AN: Another update! I'm on a roll! Go me! Also, I felt really weird while I was writing the chapter, and even weirder when I was writing the thank yous, so just bear with me, please. (ah! I did it again!) And wait... 112 reviews, 26 chapters... I have more than 4 reviews per chapter!! Yay! I reached my goal, but don't worry, I won't stop writing. If you want to help me continue this tradition that was just begun, please review as much as possible!
p3charmed4eva - You forgot about him? How dare you?!? (pun) I know, not the right time to joke, yada, yada, yada...
piperleo4eva - Thank you for the emotions part. I am so blessed! In fact I think I'm twice blessed! (another pun) Oh, you want a Leo bit, you get a Leo bit. I'm doing him all by himself in this, because, well, the person he would be with is kind of in a coma.
sci fi fan - I know, suspense level oh so high! Oh, the highness, your highness! (yet another pun)
PiperHalliwell025 - Yay! Nine pleases! Happiness and joy! (author does a little jig) And, you love this story? I am sooooo touched! And, I am pleased! (a fourth pun)
charmedrox09 - cool! i have a late night reviewer! Well, it kind of makes sense because, right now, it is about 7:30 in the morning.
LeoPiper24/7 - I know, that awful suspense. But thanks, you like my entire story!0
winter blaze - thanks!
Jules713 - Hahaha! I want him dead, too, if you know what I mean...
JanaRose - I am SO sorry the suspense is killing you, but, as I said, not much longer! It will all be revealed soon. And, this is the best fic you've ever read? Oh my, I am sooo happy! I've had a good time writing this fic, and I'm happy that people really like it.
C. C. McKenna - I am happy you use so much slang with me. Slang is soooo hip! Thank you for the master mind thing. I am really good at that game. (ahhhh! the attack of the puns! Help me!) And yes, I know I have a twisted mind. If I didn't, I wouldn't have even started this fic! Oh, and the last part made me lol!
Now, chapter 27...
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"Grams, do we have to?" Phoebe asked.
It was Thursday night of the next week. None of the kids had gone to school yet, and Phoebe was asking Grams if they had to go to school the next day. "Yes, dears, you have to. You have been living in the hospital, and you've missed four days of school. You are all healing nicely, and I think you should go to school. The Trudeau boys have to go to school, too." Grams said, looking over the three pouting girls in front of her. "Awh." the Phoebe said, with the girls' guards chuckling in the background. "Shut up!" Phoebe said, hearing their chuckles.
There was more than one reason that the girls didn't want to go to school. One, they wanted to be around to see Piper any time they could. Two, school reminded them of Mr. Connel, especially Prue. Three, they knew that they would have to face lots of questioning. It would be about how they got their injuries, and why they were gone. Prue also knew that she would have to face extra questions, like why Piper still wasn't there, and where Mr. Connel was. Four, they had no idea how they were going to explain why they had guards, without mentioning Mr. Connel. The case had to be kept confidential, so the kids knew that if they went to school, they would be in for having to make up lots of lies.
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The next morning, when Paige and Glenn got to school, they were immediately greeted by their friends. They looked at Paige and Glenn awkwardly, seeing Paige wheel Glenn in on a wheelchair. "What happened, guys? Where were you?" one of their friends, Liv, asked them. "Um, I had strep." Paige lied quickly. "And I... tripped over a slug and broke my leg over the weekend. Today was the first day I've been able to come." Glenn said. "You tripped over a slug?" Rich, another friend, asked, looking at him weirdly. "Yeah. It's what my dad calls a banister." Glenn said quickly. "Oh, that's different." Lexi, yet another friend, said. There was a laugh, and the kids looked at the nearby doorway. Paige's guard had burst out in chuckles, and Glenn's was trying to shush him. "Who are those dudes?" Liv asked. "Oh, our own personal guard. We are so important that we deserve one." Paige said, fluffing her hair. "Oh, right Paige." Rich said jokingly. The bell rang, and the other kids ran off.
Paige and Glenn stayed behind. Paige let go of the wheelchair, and turned to face Glenn. "A slug is another name for a banister?" she asked, laughing. "Well, according to you, we are really important, so what I say doesn't matter." Glenn said. She continued laughing, so he said, "Shut up!" "No!" Paige said, and stuck out her tongue at him. Then, continued laughing, with Glenn joining in. This was the first time they had laughed in a while.
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Phoebe and Billy walked into the classroom cautiously. They thought that there would be lots of rumors about why they were away for so long. They were right.
