AN: Hey guys, I'm so sorry for having making you guys wait for so long, but I finally found time to update! ;) Yay :D Thank you for all you lovely, encouraging reviews! I love you guys sooooo much :D enjoy chapter 14 ;)

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Chapter 14

The cold water hit her face like a thousand needles stabbing at her skin. It was tearing her apart and causing her pain so great that she dared not breathe, but she still continued to do so anyways. Her hands had went numb a a while ago and could no longer feel any sensation in them. Was it possible to catch frostbite from tap water? she wondered. Piper looked up at herself in the mirror, her makeup all ruined and smeared over her face, she sighed deeply, breathing in so much air at once like it was the last breath she would take.

"Hey" Leo whispered softly into her ear

"Hey yourself stranger" she whispered back.

"How you doing?"

"Um good...I don't think your dad liked me very much" she observed.

"Don't be silly, he loved you" Leo reassured and kissed her on the cheek. "Do you want something to drink?" he ask.

"Sure"

"Ok so I'll be back with 2 drinks and by the time I get back you better not be thinking about it."

"Ok" she giggled as she watched him walk off. For a while Piper sat there, not really knowing what to do, she felt awkward, so she decided to occupy herself by watching others dance on the dance floor. 'God, they're all so...elegant...and fancy...upper classed' she thought. Never had she been to a party like this before, and she probably would never get the chance again. She felt like Cinderealla, one who finally got her prince after all those years. The chandelier that consisted of real crystals, towered over the guests by over a 20 feet ceiling and gave off the feeling that Piper was at a Royal Palace. Dinner had been too fancy on its own. There had been food who's names Piper had never even heard of before, which was a shock to herself since she took up the habit of cooking over the last few years. It was the only thing that she passioned doing, other than acting of course, but then there was Prue who would stop at nothing to insure that she would never go down that path. She checked the grandfather clock located at the top of the grand staircase. Where's Leo she thought? Suddenly she got up, no longer compelled to sit any longer by herself. Piper walked towards the food table but he was nowhere to be found, urged by a sudden desire to explore the place she continued walking. From across the room she spotted Leo's dad, perhaps she would go over there and make small talk? she thought, walking towards him. As she got closer however, she could see that he was talking with someone else. She inched slightly closer until she was within full earshot of the two.

"Did you meet her yet?"

"Yes"

"And..." the lady prompted, Piper assumed it was Leo's mom

"Her name is Piper Halliwell" he said simply with no emotion's whatsoever. He continued to stare straight ahead while the women looked at him intently

"...His tutor?" she asked

"Yes..." he snuffed.

"What do you think of her?"

He paused before answering. "She's a beautiful girl, very pretty." Piper's heat skipped a beat. She was flattered, although she could tell he only said it cause there was nothing else to say, but he still said it nonetheless.

"...but?" the women prompted

"Whoever said I had a but?" Chris asked shocked

"Christopher...I've known you for 23 years, I know when there's a but comming..."

"...She's not...she's not...she's---"

"Oh god Christopher! Don't say it!"

"She's not good enough!" he yelled finally getting the words out of his mouth.

"How can you even think that? You say that about every single girl he dates...oh of course except for the ones you pick for him...Here your son is actually happy who he's with she's smart, she pretty, she's everything he wants and she was the one who changed him, she brought his grades up, she helped him find himself! Without her, do you think your son would still be on the football team? I can't believe you're going to let something as stupid as status impair your judgement."

"It's not stupid in my book" Chris objected. "Status is everything, without status what are you left with?"

"Happiness" his wife spat bitterly as she stalked away.

Piper snapped out of her painful flashback, fortunately for Leo's parents, they didn't realise that she had heard their whole conversation. She lowered her head and stared intently at the sink, 'I'm not good enough' she told herself. "she's not good enough!" suddenly she felt sick, hot, and sweaty, before she could even think, or realise what was happening, she covered her mouth and ran into a nearby bathroom stall, locking herself in.

Leo wandered aimlessly througout the ballroom, frantically searching for Piper. He had turned his back for two seconds to get them drinks, and when he had returned, she was no where to be found. "Damnit Piper, where are you?" he muttered. Suddenly, he stopped walking so abruptly he had to jump back to aviod spilling the drinks down his tux. "No way!" he mumbled angrily at who he saw standing less than a few metres away from him. He turned his back to avoid being seen by her. 'What the hell is she doing here?" he thought. All of a sudden, it hit him, the only person who could have invited her was...
Piper slouched down on the cold marble floor, her back against the stall for support, she no longer cared about ruining her dress, "I not good enough anyways, so why bother" she mumbled to herself, with her eyes closed, tears streaming steadily down her cold cheeks. Her makeup had surely been ruined for good by now. She sat for a few more minutes, sobbing to herself before pulling herself together. "Damnit Piper, what the hell is wrong with you? Your stronger than that, your better than him. Slowly, stood up, yet she still felt lightheaded and dizzy. Slowly she pushed open the stall door and walked back towards the sink, she turned the tap on and let the water run, cupping her hands, underneath the steady stream of freezing water, she splashed it over her face. Washing away her tears, and hopefully along with it, her sorrow. "Your better than that" she repeated, although she sounded more convincing than she felt, truth was, she felt like crap. Piper stood infront of the mirror afterwards, until her tear stains disappeared, and her eyes were no longer watery and red. Then, she carefully reapplied her makeup to make it seem like nothing had happen, nothing had been wrong. She couldnt' let Leo see her like this. Piper then reajusted her dress, took a deep breath, and walked out the bathroom.
AN:o :o :o who's her? who did Leo see? hmm...I wonder :P let's see if you guys can guess :P...Please review guys...luv yah's :D