Sequel to Lessons in Love: High School

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Lessons in Love: College … Chapter 16 (Your Woman, Your Kid)


Leo's PoV

He didn't know what to think. He had been feeling guilty about what he had done and with every reason to, what he had done to her the first time was bad enough but when she seemed to let him in again he had bolted, with nothing to say what his intentions had been. He had no doubt that she would think it was all fun and games to him, hell even he had got closer to Missy again because not only did he think that Piper wasn't around anymore but he didn't know whether she could forgive him. She had forgiven him enough to let her back in her bed. Thinking back to those time when she was under him, gasping, panting. Just thinking about those moments had his body rousing heat to the pit of his stomach. She had been the only one with that kind of power of him, nobody had had that pull on him. He looked down at the watch Piper had given the last Christmas he was in San Francisco, it always reminded him of her. At first when he had his family had moved he had to take it off, not being able to look at it without seeing Piper's smiling face and realising what he had done. It had hurt him greatly knowing what he had done to her. He had never wanted to hurt her, he had loved her … he still loved her … he would always love her.

Nothing would change that, it was just whether she would take him back that mattered to him. He had made so many sins to make better through Piper. He had left her high and dry to god knows what, after nearly three years he was going to make it better. The day he put his watch back on was the day he posted a letter, a letter that had took him months to get right and in the end all he had done it was grovel that was all he could do to make her see he was sorry, he had done nothing to build a case for himself. He had waited months for a reply, not getting one, for all he knew it may have been lost and did not make it's destination. He had thought of many reasons over his time abroad. He had thought how it may have made it's way to the manor but she was at Harvard and it had not been past on, but that idea had past when he saw her again at the community college. Now it was clear. She had dignified it with a response because she hadn't forgiven him, even pouring his heart to her though the writing of his words had not been able to pay the rite of passage. He had supposed he deserved it when he thought of how he crashed her date with Dan. But he couldn't let it happen. He knew what Dan wanted from her, he may have wanted more then his usual one-night stand with Piper but he didn't want anyone touching Piper like that but him, he had wanted that something more with her. But now that was too late someone already had that something more with her. He paused in the street remembering what he had seen just a ten minutes before. Just after he had pushed the slightly ajar door.

Flashback start.

A red headed woman got up "Right kids after three, everyone sing happy birthday to Wyatt. 1 … 2 … 3"

And they all sang " Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Wyatt, happy birthday to you"

Looking down at the little boy that had wrapped himself around Piper's lower legs, and the man that was kneeling next to him with the birthday cake and candles. He looked so familiar, he couldn't place it.

"Jamie" the little boy called Wyatt said, looking at the cake, then to Piper.

"Mommy"

Flashback ended

He began to walk again. That had been it. Mommy. Piper was a Mommy that was the moment his insides had collapsed. Looking at the woman he loved stand there with her child and boyfriend. The kid hadn't called the guy daddy he thought with a start. That would explain why she hadn't gone to Harvard and had taken a gap year, that year to bring her son into the world. And the look on Piper's face it was almost as if she felt she was guilty of something. Just then he remembered the banner of the birthday posters. The kid, the one called … Wyatt. Wyatt … that was too freaky to be coincidence. Wyatt was two years old today and take away the months, nine before his birth would say his conception would be around … the end of December to the start of February. And that would mean … Wyatt, the blonde haired little boy was his … his son. That would mean the gap year was to look after the child not give birth to him, she could have gone to school and would be in the same as she was in high school just a year below him but instead she was a year behind her class taking care of her son … their son. Could it be Wyatt was his child, and he had left Piper not only heart-broken but pregnant. No wonder she hated him. He hated himself enough for both of them. He needed a drink.

Sitting down at a bar half-way across the city, in one of the rougher areas, sitting among various biker gangs and men with their mistresses, he placed himself on a cherry covered top stool, among the cheep vinyl a jukebox played in the corner. She could have written to him, that was if the letter had gotten there she would have the address, but if not- she had no way of letting him know, she had been on her own and with no support of the father of her child. He was damn sure he was Wyatt's father, why else would she have named the child that? Now he knew why the child looked so familiar, not only did he have the same chocolate brown eyes as hi mother but he had the colouring of his father. He looked just as he had as a baby. He was Wyatt's daddy he was sure of it.

"Hey bud what you want?" the burly bar man asked from the other side of the bar. Though Leo was twenty and not twenty-one he often got away with it.

"Whisky" he said dryly.

"Oh you sound happy" he said exchanging the alcohol for the cash Leo held out to him.

"Peachy, just peachy-" he halted his words as heard a familiar hoot from the far end of the bar. It was a group of guys from the college among them was Dan.

"Oi Wyatt! Hows the missus?" he shouted rather sulkily. Seeing the look on Leo's face he continued. "Oh don't tell me she's board of ya, or did that little stint on our date put her off ya, I wouldn't be surprised she's already stuck raising that kid of yours on her own."

Leo hadn't thought he had ever moved so fast before in his life, or at least in his wrestling days, he thought as his hands gripped snugly on Dan's neck. "Aw! Did that press a few buttons, Wyatt? You know your son's called Wyatt too"

"How do you know about him?" he asked his hands getting tighter on Dan's neck.

"Piper had to go to the crèche after school surely you don't think I wouldn't walk there with her when I was interested do you?" he grimaced as Leo's fingers seemed to press slightly harder. "cute kid too, shame. Such a shame, she could have been my breeding whore too" with that Leo grip loosened on his neck and punched Dan clear on the nose, but before he could get a second blow in Dan's hand came and clouted him on the left side of his jaw. Before Leo could retaliate he was being hauled out the bar by the bar man, and thrown outside. As he stood up the bar man looked at him.

"Go home,to your woman and kid."


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