Since Then, Till Now: Chapter 2
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The corners of her mouth curved into a smile too.
"Well, thank you Leo Wyatt, but I better go now. It won't be long before they find out you lied to them."
"Where do you plan on going? The closest thing to a town is about 10 miles from here."
She looked thoughtful for a moment then added, "I don't know, but what I do know is that I'm wasting time just standing here discussing this with you." As soon as she said it she noticed the hurt expression in his eyes.
"I'm just trying to help and that's what I plan on doing."
Reluctantly, she let him help her. He was here to help her so she decided to open the door to this opportunity. "Well, the first thing we need is rest." He said as he looked around their surroundings. He could tell it was about 1 A.M. He didn't know how he could tell, he just did. It was more like an instinct than a feeling.
"I know that, but like you said; there isn't a town for miles. Where do you suppose we rest? I know we could easily sleep on the ground but the other men are coming."
He was one step ahead of her.
"I know a place. Come on," he told her and he grabbed her hand and began to lead her.
About 20 minutes later they were still walking. The moon was still out and shinning as she had hours before. The air was becoming moist and the plants wet. They were both weary, tired, and dirty. She was too tired, each step felt like the last. She couldn't continue, her legs fell from beneath her and she crashed to the ground. Leo stopped as soon as he heard her meet the Earth and rushed to her side.
"Are you alright?" Her hair was covering her face but he could hear small sniffs.
"Piper are you okay?" he repeated again, with the same amount of care as the last.
She shook her head softly and lifted her head. Tears glistening in her eyes as the moonlight shined on her face. "I'm tire, I'm so tired. I can't do this anymore," her voice cracked as she spoke.
If he wasn't a foot away he was sure he wouldn't have heard her.
"I know your tired Piper, but we are almost there. You can't give up now. I'm not letting you give up."
His words hit her, hard. She had fought to stay alive for weeks. She had been running from those men for days, she couldn't just let them win. She had to stay alive, for her sisters and now for Leo too. He had given up a lot to help her, Piper wasn't going to let everything he worked for be in vain.
"Okay," she took a deep breath and got her emotions in place, "let's go."
As she was about to take a step forward Leo put his arms around her shoulders and with his other hand lifted her legs. Piper looked at him, eyes full of surprise and curiosity.
"What do you think you are doing?"
Leo chuckled, "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm carrying you."
"I figured that much," she replied with a grin, "why are you carrying me, is what I wanted to ask." The smile he had was still in his face but honesty, care, and worry filled his eyes.
"I don't want you to get hurt."
She didn't know how to respond to that. He meant every word he said and she knew it. His gaze left her and he continued walking. Leo Wyatt was always helping people. It was his job. He was always happy to help when he could. Leo's smile grew.
"Piper," he murmured to himself.
Just saying her name made him grin. He didn't know what, but there was something about her. Something that made her different from other people, something that made her special. As his thoughts drifted away he kept on walking. When he came to, he found himself a few yards away from a small house in the middle of the forest.
"Piper, we are ….." he stopped and looked at Piper, fast asleep in his arms.
He entered the house and put Piper in a small and only bed in the house. He grabbed some blankets that he kept under the bed and laid them on the floor.
Inside the house it was dark, the walls blocked out the moonlight, but Leo knew the house like the back of his hand. How could he not? He was the one that built it. Leo had built the small house just in case of an emergency. He had three of them altogether. Each other scattered around the Salem town and village. Just in case something like this happened.
Leo sighed, 'Might as well get some rest. I bet Piper will have some questions tomorrow.' Minutes after the thought left his mind, sleep took over.
The sun was now up and shinning brightly, like any other day. It's rays entered through the two small windows and hit Piper's face making her eyebrows knit together in discomfort. Soon after hey eyes adjusted to the light. She stood up in bed and brushed the sleep from her eyes. For a minute she her face became one of worry but quickly the memories from the days before rushed into her mind. She spotted Leo on the floor sound asleep and had to smile.
'He looks so cute," she thought. Her eyes suddenly widened, 'Stop it Piper! You can't fall for him, you don't know him!'
Her mind screamed at her to stop thinking about Leo, but her heart wasn't listening.