Hey! Sorry it's been a while, been on vacation! It was a LOT of fun, so I
hope you enjoyed the last chapter, thanks for reviewing so much, I was so
excited to see them all when I got back. I'd like to say hola to the few
new people that are reading this story! Hope you keep on reading. The next
chapter will be up within a few days. Promise.
Ok, this chapter, I wrote partially, by hand (which is sooooo annoying, I love my computer) soon after I got off the plane, so pardon my irrational fear of airplanes spilling into my story, however, I like the way this one turned out, so perhaps my life isn't too far off from Piper's...I mean, this didn't happen to me, but well, just that fact that she doesn't like planes. Good enough for me!
I'm not sure why I don't just send them on their honeymoon already, I PROMISE next time, they will be on it, in chapter 6. (which I have completed) It's just, seeing as how it's all good and fluffy on their honeymoon, I figure why not just add in some randomness before hand heehee.
**I realized I never put disclaimers of each chapter, so once and for all: I disclaim that Charmed is NOT mine, I'm no way affiliated with it..yada yada yada. I'm not trying to steal it in any way, the only thing that is mine is this story idea and my words (unless I say something that you find was in something else, which isn't intentional...) so yeah, this applies to all chapters.
I'm trying out the whole bolding/italicizing etc. in this chapter making it easier to understand for you...because I was having some trouble with it uploading the way I wanted...so if it works...big thanks to ChArMeD 101!
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Chapter 5- Afraid of the Big Metal Bird
Last time:
Piper breathed heavily and asked the lady at the door, "Has the plane left yet miss?"
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The lady behind the desk turned her head and pointed out the window to the plane rolling away from the gate.
Piper sighed and leaned into Leo's arms. "Okay, um, great. I knew this couldn't be that perfect."
"It'll be ok. Is there another flight leaving anytime soon?" Leo calmly asked.
"Not until 5 o'clock tonight. I'm sorry sir, but, we do seem to have two openings available, quite a few actually."
Leo looked over at Piper who was nodding her head. "Okay, great can you book us on there?"
"I certainly can." She took their tickets and in a few moments they were all set. Now, the question was what to do all day. Prue had to get to work, and Piper's car was in the shop so there was nobody who could come and get them.
"Let's just call a cab." Leo suggested.
"I honestly don't want to go home." Piper sighed.
"Okay well let's at least sit down." He took her hand and pulled her over to a little joined chair.
"Piper, it's gunna be ok, just a day behind schedule. We'll get there tonight, we can have dinner, it'll all be very...romantic." He smiled, trying to make her feel better.
He brushed the hair out of her face. "You're right, it's just, I've been so afraid of this plane ride, I just wanted to get it over with. Another aspect of not traveling, means I haven't been on a plane in, god knows how long."
"Honey, I promise, it'll be fine. Why don't we just hang out here for the day. Act all touristy. We can just hang around here, wake up," he smiled, "get some breakfast over at that little diner over there, shop a little bit, grab something else to eat, and before we know it, it'll be time to go."
"I love you Leo," She kissed him, "That sounds great."
The two of them headed down to get some breakfast and were seated at a little café on the other end of the mall. They stayed there for a while, killing some time, and munching on various non-airplane food.
Piper sat there picking at her muffin looking up anxiously at Leo. "So, do you remember how I was talking about the fact that mom died at around my age and all, a few weeks ago?"
"When you were wearing that gorgeous black dress? Yes." He sat there remembering it, "Did you bring that with you?"
"I'm serious Leo," she said as she playfully hit him.
"Okay I'm sorry. But did you?"
Piper sighed, but couldn't be mad at this man, "Yes, I brought it, but I won't take it out if you don't listen."
He took her hand from across the table and kissed it. "I'm listening."
"Okay, well, I actually don't have anything to say, really, just, um, ya know...planes and all."
"Honey do you think that if I thought for one minute that there was a chance that anything would happen to you, that I could lose you, I would have booked this flight in the first place?" He assured her.
"But you don't know. I know you think that nothing will happen, but accidents do happen."