When they walked into their first class, everyone became quiet, and looked over at them. Their eyes seemed to widen as they saw Phoebe's cast, and the poof under Billy's shirt. They also saw the two guys in suits settle in outside the doorway. They had NOT expected that. "Pheebs, what happened? And what's with the suits?" Mel asked when she ran up to them. "Oh, hi Billy." she added, as if just noticing he was there. "Well, my step dad has suddenly become REALLY overprotective." Billy said, with a fake sigh. "And, Billy and I were seeing which one of us could jump the farthest off of the swings. We both went about twenty-five feet, but we landed wrong. I broke my arm, and Billy broke a few ribs. Today was the first day we were able to come to school." Phoebe said. She was a very experienced liar. "Oh, Phoebe, what am I going to do with you? You broke your ankle last time you did that. I thought you had learned your lesson!" Mel said, shaking her head. The teacher then came in, and the three went to their seats, noticing that their classmates weren't staring at them anymore. 'We must have proved them wrong.' Phoebe thought, with a smile.
A few minutes into class, a note landed on her desk, and she opened it cautiously. It was from Billy.
THAT HAPPENED TO YOU BEFORE? NO WONDER YOU WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE LIE SO QUICKLY!
yeah, it really hurt. Anyway, did you look at the faces of the kids in our class.
YEAH, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN RUMORS ABOUT US. t
hat's what i thought. I bet they thought we ran off to tahiti to get married because i was pregnant with triplets or something.
WOW. YOU DO KNOW YOU HAVE A TWISTED MIND, RIGHT?
yeah, but you like me anyway.
YEAH... RIGHT.
hey, mister!
YOU'RE RIGHT, I LIKE YOU ANYWAY, YOU LITTLE FREAK.
After reading that, Phoebe looked over at him, and stuck her tongue out at him. "Nice" he mouthed. She giggled. She hadn't done that for a while.
Later that day, she found out she was right about the Tahiti rumor.
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Leo was at his locker, looking at a picture of him and Piper together. It felt really weird to him to be at school when she wasn't. Ever since he had moved here, they had been inseparable, at school, at home, everywhere! "Leo, there you are."
Leo turned around, and found himself facing Piper's two stubborn best friends, Alex and Kiara. "Uh, hi." Leo said. He didn't feel like talking much. "We haven't seen you for a week, and all you can say is 'hi'?" Alex asked, with a slight smile. "So, where's Piper? And who's that dude?" Kiara asked. She nodded towards Leo's personal guard, who was standing about 50 feet away. "Why are you asking me?" Leo asked, faking confusion. "Well, he is looking over at us intently, and he came in when you did, for starters." Alex said. "Oh, fine. He's my personal guard." "You're whattie what?" Alex asked, weirded out a bit. "My personal guard." Leo repeated, then he turned back to his locker. "Okay, two questions. Why do you have one, and, I repeat, where is Piper?" Kiara asked, looking at Leo strangely.
"Um..." Leo sighed. The police had told them to answer questions about Piper truthfully, or as close to the truth as possible. This was because they didn't know when she would wake up, so telling people she would be back in a definite amount of time would be impossible. Also, there were kids who had parents working at the hospital. Although most doctors and nurses didn't know about the others, there were a lot of people involved in caring for Piper, so someone was bound to talk. Due to this, the kids had gotten together in the morning to talk about what they were and were not going to say, and got it okayed by the authorities.
"Piper's in the hospital." Leo said sadly. The two girls' expressions suddenly dropped. "What?" Kiara asked, thoroughly shocked. She knew Piper hated hospitals. "She's in the hospital." Leo repeated. "Why?" Alex asked. Leo reviewed what him and the others had talked about in the morning. "She got attacked." he said shortly. Alex and Kiara just stared at him. "But, wha-what happened? And why were you gone for so long?" Kiara asked, still staring in shock. "Piper and I were out last Friday night. We were jumped, and the guy threw me into a wall, knocking me out. When I woke up, I was in the hospital, with my mom at my side. Apparently, Prue and Paige were going for a walk, and they found us. I found out when a doctor came that Piper had been shot twice, and had gotten hit on the head. She had also fallen into a coma. And, the guy hasn't been caught, so that's what the guard is for." Leo finished quickly. His voice shook when he said this, but he did not break down due to practicing what to say on the way to school. "Oh my God." Kiara said, her hand over her mouth, and a tear going down her cheek. "I want to kill that bastard!" Alex said angrily. 'You're not the only one.' Leo thought.
