----leojunkie-charmed04 I've just started reading your story. Sorry it took so long. I'm just on the second chapter, but the first one seems well written to me. I too believe that Piper/Leo are just meant to be. On to the story....
Chapter 12
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Charmed except my own.
Phoebe shuffled through the huge pile of opened letters from various individuals who needed her guidance in their love lives. She fingered one particular letter from a young woman who was requesting help in getting her boyfriend back. Apparently, she had kept a big secret from him and he had found out about it in the wrong way, which ultimately led to him ending their relationship. Phoebe felt as though a hand was clenching around her heart, the pain radiating through her chest as she placed the letter down on her desk. Jason. He was the first man she had allowed herself to fall in love with since Cole. And she missed him a lot. It was a good thing Jason was out of the country now, because it would have been hard to see him everyday at work knowing that their relationship was over. She gave her head a slight shake, forcing herself to bring her attention back to work.
She needed to get to work on her column and she hadn't even chosen the letters that she would use yet. Again she picked up the letter and tapped her pencil against her lips. An idea began brewing in her head; one that she hoped would get through to Jason. She turned to face her computer and began typing furiously on the keys. Her column would only have once response this time and it would be to this young woman's letter, the young woman who ironically was in the same situation as her. This way she could hopefully kill two birds with one stone. She would be able to provide some sort of help or at least sympathy to her reader and also maybe help herself as well. Jason had not returned any of her phone calls or any or her e-mails. She knew this was a drastic step, reaching out to him through the use of her column, but she had no other choice. If this didn't work, well then she would just give up. She loved Jason with all her heart, but a woman could only take so much rejection.
The telephone on her desk began ringing, causing her to glance at it briefly, before returning her eyes back to the computer screen. The ringing stopped, but then her cell phone began ringing incessantly in her purse. Phoebe sighed softly. She knew it was probably her family and that she should answer it. A vague memory of her telling them this morning to call her if they needed her popped into her mind. She rolled her eyes as she spun away from her computer to dig a hand into her purse. She rummaged around in her purse, cursing softly under her breath, until she found it. She retrieved her phone quickly, snapping it open first, and then placed it against her ear.
"Hello," she greeted tersely.
"Phoebe it's Piper."
Phoebe instantly came fully alert, hearing the slight note of panic in her sister's tone. "What is it Piper....everyone okay," she asked worriedly.
"Well, yes everyone is fine, well not really---," Piper stumbled, rubbing a hand on her stomach soothingly. She felt strong hands encircling her from behind. Piper sent a small smile of thanks to Leo over her shoulder. "You need to come home Phoebe. We have a bit of a crisis on her hands here."
Phoebe immediately turned back to her computer, saving the file quickly, and retrieving the diskette from the machine. "I'm leaving right now. I'll be there in about 15 minutes."
"Call Paige and tell her to orb you over here," Piper told her. "We need her here too."
"Umm...okay Piper...sure," Phoebe answered slowly, her curiosity growing at what could be wrong. "I'll call her right now. We'll be there soon." Phoebe was about to hang up when she remembered Alonna and Chris. "Hey wait a minute. How did it go with Chris and Alonna? Did they get any leads on Wyatt?"
Piper frowned. "No, but Chris did get blasted with an energy ball and Alonna fainted," Piper replied grimly. "They both scared Leo and I half to death." Chris rolled his eyes, which was not missed by his mother, who sent him a warning glance. "They're fine now. Just get over here as soon as you can."
"We're on our way," Phoebe said firmly, before she snapped her cell phone closed. She punched in the familiar number to Paige's cell phone. She tapped her fingers on her desk impatiently as the phone continued to ring. Finally, Paige's voice came over the line. "Paige we have to get home. Piper needs us...some sort of crisis brewing. Orb over here so that you can orb us both back to the manor."
Paige nodded, releasing a small sigh. "I'll be right there."
Leo took up to pacing the floor again, his anxiety apparent in the tenseness of his body. He was terrified for his son and his wife, not to mention they still had to find out who turns Wyatt evil. He ran a hand over his head in frustration. As if they didn't have enough to deal with, now they have this. From the corner of this eye he saw a familiar figure coming towards him, but he didn't stop his pacing. He felt her touch his arm and he finally turned to look at her, his ex wife. Her face was showing the stress that she was feeling and that worried him. She was five months pregnant and all of this drama was not good for her or the baby. The logical part of his mind was screaming to him that their life was and always would be a constant source of drama and craziness. The other part, the part that sometimes wanted to say "just to hell with it", wished that they could just have a moment of peace, just a moment of pure interrupted happiness.
