OMG! I thought I'd already posted this chapter, so I wrote the next one! I am soooo sorry! Good news: I've got the next chapter already! Okay, so we're in 1942, with Lily. Well, Lily's in this chapter. She's not in the next one.

Okay, well thanks to:

livingwyatt: Thanks!

patricia: He had to be alive in '24 if he was going to war in '42. Actually, he would have to have been born much earlier than that, otherwise he would've been EIGHTEEN when he died! Then again, a lot of soldiers in WWII were seventeen or eighteen. But Leo CAN'T be THAT young! I'll fix it all for us! Never fear, Hannah's here! BTW, I didn't go much further into 1832 because I can't give too much away for Love is a Myth.

Chub: That's good that you've forgotten the spoiler! Now when you see it in Myth, it'll be a surprise! Yay!

PiPeRAnGeL39: Workin' on Myth. I'm building a bridge over this big river called WRITER'S BLOCK.

chattypandagurl: Who said it conquered (sp? I think it's right) all? Leo still dies in the end, it's inevitable! And Lily's heart is broken when it happens. But I kinda like writing them together, because I've got my own image of Lily and in my mind, they make a sweet couple.

syad yniar: I've been waiting to get to get to 1924. I'm having fun writing this time period.

scullymulder1234: OMG YOU TOO? lol, the 1300s, 1832, and 1924 are my favorite time periods. (and two of those are in this, and the other one is close. They're still the ages with kings and castles and knigts, and I love that)

Lily took a step forward. "Please, Leo." Tears were already forming in her eyes. "Don't do this."

Leo closed his eyes for a few seconds. When he opened them, he had tears as well. "Lily, I have to go back…You know how much I care about you…" he whispered, his voice choked. "…How much I love you."

"If you love me, you won't go."

"I have to."

"Leo, what's happening?" Piper asked. "Are we in the early 1900's?"

Piper looked up to see Leo staring in shock at the scene unfolding before them. He shook his head slightly and took a step backward. Piper followed him. She took his arm to steady him.

"What's happening?"

"…I'm…leaving."

"Who, you? Or…" Piper turned around to face a slightly younger version of her Leo and a young blonde woman. "Him."

"Him. Me." Leo turned Piper to face him. "This isn't a past life. This is my life."

Piper smiled slightly. "It's my past life."

"Oh, God."

"What?"

"It's just…I never thought about it…Your past life was my life."

"Yeah."

"Piper, I knew you."

Piper's smile faded into confusion. "Huh?"

"I didn't remember much after I died. I remembered my sister and my parents and I remembered Lily—" He turned and stole a glimpse at her before turning back to Piper."—but I knew some things were missing…Oh, God…" he groaned.

"What?"

"I met you when I was at war. See, they were already planning D-Day and were planning for troops in France. America was storing troops in Russia because there were too many in England. So my infantry was sent to Russia and—"

"I'm a little Russian Jew?" Piper asked. "Oh hell no. I'm a pure, red-blooded American," she said.

"You were hiding with a Christian Family from the Nazis."

"You're kidding."

"You were trying to get to America. Your family had already left but you didn't know if they'd made it—"

"Did they?"

Leo looked down at Piper. "I don't know. I died before I found out."

Piper took a deep breath. "Okay," she said as simply as possible. "So if I'm in Russia why are we here?"

"It all started here," Leo said quietly.

"With Lily?" Piper asked.

Leo nodded slightly. He and Piper watched the soldier and his wife cross a bridge over a small creek hand in hand. "She just found out I had to leave in a week."

"A week? You waited until a week before you had to go to tell her?"

"I'd only found out the day before. I told her as soon as I could."

"How did she take it?"

"How do you think?" Leo sighed. It was strange to talk about Lily with Piper. "We spent most of the night in the park, until a cop told us to leave. Lily about kicked his ass…" He smiled slightly. "There."

"I'm sorry, Sir, but you and your lady friend are going to have to vacate the park. We're closed," the police officer said to Leo.

Leo opened his mouth to speak but Lily did all the talking. "Lady friend? Excuse me? Do I look like a prostitute walking with her pimp to you? Pardon me for wanting to spend one of my last nights with my husband before he goes to war. And I will think twice before ever again longing to be outside on a beautiful night. How foolish. What ever was I thinking?" Lily snapped.

The police officer stared at Lily in shock, as did Leo. The officer looked at Leo. "A soldier, eh? Well, then…Happy to let you stay, just be out by eleven p.m., if you will." He started to walk past them when he put his hand on Leo's shoulder and said, "We need more brave boys like yourself to serve for our country."

Piper smiled. She actually liked Lily's rant. She looked up to see Leo watching the blonde woman with intent. She could tell by they way he looked at her that he missed her. She could also tell that he hadn't seen her face in years.
When the officer left, Lily muttered something under her breath. Then she looked up at Leo lovingly and took his hand again.

"He's right, you know…You boys are brave."

They continued walking through the park, lighted only by the moon and a few nearby streetlights.

"Oh, no, we're complete idiots for doing this. But Rick, Nathan, and I agreed."

"You know, though…"

"Hmm?"

Lily stopped walking and turned around to face Leo. "I'm tired of them calling you boys. If you were seven-year-olds going to war, you would be boys. If you were twelve-year-olds going to war, you would be boys. You are all men. Who would be brave enough—"

"And dumb enough," Leo added as they started walking once more, heading for a large oak tree in the middle of the park.

"—and dumb enough," Lily nodded, "to go to war, to fight Hitler?" Lily stopped again. "Tell me who," she said.

Leo sighed. "Many men, I suppose."

"That's right. Every able-bodied man in this town is either in the war or is going into it," Lily said.

"Your point?"

Lily grinned and playfully hit Leo in the chest. "I don't know…Don't go. That's my point. Don't leave. Don't leave me alone here."

"Lily—"

"If it's for pride forget it. You don't need to prove yourself to me. We're married. I don't care who you are or what kind of man you are so long as you love me."

"You think this is for pride? Lily this is what I chose to do. My friends and I made this pact. To fight for our country."

"Can't you break it?"

"I wouldn't even if I could."

"Stay for me, Leo! Do it for me! You said you'd do anything for me!"

"Lily…"

Tears were in her eyes again and she knew she'd failed to make him stay. She sighed a little and hugged him. "I love you," she whispered.

"I love you, too. You have no idea how much I love you…I'm so sorry I have to go."

"Leo?"

Leo looked up from the ground and met Piper's eyes with his own. He didn't say anything.

"In shock?"

He nodded.

"I think I can understand that…You haven't seen her in years, have you?"

"No…I wasn't expecting to, either…"

Piper stared into Leo's eyes for a few silent seconds. "You missed her."

Leo nodded and looked away. "I missed her so much."

"Leo?"

Leo glanced down at Piper.

"…Do you still love her?"

Okay, um...Hope no one was offended by the "little Russian Jew" thing...Um, I'm a Russian Jew, and I'm not offended, so if you were then you're just...YOU'RE A POMPUS ASS, IS WHAT YOU ARE!
ahem
Sorry.

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