A/N: Sorry for the really long update. I've been really busy and I still
have a lot of work to do, so I just try to fit in my writing duties. Aside
from that, I also have to edit our magazine, since I am the editor-in-
chief, a position I did not exactly want to do. I also had a few problems,
as well as tragedy once again struck on my school. Anyway, I'm gonna start
doing chapters in advance so that I can update more often! :) Whew! This
was the longest time before I had an update sooooo... it's gonna take long
before I update again... so, I'm gonna apologize for that right now. :) Oh,
and by the way, I changed Wyatt's manner of speech. Just figured it sounded
better this way. Hehe... :)
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Chapter Four: Whispered Moments
"Phoebe? Paige? Where are you?" Piper called for her sisters as she went down the stairs. She just woke up and found that it was already 9:30 in the morning. She never woke up this late even before and Wyatt was not beside her when she woke up. And that made Piper panic this early in the morning.
"Kitchen!" Paige called from downstairs.
Piper entered the kitchen to find her sister Paige eating breakfast with her nephew right beside watching the T.V. while munching on his Froot Loops. "Paige, Wyatt's eating junk food," she told Paige as the sat down at the breakfast table, "Why'd you give him Froot Loops for breakfast?"
Paige turned to her sister and looked at her, "Piper, it's cereal. It's not junk food. It's made of wheat. Not junk."
"It has food coloring. And other stuff."
"And so is applesauce, sister." Paige answered Piper and continued with her breakfast. "So, how about you join us with the food fest? Huh? Care to join us?"
Piper sighed and went to the fridge to get a glass of juice. She stopped halfway and turned to Paige. "Did you get Wyatt this morning in our room?"
"What?" Paige asked, "Wyatt? No. He orbed in the sun room while Phoebe and I were eating."
"He what?" Piper looked at her son and studied him intently as he watched Blue's Clues on T.V., "He's been getting up earlier than me. And he doesn't wait for me to wake up. Or he doesn't wake me up at all. And now he orbs all by himself? I am really a failure as a mother."
"Oh come on sis, you didn't fail. Probably he figured you need more sleep." Paige started cleaning up the table and putting the plates in the dishwasher. "What do you want to eat?"
Piper looked in the breadbaskets and found the usual, muffins and bagels. "Uhm. Froot Loops?"
Paige rolled her eyes and poured Piper her cereal in a bowl and splashed on milk. "So much for your junk food mornings."
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"Piper! I have to go now!" Paige called for Piper from the door, "I'm gonna be late for work already!"
"Yeah! Sure... go now!" Piper answered back from her room as she dressed Wyatt, "Just call me if you need me!"
"Okay! Bye! See you later!" And the door slammed shut.
"Why does she always have to slam the door when she goes out?" Piper said to herself and put on Wyatt's shirt. "Hey Wyatt, where do you wanna go today? Wanna go to the park?"
Wyatt looked up at her and said, "Dawwy!"
Piper sighed and said, "Honey, we can't go to Daddy."
"Noooo. Dawwy. We wo Dawwy!" Wyatt insisted on saying, "Dawwy, Dawwy, Dawwy!"
"Okay. Why don't we just call Daddy to come here? That's better don't you think?" Piper cooed as she buttoned Wyatt's jumpsuit and put on his socks, "And then we could go to the park. Sounds good right?"
"Noooo. We wo Dawwy." Wyatt clutched to Piper and kissed her, "Dawwy!" And they orbed out.
"Wyatt! No!" Piper said as they orbed out from the bedroom.
Piper and Wyatt materialized in the heavens, most known to the sisters as "Elder-land". Piper looked around and saw nobody except for her and Wyatt. "Wyatt, honey... I told you we can't come here."
Wyatt shook his head and swiveled around. Someone was walking towards them in Elder robes and Piper panicked, "No time to stay here baby, we have to go back to the house now." The Elder was coming closer and Piper tried not to look at his face. Wyatt, however insisted.
"Piper," a familiar voice from under the robes said, "what are you doing here?" The Elder took off his hood and revealed Leo.
"Dawwy!" Wyatt exclaimed and squirmed from Piper's arms. Leo smiled and reached out for Wyatt as Piper released him from her grasp.
Piper looked at him and said, "Wyatt brought me here. It's not like I can stop him from doing it." And turned around, "We can go now if we're not allowed here because it's against the rules."
"No. It's--- it's okay. Wyatt brought you to my lofty perch. If that's what you want to call it." Leo smiled and took a step closer to Piper. "No one will know you're here."
"How does he know this is your – place?"
Leo stared at her. "He orbed here before. I think that was when you were asleep. I – I was watching you from up here."
"And?"
"I had to bring him back down."
"When was this?" Piper inquired Leo, "How come I never knew about this?"
Leo sighed and faced her, "Last week. When you saw me at home." He put Wyatt down and let him run around. The little boy was chasing wisps of cloud and giggled. Leo turned back to Piper, "I'm sorry. I know it upset you when you saw me just as you woke up."
Piper looked at Wyatt and continued staring at him. The two stood in silence, only the soft giggles of their son was heard as they watched him play. "I don't have any problem with it."