"Piper," He whispered lowering his voice, "You fight demons every day, you could get hurt at any moment, how can you be afraid of something that millions of people do everyday?"
"But I have control over that!"
"Not if a demon knocks you off a cliff or something."
"I can freeze...something."
"Well, maybe if anything happened on the plane, you could freeze something to help..."
"It wouldn't work, I know it wouldn't. I'd be too afraid, the whole emotions in our powers thing." She replied
"Okay, okay, fine. I promise you, I swear on...everything, on my life, that you're going to be fine, we'll be fine."
"Leo, you're dead, so that doesn't count."
"You know what I mean." He laughed as she leaned her head down into her hands.
Leo picked her chin up and saw her face streaming with tears. "Aw, honey come here." He got up out of his chair and pulled her into his arms. He motioned for the waiter to bring the check over. With one arm, he let go and got the money out, handed it to the waiter and pulled Piper and the bags up out of the seat.
His arm still wrapped around her, he dragged her over to a nearby chair. He put everything else down and tried to lift her head to see her face.
Her voice cracking, she tried to mutter out something that Leo couldn't understand.
He kissed her forehead and continued stroking her hair whispering to her, "It will be okay, I promise."
After a few minutes, she stopped crying and nodded her head, "I know, I just can't stop crying. I don't know why. I'm sorry."
"You don't have anything to be sorry for, I understand, trust me I do."
She took a deep breath and said, "All right, I'm done spoiling our day, what do you want to do?"
"Whatever you want to do my dear."
They got up and strolled around the airport hand in hand for a while, stopping every few minutes to glance in a store window or to comment on how cute the little baby riding in the stroller that past them was.
"Leo, look at that." She grinned as she pointed to a triple carriage with three little identical girls in matching outfits rolled by.
"Maybe that'll be us one day," he said pointing to the tired, disheveled, parents pushing the carriage along.
"Maybe not three, at once anyway," She scrunched up her nose, "That would hurt!"
"Ah, nature is a tricky thing."
"That is true."
They continued wondering around the airport for a good part of the afternoon, until they stopped for some ice cream soon before their flight.
Leo started laughing the second he looked up at Piper.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
He rubbed his nose.
She picked up her spoon and looked at her reflection in it and started laughing herself. She saw a big glob of whipped cream on the tip of her nose. Leo reached over and stuck half his cherry in it, "You gotta get used to flying now, you'll have to help Santa out this year, Rudolf."
A voice came over the loud speaker, "Flight 406 to Honolulu is now boarding. Rows 30 through 22. That's Flight 406 to Honolulu, now boarding."
Piper and Leo both stood up, and walked over to where they were boarding. They were far from the gate but they figured they would have enough time, so they stopped off at the bathroom quickly, since they had already checked their luggage and everything.
As they approached the gate, Piper grabbed Leo's hand tighter than before and looked up at him with eyes full of fear. Leo handed the lady their tickets and she wished them a good flight.
They walked onto the plane and found their seats in the back quickly. Piper slid in next to the window and Leo right beside her. She just gazed out looking out the window at the San Francisco skyline.
Leo wrapped his arm around her getting her as close to him as possible, "We'll be fine Piper. In 5 hours we will be in sunny Hawaii, sipping some tropical drinks from coconuts. Just picture me in a Hawaiian shirt. I bought one..."
She laughed, for the first time since they had been called. As the pilot began to speak to the passengers, reading them the safety tips, she looked over the booklet in the seat pocket in front of her to try and keep her mind off the up-and-coming takeoff.
The engine started rolling and they started picking up speed.
"Okay, let's do this." Piper announced as the wheels retracted and the plane shot up off the ground and soared into the sky.
