself that everything I did I did for Matthew. Maybe it is time I gave him a mother."
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A/N Sorry to leave you guys hanging, wait until tomorrow :p
