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chapter two.

CHAPTER THREE

"No! Piper, you cant!"

"Don't you dare!"

"Your nuts!"

"Completely crazy!"

Piper looked from one distraught Halliwell sister to the other, and laughed.

"Guys, come on. It's not a big deal. I just wanna make sure everything's okay. Leo was-"

"Piper. If you shut the club every time Leo was acting weird, you'd be bankrupt by now!"

"Especially," Paige added.

"On the night when 'Love Spit Love' are playing. Do you have a death wish? 'cos I can guarantee that the angry fans will come after you…"

"But what if something is seriously wrong?" Piper asked.

"There generally always is." Phoebe argued.

"And if anything happened, Leo- acting weird or not- would come and tell us. And if you're worried about leaving the kids with him, dad can baby sit."

Piper considered this.

"I guess…"

"Oh come on Piper! You know we have a point."

"A very good point!"

Piper smiled.

"Okay! I'll go call dad… We cant very well let 'Love Spit Love's fans down, now can we?"

"We're good." Paige grinned at phoebe.

"We're better than good."

"We're great! And have a chance with 'Love Spit Love's lead singer! He is so hot…"

"Hey! Hands off!"

Leaving them to squabble over Richard Butler's affections, Piper shook her head, and went in search of the phone.

But she couldn't shake off the worried feeling in her stomach, warning her that she was being watched…

This notion was only magnified when she witnessed a cloud of crimson orbs evaporate into nothingness…

"Its okay kiddo…" Leo whispered, rocking his two year son.

"Everything's gonna be okay. I'm not gonna let anything hurt you guys."

Wyatt turned to look at him, with those huge liquid green eyes. His little mouth upturned into a smile.

"Da…" He gurgled.

"Da-da!"

"Sshhh…" Leo hushed; eying Chris, who thankfully was still fast asleep in exactly the same position as Piper had laid him down in.

He was also worried about being found up here in the nursery. After telling Piper that he was leaving, it would raise too many awkward questions. Questions he didn't fully know the answers to yet… He had just wanted to check on the kids.

Piper was right they were fine. Everyone was fine.

But he was still terrified.

How could he not be, after what the other elders had told him last night?

Suddenly a devastating scream overrode these thoughts.

His blood ran cold.

Piper…

Phoebe and Paige ran out of the living room.

"Piper?"

"Are you okay, honey?"

Piper nodded.

"I-uh,"

She felt strong arms around her shoulders, as Leo. Still surrounded by sparkling blue orbs, pulled her round to look at him.

The worry was evident in his beautiful green eyes, as he gently brushed the hair out of her pale face.

"Are you alright? What happened? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I-I'm alright. There were orbs. Red orbs."

Paige frowned.

"Red orbs?"

"Yeah. Red orbs that wouldn't freeze."

Phoebe's eyes widened.

"That sounds bad…"

"Did you see him?" Leo asked.

"I just saw orbs. I- 'Him'?"

Leo looked down, having evidently saying something he hadn't meant to…

"No one."

"Leo." Piper said firmly.

"What the hell is going on?"

(Okay... Not quite as long as I promised... BUT if you guys are nice, and give me loads of reviews, I'll try my hardest to make chapter four really, really long. K?)