The Wrong Words Said
It was 9:15 in the morning. Leo was wide-awake, along with Michael and Madison. He was standing by the couch, waiting for them. Madison was wearing a yellow sundress that came up to her knees, and she had all her hair up into a ponytail. Michael was wearing a blue t-shirt, with beige short. Leo stood there, wearing white t-shirt, with blue jeans, as Madison put on her white shoes and Michael put on his blue sneakers.
"All ready, Daddy," they said, as they stood up.
"Ok, then, let's go then before Mommy wakes up," Leo replied. They walked out the door and got into Leo's brand new car. It was a 4-door gray 2003 Saturn Ion 2. It had a gray interior, cruise control, power locks and windows, power steering, remote keyless entry, bucket seats, airbags, an alarm, anti-lock brakes, a CD player, and rear window defroster. He had absolutely loved the car and had always wanted one. The twins got into the back seat, put their seatbelts on, and they left to spend the day together. Today was Father's Day. Leo couldn't wait for today. He had always wanted to be a father for this day especially. Now that he was, he was going to take advantage of it. The first thing they were going to do was go and get something to eat. Then, they were going to go to Leo's sister's store and give the twins each $10 because they had wanted to get him something. At around 1:00, they walked back into the house. Piper stood there, her hands on her hips, staring at him.
"Where the hell were you guys?" she asked. Leo could hear the anger in her voice. It wasn't that hard to miss.
"Um, Michael, Madison, why don't you two go play in you rooms," Leo said, as he stared at Piper.
"Ok," they said, before running over to Piper. "Hi Mommy," they said, hugging her.
"Hi babies," she replied, smiling and hugging them back, before kissing them on their heads. She watched as they ran upstairs. She then looked back at Leo.
"Piper, before you get mad, I just want to say that I just wanted to spend some time with them," Leo said.
"I understand that you want to spend time with them, Leo, but I had plans to bring them over to their grandparent's house at 11:30. They were going to see their grandparents, their aunt and uncle, and meet their cousin," she replied.
"Well, why don't you just bring them over there now?" he asked, acting like it really didn't matter that she was upset about this.
"I can't because they had left. They are going away for a couple of months. I wanted to bring the twins there, so they could say goodbye. I left you a message on your answering machine and I told you yesterday. How could you do this?" she asked.
"I'm sorry," he said.
"And you think that saying that is going to make this all better? What gives you the right to just leave with them without even telling me?" she asked, her anger slowly rising once again.
"It's Father's Day and from what I remember, I am their father," he said.
"No, you are not their father. Their father is dead and his name was Mike Wellington, not Leo Wyatt," she yelled, angry. She had been holding that ever since the day that Leo had signed the adoption papers for the twins. To her, she never should have let herself let that happen. She wanted the twins to have a father, but she wanted them to have their real father, not someone who adopted them to become their father. She knew that it was wrong of her to think this, but it was how she had felt, even after she had talked to Mike's parents. He just stared at her, not believing that she had said that to him. It felt like his heart was broken in two. He just looked at her, before slowly turned around and walked out the door. Piper felt the tears rush to her eyes, and immediately regretted what she had just said. She ran over to the door just in time to see Leo speed away in his car.