Sorry it has been so long since I updated a chapter. My school work started to pile up on me like crazy and it didn't help that my computer was broken for like two weeks. But all that is out of the way and I am back in business.
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Unwanted Gifts
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Piper had been up for the past hour and it was almost 7:45 and her two sons were no closer to heading out the front door then when she called them ten minutes ago. Wyatt took forever to get up because he was just like his Aunt Phoebe, a hard sleeper to the core, while Chris just hated getting up in the mornings, especially if he had to do it for school. All in all Piper had to call each boy at least ten times a morning to make sure they weren't late for school.
"Wyatt and Chris get up now" their mother yelled at them from the bottom of the stairs for the eleventh time. "Don't make me come up there"
"Coming mom" shouted Wyatt. "I just need to find my book bag" Wyatt was looking around his room but he could not find it. "Screw personal gain. Book bag" he mumbled as his book bag orbed into his hands
"Personal Gain Wyatt" said his father coming past his room heading downstairs himself
"You don't want me to be late, gotta go. Have a nice day" Wyatt rushed passed his father followed by Chris how too was rushing for school.
"Bye Dad, see you tonight" said Chris
"Wait nobody is going to have breakfast" mumbled Piper as she saw her children rush towards the front door.
"Sorry" Melinda said following behind her brothers, but not walking as fast. "Today is Career Day and you have to be there early if you want to learn how to get the job of your dreams" Mel grabbed a muffin from the basket and ran out of the door
"Have a nice day" Piper called to an empty room and looked at her husband who was sitting down by the island, "Let me guess you have a early day too"
"Well actually Piper, Magic School doesn't' start until nine o'clock so I can have breakfast with you" Leo said as he leaned over the island and kissed her on the cheek.
"That's good because I didn't want to eat alone"
Piper goes over to the microwave and places pancakes on the plates. She then goes to the dishwasher and takes out two glasses and poured some orange juice. She placed the food in front of Leo and sat down in the chair right beside him.
"I am glad that our life is finally getting back to normal"
"You mean beside the demon attacks and the stalker, our life is really normal" Leo smirked
"You know what I mean" Piper said hitting Leo in the arm. "We haven't had any demon attacks lately and the stalker hasn't made any contact with us either"
"These last few days have been quite quiet haven't they" said Leo with a month full of food
"Yea they have been, but we can't let our guard down, that is when evil likes to attack"
" What are you talking about"
Piper looked at her husband and rolled her eyes, "The stalker Leo or did you forget"
"This a not a demon Piper, I don't think the same rules apply" Leo laughed
"It might as well be, this person is just as evil as a regular demon. The only problem is that we can't vanquish them"
"Well we catch them and then place them in jail. That way we let the justice system handle them. After all that is their job"
"But what if the justice system fails, because it has happened. What if he gets a trial and he manages to get freed on a technicality" Piper said while picking at her food. "Then what will we do"
"There is no way that will happen, you just have to have faith"
"How is it that you haven't been a white lighter for almost 14 years now but you still talk like one" Piper asked
"I don't know, I guess being one for almost 60 years, the philosophy kinda stuck with me" He ate the last bit of his food and went to the kitchen to put his dishes in the sink. Piper followed him and did the same
"So what time will you be home today" Piper asked him as he placed his hands around her waist
"I don't know probably around five, the first day of school is always hectic. I will try to be home as soon as possible"
"Okay call me as soon as you get in, okay" And with that Piper turned around and kissed Leo on the lips. Then she grabbed her keys off the counter and headed out the front door to work. Piper kept walking until she noticed that Leo wasn't behind her.
"Aren't you going to walk me out" Piper asked
"Sure, I would love too" he replied as he came up and kissed her again
Leo walked her to the door and out to her car. With one finally kiss he watched her get into her car and began to drive off. He waved until she was out of his sight and he walked back into the house. He locked the door behind him and walked up to the attic to summon the door that got him to magic school. If Leo or Piper actually paid attention to their surroundings that morning then they both would have seen the car parked down the street from their house. They would have seen a person sitting in the driving seat with a pair of binoculars in their hand. They would have seen that person also take pictures of Leo kissing his wife and watching her drive off. Piper and Leo could have at least been prepared for next events that would fall into place in the next hour and a half.