~*~*~*~*~*~ a/n: Don't worry, I won't have a whole chapter with them on the plane or anything! This, I promise you. (Starts hearing Nsync songs in my head, that's never good...dear.) Next stop: Sunny Island Fun!! Ah, that sounds so overly cheesy. That'll be up soon, then on with the plot! *sadness has over come me* It's just, I so enjoy writing the mush! I feel I have a REALLY good idea though. Somewhat interesting at least. Any ideas still welcome though. –love
Ok, this chapter, I wrote partially, by hand (which is sooooo annoying, I love my computer) soon after I got off the plane, so pardon my irrational fear of airplanes spilling into my story, however, I like the way this one turned out, so perhaps my life isn't too far off from Piper's...I mean, this didn't happen to me, but well, just that fact that she doesn't like planes. Good enough for me!
I'm not sure why I don't just send them on their honeymoon already, I PROMISE next time, they will be on it, in chapter 6. (which I have completed) It's just, seeing as how it's all good and fluffy on their honeymoon, I figure why not just add in some randomness before hand heehee.
**I realized I never put disclaimers of each chapter, so once and for all: I disclaim that Charmed is NOT mine, I'm no way affiliated with it..yada yada yada. I'm not trying to steal it in any way, the only thing that is mine is this story idea and my words (unless I say something that you find was in something else, which isn't intentional...) so yeah, this applies to all chapters.
I'm trying out the whole bolding/italicizing etc. in this chapter making it easier to understand for you...because I was having some trouble with it uploading the way I wanted...so if it works...big thanks to ChArMeD 101!
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Chapter 5- Afraid of the Big Metal Bird
Last time:
Piper breathed heavily and asked the lady at the door, "Has the plane left yet miss?"
*******
The lady behind the desk turned her head and pointed out the window to the plane rolling away from the gate.
Piper sighed and leaned into Leo's arms. "Okay, um, great. I knew this couldn't be that perfect."
"It'll be ok. Is there another flight leaving anytime soon?" Leo calmly asked.
"Not until 5 o'clock tonight. I'm sorry sir, but, we do seem to have two openings available, quite a few actually."
Leo looked over at Piper who was nodding her head. "Okay, great can you book us on there?"
"I certainly can." She took their tickets and in a few moments they were all set. Now, the question was what to do all day. Prue had to get to work, and Piper's car was in the shop so there was nobody who could come and get them.
"Let's just call a cab." Leo suggested.
"I honestly don't want to go home." Piper sighed.
"Okay well let's at least sit down." He took her hand and pulled her over to a little joined chair.
"Piper, it's gunna be ok, just a day behind schedule. We'll get there tonight, we can have dinner, it'll all be very...romantic." He smiled, trying to make her feel better.
He brushed the hair out of her face. "You're right, it's just, I've been so afraid of this plane ride, I just wanted to get it over with. Another aspect of not traveling, means I haven't been on a plane in, god knows how long."
"Honey, I promise, it'll be fine. Why don't we just hang out here for the day. Act all touristy. We can just hang around here, wake up," he smiled, "get some breakfast over at that little diner over there, shop a little bit, grab something else to eat, and before we know it, it'll be time to go."
"I love you Leo," She kissed him, "That sounds great."
The two of them headed down to get some breakfast and were seated at a little café on the other end of the mall. They stayed there for a while, killing some time, and munching on various non-airplane food.
Piper sat there picking at her muffin looking up anxiously at Leo. "So, do you remember how I was talking about the fact that mom died at around my age and all, a few weeks ago?"
"When you were wearing that gorgeous black dress? Yes." He sat there remembering it, "Did you bring that with you?"
"I'm serious Leo," she said as she playfully hit him.
"Okay I'm sorry. But did you?"
Piper sighed, but couldn't be mad at this man, "Yes, I brought it, but I won't take it out if you don't listen."
He took her hand from across the table and kissed it. "I'm listening."
"Okay, well, I actually don't have anything to say, really, just, um, ya know...planes and all."
"Honey do you think that if I thought for one minute that there was a chance that anything would happen to you, that I could lose you, I would have booked this flight in the first place?" He assured her.
"But you don't know. I know you think that nothing will happen, but accidents do happen."
"Piper," He whispered lowering his voice, "You fight demons every day, you could get hurt at any moment, how can you be afraid of something that millions of people do everyday?"
