Disclaimer: Of course I own Charmed...You idiot! I may not own Charmed, but I
do own some very evil (killing) marbles...So, if you don't bugger off and go
sue someone else I'll set my evil marbles on you....
Pipery03: She's not a witch yet, but she does know...
Gryffindor620: Great, I'm pleased you loved it...(new word for glad!)
Leolover4ever: Like the name...but nooooo...it didn't give me a clue! It's been annoying me all day... but other than that, thanks for the review...now I'm off to rack my brains some more...
HyPeR-PiPeR-312: Wow! Someone was doing some thesaurus work...I did mean regular words that people actually know the meaning of, but thank. YAY!!! Leo is back, and I'm not getting rid of him...yet! And I couldn't just sit there having them dancing around each other...we get enough of that on the damn show! I HAD to get him to make a move...
Patricia: Oh...if you didn't mind me using 'glad' then I may carry on using it...I'm happy that you liked the chapter.
CharmedLove: Okay, if too many people don't mind me using the word, then I might continue to use it...and you should always trust MS Word! Oh...I don't want to do any killing...no...that's what my evil marbles are for! I'm pleased I made you ecstatic...I didn't think they would have just gone and hugged straight away, because he'd been gone (dead) for 6 months and my head that seemed awkward...but as I said somewhere ^ up there I HAD to have them get together...but will things stay happy? I hope this chapter is okay with you...
BeAuTy-AnGeL: Cool, thanks.
Nakita: YAY! I HAD, I just had to make them kiss!
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A week later I told my sisters that I was going to move back to L.A. They were all so shocked, yet they seemed to think something was up, like my mood had become more upbeat, but they probably think its all part of the grieving process. I know otherwise though...
I picked up the last box from my room, and had Melinda balanced on my hip; I looked back from the doorway, thinking of good times, times we'd had before Leo had died. But I also remembered all the times I'd cried wishing Mom was there to comfort me. At first I wasn't sure why I was thinking about Mom, but it clicked after a while.
It was because of what Leo said, and partly because of Melinda. Leo had said that we were witches, I hadn't told anyone about Leo, let alone the whole witch thing. But I had started to worry as to how Mom had died, whether it was drowning or something more supernatural; and if it was the latter I didn't want the same thing to happen to me and Melinda. I couldn't bear to even think of her going through all the pain we went through losing a parent to death. But I pushed those thoughts to the back of my mind.
I looked back at the room one last time, checking that we hadn't forgotten anything, and then I flicked off the light and shut the door. Then came the goodbyes, I had to say goodbye to my sisters and Grams, and we all hate goodbyes. After many tears I finally managed to pry Mellie away from her aunties and Great-grandmother; they were all going to miss us, miss her. But we were just a phone call away from them in L.A.
After a very long drive, I finally pulled up into some very familiar streets and then we were in front of some very familiar gates, guarding a very familiar house. I got out of the car, and the gardener came running up to greet us.
"Oh, Mrs Wyatt, I'm so glad you're back. And is this little Melinda?" She asked spotting Melinda in her car seat.
"Yeah, the one and only; Mellie the minx. She's getting to be quite a handful, always have to have an eye on her." I said lifting the subdued Melinda out of her car seat.
"Sounds like someone familiar...I'm sorry." She said tip-toeing around the subject of Leo.
"It's okay, you can talk about him...she certainly doesn't get that from me, anyway its Melinda's dinnertime, so if you'll excuse us."
"Oh of course. It was nice seeing you again Mrs Wyatt and you to Melinda." With that she walked of back to the plants that she was tending to when we arrived.
Thankfully, we didn't have anyone else who helped around the house, I had wanted to keep some sense of normality so Leo had agreed to let me do the cooking and cleaning and any other house hold chores, but we did get a gardener, as the grounds were far to big to care for by ourselves; so we had no trouble settling back in. Or at least I didn't Melinda was still very quiet, I think it's just because, it's a change for her and she probably can't remember the last time she was here.
It was earlier than usual when I felt Leo's presence. I had just finished feeding Melinda and I was taking her upstairs so that I could bath her; so it was actually a lot earlier than usual; I wasn't sure whether it was because we were moving in or because there was no-one else around, but I didn't have time to ask.
"Hey."
"Hey Leo, you're early; seeing as you're here do you want to give Melinda her bath?"
"Yeah I'd love too, but I haven't actually bathed her for a while so you might want to stay. And I'm early because there's no-one to worry about seeing me and my charges don't need me, so I thought I'd come and say hi." Leo said following me into the bathroom.
"I'm glad you decided to come by, it's really quiet here. And Melinda's been acting subdued; I don't think it's anything to worry about though."