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8:45 Magic School
Leo arrived in hall that led to his office ready to start work. He had to admit to himself what when he took the job all those years ago, he didn't think he would like it. He wasn't sure that he would be able to reach out to the children or run a whole school by himself but he managed to prove his own self wrong. Not only did he turn out to be a good teacher, the students loved him and he was able to create more branches of the Magic School. There was now a MSU, Magic School University where students could further their interest in magic while getting degrees in other studies such as medicine and business. He felt really proud that he was able to accomplish so much in such a short amount of time. If he didn't have the support of his family, who pushed him to take the job in the first place, he wouldn't have made it that far. He opened the door to his office and was surprised to see one of his assistants already in his office filing paperwork
"Hello, how are you doing" he asked the assistant
"Hey Leo, nice to have you here at the beginning of the school year" she said smiling back at Leo
"Yes Karen, I am the headmaster, it is my job to be here" replied Leo
"Oh Leo, you are very funny, no wonder we have such a good friendship"
Leo looked at Karen as she laughed at her own joke. She made her way from his desk and walked until she right in front of him
"A good friendship indeed, hey Karen I need to talk to you about the senior trip that we were planning, I don't think I will be able to go"
"What do you mean you can't go" Karen nearly screamed Leo watched as Karen blushed shocked at her own outburst. It only took a couple of seconds for Karen to regain her composer and slowly exhaled as she spoke her next sentence. "What I meant to say was why not, it will be a lot of fun", Karen said while pouting out her lips and putting her hand on his shoulders
"Wow Piper and Phoebe was right, she really does like me" Leo thought to himself. "I think Piper may have planned a family trip that same week, and I can't get out of it"
"But I really wanted you to go" she stated as she moved her hand up and down on his arm.
"I know you did but I think it would be best it Hank went instead"
"Hank, why would you suggest him for"
"Because he has been great with the children and he said that he wouldn't mind going. Who knows, you two might hit it off even better, if you are outside of a teaching environment" he smiled as he thought that maybe Hank would be able to handle Karen because he certainly couldn't.
"Oh alright but it won't be the same without you" said Karen
Leo was shaking his head and moved Karen's hand away from him. He walked over and sat down at his desk and began to organize it, a quirk he picked up from Piper. As he began to put everything in it's correct place that is when he realized that he left some very important papers at the manor and he needed to go get them. "Um Karen can you watch my office, I need to head home and receive something very important"
"Sure Leo, anything for my favorite person here" Karen watched Leo as he walked to the door that led out of his office and to the door that led to his house. "Damn even in his forties, Leo still has a great ass." He looked back at her and she forced herself to stop checking him out and wave back at him
Leo backed at Karen and he wondered if she was watching him walk away. When he looked back towards her he realized that she indeed was checking him out, below the waist. With that he glanced up at her hoping that would help to break her stare, which he it took him a while, but he succeeded in doing so. Doing so he managed to earned himself a flirty wave from her and he smiled to himself as he walked through the door.
He arrived back at the manor and he seen it was the same way he left it. "Why wouldn't it be nobody else is home". Leo walked into the bedroom to search for the papers but they were no where to be seen. He decided to retrace his steps and realized the last place he was located was the kitchen. He walked to the kitchen and noticed the papers sitting on the island. "Better hurry and get back to school before Karen has a heart attack." Leo was about to head back to the attic but was stopped by a knock at the door
"Who could that be" Leo mumbled to himself. He wanted to answer the door but was scared who it could be. He decided that if it was the stalker it would be stupid of him to attack during the day so he took a chance and opened the door
"Hello Halliwell residence"
"Yes this is how may I help you"
"I have a package here for a Mrs. Piper Halliwell, is she available" said the postman. Leo looked out of the door and noticed the postman's truck was not in front of the house. Leo was about to question it but stopped when he remembered that sometimes they use their own cars to deliver packages that did not have to be mailed from long distances. He decided to relax and just take the package.