"You don't?" Leo asked curiously.
Piper smiled a little, "No, I don't. Like I told you before, it's okay when you come and sneak in to see Wyatt. I know you miss him too and he's also your son. I mean, I told you this before, right?"
"Yeah. Thanks."
"For what?" Piper asked.
"For... for everything." Leo answered and looked at Piper. She looked at him and at Wyatt, and backed off a little.
"Leo," Piper started, "don't get started on this again."
"I'm not..." Leo said.
"No. Okay. Stop. Leo, I still love you." Piper said. Leo was stunned in silence and crept closer to Piper, but she stopped him. "It's just – why do we always have to be in this position of being torn apart? Why can't we just be like other people? Is it because we have powers and other people don't?"
"Piper... it's..." Leo stopped when Piper turned back.
"Is this what being a witch is? To have powers and never the freedom to live the life you want? To always live your life with the danger of putting us, and our son in constant danger that is far more..."
Leo hugged Piper and whispered between her suppressed sobs, "I love you too, Piper. I'm not letting go of you. I love you more than anything in this world and I would have chosen you than to become an Elder, I know you know that."
"But we can't do anything."
"Yes, we can. But we have to wait."
Piper closed her eyes and slowly shrugged off Leo's embrace. "Wait? Leo, we've been waiting for you for a long time already, and we still have to wait? I can't –"
"Yes, you can, and you will. I'll always be here if you need me, I'll always be watching you and Wyatt. I promise that."
Piper stared at Leo for a moment, "It's another promise. It's a lot easier to break promises than to do them."
"I won't. I'm giving you my life and my love for that."
"I – I..." Piper started and leaned her forehead on Leo's chest. She sighed and Leo put his head on top of Piper's. "I'm sorry if I have hurt you. It's just... I mean..."
Leo caressed Piper's hair. "Shhh... it's okay. It's okay." Then Wyatt started to cry. Piper looked up and turned to see Wyatt on the ground trying to get up. He fell down as he ran around chasing clouds and hit himself falling down.
"Oh baby." Piper comforted as she picked Wyatt up and bounced him a little, "It's okay baby. Mommy and Daddy's here, it's okay. Shhh..." Leo smoothed out a bit of Wyatt's blonde hair and the child looked at his mom and reached out for him. "Hey big guy," Piper said, "whatcha say we get back home huh baby? I think the little guy needs his nap time."
Wyatt buried his face in Leo's shoulders and a few whispered moments later he was fast asleep in his daddy's embrace. "I think I should bring you back now." Leo whispered to Piper and took her hand. Piper looked at him and smiled, and the three orbed out.
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Aaarrrggh! I don't like this chapter. It's a senseless and very boring nothing is happening to the characters chapter but apparently I still had the courage to put it up. Whatever. Okay, hope you guys can say something constructive about it even if I can't think about any. Thanks. Writer's block really sucks.
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Chapter Four: Whispered Moments
"Phoebe? Paige? Where are you?" Piper called for her sisters as she went down the stairs. She just woke up and found that it was already 9:30 in the morning. She never woke up this late even before and Wyatt was not beside her when she woke up. And that made Piper panic this early in the morning.
"Kitchen!" Paige called from downstairs.
Piper entered the kitchen to find her sister Paige eating breakfast with her nephew right beside watching the T.V. while munching on his Froot Loops. "Paige, Wyatt's eating junk food," she told Paige as the sat down at the breakfast table, "Why'd you give him Froot Loops for breakfast?"
Paige turned to her sister and looked at her, "Piper, it's cereal. It's not junk food. It's made of wheat. Not junk."
"It has food coloring. And other stuff."
"And so is applesauce, sister." Paige answered Piper and continued with her breakfast. "So, how about you join us with the food fest? Huh? Care to join us?"
Piper sighed and went to the fridge to get a glass of juice. She stopped halfway and turned to Paige. "Did you get Wyatt this morning in our room?"
"What?" Paige asked, "Wyatt? No. He orbed in the sun room while Phoebe and I were eating."
"He what?" Piper looked at her son and studied him intently as he watched Blue's Clues on T.V., "He's been getting up earlier than me. And he doesn't wait for me to wake up. Or he doesn't wake me up at all. And now he orbs all by himself? I am really a failure as a mother."
"Oh come on sis, you didn't fail. Probably he figured you need more sleep." Paige started cleaning up the table and putting the plates in the dishwasher. "What do you want to eat?"
Piper looked in the breadbaskets and found the usual, muffins and bagels. "Uhm. Froot Loops?"
Paige rolled her eyes and poured Piper her cereal in a bowl and splashed on milk. "So much for your junk food mornings."
^_^
"Piper! I have to go now!" Paige called for Piper from the door, "I'm gonna be late for work already!"
"Yeah! Sure... go now!" Piper answered back from her room as she dressed Wyatt, "Just call me if you need me!"
"Okay! Bye! See you later!" And the door slammed shut.
"Why does she always have to slam the door when she goes out?" Piper said to herself and put on Wyatt's shirt. "Hey Wyatt, where do you wanna go today? Wanna go to the park?"
