Chapter 20 - "Taking care of business"
Leo opened the door and lead Piper into his room, it was the only room with a fan in it. His bed
was king size and bouncy. The window overlooked the beautiful backyard he had. He had various
paintings on the wall and an old antique mirror hanging next to the door, above the dressing
table. He didn't have chairs in his room though..so they had to sit on the bed.
"Well here it is." Leo said as he placed the champagne bottle on the dressing table.
"Wow, it's one of the nicest rooms in the house." Piper complimented again. "Shall we?" Piper
motioned to the bed with the cake on a plate in her hands.
"We shall." Leo said and brought the glasses of champagne with him. "Oh, i almost forgot the fan."
"Yeah, we can't forget that. We'll melt in here." Piper said. She thought if he didn't put the
fan on at least, that the room would get too hot..for good reasons of course, but it would be
best if they didn't pass out.
"A toast." Leo said, raising his glass.
"A toast...to what?" Piper raised hers.
"To us. A toast to us, this might seem a little forward - Together forever"
"It's not too forward, it's perfect - Together forever." Piper clinked her glass with his and they
drank.
Leo was beaming. He also realised that Piper only brought one plate in and one fork. Piper saw
him looking at the fork. She started to laugh, "I could only find one fork Leo."
"Hehe, it's okay. I forgot to tell you where they were kept..i guess we'll have to share."
*Fine by me* Piper thought. She cut a piece off and ate it. Leo looked hungry, so she cut another
piece and fed it to him.
(On the way home)
"Prue!" Prue heard a man's voice come out from behind the hill. It was coming from the same place
as she met Bane..she knew it was him. *Do i stop or do i keep walking?*
"Prue, wait!." Prue stopped and a sweaty Bane ran up to her. "Prue, i'm sorry i was gone for so
long. When i got to my friends place, i realised i had some stuff to do. You seemed pretty busy
with your work so i thought you'd be okay with me gone." He stopped to catch his breath. "Are
you okay?"
Prue was silent for a second. "I'm fine with my work, i'm fine with my sisters, but i'm not fine
with you. You told me you were going to celebrate a friend's birthday - which is fine but you
didn't even call to tell me you'd be gone for longer."
"I know, i'm sorry but i didn't have your number. I didn't need it before because i was living in
your house..you look embarrased or something, are you seeing someone?" Bane didn't look angry.
"No! I mean i noticed someone i hadn't noticed before today, but we're just friends and i hope to
extend that friendship. For me, what are you Bane - a friend, a lover or a user?"
"You have to ask me that? I want to be with you Prue. Just because i was away for a week doesn't
mean i don't care. You're, you're looking at me like i've commited a crime" *Jeeze, what am i in?
a soap opera?*
"Well i don't mean to look like that. To be honest, i was scared, scared that Alec may have got
you and hurt you. Scared that you didn't want me..and now you come back not wanting to tell me
what you've been doing and that scares me." Prue couldn't believe what she had just admitted, she
wouldn't even tell her sisters that.
"I never meant to make you feel like that, i never did. Once again i'm sorry. I'll tell you what
happened if you really want to know, it wasn't bad at all. You have nothing to be afraid of."
said Bane comfortingly. Then he put his arm around her waist and began to walk her home, telling
her about his one week leave.
(Cole's place)
"You should win more cases so i can congratulate you more often." Phoebe said while staring out
of his bedroom window, she was wrapped in a sheet.
"Hmm, i don't know whether to take that as a compliment to my bedside manner or a pay-out to my
abilities in the courtroom." Cole said back, still lying in bed.
"It was a compliment, trust me it was." Phoebe said turning to look at him.
"Some reason i get the feeling you want me for my 'services'" Cole said in a teasing voice but on
the inside he really felt like that.
"Well to be honest your 'services' are amazing, but i'm not with you just because of them. They're
plenty of reason to stay with you but i like you for who you are Mr. Turner." Phoebe smiled and
lay back down beside him.
Cole felt relieved. "Good to know you feel that way Ms. Halliwell."
"Good to know you're taking care of business and taking care of me." Phoebe said and kissed him
on the forehead.
(Piper's club)
The function had finished and people were beginning to leave. Paige thought it had gone pretty
well.
"You did well for a first timer. Tell your sister i was pleased." said Mrs. Jones.
Paige smiled. "Will do."
"Hey, way to go and give Ginia a reality check." said this young guy just younger than Paige.
