Ch.27

Two days had passed since that incident on school. Everyone was completely shocked by what Piper had said. No one after that day had said anything about Piper, Leo, or Taylor, unless they had asked questions about the kidnapping. That day in school, the guy waiting for Piper was Leo. He had heard everything, from what Karen had said to what Piper had said and done. He was proud of her that day. The news that they had gotten though, wasn't good. It had turned out that the person that had kidnapped Taylor had left something of hers in the park. It had a note attached to it that had said, 'you'll never find her.' The thing was one of her stuffed animals that Piper had gotten her and it was torn into pieces. This scared both of them so much that they had both started crying at that moment. Now, it was Saturday and Piper was lying on her bed, crying once again. She was looking at her left hand, where an engagement ring should be, but wasn't and thought of the night before.

(the night before)

Piper and Leo were sitting at the beach, talking. They both had gotten there 5 minutes ago.

"Leo, I think that we should postpone the wedding," Piper said.

"Yeah, I know and agree. It wouldn't be right for Taylor not to be there," he responded, putting her hands in his. Piper looked down and slowly pulled her hands away. Leo looked at her, confused.

"No, I don't think that you understand. I think that we should postpone the wedding for good," she said, standing up.

"Wait, Piper, please, don't do this," he responded. She could hear the hurt in his voice and tried not to cry as she pulled the ring off her finger.

"Please, I can't do this right now. Don't you know how much this is hurting me," she said, tears falling now.

"Then don't," he said, tears in his own eyes.

"Maybe your parents and everyone else were right, we're too young. This is killing me so much and I can't deal with this and not having Taylor with us. Please, just take it," Piper said, holding the ring out to him.

"No," he said, crying. Piper stood there, staring at him for a second, before pulling him in for one more kiss. He responded, with tears cascading down both their faces. She pulled away and looked at him one last time, before putting the ring in his hand and walking away.

"Piper, please," he yelled, chasing her. But, she just quickened her pace until she got into her car. She got in and left, without looking back. As she left, she turned on the radio and listened to the song playing.

(Listen To Your Heart by DHT)

'Listen to your heart when he's calling for you

Listen to your heart, there's nothing else you can do

I don't know where you're going, and

I don't know why

But, listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye.'

Piper turned off the radio as she pulled up in front of her hose. Instead of getting out of the car, she leaned her head onto the steering wheel and cried.

Piper looked at her hand and said, "Oh, Leo, what did I do." She kept thinking about him and that song as she continued to cry.