Chapter 4:
"Piper do you really have to go to the club?" Leo whined, "It's your birthday for goodness sakes, surely someone else can take care of the club for one night" "Leo," Piper interrupted looking at him directly in the eyes, "Birthday or no, it's still the weekend and I have a club to run so that we can pay the bills. Don't worry honey; I'll only be gone for a couple hours or so." Giving him a quick kiss Piper left for work she called through the door, "Be good honey" Leo put his hand through his hair and muttered, "If only you knew how hard that was"
Half an hour later, Leo was sitting in the kitchen reading when he heard Phoebe scream, "Leo!" "What is it?" Leo asked as he ran into the living room. As he looked up he saw a rather nasty looking demon standing in the center of the room. Without thinking, Leo picked up fire poker and threw it at the demon. Much to his and Phoebe's surprise, the demon exploded leaving them covered with a thick slime. "Well that was a rather easy vanquish" Leo said in a flabbergasted tone, "Yeah" Phoebe said once again feeling the need to avoid looking into such matters, "Maybe it's because you're a white lighter and some how blessed the poker or something. Anyways thanks for saving me and I guess I'm gonna go shower now and get the goo off of me." Without thinking Leo said, "Your welcome Pheebs, I couldn't stand if anything happened to you." Phoebe smiled at him and then headed up the stairs.
After a couple minutes of trying unsuccessfully to read his book, Leo decided to orb upstairs. As he orbed into the bathroom, Phoebe peeked out of the shower curtain, "God Leo you scared me!" "Sorry Pheebs, I didn't mean to. I was just thinking about what you said earlier" Leo turned his back to the shower; he was starting to think that maybe this hadn't been such a great idea after all. "Leo, while you're here could you pass me the shampoo?" Still looking away from the shower, Leo handed the shampoo to Phoebe. "Look Leo, I don't want things to be weird with us just because of earlier" Turning to face her, Leo saw a loose strand of hair on her face, tucking it behind her ear Leo said, "Your right, I'm sorry…" Then he stopped, noticing that Phoebe had idly started rubbing his hand against her lips. Looking at Leo, without stopping kissing his hand Phoebe sighed, "Leo, I know. Piper"
Feeling an uncontrollable shiver run through his body Leo said, "Oh, screw it" and leaned forward to kiss her deeply. As he kissed her Leo tried to fumble with the buttons on his shirt, but couldn't seem to find the right ones. Letting go of her shower curtain cover Phoebe said, "Here let me help you with that" and proceeded to tear off his shirt. "I love you Phoebe" he said as she ran her hands along his chest and he kissed along the curve of her neck. Stepping into the shower with her, he kissed her long and hard. Feeling like he was going to burst with joy, he explored every curve of her body with his hands and she explored him with hers. Lying in the tub bottom thirty minutes later Phoebe whispered, "I love you Leo and I know that this is right for us." "I know that now too" Leo said as he began to pull her to him again. A while later after another passionate session, they heard the door click open and Piper say, "Phoebe, Leo I'm home, sorry I'm late." "Oh shit!" Phoebe whispered as she stood up, "Leo quickly, get dressed and orb out of here!" As Leo fumbled with his pants, Phoebe turned the water back on to make it sound like she was showering. They heard footsteps coming up the stairs and Phoebe whisper, "No time for the shirt just go!" "Phoebe?" Piper asked as Leo orbed out, "Yes Piper?" She said as she opened the door. "I just wanted to let you know that I'm home" Putting her hand to Phoebe's forehead she said, "You look a bit flushed, perhaps you should go lie down" "You're right maybe I should after I get dressed" Phoebe said as she quickly shut the door. "Alright" Piper said as she continued towards her room. Was that Leo's shirt, the one she gave him for Christmas, sitting on the bathroom floor? "No" she decided, it couldn't have been.