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I thought about you for a long time
Can't seem to get you off my mind
I can't understand why we're living
Life this way
I found your picture today
I swear I'll change my ways
I just called to say I want you
To come back home
I just called to say I love you
Come back home
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Piper called Leo the next day. They agreed to meet for dinner at a restaurant across town, because Piper didn't want to upset Dan by bringing Leo right next door. They met at the hospital, and went to dinner from there.
"So, have you told your sisters yet?" he asked as they were being seated. "About us, I mean."
Piper shook her head. "Not yet. They know I broke up with Dan, and they probably suspect, but I haven't told them yet. I thought we could do that together, if that's okay with you. After all, you've gotten pretty close to them over the past couple years."
He nodded. "And then afterwords, we can tell Lillian. She's going to be ecstatic."
Piper bit her lip. "I only met her once. Do you think she'll remember me?"
"Of course," he assured. "She loved you."
She smiled. "I'm glad. Now that we've got all our relatives figured out, what about us?"
"We already know."
"Very funny. I meant, now that we're back together, where do we go from here?" she clarified.
"How about my apartment?" he suggested. He leaned across the table and kissed her.
"That sounds nice." she said after he pulled away. "But I can't. I love you as much as I ever did, but we've been apart for so long. I think we should take it slow."
"Okay." he replied. "We'll go slow."
The waitress came, and took their orders.
"Are you mad at me?" Piper asked when she left.
"At you?" Leo questioned. "Never. Piper, I've spent the last four months trying to get you back, and the last thing I want to do is drive you away again. If you think we need to take some time to get re-acquainted with each other, then I have no problem with that."
"Thank you," she said, grateful for his understanding.
He smiled in response, as the waitress brought them their drinks. They spent the rest of the evening talking, and by the end of the night, Piper felt like she'd known him forever.
-x-
Prue was in the kitchen, going over her presentation for work, when the phone rang. She picked it up, and immediately called for her sister.
"Piper! Get down here, it's the bank."
Piper ran down the stairs, and grabbed the phone from Prue's outstretched hand. "Hello? ...Yes, this is Piper Halliwell ...Wait, what? ...Why? ...Are you telling me you've made me wait all this time and you aren't even going to- ...Yeah, okay."
Piper slammed the phone down angrily. Prue reached out and touched her arm, calming her.
"They didn't approve the loan." the younger girl sulked.
Prue pulled Piper gently down onto the seat next to her, and hugged her. "Honey, why not?"
"They said night clubs are too high-risk, and that this one has failed too many times under previous owners."
Prue kissed the top of her sister's head. "It's not going to fail with you. Sweetie, we'll get the money somewhere." she promised.
Piper shook her head. "It's time I started looking for a real job. I just can't get the club right now. We've been a one-income family for way too long, and I need to start helping out, especially now that Phoebe's back in school. You can't support us forever, and besides, soon you're going to have your own family to take care of." she said, patting her sister's still-flat stomach.
Prue smiled at her sister. "Just promise me you won't go get a job right away, okay?" she asked as she got up to go to work.
Piper nodded, and helped gather the papers her sister would need for work. Prue grabbed the file, and left for work, but her mind was no longer on her presentation. Now, her gears were turning about something completely different...
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A/N: You can guess where I'm going with this. Review and I'll get there faster.
A/N2: Some of you have been asking if, since Piper and Leo are back together, it meant that the fic would be ending anytime soon. It's not. I've already written over 75 chapters, and I'm still not quite done. A big thanks to everyone who's put up with my long, drawn-out sub-plots this far. Hopefully, if you stick around until this finally does end, you'll think it's worth it.
~from the song "Picture" by Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow~
I thought about you for a long time
Can't seem to get you off my mind
I can't understand why we're living
Life this way
I found your picture today
I swear I'll change my ways
I just called to say I want you
To come back home
I just called to say I love you
Come back home
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Piper called Leo the next day. They agreed to meet for dinner at a restaurant across town, because Piper didn't want to upset Dan by bringing Leo right next door. They met at the hospital, and went to dinner from there.
"So, have you told your sisters yet?" he asked as they were being seated. "About us, I mean."
Piper shook her head. "Not yet. They know I broke up with Dan, and they probably suspect, but I haven't told them yet. I thought we could do that together, if that's okay with you. After all, you've gotten pretty close to them over the past couple years."
He nodded. "And then afterwords, we can tell Lillian. She's going to be ecstatic."
Piper bit her lip. "I only met her once. Do you think she'll remember me?"
"Of course," he assured. "She loved you."
She smiled. "I'm glad. Now that we've got all our relatives figured out, what about us?"
"We already know."
"Very funny. I meant, now that we're back together, where do we go from here?" she clarified.
"How about my apartment?" he suggested. He leaned across the table and kissed her.
"That sounds nice." she said after he pulled away. "But I can't. I love you as much as I ever did, but we've been apart for so long. I think we should take it slow."
"Okay." he replied. "We'll go slow."
The waitress came, and took their orders.
"Are you mad at me?" Piper asked when she left.
"At you?" Leo questioned. "Never. Piper, I've spent the last four months trying to get you back, and the last thing I want to do is drive you away again. If you think we need to take some time to get re-acquainted with each other, then I have no problem with that."
"Thank you," she said, grateful for his understanding.
He smiled in response, as the waitress brought them their drinks. They spent the rest of the evening talking, and by the end of the night, Piper felt like she'd known him forever.
-x-
Prue was in the kitchen, going over her presentation for work, when the phone rang. She picked it up, and immediately called for her sister.
"Piper! Get down here, it's the bank."
Piper ran down the stairs, and grabbed the phone from Prue's outstretched hand. "Hello? ...Yes, this is Piper Halliwell ...Wait, what? ...Why? ...Are you telling me you've made me wait all this time and you aren't even going to- ...Yeah, okay."
Piper slammed the phone down angrily. Prue reached out and touched her arm, calming her.
"They didn't approve the loan." the younger girl sulked.
Prue pulled Piper gently down onto the seat next to her, and hugged her. "Honey, why not?"
"They said night clubs are too high-risk, and that this one has failed too many times under previous owners."
Prue kissed the top of her sister's head. "It's not going to fail with you. Sweetie, we'll get the money somewhere." she promised.
Piper shook her head. "It's time I started looking for a real job. I just can't get the club right now. We've been a one-income family for way too long, and I need to start helping out, especially now that Phoebe's back in school. You can't support us forever, and besides, soon you're going to have your own family to take care of." she said, patting her sister's still-flat stomach.
Prue smiled at her sister. "Just promise me you won't go get a job right away, okay?" she asked as she got up to go to work.
Piper nodded, and helped gather the papers her sister would need for work. Prue grabbed the file, and left for work, but her mind was no longer on her presentation. Now, her gears were turning about something completely different...
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A/N: You can guess where I'm going with this. Review and I'll get there faster.
A/N2: Some of you have been asking if, since Piper and Leo are back together, it meant that the fic would be ending anytime soon. It's not. I've already written over 75 chapters, and I'm still not quite done. A big thanks to everyone who's put up with my long, drawn-out sub-plots this far. Hopefully, if you stick around until this finally does end, you'll think it's worth it.
~from the song "Picture" by Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow~