A/N: A big thank you goes out to Hollyshadow, Geller Bing, foureverCharmed, PunkRoxPixie, heather1021, LeoPiper-forever and Charmedfanevr for leaving your thoughts. You all are awesome and so glad you are enjoying this story thus far. I am planning to try and update quickly as I will be going through a move soon and may be short on time.

Chapter 2

It was Friday afternoon and Piper was confident she had seen to everything. Tonight would just be Leo and herself. She had bribed Paige into keeping an eye on P3 for her. Rachel, her assistant manager had things covered, but Piper felt better having Paige there as well. Phoebe and Cole had plans of their own and would be out of the house and Leo had promised he'd have the night off.

In the kitchen she checked on the dinner she had already in the oven and an intimate dinner setting was already arranged complete with wine glasses and candle light. It had been way too long since she'd had her husband all to herself. The past few days had been stressful, well most of their days were stressful, but lately it seemed worse. So a nice quiet evening with no sisters and hopefully no demons. After dinner, she planned to take Leo upstairs and have her way with him. That last thought brought a small grin to her lips. It was just what the doctor ordered.

The sound of Phoebe's voice rising broke through her musings. "Paige you must have borrowed it since I found it in your closet."

"For the last time, I did not take your blouse."

Piper closed her eyes and prayed for patience, while she went to see what the problem was.

An irritated Paige was just rounding the corner with Phoebe hot on her heels. A pale yellow blouse with lace sleeves dangled from her hand. "Paige, just admit you borrowed it. I'm not mad, but I'd just appreciate if you would ask first."

Stopping dead in her tracks, Paige spun around. "For the last time. I DID NOT TAKE YOUR BLOUSE!"

At her denial, Phoebe's eyes snapped in anger. "Then why was it in YOUR closet?"

"I don't know!" Blasted back the youngest sister.

Phoebe was about to speak again when Piper stepped in. "Okay, okay enough! Separate corners you two." When they had done what she asked she continued, "All right from what I heard, somehow your blouse," She looked at Phoebe, "ended up in your closet." Her eyes now swung to Paige.

"I didn't take it." Complained the latter.

"Then how…" Phoebe started but a look from Piper stopped her.

"Did it ever occur to you both that maybe the blouse was put in the wrong place by accident? I mean there's a lot of laundry in this house. It could have just been misplaced."

Phoebe looked unconvinced. "I don't know, maybe. I could have sworn I hung it up last week because I knew I wanted it ready to go for when Cole and I got a chance to go out."

"With how crazy things get here it is possible you might have just thought that?" Piper questioned.

"I suppose."

"Okay then. I've got dinner started and I believe you both have someplace else to be." Piper's tone stated she wanted no further delays in the departure of her sisters.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm off to the club." Paige confirmed as she headed down the stairs.

"I need to get ready, Cole should be here soon."

A half hour later the house was blissfully quiet. Piper indulged in a hot bath complete with scented bath oils. Taking great care she dressed for dinner then headed into the kitchen to check on said dinner's progress. Leo arrived not long after and after silently admiring his beautiful wife he went upstairs to change.

Piper let out a frustrated breath. She had lit the candles three times now and every time she turned around she would find them extinguished. Checking to make sure all the windows were tightly closed she could not figure out what was causing the candles not to stay lit.

Her minor problem was swiftly put on the back burner as she witnessed her husband enter. At the sight of him, her heart gave a little flutter. He looked so handsome in a dark green shirt, the top couple of buttons left undone leaving a small expanse of smooth skin to be revealed. The sleeves had been rolled up just enough to show off his strong forearms, but it was his eyes that held her attention. Their green depths were filled with adoration and just a hint of passion lurking deep inside.

Leo could not take his eyes off his wife. Sometime he couldn't believe how beautiful she was. Her long dark hair fell in smooth straight lines down her back. Brown eyes sparkled with life and mutual attraction. The short black dress she wore showed off her trim form to perfection as well as a gorgeous set of legs. As he continued to devour her with his eyes he felt a warm glow fill him. He was by far the luckiest man on earth.

"Hey there beautiful." He greeted with one of his killer smiles and her heart melted.

"Right back at you gorgeous. Hungry?"

"For more than just food." The words coming out in a low whisper as he came over and took her in his arms.

When she felt his soft lips capture her own, she thought, 'Oh yeah, tonight is going to be good.'

Phoebe and Cole had been standing in line for over 45 minutes. The restaurant was packed which is why he'd made a reservation. However he couldn't even get close enough to the maitre'd to tell him. He could feel himself start to get extreamly irritated. It wasn't that often Phoebe and he got a chance for a night to themselves and he didn't plan on spending it standing in line. Finally they managed to make it to the front. The maitre'd barely gave them a glance which did not help improve Cole's mood.

Phoebe could feel how tense Cole was becoming. Hopefully they would get seated soon so they could just enjoy each others company.

"Two for Turner." Cole informed the maitre'd.

The man scanned the sheet of paper in front of him and in snippy tone said, "I don't see a reservation sir."

His tone did not endear him to Cole which in turn caused Cole's tone to grow colder. "We had a 7:00 reservation, check again."

"Oh well Mr. Turner that is the problem. It is nearly 8:00 now. Your reservation is no longer good. Now if you would excuse me, I have other guests to see too."

Cole's eyes turned to chips of blue ice. "No, you excuse me. I made these reservations over a week ago. It's not my fault we were stuck in line trying to get to you."

If the other man had bothered to look up he would have seen what a precarious position he was in, but unfortunately for him he did not. "That sir is not my problem. Your reservation has expired. If you would care to make a new one."