Wyatt looked up at her and said, "Dawwy!"
Piper sighed and said, "Honey, we can't go to Daddy."
"Noooo. Dawwy. We wo Dawwy!" Wyatt insisted on saying, "Dawwy, Dawwy, Dawwy!"
"Okay. Why don't we just call Daddy to come here? That's better don't you think?" Piper cooed as she buttoned Wyatt's jumpsuit and put on his socks, "And then we could go to the park. Sounds good right?"
"Noooo. We wo Dawwy." Wyatt clutched to Piper and kissed her, "Dawwy!" And they orbed out.
"Wyatt! No!" Piper said as they orbed out from the bedroom.
Piper and Wyatt materialized in the heavens, most known to the sisters as "Elder-land". Piper looked around and saw nobody except for her and Wyatt. "Wyatt, honey... I told you we can't come here."
Wyatt shook his head and swiveled around. Someone was walking towards them in Elder robes and Piper panicked, "No time to stay here baby, we have to go back to the house now." The Elder was coming closer and Piper tried not to look at his face. Wyatt, however insisted.
"Piper," a familiar voice from under the robes said, "what are you doing here?" The Elder took off his hood and revealed Leo.
"Dawwy!" Wyatt exclaimed and squirmed from Piper's arms. Leo smiled and reached out for Wyatt as Piper released him from her grasp.
Piper looked at him and said, "Wyatt brought me here. It's not like I can stop him from doing it." And turned around, "We can go now if we're not allowed here because it's against the rules."
"No. It's--- it's okay. Wyatt brought you to my lofty perch. If that's what you want to call it." Leo smiled and took a step closer to Piper. "No one will know you're here."
"How does he know this is your – place?"
Leo stared at her. "He orbed here before. I think that was when you were asleep. I – I was watching you from up here."
"And?"
"I had to bring him back down."
"When was this?" Piper inquired Leo, "How come I never knew about this?"
Leo sighed and faced her, "Last week. When you saw me at home." He put Wyatt down and let him run around. The little boy was chasing wisps of cloud and giggled. Leo turned back to Piper, "I'm sorry. I know it upset you when you saw me just as you woke up."
Piper looked at Wyatt and continued staring at him. The two stood in silence, only the soft giggles of their son was heard as they watched him play. "I don't have any problem with it."
"You don't?" Leo asked curiously.
Piper smiled a little, "No, I don't. Like I told you before, it's okay when you come and sneak in to see Wyatt. I know you miss him too and he's also your son. I mean, I told you this before, right?"
"Yeah. Thanks."
"For what?" Piper asked.
"For... for everything." Leo answered and looked at Piper. She looked at him and at Wyatt, and backed off a little.
"Leo," Piper started, "don't get started on this again."
"I'm not..." Leo said.
"No. Okay. Stop. Leo, I still love you." Piper said. Leo was stunned in silence and crept closer to Piper, but she stopped him. "It's just – why do we always have to be in this position of being torn apart? Why can't we just be like other people? Is it because we have powers and other people don't?"
"Piper... it's..." Leo stopped when Piper turned back.
"Is this what being a witch is? To have powers and never the freedom to live the life you want? To always live your life with the danger of putting us, and our son in constant danger that is far more..."
Leo hugged Piper and whispered between her suppressed sobs, "I love you too, Piper. I'm not letting go of you. I love you more than anything in this world and I would have chosen you than to become an Elder, I know you know that."
"But we can't do anything."
"Yes, we can. But we have to wait."
Piper closed her eyes and slowly shrugged off Leo's embrace. "Wait? Leo, we've been waiting for you for a long time already, and we still have to wait? I can't –"
"Yes, you can, and you will. I'll always be here if you need me, I'll always be watching you and Wyatt. I promise that."
Piper stared at Leo for a moment, "It's another promise. It's a lot easier to break promises than to do them."
"I won't. I'm giving you my life and my love for that."
"I – I..." Piper started and leaned her forehead on Leo's chest. She sighed and Leo put his head on top of Piper's. "I'm sorry if I have hurt you. It's just... I mean..."
Leo caressed Piper's hair. "Shhh... it's okay. It's okay." Then Wyatt started to cry. Piper looked up and turned to see Wyatt on the ground trying to get up. He fell down as he ran around chasing clouds and hit himself falling down.
"Oh baby." Piper comforted as she picked Wyatt up and bounced him a little, "It's okay baby. Mommy and Daddy's here, it's okay. Shhh..." Leo smoothed out a bit of Wyatt's blonde hair and the child looked at his mom and reached out for him. "Hey big guy," Piper said, "whatcha say we get back home huh baby? I think the little guy needs his nap time."
Wyatt buried his face in Leo's shoulders and a few whispered moments later he was fast asleep in his daddy's embrace. "I think I should bring you back now." Leo whispered to Piper and took her hand. Piper looked at him and smiled, and the three orbed out.
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Aaarrrggh! I don't like this chapter. It's a senseless and very boring nothing is happening to the characters chapter but apparently I still had the courage to put it up. Whatever. Okay, hope you guys can say something constructive about it even if I can't think about any. Thanks. Writer's block really sucks.