Leo woke up the next morning, still led on the sofa, to see the light on
the cordless phone flashing, meaning he had a message. He reached for the
phone swiftly, pulling a muscle in his back. He shouted out in pain and
slowly lowered himself back down. He hoped it was Piper, but he didn't want
to get his hopes up too much, as it probably wouldn't be. All of a sudden
a bright smile flashed across his face when he heard the voice in the
telephone say 'new message from Piper Halliwell' in a robotic voice.
He pushed the phone closer to his ear, grinning like a schoolgirl. "Hello Leo." Piper said in the message. "Umm...it's me Piper, but you probably know that right? Umm.... wow...I'm actually nervous to talk to you." She said. Leo smiled, somehow knowing that Piper was also nervous made him feel a little better. "Well, I was just wondering if we could get together and talk sometime, just the two of us. Ummm.... call me? If you still have my number in your phone that is." She joked. Leo chuckled, no matter how nervous she was she always had something up her sleeve to redeem herself. That's what he loved about her, that and everything else.
He slowly lowered the phone away from him, switched it off and smiled, still in a daze. He leaned back and smiled widely. "Now's my chance." He mumbled to himself. "I have a chance to get back the one thing that makes my life worth living. There's not a chance in hell I'm gonna screw it up this time." He stretched out, opened a drawer, stuck his hand in and retrieved a velvet box. He opened the box, revealing a beautiful white gold engagement ring with diamonds.
As he stared at the ring, a voice in his head was telling him. "She'll love it, white gold was always her favourite. You know that!" For some reason he found himself flashing back to the last time he looked at the ring.... just before she walked out. His flashback moved to the end of their talk a few days before.
In one single moment your whole life can turn 'round
I stand there for a minute starin' straight into the ground
Lookin' to the left slightly, then lookin' back down
World feels like it's caved in – proper sorry frown
Please let me show you where we could only just be, for us
I can change and I can grow or we could adjust
The wicked thing about us is we always have trust
We can even have an open relationship, if you must
I look at her she stares almost straight back at me
But her eyes glaze over like she's lookin' straight through me
Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity
When they open up she's lookin' down at her feet
He could still remember the sad look in Piper's eyes, like she didn't want to leave him but something was telling her to. But now she was ringing him, not quite talking about a reunion, but there was still hope.
Leo stood up and slowly walked towards the kitchen, tidying up the plates and bowls he'd left on the sides. He was never a messy person, but cleaning was just the last thing on his mind over the last few long, lonely days. As he finished putting them all away, the telephone rang again. He ran over it to it and yanked it up, answering quickly. "Hello...Piper?" His face drooped when he heard the voice on the other end.
"Yes sweetie" Came a high pitched voice from the other end....It was his brother, Dean. "Of course it's me...who else would it be?"
"Dean...stop joshing will you? I've got more things on my mind than to put up with your constant crap." Leo scolded. Dean was a regular fly-by-night. He was only 18 and thought the world would kneel at his feet if all he did was get out of bed. He and Leo had never really gotten along, Leo had always tried to be there for him when he'd caused trouble at school or had been caught smoking, but in the end he got so mad that he just gave up and let Dean get himself into trouble.
"Whoa...sorry bro, what got up your ass today?" Dean joked, sniggering a little. "And I'm gunna be downright scared if you say Piper."
"Dean...can you just get your mind out of the gutter for two minutes max and tell me what the hell you're ringing for?" Leo said in a distressed manner.
"Ok...I was just wondering if I could crash at your place for a few nights...until my name is cleared. There are these guys, I got a bit angry with them. I can't have them coming round here otherwise I'll just deck 'em again...don't want no more hassle with the cops...na'mean?" Dean said, using his almighty tough guy accent to what he thought was his advantage.
Leo sighed furiously. "Dean...you cannot stay here. We tried that once before didn't we? It just didn't work out. I can't help you anymore. I tried so hard when you were in high school, mom and dad gave up on you and I tried, Louisa tried, even your little sister Becca tried, but you just didn't want help then. Well if you didn't want my help then, then you obviously don't need it now." He said, practically shouted.
"Fine!" Dean shouted from the other end. "I'll just ask Louisa then, she's a much better big sister than you are!!"
"Well obviously because I'm your big brother you big...." Leo shouted as the line went dead. He hung the phone up and walked back to the kitchen ".... asshole"
I know in the past I've found it hard to say
Tellin' you things, but not tellin' straight
But the more I pull on your hand and say
The more you pull away
Piper was now up and dressed, sat on the sofa by the telephone, hoping Leo would ring. The minute she stood up to get a drink; the telephone rang, as if by magic. She picked it up. "Hello, Piper here"
Leo cleared his throat nervously at the other end. "H..hi Piper, it's me...Leo"
Her face broke into a broad, trembling smile. "Hey Leo. You got my message then"
"Y...yeah. Just a while ago actually." He mumbled shyly. "So...you want to meet up then?"
"Yeah." She replied with a thin smile. "I just think we should talk...I miss you" She said with a small laugh. "I never thought I'd have to say that. I never thought we'd be apart." "Me either." Leo replied, coming out of his shell a little bit and replying. "Can we do this as soon as possible. I miss you too much. I...I can't let you go like that Piper. We've known each other too long. I've loved you too long."
"I...I know. Let's just meet up and talk yeah? It's better to be there...together..not over the telephone."
"Yeah, maybe you're right." He replied with a smile. "As always. But Piper?....I'm not letting you go."
"I'm not letting you go either." She replied. "I made a mistake, I'm sorry"
So take a look at me now
Since I told you it's over
You got a hole in your heart
I'll find a four leaf clover
You can't tell me this now
This far down the line
That you're never, ever gonna get over me
Never get over me
Never get over me
AN: This chapter is ok I guess.!! I'm not 2 happy with it but hopefully you will be. The song I used at the bottom of the fic is Stereophonics-Since I told you it's over. Plz r&r ya?
