I LOVE YOU, PIPER
A/N: Thank you very much for your reviews!!! I've been nurturing this idea for a rather long time. I guess it's because I'm so much wordy that it couldn't have a chance to be written down until now. Please keep supporting me!!!
A reminder: In my story Gram didn't bind the little Charmed Ones' powers. They always know they're witches.
Part 16
The three faces of Piper.
A beautiful Saturday. . .
Piper was writing on a paper in the attic. Leo promised he would be there with her soon. And Prue and Phoebe were preparing for their dates. Six days had passed, Piper did count, today was the seventh one since she'd seen Cole the last time. Then they're totally out of touch. He used to do it once, staying away from her for a while, and unexpectedly showing up on her wedding day. She couldn't predict what he's planning this time, would he appear to ruin the ceremony again in next month??? She didn't feel easy with it, but it wasn't supposed to be a surprise, that's his nature not leaving her alone nor moving on with his life. He would keep interfering in forever. Sometimes she thought Cole had gone somewhere learning to accept the fact and he would come back after that. She realized it's a silly thought later, that's what a man/a human would do when their relationship was over. But the love of her life wasn't human. Would he be okay??? And would she be okay getting married to Leo??? Would she ever regret???
"Sweetie, what are you doing up here?" – asked Prue, she and Phoebe entered the attic.
"Nothing, just thinking."
"About?"
"Love and marriage." – answered Piper.
"You're in the right way." – said Phoebe – "You love Leo and your family support this marriage."
"My love for Leo is something old and distant." – confessed Piper – "I don't find myself getting married to him. Perhaps I'll hurt him if I insist on it when I'm not sure with myself."
"Sweetie, you're getting cold feet." – Prue walked to hug Piper – "Getting married is a huge step in life. You may feel unsure, you may be obsessed by the past. But everything will turn out to be okay by and by."
"You should have the ceremony soon, Piper!" – suggested Phoebe – "Then you'll feel better."
"What's it?" – asked Prue looking at the paper Piper had been writing on.
"A spell." – mumbled her – "I have to make sure it's really a right thing."
"Personal gain." – warned Phoebe.
"What good is being a witch when you can't use a little magic when you need advice." – said Prue.
"I can not believe you're saying it." – cursed Phoebe.
"I want to know myself clearer. Because I did try, but my mind and my heart are going against each other." – said Piper.
"You used to do it for applying for a job, Phoebe!" – reminded Prue – "Now Piper is facing a big decision."
"You mean you'll be willing to welcome that demon to join our family again?" – questioned Phoebe.
"She's just asking if she should marry Leo." – Prue narrowed her eyes.
"Where love is strong my spirit weak,
It is an answer that I seek,
The question burns within this fire,
So I may hear my heart's desire."
Piper lighted the paper and put it in a bowl. It exploded following up with two tunnel of wind. After everything was clear, the sisters saw Little Piper and a woman looked exactly like Piper but a bit older. Her brown hair was twisted into a bun, she looked beautiful but so junoesque with shining black eyebrows and bright red lips.
"How did I get here?" – asked her.
"That's an excellent question." – said Prue.
"What have you done?" – asked her. She had no expression on her graceful face. They couldn't know she felt ok or angry with the situation.
"Who are you?" – murmured Piper.
The woman stared at her carefully as if she's looking at the past, the period of life that had passed away. The time she still had feeling, emotion, and love.
"I'm you. Piper Halliwell. From the future." – said her in a low voice.
"Piper, that's my name too." – uttered Little Piper.
"So you know what I'm doing." – said Piper to her future self – "You did it in your past. Tell me, whom you're married to?"
"No. I decided myself. So do you." – replied Future Piper, her face remained unchanged.
Phoebe glanced at her ring finger where she's wearing a wedding band.
"Leo, right?"
"I guess I come here not for answering this question." – said Future Piper stubbornly.
"Who are you people? And how did I get up here?" – yelled Little Piper.
"I'm yourself, Piper!" – Piper tried to calm her past self down – "We're powerful witches, remember? I cast a spell and you're having a trip to your future."
"Whoa!" – the little girl got shocked – "How should I believe you?"
Leo orbed in at that time.
"What's going on?" – asked him.
"Somehow like Sam." – muttered Little Piper.
"I cast a spell to hear my heart's desire and I guess my past self and my future self showed up to help me listen." – explained Piper.
"Well, it means it's involved to me. How about you talk to the little one first and I talk to the future one in the meantime." – Leo came to grab Future Piper.
"No. It's between me and me." – resisted Piper.
"I also need to know what you want to know." – argued him, he orbed Future Piper out.
"Leo!"
Little Piper began running out hastily, Prue and Phoebe ran after her.
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Leo and Future Piper landed in her bedroom.
"Okay, are we married?" – asked him.
She looked at him with no expression as well. His appearance wasn't changed a lot, considering he's an angel.
"Yes." – confirmed her.
Leo flashed a big smile. That's all he wanted to know.
"Great. Tell her that."
He orbed out. Future Piper sighed. Yes, she was Piper Halliwell Wyatt in her timeline. Now she knew which time she was drawn back to. Piper would get married 3 weeks later, and she was how Piper would become after ten years. The meaning of her being there at that time was to see a man, the man that she hadn't seen for ten years after her wedding. She knew where she had to come. The penthouse.
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Little Piper stumbled and fell on the floor. Prue rushed to her helping her stand up.