When Leo entered his first class, which was English, he was greeted with questions about his and Piper's absences. Piper had become popular when she and Leo started dating. Leo was forced to keep repeating the same lie. He also felt really uneasy being in English class, even though Mr. Connel wasn't teaching it. Same with his second class, though he didn't feel as weird being in that class. But, by his third class, he didn't have to answer anymore questions. It had gotten around the freshmen class what had happened, or, at least, what Leo had told people. This was lucky for Leo. He was close to breaking point by that time, for having to talk constantly about Piper, the woman he loved.
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Prue and Andy walked into their first class cautiously. Being two of the most popular people in the Junior and Senior classes, they knew that there would be a lot of questions about their absence. Sure enough, Leigh, Marylin, and KC automatically ran up to them. "Guys, where were you? And how did you get that?" Marylin asked, pointing to Prue's cast. "Well, Leo..." Andy started, but Prue stopped him.
"Andy, don't you remember? They know about him." Prue said bitterly. "Oh, yeah." Andy said. "We know about who?" Leigh asked, looking between the two of them. "You know about my stalker." Prue said quickly and slowly, if that makes sense. "Oh." KC said with a shudder. It was creepy for her to think about that. "What did whoever he is do?" Leigh asked. "Well, we know who he is, now." Andy said. "What? Who is the son of a bitch?" Marylin said angrily. "It's Mr. Connel." Prue said. "As in freshmen English teacher, and Piper and Leo's first class teacher Mr Connel?" KC asked, startled. "Yes." Prue answered. "Oh my God!" Marylin said. "Yeah." KC added. "But, that still doesn't explain why you were gone." Leigh said.
"Well, on Friday night, we came here to investigate, since we knew that it was a teacher. And, Piper figured it out and led us to his classroom. He attacked us, with three lackeys." Prue said. The three girls gasped. "And, it ended with all of us having broken something, except for two of us. Paige had the most severe concussion, even though she broke nothing. And, Piper didn't break anything either. But, she, she..." Prue stuttered. She still couldn't bring herself to say it, especially since she got the phone call. "She's was hurt pretty badly. She's in a coma." Andy finished for her. He knew she couldn't do it by herself. The other three girls' mouths and eyes were wide open. "Oh my God!" KC said, hand over her mouth. "I know." Prue said quietly. "I am SO sorry!" Leigh said, and gave Prue a hug. "Oh, Prue!" Marylin said, joining in the hug. Prue felt better, being comforted by friends that weren't there. But, she still had a feeling that this was all her fault.
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AN: I know, I know, you all hate me, but some people wanted more Leo reaction. I also wanted to let you know how much time had passed. And, I promise you, some suspense will be relieved NEXT CHAPTER! This is after a song by Evanescence!
p3charmed4eva - You forgot about him? How dare you?!? (pun) I know, not the right time to joke, yada, yada, yada...
piperleo4eva - Thank you for the emotions part. I am so blessed! In fact I think I'm twice blessed! (another pun) Oh, you want a Leo bit, you get a Leo bit. I'm doing him all by himself in this, because, well, the person he would be with is kind of in a coma.
sci fi fan - I know, suspense level oh so high! Oh, the highness, your highness! (yet another pun)
PiperHalliwell025 - Yay! Nine pleases! Happiness and joy! (author does a little jig) And, you love this story? I am sooooo touched! And, I am pleased! (a fourth pun)
charmedrox09 - cool! i have a late night reviewer! Well, it kind of makes sense because, right now, it is about 7:30 in the morning.
LeoPiper24/7 - I know, that awful suspense. But thanks, you like my entire story!0
winter blaze - thanks!
Jules713 - Hahaha! I want him dead, too, if you know what I mean...
JanaRose - I am SO sorry the suspense is killing you, but, as I said, not much longer! It will all be revealed soon. And, this is the best fic you've ever read? Oh my, I am sooo happy! I've had a good time writing this fic, and I'm happy that people really like it.
C. C. McKenna - I am happy you use so much slang with me. Slang is soooo hip! Thank you for the master mind thing. I am really good at that game. (ahhhh! the attack of the puns! Help me!) And yes, I know I have a twisted mind. If I didn't, I wouldn't have even started this fic! Oh, and the last part made me lol!
Now, chapter 27...
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"Grams, do we have to?" Phoebe asked.
It was Thursday night of the next week. None of the kids had gone to school yet, and Phoebe was asking Grams if they had to go to school the next day. "Yes, dears, you have to. You have been living in the hospital, and you've missed four days of school. You are all healing nicely, and I think you should go to school. The Trudeau boys have to go to school, too." Grams said, looking over the three pouting girls in front of her. "Awh." the Phoebe said, with the girls' guards chuckling in the background. "Shut up!" Phoebe said, hearing their chuckles.