Piper reached a hand up and smoothed the lines across her ex-husband's forehead. "Hey you okay," she asked softly, even though she knew he wasn't. "Why don't you come sit over here with me on the loveseat?" He just looked at her, a loud sigh escaping him, before shaking his head in refusal. "Come on. You need to sit for a while. Paige and Phoebe will be here soon. In the meantime, I need you to just sit. You're making me nervous with all this pacing." She smiled then half-heartedly at him. He nodded and allowed her to pull him over to the chair. He dropped down heavily next to her, placing an arm around her shoulder to pull her closer to him. At least one good thing had come out of the whole Wyatt turning evil drama and finding out Chris was his son. His relationship with Piper seemed to be heading in a positive direction. He had never stopped loving her, not for one second, and being this close to her now was something he had missed terribly.
A swirl of blue and white lights began forming in the room, which then transformed into Phoebe and Paige. Phoebe dropped her purse down on the center table and sat down in one of the arm chairs, while her sister perched precariously on the arm of the chair she was sitting in. Paige was the first to break the somber silence in the room. "So what's this I hear about a crisis," she asked dryly. "Sorry we took a little longer than expected. I had to explain to my supervisor why I, yet again, had to go home." She knew that what she said came out bitter, but she couldn't help. Just for one day she would like to be able to lead a normal life free from demons, and crises, and evil.
Phoebe glared at her younger sister. "Paige, not now okay," she said, her own tone sounding exasperated. "You're not the only one who gets pulled away from work you know. I have a job too."
Paige rolled her eyes. "Yeah, one where you can practically work from anywhere in the world as long as you have a computer; so not the same."
Phoebe bit the inside of her cheek. "Look we're witches...this is our life Paige and---," she began harshly before Chris cut her off.
"Can the two of you just shut up for a minute," he said heatedly, his green eyes throwing daggers at his aunts.
Piper sent a warning glance at him. "Hey watch it," she told him sternly.
"Hey I'm not the one griping about how awful my life is because I'm a witch," he shot back angrily, ignoring the hand that was placed on his arm to soothe him.
"Chris stop it," Alonna said softly.
He looked at her incredulously. "No I will not stop it," he fumed, standing up quickly. He walked over to the chair where his aunts were sitting, his eyes flashing with anger. "We called you two here for a reason....to help us. If you're not going to stop your little bitch fest then you can just leave."
"Christopher Perry Halliwell you need to stop this right now," Piper ordered, her tone indicating her patience with him was thinning.
Chris continued to glare at his aunts and then he glanced at his mom. "Fine, then I'll leave," he bit out. He orbed out of the room leaving everyone in stunned silence.
Leo looked over at Piper and he drew her to him, sighing as her head fell on his chest. "He'll be okay...he's just scared and upset," he said quietly. "Do you want me to go after him?" Piper raised her head to look at him and nodded. "Okay, hopefully I'll bring him back a lot calmer." He leaned forward slightly and kissed her forehead. He then disappeared from the room.
Piper glanced at her two sisters, who now had matching sheepish expression on their faces. "That went well," she said sarcastically.
Paige sighed and crossed the room, dropping down next to her sister. "Piper I'm sorry," she said softly. "It's just hard to keep up with work, a normal life, this thing with Wyatt, and now there's some new crisis. It's just a lot to handle, but I shouldn't take it out on you guys."
"It's okay sweetie," Piper told her, grabbing her hand. "We're all stressed out. And my son seems to have inherited my quick temper."
Phoebe got up from her seat and sat down next to Alonna. She placed her arm around the woman's shoulder. "Hey, what about you...you okay," she asked, her voice filled with concern. Alonna sighed and nodded. "Okay, so you guys wanna tell us what's going on?"
Alonna looked at Piper, her teeth worrying her lower lip unconsciously. "Piper you wanna tell them or should I," she said hesitantly.
"Oh by all means please go ahead," Piper remarked dryly, resting her head on the back of the chair wearily.
"Alright guys, I guess it's a good thing you're sitting down, because there's potential for fainting," Alonna announced ominously. "You both know that I'm pregnant. What you didn't know is that the child I'm carrying is supposedly one of three children that will eventually be the new Charmed Ones. Take a guess who will be the mothers of the other two."
Note: I'll end it here. Yes I know. I took an awfully long time, but thanks to those readers who have stuck by me, even with long updates. Thanks a lot! Please review!
