Chapter 3...I actually like how this one came out...
"Come on Piper, are you ready?" Phoebe asked waiting at the bottom of the stairs.
They were going out tonight, just the three of them. It was all part of the plan to get Piper and Leo together again. It was a Friday night and they talked Piper into going with them to a local club for a few drinks. They knew when they arrived that Leo would alreday be there with a few of his buddies, but they would simply pretend not to notice.
Then that's exactly what happened. They pulled up to 'Linx' night club at around 8. Walking in, and taking a seat at a table in the corner, they started talking. Just about simple, sisterly things. As their drinks came, and they started up, Phoebe nudged Paige. When Paige looked at her, she nodded over to another table a few over from them.
It was Leo and his friends laughing and having a good time. He too knew they were gonna be there, but tried to act as casual as possible even though he couldn't wait to see her. Phoebe and Paige had told him just to show up and act natural and they would do the rest. Sounded easy enough.
They just got into conversation, waiting for Piper to see him herself. If they were to point him out, she would suspect they took her there purposely and as always, she would be right. "Come on, guys, let's dance." Phoebe jumped up as a fast paced song started. The other two followed and that's where his eyes set on hers.
It was about two minutes into the song and Piper was actually enjoying herself with her sisters. Just as she turned on the dance floor and smiled at Phoebe, she looked to the side and he was staring at her. Paige saw Piper's face fall and followed her line of vision. Seeing Leo, Paige smiled, ignoring Piper's expression. Phoebe still dancing not noticing the moment yet finally turned.
They stared at each other blankly for an unknown amount of time before Piper walked off the dance floor and to her purse wanting nothing more than to be out of there. "Piper, don't go, maybe you should talk to him." Paige tried.
"What? Are you crazy? I have nothing to say to him." she fought back tears as she grabbed her purse off the chair.
"Then let him talk." Phoebe said blocking her way. "He does have something to say."
"Doubt it." she said pushing past her.
Paige grabbed her arm. "No, Piper. He does want to talk to you, he said so. I think it's about time you let him."
"How would you know that? Just because you say he said so, I'm supposed to listen to you?"
"Then hear it from me." he said walking up behind her. She refused to turn around and look at him. "Just give me 5 minutes Piper." he pleaded.
She looked into Paige's eyes, then Phoebe's. It hit her then that they had set her up. If they didn't, they would have let her leave. Obviously they had spoken to him already. Piper couldn't tell if she was pissed off or upset more. And she felt dizzy. Deep inside she wanted to give him that 5 minutes he asked for, but on the surface, she was so scared nothing would ever get solved. She knew this had to be faced, but she didn't want it to be now.
"Please." he said, still there.
She shook her head no and pulled her arm from Paige, walking away as fast as she could. Leo looked at them not knowing what to do and Paige pushed him after her. He took the clue and followed her outside.
"Get away from me, Leo."
"Well you got my name, that's a start." he said behind her.
"What are you doing here? Why are you back? I was perfect, doing just great without you and you had to come and screw everything up. Why?" she yelled.
"That's not what I heard."
"Yeah, well, my sisters overexagerate." she said walking away from him and pulling out her phone. Paige had the keys so she was gonna call a cab to get out of there.
"Will you stop running away from me?" he said desperate and reached for her hand.
She slapped her phone shut. "Let go of me." she said sternly.
"Then at least look at me." he said dropping her hand.
"Tell me why, then, why are you here?" she said still not facing him.
"For you." and finally that made her turn. "Believe it or not, I came back for you. As much as you wanna believe I don't, I do love you Piper. I always have."
"Sure, you have. You made that clear at Tony's party just how much."
"You never even gave me the chance to explain what happen that night so don't even talk about it like you know all the facts."
"I don't need to know the facts, Leo. What would that change? I saw all I had to and that explained it all." she said as her mind started to rewind to that night again. Not letting it this time, she opened her phone back up and hit redial for the cab she never got through to.
He stayed quiet a few seconds, "Is there something I could help you with? Let me give you a ride. A cab could take forever and I can tell you wanna go now." he offered.
"No, I don't need you. You can leave, that would help out a lot." she said under her breath, "Yeah, can I get a cab to the 'Linx' club on Pines and-" she was interrupted by Leo taking her phone away and closing it. "What the hell?" she yelled.
"Give me one minute, please. Just one, let me talk to you." he hoped he didn't have to go to begginf point, but when all else failed, it was a last resort.
