AN: Sorry for the wait guys. Enjoy Chapter 13 :)

Disclaimer: You guys all know what goes here...i don't own charmed and blah blah blah

Piper stood infront of the full length mirror and stared at her reflection. Her reflection stared back at her. She sighed quietly to herself, not quite satistfied with what she saw in the mirror. She was wearing a full length, black, strapless, evening gown, her long chocolate hair down in curls. The body part of the gown was made out of black lace, decorated with small black beads. The design was so intricate she felt almost glamourous wearing it. The rest of the gown fell to the floor and left a small train dragging behind her whenever she walked. The gown was so tight, she felt suffocated, hard to breathe. Or maybe it was just her being nervous of meeting Leo's family.

'What would they think of me. Would they like me?' she wondered. "Why did I let him talk me into this." she muttered quietly.

"Hey" Leo whispered into her ear as he came up behind her and put his arms around her. He kissed her softly on the cheek. "You look beautiful."

"Well your looking pretty handsome yourself." she said spinning around to face him. He laughed and kissed her on her lips.

"Ready to go?" he asked.

"NO!" Piper wanted to shout, she could feel her insecurity taking over her. But instead she forced a smile. "Yea" she croaked.

"Great." he said taking her hand in his. "Oh does Prue kno--"

"Phoebe knows" she cut him off abrutly not wanting to think about Prue.

"But what about Pru--"

"Phoebe will take care of it" she said sharply. "Let's just try and enjoy this night without worrying about any of my sisters" she said smiling and kissing him lightly on the lips.

Prue and Phoebe were sitting on the couch infront of the television watching their favourite movie, "A Walk to Remember"

"Phoebe can you chew a little quieter" Prue asked her youngest sister who was noisily munching on popcorn.

"Oh sorry" she said sheepishly.

"So where'd you say Piper was tonight?" Prue inquired

"Oh I love this part." Phoebe said quickly trying to act as if she didn't hear her.

"Phoebe..."

"Don't you love this part?"

"Phoebe!"

"I mean it's so cute!"

"PHOEBE!"

"Yea?"

"Where did you say Piper was tonight?" she repeated her question.

"Piper?...She's..she's s-s-tudying for her midterms of course...at Roshi's" Phoebe stuttered

"Really? Midterms? I thought they were over last week"

"Y-yea but...there's one of her classes where the teacher lost the files to the exam...so they're writing it this week.

"Really?"

"Yea..um I gotta use the bathroom" Phoebe said quickly getting up. She walked into the bathroom and shut the door quietly. She pulled out her cell phone and quickly dialed a number she had spent all night memorizing and reciting in her head.

Prue checked to she if the bathroom door was fully closed before getting up and making her way to the kitchen.She quitely pulled the cordless phone off its reciever and pulled open a nearby drawer. She began to rifle through the contents of the drawer until she found a small leather bound book. Walking back out with the book and phone in her hands she checked again to make sure that Phoebe was still in the bathroom. Prue quickly found the number she was looking for and dialed.

"Come on, come on..." muttered Phoebe into her cell, who was now pacing back and forth across the bathroom floor.

"Hello?" the other end finally answered.

"Roshi?" Phoebe inquired hopefully

"Yes who is this?"

"Phoebe, Piper's younger sister, I think we met once or twice before."

"Oh hi!"

"Hi, listen, if Prue calls, Piper's at your house studying for midterms, because your teacher lost the files and now you guys have to write it tomorrow." she sputtered quickly

"What?" Roshi replied in disbelief

"Piper's at your house studying for midterms, because your teacher lost the files and now you guys have---"

"Oh, um Phoebe, hold on I'm getting a call on the other line"

"No wait! Wait Roshi!" she cried into the phone.

"Hello?"

"Roshi? Hi it's Prue, Piper's older sister...I think we met a couple of times"

"Oh um hi" she quivered nervously.

"Hi, can I speak to Piper please?"

"Piper?..."

"Yes Piper, you know, my sister...Piper..."

"Oh she's here, we're just going over some notes for our midterm tomorrow."

"Really? Well can I speak to her..."

"Um, no, sorry you can't...she's in the bathroom right now."

Prue frowned to herself

"But I can have her call you back when she's out..she's gonna be a while...you know..."

"Uh huh," Prue clicked her tongue before continuing "Well, ok then...have her call me back soon" she said hanging up.

"That was Prue" Roshi said comming back on to the line where she had left Phoebe on hold

"Oh my god, what did you say?"

"What you told me to say"

"Did she buy it?"

"Let's hope."

"You ready?" Leo whispered

Piper nodded slightly. She looped her arm through Leo's and he began to escort her through the grand doors. "NO" she shouted suddenly, halting to a stop.

"What's wrong?" He asked concerned.

"I don't think i'm ready Leo" she whispered.

"It's ok" he reassured her

"No it's not, what if your parents don't like me?"

"You don't have to worry about that, because they'll love you...I promise." he smiled at her and wrapped his arms around Piper's waist.

"Ok fine...Let's go" she sighed and forced a weak smile on her face and allowed Leo to lead her into the party.

"You ok?" Prue asked once Phoebe finally joined her in the living room again.

"Yea..fine...why?" her voice slightly quivering

"No just a little worried cause you were in the bathroom for a while"

"Nope I'm good" Phoebe replied a little too quickly. She kept her eyes glued on the screen of the television.

"Piper, may I introduce my father, Christopher Wyatt."

"Good evening sir" Piper squeaked, curtsying slightly.

"And to you young lady, how do you do" he replied politely yet his tone showed that he was unsatisfied by her presence.

"I'm fine sir, thank you for asking" Piper wished that right about now she could become invisible and just run away.

"You have lovely eyes" he remarked.

Piper just forced a small smile and croaked a weak "thank you." His tone was polite, yet unfriendly and she thought his purpose was more mocking than complimenting. She swallowed deeply and thought about what a long night this was going to be.

AN: Not some of my best work but I thought this chapter was fun to write :) Please R&R :)