The Show Must Go On
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AN: This chapter and the last are kind of letting Leo and Piper get to know one another and making way for a romance in the near future! Hope you all enjoy it!
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Chapter 4
Awkward? Me?
Leo opened his eyes and scanned his hotel room. It was the same as it had been when he had fallen asleep. No record deals waiting to be signed on his table or managers trying to break down his door. He was still just a drag queen, still a no body. Oh well.
He threw the covers off his body and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. Trudging into the makeshift kitchen he opened the fridge and inspected its contents, or lack there of.
Sighing he closed the door and padded into the bathroom. He turned on the shower to let the water heat up and went back into the living room/bedroom. Grabbing the phone off its place on the wall he rummaged around his coat pocket until he found what he was looking for.
A shrill ring sliced through Piper's brain. She tried to ignore it and rolled over onto her other side but the ringing persisted. Groaning angrily she rolled right off the bed and searched for her bag, she had dumped it on the floor somewhere the night before and now she had no idea where.
The ringing stopped and it was replaced by Dan's voice.
"Hello?" He paused for a minute before replying.
"Yeah, this is her boyfriend. Who the hell is this?" Another pause.
"I'm sorry, she's unavailable to talk right now." He paused again.
"Or not." He hung up the phone and threw it back into Piper's bag.
"Who was it?" she asked groggily as she rummaged through her suitcase for clean clothes.
"Oh, it was just Greg," he lied.
"Greg from work? Why was he calling me? Is something wrong at the restaurant?" she was beginning to panic now.
"No, nothing's wrong. He just burned the sauce," Dan smiled over at Piper as she entered the bathroom with the bundle of clothes. He waited for a minute before he continued. "About last night."
"Oh yeah," Piper emerged from the bathroom fully dressed. "That was embarrassing huh?"
"Yeah," he laughed. "And I forgive you."
"What do you mean you forgive me?" She asked surprised.
"For causing a scene, I forgive you," he explained simply.
"I don't want your forgiveness. I want an apology." She was furious now. "You left me at that club last night, alone. I could have been mugged or raped or killed."
"I'm sure you can take care of yourself," he said brushing it off.
"Do you even care?" She was so tempted to hit him. "Do you even care about me?"
Dan was silent. Piper hung her head and tried not to let the tears fall. She had cried over him the night before and now it was time to move on.
"Well then," she whispered. "I guess there's not much point in me staying then, is there?"
"Piper," he reached out to touch her arm but she pulled away.
"No! It's over Dan," she sighed. "This isn't what we want."
"I want you," he persisted.
"No you don't!" She grabbed her bag and coat before heading for the door but Dan followed her.
"Where are you going to go?" he asked.
"I'll stay at a friends until I can get a flight out," she said simply trying to dodge past Dan and get to the door.
"Oh and what friend would that be? Leo?" He looked down at Piper who stared right back at him.
"How do you know about Leo?" she asked confused.
"Well, he called here asking for you," he snarled. "How can you do this? How can you cheat on me?"
"Okay, okay," Piper silenced Dan furiously. "First off, who the hell do you think you are, lying to me? I thought I could trust you."
"Well I thought I could trust you but-"
"I'm not finished yet," she cut him off angrily. "And second, I would never cheat on you, or anyone for that matter so clearly you don't know very well. And last, we're over! There is no way I could cheat on you because we're through! I never want to see you or hear from you ever again!"
Dan looked as though he was about to say something but before he could Piper barged past him angrily and threw the door open. She didn't stop walking, even when she heard Dan yell obscenities at her or when he threw her suitcase out into the hallway, scattering her clothes all over the floor.
She heard the door slam shut and ran back. Her clothes, shoes and other personal items littered the ground. Sighing, Piper gathered as much as she could in her arms and threw them back into the case. Soon everything was squashed into the holdall and it was being dragged into the lift.
Piper laid her case on the ground and propped herself up against the short wall that surrounded the hotel car park. She dug out her cell and checked the memory; she didn't recognize the last number that had called. Pressing the call button she preyed that Leo would answer.
"Hello?"
"Oh, Leo thank God," she felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders.
"Piper? Are you ok?" He sounded so concerned.
"Yeah, I'm ok. I just...I just broke up with Dan," she wasn't quite sure how she was supposed to ask this. "I, um...I left."
"Oh," he searched for something comforting to say. "I'm sorry to hear that."
"Um, I don't even know why I called." Liar, you know exactly why you called. "Its just Dan told me that you called earlier and he said I wasn't available but...I was."
Piper mentally slapped herself. She was struggling to string two sentences to together not that it mattered much; she was talking crap anyway.
"So, I was wondering if maybe, if you're not doing anything." She covered the receiver with her had and tried to pull herself together. "Do you want to get some breakfast?"
"It's almost one," Leo laughed and Piper's heart sank. "How about lunch instead?"
"That'd be great," she replied with a huge grin.
"How about we meet at the same diner as last night in about 15 minutes?"
"Ok, I'll see you there," Piper hung up and dropped her phone back into her bag. Looking at her suitcase, her heart sank again. She grabbed the handle and began dragging it along the ground. She was half way to the diner when she realised that the other side of the case had small wheels attached to it.
Twenty minutes later, Piper arrived at the diner and found Leo sitting at a table, near the back, waiting patiently for her to arrive. When he saw her struggling with her case he dived over to her and helped her carry it over to their table. He tucked it under the table and offered to take her coat.
"So, you're not going back then?" he asked.
"Huh?" Leo motioned to the suitcase under the table. "Oh, no. It's just. It went too far and I'm glad I finally ended it."
"You ready to order?" a young waitress asked as she approached their table.
"Erm, can I get the...chicken salad please and a mineral water," Piper ordered as she quickly scanned the menu.
"And I'll have the cheeseburger and a coke please," Leo smiled at the waitress as she jotted down their orders on her note pad.
"So, what are you gonna do now?" Leo asked.
"Um, I'm just gonna try and get a flight back to San Francisco," she said sadly, engrossed in the saltshaker that she was twisting around in her hands.
"Oh, what if you can't get a flight tonight?" Piper stopped playing with the salt.
"I'll sleep at the airport I guess."
"Or you could stay with me," it was Leo's turn to fiddle with the salt.
"Um, are you sure? I wouldn't want to put you out." Piper looked up at him and smiled nervously.
"You wouldn't be, I could use the company. Plus you could help me get ready for the show," he laughed.
"Yeah, then later on at night we could plait each others hair and give each other make-up tips," she joked.
"Oh, sounds good."
Soon the food arrived and the pair began to eat. There was an awkward silence and Leo was desperately trying to get rid of it.
"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" he asked conversationally.
"Yeah, I've got three sisters. My older sister; Prue, she's a photographer and I have two younger sisters; Phoebe, she's an advice columnist and Paige who's a social worker. Paige is actually my half sister, my mum re-married when we were very young and Paige was born."
"Oh, that must have been hell in the mornings." Piper looked at Leo confused so he continued. "Four girls fighting over the bathroom."
"Oh yeah, that was a nightmare," Piper laughed. "Do you have any siblings?"
"Uh, I have a sister, Anna. She's only a year younger than me but I was so protective of her. We'd argue and fight a lot of the time but deep down we were still close. She had cancer."
"I'm sorry," Piper whispered.
"It's not your fault. She survived, barely, but she had to go through so much pain. Now though, she's married with a kid." Leo smiled.
"I'm glad she pulled through," Piper said sincerely placing a hand over his.
Leo looked up at her nervously and smiled. The awkward silence was back but he wouldn't have it any other way.