Chapter 5
OoO Dating the boss, again OoO
Ok, so she knew it was probably a bad idea, but who can say no to that smile of his?
She remembered herself promising she wasn't going to date her boss... but this wasn't a date, just a cup of coffee after work.
She diled Phoebe's number to cancel their movie night.
"Hey Piper." Phoebe's voice came.
"Hi, how's it going?"
"Good. How's the new job?"
"It was good... until Nathan came here and tried to drag me back to his company. Literally." Piper said.
"Are you kidding?
"Nope."
"What did you do?"
"Mr. Wyatt saved the day."
"Really? Tell me more about this Mr. Wyatt then..."
"He is my boss. One of the Wyatt brothers, the older on. The hot one too. Listen, I'll have to cancel tonight with you... I am having a cup of coffee with him."
"Oh, no you're not. Don't you dare date your boss again, you'll breakup with him and you'll be jobless, and moreover, I'll be hearing Elvis singing 'She' in a month." Phoebe hurried to say.
"First of all, I will not be dating him. And secondly, why do you rush to assume we will break up so soon?"
"Oh, come on Piper, you haven't had a relationship longer then a month since what happened to Luke and..." Then Phoebe stopped herself, and Piper gasped at his name.
"Oh no, I am so sorry, I didn't mean to be such an ass hole..." Phoebe started apologizing.
"No, its ok, you are right." Piper said with sudden realization.
"Listen, you go on your date and have a great time with your boss. I got to go, bye..."
"Bye." Piper said, and Phoebe hung up before Piper could say it was NOT a date.
Ok, so maybe it was KIND of a date... Piper thought as she sat across from Leo, two empty mugs of coffee in front of her.
"So she just kicked you out?" Piper asked, a smile across her face.
"Yep. And you say men are nasty." He said, looking accusingly into her eyes.
"Well, that Marry of yours was one of a kind, then. Most women don't kick their man out the door, telling them they are "below her". Especially not to a man like you." Piper said, and the words came out as she thought them, unable to control them.
"Men like me ha? And what kind of a man am I?"
Oh, what the hell.
"You are... mysterious, controlling- but not too much, the sexy kind of way." She said, the words rolling, and her lips smiling.
"So I am a sexy kind of a man?" He asked, waiting for a positive answer.
Piper smirked at him, but said nothing, and he didn't push it.
"And you decided that from two days you have known me?" he asked, and that made her blush, but Piper never blushes for too long.
"Well, if you are so smart, why don't you tell me what do you think about ME."
"You have beautiful legs."
"Excuse me?" She said wide eyed as a giggle escaped from her.
"Hey, you asked what I think about you, I was just being honest."
"Well, let me tell you something. Take it as an advice; you never go and tell a girl she has beautiful legs. Now you are not so mysterious anymore, which means not sexy."
"So I am sexy?"
"Not anymore."
"You, are one tricky lady." He said.
"Oh no, you are the tricky one. I can't believe I am on a date with you, I was supposed to never date my boss again."
"So we are on a date?" He said, taking pleasure in every word, Piper could tell.
"We weren't, until you made that comment about my legs."
He laughed.
A laugh that makes a woman want to kiss him, no man should have the right to laugh this way, he reminded her so much of...
The smile on her face disappeared as she remembered Luke. No, Luke was gone, she told herself, but saw Luke sitting in front of her, charming her with his smile...
"Piper?" She heard Leo said, and noticed he wasn't laughing anymore.
"Ha?" She said, still confused with the painful flashback she just got.
"I don't know, you just kind of blacked out for a second there."
"I did? Sorry. What were you saying?"
"Nothing." He said.
Piper looked at him closely, telling herself this was NOT Luke, there will never be one like Luke again.
"You want ice-cream?"
"Ha?"
"You want ice-cream? You know, that cold yummy stuff people eat." He said.
"Oh, sorry. No, thanks."
"Ok, too bad, I'll be eating alone then."
That brought a smile back to her face.
"No way, mister."
"I thought so." He said, getting up.
"Wait! Aren't you going to ask me which kind I want?"
"Nope." He said, and walked off with a smile.
He came back with two chocolate ice-creams.
Her favorite kind.
"How did you know?"
"Know what?" He asked innocently, placing an ice-cream in front of her.
"Know which kind I wanted."
"Oh, that's easy." He said, starting to eat.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"You are a chocolate kind of a woman."
Piper considered this.
"I'll take that as a compliment." She said.
"Take it as you'd like. Eat; your ice-cream is melting."
He sure had an interesting way to charm a woman, but it worked. One bit too well, which was not a good sign.
She didn't want a relationship with him, and now not just because he was her boss, which was a good enough reason as it is, but also because the memories he brought back were just too damn painful.
He took her home in his car, and as they got to her building she walked out and he walked out after her.
"You live here?" He asked, looking up at the old building.
Not too impressive, Piper thought.
"You don't sound too charmed."
"I'm not." He said simply.
He walked her up to her sixth floor apartment, which was very impressive, some others haven't gotten more then to the third, and he was hardly even panting.
"Well, this is it." She said, standing by the door to her apartment.
"You need a new place to live in. No one in his right mind should live on the sixth floor without an elevator." He said.
"Don't complain mister." She said, starting to open the apartment.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow at work..."
"Wait! Aren't you going to invite me in?"
"No..." She said, smiling, knowing it annoys him, but she enjoyed every moment of it.
"You are kidding, right? Why did I climb all those stared then?"
"I was thinking that myself." She said.
"You are evil." He said, making a face.
"Oh, I see, you thought you will get laid tonight, ha? Well, you can forget about it, 'cause it will take you some time to get past this door."
"Apparently."
She smiled, and started closing the door.
"Doesn't mean I am giving up..." he called.
She smiled, and popped her head out to place a kiss on his cheek.
"Thank you for a great evening, but if you want me in bed you will have to try harder then this."
"Don't worry about me; I know how to take care of my women."
"Good. Try harder, boss." Piper said with a grin, and closed the door behind her.
AN: What did you think? I know you all were expecting this first date of theirs, so I hope it was satisfying... Thank you for all that review, it really keeps me going.
Next chapter- 'Painful Memories'. It probably won't be a flashback chapter, but you will find out some secrets from Piper's past...