"It's probably just the change." He said as I placed Melinda into the shallow bath. "You'll be fine in a couple of days, won't ya?" He asked Melinda. She smiled up at him and when he splashed her, she was laughing for the first time, I'd heard since we'd arrived. My worries were lifted as I watched my daughter with her father. I went and crouched next to Leo, to help bath my daughter, but instead got splashed by Leo.
"Hey Mommy, come to join the fun?" Leo said playfully splashing me some more. I splashed him back.
"You wish. I just came to make sure; you were actually washing her, and not playing."
"Piper, you need to lighten up, we were just having fun. Mellie is allowed to have fun right?"
"Of course she does, it's just...I wanted to talk."
"We can talk here."
"Yeah, but not seriously...with you splashing me all the time. I thought you were supposed to be splashing Melinda, not me."
"I was but..."
"But what?"
"I think you're more attractive when you're wet. Babies just don't turn me on."
"Leo!" I said hitting his arm.
"What...it's true." I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Not in front of Mel, please."
"Sorry." He said going all puppy dogged eyes.
"I forgive you; I think Mellie's been in here long enough." I said lifting Melinda out of the bath.
A while later Leo was putting Melinda to sleep, and I was in the kitchen making dinner, for which Leo was staying. When he walked back in with a tired, but crying Melinda in his arms.
"Piper, she won't let me leave her alone, I put her in her crib, but as soon as I got to the door she started screaming." I put dinner on the table and took Melinda from Leo.
"Hey sweetie, what's wrong? Is it because it's all new? If you sit quietly, you can stay down here while we eat, ok?" I said as I placed her in the highchair and gave her a pacifier.
After we finished dinner, I picked Melinda up and she instantly fell asleep, so I took her back upstairs and placed her in her crib, I then picked up the baby monitor and went back down stairs to find Leo who was clearing up.
"Nice to see you haven't forgotten how to tidy things up." I said walking up behind him.
"It's not one of those things that is easily forgotten when I see...or saw you tidying things up all the time."
"I do not tidy things all the time. I just like things to look nice."
"Ok..." Leo said as he grabbed my arm, and pulled me into a hug. "What do you want to do now?"
"I don't know, sit down and relax."
"Sounds good, can I relax with you?" He asked, I shrugged and pulled him to the sofa. Where I waited for him to sit down first so that I could lean on him.
"Leo..."
"Piper."
"I really missed this, not being able to actually spend time with you."
"I missed it too, I missed you." Leo said kissing my forehead.
"I know you did, so did I." I said pulling him into a kiss.
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A/N: Yay! Things are looking up for Piper and Leo now!
Pipery03: She's not a witch yet, but she does know...
Gryffindor620: Great, I'm pleased you loved it...(new word for glad!)
Leolover4ever: Like the name...but nooooo...it didn't give me a clue! It's been annoying me all day... but other than that, thanks for the review...now I'm off to rack my brains some more...
HyPeR-PiPeR-312: Wow! Someone was doing some thesaurus work...I did mean regular words that people actually know the meaning of, but thank. YAY!!! Leo is back, and I'm not getting rid of him...yet! And I couldn't just sit there having them dancing around each other...we get enough of that on the damn show! I HAD to get him to make a move...
Patricia: Oh...if you didn't mind me using 'glad' then I may carry on using it...I'm happy that you liked the chapter.
CharmedLove: Okay, if too many people don't mind me using the word, then I might continue to use it...and you should always trust MS Word! Oh...I don't want to do any killing...no...that's what my evil marbles are for! I'm pleased I made you ecstatic...I didn't think they would have just gone and hugged straight away, because he'd been gone (dead) for 6 months and my head that seemed awkward...but as I said somewhere ^ up there I HAD to have them get together...but will things stay happy? I hope this chapter is okay with you...
BeAuTy-AnGeL: Cool, thanks.
Nakita: YAY! I HAD, I just had to make them kiss!
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A week later I told my sisters that I was going to move back to L.A. They were all so shocked, yet they seemed to think something was up, like my mood had become more upbeat, but they probably think its all part of the grieving process. I know otherwise though...
I picked up the last box from my room, and had Melinda balanced on my hip; I looked back from the doorway, thinking of good times, times we'd had before Leo had died. But I also remembered all the times I'd cried wishing Mom was there to comfort me. At first I wasn't sure why I was thinking about Mom, but it clicked after a while.
It was because of what Leo said, and partly because of Melinda. Leo had said that we were witches, I hadn't told anyone about Leo, let alone the whole witch thing. But I had started to worry as to how Mom had died, whether it was drowning or something more supernatural; and if it was the latter I didn't want the same thing to happen to me and Melinda. I couldn't bear to even think of her going through all the pain we went through losing a parent to death. But I pushed those thoughts to the back of my mind.
