Disclaimer: Nooo!!! I do NOT own Charmed! But I'm honoured that you think I did!

A/N: Okay... This is a Piper/Leo fic. Utterly and completely Piper/Leo. I have no intention whatsoever of breaking them up...yet... Mwhahaha! Nah... Just read on...

Chapter 1:

Piper Halliwell pushed the covers away from her body and slowly sat up. She rubbed her eyes as her feet tried finding her slippers. It was a Saturday morning. A beautiful Saturday morning. One which was perfect to sleep in. Instead, she had woken up to a crying baby. Cursing under her breath, she made her way into the room across the hall and walked towards the crib next to the bed. She leant over it, looking at the one-year-old, and picked him up.

"It's okay. It's okay." She tried soothing him, but he wouldn't stop crying. As she hummed something to calm him down, the sleeping boy in the bed started stirring. He turned over and faced Piper.

"Hi, Aunt Piper." He yawned and sat up, kicking the covers away.

"Hello, Dan. Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah. I did!" He looked at the baby and added, "until Dylan woke me up."

"I guessed. He woke me up too. But now that we're up, wanna have breakfast?"

"Okay!"

They walked into the kitchen and Piper looked at the round white clock hanging over the table. It was 9'30? She was going to kill her sisters. She had been working lots lately, and missing a lot of sleep. For once, she had a free weekend, meaning she could sleep in. Her plans had been crashed when her sisters rang the doorbell on Friday night. They were going to be away for the weekend. Meaning that their single sibling had to keep their kids for a while. She SO needed to find herself a guy.

Setting her nephew on the highchair, she walked over to the cupboard and started preparing breakfast. When she was done, she carried the plates and mugs to the table, where her impatient nephew, Daniel, was waiting.

"Auntie Piper..."

"Yes?" She turned to look at him. His big green eyes were covered by his too-long dark hair, so he blew it off. Not succeeding in keeping it away from his eyes, he used his small hands to hold it at both sides of his head. He plastered a smile on his face and Piper knew he wanted something.

"Can we go to the paaaaaaark?"

"I don't know, sweetie... Your cousin here seems to be a little fussy today..."

"Please? I haven't been there in a long time!"

"Okay..." She turned to Dylan, who was giggling as he dropped his hand on the small plate. "Oh, Dylan! Look what you did!" She started cleaning his face and hands and asked him in a baby voice, "Do you want to go to the park?"

In response, he started giggling hysterically and Daniel looked at his aunt.
"That means yes!" He stated, nodding.

"Okaay... We'll go to the park..."

"YAY! You're the best auntie ever!" He ran over to her and hugged her.

"Are you done with breakfast?"

"Yes! Can I go get ready?" He asked eagerly.

"Wait until I do the dishes." She got up and took the plates to the sink.

"Whyyyyyy?" He whined.

"Because, even if you get ready now, we won't be leaving until I am done with the housework." She looked back and glanced at the six-year-old. He was leaning against the table, sitting on the chair, his folded arms resting on the flat surface, and he was pouting. "It's no use. Now sit there and talk to your cousin."

"But...But...But all he says is stupid things. He doesn't make sense!" He looked up. His puppy dog eyes always worked on his parents. As Piper looked back to the sink and started washing, he knew that the trick didn't work with his aunt. "You are a meanie!"

"Go watch some cartoons."

"I don't like cartoons."

"Yes you do. You were watching some last night."

"But-"

"No buts, Daniel. Let me finish doing this."

Frowning, he jumped to the floor from the wooden chair and walked towards the living room, where sat on the dark green couch and turned on the television.

"Be careful, Dan!" Piper let her nephew run over to the swings as she sat down on a bench, the stroller next to her. She kept pulling faces, making the little boy laugh. She bent down and kissed his forehead. Standing up, she walked over to the small slide while pushing the stroller. She picked Dylan up and sat him on the top of the slide. Holding his hands, she slid him all the way to the bottom. The boy laughed and she laughed too. She placed him at the top again and slid him down to the end. "Do you wanna try the swings, sweetie?" She walked over to the stroller, and pushed it over to the swings, where she sat her nephew.

When Dylan started to get fussy, Piper picked him up and walked over to the bench, where she sat down and started tickling the one-year-old. She looked around the park and spotted Dan running around. He caught her looking at him, grinned and waved. She waved back, smiling at him.

"That's a very cute kid. Is he yours?"

She turned around; wanting to know who the voice belonged to. The Sun was right behind him, so she couldn't really see his face. But the voice seemed familiar. Too familiar.

"Leo Wyatt! I thought I'd never see you again."

"Ditto, Piper. I see life has treated you alright..." he said, gesturing towards the stroller.

"Oh... No, Leo... He's...He's just my nephew."

"Prue's?"

"No... That boy over at the swings is Prue's kid. This is Phoebe's."

"Phoebe? I never thought she'd settle down and have a kid."

"So did I... But enough about my sisters. How have YOU been? It's been...what? Seven years since you left for college?"

"Yeah... Seven years. It seems such a long time ago. I missed you."

"I missed you too... So... You finished college, right?"

"Yeah... I'm a doctor. And what about you? You graduated?"

"Yup!" She paused and looked at him. He had sat down next to her and she moved closer to him and hugged him. "I can't believe you're back."

"Well... I was offered to work over here... So... I thought maybe you still lived here... And I took the job."

"And... you got a place to stay?"

"Um... yeah... I'm staying at a hotel until I find a proper place."

"You can always stay at my house... It's not big but I've got plenty of rooms free... I live alone..." She looked into his eyes, those piercing greenish eyes of his, and thought of the time when they were in high school.

"Auntie... I'm hungry..." Piper looked up at her nephew and then at Leo. "Auntie... Who is this man?"

