Chapter 2: You are not alone

Whole moth passed since Fred Wyatt left his beloved ones. Linda still could not touch his things, she did not allowed to anybody to drink from his cup or to touch the brush he left in room… She was living like a ghost, did not ate and soon ambulance came again in front of Wyatt s house. They took Linda to hospital, but during the travel, she got heart attack and closed her eyes forever… Only month and half after their Dad s death, Catherine and Leo buried their Ma, too. Leo took everything on himself; he found a job, cared for house, bought food… But, Catherine was totally down. She was just sitting in her Ma s rocking chair at the porch, staring at the distance…

Often, when Catherine would fall in unrestless sleep, Leo would sit on window of his room and looked to the sky. Tears would came alone, but he fought against them by looking to Piper s window. She feeded him with strength, he liked to watch her teasing with Phoebe as they would work in garden. She was his light at the end of a tunnel, sunshine in his darkness…

Phoebe often came to take Cathy outside and soon Leo s sister was back to life. She even found a boyfriend, Phoebe s best friend Richard.

One evening, when they had dinner, Catherine told to Leo:

"Leo…I need to talk to ya…"

Leo looked to his sister.

"What is it, Cathy? Is something wrong?", he asked with worry.

"No", said Catherine with small smile "Actually, it is a wonderfull news…", she looked to Leo "You will become an uncle!"

Food stopped in Leo s throat and he started to cough.

"What?", he could not believe it. A smile showed up on his face. Catherine nodded:
"Yes…and Richard asked me to marry him!",

Leo jumped from the chair and ran to hug his sister.

"Cathy, congratulations! That is wonderfull!", said Leo with first smile in a past few months "We will decorate a room for baby…"

Cathy s face got serious.

"No…see…Richard got a job in New York…and he accepted it…"

Leo felt his heart broke, but he did not wanted to show it to Cathy and ruin her happyness.

"I am sooo happy for you, little sister", he whispered, hugging her.

Piper was working in P3, serving costumers and chatting with them. She looked through crowd and could not believed with her eyes when she saw Leo!

"Melanie, take over my orders", said Piper.

"Sure thing, Pipe", said Melanie, taking beers from the fridge.

Piper went through crowd and wawed to Leo. He saw her and went toward her.

"Hey, this is a nice surprise!", she greeted him with smile, but only reply she got was a weak smile. Piper got serious in a moment.

"Leo? What is wrong?", she asked with worry.

"Cathy is moving away", he whispered , his voice shivered.

Piper took his hand.

"Lets go to my office", she lead him through crowd and toward her office. She opened doors and let him in.

"Sit down", she told him and sat next to him "Tell me everything."

"Richard asked her to marry him. They will have a baby."

"Leo, but that is wonderfull! Congratulations! They will just find their own home, you will see them often…"

"They are moving to New York", he whispered.

"What!", Piper could not believe. Leo nodded.

"Pa died, Ma died", he quietly said "Now, Cathy is leaving and…", he looked to Piper "Do not get me wrong, Piper, I am happy for Cates…Richard brought her back to life. But, I…this is so selfish from me…"

Piper shook her head.

"No, it is not selfish, Leo. I understand."

He looked to her , tears started to fill his eyes:

"I am staying alone", he whispered and buried face in his hands "Three months ago, I had a family and now…now I am staying all alone…"

Piper took his hands off his face and caressed his cheek. She did not knew where did she found strength to say next sentence:

"You are not, alone, Leo…You have me."

He look in her eyes. Piper was smiling to him and Leo felt warmth inside himself. Yes, he has her…

"Thank you, Piper", he leaned in and kissed her on cheek "I better go now."

Piper put her head down to hide tears. Quickly, Leo went out of the office and went outside. Sitting in car, he yelled at himself:

"Damn it, Leo! Why did not you…Aaaaawww!", he was sooo mad at himself. He started an engine and drove home.