She sighed. "Can I have my phone back?"
"Promise me you'll listen first." he stated as if trying to compromise.
"I don't want to, Leo. I spent years trying to get over what we had and what you did to ruin it. I don't want to go back to that. Those were the most awful feelings I ever had to endure and I'm not in any mood to relive them. Please don't make me." she said as his face went blury. There were tears building up in her eyes and she was desperate not to let him see her cry so she turned away.
He himself was on the verge of tears. It was one thing to imagine her pain, but to see it happening in front of him was a whole different thing. He wanted so badly to hug her, hold her and tell her how sorry he was. He wanted to sit down with her and tell her he would do anything in the world for her to prove he was being true. The only problem was that he didn't know where to start. He didn't even know what to say.
"Then let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the weather, family, anything. I just want to talk to you Piper. Why wont you let me?"
After trying everything in her to stop the tears from flowing, she couldn't hold them in anymore. Turned away from him, she wiped furiously at her eyes, stiffling her sobs.
He felt his pockets and remembered the cocktail napkin he stuffed in their earlier. He pulled it out and walked over to her. Slowly placing a hand on her shoulder, he turned her around and pulled her hands away. Looking into her tear stained face and smeared make-up, he wiped gently at her eyes.
She wanted to pull away from him, but something wasn't letting her. She stood there with his hand on her shoulder, his other wiping at her face. The whole time, her eyes were on the floor, avoiding his.
He put one finger under her chin and felt her strength against him to not look up. He didn't stop there, he tried again and she gave in. She looked into his green aquamarine eyes and he stared into her beautiful brown ones. He slid the hand that had been wiping her face down to her waist.
She reached her hand up to the side of his cheek and brushed it with her fingertips. He slid his other hand to her waist as well and she put her other hand up to his other cheek.
Not being able to hold it in any longer, the two pulled each other as close as they could get and their lips met in a fiery connection. The tangling of tounges, the nibbling of lips, the mesh of emotion, all of it was so overwhelming, they didn't want to stop.
Then suddenly, Piper forced herself away from his lips and out of his arms. "Stop. We can't do this. I wont let you hurt me again. Get away Leo. Stay away. I don't want to see you anymore, ever. Leave me alone." she said taking one last glance at him and running back inside to find her sisters and go home.
Phoebe nor Paige knew what had happened that time between Piper running off or running back except that it had left her crying once again and in pain. They knew she was mad at them, but seeing as how it had all played out and she wasn't yelling, something had to have been said. That was a good sign.
The next morning, Piper woke up feeling lonely and mad. The night had been good til she saw him. Then it drove her crazy how he would not give up. Then the kiss. God, that kiss. It felt so good. It was as if time stopped and nothing mattered, but how their bodies made one and could have survived a lifetime.
Damn you, Leo Wyatt!, she thought to herself hugging her pillow, What did I do to deserve this? she looked up at the ceiling. Then she was pulled out of everything when Paige knocked at her door.
"Piper, Evan's on the phone. Do you want me to take a message?" she asked.
Oh, god, Evan. She jumped out of the covers and ran to the door, opening it just enough to grab the phone and slammed it back shut. "Hello?"
"Hey babe, where you been?" he said on the other side.
She laid back in bed, "Just sleeping. I had a late night." she replied.
"Late night? I would of figured early night. I called like 3 times and kept getting your voicemail. I left like two messagees before I finally went to sleep."
Shit. That asshole still has my phone. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. "Yeah, sorry about that. I went to take care of some stuff with Phoebe and Paige and left it here. I haven't checked it yet."
"Oh, you had me worried. So, I was wondering, are you all rested up now?"
She smiled. "Yeah, I think so. What you got planned?"
"Well I was thinking I'd take you out to some lunch. I mean we haven't been out in awhile. I kinda miss you."
"Yeah, ok, sounds good. I miss you too."
"Ok, so I'll get you round what, noon?"
"Perfect. Can't wait."
"Ok. See you."
"Bye." Piper got up and jumped in the shower. She really didn't want to see or even talk to Leo again, but she also really needed her phone back. The thought crossed her mind to send Phoebe or Paige for it, but she wasn't so sure he would hand it over unless it was her. He was that type. Complicated and well, stubborn.
