AN: Thank for all the reviews everyone! I'm still Piper-Girl, I'm just The Box now! It's like Pandora's Box, you know, unleashed. I'll probably change my name again soon, LOL! Anyway, this chapter is annoyingly short, but it's cute, so maybe all can be forgiven!
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After a refreshing, hot shower, Piper dried off, and wrapped herself in her kimono and padded down to the kitchen, where Leo was sitting, a piece of paper in his hand, frowning down at it. "What's wrong?"
Leo looked up at her voice. For a moment, he was awed. She looked highly feminine, the beige silk kimono, hugging her curves, enveloping her sweet-smelling skin. Her hair cascaded down her shoulders in gorgeous chocolate waves, her brown eyes, shimmering and glowing in the fluorescent light, her legs spilling out from under the robe.
"Uh…It's just my grocery list, I, uh, put one 't' in 'butter'."
Piper smiled, walking over to the refrigerator, avoiding his eyes. "I do the same type of thing." She paused, peeking onto the cool fridge. "Looks like we could use a few things too." She frowned for a moment, then straightened up. "Looks like we'll be making a trip to the grocery store." Before he could say another thing, she walked up the stairs to put on some clothes.
After 10 minutes consultation, she decided on a white sundress made of a scrunchy, summery material, with a, ultra light black jacket and black sandals that couldn't help but embody sex. She grabbed her purse, both black and white and walked downstairs. She found Leo sitting on the couch. Come to notice it, he looked good, crisp but chill in a khaki green t-shirt and black jeans. What she wouldn't do it him…No! She was a married woman! Piper shook her head, picking up the keys to SUV she and Dan shared, though it was mostly left in the garage.
She stuck her sunglasses in her thick, silky hair. She held out her hands. "Are we going or what?"
Leo nodded. "Yeah, hold on." He dug around briefly in the pocket of his jeans before following her outside, facing the bright, sunny day. She locked the door and trotted to the car, hoisting herself into the seat, Leo climbing into the passenger's side. They were silent for a moment, as she rolled down the windows and turned on the radio, Maroon5's "This Love" blaring from the speakers before she turned it down.
"You mind if I smoke?" he asked. Piper shook her head and watched as he pulled a cigarette and liter from his pocket, he lit the cigarette. He took a long drag and then sighed, letting it out, as though he'd come home form a tiring day at work, and finally got to sit in his easy chair.
"So," she began, easing her car onto Lafayette. "what do you do…for fun?" She asked finally.
Leo took another drag before turning to her. "Oh, I don't know, regular stuff, I guess. I go to clubs, you know, date." He chuckled. "Occasionally."
She smiled sideways at him, but then returned her attention to the road. "Yeah, it was hard for me too. Before I met Dan." She paused, her intent gaze flickering over his profile, a cigarette sticking from between his lips. "It was kind of a whirlwind, you know? I was kind of on the rebound." She blushed, realizing the way he looked at her, with a mixture of surprise and dry amusement. "But, uh, he was there for me in a bad time, and it just kind of escalated from a comfort zone. You know?"
Leo nodded. He didn't really, but he felt it was wise to at least pretend to empathize. "You know, once," he pushed his hair out of his eyes, and took another drag. "I actually broke up with somebody over, well…It was some dumb shit anyway."
"What was it?" Piper asked, fiddling with the radio a little as Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" came on. She glanced over at him. "I mean, if it's not to prying of me."
"No, no. It's just…She was kind of nerdy." He blushed. "We were in high school, I was you know, a typical asswipe jock, and she was…" He laughed softly, as though he could just conjure up her up. "A mess."
"I was too." Piper said, stopping at a stoplight. "Really horrible. Just ugly."
Leo smiled at her, placing a warm, comforting hand on her knee. "Non sum qualis eram. And neither are you."
"What does that mean?" Piper asked as they pulled into the parking lot at the grocery store.
Leo blinked lazily before grinning. "I am not what I used to be." She smiled and blushed again before getting out of the car, locking up and making her way to the cart corral. "Aren't you supposed to get one inside the store?" he asked.
Piper nodded. "Yeah, sure, but it's closer this way and I'm a lazy person." She pulled the cart out and started towards the store.
"Let me push that for you." Leo offered, taking control before she could say no. Before she knew what was happening, he'd revved the basket up like a scooter and was maintaining a balance on it and laughing like a little kid, whizzing by shocked little old ladies.
Piper burst out laughing and chased after him, shouting his name.
AN: So, Piper thinks the babysitter's hot…Humm… Please review, you know I love it!