I looked back at the room one last time, checking that we hadn't forgotten anything, and then I flicked off the light and shut the door. Then came the goodbyes, I had to say goodbye to my sisters and Grams, and we all hate goodbyes. After many tears I finally managed to pry Mellie away from her aunties and Great-grandmother; they were all going to miss us, miss her. But we were just a phone call away from them in L.A.
After a very long drive, I finally pulled up into some very familiar streets and then we were in front of some very familiar gates, guarding a very familiar house. I got out of the car, and the gardener came running up to greet us.
"Oh, Mrs Wyatt, I'm so glad you're back. And is this little Melinda?" She asked spotting Melinda in her car seat.
"Yeah, the one and only; Mellie the minx. She's getting to be quite a handful, always have to have an eye on her." I said lifting the subdued Melinda out of her car seat.
"Sounds like someone familiar...I'm sorry." She said tip-toeing around the subject of Leo.
"It's okay, you can talk about him...she certainly doesn't get that from me, anyway its Melinda's dinnertime, so if you'll excuse us."
"Oh of course. It was nice seeing you again Mrs Wyatt and you to Melinda." With that she walked of back to the plants that she was tending to when we arrived.
Thankfully, we didn't have anyone else who helped around the house, I had wanted to keep some sense of normality so Leo had agreed to let me do the cooking and cleaning and any other house hold chores, but we did get a gardener, as the grounds were far to big to care for by ourselves; so we had no trouble settling back in. Or at least I didn't Melinda was still very quiet, I think it's just because, it's a change for her and she probably can't remember the last time she was here.
It was earlier than usual when I felt Leo's presence. I had just finished feeding Melinda and I was taking her upstairs so that I could bath her; so it was actually a lot earlier than usual; I wasn't sure whether it was because we were moving in or because there was no-one else around, but I didn't have time to ask.
"Hey."
"Hey Leo, you're early; seeing as you're here do you want to give Melinda her bath?"
"Yeah I'd love too, but I haven't actually bathed her for a while so you might want to stay. And I'm early because there's no-one to worry about seeing me and my charges don't need me, so I thought I'd come and say hi." Leo said following me into the bathroom.
"I'm glad you decided to come by, it's really quiet here. And Melinda's been acting subdued; I don't think it's anything to worry about though."
"It's probably just the change." He said as I placed Melinda into the shallow bath. "You'll be fine in a couple of days, won't ya?" He asked Melinda. She smiled up at him and when he splashed her, she was laughing for the first time, I'd heard since we'd arrived. My worries were lifted as I watched my daughter with her father. I went and crouched next to Leo, to help bath my daughter, but instead got splashed by Leo.
"Hey Mommy, come to join the fun?" Leo said playfully splashing me some more. I splashed him back.
"You wish. I just came to make sure; you were actually washing her, and not playing."
"Piper, you need to lighten up, we were just having fun. Mellie is allowed to have fun right?"
"Of course she does, it's just...I wanted to talk."
"We can talk here."
"Yeah, but not seriously...with you splashing me all the time. I thought you were supposed to be splashing Melinda, not me."
"I was but..."
"But what?"
"I think you're more attractive when you're wet. Babies just don't turn me on."
"Leo!" I said hitting his arm.
"What...it's true." I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Not in front of Mel, please."
"Sorry." He said going all puppy dogged eyes.
"I forgive you; I think Mellie's been in here long enough." I said lifting Melinda out of the bath.
A while later Leo was putting Melinda to sleep, and I was in the kitchen making dinner, for which Leo was staying. When he walked back in with a tired, but crying Melinda in his arms.
"Piper, she won't let me leave her alone, I put her in her crib, but as soon as I got to the door she started screaming." I put dinner on the table and took Melinda from Leo.
"Hey sweetie, what's wrong? Is it because it's all new? If you sit quietly, you can stay down here while we eat, ok?" I said as I placed her in the highchair and gave her a pacifier.
After we finished dinner, I picked Melinda up and she instantly fell asleep, so I took her back upstairs and placed her in her crib, I then picked up the baby monitor and went back down stairs to find Leo who was clearing up.
"Nice to see you haven't forgotten how to tidy things up." I said walking up behind him.
"It's not one of those things that is easily forgotten when I see...or saw you tidying things up all the time."
"I do not tidy things all the time. I just like things to look nice."
"Ok..." Leo said as he grabbed my arm, and pulled me into a hug. "What do you want to do now?"
"I don't know, sit down and relax."
"Sounds good, can I relax with you?" He asked, I shrugged and pulled him to the sofa. Where I waited for him to sit down first so that I could lean on him.
"Leo..."
"Piper."
"I really missed this, not being able to actually spend time with you."
"I missed it too, I missed you." Leo said kissing my forehead.
"I know you did, so did I." I said pulling him into a kiss.
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A/N: Yay! Things are looking up for Piper and Leo now!
