Chapter 2:
"Leo" Phoebe called as she sat down at the counter. "Yes?" Leo said as he orbed into the kitchen, "Is everything all right?" "Don't worry Leo, everything is just fine. I was talking to Piper this morning and when I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, she said she just wanted a cake. So I was thinking that we could try and bake her a nice cake instead of just buying her one from the store." Leo smiled, "That's a great idea Phoebe, why don't I go get the ingredients and meet you back here in thirty minutes?" "Sounds good" Phoebe said, just as there was a loud crash in the living room. As she and Leo ran in, they saw two demons wearing red robes. Both of the demons pulled a handful of powder out of their robes, blew it onto Phoebe and Leo and then disappeared. Sneezing Phoebe asked, "What was that!" "I don't know" Leo replied, "Maybe they realized that you were a Charmed One and thought better of attacking us." "Maybe" said Phoebe somewhat doubtfully, then, suddenly feeling that she shouldn't worry about such things, Phoebe said "Why don't you go ahead and get the ingredients for the cake, and I'll check out the recipe." "Alright" Leo said as he walked out the door.
"Okay, so we blew the dust on them, but what is that going to do?" "Well," Ranakor replied, "The love dust should cause Phoebe and Leo to fall madly in love with each other. They will probably try to resist of course, but within a week they will be helpless to stop it." "Great so they find love, what good does that do us?" Starting to get angry Ranakor turned towards him and yelled, "No you idiot, they don't just find love! They will fall so deeply in love that they become careless and stupid, they will forget to try and hide their love, and eventually Piper will find out. When she does the power of three will be no more." "Alright, but when will it start to work?" "Why can't you minions ever just trust me? It should have its first big affect in about thirty minutes." Maliciously grinning Ranakor turned back towards his evil globe.
"Boo" Leo said as he orbed in to the kitchen behind Phoebe. "Oh, you scared me Leo! Do you have all of the ingredients for Piper's cake?" "Yup, down to the last bottle of whipped cream." "Whipped cream?" asked Phoebe, "Well I though it would be nice to put on top." "Alright sounds great, but Piper will be home in an hour, so we should start soon." Forty-five minutes later Phoebe pulled the cake out of the oven. "All done, Leo" Phoebe said. "Ok Pheebs just let me get out the whipped cream so we can decorate it." After spreading the whipped cream on the cake Leo started to feel a little light headed, maybe they should have looked into that demon attack after all.
"What?" Leo said, realizing that Phoebe had just asked a question, "I said would you like to try some whipped cream?" "All right" said Leo just as Phoebe sprayed him with the whipped cream. "Oh, you're going to get it for that missy!" said Leo as he took the can and sprayed Phoebe with it. After chasing each other around, they both stood to catch their breath, "You've got some whipped cream on your face" Phoebe said right as Leo flicked it off. Getting that funny feeling again, Leo said "So do you, let me help." He bent forward and gently licked the cream off of her neck. Leaning into him Phoebe said, "I think I've got some right here too." As she said it, she grabbed his hand and slowly led his finger down to the spot of whipped cream at the neck of her dress. "Thanks" Phoebe whispered as she began to suck the whipped cream off his finger. Slowly Leo bent down to nibble on her ear, when they heard the front door unlock.
"Phoebe? I'm home" "In the kitchen" giggled Phoebe as she and Leo sprang apart. "What are you up to now Phoebe?" said Piper as she walked into the kitchen and saw the whipped cream everywhere "Oh my Pheebs, what happened?" "Well…" said Leo his voice was a little giggly too, but more of a nervous giggle than Phoebe's. "You see we were trying to make you a surprise birthday cake, but as you can see things didn't go quite as planned." "Happy Birthday, I guess" said Phoebe. "That's really sweet guys, but you didn't have to do that. Why don't we just have dinner together at a nice restaurant tomorrow night?" "Okay Piper that sounds great" said Leo. As Piper went upstairs to take a shower, Leo called after her "I love you Piper" but some how even as he said it, it sounded distant to him.
"Ummm Phoebe" Leo said as he turned back around, "I don't think I can deal with this right now, so I guess I'll see you tomorrow night at dinner." That said he orbed out.