"Thanks, it's been a long time coming." *I don't think it was nearly enough though*
Paige was looking down and a man came up and shook her hand. "Nicely done Ms. Halliwell"
She looked up. "Thank you very much." *Here's a piece of manhunk history*
"Lets hope Ginia realises she's not wanted in this town and she gets her little butt outta here."
"Oh i wish, but i think her head is too big too understand that."
The guy laughed at Paige. "True that."
"It's okay though, i think after that someone will come along and knock some sense into her."
"Any ideas as to who would be that saviour?" he asked.
"Nope, but maybe i can rally my sisters up and do a bit of a gang tackle." Paige kidded.
He was laughing to himself "Where are your lovely sisters Paige?"
"Prue is working i think and Piper and Phoebe are with their men." Paige smiled.
"Piper is with her guy? I didn't know she was seeing anybody, until today. Is that why she's
not here and you took over the function?"
"Yup, i let her go. She wasn't expecting him to visit her today but when i saw them together i
had to let them go. They're just so perfect."
"Known each other long have they?"
"No, not really. But anyone could tell that they're meant to be together just by looking at them"
"That's really good to know. I'm happy for her."
"You seem to want to know a lot about my sister." Paige said, a little disappointed.
"Yeah, but i don't like her in the way her guy likes her, you don't have to worry about that. It
is just that Piper and i used to be really close friends and i had to move away two years ago. We
lost touch." The guy said.
"Oh! You must be James then!" Paige worked out who he was. "I can't believe we had never met."
"Yeah that's very weird. Her and i were friends for ages and i never saw you once." James said.
"Ah well, you're back now so we'll get to meet more often, and you can speak to your friend again
too." Paige smiled. "You're not a colleague of Ginia's, you came today to see Piper didn't you?"
"Yeah i did. Too bad she had to go away with..what's his name?"
"Leo, Leo Wyatt."
"That name sounds familiar......he owns 'The White Light' doesn't he?" James questioned.
"The White what?" Paige hadn't head that name before.
"'The White Light', it's the name of his plane. He and i trained together years ago." he
remenisced.
"Oh are you a doctor, a pilot or both?" Paige wanted to know.
"None. Well i have my pilot's license but my job isn't actually being one. I was just interested
about how to fly a plane. I did it for fun." James smiled.
"Hey listen, we've actually got to close up here but i'm going back home if you want to come."
"Yeah that would be great. Do you mind if i stay the night? ..I'm only asking because i have no-
where to stay at the moment and i'd like to catch up with your sisters, if that's okay."
"That's totally fine by me James." said Paige. She closed up and they headed off home.
(Leo's place)
Four glasses each later and the cake was almost finished. They both wanted to finish it and were
eyeing each other.
"I want that piece Leo."
"I know you want it, but i want that piece too."
"I'm the guest, i need to be served." Piper teased.
"And i'm the doctor, i need food to stay alert." Leo teased back.
"Well then, you shouldn't be drinking Leo."
"And you shouldn't be letting me drink Piper."
They weren't getting anywhere, and they were both a little drunk. A short silence passed and they
both dived in to get the piece - Piper had picked it up with the fork but Leo had gotten his
face in the way. The piece ended up on Leo's face, rather than in his mouth.
"Aww, see what you did?" Leo growled. [GRRR HEHE]
"Yes i did, but it was your fault." Piper growled back.
"I'll go get a serviette to clean it off."
"A serviette? Are you sure you even have one in the house Leo? since you don't have food..."
"Good point." Leo laughed at the lack of things in his place.
"Here, i got it." Piper went to use her hands to clean it off his face but Leo's tongue got there
first. "Hey! cheaters aren't s'posed to prosper."
"Oh, have i been naughty by cheating? What are you gonna do about it?" Leo looked Piper dead in
the eye.
"Cheat with you." And with that, Piper got closer to Leo and the rest of the cake disappeared
from around his lips. Leo smiled and turned his head to her lips and kissed her. Piper was
looking back into his eyes.
"Hmm"
"Hmm?"
"If that's what i get for cheating, maybe i should cheat more often." Leo said and then leant in
for another kiss.
"Yes maybe you should." Piper kissed him back. "But i gotta tell you, cheating is a bad habit."
"Ok, so we'll call it something else then." Leo had his arms around his girl.
"Alrite then, we'll take care of that business after we take care of this business." Piper kissed
her man passionately and they made love all afternoon.