There was more than one reason that the girls didn't want to go to school. One, they wanted to be around to see Piper any time they could. Two, school reminded them of Mr. Connel, especially Prue. Three, they knew that they would have to face lots of questioning. It would be about how they got their injuries, and why they were gone. Prue also knew that she would have to face extra questions, like why Piper still wasn't there, and where Mr. Connel was. Four, they had no idea how they were going to explain why they had guards, without mentioning Mr. Connel. The case had to be kept confidential, so the kids knew that if they went to school, they would be in for having to make up lots of lies.
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The next morning, when Paige and Glenn got to school, they were immediately greeted by their friends. They looked at Paige and Glenn awkwardly, seeing Paige wheel Glenn in on a wheelchair. "What happened, guys? Where were you?" one of their friends, Liv, asked them. "Um, I had strep." Paige lied quickly. "And I... tripped over a slug and broke my leg over the weekend. Today was the first day I've been able to come." Glenn said. "You tripped over a slug?" Rich, another friend, asked, looking at him weirdly. "Yeah. It's what my dad calls a banister." Glenn said quickly. "Oh, that's different." Lexi, yet another friend, said. There was a laugh, and the kids looked at the nearby doorway. Paige's guard had burst out in chuckles, and Glenn's was trying to shush him. "Who are those dudes?" Liv asked. "Oh, our own personal guard. We are so important that we deserve one." Paige said, fluffing her hair. "Oh, right Paige." Rich said jokingly. The bell rang, and the other kids ran off.
Paige and Glenn stayed behind. Paige let go of the wheelchair, and turned to face Glenn. "A slug is another name for a banister?" she asked, laughing. "Well, according to you, we are really important, so what I say doesn't matter." Glenn said. She continued laughing, so he said, "Shut up!" "No!" Paige said, and stuck out her tongue at him. Then, continued laughing, with Glenn joining in. This was the first time they had laughed in a while.
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Phoebe and Billy walked into the classroom cautiously. They thought that there would be lots of rumors about why they were away for so long. They were right.
When they walked into their first class, everyone became quiet, and looked over at them. Their eyes seemed to widen as they saw Phoebe's cast, and the poof under Billy's shirt. They also saw the two guys in suits settle in outside the doorway. They had NOT expected that. "Pheebs, what happened? And what's with the suits?" Mel asked when she ran up to them. "Oh, hi Billy." she added, as if just noticing he was there. "Well, my step dad has suddenly become REALLY overprotective." Billy said, with a fake sigh. "And, Billy and I were seeing which one of us could jump the farthest off of the swings. We both went about twenty-five feet, but we landed wrong. I broke my arm, and Billy broke a few ribs. Today was the first day we were able to come to school." Phoebe said. She was a very experienced liar. "Oh, Phoebe, what am I going to do with you? You broke your ankle last time you did that. I thought you had learned your lesson!" Mel said, shaking her head. The teacher then came in, and the three went to their seats, noticing that their classmates weren't staring at them anymore. 'We must have proved them wrong.' Phoebe thought, with a smile.
A few minutes into class, a note landed on her desk, and she opened it cautiously. It was from Billy.
THAT HAPPENED TO YOU BEFORE? NO WONDER YOU WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE LIE SO QUICKLY!
yeah, it really hurt. Anyway, did you look at the faces of the kids in our class.
YEAH, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN RUMORS ABOUT US. t
hat's what i thought. I bet they thought we ran off to tahiti to get married because i was pregnant with triplets or something.
WOW. YOU DO KNOW YOU HAVE A TWISTED MIND, RIGHT?
yeah, but you like me anyway.
YEAH... RIGHT.
hey, mister!
YOU'RE RIGHT, I LIKE YOU ANYWAY, YOU LITTLE FREAK.
After reading that, Phoebe looked over at him, and stuck her tongue out at him. "Nice" he mouthed. She giggled. She hadn't done that for a while.
Later that day, she found out she was right about the Tahiti rumor.
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Leo was at his locker, looking at a picture of him and Piper together. It felt really weird to him to be at school when she wasn't. Ever since he had moved here, they had been inseparable, at school, at home, everywhere! "Leo, there you are."
Leo turned around, and found himself facing Piper's two stubborn best friends, Alex and Kiara. "Uh, hi." Leo said. He didn't feel like talking much. "We haven't seen you for a week, and all you can say is 'hi'?" Alex asked, with a slight smile. "So, where's Piper? And who's that dude?" Kiara asked. She nodded towards Leo's personal guard, who was standing about 50 feet away. "Why are you asking me?" Leo asked, faking confusion. "Well, he is looking over at us intently, and he came in when you did, for starters." Alex said. "Oh, fine. He's my personal guard." "You're whattie what?" Alex asked, weirded out a bit. "My personal guard." Leo repeated, then he turned back to his locker. "Okay, two questions. Why do you have one, and, I repeat, where is Piper?" Kiara asked, looking at Leo strangely.
