Sorry about the delay...I had half of the chapter written but I couldn't come up with the last half!

Thanks to:

charmedmel32: You're the first reviewer for this chapter, too!

patricia: Dan is an ass, isn't he? I was looking up some Charmed stuff on the WB site and it's true, people seem to have sick enough minds to prefer Dan over Leo. A few people were even like, "Dan is so hot, and Leo is ugly. He's stupid, Piper should have stayed with Dan." I was like..."Oh...my...God..." I screamed and my mom came running in like, "What's wrong?" It was actually kinda funny...

kk214289: It will come out even nicer in the end.

sexyirishBeep: Love your name! Most of my friends are Irish, so I'm the only Redneck Cuban over here... ;-) Anyway, I have to make them go through some bad stuff in order to get to the good stuff. I can't just but them in the same room together and have them jump each other - lol - It just wouldn't be right...Don't worry about it, I'll get them together...

meenyrocks: I know! I protect stupid people all the time! I call them my friends. Yes, it is true, some people love Dan...It's horrifying, I know...Hmm...Did I spell that right...?

scullymulder1234: You are random...and bored, lol. And look! I updated again liked you told me to!

Charmboy4: I can understand not wanting to sign in...Hmm, yeah, I can figure out what your sayin', and I was actually already thinking about it. Oh, and they don't REALLY hate each other...Remember, this is a P&L fic, how can they hate each other? Okay, so they do hate each other...Well...You'll see, won't you?

LeoPiper-Forever: Oh, well, I'm good at twists.

Piper-Girl: I love a history, too! I think it's perfect for them...It kind of backs up my story Always, ya know? With the...With the history? ...Get it? Huh? Yeah? No...?

swimmer07: 1--I know, Dan was doomed from the start... shakes head
2--Did I update soon?

Piper came downstairs the next morning to find her sisters downstairs in the living room. They were talking to somebody…Leo.

What was he doing there?

Piper cleared her throat. Prue and Phoebe jumped and turned around.

"Piper…" Prue started.

"Save it." Piper turned and went back upstairs.

Prue and Phoebe looked at each other. "What do we do?" Phoebe asked no one in particular.

"You guys follow her up. I have some things to check up on." Leo stood up.

"Okay. Thanks." Prue and Phoebe ran upstairs after their sister.

"I'll just…let myself out then…" Leo said to himself. He walked outside, closing the door behind him. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed a number.

The phone rang four times before someone picked up.

"Hello?" a voice answered groggily.

"Am I interrupting something?"

"As a matter of fact, yes. I finally get a peaceful moment at home with my family, and you have to call…" The voice sounded slightly irritated. Leo heard some shuffling and a sleepy woman's voice asking what was wrong.

"Is that Maria?" Leo asked.

"Yeah. Who else would it be?"

"Jeez, sorry. I wasn't implying you were having an affair or anything…Tell her I said hi."

"She's falling asleep. You woke her up. What do you want?"

"Jake, I know Turner gave the case to me, but I think I'm going to need some help with the Gordon Case," Leo told his younger brother.

"What?"

Leo was about to speak when he heard a little girl's voice in the background. "Why is Emma awake?"

"How should I know? Hold on…"

Leo heard his brother put the phone down as he went to see what his five-year-old daughter Emma was fussing about. He heard Jake's wife Maria in the background. Jake finally came back to the phone.

"What was wrong?"

"Nothing, she just woke up, is all."

For a fleeting moment Leo envied his brother. Jacob was five years younger than his thirty-year-old brother and already had a five-year-old daughter and a wife. Five years ago, around when Emma was born, he hadn't envied him. He'd had Piper. When he'd had her, he had everything he ever dreamed of. But then three years later…

"Oh."

"So what do you need?"

"I need you to keep tabs on the gangs Gordon was involved in. Just make sure they're not planning anything big. In your spare time."

"Right. Spare time."

"If you can't, it's fine. We're both swamped, I know…"

"No, it's okay…Can you come over and watch Emma for a couple hours?"

"Sure."

As soon as Leo opened the front door, five-year-old Emma ran to him and jumped up into his arms.

"Uncle Leo! Uncle Leo!"

Uncle Leo…He'd gotten used to that.