Leo opened the door and lead Piper into his room, it was the only room with a fan in it. His bed
was king size and bouncy. The window overlooked the beautiful backyard he had. He had various
paintings on the wall and an old antique mirror hanging next to the door, above the dressing
table. He didn't have chairs in his room though..so they had to sit on the bed.
"Well here it is." Leo said as he placed the champagne bottle on the dressing table.
"Wow, it's one of the nicest rooms in the house." Piper complimented again. "Shall we?" Piper
motioned to the bed with the cake on a plate in her hands.
"We shall." Leo said and brought the glasses of champagne with him. "Oh, i almost forgot the fan."
"Yeah, we can't forget that. We'll melt in here." Piper said. She thought if he didn't put the
fan on at least, that the room would get too hot..for good reasons of course, but it would be
best if they didn't pass out.
"A toast." Leo said, raising his glass.
"A toast...to what?" Piper raised hers.
"To us. A toast to us, this might seem a little forward - Together forever"
"It's not too forward, it's perfect - Together forever." Piper clinked her glass with his and they
drank.
Leo was beaming. He also realised that Piper only brought one plate in and one fork. Piper saw
him looking at the fork. She started to laugh, "I could only find one fork Leo."
"Hehe, it's okay. I forgot to tell you where they were kept..i guess we'll have to share."
*Fine by me* Piper thought. She cut a piece off and ate it. Leo looked hungry, so she cut another
piece and fed it to him.
(On the way home)
"Prue!" Prue heard a man's voice come out from behind the hill. It was coming from the same place
as she met Bane..she knew it was him. *Do i stop or do i keep walking?*
"Prue, wait!." Prue stopped and a sweaty Bane ran up to her. "Prue, i'm sorry i was gone for so
long. When i got to my friends place, i realised i had some stuff to do. You seemed pretty busy
with your work so i thought you'd be okay with me gone." He stopped to catch his breath. "Are
you okay?"
Prue was silent for a second. "I'm fine with my work, i'm fine with my sisters, but i'm not fine
with you. You told me you were going to celebrate a friend's birthday - which is fine but you
didn't even call to tell me you'd be gone for longer."
"I know, i'm sorry but i didn't have your number. I didn't need it before because i was living in
your house..you look embarrased or something, are you seeing someone?" Bane didn't look angry.
"No! I mean i noticed someone i hadn't noticed before today, but we're just friends and i hope to
extend that friendship. For me, what are you Bane - a friend, a lover or a user?"
"You have to ask me that? I want to be with you Prue. Just because i was away for a week doesn't
mean i don't care. You're, you're looking at me like i've commited a crime" *Jeeze, what am i in?
a soap opera?*
"Well i don't mean to look like that. To be honest, i was scared, scared that Alec may have got
you and hurt you. Scared that you didn't want me..and now you come back not wanting to tell me
what you've been doing and that scares me." Prue couldn't believe what she had just admitted, she
wouldn't even tell her sisters that.
"I never meant to make you feel like that, i never did. Once again i'm sorry. I'll tell you what
happened if you really want to know, it wasn't bad at all. You have nothing to be afraid of."
said Bane comfortingly. Then he put his arm around her waist and began to walk her home, telling
her about his one week leave.
(Cole's place)
"You should win more cases so i can congratulate you more often." Phoebe said while staring out
of his bedroom window, she was wrapped in a sheet.
"Hmm, i don't know whether to take that as a compliment to my bedside manner or a pay-out to my
abilities in the courtroom." Cole said back, still lying in bed.
"It was a compliment, trust me it was." Phoebe said turning to look at him.
"Some reason i get the feeling you want me for my 'services'" Cole said in a teasing voice but on
the inside he really felt like that.
"Well to be honest your 'services' are amazing, but i'm not with you just because of them. They're
plenty of reason to stay with you but i like you for who you are Mr. Turner." Phoebe smiled and
lay back down beside him.
Cole felt relieved. "Good to know you feel that way Ms. Halliwell."
"Good to know you're taking care of business and taking care of me." Phoebe said and kissed him
on the forehead.
(Piper's club)
The function had finished and people were beginning to leave. Paige thought it had gone pretty
well.
"You did well for a first timer. Tell your sister i was pleased." said Mrs. Jones.
Paige smiled. "Will do."
"Hey, way to go and give Ginia a reality check." said this young guy just younger than Paige.
