Chapter two: regrets and wonders.
"Piper," Piper turned around, she looked at the women who had just called her name. She had deep red hair that was in short curls, which framed her face, while her face its self was worn though age, and posed many lines, as she was always putting it they where the journeys, and paths she had taken though her life. That was Piper's boss, Rosa of course.
"I know… I know," Piper insisted, as she referred to the fact that she was suppose to of left the café at least half a hour ago. But Piper liked it there, and it was always full with her friends. It was quiet literally their hang out, they would always be there, playing pool, chatting, eating or just hanging out especially In the winter months when it cold outside.
But even now when they had left and it was closed she didn't want to leave, partly because she didn't want to have to go home, which was bond to be empty. Somehow although she had three sisters, to her the manor was always empty when she got home. Her Grams would be a work, and her sisters would be in bed. Except Prue, she was the eldest, and knowing her she would be making out with her latest gye on the couch, not that her sister's presence would stop her. Usually when Piper got home Prue didn't even now she had arrived, and so to her it was empty.
But there was another reason for staying so late; money was tight, wait who was she kidding money war always tight at the manor, with three teenage girls, at high school and Prue now at college. Well things where never easy, also lately her Grams who was practically there mother, had become ill. Her medication wasn't exactly cheep, so she had worked more hours like her older sister. Although her family was always trying to stop her, she was in her finale year at school and they kept telling her how she should be concentrating on that, but the over time money was good, and with only Prue and Grams money coming in as well, it went a long way.
"Doesn't Dan miss you?" Rosa asked, snapping Piper out of her thoughts about money. One thing that always seemed to plague her mind.
"You know you've been here every night this week and I haven't seen him once, has something happened?" Rosa asked, she was more friend than a boss to Piper, and always knew when something was wrong.
Piper sighed, Rosa was right. She hadn't seen Dan (her boyfriend,) all week, except for school of course. But that wasn't the same, and even then he seemed different, usually he would be all over her but just lately he seemed distant. Which worried her. Dan was the most popular gye at school, and yer she was pretty popular herself, and got on with most people. But he was caption of the football team and well all the girls wanted him, but he had her, and just lately she seemed to more often think than not that he had maybe made the wrong choice, and that maybe he was realising that as well.
"No… no where fine," even Piper noticed how when she said it, it was more her trying to convince her self than Rosa. She had lied, she knew it was true, but what else could she say she had told Rosa the truth. There wasn't anything wrong, it was probably all in her head anyway, or at least that was what she hoped.
"Look I better go." She said trying desperately to end the conversation for good, so she wouldn't have to think about it anymore.
She then grabbed her coat, said goodbye for the last time.
Meanwhile across town, Leo Wyatt grabbed his trousers from the floor, and pulled his shirt over his head. His girlfriend Missy, watched from the bed as she wrapped the cover sheets around her naked body. She watched as he re-dressed himself, before sitting on the bed next to her.
His eyes looked at her body as felt himself shudder as though with shame, he knew what he had done was wrong, but somehow he couldn't help it. That night, tonight he was suppose have to been dumping her, he had decided it a month ago.
Things just didn't seem to be working, and Leo felt he needed to concentrate on work more than anything else right now especially as he was in his final year.
He wanted to become a doctor, not like Chris his step- dad though. Unlike him he wanted to help people with medical problems, not ones that involved looks. He didn't really believe in looks, but more what was inside someone, and that was partly why he wanted to dump Missy. Yer sure she had a greet body, blonde hair, big breast the works. But nothing inside, inside it was literally thin air, she had no personality, and Leo just didn't like the idea that this was what he was dating.
But then once again, like so many times before when he had tried to dump her, she had used her only asset to keep them together, her looks. Which had been how they had ended up here, again. In bed, her happy, while him disappointed, not with her but with himself and the way he had let her play him once again.
He picked up his coat, and sighed, not a word had been said, nothing. And nothing else would be, he grabbed his car keys from the side, and left the room in silence.
He slid into his car and drove, quietly back home. There was so much anger in him, but nothing to do with it but bottle it.