Making it Work
Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed, never will.
AN: I hope everyone had a great Christmas and Ney Year! I'm back with the second chapter, been busy shopping and stuff lately so sorry it took me a while to get this out. Hope you like it.
Chapter Two
A Happy Reunion?
Leo reached out and grabbed a hold of Piper's hand, stopping it from shaking. She looked down at their entwined fingers and then up at Leo forcing a smile on her face.
"I thought you were excited about going back?" Leo asked quietly.
"I am, it's just," she shrugged trying to hold back her tears.
"There's something I never really got around to telling you."
"What is it?" he asked gently. "Are you afraid of flying?"
"No, it's not that." It's, well it's my sisters, well really it's
only Prue but she doesn't..." Piper trailed off.
"Yes?" Leo urged.
"She doesn't really approve of my hooking up with you in such a short time and she was a little offended that I was planning on staying in Vegas with you." Piper looked at Leo and saw disappointment in his eyes and as much as he tried to hide it she could see it clearly.
"Oh," he shrugged. "At least you like me."
"That I do," Piper agreed and leaned up to kiss him. "And that's all that matters."
"You know, since I'm meeting your family and you've met my parents," they both cringed slightly at that memory. "You'll have to meet Anna soon."
"I'd like that. From what you've told me she sounds nice."
"She is nice. You'll love her."
Piper yawned and leaned her head on Leo's shoulder for support as his arms circled her waist protectively. They stayed that was for the rest of
the
flight.
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"Are they here yet?" Paige asked for what seemed like the hundredth time.
"No!" Prue replied, annoyed at her sisters childlike behavior.
"They should be here soon sweetie," Phoebe said calmly, not bothering to look up from her magazine.
"What's taking so long?" Paige asked.
"I dunno, the plane must have been delayed." Phoebe responded
monotonously.
"Urgh, I hate airports, remember that time we were meeting Prue when she got back from her trip to Prague with Andy and that guy tried to feel me up? Bastard." Paige reminisced.
"Oh yeah, I remember that," Phoebe answered closing her magazine.
"And then security came and you started to flirt with one of the guys."
Both sisters laughed as Prue sat staring into space, lost in thoughts of her holiday with Andy. They had broken up only a few months after it when Prue had trouble committing to him, he was now happily married with a young son. Wiping away the tears that had gathered in her eyes she turned to her sisters and smiled.
"Do you remember the time Piper went on her first real date with that guy? What was his name? He had bad hair and glasses," the sisters racked their brains trying to put a name to the face.
"Mathew?" Phoebe asked.
"No, that was my first date, it was...Justin!" Paige replied
triumphantly.
"Yeah, that was it! And she came back fifteen minutes later covered in vomit because he had gotten car sick," this time all three sisters dissolved into a fit of laughter at the memory.
"Now that I think of it, your first date was hardly perfect," Phoebe said slyly looking at Paige. "Didn't Mathew hit on Prue as he was dropping you off home?"
Paige and Prue both laughed at the memory. At the time Paige had been
furious with Prue but then she realized that she hadn't done anything
wrong and that it was Mathew who was to blame. Paige had never really had much luck with men.
Come to think of it, all of the women in the Halliwell line seemed to be cursed when it came to men. The sister's grams had been married too many times to count, their mother had been married twice and so far even Phoebe had a divorce under her belt. They just hoped that it would be different now.
The sisters continued to talk about first dates and embarrassing
moments for another twenty minutes until an announcement came over the loudspeaker that Piper's plane had arrived.
They made their way over to the arrivals gate and stood patiently
waiting to see Piper's familiar face. Standing on her tip-toes Paige spotted her coming and grabbing her sisters hands pulled them in her direction. As soon as Piper came into view both Prue and Phoebe let go of Paige's hand and threw themselves at their sister.
Leo stood awkwardly as the sisters embraced happily. Paige was the
first to pull herself away and turned to introduce herself to Leo, stopping momentarily as she took in the sight before her.
"Hi," she greeted him cheerfully. "I'm Paige, you must be Leo."
"Yeah," Leo responded nervously shaking her hand. "It's nice to meet you Paige."
"Why hello there," Phoebe interjected. "I'm Phoebe." She turned and looked at Piper barely lowering her voice. "You never mentioned that he was a stone-cold fox."
Leo blushed and laughed nervously as Prue walked over to him and
outstretched her hand.
"Hi Leo, it's nice to finally meet you," she smiled and Leo tried to work out whether it was fake or not but he couldn't tell.
"It's great to finally be meeting you guys; Piper's told me so much
about you." He smiled warmly at the sisters and Prue turned to Piper clearly impressed by his manners.
"So much better than Dan," she said simply.