He pushed the phone closer to his ear, grinning like a schoolgirl. "Hello Leo." Piper said in the message. "Umm...it's me Piper, but you probably know that right? Umm.... wow...I'm actually nervous to talk to you." She said. Leo smiled, somehow knowing that Piper was also nervous made him feel a little better. "Well, I was just wondering if we could get together and talk sometime, just the two of us. Ummm.... call me? If you still have my number in your phone that is." She joked. Leo chuckled, no matter how nervous she was she always had something up her sleeve to redeem herself. That's what he loved about her, that and everything else.
He slowly lowered the phone away from him, switched it off and smiled, still in a daze. He leaned back and smiled widely. "Now's my chance." He mumbled to himself. "I have a chance to get back the one thing that makes my life worth living. There's not a chance in hell I'm gonna screw it up this time." He stretched out, opened a drawer, stuck his hand in and retrieved a velvet box. He opened the box, revealing a beautiful white gold engagement ring with diamonds.
As he stared at the ring, a voice in his head was telling him. "She'll love it, white gold was always her favourite. You know that!" For some reason he found himself flashing back to the last time he looked at the ring.... just before she walked out. His flashback moved to the end of their talk a few days before.
In one single moment your whole life can turn 'round
I stand there for a minute starin' straight into the ground
Lookin' to the left slightly, then lookin' back down
World feels like it's caved in – proper sorry frown
Please let me show you where we could only just be, for us
I can change and I can grow or we could adjust
The wicked thing about us is we always have trust
We can even have an open relationship, if you must
I look at her she stares almost straight back at me
But her eyes glaze over like she's lookin' straight through me
Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity
When they open up she's lookin' down at her feet
He could still remember the sad look in Piper's eyes, like she didn't want to leave him but something was telling her to. But now she was ringing him, not quite talking about a reunion, but there was still hope.
Leo stood up and slowly walked towards the kitchen, tidying up the plates and bowls he'd left on the sides. He was never a messy person, but cleaning was just the last thing on his mind over the last few long, lonely days. As he finished putting them all away, the telephone rang again. He ran over it to it and yanked it up, answering quickly. "Hello...Piper?" His face drooped when he heard the voice on the other end.
"Yes sweetie" Came a high pitched voice from the other end....It was his brother, Dean. "Of course it's me...who else would it be?"
"Dean...stop joshing will you? I've got more things on my mind than to put up with your constant crap." Leo scolded. Dean was a regular fly-by-night. He was only 18 and thought the world would kneel at his feet if all he did was get out of bed. He and Leo had never really gotten along, Leo had always tried to be there for him when he'd caused trouble at school or had been caught smoking, but in the end he got so mad that he just gave up and let Dean get himself into trouble.
"Whoa...sorry bro, what got up your ass today?" Dean joked, sniggering a little. "And I'm gunna be downright scared if you say Piper."
"Dean...can you just get your mind out of the gutter for two minutes max and tell me what the hell you're ringing for?" Leo said in a distressed manner.
"Ok...I was just wondering if I could crash at your place for a few nights...until my name is cleared. There are these guys, I got a bit angry with them. I can't have them coming round here otherwise I'll just deck 'em again...don't want no more hassle with the cops...na'mean?" Dean said, using his almighty tough guy accent to what he thought was his advantage.
Leo sighed furiously. "Dean...you cannot stay here. We tried that once before didn't we? It just didn't work out. I can't help you anymore. I tried so hard when you were in high school, mom and dad gave up on you and I tried, Louisa tried, even your little sister Becca tried, but you just didn't want help then. Well if you didn't want my help then, then you obviously don't need it now." He said, practically shouted.
"Fine!" Dean shouted from the other end. "I'll just ask Louisa then, she's a much better big sister than you are!!"
"Well obviously because I'm your big brother you big...." Leo shouted as the line went dead. He hung the phone up and walked back to the kitchen ".... asshole"
I know in the past I've found it hard to say
Tellin' you things, but not tellin' straight
But the more I pull on your hand and say
The more you pull away
Piper was now up and dressed, sat on the sofa by the telephone, hoping Leo would ring. The minute she stood up to get a drink; the telephone rang, as if by magic. She picked it up. "Hello, Piper here"
Leo cleared his throat nervously at the other end. "H..hi Piper, it's me...Leo"
Her face broke into a broad, trembling smile. "Hey Leo. You got my message then"
"Y...yeah. Just a while ago actually." He mumbled shyly. "So...you want to meet up then?"
"Yeah." She replied with a thin smile. "I just think we should talk...I miss you" She said with a small laugh. "I never thought I'd have to say that. I never thought we'd be apart." "Me either." Leo replied, coming out of his shell a little bit and replying. "Can we do this as soon as possible. I miss you too much. I...I can't let you go like that Piper. We've known each other too long. I've loved you too long."
"I...I know. Let's just meet up and talk yeah? It's better to be there...together..not over the telephone."
"Yeah, maybe you're right." He replied with a smile. "As always. But Piper?....I'm not letting you go."
"I'm not letting you go either." She replied. "I made a mistake, I'm sorry"
So take a look at me now
Since I told you it's over
You got a hole in your heart
I'll find a four leaf clover
You can't tell me this now
This far down the line
That you're never, ever gonna get over me
Never get over me
Never get over me
AN: This chapter is ok I guess.!! I'm not 2 happy with it but hopefully you will be. The song I used at the bottom of the fic is Stereophonics-Since I told you it's over. Plz r&r ya?