"Hey, Sweetie."

Little Emma hugged Leo's neck and when she pulled away he was still holding her in his arms. She was getting bigger and growing, but she was still so easy to hold.

"Are you coming ova to watch me while Mommy and Daddy go to work?"

"Yes, I am."

"Yay!"

Leo smiled.

Jake and Maria came into the room. "Hi, Leo," Maria greeted, smiling.

"Maria."

"Listen, thanks for watching Emma for us. When do you need to leave?"

"Uh, around three."

"Okay, I'll be back by then."

"Okay."

Maria kissed Emma's forehead and left. Jake kissed the little girl's cheek and ruffled her hair.

"Jake, thought you might like to know," Leo started.

"What?"

"That Gordon case?"

"Yeah?"

"Dan was uh…He was Piper's fiancé."

Jake stopped in his tracks. "Piper? Piper Halliwell? Your Piper?"

"She's not my Piper. We broke up two years ago."

"Yeah, but you still love her."

"No I don't."

"Ah, whatever. So she was involved with Gordon's…work?"

"No…She had no idea."

"How do you know she wasn't lying?"

"Because I am a human polygraph test," Leo answered sarcastically. "Oh, and because we were together for three years."

"But that was before she was involved with a criminal."

"She had no idea what he was doing. Trust me."

"Interesting. Very interesting…So let me get this straight…You and Piper broke up, then Dan shot you…No, wait. That's not right…Dan got into his business, then you and Piper got together. Dan shot you, and after that you two broke up. After that, Piper hooked up with Dan and got engaged to him. Then Dan got killed…Hmm…"

"Thanks. You are such a wonderful, helping brother. Glad I can come to you in times of distress."

"I'm glad, too. Explain it all to me later."

"Yeah, whatever…"

Jake ruffled Emma's hair. "I love you."

"Love you, too, Daddy!" Emma said.

Jake left, and Leo and Emma heard the front door close.

"What now?" Emma asked.

Leo shifted her in his arms. "Have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"No."

"No? Mommy and Daddy didn't give you breakfast?"

Emma shook her head. "Dey said you would."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah!"

"Okay, then, what do you want?"

"Um…" Emma brightened. "Pancakes!"

"Pancakes?"

"Yeah!"

"Okay, then. Let's break out the Betty Crocker books and learn how to make pancakes," Leo told the little girl.

"You don't know how to make pancakes?"

"Of course I do."

"Whatever. I don't believe you."

"No?"

"No."

"Oh, and you can."

"Of course!"

"Well, then…We'll just see who's the better cook. Come on."

"Piper, look, we're sorry, but Leo had some questions, and he didn't think you would be able to answer…" Prue apologized through Piper's door. The middle sister had locked herself in her room and wasn't letting her sisters in.

"What the hell kind of questions could you answer that I couldn't?" Piper yelled.

"He didn't…" Phoebe started over. "He thought we might be able to answer a little…less emotionally."

"Oh, so he's afraid of a little emotion now?"

"No! Piper, he didn't want to see you crying."

"Why?"

"Because…"

Piper's door flung open, and there she stood, her eyes red and tears making their way down her cheeks. "Why?" she demanded.

"Because he would know that it was his fault you were crying. That's what he said. He didn't want to make you cry."

"You're lying."

"No, we're not. Don't you remember Leo?"

"Yes, he's a coldhearted bastard now. It's all business to him."

"No, no, it's not…Just remember how it used to be with you guys…Remember what it was like when something bad happened?" Phoebe took Piper's shoulders.

"Phoebe, this isn't going anywhere…"

"Yes, it is. Just listen."

Piper looked at her younger sister. "What?"

"When you two were together and something bad happened, he comforted you, remember?"

Piper nodded a little.

"Well after two years…You didn't see each other for two years, Piper. After that long, he wasn't sure how to act around you. He wasn't sure how to act when you cried…" Phoebe explained. "So he came to us to ask questions. He was just doing his job," she said.

"Right…Just doing his job."

I know...Okay, I think I said that I would explore Leo's thoughts more in this chapter...I meant to...But it turned out differently. I'll give it another shot in the next chapter.

Review and let me know what you think.