AN: Thank you guys so much! I love you! I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long! First, I had this chapter all typed up, but then I didn't like it, so, I ripped it all apart and had to start over! Then, the Charmed first season DVD came out today (well, technically, yesterday) and I've just watched 10 episodes in a row! I'm so happy! My mom was making fun of me, but we were all laughing, so I wasn't greatly insulted…Anyway, I hope you like this chapter! BTW, If you hadn't noticed, I've changed my name again, sorry, but I'll keep this one until I come up with something I really like-D

Piper picked at her bagel.

"How do you do that?"

Piper looked up at Phoebe and smiled. "What do you mean?"

"How do you pick at a bagel?" Phoebe asked, gesturing with her own. "It has cream cheese on it. Your fingers aren't even cream cheesy."

Piper grinned. "Yeah…I've just got a lot on my mind…"

"Like?" Phoebe asked, leaning across the small table.

Piper shook her head. "Nothing."

"So, how have things been going with the babysitter?"

Piper just looked at Phoebe. "Fine, didn't Prue say she was going to meet us?"

Phoebe nodded. "Yeah, but then she backed out, and so are you." Phoebe paused. "You know, the whole thing is actually kind of weird when you think about it. I mean, supposedly, your husband gives this guy a key to your house and then he comes in to…Take care of you." Phoebe stopped and laughed, taking a bite of bagel. "Then again, that's probably why you hit him over the head."

Piper laughed and slumped down comfortable in her wrought iron seat. "Well, apparently, I'm a pretty good hit. He's been complaining about a bump and headaches for the past two weeks."

Both sisters laughed. "Humm." Phoebe said a moment later, "Piper, you know, I know you."

Piper's face turned serious. "Where is this going?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about and where this is going, Piper, I know all about your um…Marital situation. And I know you might have a teeny crush on the Leo and all but—"

Piper shook her head. "Phoebe, no. No, no, no, no, no. I do not have a crush. I'm married." Piper poked her finger on the table top to accent her point. "Further more, I've got to get going, if I'm gonna make my 12 o'clock."

"Yeah…" Phoebe said, watching her sister stand. Piper rushed off to her convertible and climbed in, turning on the radio.
-

Piper opened the door to the house, calling out Leo's name. "Leo, honey, I mean…Are you home? I mean, here?" Piper stumbled over her words as she locked the door behind her.

"I'm—shit!—in here!" Leo called from the kitchen. Piper walked in, abandoning her things on the couch, to see Leo standing on her counter, messing with the cabinets.

"What the hell are you doing?" Piper asked.

"Everyday, I open this cabinet, and everyday, it tries to come unhinged." Leo said, brandishing a hammer a little. "Basically, it was pissing me off, hand me that WD 40 will you."

Piper walked over and handed him the can. Next, she went to the refrigerator and dug around for the carrot sticks. She leaned against the counter and unconsciously began to watch Leo's…Ahem, backside.

"Hey," Leo said, "let's make some lunch, I love to cook."

"You cook?" Piper asked, raising her eyebrows. "I'm impressed."

Leo laughed a little. "Yeah, well, two younger siblings, invisible parents, had to make due somehow." He said it casually, but she had the feeling there was more to it than that.

Piper shook her head. "I'm sorry."

"No, don't be." Leo turned and smiled at her. "It made me who I am today."

Piper grinned. "Yeah, and I think you're alright. A little tetched maybe, but okay."

Leo jumped down from the counter. "Let's cook then."

-

Piper and Leo stood side by side, staring down the ingredients in front of them. "Okay." Piper began. "We need to attack this stuff and make it into—"

"Pasta with a spicy alfredo sauce, asparagus, and baked chicken. Also, a chocolate cake."

Piper grinned. "Yeah, that's the best part."

Leo rubbed his hands together. "Ooo, ooo, can I like the bowl?" He asked eagerly.