Leo barely slept that night. He had been laying in bed thinking about the past events. Leo was racking his brain with everything that had happened last night. It didn't exactly play out the way he wanted, but they did talk and that was something. Sure she expressed how mad she was and what an ass he was, but at least she was talking to him.
Then they kissed. Her lips were just as sweet and tender as he remembered. She even kissed back, that was a plus. If she hated him that much she would have pushed away. Well, she did, but after minutes. He licked his lips, they still tingled. What he would do to have her again.
She made it clear she wanted nothing more of him and ordered to leave her alone. But with her attitude so spicy, she left before taking her phone. Then Evan called. He could just be a friend. Or someone from work. Did she even work? Then her thought...wait, she couldn't have a boyfriend. They kissed. Caught up in passion and heat of the moment though. Was it real then, or just something to get out of the system.
He was curious and looked through the call log. He was on there alot. More curious, he went to her pictures. There it was. Just what he hoped he wouldn't find. Piper smiling in fits of laughter. Evan hugging her. Piper hugging back. Evan kissing her. Piper kissing back. He closed the phone and tried to sleep. It wasn't working.
But he wasn't about to let this guy ruin it. Damn, he couldn't take her mind off it all. Her lips against his. The heat. The feel of her body leaning lovingly into his. He got to hold her. Her hands were so soft on his face. The way she gently caressed his cheeks. Damn you Piper Halliwell!
She got out and looked at the time. Evan would be there around noon. It was 9:30 now and that left her 2 and a half hours to get her stupid phone back that he so rudely took from her, while in use at that.
She threw on a pair of jean shorts and a blue tank top before running downstairs and into the kitchen. "Where you headed this morning?" Phoeb asked casually.
Piper glared at her. "Don't even think I'm not mad at you still. I just have one question and I'm not asking for the reason you think." Phoebe nodded waiting for the question. "How did you get ahold of him?"
Phoebe smiled and ran to her purse. She handed over the paper Paige had gotten from his manager. She widened her eyes and looked at Phoebe, almost gonna say something. "I wont even ask. I gotta run. If Evan calls, tell him I'll be right back."
Pulling up to the address on the paper, Piper was trying to be as mad as possible. She didn't want to get all emotional and breakdown in front of him again. She nervously walked over to the door with a #6 on it. Knocking, she rested her weight on one leg and put a hand on her hip.
Some soft knocks were at his door, pulling him out of bed. He tiredly walked over to the door, looked out the peekhole. He smiled to himself. She looked pissed, but even like that, she looked damn sexy. In a cute tank top and shorts. Much more revealing than her fancy shirt and jeans last night. Even her hair looked nice, just thrown to one side. Last night it was in a fancy ponytail. He liked what he saw more now, even more casaual.
He opened the door and stopped smiling, trying to not appear so excited. "Look who's back." he squinted against the sun.
"Cut the crap, no small talk. I want my damn phone, now."
"You come to my door yelling when you were the one who left the stupid thing."
"That's bullshit, you took it from me."
"Yes, then you walked away from it. Therefore, leaving it."
"Fine, whatever, can I just have it back? I have plans that your going to make me late for."
He looked down. "Plans with Evan by any chance?"
Her mouth dropped open. "You looked through my phone? Is there no privacy with you?"
"He was calling all damn night. Did you want me to answer and apologize for you?"
"No, better, leave the damn thing alone. You have no business in it."
"He know you go out clubbing, macking on other guys that aren't him?"
"Don't even try turning this around and making it bigger than it needs to be. You kissed me."
"Fake it or not Piper, we kissed each other. I know you felt it. Don't try to deny that. And even if I did, fine, but you kissed back." he said moving closer to her, their lips mere inches apart.
Piper took a few steps backwards, away from him. "I'm only gonna ask one more time, will you please give me my phone?"
"Maybe if you'd asked that nice from the start, you would have already been on your way." he said before moving aside, letting her in.
She walked inside, into the living room. He walked past her to his room. She watched his back. He was just plainly in a muscle shirt and boxers. She kept fighting to rip her eyes from staring. 7 years had done good to him. He came back, the phone in his hand. Handing it over, she went to grab it, but he pulled back as she did.
"Please." she smiled fakely. He gave it to her. When she got what she wanted, there was no further reason to stay. She swung his door open and walked out without closing it.
"Your welcome." he yelled at her back. She flipped him off over her shoulder. He knew it was supposed to be something to get mad over, but he just laughed.
He didn't lose her yet. He just had to find another way in.
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