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I'm so sorry I took so long to update my fics. My brain was so fried! I had major Writer's Block but I'm back now!
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The Ex Wife and the New Girlfriend
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It was the end of the first season of Sin City. Sin City was doing so well they were renewed for a second season, while Piper Halliwell and Sandra Lock were covering the covers of number of beauty magazines. Life was getting better for Piper, after nearly a year on a successful soap she had save enough money to move out of her apartment and put a deposit on her first home. She couldn't really afford anything flash but all she wanted was a three bedroom house with some land, Piper loved working in the gardens. As soon as the season was out Piper thought she would go house hunting and take the time off before the new season of Sin City started.
It was the end of the season party, everyone was there the from the stars to the producers and crew. The night was pretty much dinner and drinks, Piper had spent most of her evening with Sandra, Michael and Leo. Leo's Girlfriend April Milo was busy that even which was why she wasn't there with Leo. The night had come to an end and all four had enjoyed their night together out of work.
"Bye Sandra, I'll see you later," Piper said getting out of the cab.
"See you later too Pipe," Sandra yell back then the cab took off.
It was just pass midnight, Piper was walking towards her apartment building when her cat ran in front of her and Piper got a fright. "Hey there Mr. Max are you trying to scare the hell out of me?" Piper said opening her apartment door. Piper got inside and placed her keys on the table near the door with Max at her feet. She looked in her apartment and to her shock her whole apartment trashed with blood and guts every where, "O My God!" Piper yelled, she looked on the couch to her her neighbor's dog all cut up and dead, she was looking after Mrs. Kins dog while she was on holiday. Piper quickly pick her cat Max up and ran out of the building scared.
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Leo was asleep in bed only to wake up from the phone ringing, he reached over to the phone to answer is, "Hello," his sleepy voice said.
"Leo," Piper said crying.
Leo instantly sat up on his bed, "Piper is that you?"
"Leo, someone broke into my place and killed my neighbors dog. They killed her and left her on the couch, there's blood every where," Piper said in tears.
"Where are you now?" Leo said getting out of bed grabbing his clothes.
"I'm in a phone boot on the corner on Victoria and Nelson street,"
"You stay there and I'll be there soon."
"Leo please hurry," Piper asked.
"I will," Leo said hanging up and as he grabbed his jacket and heading out of his bedroom.
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"Piper!" Leo yelled as he reach the address Piper gave.
Piper heard Leo yell out her name she turn around to see him, "Leo," she said running into him into his arms.
"It's O.K. you're safe now," Leo said holding Piper in his arms, he took her handbag that had her cat sitting in and took her to his house.
Piper was in the living room still on the couch still in shock. Leo walked in with a cup of coffee and handed it to Piper as he took a seat next to her, "Thanks," she said.
"How are you feeling?" Leo asked.
"A little better."
"You're going to need a place to stay Piper, so I thought maybe you should stay here with me for a while."
"Are you sure that's all right?"
"Yeah I've got plenty of room." They the two were quite. "I've spoken to the Police," Leo started, "They wanted to talk to you now but I told them they have to wait until the morning."
"Thanks."
"Do you know who could have done this Piper?" Leo asked.
"No, I don't have any idea who would do such a thing."
"Well I'll get John to get the guest bedroom ready for you."
"Thanks Leo. I think I'll go to sleep now," Piper said getting up.
"If you need anything I'll be down the hall," Leo said getting up too. "I'll show you to your room," Leo said leading the way.
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It was the next day the police where done with Piper's apartment and after a visit with the police Leo had brought her over to pick up some of her things. Piper opened the door to her apartment. With the keys in her hands it was still in a mess as her and Leo walked in. "They really did a number on your place didn't they?" Leo said.
"I'll just grab some stuff out of my room," Piper told Leo as she picked up a picture in a flame with the glass cracked of her and her cat Max off the floor. She placed the picture on the coffee table and walked into her bedroom.
Leo walked over to the coffee table to pick up the picture of Piper and Max. Leo laughed to himself. Max was a kitten in the picture, a kitten Leo found wondering in the street and he brought him home giving him to Piper. Leo placed the picture back on the coffee table when he noticed some albums sticking our from the bottom. He pulled one out recognizing it. It was album Piper made when they were married, it was pictures of when they went on holiday or celebrated holidays at home. He was flipping through the pages looking at the pictures when Piper walked in. Piper noticed the album Leo was looking at, she was surprised and a bit shocked trying to think of something to explain to Leo why she still had the album, "I didn't have the courage to throw it out," Piper told Leo, it was the truth.
