A/n: Like I promised, here's part two.
"But it's daddy!"
Piper fell silent immediately. She had shown Rose a picture of Leo when Rose had asked about who her dad was. Piper turned around in her chair and saw Leo getting out of his car. "Okay, Phoebe, stay in here with Rose. Rose, you can't come see daddy, and you can't say the name daddy."
"Fine," Rose pouted, crossing her arms over her chest. Piper smiled as she stood up. "Remember," Piper started. "I know," Phoebe finished. The doorbell rang. Piper took a deep breath then made her way to the front door.
"Leo, hi," Piper greeted. "What are you doing here?" "I…" Leo blushed. "Admittedly, I don't know. I was driving around and ended up here. Maybe we could practice our scripts?" "I was just eating dinner, but I guess we could."
"Oh, I don't mean to interrupt. If you don't want me…" Leo started. "No, its fine, we were just finishing up." Piper reassured. "Rose, get back here!" Phoebe yelled. Piper spun around as Rose raced towards her and Phoebe ran after her.
"Who's this?" Leo asked with a smile on his face. "I'm…" Rose started. "She's Phoebe's," Piper interrupted. "N…" Rose complained. "Yeah, she's my little angel," Phoebe agreed, clamping her hand over Rose's mouth.
"Let me guess, Cole?" Leo questioned. Phoebe blushed. "You two couldn't get off each other. It was really no mystery you would get married." Leo explained. "Okay, sweetie, lets go finish dinner so Piper and Leo can talk." Phoebe pulled Rose back into the kitchen before she could open her mouth.
"So, um, should we practice?" Leo wondered. "Oh, right, come in!" Piper let Leo into the house. "I'll go get my script upstairs, and you can just sit here on the couch. I'll be right back." Piper rushed up the stairs as Leo sat down.
Oh my God! Oh my God! What am I going to do? Piper ranted in her head. She grabbed the packet of papers she had thrown on her bed then collapsed onto the comforter. Leo is downstairs, and we have to practice our scenes; the scenes where we're supposed to be in love.
Piper let the thought drop and headed back downstairs. Nothing would happen between them. She hated his guts because he had let himself be taken and hadn't bothered to try and find her again. There couldn't possibly still be any sparks between them.
"So, where should we start?" Piper asked as she stepped into the hallway. She took a seat in a chair across from the couch Leo was on. "Well, um, considering we can't…" "Yeah," Piper agreed. "How about the dinner I told you about today." "What?" Piper questioned, bewildered.
"At the shooting," Leo reminded her. "Oh, right, sure," Piper flipped open her script. She mentally slapped herself for being such an idiot. Why in the world was she so jumpy? It was just line practicing. "Should we do the kissing?" Leo asked.
"Kiss?" Piper exclaimed. "Are you sure you're feeling alright, Piper?" Leo wondered. "You really aren't acting like yourself." "I'm fine." Piper reassured him. "No, no kissing." "I talked to Emily, just like I promised, and she thinks I'm here to break up with you."
"Why do you keep sneaking around?" Piper recited from her script. "You're doing it too, aren't you?" Leo asked. "But you're lying and saying you're going to break up with me." Piper noted. "You've been lying since you said we had nothing in common." Leo countered.
"That's different!" Piper said. "No, its not, Jen!" Leo exclaimed. "We're both having the affair, not just me. Just because you're having second thoughts doesn't mean you can blame all this on me." "Who said I'm having second thoughts?" Piper crossed her arms over her chest.
"I can see it by the way you're acting. You don't want to believe your lying to Michael, just like I can't stand lying to Em." "Then why are we doing it?" Piper asked. Leo leaned over and grabbed Piper's hand like the script told him to. "Because we love each other."
"Leo, I'm sorry, I can't do this right now," Piper sighed, standing up. "I'll be right back." Leo stared after Piper as she walked back upstairs. (Have any of you ever noticed that there isn't a bathroom on the ground floor of the manor?)
Piper grabbed a washcloth from the closet and wet it with cold water. She dabbed the cloth across her forehead and took deep breaths. "There's no reason to be jumpy, Piper. You're just acting, like you've loved doing all your life."
A few minutes later, Piper had calmed herself down. She went back downstairs to Leo's worried face. "I'm fine, I promise. This is just…" she laughed, "really hard to explain." "You having as hard a time with this as I am?" Leo guessed.
Piper stared deep into Leo's eyes. For the first time since their audition, Piper noticed how lovingly he looked at her. "Come sit," Leo suggested. "I think a talk between us is about five years past due." Piper collapsed onto the couch.
Open up your heart to me
And say what's on your mind, oh yes
I know that we have been through so much pain
But I still need you in my life this time
"What's on your mind," Leo whispered. Piper turned her head to look at him. "You," She answered. "I don't think there's ever a moment when I'm not thinking about you or us. We had such a sudden romance, then you were gone and I vowed never to love again."
"I think I did the same thing," Leo laughed. "Why didn't you try and contact me?" Piper ordered. "I sat in my room for hours, just imagining the phone ringing and you telling me you were outside. Then we would kiss and be happily married with kids galore!"
"I tried, Piper, I really did. I'm embarrassed to say that I couldn't figure out what time it was here because of the time zones. I either called when you weren't home, or Prue answered and said that I couldn't talk to you at all."
"She wouldn't let me talk to you?" Piper screeched, starting to jump off the couch. Leo grabbed her arm and laid her head against his shoulder. "Don't worry about it." Leo hushed. "The thing is that you need to stop hating me for not trying, because I did and failed."
Piper looked up at Leo's chin. "So what are we supposed to do? Just start back were we left off? Elijah's contract clearly stated that we couldn't date." Leo tilted Piper's chin up and looked deep into her. "Who says he's ever going to find out?"
And I need you tonight
I need you right now
I know deep within my heart
It doesn't matter if it's wrong or right
I really need you tonight
Piper and Leo burst through the door, kissing deeply. Piper smiled to herself. She didn't have to tell herself she wasn't going to sleep with him this time. It was really happening. Five years ago flashed across her mind, and she was willing to have a repeat.
Leo pushed Piper onto the bed and set his hand on her cheek. "Before we keep going, just tell me one thing, Piper," Leo said. Piper nodded her head. "Is there something else you're not telling me? Something that you don't want me to know?"
Piper pictured Rose sitting in the kitchen below them, playing Phoebe or something like that. "No, of course not." Piper answered. "Why would I keep anything from you?" Leo nodded. Piper pulled him back into a passionate kiss, and all thoughts of Rose were lost.
As clothes were discarded and love was made, Piper couldn't help but feel guilty. Leo had a fiancée, and he also had a daughter that he didn't know about. He deserved to know about them. But she had Leo, a secret wish she had had for a long time. There was another time for secrets.
I need you tonight (I need you, oh I need you
baby)
I need you right now (It's gotta be this, it's
gotta be this)
I know deep within my heart
No, it doesn't matter if it's wrong or it's
right
All I know is baby
I really need you tonight
A/n: See, I told you I'd put piper/leoness in there! Now u have to keep reading to see what's going to happen. The song was "I Need You Tonight" by the Backstreet Boys (hurray for BSB!) Plz review!
