Chapter 6: Is this friendship?

Prue parked the car in front of the house and let Phoebe and Piper out of the car. They went into house and when Grams saw them, she panicked:

"My god! What happened?", with that, Piper started to cry and she just could not stop.

Prue explained all to Grams.

"I am sorry, Grams", cried pIper "Sorry for not listening to you and dared to sit in the car. I just could not let him die…", her voice trailed off in tears. Grams hugged her.

"Piper, sweety, it is okay. Come on, I will make you chamomile tea and you go to lie down."
Piper nodded and Phoebe took her arm to lead her upstairs. On stairs, Piper turned:
"No, I have to go to hospital to find out how is Leo."

"No, you have to lie down", said Prue "Piper…I am sorry for those bad words I told you. I think that you are wonderfull person."

"I agree", added Grams "I am sorry too, Piper."

"I am sorry too, sweety", said Phoebe.

"It is all right", said Piper. "Do not mention it. But, now I really have to go…"

"I will call hospital to see when we can go visit him", said Phoebe "Besides, doctors are caring for him now and you wont be able to see him."

With those words, Phoebe took Piper upstairs and she lay down on her bed.

"Have a rest, sweety", whispered Phoebe and kissed Pipers cheek.

"Thanx, Pheebs", said Piper and closed her eyes.

Leo opened his eyes. At first, all was white. Than he saw doctors face and nurse standing beside him.

"He is waking up", nurse said.

"How do you feel?", asked doctor.

Leo opened his mouth to answer, but his throat was dry.

"W…wa…w…wat-t…water", he barely whispered.

Nurse handed him glass of water and he quickly drank it. He sighed deeply and said:

"Thank you."

How do you feel?", asked doctor.

"Dizzy a bit…But, in all, I am fine."

"You had luck", said doctor "Nothing was broken, that is a miracle. And there is no damage cause of stop of heart. You were quickly revived. If you did not get first aid, who knows what might have happened."

Leo nodded and doctor continued:

"But, thank to God, all went fine. And actually, someone is here, eager to see you", smiled doctor.

"Who ", asked Leo and than he noticed Piper, standing at doors. She wawed to him and smiled.

Leos face brightened with smile.

"Piper", he whispered.

"We will give you some moment alone", said doctor and him and nurse went out.

"Piper", repeated Leo, not able to say anything else.

Piper came to him and took his hand in her hand.

"Hey", she smiled "How are you?"

"I am fine", he took her hand in his both hands "Piper…thank you. Thank you for saving my life."

"You are welcome", she said with smile.

"I do not know what to say", he said to her "We barely knew each other and you saved me from death. But, it will change. I want you to know – whenever you need a friend, a help or a talk – I want you to know that I will always be here for you."

Piper nodded, trying to hide tears. He just sees her as a friend.

"I … I have to go now", she quickly said and added "Get well soon."

"Before Leo could stop her, Piper ran out of the room. Until she went out from the hospital, she was already sobbing.

Ten days after, Leo was back from hospital and came back to school.

Prue was drinking Coca Cola light when she noticed Leo. She elbowed Piper.

"Ouch!", Piper reacted "What was that for?"

"Look who is back!", smiled Prue.

Piper looked through hallway and saw Leo. Her face brightened with smile. She was thinking a lot these days and decided to be happy to have him at least as a friend.

Leo was surrounded by boys and girls and walked like that. When he came closer to Piper, she put on smile and exclaimed, wawing to him:

"Hey, Leo!"

He turned around and than heard giggles as voices of people went to whisper.

"Umm…hey Piper!"

She came in front of him and said:

"Hey it is good to have you back! How do you feel? What did doctor said?"

Leo felt uncomfortable.

"I am fine. Gotta go, sorry!", he quickly left leaving Piper standing alone.

Piper felt like her heart is breaking into million pieces. Her beautifull brown eyes started to fill with tears.

Prue could not believe it! She just could not! How could he behave like that! She saved his life!

Prue ran toward her sister and hugged her tightly.

