DISCLAMIER: I do not own the Charmed characters. This story is for entertainment purposes only, unless you don't like Piper with anyone other than Leo. LOL.
SET: Season Four. Piper & Leo are married, Phoebe & Cole are married. Cole's not evil (just sexy)
Piper did feel bad about turning Leo down, but how could she make love to her husband again, when the only thing she would be thinking of is kissing her brother-in-law. Leo had seemed different when he left, he had seemed tired.
Piper sighed as she put her shirt back on. She walked out of the office, ready to go back out and finish cleaning up. She paused at the doorway of the staff bathroom.
Piper hesitated before walking inside. She flipped the light switch. Her tiara from last night was laying on the floor. It must have fallen off when they were making out. "Probably when he had me pinned against the wall." she thought, reaching down and picking it up.
She stood in the middle of the bathroom, looking at the wall they had been up against. This was nuts, she had to get over this soon. It was going to cost her everything if she didn't. How can one kiss change everything? It made no sense to her.
Cole couldn't concentrate on his work at all. He could only think about Piper. Their kiss. His love for her. He wanted to see her so bad, he couldn't breath, yet he was dreading going home tonight, because she would be there with Leo, and he would be beside Phoebe.
Piper would be at P3, maybe he could go over and offer to help her clean up. The only problem was that Cole didn't know if it would be smart to be around her right now. Especially alone.
'It couldn't hurt to help her.' Cole thought. He made his mind up and shimmered to P3. He shimmered into Piper's office, in case someone else was there.
Cole fixed his shirt, sighed and stepped out. As he walked down the hall, he looked into the restroom where it had happened last night, and was surprised to see Piper standing in the middle of the restroom, holding her tiara, and staring into space.
"Piper?" he said softly.
Piper had been lost in her daydream. Her and Cole, kissing, touching. She didn't hear him walking to the bathroom. "Piper." she heard him say.
Piper turned around. "Cole?" she said. Was she picturing him, or was he there?"
"I just wanted to see if you wanted some help cleaning up. I had no work today, and didn't want to go home and sit around." Cole said. He watched her. What was she doing in this bathroom? Could she have enjoyed last night like him? No.
"Sure, that would be great. I was just cleaning up the bathroom, if you would like, you can start at the bar, it's a mess to." Piper said, she smiled at Cole as she spoke.
Cole made his way out to the bar. He began cleaning up the liquor bottles, and washing glasses.
Piper walked around the tables, wiping them down. They didn't speak to each other as they cleaned.
When P3 was in good shape again. Piper walked back to her office to get the keys. Cole followed her. "Do you have to open up tonight?" he asked her.
"No, Sarah is opening up tonight, I am taking the night off after all the cleaning I have done. Thanks for your help Cole." Piper said.
"No problem, it was better then sitting around. Do you want a ride home?" Cole said, grinning.
"Nah, I drove the car here, I gotta drive it home." Piper said, "But thanks!"
"See ya there then." Cole said, shimmering out.
Piper shook her head after he left. She had spent all day with him, and hadn't thought about kissing or sex or anything like that.
That must mean she was getting over that silly kiss. She grabbed her keys and headed home.
"Phoebe, I'm home." Cole called out when he shimmered home. He looked around, the manor seemed empty. Paige's purse was on the table, but Phoebe's wasn't.
He sighed as she started up the stairs. He wondered what lie would be written on a note sitting on their dresser tonight.
Paige jerked when she heard Cole cry out for Phoebe. She heard him coming up the stairs a few minutes later.
Leo held her close against his chest. "Don't worry, Cole won't come in here." he whispered, brushing her hair back.
Paige sat up. "I need to get dressed. Piper will be home soon." she said, fighting the urge to cry at the thought of her sister. How could she do this to Piper? What had she been thinking.
Leo sat up to, reaching for his pants. "Paige, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I just felt so alone, so tired of being denied, I wanted you so damn bad, I didn't think." he said, sighing. What if Piper ever found out?
"Don't worry Leo. I'm not going to tell. I promise." Paige said, leaving the bedroom as soon as she was dressed.
Piper pulled in the drive. It looked like Paige was home, but Phoebe's car was gone. She let herself in the manor, anxious to get out of her clothes.
She bounded up the stairs to her bedroom. As she passed Phoebe's room, she noticed the door was open. Cole was sitting on the bed. Piper hesitated before walking on past the door to her own bedroom.