"No she isn't home at the moment, but I am her husband, so I can sign for it" Leo said
"Ah your wife huh, how long have you been married" he said handed Leo the clip board
"Almost seventeen years and loving it each day"
"You still love her then"
"With all my heart, why do you ask"
"Well you said that you have been together for seventeen years. That is a long time now-a-days. Sometimes even though you fall in love with a person, you can always fall out" he explained
"I know that wouldn't happen to me and Piper, we are soul mates. We always knew and we always will. With all your talk I assume that you are not married at the moment. Are you divorced"
"No I have never been married, I wish I was though, I want to have someone love me forever ya know"
"I know what you mean, I guess I am one of the lucky ones"
"Yea you are, well thanks for the signature, here is your package. You have a nice day now"
Leo took the package and walked back into the living room. He knew he should head back to the school but decided to just chill out for a couple of minutes and he didn't want to talk to Karen anymore. He looked over at the grandfather clock and show that the time showed 8:55.
"I will go back at 9:00" and with that he walked back into the kitchen
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8:45 at Halliwell Haven
Piper had gotten to work and discovered that the truck had not arrived yet even though it was supposed to be in at eight. Piper sighed as she went into her office to think about the words that she said this morning to Leo. Even though he thought she was being paranoid, she had fought evil enough times to know that evil always came back. It may take days, weeks or even months but it always came back. Just like all those demons that she had vanquished in her lifetime, the source, Zanku, even Belthazar, they always came back. The only difference this time was that this was a mere mortal. Someone she didn't know and didn't know when they would attack again. Piper was so deep in her thoughts that she almost didn't here Diane calling her from the back of the restaurant.
"Piper, the shipment is here" yelled Diane from the back of the restaurant.
"Um okay, tell Larry to count all the boxes and make sure everything is here" she yelled back. Piper decided to go help out with the shipment since all the books were caught up from last week. Piper walked out of her office to the back of the restaurant to when she saw a delivery man come inside with flowers.
"Are you Mrs. Halliwell"
"Yes I am, how may I help you"
"I have a delivery for you, it seems you have a secret admirer" said the delivery guy with a smile. "Who is the lucky guy"
"Oh no, he is contacting me again", Piper thought to herself. "Is there anyway you can send them back I know who they are from and frankly I don't want them"
"Sorry I can't do that miss. My job is to just delivery them."
"Alright", Piper took the flowers out of his hands and with that he turned around and left
Piper took the flowers and picked up the card that was located inside, it read. "To my dearest love, there are more surprises to come. Love Always Your One True Love"
"Bastard", she muttered to herself. She was walking back to her office when a group of young men walked the doors next
"I am sorry but we are not open yet" said Piper who didn't turn around
"We are not here to eat, we came here to sing" said the tallest boy in the group
"Sing, what is this a singing telegram"
"Yes, it kinda is. Some guy paid us three hundred bucks to sing so here we go"
Before Piper could tell them to leave the tall one started to sing
"I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day"
"When it is cold outside, I've got the month of May"
"Well I guess you say, what can make me feel this way"
"My, Girl, My Girl, My Girl, Talking about my girl"
"My Girl"
Piper looked at the group as they continuing singing and begin to feel sick to her stomach. It was another gift from him, but how did he know did he know that was here favorite song. That was a stupid question he knows a lot about her, too much. Before the group could finish singing Piper had had enough
'Stop it, stop it, just shut the hell up" Piper yelled at the group
"Hey lady what did we do to you, we were just doing what we were paid to do" a short boy with blonde hair replied
"Who sent you, tell me now dammit, who sent you" Piper yelled again
'Look lady, we don't know alright. All we know it that this guy hired us to sing and once we were done, we were to give you this card" the tall boy said again. He took a card out of his pocket and handed it to Piper. "Come on guys lets get out of here, we did what we were paid to do" The group walked out the door leaving a shivering Piper
"Piper are you okay", Diane the manager asked her
'I am fine, I need to go back to the office. Can you take care of things"
"Of course that is what you pay me for right" Diane laughed
Piper walked back to her office and looked at the card the boy had given her. On it is had a number on it with words beneath it that said "Call Me". Piper decided that she would call this jackass and she what the hell he wanted. Piper picked up the phone and punched in the seven numbers, and wanted for an answer. On the fourth ring, the maniac answered
"Hello, who is this", said a distorted voice
"You know who the hell this is, what do you think you are doing" Piper screamed
