Chapter 23
About a minute after she left the kitchen to her room, Piper heard a knock on the door and after taking a deep breath she opened it, and saw Prue on the other side.
"Can I come in?"
Piper nodded, and stepped away, making some room for Prue to come in.
They both set awkwardly on Piper's bed.
"How do you feel?" Prue surprised her by asking.
"Sad." Piper said, deciding that would be the best world to describe how she was feeling.
"'Course you do, we are all sad." Prue said.
"I know. It's just that... I feel sad about everything, like... homeless people. I feel sadness for the whole world." Piper said, knowing she sounds completely foolish, but what does that matter? What did anything matter?
"Go on," Prue encouraged.
"It's like we are all damned. The whole human race... there is sad stuff everywhere." Piper continued.
"Weltschmerz."
"Ha?"
"Weltschmerz. It's German for world sadness." Prue explained.
"There's a word for this?"
"Apparently. It happens sometimes... I remember being sad for everyone too, when Dad left us all those years back."
Piper considered this.
Well, at least she knew she wasn't completely mad...
"But Piper... like I've said earlier, suppressing emotions will do you no good."
"I'm not suppressing emotions." Piper said under her breath.
"Sweetie, I have known you all your life and you're always..."
"The one who breaks down?" Piper finished for her.
"The emotional one." Prue said.
Piper just looked away, knowing that what Prue says is true. She must be loosing it.
"Hey, we really didn't mean to upset you... look, me and Phoebe have been thinking about going out for lunch today."
"Um... well, you two go ahead and go then." Piper said.
"Don't you want to come with?"
"I don't know... not really."
"Oh, come on Piper! Come with us!" Prue exclaimed.
"Thanks Prue, but I think I'll sit this one out."
Prue sighed, and seemed disappointment.
"Ok. Come down if you change your mind." She said and went out of the room, closing the door behind her.
Piper set there for a while, a long while, thinking.
Finally she got up, and walked to Gram's room.
Phoebe was right. This wasn't fair.
None of it.
This whole year has been like hell.
First Grams started getting her strokes, then the whole Greg episode, which still left a black hole in Piper's heart and she knew there is more to come, and now Grams was gone.
It's Already been over three days since it happened, and Piper was still the only one who didn't cry.
Hours passed, her sisters left for lunch after trying to convince her again to come with them, but she refused.
It was about 8 in the evening when Leo knocked on the door, and they both went out for a walk.
Not much talk has been going on between the two, until at some point Leo stopped.
"It's getting cold, we should start getting back."
"Ok." Piper agreed, it was pretty chilly.
They turned around, and walked back to the manor.
It was a little over 10 when they came back, and both Phoebe and Prue were already asleep.
"I'll come by tomorrow then..." Leo said, as he prepared to leave.
"Wait, don't leave just yet." Piper said.
Leo smiled, and they both headed upstairs to her room.
The window was open, and the room was cold.
Leo went to close the window, and then turned to Piper who was now sitting on the corner of her bed.
"You look tired." He said.
A few minutes later, Piper was snuggled up in her bed in a C, and Leo forming a C around her.
She could hear his breathing close to her, and at that moment she felt something hit her hard.
Every inch in her body started shaking, and she hoped Leo wouldn't notice.
Her breathing fastened, and finally she felt wet tears roll down her face, and all the sadness she held inside for so long suddenly didn't have enough space, and it all spilled out with her tears.
Leo's hand covered Piper's waist, and he pulled her closer to him.
"I was wondering when will you let go." Leo whispered to her.
She shrugged, as her soft sobs and sniffs filled the room.
She cried and cried, probably for many hours, and although she knew Leo wasn't asleep, he didn't move, and finally they both fell asleep.
The next morning, Piper woke up with a nock on the door, and after that Prue appeared.
It took her a few seconds to realize that Piper wasn't alone in bed.
"Oh! Sorry." And with that, she left and closed the door behind her.
Leo had obviously woke up too, and set up, looking down at Piper.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"Ok." Piper said with a cranky early morning voice.
And somehow, she was really feeling better then she was the past few days.
Prue was right, crying did help.
Last night, she finally acknowledged that Grams was dead, and she is not coming back.
It took her a while, but it's better late then never.
"Come on, let's get up." Leo said, and pulled Pipe out of the bed with him.
Piper walked strait to the bathroom and took a long shower.
When she came out, Leo wasn't in the room anymore, so she headed downstairs, where her two sisters and Leo were having coffee.
"Morning!" Phoebe exclaimed.
It was the first time she talked to Piper since the little fight the previous morning.
Piper pulled a smile.
"Morning." She said, as she took a seat next to Leo.
Things will be different now, she realized.
Only a couple of months were left before she would finish school, and she didn't know if things would change to a good direction.
They better.
AN: the next chapter will show the consciences from Grams's death on the sisters' relationship. Please review.