The rest of the words did not make it out as Cole's hand snatched the man's shirtfront. A small yelp escaped the man's lips as his eyes grew round as saucers.

"Cole!" Phoebe cried out in panic and she tried to pull his arm off the frightened maitre'd.

"Listen you little toad. I have a reservation and you will seat us now." He spit the words out through gritted teeth and the hold on his temper was growing very thin.

While the man gulped for air many of the other customers began to stare and talk among themselves. Realizing how much attention they were drawing, Phoebe frantically attempted to get Cole to release his victim. "Cole, come on, let go people are looking."

"I don't care. We planned to have dinner and dinner we will have, even if I have to choke it out of him."

By this time a new voice entered as the manager, upon hearing the disturbance appeared. "Sir! You will release him immediately or I will call the police."

"Cole, please!"

Phoebe's panicked plea finally broke through the red haze starting to fill his eyes. Abruptly he let go of the man, who promptly fell to his knees gasping for air. Phoebe lost no time as she dragged Cole from the scene. The last thing they needed was the man pressing charges.

Leo and Piper enjoyed their quiet dinner and opted to leave the dishes for the morning. Walking hand in hand they came to the staircase, where Leo deftly lifted his wife into his arms and strode up the steps. Piper, cradled in his embrace felt as if she was in a scene from Gone with the Wind.

Using his foot, Leo nudged the bedroom door open and used it again to slam the door shut. With great care he placed her on the soft mattress of the bed his eyes never leaving hers. Reclining next to her, he cupped the side of her face and let his mouth caress hers in a soft kiss.

Piper thrilled at the feel of his lips against hers. They were gentle but strong as he pressed them deeper. Nobody had ever made her feel like Leo did. She felt loved, cherished and adored. That wasn't to say there wasn't a spark, because as he ran his fingers along the inside of her thigh she began to grow warm. Finding the buttons of his shirt, she let her slim fingers slowly undo them one by one and till every one was undone.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! They both jumped at the awful sound of the smoke alarm going off. "What the hell?" Piper demanded.

"Stay here, let me check it out." Leo told her.

Going out into the hallway he surveyed both the upstairs and downstairs and could find no reason for the alarm going off. Levitating, he hit the reset button and the offending noise thankfully ceased. Returning to the bedroom he said, "I don't know. Everything seems fine. Must be a fluke. Now where were we?" His eyes darkened with desire and his grin full of mischief.

She returned with one of her own. "I believe I was just about to relieve you of this shirt." And she did just that.

Not to be outdone, he moved his hands over her shoulders, sliding the thin straps of her dress down her shoulders. His lips following the path of his fingers. Piper threw back her head and relished the desire rushing through her veins. She ran her fingers eagerly over the firm hardness of his chest, marveling in the hard planes. Leo's mouth continued to cover every inch of her heated skin.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Once again the smoke alarm went off. "Oh for God sake." Piper yelled out.

It took a moment for Leo to clear his passion filled head. As before he checked the manor from top to bottom, but found nothing. This time when he levitated to the alarm, he took out the battery.

At this point, Piper was beginning to loose the mood as Leo came back into the room.

"Okay, no more interruptions." He stated as he held up the displaced battery. Getting himself back into position, he planned to take up where he had left off. The front door opening and slamming shut caused him to close his eyes and let out a muted curse.

"What do you want me to say?" They heard Cole's voice boom. "The guy was a jerk."

" So that's an excuse to assault him?"

"Oh, maybe I should have just thanked him for ruining our evening." Cole countered followed by loud footsteps pounding up the staircase.

"A little discretion might have worked." Phoebe's door opened and then slammed shut. Muted voices could still be heard arguing.

Piper threw herself back against the pillows. "Unfreaking believable. One night, was that really so much to ask!"

Her husband empathized with her frustration and tried to sooth her. "Well, we did have a nice quiet dinner and maybe we can continue this later when everyone is asleep."

"That's so not the point. This was supposed to be our night. I can't believe you're not upset about this."

"I am Piper, but there's nothing we can do about it now. We'll plan another night, I promise."

Okay, again this was one of those times when her husband's calm, easy going manner grated at her. Did the man ever get upset about anything? Get irritated over anything? Want to smack something? Cause she sure as hell wanted to hit something. Getting up from the bed she said, "Well I might as well do the dishes. Looks like nothing else is going to happen tonight."

"Piper, wait." Leo heard the disappointment in his wife's tone and sensed she was upset with him as well. Why, he didn't know. He wasn't the one who interrupted their evening. When she didn't answer him he decided to let her go. Knowing her the way he did, she'd work off her anger in her own time.

Out in the hallway up on one of the lighting fixtures stood Jad and Jid, each letting out peals of laughter, although they tried to smother it. They didn't want to be discovered they were having too much fun. When they collected themselves they grinned at each other. "You win Jid, my moving stuff around and blowing out the candles was nothing compared to setting off the smoke alarm."

Jid let a proud smile light his tiny features. "I must agree Jad. It was pretty creative and one of my better moments."

Jad nodded her head in agreement. "I like playing with the one called Piper. We get the best reactions from her."

Leaning against the brass arm of the lamp, Jid became thoughtful. "This has been loads of fun but it's getting a bit tiresome. Misplacing things, disturbing them, it's too ordinary. We need something bigger, better, more of a challenge."

"What are you thinking?"

"I'm not sure. Let's go home and I'll think on it a bit." Taking her hand they blinked out of sight.