"But I have control over that!"
"Not if a demon knocks you off a cliff or something."
"I can freeze...something."
"Well, maybe if anything happened on the plane, you could freeze something to help..."
"It wouldn't work, I know it wouldn't. I'd be too afraid, the whole emotions in our powers thing." She replied
"Okay, okay, fine. I promise you, I swear on...everything, on my life, that you're going to be fine, we'll be fine."
"Leo, you're dead, so that doesn't count."
"You know what I mean." He laughed as she leaned her head down into her hands.
Leo picked her chin up and saw her face streaming with tears. "Aw, honey come here." He got up out of his chair and pulled her into his arms. He motioned for the waiter to bring the check over. With one arm, he let go and got the money out, handed it to the waiter and pulled Piper and the bags up out of the seat.
His arm still wrapped around her, he dragged her over to a nearby chair. He put everything else down and tried to lift her head to see her face.
Her voice cracking, she tried to mutter out something that Leo couldn't understand.
He kissed her forehead and continued stroking her hair whispering to her, "It will be okay, I promise."
After a few minutes, she stopped crying and nodded her head, "I know, I just can't stop crying. I don't know why. I'm sorry."
"You don't have anything to be sorry for, I understand, trust me I do."
She took a deep breath and said, "All right, I'm done spoiling our day, what do you want to do?"
"Whatever you want to do my dear."
They got up and strolled around the airport hand in hand for a while, stopping every few minutes to glance in a store window or to comment on how cute the little baby riding in the stroller that past them was.
"Leo, look at that." She grinned as she pointed to a triple carriage with three little identical girls in matching outfits rolled by.
"Maybe that'll be us one day," he said pointing to the tired, disheveled, parents pushing the carriage along.
"Maybe not three, at once anyway," She scrunched up her nose, "That would hurt!"
"Ah, nature is a tricky thing."
"That is true."
They continued wondering around the airport for a good part of the afternoon, until they stopped for some ice cream soon before their flight.
Leo started laughing the second he looked up at Piper.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
He rubbed his nose.
She picked up her spoon and looked at her reflection in it and started laughing herself. She saw a big glob of whipped cream on the tip of her nose. Leo reached over and stuck half his cherry in it, "You gotta get used to flying now, you'll have to help Santa out this year, Rudolf."
A voice came over the loud speaker, "Flight 406 to Honolulu is now boarding. Rows 30 through 22. That's Flight 406 to Honolulu, now boarding."
Piper and Leo both stood up, and walked over to where they were boarding. They were far from the gate but they figured they would have enough time, so they stopped off at the bathroom quickly, since they had already checked their luggage and everything.
As they approached the gate, Piper grabbed Leo's hand tighter than before and looked up at him with eyes full of fear. Leo handed the lady their tickets and she wished them a good flight.
They walked onto the plane and found their seats in the back quickly. Piper slid in next to the window and Leo right beside her. She just gazed out looking out the window at the San Francisco skyline.
Leo wrapped his arm around her getting her as close to him as possible, "We'll be fine Piper. In 5 hours we will be in sunny Hawaii, sipping some tropical drinks from coconuts. Just picture me in a Hawaiian shirt. I bought one..."
She laughed, for the first time since they had been called. As the pilot began to speak to the passengers, reading them the safety tips, she looked over the booklet in the seat pocket in front of her to try and keep her mind off the up-and-coming takeoff.
The engine started rolling and they started picking up speed.
"Okay, let's do this." Piper announced as the wheels retracted and the plane shot up off the ground and soared into the sky.
~*~*~*~*~*~ a/n: Don't worry, I won't have a whole chapter with them on the plane or anything! This, I promise you. (Starts hearing Nsync songs in my head, that's never good...dear.) Next stop: Sunny Island Fun!! Ah, that sounds so overly cheesy. That'll be up soon, then on with the plot! *sadness has over come me* It's just, I so enjoy writing the mush! I feel I have a REALLY good idea though. Somewhat interesting at least. Any ideas still welcome though. –love