Leo looked up finely noticing Piper was in the room. Leo put the album back under the coffee table, "I wouldn't have either," Leo said.
"So shall we leave?" Piper said heading for the door.
"Yeah lets go," Leo said grabbing his keys and they both left.
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It was the afternoon had just got out of the shower smelling nice and fresh. She went down stairs with the paper looking for Leo wanting ask his advice on buying a house. She was walking down the hall towards the living room when she heard voices one belonged to Leo and the other to a female. "What do you mean you Ex wife is staying here?" Piper heard the females voice say.
"She's need a place to stay for a while that's all April," Leo was explaining. April was Leo's girlfriend, Piper remembered that from what her co-star Sandra had told her.
"Leo doesn't she have anywhere else to go. I mean you're not her husband anymore and you're her boss!"
"April she's just staying here."
"You still care about her don't you?"
"She was my wife April and I loved her but this was years ago," Leo explain to his girlfriend. They were both sitting on the couch facing each other Leo took April's hands in his, "April we all come with our past. She's someone from my past and that's all. I promise, I'm with you now and you're my future."
"Do you mean that?" April asked.
"Yes, We have talked about this and we see each other as friends. Being a friends is all we want. She was in need of a place to stay and I didn't think her staying alone was a good idea with what's going on."
"What is going on Leo. Why is it she can't stay at her own place?"
"Her place was broken into just something on that line. Anyway she's an asset to my show without her the show would bomb. I'm just a producer looking out for the best interest of my show."
"I hope that's all you're looking out for," April said kissing Leo.
Piper didn't like that sound of how April felt about Piper staying with Leo. Yes Leo was right they where just friends and that was the truth but April didn't have to make Piper sound like she was doing something wrong.
Piper was in the kitchen leaning on the beach drinking tea flipping through the paper when she heard April leave. Minutes later Leo walked into the kitchen with Max in his arms, "I found this one sleeping in the garden," Leo told Piper as he place Max on the ground. Leo walked over to the refrigerator to get Max something to eat.
"What are you looking at?" Leo asked placing Max's bowl on the ground and looking over Piper shoulder.
"I'm looking into buying a house," Piper said as she turned around coming face to face with Leo.
Leo took a step back then he grabbed a glass of the beach and some orange juice pouring it into his glass, "Do you think that's wise after what's happened?" He asked.
"Leo I can't stay here forever. I mean your girlfriend wouldn't like that."
Leo laughed, "So you're looking for a place after you heard my little conversation with my girlfriend?"
"It's not that, I was planning to take the summer off to look for a place. I mean my apartment was never really my dream home."
"Piper your dream home was more like with a husband a couple of kids with dogs and cats."
"You don't understand this is different."
"How is it different? "
"See now you're analyzing me."
"I'm sorry it's just you don't really need to buy a house now Piper. You know you can't live alone."
"What? I lived alone in my apartment I call that living alone."
"Piper the next door is only a six inch wall away from you. In case you forgot you use to complain all the time I was out of town on work. You even got your sister to stay with you a couple of times."
"Leo that was different," Piper started, "... I don't know how it was but it was different."
"Well if you want to stay you're more that welcome to stay as long as you want Piper. All I'm saying is there is no need for you to look for a house now."
"O.K. So I won't look for a house now," Piper said closing the paper she was reading, "But that doesn't mean I can't live by myself!"
"You're still stubborn aren't you... In a cute way though," Leo corrected himself.
"I'm not stubborn you were just... Just you!" Piper said pointing her finger at Leo.
Leo laughed, "Hey listen I'm going out to play golf."
"Now?"
"Yeah, it's a nice sunny day."
"So you leaving me here?"
"Well yes. I'll still be on the property just a two minute walk away."
"Oh well in that case I'll..."
"You want to come with me?" Leo asked knowing she didn't want to be left in the house alone.
"Sure why not," Piper said with a smile on her face.
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"You think after four years of me trying to teach how to play golf you would know how to play the game," Leo teased Piper as she was taking her shot. She bombed, she was bad at the game of golf.
"Hey that was never my fault. I hated playing golf. I only learnt the game because you were the one teaching me and you loved it."
"Well at least you tried, very hard too. I know it was never easy for you. I mean the instructor was the hottest thing alive you had ever seen," Leo egged on.
Piper looked up at Leo, "No it was never that. See I was always distracted because he had his hands all over me."
"I didn't do that."
Piper walked toward Leo with her golf club, "You did that all the time."