"Honey, are you all right?", asked Prue with worry.

"No…", whispered Piper. Her voice trailed off in tears. "I just wanna go home…"

"Come on", Prue comforted her "I will drive you home".

From that day, Piper started to be more shy and closed than ever. She even stopped to go out, all her free time she was spending in her room reading books.

She never tried to talk with Leo again, she even stopped to greeting him.

Both her sisters and Grams were so much concerned for her.

One morning, Phoebe awoke before everybody else. It was odd cause Phoebe was always the biggest sleeper.

But now, she had a plan, she wanted to help to Piper.

Remembering how much is Piper close with their father, Phoebe decided to call him. She picked up the phone and dialed his number.

"Yes?", answered Victor.

"Hey, Dad, it is Phoebe!"

"Phoebe! Hi! What are you doing up this early? Is something wrong?", asked Victor with worry.

"Actually, yes, Dad, something is wrong with Piper", Phoebe told him all that happened. Victor sighed deeply:

"My poor little daughter. I would like to teach that Leo a lesson!"

"Leave that to me, Dad, I will take care of him, do not you worry about it. I need you to help to Piper. Dad, she is falling down. Neither Prue or Grams do not know what to do."

"I will tell you what, Phoebe. I will come tomorrow to San Francisco. Do not tell anything to Piper, I want to surprise her."

"Ok, Dad, great! Thanx!"

"Thank you for calling me. All will be fine. See you tomorrow, honey!"

"Bye, Dad! I love you!"

"I love you, too, Phoebe! Bye!"

That Friday was the last day at school. Three sisters walked through hallway when suddenly Leo showed up with Kim and some friends. He quickly looked at Pipers direction, but did not greeted her.

"Come on, hun!", Kim called Leo "Do not waste your time on loosers!"

"All right, thats enough!", snapped Phoebe.

"Phoebe, dont…", Piper tried to stop her, but Prue hold her.

"Let her go, Piper", said Prue.

Phoebe came in front of Leo and Kim. Kim tried to stop the conversation.

"Halliwell, get away from here!"

"Shut up, Kim!", exclaimed Phoebe.

Kims mouth went wide opened. Phoebe turned to Leo.

"Wyatt, do you have any dignity and heart in yourself! How dare you to treat my sister like that! After she savede your life!", she saw surprised faces on Leos friendss faces. "Yeah! Didnt ya knew! If it wasnt for Piper, Leo would be dead now!", she turned back "You know what, Wyatt? I am sorry that she had saved ya! She should let ay die in that canyon!"

On Leos face was seen guilt and shame, but Phoebe did not stopped.

"Oh, it hurted? Brilliant! I hope that your conscious wont let you to sleep peacefully! If I can remind ya, you said to Piper that she can count on ya and that you will be her friend!", she heard giggles from Kim and company. "Oh, I am sorry, did I ruined your reputation? Good!"

Phoebe was soooo pissed off! She turned and walked to Piper and Prue. Piper took her hand and kissed her cheek.

"Thanx, Pheebs", sisters hugged each other and walked away.

It was Saturday morning. Piper was sitting on window and cried. Last night she saw Leo going to town with some girl and her heart ached.

She wiped her tears away and stood up. She decided to take a shower.

While she was drying her hair, she heard bell door.

"Will somebody open the door?", yelled Piper from bathroom.

But, bell kept on ringing.

"Damn it! I am coming!", yelled Piper and angrily opened doors. In second she got huuuugeee smile on her face.

"Daaadyyyy!", she jumped of joy and hugged her father tightly.

"Where is my little Piper?", Victor hugged her tightly back "Oh, my little girl, I have missed you soooo much!"

"I have missed you too, Daddy. What are you doing here?", asked Piper, not able to stop smiling. It was her first real smile in a long time.

"I came to take you on vacation with me", smiled Victor. Pipers mouth went wide open and she screamed of joy!

"Of course, only if you want", winkled Victor to her.

"Yes! Of course I want!", exclaimed Piper and hugged him one more time.