Thanks for the reviews. Ok I know it's been a while but bear with me! This isn't how I wanted this to turn out but work with me ok?

•°¤(¯° I wanna fall from the stars straight into your arms °´¯)¤°•

-'Stars', Simply Red

A Stranger's Love-chapter 9

The sun shone through the linen curtains and onto her eyes. She opened them and squinted, avoiding direct contact with the sun's rays. She shivered slightly and then realised she was naked. She looked down and pulled the covers up to her neck. Why was she naked? Then she remembered what had happened last night and a smile spread across her face. She turned around and looked to her side and saw him there. Sleeping peacefully. She caressed his cheek and kissed it softly. His eyes fluttered open and his reached his arms out and grabbed her softly and held her close.

"Anyone who ever held you

Would tell you the way I'm feeling

Anyone who ever wanted you

Would try to tell you what I feel inside"

'Good morning.' He whispered to her hair.

'Morning.' She said and the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end just at the sound of his husky morning voice.

'How are you?' He asked and kissed the back of her neck.

'Good.' She said and turned around and looked into his green eyes. 'The best I've been in a while.' She leant in and kissed his lips. Then she laid her head on his muscular chest and smiled as she moved up and down to the rhythmic motions of his breathing.

'I love you.' He whispered. Had he just told her loved her? Was it too soon? Only she could say.

She stopped breathing for a split second and then smiled. 'I love you too.' She hadn't said that to anyone since Noah but this time it felt so very right. She felt right. They kissed again, this time more intensely. The passion building up with every second. She knew where it was heading but she didn't care. As long as it was with him.

'Piper.' Leo said breathlessly as they parted.

'Yeah?'

'Shouldn't we have breakfast first?' He smiled. She laughed softly and nodded her head in agreement.

A few moments later they were in the small kitchen area, Piper clad in Leo's shirt and Leo walking around in his boxers.

'Ok so what do you want? We have cereal but I don't recommend it. Kinda outa date. Um…I could make pancakes.' She suggested and looked to him. He was smiling at her.

'You suit my shirt you know.'

She went red and then laughed and waved his comment away. 'Flattery will not get you anywhere. Pancakes?'

'Yeah, they're good.' He said. She began to make pancakes and starting humming to herself. He smiled as she went around the kitchen like she was part of the décor. She was tossing the pancakes and adding the ingredients without even thinking twice. She knew her way around the kitchen with her eyes shut. She was amazing. He had been watching her for most of her life but in person she was incredible.

'Is there something wrong?' She asked. He snapped out of his daydream thoughts and shook his head.

'No. Nothing's wrong.' He said.

'Ok well the pancakes will be ready soon.' She said. She came over to him and sat herself on his knees. She whispered in his ear with seductive tone. 'What do you want on them?' He smiled up at her and kissed her cheek.

'You.' He whispered back in her ear. She giggled softly and rolled her eyes in a playful manor.

'You can have me later. Syrup good?'

'I suppose it will have to do.' He said. She got off him and brought over the pancakes then sat opposite him. She began eating, carefully preventing any syrup from running down her cheeks. She looked up and watched him eat not caring if he split syrup. She smiled and began eating them the way she normally did. The syrup rolled down her chin and the tips of her fingers were all sticky. He looked up to her and burst out laughing.

'What?' She said between mouthfuls.

'Nothing. It's just I've never seen a woman eat so…not womanly.' He laughed again. She went red. 'No don't be embarrassed.' She simply smiled at him and then stood up and took her plate and set it in the sink and then wiped her hands on the towel.

'Well I'm going to get cleaned up.' She said and winked at him and then headed to the shower. He didn't know whether that was an invitation or something else. He took it to be the invitation and he got up and left his plate in the sink and then hurried off to her bedroom. When he opened the door he heard the shower running and saw his shirt that she had discarded and also her underwear on the floor. He went over and lifted up his shirt and held it to his face. It gave off scents of her shampoo and natural odour. He closed his eyes and took it all in. He had fallen hard for her and it scared him. It scared him a lot. He snapped himself out of his thoughts and opened the bathroom door. The mirror on the wall was steamed up and a message was written on it 'Join me' it said. He smiled and looked to the shower. There was an outline of a naked torso that was rinsing their hair and running their hands over their body. He went over and pulled the curtain back slightly. She was facing the shower and her back was to him. He slipped off his boxers and climbed in. He went over to her and lifted up the sponge that was on the floor of the shower. He squeezed any excess water out of it and then began washing her back. He felt her tense slightly and then relax at this touch. He passed the sponge over her back and then to her shoulders. He then dropped the sponge and began to use his hands to massage her shoulders. She held her neck back and closed her eyes. She turned around to face him and put her hands on his chest and kissed his bare chest and made her way up to his lips. When she met them they kissed hungrily. He put his hands on her lower back and let them roam around her back and to her cheek where it let it rest. They parted and looked into one another's eyes. She knew from there that she really meant what she had said. She loved him. He looked deep into her brown eyes and felt himself drown in their beauty and he leant in and kissed her forehead. He shut his eyes and whispered to her again. 'I love you.'

Ok I know it's not what I said it was going to be in the previous chapter but I kept writing this and it kept ending up wrong so I decided I'd add a chapter just to show some fluff but the next chapter will definitely be Leo's hard decision. Now you know the drill….Molly xXx