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CHAPTER TEN

Jealousy.

"Piper Halliwell?" Jack laughed.

"You got rejected by Piper Halliwell!"

Leo just glared.

He'd had a sick feeling bubbling in the pit of his stomach, since Saturday.

Even his dad, who had failed to notice when Shannon once dyed her hair black, had observed that he 'seemed low'.

It was Wednesday afternoon, and after three days of Leo's bad mood, his new friend Jack had finally managed to coax the Piper out of him.

Annoyed at how funny he found it, Leo turned his attention to the buzzing crowd around him. School had just finished, and people were rushing to get home. Everyone seemed happy for a change. Maybe it was the temperament of today's unclouded sun.

Was he the only one it was pissing off?

Blinding rays bounced off the windowpane he was leaning against, into his preoccupied green eyes.

"I'm sorry Leo, but Piper? The girls a geek!" Jack continued.

"Do you have any idea what dating a nobody like that would do for your rep?"

Leo squinted at him.

"I wonder what punching you would do for it."

"It would probably do it some good." Jack laughed.

He didn't look threatened at all. In fact he clapped a friendly hand across Leo's back, in an understanding slap.

"Look Leo: Your seventeen. You should be seeing how fast you can get through the girls, not declaring your undying love for the geekiest one you can find! You could learn a lot from me."

Leo couldn't help smiling.

Jack was 'Popular' and at times like this, it was painfully obvious. From Leo could see, Jack had earned the label because of his arrogance, his asphyxiating overuse of aftershave, and his boy band good looks, which he admittedly misused…

"Now that," Jack started, with an appreciative smile.

"That is something worth declaring your undying love for…"

'That' as Jack put it, was a size eight (or size four, if your American.) blonde girl, wearing a tiny skirt, a tight top, and a self assured, superior smile.

"You do know she's into you right?" Jack told him enviously.

Leo looked at her.

-God help me.- He thought.

Like Jack, she had the same self important air about her. But the difference was, it seemed more of a permanent feature here.

The girl was weaving her way through the post-school crowds, laughing and hugging some people, then shoving past others.

Leo hated people like that. Fake. Two faced.

"She's coming over!" Jack panicked.

His blue eyes widened.

He straightened his black shirt, messed up his dark hair, and adopted an 'im sexy' smile.

"Do I look alright?" He muttered.

Leo just glared.

The girl's spike-heeled shoes stopped in front of them.

"Missy, Missy, Missy…" Jack cooed.

"You're lookin' hot."

Missy looked at him boredly, from beneath her over accentuated, mascara lacquered eyelashes.

"I know."

Leo rolled his eyes.

"So…Jack," Missy purred impatiently.

"Don't you have somewhere else to be?"

"Um…Yeah. Sure."

Jacks hopefulness evaporated, but he recovered quickly.

"Date ya later Missy." He winked.

"Bye Leo."

Leo just glared.

Piper felt sick.

Jealous butterflies were dive-bombing in her stomach, as she watched Missy talking to Leo. Making eye contact. Touching him.

"Bitch!" She muttered.

Who the hell did Missy think she was?

Who the hell did Missy think Leo was? A piece of meat, that she was entitled to, just because she was the biggest bitch on campus?

She was wrong.

Leo deserved more than to be her lovesick puppy for the week.

He shouldn't be with Missy.

He should be with…her?

"Excuse me?"

Piper jumped.

She turned around, expecting a mouthful from one of Missy's eavesdropping friends…

"Prue! God, what are you doing sneaking around?"

"I finished college early, so I though I'd come and walk my favourite sister home." Prue said innocently.

"And I'm not sneaking. You're just preoccupied. What exactly are you looking at?"

"Nothing."

That was a complete lie.

Piper's hazel eyes were fixed on Leo again.

Missy's hand was still resting on his arm. She was saying something to him. Leaning closer.

Piper had no idea what they were saying. But she recognized Missy's seductive body language.

-I'll kill her…- Piper thought.

-If she kisses him, I'll kill her.-

Piper blinked.

Where the hell had that come from?

"Who's that girl talking to Leo?" Shannon asked.

Shannon!

Worried that her sudden murderous thoughts had catapulted her straight into insanity, delusions and all, Piper span around.

Shannon was there.

-Still sane…- Piper thought gratefully.

"Shannon! I didn't know you were there… I-I … That wasn't, I mean I wa-wasn't looking at… I was just, um…"

She swallowed.

"ad-admiring …that tree." She finished lamely.

Piper cringed at her own patheticness.

"I can see why." Shannon laughed, arching her eyebrows.

"It's a pretty admirable…tree."

She knew…

Shannon knew…

-Breathe Piper…- She told herself.

-Breathe… Don't blush. Just look away…-

Now both Shannon and Prue were staring at her. Waiting for her to say something…

Piper was almost glad, when Missy accidentally on purpose, pushed past her, shoving her into Prue.

Well… she was glad. At least there was a safe three meters distance between Missy and Leo now.

Prue didn't seem to feel the same.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" She shouted.

Missy just laughed.

"Bye Leo." She called, as he came around the corner, oblivious of what had just happened.

"Who was that?" Shannon demanded, the moment Missy was out of earshot.

"Just a friend of Jack's."

"Jack?"

"My secret boyfriend, you remember, Shan. God! You don't know him."

"She likes you." Piper said quietly.

Leo turned to look at her with those deep green eyes.

"Missy?"

"Yeah. I heard her talking about you, in cooking class… Right before she tried to empty a tin of tomatoes over my head…"

"Did she?"

"Like you?"

"Empty a tin of tomatoes over your head."

"No."

"Good."

Leo held her gaze.

Piper felt her stomach melt. Jeremy never made her feel like that…

Maybe Prue wasn't sure what she was interrupting, but Piper could have swung for her, when she slid an arm through hers, and announced:

"We gotta go. I promised Grams I'd have you home by 2:30 on the dot. See ya later Shan. Bye Leo."

"See ya." Shannon smiled.

Leo nodded.

"Bye Piper." He said.

"Bye."

Piper was just about to shout at Prue, for their abrupt departure, when her sister said:

"You like him don't you?"

"What?"

"Leo."

"No…" Piper scoffed, dismissively.

Prue raised a sceptical eyebrow.

"…Yes!" Piper admitted.

"Go on."

Piper sighed.

"Prue, I… I think I'm in love with him."

Prue stopped. She turned to look at her.

"I'm listening."

"I don't know what the hell I'm doing! I mean, Jeremy-"

"Piper…" Prue interrupted, gently.

"I'm not gonna pretend I like Jeremy. You know I don't. But if you think you're in love with Leo, then you know you don't love Jeremy."

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