"Dan, this is Leo, a very good friend of mine. An old friend. Leo, this is Prue's son."

"You know my mom?" Daniel's eyes opened wide at the mere thought of this man being friends with his mother. He had never seen him before.

"Yes I do, Daniel!"

"Oh..." Then he turned back to look at Piper, pleading with his eyes. "Piper... I'm hungryyyy!!"

"Okay, Dan. I got it. Let's go home, okay?"

"Okay!"

Piper stood up and ran her hand through her hair; she looked at Leo and asked, "wanna join us?"

He smiled.

"No, thanks. I think I'd better go to the hotel and sort out some of my stuff..."

"You mean you're gonna PACK your stuff, right?" He looked at her, clearly showing that he wasn't meaning that. "I think I made it clear that you're staying at my house."

"I had forgotten how stubborn you can be..."

Piper looked at him and stuck her tongue out.

It was night time and Piper was putting Dylan to bed when the phone started ringing.

"Dan! Can you get that?"

"Sure, Auntie!"

As she placed a sleepy Dylan in the crib, she caught a glimpse of the conversation that Dan was having with who appeared to be his mother.

"Yes, mommy! Auntie Piper took me to the park! And...And...And she made pasta for lunch! And I met her friend! He's very nice. Yes. He's your friend too. Wait one minute, mommy." He looked at the doorway and saw Piper standing there, leaning against the doorframe, her arms folded over her chest. "Mommy wants to talk to you." He handed her the receiver and walked away, flopping himself onto the couch and turning on the TV.

"Hi, Prue! Yeah... He's been really nice. No... Prue! No, not a boyfriend. It's just...umm... Leo... Yeah... Met him at the park. He's staying at my house for a while. Uh huh... You're back tomorrow? Okay... Good night, sis! Luv ya!"

She hung up the phone and walked over to her nephew.

"Dan... Sweetheart... It's late... Why don't you go to bed?"

"I'm...I'm not tired!" He opened his eyes widely. "See? I'm awake!" He tried stifling a yawn, but Piper caught him.

"Okay. Go to bed. Come on. One, two. One, two." She pulled him up and guided him over to the bedroom door. "Come on, please... Danny... Just go to bed. I'm going to bed soon... Just as soon as my friend comes over. Okay?"

"Okay..." Reluctantly, he walked over to his bed and pulled back the covers, freeing himself from the socks and getting into bed. "Good night, auntie Piper."

"Good night, sweetie," she said from the doorway and turned off the light.

Piper was sitting on the couch, sideways, a glass of wine in her hand. Leo was sitting across her, holding an identical glass. They had been talking for some time, about their lives, about their families, their problems,... And, when they both realised, the conversation had turned to their relationship. Piper knew that, deep inside, she still loved Leo. She always had and always would. But it wasn't that easy.

"So after I left... Why did we lose contact?"

"I don't know... College kept us both so busy... I guess the lack of time and the distance just made us forget about each other..."

"I never forgot about you... I always thought about phoning, about writing a letter... Something... But something always turned up..." He looked at the glass in his hands. "I regret not having kept in touch..."

"Me too..." Truth was, they had never really broken up. They just stopped talking to each other. And other guys came and left. But none of them had been like Leo. She had been looking for someone who behaved like him. But all of them, they were either just good looking or just plain old gentlemen. None of them had both qualities. None of them had been able to fill that void. And that was where she missed Leo.

"We...We never really broke up, did we?" he asked, slowly. She shook her head in response, and looked up at him. "So... That means we are sort of...still...together?"

"I don't know, Leo... I... I have been with other guys after you left..."

He looked slightly taken aback by this, but nodded. "I have been in some relationships too... But none of them can compare to what I had with you..."

"Leo... I... I know... I went through the same... But I think... I don't think we can take it from where we left... I mean... We... We have been talking all night about our lives... But there's still some things that I think we need to find out about each other... My life has changed since I was 17... And there's no doubt that yours has changed too..."

"I know... And I agree... I... I just missed you so much... I wanted to see you..."

"I missed you too... More than you can imagine..." She took a sip of her glass and looked at him. Her brown eyes locked with his, and she felt the wine playing with her senses and feelings. Was it the wine, or was the distance between them decreasing? She felt herself leaning in; in no time she could feel his breath on her and his hand holding hers. Slowly, their lips met. It was a soft kiss which could've turned into a passionate one if it wasn't for Piper. She found herself kissing her best friend, after all these years, and broke the kiss. She looked at the glass in her hands and, with her finger, traced its border as she whispered, "I'm sorry..."

"No... I'm sorry... I... I pushed you into doing that... I was just so...happy to have you back in my life..." He looked at her and cupped her face with his hand. "Where do we go from here?"

"I don't know... I suggest we...take it slowly... You know... I still want to get used to you being around..."

"Yeah... I have to get used to being around you..." he added, a grin on his face.

"Hey! What is that supposed to mean?" she asked, pretending to be hurt, as she slapped his arm.

"Nothing, nothing!" They stayed silent for a beat until he found his voice. "Where...where's my room?"

"I'll show you in a sec." He handed her the glass and she took it, walking towards the kitchen. She placed the glasses in the sink and walked back to the living room, where Leo had already stood up and was looking around. "Come here..."

He walked over to her and she walked along the small corridor and into a room right next to hers.

"This is the place."

"Thanks for offering me a place to stay."

"Well... My house is always available to friends... And you're my best friend..."

"I hope I'm something more..."

"Leo..."

"Yeah, sorry... Night, Piper."

"Night."

A/N: Okay... So that was pretty long... And I want to know if I should continue and what you think of this thing... So review, review, review!!