"Thanks, it's been a long time coming." *I don't think it was nearly enough though*
Paige was looking down and a man came up and shook her hand. "Nicely done Ms. Halliwell"
She looked up. "Thank you very much." *Here's a piece of manhunk history*
"Lets hope Ginia realises she's not wanted in this town and she gets her little butt outta here."
"Oh i wish, but i think her head is too big too understand that."
The guy laughed at Paige. "True that."
"It's okay though, i think after that someone will come along and knock some sense into her."
"Any ideas as to who would be that saviour?" he asked.
"Nope, but maybe i can rally my sisters up and do a bit of a gang tackle." Paige kidded.
He was laughing to himself "Where are your lovely sisters Paige?"
"Prue is working i think and Piper and Phoebe are with their men." Paige smiled.
"Piper is with her guy? I didn't know she was seeing anybody, until today. Is that why she's
not here and you took over the function?"
"Yup, i let her go. She wasn't expecting him to visit her today but when i saw them together i
had to let them go. They're just so perfect."
"Known each other long have they?"
"No, not really. But anyone could tell that they're meant to be together just by looking at them"
"That's really good to know. I'm happy for her."
"You seem to want to know a lot about my sister." Paige said, a little disappointed.
"Yeah, but i don't like her in the way her guy likes her, you don't have to worry about that. It
is just that Piper and i used to be really close friends and i had to move away two years ago. We
lost touch." The guy said.
"Oh! You must be James then!" Paige worked out who he was. "I can't believe we had never met."
"Yeah that's very weird. Her and i were friends for ages and i never saw you once." James said.
"Ah well, you're back now so we'll get to meet more often, and you can speak to your friend again
too." Paige smiled. "You're not a colleague of Ginia's, you came today to see Piper didn't you?"
"Yeah i did. Too bad she had to go away with..what's his name?"
"Leo, Leo Wyatt."
"That name sounds familiar......he owns 'The White Light' doesn't he?" James questioned.
"The White what?" Paige hadn't head that name before.
"'The White Light', it's the name of his plane. He and i trained together years ago." he
remenisced.
"Oh are you a doctor, a pilot or both?" Paige wanted to know.
"None. Well i have my pilot's license but my job isn't actually being one. I was just interested
about how to fly a plane. I did it for fun." James smiled.
"Hey listen, we've actually got to close up here but i'm going back home if you want to come."
"Yeah that would be great. Do you mind if i stay the night? ..I'm only asking because i have no-
where to stay at the moment and i'd like to catch up with your sisters, if that's okay."
"That's totally fine by me James." said Paige. She closed up and they headed off home.
(Leo's place)
Four glasses each later and the cake was almost finished. They both wanted to finish it and were
eyeing each other.
"I want that piece Leo."
"I know you want it, but i want that piece too."
"I'm the guest, i need to be served." Piper teased.
"And i'm the doctor, i need food to stay alert." Leo teased back.
"Well then, you shouldn't be drinking Leo."
"And you shouldn't be letting me drink Piper."
They weren't getting anywhere, and they were both a little drunk. A short silence passed and they
both dived in to get the piece - Piper had picked it up with the fork but Leo had gotten his
face in the way. The piece ended up on Leo's face, rather than in his mouth.
"Aww, see what you did?" Leo growled. [GRRR HEHE]
"Yes i did, but it was your fault." Piper growled back.
"I'll go get a serviette to clean it off."
"A serviette? Are you sure you even have one in the house Leo? since you don't have food..."
"Good point." Leo laughed at the lack of things in his place.
"Here, i got it." Piper went to use her hands to clean it off his face but Leo's tongue got there
first. "Hey! cheaters aren't s'posed to prosper."
"Oh, have i been naughty by cheating? What are you gonna do about it?" Leo looked Piper dead in
the eye.
"Cheat with you." And with that, Piper got closer to Leo and the rest of the cake disappeared
from around his lips. Leo smiled and turned his head to her lips and kissed her. Piper was
looking back into his eyes.
"Hmm"
"Hmm?"
"If that's what i get for cheating, maybe i should cheat more often." Leo said and then leant in
for another kiss.
"Yes maybe you should." Piper kissed him back. "But i gotta tell you, cheating is a bad habit."
"Ok, so we'll call it something else then." Leo had his arms around his girl.
"Alrite then, we'll take care of that business after we take care of this business." Piper kissed
her man passionately and they made love all afternoon.