AN: I got a complaint about my spelling... sorry about that, I'll try to read it through more, make sure I don't make too many spelling mistakes.

Thanx to everyone for reviewing, I am proud to have so many peeps reading this fic, I really enjoy writing it, it's a lot of fun. Well, here is the next chapter, full of PL fluffiness...

Chapter 7

OoO A Little Too fast... OoO

On Monday, exactly a week since Piper started working for Wyatt Investigations, Leo came to work three hours late.

As he walked out of the elevator, he spotted Piper at the end of the room, sitting by her desk.

When he approached her he couldn't help but notice she was looking pale.

"Hi." He said, and finally she looked up.

"Good morning." She said, but she didn't smile like she usually did when she greeted him in the mornings.

"Um, I have the telephone numbers you were looking for on your desk. You have an appointment tonight at six with the lady from New York." She said, never looking right at him.

"Ok, thank you. Is everything ok?"

"Ha? What do you mean?"

"I don't know, you look a little... distracted."

"I'm not." She said coolly.

"Ok." He didn't insist, and went into his office where James was waiting for him.

"Hey bro."

"Morning. What's up with her?"

"Who? Ms. Dobbs?" James said.

"No, I was talking about Piper. Why? What's going on with Ms. Dobbs?"

"She has been bugging me all morning."

"What about?"

"She says Piper is a 'no-good-lazy secretary'." James said, slipping from his coffee.

"I like her."

"Which is why Ms. Dobbs wants her gone."

"Oh, I see."

"So what's up with Piper?"

"I don't know, she seemed kind of jumpy just now." Leo said, taking his jacket off.

"You make women jumpy." James stated.

"No I don't. I just make their mothers jumpy." Leo said, sitting in front of his desk.

"Whatever. Did Piper agree to go on a second date with you yet?"

"No. I asked her again on Friday, but she brushed me off."

"You are not giving up, are you?"

"I don't know. She'll end up thinking I am sexually harassing her." Leo said.

"Oh, come on, you can't give up on her this fast."

"I just might. I don't think she can say 'No' more clearly. She is obviously not interested."

"Who cares? You want her, you get her. 'Cause if you don't, I will, and you wouldn't like that, would you?" James said, smiling slyly.

"Asshole."

"It's my middle name... So what are you going to do? Sit here and feel sorry for yourself, or go get your woman?"

"James, out of my office." Leo commanded, starting to get irritated with his brother.

After James left, Leo considered what he said.

He liked Piper, and he could have sworn she seemed to like him at that coffee date they had.

So what was wrong? Why did she avoid him? Why was she so cold with him?

Only one way to find out...

After his evening meeting with the Mrs. Harold, the lady from New York, was over, Leo walked out of his office and found Piper getting ready to leave.

"You are leaving?"

"Yep, I think I'm done for today. Unless you need me to do anything else?"

"No, I am leaving myself."

"Ok." She said, and grabbed her purse.

"What would you say about a cup of coffee with your boss?"

Piper turned to him and sighed, looking a bit exhausted.

"Is this question going to be on a daily basis now?"

"I don't know, I hope your answer won't be."

"You are very stubborn, I misjudged you." She said, putting her jacket on, and turned the light in the hall off.

"Women keep saying that to me." Leo followed her as she headed for the elevator.

"Maybe you should give it a thought then." Piper said, as the two walked into the elevator and Leo pressed the bottom level.

"I did. The women think it's sexy." He said.

He saw Piper smiling, even though she tried to hide it.

A few seconds later, the doors opened.

"So is that a yes to the coffee?"

They didn't go for a cup of coffee.

They went for some beer.

Leo was telling Piper about his father and his sixth wife, when he noticed she finished her beer.

"You want more?"

"Sure." She said.

She wasn't cold to him anymore, but she still seemed upset.

He got more beer for the two of them, and then asked;

"So what's going on it that head of yours?"

"You don't want to know."

"Believe me, I do." Leo said, knowing that he had been wandering that for a while now.

Piper just smiled, although not in the cheerful way she usually does.

They stared in each other's eyes for a while.

There was this woman whom he knew nothing about (except that she has great legs), feeling like he knew her the way he never did another woman.

There was something about her, she was special.

