AN: Seriously, you people are the best. This fic only had 2 chapters and already about 50 of you have reviewed. I really appreciate it. I'm interested- how many of you are reading this one because you've read one of my old ones? I'm sure it's not all of you, and I'm also thrilled that I have some new readers!
About some of the things that came up in your reviews;
I know that Leo having a daughter is well overwhelming, but believe me you'll learn to love her, she's has a part in this story, she's not there just because I felt like it (; at least not entirely... lol
And about the blackmailing and so that I've mentioned earlier... it won't be anything like what I've had in 'Fast Woman, Delicious Man'. Really, this fiction is so much different, and the main plot hasn't been introduced just yet (well, I gave some hints, but it's really impossible to tell... Little evil me, lol!).
Now, just one thing about Fast Women, Delicious Man; I want to thank all of you who have reviewed throughout the story, and let me tell you that some of the reviews for the last chapter were very touching, and they are still coming. Thank you my favorite people! Again, you are the best.
And now, on with LUSTVILLE.........
Chapter 3
OoO Saturday Night OoO
"Damn, we're good." Paige announced, as the three sisters, Sheriff Wyatt, and Rob- his assistant, stood in a line, all looking at one of the walls in P3.
Piper tilted her head.
They chose black and dark red for the main colors of the walls, and the lights adjusted just perfectly.
"You can say that again." Phoebe said, a huge grin on her face, though Piper wasn't sure it were the walls or Rob, who was defiantly the cutest guy in the area.
Well, right after Leo.
She stole a glance at him, and realized he was looking at her.
Unlike the majority of men kind, he didn't look away when she 'caught' him, but just smiled at her, not bothering to take his eyes away.
She couldn't help but smile back, then turn back to look at the slowly drying wall.
It's been a week since their arrival, and the three have settled down in an old house that hasn't been a habitat for what seemed like hundreds of years.
They had the house somewhat cleaned up, between running back and forth from P3 to the phone.
The club's opening night was two days away, and the stools Piper ordered were supposed to come in about two days EARLIER.
It was also bugging her how she seemed to be the only one out of the three to be worried. Paige and Phoebe were super optimistic, like always.
Piper truly wished she could just sit back and watch the show, but knew that if she wouldn't be doing anything, then no one would. Maybe just the handy-dandy-sheriff.
She was just out of a three year relationship with a doctor, and even though she won't show it she felt lonely.
She's left Ben about a month before they moved to Lustville, when they signed the contract for P3. He didn't even flinch when she told him. He just said 'Oh, I see. I completely understand Piper; we just need a little time out. I know you'll change your mind in a few weeks.'
He just didn't want to listen to her, even when he called her a day before they left, and she said told him it was OVER, they were leaving for GOOD, he just said that she just needs some more time.
The real reason for their sudden departure was the mess Phoebe managed to get into.
Her latest boyfriend, one she's been with for less then a month, turned out to be a criminal the police was after, and caught him while he was in a club- together with Phoebe.
Of course, Phoebe had no idea who he really was, but the whole event caused a mess and headaches for everyone.
Paige was jobless, so gathering up and leaving seemed like the best solution. Piper knew very well that if they wouldn't have moved Phoebe would have gone into depression and Paige would loose all her savings with no money coming in.
So Piper left her job as a manager in a restaurant, collected her lost-in-life sisters, and took them to what she hoped would be a better place.
Piper also knew that she was always being cranky as hell, but it was so hard not to be. Sometimes all she wanted was someone to stick alcohol in her hand and drink it all until she doesn't remember herself.
But now, looking at the beautifully colored wall, it seemed like there was something to look up for.
---OoO---
P3's opening night was Saturday.
Leo's been helping the three sisters with as much as he could, and knew they were appreciating it.
The two younger once were like two hopping bunnies, running around in their way-too-short tops (from all angles), which Leo knew very well that Rob loved.
The people of the town were constantly coming over to help, spending most of the time chatting away.
"WELL, Leo?" The mayor's voice said.
Leo looked up, and remembered where he was.
He was at a Lustville council meeting.
"I'm sorry, what were we talking about?" Leo asked, and saw some of the hands of the others up.
Right, they were voting on the new color of the statue.
"What were the options?" Leo quickly added, and saw his mother sending him a wry look from across the room.
"Lime green or dark green." Mayor Grits said, sounding annoyed.
"Gray." Leo said.
"Why gray?? The statue has always been lime green; I don't see why we should change it." Harriet Tucker said.
"Because it is in the middle of the town and too big to be lime green." Keren Wyatt said.
"Leo, what's it going to be...?" Candice, the one who managed the council meeting asked.
"Dark green." Leo gave it. No point in arguing about coloring it anything but green.
"Lime green it is." Candice announced, and hit the counter with the small hammer once.
"Oh, for god's sake." Keren frowned, leaning back in her seat.
