Giggles

Piper stood in front of him, the women he had stood and waited for in the pouring rain, the women, who had never turned up, who had made him so angry, and sad all at once.

"Hi Piper…." But before he could carry on, but Cole cut him short.

"Here you go." Cole said as he passed Piper Prue's jacket.

"Thanks, well bye." She went as she turned to leave.

"Wait!" Leo practically shouted after her, she immediately turned around to see his eyes. They seemed to be full off pain, he hadn't waited that long had he? Not in the rain…. Surely? "I mean Cole I better be going an all." He finally said lowering his eyes to hide them from her.

"Bye," the Piper called back into the house as she stepped out on to the pathway. Then Leo stepped out and did the same.

"So you wanna a lift home?" Leo asked.

"Look Leo the other day…. I'm sorry, It's jus there was a family emergency and…."

"It wasn't Dan then?" he asked. She looked at him blankly how did he know? How did he even know about him?

"Wh… wha… what?" she stumbled out.

He just smiled, "Cole told me… last week before dinner." He confessed.

"What…? You mean you knew when you… when we."

"Yer I knew… I knew when I kissed you, when you pushed me away…. an when you pulled me back and kissed me, the way you did."

"But why? Why did you kiss me?"

"I just… I think I'm… Piper Halliwell I really like you and I hope you like me too, cos otherwise I've just made a total prick out of myself, so I know that you are with Dan and that I'm just rambling here but I would love it if you could allow me to get to know you, even if it's just to e friends." He knew he had just rambled, and that probably had just made her feel embarrassed, put her on the spot and even been a little abrupt. But still he hoped she said yes, even if it was just to friendship.

She stood stunned; she just was unable to process it. "What?" she asked, hoping he wanted more than friendship.

"I would love to get to know you Piper, and maybe this time you could join me,' he joked.

"Well I guess we could…. As friends though," she added knowing she couldn't evolve herself with a St. James boy, not when she knew Cole.

"Come on," Leo announced taking her hand and walking her to his car.

Leo pulled out side the manor, both him and Piper looked up at the maroon home. "So what now?" Leo asked drawing her eyes back t him. They still didn't know anything about each other, and he still didn't know what to do?

"Well, we still know nothing about each other…." She stated. "And well I would, I want to learn more about you-"

"Like I wanna about you." He butted in making her smile

"Right well, tomorrow Phoebe and Grams are going out, Paige is at Glen's and Prue will be out all day…. So if you wanted you could come over. And we could get to know each other." She said with a slight sly smile.

"Cool," he replies. "I'll see you about 11'ish then."

"Yer 11, cool." She finished with a smile, before stepping out the car and up the steps.

He sat and watched as she walked up the steps, and slipped into the door before driving away, not waiting for '11ish' the next day.

She slipped into the manor, only to find a frantic Dan suddenly rushing towards her. "Hay bade," he said pulling her into a exited hug.

"Hi, she mumbled back uncomfortable, she just hated being with him lately, especially after being with Leo.

"Where you been?" he started to question as he finally pulled back.

"Er…. Just at Cole's," she didn't want to tell him about Leo. "Em Dan, I'm kinda tiered." Or talk to him for that fact, "you don't mind going do you?"

He looked at her confused she had only just got there, and now she wanted him to go. There was something clearly wrong…. But he didn't want to lose her, so he left it. "Shore…. I'll see you tomorrow." Before kissing her although not in the way he had wanted, he went to kiss her on her lips but she turned and he ended up catching her cheek. He stood and stared at her for a minute before leaving.

She didn't know why she had turned but she had, and she knew he had noticed.

She couldn't take this, Leo, Dan. The names floated though her had, round and round no escaping them. She lay down on the sofa softly, and closed her eyes she couldn't take this she wouldn't let herself.