AN: Just a short, sort of fluffy chapter. The stuff in normal text takes place just after chapter 15. I think this story needs some fluff right about now. So here it is. It's kind of depressing fluff actually, but I can't seem to right anything else right now. Hmmmmmmm…

I know a lot of you want them to be friends at least, or get back together. Just trust me ok. I won't do you guys wrong. I promise.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of the Charmed TV Series. Nor, do I own the lyrics I use in this chapter. One Year Six Months by Yellowcard. It's an amazing song.

Leo watched her from a distance. She was smiling and laughing and acting like any other 18 year old out that day. But she wasn't. Behind the mask she was putting on, she was breaking apart inside. And no one could see it but him.

He longed to walk up to, take her into his arms and tell her things were going to be ok, just like he had done so many times before. But he couldn't now. They'd grown to far apart; they were separated by too much.

They hadn't always been like this.

.xXx.

I'm falling into memories of you and things we used to do
Follow me there
A beautiful somewhere
A place that I can share with you

I can tell that you don't know me anymore
It's easy to forget, sometimes we just forget
And being on this road is anything but sure
Maybe we'll forget, I hope we don't forget

.xXx.

He heard the knock almost before it happen, well, not so much heard it as sensed it. He could always sense when she was near. Their souls had become so far embedded in each other's. So when he opened the door to see her stood there he wasn't surprised.

Until he looked at her properly.

He hair was a mess; mascara running down her cheeks and her eyes were stained in blood red. She was crying. And that hurt. Before he even opened his mouth to ask her what happened, she fell into him and continued to cry. So he just wrapped his arms around her and pulled her inside the house.

Out of the rain.

She fell to her knees and continued to cry, he followed her to the floor and brushed the hair from her face.

"Piper honey…" He started but the sobbing just grew louder. He gripped her chin between his thumb and index finger of his right hand. With his left he wiped the tears away.

"What's wrong?" He asked and she fell into his chest again.

How many times had they been like this over the years that they'd known each other?

Too many.

Too many times she had cried into him. She had been through too much and Leo wanted to take away all her pain and put it on himself. He just wanted her to be happy. It's what she deserved.

"Dad…" She choked out in between painful sobs and Leo helped her to her feet. "He…" Her knees grew weak then. And Leo, reading her as always like a book, caught her in and picked her up.

Had she lost even more weight?

He carried her up the 22 steps to his room and laid her down on his bed.

"What about him?" Leo asked, grabbing tissues from on top of his wardrobe and handed them to her.

"He just…" She paused to control her breathing again and wipe her face clear. "He just walked out!" And the tears came again hard and fast.

Leo lay down next to her and put his arm over her waist, pulling her closer into his chest.

"Why?" Leo asked and she knew if she didn't want to tell him she didn't have to. He wouldn't push her. But she wanted to tell him. She wanted to get this feeling out of her.

"I came home… and there was… there was shouting. And… it loud and angry. Prue and Phoebe… they were upstairs… in Phoebe's room…" She started crying harder again. And Leo waited until she calmed down a little to carry on. "They'd been shouting for a while… we heard a slamming door… Mom was crying on the couch."

Leo nodded and spoke, "He was just angry, he'll come back Piper." He stroked her hair and rubbed small circles onto her stomach with his other hand. She nodded and turned over. Breathing in his distinct scent.

"I love you." She said, he voice thick with sleep and he breathing was slowing down.

"I love you too." He answered and watched her as she slept.

.xXx.

That was so long ago. That was when they knew each other. Something he wasn't sure they did any more. But he wouldn't give up. Not until he had her in his arms again, shielded from the pain of the outside world.

Not until she said she loved him again.

But until then, all he had was memories. Memories of a lifetime ago. But they were enough to carry him though.

He caught one last look of her before turning around and walking. And that time, he could've sworn she saw him. And he could've sworn that she smiled and him. And it was a genuine smile.

Maybe it was wishful thinking.

But he sure hoped not.

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