AN: So chapter three. Here it is. A few months after chapter two. So that Jake is 7 months old. And I don't know about anywhere else but that would set them Graduation in England. In July. I know that this is moving pretty fast but it needs to really. And this chapter does have some Leo/OC in it. You have been warned. Don't hate me for it, I need it for the plot.
Leo stood behind his classmates and friends, pulling at his graduation robes. This didn't feel right. Piper was supposed to be here. They talked about it all the time when they were younger. They would graduate together. And she wasn't here. And he felt like he was betrayed all the promises they made to each other. HE felt a hand on his shoulder, and then lips against his.
"Hey Leo." A familiar girls voice rang through his head.
"Hey Lilly." He looked down at his girlfriend of three months stood in front of him. He opened his arms out and pulled her to him, kissing the top of her head, going through the motions of your typical caring boyfriend.
"I haven't seen you all day." She mumbled in his chest and he nodded. "I missed you." She pulled back to look up at him.
"Yeah, me too." He answered, forcing out a realistic smile for her sake. Really she was perfect. Pretty, smart, funny… everything a guy could ask for. And he did like her. But there was just the one thing, that one niggling feeling at the back of his mind. He just couldn't put his finger on it.
"How you feelin?" Lilly asked, pulling away and checking her hair in the mirror close by.
"Fine." Leo tried to be convincing but had a feeling it didn't work.
"Missing Piper?" Lilly knew him so well. Almost better than anyone did. But not quite. No one could come as close as she did to him. And he knew that deep down Lilly knew it too. She squeezed him hand.
"Yeah." He sighed and looked outside at the seats. They were filling up with proud parents on the back half. The front half was empty, waiting for the student to come out. He squeezed her hand back and held it firmly in his grip. Desperate for some kind of comfort.
Piper should be here.
Fighting back the sharp sting of new tears he turned back around. Piper wasn't here. He just had to deal. You can't change the past. No matter how hard you try. He should know.
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Leo held Piper close as they lay on the damp grass of the park, staring up at the stars. He reached out with his finger tips and played with her hair.
"What you thinking about?" He asked her, his voice coming out in a husky whisper, and she could feel his hot breath playing across her cold skin.
She pressed her lips to his in a soft kiss. That when he tried to deepen she pulled away smiling.
"This very sexy guy that I know." She smiled, snuggling further into him.
"Do I know him?" Leo asked smiling back her, his right hand gently stroking the smooth skin just above her jeans.
"No, he's too good for you to know." Her left root nudged his right foot as she turned over in his arms to face him.
"Tell me about him…" Leo ran a hand through her hair and brushed a few stray stands away from her face so he could see her eyes.
"Well, he's very cute. And has these amazing green eyes. And the best smile ever. " And as she was saying this, she let her fingertips blaze trails across his face.
"He sounds the best" Leo kissed each of her eyelids as he noticed them closing from exhaustion. Piper yawned slightly and buried her face into his chest.
"He is."
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Leo stood on the stage and looked carefully around the sea of faces, looking for her. He couldn't see her. Fighting back yet more tears her turned to face the head master.
"Leo Wyatt!" The headmaster said into the microphone for a second time and handed him his high school diploma. Leo walked off stage and found his seat next to Lilly.
"I can't believe we're actually graduating!" She babbled excitedly into his ear and he laughed a little. She really was adorable. He kissed her cheek and turned his head back to the stage where more students were.
She promised she'd be here.
Everyone stood and cheered. This was it. The big moment he had been building up to since he was 9 and now it was here it all felt worthless. She wasn't here.
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Piper stared out of her bedroom window. It was graduation today. She was supposed to be there. With him. They made a promise to each other a long time ago. Promises and plans that they would graduate together. She had meant to be there today. To see him. And she missed him more than anything else. They hadn't really talked properly for a while now. She was always busy with Jake and he was at school. Sure he came to see her every night but she was always tired from staying up to look after her Jake. Or he was crying and needed attention, it was always one or the other. So missed him so much. And she wanted to see him today. But Jake was ill. And she couldn't leave him like that. Off to the doctors it was.
He just had a cold, but with him this young Piper knew you couldn't take any chances. She picked him up and pulled him to her.
"Your ok aren't ya buddy?" She asked him and Jake just made a gargling noise back at her. She smiled at his adorableness. "Yeah, I know"
She reached for her mobile phone and punched in Leo's number.
"Leo?"
"Piper! Where were you?" He sounded slightly annoyed, but being Leo, he was trying to hide it. It was understandable.
"Jake was sick a couldn't leave him. I'm so sorry Leo." Leo immediately felt all the annoyance drain from body. It wasn't her fault.
"It's ok Piper. I understand totally." Leo told her. "You comin' to the party though?"
"I can't Leo. My mum and dad are out tonight, they can't look after him. Prue lives in the halls on the other side of town and Phoebe's on a date. I have to stay. Leo, I'm sorry." Tears rolled down her face. She hated letting him down like this bit what could she do.
"It's fine Piper. Don't get upset over it. I'll stop by before I go." His reassuring voice came to her.
"Ok, I better go now. Sorry Leo."
"It's fine. See you later."
And there phone conversation was ended. Why did everything have to be so messed up?
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"Your cold." Leo noticed as Piper rubbed her arms.
"No, I'm fine." She told him but Leo was already taking off his jacket for her, "Thanks"
Leo stared at her for long moment. There she stood. Her blowing wildly with the wind, her cute little nose pink and her cheeks flushed. Looking tiny in his oversized jacket and he wanted nothing more than to just take her in his arms. So he did.
"I love you, you know that right?" He told her and he felt her nod.
"You know I love you too?" She asked. He slipped his cold hands underneath her top to rest on the bare skin of her back. "Your cold." He moved his hands to her stomach, and moved them in small, gentle circles.
"I'm warming up." He smirked and kissed her forehead, then bridge of her nose, and the dip above her lip and finally her mouth. And that's how they stood. For as long as they could stand the cold.
Just two teenagers in love, playing a game of tug of war with their lips. Just two teenagers content in their feelings for each other. Just two teenagers oblivious to the pain that would lie ahead of them.
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AN: I really enjoyed writing this chapter. What did you think?