They argued a lot, he noticed, but it all seemed right for some reason.

Too bad she didn't seem to see that.

"Do you ever have dreams... about things that happened in the past?" Piper asked, looking down at her beer.

"Everyone does." Leo said.

Piper nodded.

Something was bothering her, he could tell.

"I sound very foolish don't I?"

"Not at all. Is that why you've been down today?" Leo asked.

"It's just... you know, old memories suddenly came back."

"Like what?" He wished he knew more about her.

Piper shook her head.

"All kinds of things. So... Tell me about yourself, were you ever married?" Piper asked.

"I was married for a few months, but she just wasn't the one. Or rather I wasn't the one."

"Same old, ha?"

"Same old. How about you? Been in any long-lasting relationships lately?"

"Not lately." Piper said, and Leo could tell she was uncomfortable with the subject, so he changed it.

"Were you always a secretary?" He asked.

"Do I look like I've been born a secretary?" She asked back.

"No. That's why I am asking."

"I used to be an interior designer." She said.

"Really? What happened?"

"Things changed. Tell me about Wyatt Investigations. Who started it?"

"I did. My dad wanted me to join his company as a partner, but I refused and started my own business."

"Nice." She smiled, impressed.

"Yeah, well, it wasn't so 'nice' at the beginning. It got better over the years."

"Still does." Piper added, and Leo smiled.

At about ten, Leo drove Piper home.

Again, he climbed to the sixth floor with her.

"You just don't give up do you?" Piper asked as they reached her door.

"Hey, be nice. It is no business for a woman to go up these stairs alone, with all the creeps living in this place." Leo said in his defense.

"Well, that sure is thoughtful of you."

"Thank you."

Piper started to open the door.

"Do I get to come in this time?" he asked, making a face.

"Hmm. I'll have to think about that." She said, and surprised him when she walked in a closed the door behind her.

He almost started turning around, when the door opened again.

"You thought abut it?"

"Yes. You may come in, but be careful, it's not beautiful." She warmed him, then stepped back, letting him come inside.

He walked into the colorful apartment. There were peaces of art all over the place, the walls, the floor; it was all covered with beautiful paintings, very exotic, in a very good way.

"Are these all yours?" He asked, taking his jacket off.

Piper nodded, and took the jacket from him.

She led him into her living room, which was more organized, not that many paintings everywhere.

The first thing that jumped to his eyes was the couch, the peach colored one.

"Where did you get that couch?" He asked, putting a hand on it.

"You like it?"

She walked over, and set down on one side, so he joined her.

They watched the ending of a seventy's movie, and had another beer each.

The two set close to each other on the narrow couch, Ronald the dog (who looked like an old stuffed animal), was by them on a pillow on the floor.

He was ugly, but smart. Very loyal, Piper told him.

Piper and Leo talked for a whole hour about very random things, while they really knew nothing about each other, Leo realized.

Only that didn't seem to matter.

By eleven thirty, Piper was already "Showing" Leo around her room.

It looked like a jungle, literally.

Huge beautiful leaves were covering the walls.

"Wow" He said as he looked around the room.

"You like it?" Piper asked.

"Hell yeah." He said, but he was now looking at Piper.

"So, you think I have a chance to get laid tonight?"

Piper grinned.

"You don't even try to make it sownd romantic." She demanded.

"Yet, you still think I am sexy."

"Point taken."

"You never answered my question."

"A lady doesn't answer questions like that."

Sure enough, five minutes later they were both on her bed, with her on top of him, helping each other out of their clothes.

He felt her smooth skin, pulling her closer to him by her narrow waist.

She pulled her hair free, and for the first time he saw her soft brown hair, even longer then he imagined, and oh so beautiful...

He pushed her gently to the side, and got on top of her, as she continued to unbutton his shirt while he was kissing her the way he wanted to since she appeared in his office.

"This is going a little too fast for me." Piper said, a bit breathless.

"Do you want to stop?" He asked, forcing himself to pull away.

He watched her hesitate.

"Oh, what the hell." She said, and pulled him back with both her hands on his cheeks.

AN: What do you think? This whole chapter has been one big fluff, for all you PL fluff lovers out there (and I know there are a lot of you... lol). And I thought this would be nice after having a pretty depressing chapter last time...