Leo was laying in bed naked when she came in. His eyes were red, like he had been crying.
"Leo? What's going on?" Piper asked.
Leo didn't know what to say. He loved her, he really did. But being with Paige was like fresh air. She had responded to his kisses, his touches. She giggled when he tickled her. It was wrong to have slept with Paige, but it felt so damn good.
"Piper, do you love me? Do you want me?" Leo asked her.
"Leo, what are you talking about?" Piper said, not sure how to answer.
"Never mind" Leo says. If she had just said yes, it would fix everything, but she hadn't. She had skipped around the question. Leo quickly got up and got dressed. "I got to go, I probably won't be home for dinner." he said, kissing her cheek and orbing out.
He orbed across the hall to Paige's room. She jumped when he orbed in. "Leo, what are you doing?" she whispered.
"I like you Paige. I won't lie and say I love you, I don't. Maybe someday I will, I don't know. I do like you though. I had fun with you today. It felt incredible to be wanted again. Your sister hasn't responded to me in months. I want to see you again." Leo told her.
"Leo, it's wrong. I won't hurt Piper like that again." Paige said, fighting her heart. She had liked Leo for so long.
"Please Paige. Stay with me tonight. I told Piper I had to do some things, lie and come with me. Just tonight." Leo said, leaning down and kissing her. He couldn't help it, he loved Piper, but he needed a woman.
Piper was throwing something in the stove when Paige came down the stairs. "Piper, I don't be home for dinner. I have a date with Shane tonight." Paige said, keeping her eyes from meeting Piper's.
"Okay Paige." Piper said, not looking up. Great. Now it was just her for dinner.
She sighed as Paige left.
Piper jumped up and opened the stove. She took the roast out and threw it in the trashcan.
Cole came down the stairs in time to see Piper tossing dinner. "Did you burn it?" he asked her laughing.
"No, I just don't feel like cooking for nobody." she said.
"I was going to eat with you, Phoebe won't be home again tonight." Cole said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Would you like to get a pizza?" Piper said, feeling bad. She had figured Phoebe and Cole would be going out for dinner.
"Sounds good. I'll order." Cole said, leaving the kitchen.
Piper laid alone in her bed that night, her mind going ninety miles an hour. Leo had never come home. She didn't know where he was. She knew she had hurt him by not answering him. Piper sighed. Leo wasn't going to put up with this forever.
Paige and Phoebe never came home either. Cole and her had ate pizza and watched Miami Vice reruns all night.
Piper shook her head. Why did Phoebe go out all the time without Cole? Cole was such a funny and sweet guy once you got past the hard shell. Phoebe didn't seem to appreciate him.
How pathetic Piper felt. Sleeping alone, while her husband was god knows were, upset because his wife didn't desire him. The brother-in-law she had been craving all day was also alone in his bed down the hall, because his wife was too blind to see what she had waiting at home for her.
Paige was the lucky one. A nice steady relationship, that seemed perfectly healthy. Her and Shane had lasted quite awhile now.
Piper sighed as she finally drifted off into a fitful sleep. She dreamt of a beautiful field. There were butterflies surrounding her, and she was wading in a stream.
The peaceful feeling she had was disrupted by a demon. He came running in the meadow, leaving trails of cobwebs behind him. The demon grabbed Piper and started wrapping her up in the web. She screamed and screamed for Leo. But instead, Cole appeared, and he saved her. "COLE! COLE!" She screamed at him as loud as she could.
He blew the demon up and the ran to Piper. Cole pulled all the web off of her. When she was free, she collapsed in his arms. "Thank you." she whispered between her tears. Cole leaned down and kissed her tears, before reaching her lips, where he started to kiss her.
Piper woke up with a gasp, sitting straight up in bed. "Piper?' she heard Cole's voice say. She looked over and was surprised to see him standing beside her bed.
"Cole?" she gasped out, still trying to get out of her dream.
"I heard you calling me, I thought something was wrong. I think you were dreaming?" Cole said.
Piper had called Cole in her dream, had she really called his name out loud?
"I'm sorry for waking you Cole. It was just a dream. It was nothing. I'm okay."
Cole walked towards her door again. He started to close it. "Good night Piper" he said softly to her.
"Good night Cole." she answered, as he closed her door. Piper bit her lips. How she would love to call him back. Ask him to hold her. Instead, she curled back up in bed, hoping to have no dreams.