Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Charmed characters all belong to the WB and Co.
Thank you for all the reviews, not as many as I expected but I tried. Not much happening in this chapter. I typed it up in bed so it's possibly not the best, but beds are comfy and it's easy to get sidetracked.
Also the words in italics are characters thoughts, but I'm sure you could have worked that one out by yourself. Cheesh, give them some credit Denise!
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'Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.'
-Saint Thomas Aquinas
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As Time Goes By – Chapter 7He pushed the card into the slide and waited for the red light to come on. When it did he pushed the door open and looked around the hotel room he had been directed to. It was bigger than he expected. The king-size bed was placed in the center of the room against the wall. The walls were a cream color with a cream carpet which looked quite worn.
He placed his suitcase on the bed and threw his jacket on the bed. He pulled his tie over his head and then rubbed his tired eyes and collapsed onto the bed. He looked up to the ceiling and then shut his eyes. His thoughts drifted back to the diner and Piper. Had it all just happened? Did he really kiss her and then just walk out? He sighed and then opened his eyes. That was not how he had planned what would happen if he ever met her again. He had hoped they would talk and then perhaps something may happen after that.
His head was a mess of emotions. He didn't know what to do. Should he go back and see her or should he just leave it? He opened his eyes and sighed loudly. He spread his body over the bed and smiled. It was a big bed. He sat up and looked out the window onto the streets of San Francisco. He then walked over to the window and continued to look at the view he had. San Francisco hadn't really changed much, a few more houses, a few more shops but nothing too extreme. He liked that. Another thing he liked was the fact it didn't have the 'buzz' that New York had. It looked so much calmer; people didn't look to be in a rush all the time. They smiled as you walked past them and they often moved over to let you past. If he could remember correctly from the short psychology class he had taken at college, that meant that they didn't feel as important as you and this inflated Leo's ego slightly. He wasn't the sort of person who needed an ego inflation but it still gave him a kick now and then.
He rubbed his neck and combed his fingers through his hair. He had had a long flight yet he didn't feel tired. Strange, he thought. He decided to have a shower hoping that the heat would make him feel tired, tired enough to sleep if only for a few hours.
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Piper closed her car door and leaned her head against the rest behind her. It had been a really long day.
Had today really happened?
She sighed at that thought and then looked out the window.
I can't believe he came in here. Of all the diners in San Francisco he chose this one.
To be fair, he probably didn't know I worked her and was just as shocked to see her, as she was to see him.
She laughed slightly at her own craziness. Had she always been one to obsess over things like that? Yes she had been. All her life she had been the girl at school who did something over and over again just to make sure it looked ok. She was always the girl who did 3 different forms of her science project and handed all 3 in.
Just to be on the safe side.
A man walked past her car and she looked at him. She wondered if he had half the problems in her life that she had.
Doubt it.
Oh c'mon Piper stop feeling sorry for yourself. There are worse of people in the world than you.
And she had a point. Many people would consider her lucky. She had a roof over her head, running water, electricity-when she could afford to pay the bill, and she had two beautiful children.
So, if she had all these things why did she still feel empty?
When Leo kissed her today she had felt something for him she hadn't felt in a long time. Sure, when Leo had left she had dated some guys but they never "did it for her" for lack of a better term. She never really let them in. Her heart was always closed in the fear that it would get broken again.
She had loved Leo with all her heart. When she was with him nothing else mattered anymore. She had fallen so hard for him and she thought he had felt the same. When she saw him today her heart had skipped a beat. She felt ashamed that after all this time he still had that affect on her.
She mentally slapped herself.
Get over him Piper.
But that was easier said than done. Sure, it had been a few years but you never stop loving 'the one' do you?
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Leo stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waste. Droplets of water ran down his chest and some dribbled down his rough cheeks. He rubbed the steamed mirror so he could see his reflection. He smiled slightly at an old memory. When he and Piper had just started dating Piper would leave little notes on the bathroom mirror for him to read when he got out of the shower. But when Wyatt came along, those things became less of an occurrence.
Wyatt. God I miss him.
Leo wondered what he looked like today. He would have grown up so much now. He was probably a handsome little guy too.
It's your own fault you don't know what he looks like now Leo. You left them.
He cussed at himself. He had been an idiot. He had left for good reason. Or so he thought.
He shook the thoughts away and left the bathroom to get dressed.
His aspired hope of having a shower to tire him out hadn't worked. Instead he felt more awake than ever. He quickly dried himself and pulled on a pair of rough jeans and a shirt. He roughed the towel through his hair in the hope it would dry faster.
He was about to turn on the TV when there was a knock at the door. He screwed his face up in confusion. He hadn't ordered anything had he? He shrugged and went to the door.
'C'mon Leo, you're going to be late for dinner.' The voice came and Leo recognized it as David's. He opened the door to find David standing at it with a dinner jacket on.
'You're not ready.' David pointed out as he looked Leo up and down.
'For what?' Leo asked confused.
'Dinner. I told you right?' David pondered and Leo shook his head slowly. 'Damn, my memory is going already. Well, we've got a dinner date with some of the guys from work. Dress well and I'll be waiting for you down in the foyer.'
'Ok. Give me 10 minutes.' Leo said and shut the door and went back to his case. 'Something smart, something smart.' He muttered to himself. 'Ah ha, this jacket is good.'
He pulled of his jeans and pulled on a pair of black trousers and then put on a plain white shirt and a jacket. He decided to go without a tie, that was too smart for dinner. He undid the first few buttons on his shirt and buttoned up his jacket and took one look at himself in the long mirror then he walked out of the room leaving his thoughts of Piper and Wyatt locked in the bedroom for his return later that evening.
Ok, so the end of that chapter. It didn't have anything huge in it, it was sort of just a filler chapter with some thoughts and feelings. But review anyway wont you?