"Um..." Leo sighed. The police had told them to answer questions about Piper truthfully, or as close to the truth as possible. This was because they didn't know when she would wake up, so telling people she would be back in a definite amount of time would be impossible. Also, there were kids who had parents working at the hospital. Although most doctors and nurses didn't know about the others, there were a lot of people involved in caring for Piper, so someone was bound to talk. Due to this, the kids had gotten together in the morning to talk about what they were and were not going to say, and got it okayed by the authorities.
"Piper's in the hospital." Leo said sadly. The two girls' expressions suddenly dropped. "What?" Kiara asked, thoroughly shocked. She knew Piper hated hospitals. "She's in the hospital." Leo repeated. "Why?" Alex asked. Leo reviewed what him and the others had talked about in the morning. "She got attacked." he said shortly. Alex and Kiara just stared at him. "But, wha-what happened? And why were you gone for so long?" Kiara asked, still staring in shock. "Piper and I were out last Friday night. We were jumped, and the guy threw me into a wall, knocking me out. When I woke up, I was in the hospital, with my mom at my side. Apparently, Prue and Paige were going for a walk, and they found us. I found out when a doctor came that Piper had been shot twice, and had gotten hit on the head. She had also fallen into a coma. And, the guy hasn't been caught, so that's what the guard is for." Leo finished quickly. His voice shook when he said this, but he did not break down due to practicing what to say on the way to school. "Oh my God." Kiara said, her hand over her mouth, and a tear going down her cheek. "I want to kill that bastard!" Alex said angrily. 'You're not the only one.' Leo thought.
When Leo entered his first class, which was English, he was greeted with questions about his and Piper's absences. Piper had become popular when she and Leo started dating. Leo was forced to keep repeating the same lie. He also felt really uneasy being in English class, even though Mr. Connel wasn't teaching it. Same with his second class, though he didn't feel as weird being in that class. But, by his third class, he didn't have to answer anymore questions. It had gotten around the freshmen class what had happened, or, at least, what Leo had told people. This was lucky for Leo. He was close to breaking point by that time, for having to talk constantly about Piper, the woman he loved.
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Prue and Andy walked into their first class cautiously. Being two of the most popular people in the Junior and Senior classes, they knew that there would be a lot of questions about their absence. Sure enough, Leigh, Marylin, and KC automatically ran up to them. "Guys, where were you? And how did you get that?" Marylin asked, pointing to Prue's cast. "Well, Leo..." Andy started, but Prue stopped him.
"Andy, don't you remember? They know about him." Prue said bitterly. "Oh, yeah." Andy said. "We know about who?" Leigh asked, looking between the two of them. "You know about my stalker." Prue said quickly and slowly, if that makes sense. "Oh." KC said with a shudder. It was creepy for her to think about that. "What did whoever he is do?" Leigh asked. "Well, we know who he is, now." Andy said. "What? Who is the son of a bitch?" Marylin said angrily. "It's Mr. Connel." Prue said. "As in freshmen English teacher, and Piper and Leo's first class teacher Mr Connel?" KC asked, startled. "Yes." Prue answered. "Oh my God!" Marylin said. "Yeah." KC added. "But, that still doesn't explain why you were gone." Leigh said.
"Well, on Friday night, we came here to investigate, since we knew that it was a teacher. And, Piper figured it out and led us to his classroom. He attacked us, with three lackeys." Prue said. The three girls gasped. "And, it ended with all of us having broken something, except for two of us. Paige had the most severe concussion, even though she broke nothing. And, Piper didn't break anything either. But, she, she..." Prue stuttered. She still couldn't bring herself to say it, especially since she got the phone call. "She's was hurt pretty badly. She's in a coma." Andy finished for her. He knew she couldn't do it by herself. The other three girls' mouths and eyes were wide open. "Oh my God!" KC said, hand over her mouth. "I know." Prue said quietly. "I am SO sorry!" Leigh said, and gave Prue a hug. "Oh, Prue!" Marylin said, joining in the hug. Prue felt better, being comforted by friends that weren't there. But, she still had a feeling that this was all her fault.
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AN: I know, I know, you all hate me, but some people wanted more Leo reaction. I also wanted to let you know how much time had passed. And, I promise you, some suspense will be relieved NEXT CHAPTER! This is after a song by Evanescence!