"Sorry Keren, it's twenty two to eight. Leo's vote doesn't change much." Candice apologized, and they moved to the next issue- street lights.
Leo made it through the rest of the unbelievably boring meeting, and escaped as soon as he could.
It was Saturday afternoon, and he wanted to get to P3 before it opens at eight to help with the last minute things, but first he had to go get Maggie.
"I think I'll be a cook when I grow." Maggie announced while they were in the car on the way back home.
"Really? Why's that?" Leo asked his daughter.
"Grandma said that when I grow up, I'll have to cook for 'my man' all the time."
Leo laughed.
"Grandma said that, ha?"
"Yes. And anyway, whose man are you? You can't be grandma's, she's your mom." Maggie continued.
"I am your man Maggie." Leo said, smiling to her.
She seemed to like that.
"Ok. Does that mean I have to cook you?"
"No. Only when I get old."
"You'll never get old Dad, you're the sheriff." Maggie said, her blond hair reflecting the sun in the most angelic way.
Later that day, at about six, Leo finally got to P3.
In it, he found a frantic Piper running between the drink counter and some of the tables, unpacking boxes on her way.
Paige was cleaning one of the tables, and Phoebe was doing the same, only doing a lot more talking with Rob then any cleaning.
He walked up to Piper and was about to announce his arrival when she turned around and walked right into his chest.
She looked up, startled.
"Oh, Leo, It's you." She blurred, and continued what she was doing.
He decided that he would ask her out in a week, when P3 will be more settled down, rather then today, which is what he was originally planning to do.
There was something about her jumpiness that made him want her. Her jumpiness, AND her lips.
Those damn lips.
He wasn't looking for anything special, just maybe a few nice dates with her, just to try something different from those town girls all around him.
Leo hasn't had any long term relationships since Maggie's mother, and he wasn't planning on one.
Abbie and Leo were together for two years when she found out she was pregnant. She decided to have the baby, but didn't want to keep it so she was planning on giving it away for adoption after it was born.
Leo was completely against it, and took the baby to himself if its mother wouldn't have it.
A month after Maggie was born and Abbie was already long gone in LA, he heard she got into a car accident and was killed on the spot.
And ever since, Leo has been raising the most wonderful thing that had ever happening to him- Maggie, with the unnecessary help of his mother.
At about seven thirty, Paige and Phoebe walked out from the back room dressed in dresses that matched the walls, both looking very hot.
Seconds later, came out Piper.
And that damn dress.
She had a very short black dress on, falling down her back so that most of it was naked.
Her beautiful hair was up and her face got some color.
He couldn't even remember what she was wearing all the other days he saw her, it was always unnoticeable and plain, making her almost unseen next to her sisters who always wore bright.
Unseen, but only if you don't look closer.
And Leo looked.
She passed by him giving him a small grin, but counted to the counter where she made some last checks.
That damn woman.
At eight exactly, the doors were opened and a swirl of people floated into the place, of ages starting at eighteen and up to eighty (with the exception of Keren Wyatt, that is).
Later that night, Leo relaxed against the back of his seat, drinking the last of the martini in his glass, just to have one of the workers (Mattie, in Lustville everyone knows everyone) pour him another.
"Thank you." He said, smiling at her, and listened to Rob talking away.
"I mean seriously, lime green?? When will they open their eyes and see how ugly it makes it." Rob was talking to Garry.
Leo spotted Piper on the other side of the counter, selling her last drink before stepping out of the counter and sighing.
She walked over and switched the music into something slower and quieter, seeing as it was well past midnight. Like, about, two hours past.
When she finally looked to his direction, he motioned her to come over.
At first she just stared across the room, but then headed his way.
He moved a bit to make space for her, and waited as she took a seat next to him.
"Well, a successful night." He said.
"Yes." She said, not sounding too happy about it. But then, she never sounded very happy.
"Lots of people came. More then Marlin had."
"Oh joy." She said, and slid further down her seat, giving him a clear view down her dress.
She called one of the waiters and asked him to bring her a drink, then another, and another, and another, and another... And Leo drank along with her.
She was drunk after the third one, but she claimed she was 'just fine.'
At four am, almost everybody had already left, except for a few but they could take care of themselves.
"What time is it?" Piper asked.
"A little over four." He answered.
"Oh, well, time to go then." She said, and pulled herself to her feet.
He knew that standing up after her was the right thing to do, and proved himself right when she almost fell over.
"Sorry Piper, NOW you're officially drunk." He announced, and Rob smirked.
"None sense." She thought for a moment. "Oh hell."
"It's ok, I'll take you home." He offered, and started leading her towards the way out.
"Wait! Who will take car of the club?" She asked.
"Your sisters."
She just laughed out loud at that answer, but let him lead her out, with his hand supporting her from behind.
AN: This night is not nearly over yet, and the best part is coming. I promise you'll like it, but before that happens tell me what you thought of this chapter.