AN: Hey! I was going to do individual responses this chappy, but I got sort of a lot of reviews, so I'll do it next time. Anywho, this chapter is very short, but there's a lot of plot advancement, so maybe it'll be cool…

"Piper? Emma? You home?" Leo called into the house, slamming the door behind him.

"In the kitchen." Piper called back.

Leo sighed. He would ask her again, tonight, he knew, but would she say no and turn him away for a third time? But tonight would be different, regardless of whether she said yes or not. He stepped in to see the two of them covered in flour. Emma was dancing around wildly to Top 40 and Piper was pulling a pan out of the oven. She blushed deeply at him.

"Um, hey." She said.

Leo grinned at her and walked over to them, first kissing Emma on the forehead and then doing them same to Piper, who only turned a deeper crimson. "Mmm, did you guys make chocolate chip cookies?"

"Yup!" Emma exclaimed proudly. "Lots of 'em."

"Your favorite." Piper said.

Leo reached out and snagged a cookie, then popped it in his mouth. "Hot, but good." He mumbled. He swallowed. "Hey, Em, how would you feel about going to spend the night with Kerry and the baby?"

Emma's eyes brightened excitedly. "Baby Joey?"

Leo stuck his hands in his pockets. "One in the same."

Emma started towards the direction of the living room, her blue eyes sparkling happily. "Baby Joey is so cute! I swear, last time I saw him he said my name! Kerry said he was just gurgling but I said…" She was still babbling along like a brook as she exited the kitchen.

Piper smiled at Leo. "Well, I'll go then." She started to go past him. And just when she thought she'd gotten away…

Leo grabbed her bicep and whirled her around. "And you." He growled. "We have business to settle." He shoved a white clover in her hands. She looked down at it. I'll Be Thinking Of You. "I have to give Emma a bath. You sit down." He pointed to the couch. "And don't get up."

Piper sighed and collapsed on the couch. What exactly was Leo planning?

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Leo walked into his house. He found Piper where he left her, except this time, flipping through primetime shows. She even still held the flower in her hands. He walked over to her and pulled her to her feet. "Leo," she said warily, "what exactly are you planning?"

He responded by dragging her back towards his bedroom, and he slammed the door behind him. "Strip." He commanded.

Piper bit her lip. "Um, Leo…this is not turning me on. And I'm not sure brute force is the best way to go about this."

Much to her surprise, Leo laughed loudly. "I'm not gonna have sex with you. Yet. There's a well devised plan here. Strip."

Had it not been so, you know, weird, the whole experience would've been comical. But it wasn't. "Um, strip?" He nodded solemnly, but she could see the smile pulling at the corners of his mouth. "Are you insa—" He nodded again. She took a deep breath. "Okay, I'll do it if you turn around." Instinctively, they both turned around, so they were back to back. "You know," she said, peeling her clothes off of her body, "there's something slightly perverted about this and—" She stopped dead.

Leo was standing in front of her as naked as the day he was born. She slapped a hand over her face. She'd turned around to face him and found it was a quite rewarding mistake. He had his arms crossed over his chest. "Well, don't go acting all shy now."

Piper took a breath and uncovered her face only find she was being hauled to the bathroom. "Leo what are you—" She couldn't seem to finish anything. He'd turned the showerhead on.

"We both need a shower."

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Erotic was the only word to describe it. Erotic. Highly. But by the time the shower was over, she was giggling like a schoolgirl and his plan was going splendidly. They stepped into his bedroom, kissing and pinching one another. He was getting at her stomach and that was the main reason of her laughing.

"Wait…wait! Stop!" Piper was laughing like crazy and trying to slap his hands away, at the same time, trying to hold onto the fluffy white towel she had wrapped around her. He was chuckling as well. "Wait, no! Quit it, quit it!"

"What do you say, Pepper?" Leo asked as he pushed them towards the bed, their wet bodies touching and creating instant heat.

"I…I, I, UNCLE!" She cried. He stopped instantly. The hilarity of the moment died away and they just stared at one another.

He started to gently towel her off, kissing each place after it was dry. Piper's breath hitched in her throat and she pulled his face up to kiss him on the lips. Their tongues mingled and her hands started to do wild things to his body. He groaned and flipped her on her back, using his upper body strength to keep himself away from her. He lowered his head and kissed her. This was what he'd need all this time. And now he finally had it.

AN: Suck-crap-ramalama-ding-dong (I have no idea where that came from) chapter, I know and it was really short, but I was writing the prologue and the first chapter to that magical story I keep talking about, and I got so into that, it was hard for me to come up with a satisfactory ending to the this chapter. And, I want to get something up. The next chapter should be out pretty fast, with any luck (and no laziness) I love you guys! Please review!