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A/N: I finally updated! Yeah! I know it took forever but I did it! This chapter takes place two weeks after the last one. I realized that I never gave an exact date for the first day off school, and that I need it. So we are going to say the first day of school was August 26th. And Prue will be about one to one and a half months pregnant (If anyone can figure out if I did the math for that wrong please tell me). Cole's old friend's name is pronounced 'jazz'.

Chapter 8: Standing on Tables

"So, Prue, you never told me why you were here in the first place. Care to answer?"

It had been two weeks since Bane and Prue had met, and since then they hit it off. They were now pretty good friends. They had both gotten jobs, not very good ones, but jobs that paid enough. With their earnings combined they were able to afford a small one-bedroom apartment. Bane slept on the couch while Prue slept in the bed.

"Well, I left my Grams house because she didn't want me to keep the baby, and then my ex, Andy, he didn't want it either, so I just left."

"Sounds pretty harsh." Bane said eating the ice cream they had just bought, on their lunch breaks.

"Yeah, well things have gotten better. I would love to be back in college, but that isn't happening, so I need to make the best of things."

"I'm just glad for some company around here."

"You never told me your story either."

"This is were I grew up. When my job in New York fired me, I came back here. Wasn't anywhere else for me to go really. I don't mind it though. Like you said things have gotten better."

"I think I'll enjoy it here. Nice people, good ice cream, handsome men." Prue said with a slight smirk on her face.

"You think I'm handsome?"

"Yeah, I do. You're also a pretty good person." Prue said.

"Well, you aren't so bad yourself." Bane turned Prue's chin so she was looking at him.

"Bane, I really like you, but can we take things slow? I'm not ready for a whirlwind romance yet."

"Yeah, we can take things slow."

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Ever since the day on the bleachers, Piper had been avoiding Leo at all costs. She had skipped lunches and been late to class. Leo on the other hand was going out of his way to try to talk to her.

He had finally gotten sick of it, and was putting his plan in action today at lunch. He was hoping she just wasn't going to skip it again.

"Piper you are going to become anorexic if you skip any more lunches." Jenny said trying to pull her friend to lunch.

"But we have lunch with Leo today, I can't go in there!" Piper said frantically.

"You are going to have to face him sometime Piper."

"And I will, when I'm ready." Piper said, trying to turn around just when Jenny pushed her through the lunchroom doors.

"Well I hope your ready now because I need to eat, and I'm not going to spend another day eating by myself."

The first thing Piper saw when she got in line was Leo paying for his food. She tried to hide her face, but Leo saw her anyways. His face instantly lit up.

'She didn't skip!' He thought to himself.

"Leo, over here!" His friend Cory called to him. "I see your little sweetie pie showed up." He teased.

"Yeah, let's just hope I have the guts to go through with it."

"Hey, she sat down, now do it!" Cory whispered. He heard a round of "good luck" from his other friends.

Leo had spent the last two weeks preparing for this day. He got up on the table he was sitting at and started to speak.

"Piper, you said I didn't want to be part of your world, but maybe this will show you I want to be."

He turned to Cory and nodded his head. Cory hit the play button on his I-pod and plugged it into the speakers he had brought along.

"There's no one in town I know…" Leo started to sing while looking straight at Piper.

"Jenny, he remembered my favorite song." Piper blushed at the thought.

"You gave us some place to go. I never said thank you for that."

"Piper, he really likes you. Okay, not many guys would remember that kind of stuff. You need to give him a chance. You won't regret it."

"He really wants me to be part of his world."

"He sure does girl, he sure does."

As Leo finished the song he hopped off the table and walked over to where Piper was sitting.

"Piper, I know you might not think I mean this but I do. You are amazing and beautiful and I would love it if you would be my girlfriend."

"Yes!" Piper said with tears in her eyes, jumping up and hugging Leo.

"I would kiss you but I would get in even more trouble than I already am." He whispered in her ear.

"I hope it was worth it." She said with a slight giggle.

"You definitely are."

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"Hey Phoebe!" Cole said as he ran over to her after school. "Piper and Leo got together."

"They did? Yeah! This is what I love about having a boyfriend in high school." Phoebe stood on her tiptoes to give him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Now, are we going to the park or not?"

"What about your sister?"

"She just got together with the guy of her dreams. Do you seriously think that she is going to be headed straight home?" Phoebe asked.

"I guess not."

As Phoebe and Cole sat down on the swings he started to talk.

"You know when you asked me about where I went to from the mall?"

"Yeah." Phoebe said confused.

"Do you still want to know?" Cole said looking nervous.

After a couple minutes Phoebe said, "Yes."

"Well, before I moved here I was friends with the wrong people. They did drugs and were drunks. Well, I started to get into all that stuff too. My parents made me realize it was wrong, and then they got me out of there as fast as possible. That day at the mall, one of my friends had tracked me down, and I saw him outside the mall. I was afraid that if I spent to much time hanging around in there he might drag you into all of it."

"All of what Cole? And what about you kissing me on the cheek? Wouldn't knowing I am your girlfriend make him 'drag me into all of it?"

"Well, I wasn't really known for having a steady relationship at my old town, but if I ditched him for you then he would have known something was up."

"Yeah, but Cole, what did you mean by 'all of it'."

"Well, my friends were dealing drugs, and they ran out one time. The guy they were going to give them to got really mad and swore he would get back at us. When I talked to my old friend he said he was still trying to get back at them."

"What all did you say to your friend?" Phoebe asked slightly scared.

"Just that I barely knew you, which was almost the truth, I hadn't known you for that long, and that I was over that kind of stuff. He didn't bother trying to persuade me to join in on it again because he knows how stubborn I can be."

Flashback

'I hope Phoebe doesn't hate me for this. She probably thinks I'm a jerk.' Cole thought as he walked out of the mall.

"Hey Cole."

"Jas. Would you put that thing out?"

"What? You ain't into all this stuff anymore? Should have figured as much from a little mama's boy. She's the one who got you out of this mess aint' she?"

"Yeah. He still after you?"

"No, he left us alone. Of course he's still after us. We've been on the run ever since you left. So, what about that girl in there, she looks like she could make up for our losses, if you get what I'm saying."

"It's not going to hurt if you take her. I barely know her."

"So it's not going to do any good to take her? I guess I won't then."

Cole sighed of relief.

"Well, if you ain't comin' back I need to get going. Cars to steal, drugs to deal."

Cole let out a snort of disgust upon hearing the old motto.

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"Ok. I'm glad that's over."

A/N: I finally updated! I'm so much happier with myself right now. Anyways, if you are still reading this please please review!