About a minute after she left the kitchen to her room, Piper heard a knock on the door and after taking a deep breath she opened it, and saw Prue on the other side.
"Can I come in?"
Piper nodded, and stepped away, making some room for Prue to come in.
They both set awkwardly on Piper's bed.
"How do you feel?" Prue surprised her by asking.
"Sad." Piper said, deciding that would be the best world to describe how she was feeling.
"'Course you do, we are all sad." Prue said.
"I know. It's just that... I feel sad about everything, like... homeless people. I feel sadness for the whole world." Piper said, knowing she sounds completely foolish, but what does that matter? What did anything matter?
"Go on," Prue encouraged.
"It's like we are all damned. The whole human race... there is sad stuff everywhere." Piper continued.
"Weltschmerz."
"Ha?"
"Weltschmerz. It's German for world sadness." Prue explained.
"There's a word for this?"
"Apparently. It happens sometimes... I remember being sad for everyone too, when Dad left us all those years back."
Piper considered this.
Well, at least she knew she wasn't completely mad...
"But Piper... like I've said earlier, suppressing emotions will do you no good."
"I'm not suppressing emotions." Piper said under her breath.
"Sweetie, I have known you all your life and you're always..."
"The one who breaks down?" Piper finished for her.
"The emotional one." Prue said.
Piper just looked away, knowing that what Prue says is true. She must be loosing it.
"Hey, we really didn't mean to upset you... look, me and Phoebe have been thinking about going out for lunch today."
"Um... well, you two go ahead and go then." Piper said.
"Don't you want to come with?"
"I don't know... not really."
"Oh, come on Piper! Come with us!" Prue exclaimed.
"Thanks Prue, but I think I'll sit this one out."
Prue sighed, and seemed disappointment.
"Ok. Come down if you change your mind." She said and went out of the room, closing the door behind her.
Piper set there for a while, a long while, thinking.
Finally she got up, and walked to Gram's room.
Phoebe was right. This wasn't fair.
None of it.
This whole year has been like hell.
First Grams started getting her strokes, then the whole Greg episode, which still left a black hole in Piper's heart and she knew there is more to come, and now Grams was gone.
It's Already been over three days since it happened, and Piper was still the only one who didn't cry.
Hours passed, her sisters left for lunch after trying to convince her again to come with them, but she refused.
It was about 8 in the evening when Leo knocked on the door, and they both went out for a walk.
Not much talk has been going on between the two, until at some point Leo stopped.
"It's getting cold, we should start getting back."
"Ok." Piper agreed, it was pretty chilly.
They turned around, and walked back to the manor.
It was a little over 10 when they came back, and both Phoebe and Prue were already asleep.
"I'll come by tomorrow then..." Leo said, as he prepared to leave.
"Wait, don't leave just yet." Piper said.
Leo smiled, and they both headed upstairs to her room.
The window was open, and the room was cold.
Leo went to close the window, and then turned to Piper who was now sitting on the corner of her bed.
"You look tired." He said.
A few minutes later, Piper was snuggled up in her bed in a C, and Leo forming a C around her.
She could hear his breathing close to her, and at that moment she felt something hit her hard.
Every inch in her body started shaking, and she hoped Leo wouldn't notice.
Her breathing fastened, and finally she felt wet tears roll down her face, and all the sadness she held inside for so long suddenly didn't have enough space, and it all spilled out with her tears.
Leo's hand covered Piper's waist, and he pulled her closer to him.
"I was wondering when will you let go." Leo whispered to her.
She shrugged, as her soft sobs and sniffs filled the room.
She cried and cried, probably for many hours, and although she knew Leo wasn't asleep, he didn't move, and finally they both fell asleep.
The next morning, Piper woke up with a nock on the door, and after that Prue appeared.
It took her a few seconds to realize that Piper wasn't alone in bed.
"Oh! Sorry." And with that, she left and closed the door behind her.
Leo had obviously woke up too, and set up, looking down at Piper.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"Ok." Piper said with a cranky early morning voice.
And somehow, she was really feeling better then she was the past few days.
Prue was right, crying did help.
Last night, she finally acknowledged that Grams was dead, and she is not coming back.
It took her a while, but it's better late then never.
"Come on, let's get up." Leo said, and pulled Pipe out of the bed with him.
Piper walked strait to the bathroom and took a long shower.
When she came out, Leo wasn't in the room anymore, so she headed downstairs, where her two sisters and Leo were having coffee.
"Morning!" Phoebe exclaimed.
It was the first time she talked to Piper since the little fight the previous morning.
Piper pulled a smile.
"Morning." She said, as she took a seat next to Leo.
Things will be different now, she realized.
Only a couple of months were left before she would finish school, and she didn't know if things would change to a good direction.
They better.
AN: the next chapter will show the consciences from Grams's death on the sisters' relationship. Please review.
