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To Look Again: Grams Desperation
Grams stood in the attic, pacing back and forewords, Piper had been home for about an hour and had gone to her room instantly to "think" about what was said in her appointment. Grams liked that she was taking things seriously but couldn't stand that she never shared anything with her. It wasn't that she was being nosey; she just wanted to know that Piper was all right and she couldn't figure out how to talk to Piper about it without seeming to overstep her boundaries. She continued pacing as something behind her shimmered and flickered light blue, she spun round and came face to face with her whitelighter,
"You called?" he asked, looking towards her,
"Its about damn time, Leo!" she snapped, "I have been calling you forever! Why didn't you come sooner this was an emergency,"
"I'm sorry," stuttered Leo, he looked towards the ground and then back at her, "I have other charges you know and they need me too,"
"I know but this is important," she paused for a second,
"I need you to heal someone, I have tried all the spells I can think of but nothing has worked so I need you to do it… actually I need you to heal two people," she said, she walked over to the couch in the attic and sat down, Leo followed her,
"You've saved an innocent? You've got two that need healing… I thought you hadn't faced a demon in a while,"
"There innocent, most innocent young ones I've got," replied Grams,
"Who are they… you have to take me to them," replied Leo,
"Its…" she paused for a second then continued, "Its Prue and Piper," she said,
"What? A demon got them? A demon got your granddaughters?" he said, jumping off his chair,
"Sort of," replied Grams,
"What do you mean sort of?" asked Leo, calmly taking his seat and pretending like he hadn't just leaped a mile into the air,
"Well inner demons," replied Grams,
"Penny what aren't you telling me?" asked Leo,
"Well you see Prue is suffering from depression and she's in a hospital for trying to kill herself but she doesn't need to be if you heal her and then you need to heal Piper because she can't deal with these things and I want her to deal with them but I think that its too hard for her but its not if you heal her and then she won't get as bad as Prue and won't try to do the same things as Prue has and my family will finally be put back together again," said Grams in one big breath,
"Penny," replied Leo sternly,
"What?" said Grams, holding back tears;
"I know this isn't what you wanted to hear… but I can't," he said,
"Why?" demanded Grams,
"Because I can't heal self inflicted wounds, and even if I could heal those wounds I couldn't heal what they are feeling… everything would just come back, and you can't use magic to fix moral problems, you know this,"
"I have to try,"
"It won't work, but you can try all you want… I would recommend that you spend your time trying to help Piper and Prue through this naturally, by supporting them and listening to their problems and that sort of stuff, you can't look for an instant cure," he said,
"I need one, its been so long since we were all really together as a family, not physically but mentally, its been so long and hard, I can't hold this family together any more, you need to do this please Leo," she begged,
"I can't Penny, I just can't," he replied and with that orbed out of the attic, leaving Grams close to tears.
A/N: I know this chapter makes Leo seem really harsh but since this was the only time he is going to be in this fic, I don't really need to make his character shine through because he only knows Grams as a charge – I know he wasn't technically her whitelighter but hey! It went with my fic so enjoy and R&R. Witch