"O.K. I admit yes my hands where in places they shouldn't have been when playing golf but it's not like you didn't want it."
"Hey nothing it free in this world Mr. Wyatt so I had to pay you some how," Piper told Leo. Then she walked back to her ball taking her shot, the ball went straight into the hole, "And that's how you play the game of golf," Piper said proud of her perfect shot.
Leo and Piper had wrapped up their game of golf and were carrying their golf clubs back to the house, "So how's Prue and Andy and their little girl Patrice?" Leo asked.
"They're fine. Patrice is five years old now and going to school."
"Wow, the last time I saw her she was still a baby and now she's at school."
"Yeah. How is your mother?" Piper asked.
Leo laughed at Piper's question, "Why?"
"You know I don't really care Leo. I just has to ask."
"She's good."
"Still trying to rule your life?"
"She doesn't rule my life she just... I guess she's just over protective."
"Over Protective, is that what you call it. She pretty much made me out to be useless. I wasn't good enough for her son according to her. I'm sure she was on cloud nine when our marriage ended."
"Piper she wasn't that bad and I never thought you were useless, I thought you were the most amazing, caring and loving person in the world."
Piper stopped dead in her tracks, she looked up at Leo and asked him, "Then why did you leave me Leo?"
"Piper I..." Leo started.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked that," Piper said then continued to walk back towards the house.
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The little scene that took place after golf was forgotten about in the afternoon. Piper was reading a book in the sunroom when Leo walked in, "Am I the BEST or am I just the BEST?" Leo asked Piper.
"Is that all I get to pick out of?" Piper asked.
"Just tell me I'm the best."
"Now that depends on why?"
"Because I have two tickets to see Michael Crawford LIVE!"
"Oh you're kidding right!" Piper said as she go up to see the ticket to see if it was true.
"No! See look," Leo said showing Piper the tickets.
"Michael Crawford... Wait Leo you hate opera."
"It kinda grew on me."
"Grew on you?"
"It's like you said Piper when you love some one your learn to love their bad habits."
"How is loving Opera a bad habit?"
"Well I would prefer to see Michael Crawford on 'Some Mother Do Have Them'."
"So it's just me and you? What about your girlfriend?" Piper asked.
"She doesn't like Opera."
"Oh well that's just too bad for her," Piper said with a smile on her face.
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I'm so sorry I took so long to update my fics. My brain was so fried! I had major Writer's Block but I'm back now!
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The Ex Wife and the New Girlfriend
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It was the end of the first season of Sin City. Sin City was doing so well they were renewed for a second season, while Piper Halliwell and Sandra Lock were covering the covers of number of beauty magazines. Life was getting better for Piper, after nearly a year on a successful soap she had save enough money to move out of her apartment and put a deposit on her first home. She couldn't really afford anything flash but all she wanted was a three bedroom house with some land, Piper loved working in the gardens. As soon as the season was out Piper thought she would go house hunting and take the time off before the new season of Sin City started.
It was the end of the season party, everyone was there the from the stars to the producers and crew. The night was pretty much dinner and drinks, Piper had spent most of her evening with Sandra, Michael and Leo. Leo's Girlfriend April Milo was busy that even which was why she wasn't there with Leo. The night had come to an end and all four had enjoyed their night together out of work.
"Bye Sandra, I'll see you later," Piper said getting out of the cab.
"See you later too Pipe," Sandra yell back then the cab took off.
It was just pass midnight, Piper was walking towards her apartment building when her cat ran in front of her and Piper got a fright. "Hey there Mr. Max are you trying to scare the hell out of me?" Piper said opening her apartment door. Piper got inside and placed her keys on the table near the door with Max at her feet. She looked in her apartment and to her shock her whole apartment trashed with blood and guts every where, "O My God!" Piper yelled, she looked on the couch to her her neighbor's dog all cut up and dead, she was looking after Mrs. Kins dog while she was on holiday. Piper quickly pick her cat Max up and ran out of the building scared.
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Leo was asleep in bed only to wake up from the phone ringing, he reached over to the phone to answer is, "Hello," his sleepy voice said.
"Leo," Piper said crying.
Leo instantly sat up on his bed, "Piper is that you?"
"Leo, someone broke into my place and killed my neighbors dog. They killed her and left her on the couch, there's blood every where," Piper said in tears.
"Where are you now?" Leo said getting out of bed grabbing his clothes.
"I'm in a phone boot on the corner on Victoria and Nelson street,"
"You stay there and I'll be there soon."
"Leo please hurry," Piper asked.
