Sibling Rivalry


Disclaimer: I don't own charmed...which would be the reason why I'm poor...

Rating: G to Pg. 13

Summary: Raising two magical children who are battling it out for attention is not easy on Piper... Humor

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Chapter Nine

Piper stirred when she heard the sounds of birds chirping happily, and the feel of the hot sun beaming down on her. She groaned and rolled over, trying to block out the rays of the sun, which threatened to wake her from her half-slumber. She was about to fall back to sleep when she smelt something burning.

She opened her eyes quickly and sat up, glancing around. She stared at the forest just meters away. Thankfully, the bush was not on fire. She sighed, but continued on her quest to find the cause of her waking.

After a few more moments of searching, her eyes fell on Leo. He was hunched over a portable BBQ, cooking what could be classified as breakfast.

She pulled on some jeans and a light blue shirt before clambering out of the FWD, which she had slept in that night after the tent collapsed, and walked over to join Leo. She smiled once she joined his side, however her smile quickly faded when she looked down at the BBQ.

Sizzling away was five charcoal black sausages and four pieces of toast, which were basically ashes. She looked up and Leo and returned his smile.

"You have the pleasure, no the privilege of being the first to taste-test breakfast" Leo said, a large toothy grin appearing on his face as he spoke. Before Piper could reject he had stabbed one of the sausages and held it in front of her mouth.

Piper gulped, flashed Leo an unsure smile and took a bite of the charcoal sausage. As she chewed, she smiled; not wanting to hurt his feelings, as the truth was the sausage had a rating of 5 out of 10. Minus five that was.

"Delicious" she lied.

"Ah, how about you go and ah, set the table. I'll finish up here" She flashed him her most charming smile, hoping that he could not see the non-swallowed sausage in her mouth.

"Sure," Leo agreed. He walked over to the tent, which he had finally put back up, and started to gather plates, knives and forks.

Once Leo was out of eyesight, Piper grabbed a napkin and spat the half-eaten sausage out. She chucked the napkin into the plastic garbage bag next to her and started to scrap the incinerated sausages and toast into the bag.

Once that was done, Piper got some more sausages and slices of bread and started to re-cook the breakfast.

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"That was delicious," Leo said once he swallowed his last mouthful of sausage. He placed his knife and fork back on his plastic plate and leant back in the chair. "See Piper, your not the only one who can cook"

Piper smiled uneasily, "Yeah, I was wrong about you." She hung her head and finished her breakfast, avoiding Leo's eyes as she did so. Once she had finished, Leo started to make plans for the day.

"So I was thinking, maybe we could go bush-walking down to the lake. Have a swim, come back up then go see what activities are on at the village today." His possible plans were more of a statement then a suggestion.

Piper nodded, agreeing with the plan. Silently, she packed up the dirty plastic dishes and washed them, while Leo made sure that everything was in the tent or the car.

Once they had finished their chores, they started to head towards the bush-track. "So, how long is this track?" Piper questioned.

"Oh, they say it's the longest bush-walking track in San Francisco" Leo informed her as he took the lead. He quickened his pace, leaving Piper staring after him.

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"Do you think Wyatt and Christopher are okay?" Piper asked for the hundredth time that hour. Her and Leo had just arrived at the lake. Being sweaty from the long hard bush-walk, Piper had immediately stripped off and jumped in. Leo following quickly after.

"I'm sure they are fine" Leo said, slightly annoyed by Piper's constant questioning. He did not want to be thinking of his sons, or Paige or Phoebe at the moment. He swam a little closer to his ex-wife.

"Yeah" Piper's voice trailed off, as she was deep in thought. So deep in fact that she didn't realize that Leo had swum right up to her and was now practically on top of her.

"Because, I mean, those boys can be a lot of trouble" She turned her head to face Leo, once again letting her voice trail off when she realized just how close the man was getting.

Leo leant forward, his eyes staring into Piper's. Piper was about to lean forward as well when she heard the screams of joy from Tommy, the boy who was staying in the tent next to Piper and Leo. She turned her head, letting Leo, still moving forward, hit his head on her cheekbone.

"Piper?" Leo asked, his voice dripping with disappointment. "What's wrong?" He followed her gaze to Tommy and his parents. He sighed.

"Got to keep it G-rated in front of the children?" He said as Piper starting to swim back away from him.

"Yeah" She answered as she started to swim over to her newfound friends.

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Piper lay awake, thinking of the day's events. Firstly, Leo had been checking out her backside while they had been walking. Secondly, He had tried to kiss her, but failed, much to both of their disappointment. And thirdly, she had been avoiding him ever since.

"Do you think that it will ever be normal between us?" Piper asked. Leo, who was half-asleep, saw his as his chance for some action.

"Only if we make it normal" Leo rolled over to face Piper. He leant forward and his lips were meet by hers.

A/n: Take the ending anyway you wish... Bad chappie I know, short I know...But the good stuff is coming I promise!