Piper smiled. "Sure." While Leo set to work on the meal, Piper set to work on the dessert. Once she'd mixed up the cake mix until it was a brown, thick liquid, she got a devious idea. With one spoon deep in the bowl, she threw a blob of mix at the back of his head.

Leo head rocked a little upon collision. He turned around, an angry look across his face. He crossed over to her in two steps. "That wasn't funny." He said, filling his voice with fury.

Piper blinked. "I'm sorry." She began, looking panicky, "I'm so, so so—" Piper was cut off by a handful of cake mix in her mouth. She worked her face around a little in indignation. "You are so gonna get it!"

From then on, it was full out war, filled with laughs and squeals. Leo slid on a glob and went down, taking her with him. All of a sudden, they were cramped in a tiny space, between the counter and the island, Piper onto of him, him gripping her bicep.

They stopped laugh and stared into one another's eyes. Piper could feel her heart pouding in her chest. Here it was. She was covered in smudges of cake mix and laying on the floor, sweating like crazy, married and she was about to kiss Leo. This could not be happening. Piper started to lower her mouth to his.

"My kitchen!" Lucille screeched. "My kitchen! My kitchen, you have killed it! My kitchen!"

Piper looked up to see the Spanish woman in the doorway, oblivious to the hormone driven individuals below. Piper scrambled quickly to her feet. "Lucy, I'm so, so sorry! Why don't you take the rest of the day off and, um…" she looked around, "I'll clean up."

Lucy just nodded and turned around, muttering incoherently, in a daze. Piper ushered her off, before turning to Leo, who was standing uncomfortably by the door, rubbing his neck and head.

"That was…" he began, "Um…"

"Intense." Piper supplied, rubbing her arm. "Maybe you should go…" Piper said.

Leo nodded. "Yeah, um, same time tomorrow?"

Piper nodded as well. "Sure, bye."

"Bye." Leo got his stuff and left.

-

That night, Piper stood in front of her mirror getting ready for bed. She'd taken a long shower, getting all the mix off of her. Piper pulled an oversized tee shirt over her head, an old one of Dan's. She ran her brush through her hair. Piper couldn't deny what she'd felt between herself and Leo. It was electric, undeniable passion. But she could feel it running deeper, through her, something she longed for in her marriage.

"Piper!" Dan called from the bed.

"Yes, baby?" Piper asked, unable to keep the touch of weariness from her voice.

"Are you ever coming to bed, I've got a surprise for you."

Piper put the brush down and walked into the bedroom. Dan was propped up against the headboard, a pleased grin on his face. "What are you smiling about?" she asked, cuddling up against him underneath the comforter.

Dan just kept grinning as he produced a square midnight blue velvet box from the bedside table. Piper's stomach lurched. Oh God, what had he gotten her now?

"I saw this," Dan began, "and I thought of you." He put it beside her on the bed. "Go ahead, open it."

Piper reached out and cracked open the case. It was a necklace. A necklace with a large diamond pendant hanging down. Her eyes bulged. "Oh my God!" She said, sitting up. "Is this real?"

Dan kissed her on top of her head. "Of course it is, only the best for my baby."

Piper smiled and flung her arms around his neck pulling him to her for a kiss.

-

The ringing phone woke Dad from his post-lovemaking slumber. Blindly, he felt for it before issuing a gruff hello.

"This is Cory Halverson with the San Francisco PD."

"What the hell do you want?" Dan snapped angrily. "It's 3 o'clock in the morning, and I've just deflected 3 of your goons this afternoon!"

"Yes, I know, but we've got Special Agent Spencer here and—"

"Goodbye." Dan said, slamming the phone own on the receiver.

"Baby, who was that?" Piper asked groggily.

Dan quickly looked down at her, naked with the exception of the necklace. "Nothing, nobody, go back to sleep." No matter what, she could never find out.

AN: DUN, DUN, DUN! Ooo, I wonder what Dan is hiding…What do you guys think it is? Please review!