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Chapter 18

Piper only dosed off for a few minutes, and woke up when the door that suddenly slammed open, and her older sister Prue ran inside.

When Piper opened her eyes she found a teary and worrying Prue above her. Prue's had reached out to Piper's and grabbed it.

"I came as soon as I heard... oh god Piper, what happened?" Prue asked.

"Umm... It was ah, Greg." Piper said.

Prue thought for a moment, then said;

"Piper, on my way here the doctor said you had two broken ribs and a concussion, did he do something to you Piper? Did Greg hit you?" Prue asked gently.

"He, um, took me out of the club, and he said that... well he wanted to... but, but I didn't. So he got all crazy, and pushed me to the wall, and started taking my cloths off, and I didn't want him to... so he... he started hitting me..." Piper spoke between sobs, and a moment later she was held in her sister's arms tightly, and Piper held on to her sister, trying to find comfort.

Then a nurse came in.

"Is everything ok? I heard..."

"Yeah, it's ok, sorry." Prue said.

The nurse smiled and walked out.

Prue let go of Piper and looked at her closely.

"Honey, I am so sorry... I wish things would have come out differently... how did you get here? You couldn't have driven here..."

"No, Leo he... he followed us outside, and fought Greg off, then he took me here." Piper explained.

"I see. How are you feeling? Are you feeling any pains?" Prue asked with concern.

"Just a little" Piper lied, and could tell that Prue was not believing.

"When they called me and said that you were in the hospital I was worried to death."

"Prue, I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to worry you so much..."

"Don't be sorry honey, its everything but your fault." Prue said.

"Just don't tell Grams, I would hate worrying her..."

"Too late, she already knows. She was at her friend's, but someone is bringing her here."

"Prue... you shouldn't have told her, with her condition she should worry at all, and now I am making it 'so much better'." Piper said, hating the fact that Grams has to worry because of her.

"Well, I had to tell her, she is still our grams, and she has a right to know her daughter is in the hospital." Prue said, as she moved some hair from Piper's pale face.

Piper sighed, and looked away.

The humiliation she felt was unbearable, and it grew bigger and bigger with every second as she thought about it more.

At that moment, she hated life.

She would be off better dead.

She even thought it would be nice if Greg would just have bitten her to death. She would get lots of attention (as a dead person of course...), and she would sure be happier.

Piper tried dragging her mind away from the events of the night, but found that Impossible.

Both the mental and physical pain kept reminding her every second that she was standing in that street, helpless in Greg's arms that wouldn't let her go.

Leo suddenly crept into her thoughts.

He saved her, if not for him... well, if not for him then Piper would probably still be in that street with Greg.

But she wasn't, she was safe now... she told herself, but the horrible memories kept hunting her, making her relive those moments again and again.

Piper wasn't sure how long they were quiet, both her and Prue, without saying a word, probably about 30 minutes, when she heard a familiar voice outside the door.

"Is that room 203? This one? Thank you." Grams said, and flung the door of the room open.

"Piper! Oh, darling!" Grams exclaimed, and hurried To Piper's side.

"Grams..." Piper started, but Grams didn't seem to notice.

"I came soon as I could! What happened?! Something went wrong in the party?" Grams asked, grabbing one of Piper's hands into both hers".

Piper had no intention of telling Grams exactly what happened, but realized she has no idea what to say.

"Um... Greg, my date... He got a bit drunk and..."

"Oh my god! Did that guy do something to you?!" Grams exclaimed.

Piper found herself stuck again, but then Prue took the liberty of answering.

"He is the reason Piper is here..." She said.

"That little slug! If I see him..." grams started, but then suddenly turned back to Piper.

"How are you feeling my dear?" Grams asked, replacing anger with concern to her voice.

"Ok." Piper mumbled, and tried to force a smile, but realized that she just moved her mouth in a wired way.

"Something will be done about this. Prue, you need to call the police. This will not go by quietly." Grams said with determination, then seemed to remember something.

"Where is Phoebe?" Grams asked.

"Oh no, I forgot... She must be home by now. I'll call her." Prue said, and dialed a number on her cell.

"Hi, it's me. I know, we're in the hospital. No, it's not Grams... Piper. She is ok. Ok. I'll come and get you. Ok. I will. Bye." Prue said into the phone, and hung up.

"I said I'd bring her here... will you be ok Piper?" Prue asked.

Piper nodded.

"I'll be back as soon as I can." Prue said, and after giving Piper a kiss on her forehead, she left the room.

Then Doctor Clare walked in.

"Miss Halliwell? Could we have a word?" she asked.

Grams turned to her, and said; "Of course. I'll be right back Piper." Grams said, and followed the doctor out of the door.

Piper was pleased with being alone again. She didn't want to cry while Grams or Prue were in there, and now that she was alone she could cry as much as she wants.

And she did.

She let the tears wash her freely, leaving a tear stroked face.

She covered her face with her hands, then heard the door opening.

Quickly she dried her face with the back of her hands, and looked at who came in.

Leo.

Somehow, him being there was cheerful. At that moment she started realizing how much she really missed him those few weeks they were apart.

She wondered if he is staying there just because he feels pity to her, or because he really wants to.

"Can I come in?" He asked.

Piper nodded.

He walked into the room, and Piper suddenly noticed red marks on his hand.

Then she remembered that he hit Greg a couple of times.

"I'm sorry about that." She said, pointing at his hand.

Leo smiled, and looked at his hand.

"Don't be, it was a pleasure kicking his sorry ass. Defiantly worth it." He said.

Piper could tell he was trying to make her smile, like he always used to, so she forced one, and saw Leo's pleasure in his eyes.

She moved a bit in her bed, making space for Leo, and he half set half laid beside her.

Piper felt thousand times safer, laying like that with Leo, in perfect silence.

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