"I will," Leo said hanging up and as he grabbed his jacket and heading out of his bedroom.
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"Piper!" Leo yelled as he reach the address Piper gave.
Piper heard Leo yell out her name she turn around to see him, "Leo," she said running into him into his arms.
"It's O.K. you're safe now," Leo said holding Piper in his arms, he took her handbag that had her cat sitting in and took her to his house.
Piper was in the living room still on the couch still in shock. Leo walked in with a cup of coffee and handed it to Piper as he took a seat next to her, "Thanks," she said.
"How are you feeling?" Leo asked.
"A little better."
"You're going to need a place to stay Piper, so I thought maybe you should stay here with me for a while."
"Are you sure that's all right?"
"Yeah I've got plenty of room." They the two were quite. "I've spoken to the Police," Leo started, "They wanted to talk to you now but I told them they have to wait until the morning."
"Thanks."
"Do you know who could have done this Piper?" Leo asked.
"No, I don't have any idea who would do such a thing."
"Well I'll get John to get the guest bedroom ready for you."
"Thanks Leo. I think I'll go to sleep now," Piper said getting up.
"If you need anything I'll be down the hall," Leo said getting up too. "I'll show you to your room," Leo said leading the way.
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It was the next day the police where done with Piper's apartment and after a visit with the police Leo had brought her over to pick up some of her things. Piper opened the door to her apartment. With the keys in her hands it was still in a mess as her and Leo walked in. "They really did a number on your place didn't they?" Leo said.
"I'll just grab some stuff out of my room," Piper told Leo as she picked up a picture in a flame with the glass cracked of her and her cat Max off the floor. She placed the picture on the coffee table and walked into her bedroom.
Leo walked over to the coffee table to pick up the picture of Piper and Max. Leo laughed to himself. Max was a kitten in the picture, a kitten Leo found wondering in the street and he brought him home giving him to Piper. Leo placed the picture back on the coffee table when he noticed some albums sticking our from the bottom. He pulled one out recognizing it. It was album Piper made when they were married, it was pictures of when they went on holiday or celebrated holidays at home. He was flipping through the pages looking at the pictures when Piper walked in. Piper noticed the album Leo was looking at, she was surprised and a bit shocked trying to think of something to explain to Leo why she still had the album, "I didn't have the courage to throw it out," Piper told Leo, it was the truth.
Leo looked up finely noticing Piper was in the room. Leo put the album back under the coffee table, "I wouldn't have either," Leo said.
"So shall we leave?" Piper said heading for the door.
"Yeah lets go," Leo said grabbing his keys and they both left.
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It was the afternoon had just got out of the shower smelling nice and fresh. She went down stairs with the paper looking for Leo wanting ask his advice on buying a house. She was walking down the hall towards the living room when she heard voices one belonged to Leo and the other to a female. "What do you mean you Ex wife is staying here?" Piper heard the females voice say.
"She's need a place to stay for a while that's all April," Leo was explaining. April was Leo's girlfriend, Piper remembered that from what her co-star Sandra had told her.
"Leo doesn't she have anywhere else to go. I mean you're not her husband anymore and you're her boss!"
"April she's just staying here."
"You still care about her don't you?"
"She was my wife April and I loved her but this was years ago," Leo explain to his girlfriend. They were both sitting on the couch facing each other Leo took April's hands in his, "April we all come with our past. She's someone from my past and that's all. I promise, I'm with you now and you're my future."
"Do you mean that?" April asked.
"Yes, We have talked about this and we see each other as friends. Being a friends is all we want. She was in need of a place to stay and I didn't think her staying alone was a good idea with what's going on."
"What is going on Leo. Why is it she can't stay at her own place?"
"Her place was broken into just something on that line. Anyway she's an asset to my show without her the show would bomb. I'm just a producer looking out for the best interest of my show."
"I hope that's all you're looking out for," April said kissing Leo.
Piper didn't like that sound of how April felt about Piper staying with Leo. Yes Leo was right they where just friends and that was the truth but April didn't have to make Piper sound like she was doing something wrong.
Piper was in the kitchen leaning on the beach drinking tea flipping through the paper when she heard April leave. Minutes later Leo walked into the kitchen with Max in his arms, "I found this one sleeping in the garden," Leo told Piper as he place Max on the ground. Leo walked over to the refrigerator to get Max something to eat.
"What are you looking at?" Leo asked placing Max's bowl on the ground and looking over Piper shoulder.
"I'm looking into buying a house," Piper said as she turned around coming face to face with Leo.