"Cool down, sweetie!" – comforted her.
Little Piper flicked her hands to freeze the adults, but nothing happened.
"At least we're good witches, right?" – said Phoebe.
"Take a seat and we'll clear it step by step, okay?" – suggested Prue.
She led her little sister to the couch. Piper also walked down the stairs joining them.
"Let me introduce ourselves. You see, we're in our own house. I'm Prue, and Piper, Phoebe when we're grown up." – said Prue.
"Where's Paige?"
"She's out. . . uh. . . with her date. Look, remember my mole?" – Prue knelt down in front of her.
Little Piper touched her pretty mole gently. She smiled.
"See!" – Phoebe levitated up and slowly landed.
"You may be shape shifters trying to harm my family." – mumbled Little Piper.
"Oh, you're excessively suspicious, Piper." – groaned Phoebe.
"Hold on!" – said Piper running upstairs.
A few moments later, she came back with a photo, her first wedding photo which had been hung up in her room.
"Do you recognize him?"
Little Piper gasped, she did know who he was.
"He came back, Piper! Here's a bigger pair of pearl earings." – said Piper to her past self.
The little girl stared at them then rubbed his image tenderly. Piper could see how fond she was of Cole.
"We're married?" – asked her.
"Two years ago."
"It's okay now." – grinned Prue.
"Yeah, I gotta go." – said Phoebe.
"Me too." – said Prue.
"What?" – protested Piper.
"We're late." – explained Prue – "You can talk to her now."
"How about my future self? She's uncooperative." – worried Piper.
"You have to solve it yourself. She isn't a child." – said Phoebe.
"Good luck." – smiled Prue. Both of them walked out.
Piper sighed, she turned around to look at her past self, the little girl still caressed Cole's face in the picture.
Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me.
I'll grow up some day you'll see. . .
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Saving all my kisses just for you.
Shine with love forever true.
"Piper!" – spoke Cole in surprise.
Standing on his doorstep was the Piper with her hair done high up into a chignon, her beautiful face was like a marble statue, perfect and lifeless. He sensed she wasn't his Piper or the one he had been talking to last week. However, just a few seconds later, this marble statue melted, fresh tears fell down on her cheek, the tears she thought that had been dried up a long time ago. She reached out and clasped him in her arms, resting her head on his chest and crying her heart out. . .
Though she said nothing so far, Cole could imagine she came from the future where he was no longer around. He understood her tears and feeling guilty.
"I'm here." – muttered him.
Piper squeezed him more tightly. They're still on the doorstep. He had no way but waiting for her emotion sinking.
Later. . .
Piper was sitting on the couch in his living room, wiping her tears out with a tissue.
"I'm from the future."
"I know." – Cole was standing a little away.
"You know? Of course you know. You've ruined my life, you've killed me inside." – she stood up hitting him with her fists on his chest, but bursting into crying soon. He helped her sit down again trying to keep his breath.
Piper took another tissue, she sniffed:
"You shouldn't do that."
"Do what?"
"Commit suicide."
Cole didn't know how to answer. It had already done. No reversion. He's becoming weaker day after day.
"I haven't seen you for ten years. Since the day I came to see your cold body." – Piper turned towards his bedroom as if it's where she had found him at the time – "I tried calling your name, but you never answered. . ." – she twisted the tissue in her hand, tears streamed endlessly down on her cheek – "I buried you, and my life along with you."
"I'm sorry." – that's all he could say, he knew how hard it was. Guilt rose up in him, he hadn't thought of her when making the last decision, he'd only thought about ending his pain. The consequence was he had left an eternal sorrow on her – "It won't happen. I'm leaving."
"And dying somewhere else?"
Cole was speechless, but tried finding a way to answer her.
"I'll stay alive as long as I can."
"Promise?" – her eyes flashed a faint hope.
He fondly caressed her face. It's so long time since they had cuddled up with each other. Everyone would feel happy when the woman they loved kept loving them faithfully despite the fact that they didn't see each other anymore. But how could he rest in peace knowing her love for him was torturing her after his death.
"How is your marriage?" – asked Cole softly.
"I've married Leo."
It wasn't an answer, Cole already knew it. He's asking if she was happy, and she would never be able to say that she's having a happy marriage.
"Does Leo treat you well?"
"He did try." – said Piper – "But it never worked."
She didn't need to explain in details. Cole knew the reason. It's him. Once upon a time, Piper had been keeping her love for Leo when being his wife. But Cole had won her heart step by step, especially when he reminded their engagement between him and Little Piper. Now Leo couldn't. Though Cole wasn't around, he's alive in her heart forever.
"The day after my wedding they announced me your death." – Another tear streaked down from her mournful eyes – "You died on the same day as my wedding's. I didn't know how. You're supposed to be invincible." – she looked straight at him – "I never have a wedding anniversary. When the day comes, I cook all the food you liked and come to cry out by your grave. I've mourned for you ten years, from I thought my tears would never stop to I have no tear left to leak out."
"I'm sorry, baby." – choked Cole wiping her wet cheek.
"I don't know why I was so callous at that time. Why I had a heart to let you go." – said Piper regretfully – "Please stay alive. I believe my past self would have second thought soon."
Both of them didn't know The Elders had erased her love for Cole as a reward to Leo after they had successfully vanquished The Source. That's why Piper determined to get married to Leo and ignored her true love. And magic happened for a reason. Little Piper and Future Piper were here to awake her mind showing her who was her real soulmate.
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