Leo took a step back then he grabbed a glass of the beach and some orange juice pouring it into his glass, "Do you think that's wise after what's happened?" He asked.
"Leo I can't stay here forever. I mean your girlfriend wouldn't like that."
Leo laughed, "So you're looking for a place after you heard my little conversation with my girlfriend?"
"It's not that, I was planning to take the summer off to look for a place. I mean my apartment was never really my dream home."
"Piper your dream home was more like with a husband a couple of kids with dogs and cats."
"You don't understand this is different."
"How is it different? "
"See now you're analyzing me."
"I'm sorry it's just you don't really need to buy a house now Piper. You know you can't live alone."
"What? I lived alone in my apartment I call that living alone."
"Piper the next door is only a six inch wall away from you. In case you forgot you use to complain all the time I was out of town on work. You even got your sister to stay with you a couple of times."
"Leo that was different," Piper started, "... I don't know how it was but it was different."
"Well if you want to stay you're more that welcome to stay as long as you want Piper. All I'm saying is there is no need for you to look for a house now."
"O.K. So I won't look for a house now," Piper said closing the paper she was reading, "But that doesn't mean I can't live by myself!"
"You're still stubborn aren't you... In a cute way though," Leo corrected himself.
"I'm not stubborn you were just... Just you!" Piper said pointing her finger at Leo.
Leo laughed, "Hey listen I'm going out to play golf."
"Now?"
"Yeah, it's a nice sunny day."
"So you leaving me here?"
"Well yes. I'll still be on the property just a two minute walk away."
"Oh well in that case I'll..."
"You want to come with me?" Leo asked knowing she didn't want to be left in the house alone.
"Sure why not," Piper said with a smile on her face.
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"You think after four years of me trying to teach how to play golf you would know how to play the game," Leo teased Piper as she was taking her shot. She bombed, she was bad at the game of golf.
"Hey that was never my fault. I hated playing golf. I only learnt the game because you were the one teaching me and you loved it."
"Well at least you tried, very hard too. I know it was never easy for you. I mean the instructor was the hottest thing alive you had ever seen," Leo egged on.
Piper looked up at Leo, "No it was never that. See I was always distracted because he had his hands all over me."
"I didn't do that."
Piper walked toward Leo with her golf club, "You did that all the time."
"O.K. I admit yes my hands where in places they shouldn't have been when playing golf but it's not like you didn't want it."
"Hey nothing it free in this world Mr. Wyatt so I had to pay you some how," Piper told Leo. Then she walked back to her ball taking her shot, the ball went straight into the hole, "And that's how you play the game of golf," Piper said proud of her perfect shot.
Leo and Piper had wrapped up their game of golf and were carrying their golf clubs back to the house, "So how's Prue and Andy and their little girl Patrice?" Leo asked.
"They're fine. Patrice is five years old now and going to school."
"Wow, the last time I saw her she was still a baby and now she's at school."
"Yeah. How is your mother?" Piper asked.
Leo laughed at Piper's question, "Why?"
"You know I don't really care Leo. I just has to ask."
"She's good."
"Still trying to rule your life?"
"She doesn't rule my life she just... I guess she's just over protective."
"Over Protective, is that what you call it. She pretty much made me out to be useless. I wasn't good enough for her son according to her. I'm sure she was on cloud nine when our marriage ended."
"Piper she wasn't that bad and I never thought you were useless, I thought you were the most amazing, caring and loving person in the world."
Piper stopped dead in her tracks, she looked up at Leo and asked him, "Then why did you leave me Leo?"
"Piper I..." Leo started.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked that," Piper said then continued to walk back towards the house.
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The little scene that took place after golf was forgotten about in the afternoon. Piper was reading a book in the sunroom when Leo walked in, "Am I the BEST or am I just the BEST?" Leo asked Piper.
"Is that all I get to pick out of?" Piper asked.
"Just tell me I'm the best."
"Now that depends on why?"
"Because I have two tickets to see Michael Crawford LIVE!"
"Oh you're kidding right!" Piper said as she go up to see the ticket to see if it was true.
"No! See look," Leo said showing Piper the tickets.
"Michael Crawford... Wait Leo you hate opera."
"It kinda grew on me."
"Grew on you?"
"It's like you said Piper when you love some one your learn to love their bad habits."
"How is loving Opera a bad habit?"
"Well I would prefer to see Michael Crawford on 'Some Mother Do Have Them'."
"So it's just me and you? What about your girlfriend?" Piper asked.
"She doesn't like Opera."
"Oh well that's just too bad for her," Piper said with a smile on her face.
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