"I am just trying to get your attention that is all"
"But what trying to serenade me while you try to kill my husband"
"No trying to make you realize that our love is connected that is all" the voice said
"No you sick jackass, we are not connected not now not ever. Now crawl back into the hole your ass came out from" Piper snorted
"You don't mean that, what about the gifts I've given you. The letters proclaiming my love for you. The future I could give you with the two of us together"
"There is no future for us you psycho, now you better leave me alone or I will get my husband to kill your sorry ass"
The voice began to laugh into the mouth piece. "Sorry to inform you Piper but your husband won't be around much longer"
"What you going to try to run him over again, you will just miss like last time"
"Slight miscalculation, but this time I won't miss"
"What did you do to him" Piper asked hysterically
"Nothing yet, lets just say, I sent him quite a package. It is going to be a big bang if you get my drift" the voice laughed
"You wouldn't dare, why would you do something like that" Piper asked
"Because dammit he is in my way. I can't keep you too myself if he is still around", the voice screamed at the other end of the phone. He paused for a moment and regained his composure before he spoke again. "I just want us to be happy. And we will be once I get rid of Leo"
"Please don't hurt him, please"
"Sorry too late, it won't be long now"
"Why"
"Lets just say when the small hand hit's the nine, there will be a loud bang coming from Prescott street. Ah Piper I have to go, hope to see you soon" and with that he hung up the phone
Piper to distraught to talk, tried to call the number back but there was no answer. She looked down at her watch and realized that it was 8:55. Panicking Piper grabbed her things and yelled for Diane
"Diane, I have to go home now, can you take care of everything", Piper asked her fast
'Sure, is something wrong"
"No but I just have to go, please take care of everything", Piper said before she walked outside and got into her car. If she wasn't so afraid she could have easily called her sister Paige to orb her back to the manor. Instead she finds herself speeding down the highway trying to get home"
"Please let this be a lie" Piper said to herself and she hung a left at the stop light
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8:55 am
He watched as Leo opened the door to take the package from the postman. Really it wasn't a
postman, just a man he hired to deliver the package. It had took him a while to make the
package because he had to buy the ingredients separately or else someone would have found
out his plan. It wasn't hard making it either, since he had been a science genius in high school
and college it was like a project. He even added a timer so he could activate it to go off when
he wanted it too, without it was just a dud. He didn't want to resort to making what he did, but
he felt he had no choice. Leo just had to be taken out of the picture somehow and a gun would
be to messy and could always be traced. He decided to save that for a last resort but this was t
he perfect way to achieve his goal. He still had no clue how Leo survived the impact of the car
but he did and now he had a way to get him out of the picture permanently. He knew that Leo
was home because he never saw him leave the house, ever. He often wondered what Leo
actually did all day in that house. A pathetic excuse for a man, someone who never lifted a
finger to help out his wife. No wondered he deserved to die. In five more minutes Leo would be
history and a new future would be in place. He couldn't help but smile just as he was when he
was talking to Piper on the phone. He loved how her voice became deeper whenever he talked
of hurting her husband, it made him chuckle every time. He still couldn't understand why she
didn't get that he was doing this for them. To get Leo out of the way for them to be together.
All extremities had to be taken to create a better future for the both of them. He realized that
in time she would grow to love him again, just as she had before. He didn't need anyone to tell
him that, he saw it ever time he watched her walk out of her house, or when she looked at him
from the porch. Even if she didn't know that she was being watched, he could still feel it. He
smiled again as he looked at the time on his watch 8:58. In two more minutes his gift to Piper
would create the biggest bang Prescott street has ever heard. He had to laugh at the thought
of his nemesis being blown to many bits and pieces and there was nothing anybody could do
about it
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8: 56 am at San Francisco High
Prue Halliwell was bored in her history class so she decided to get a pass to go to the bathroom. The only thing she didn't do was go to the bathroom, she decided to wander the hallway instead praying that she wouldn't get caught
"God I hate school", Prue said to herself as she turned the corner. It wasn't that she was dumb, she was far from it. Her and Melinda had the top two grade point averages in their middle school, Melinda being number one, that is why they were able to move up a grade. She just didn't like going to class so early in the morning and sitting in those horrible classes for that long amount of time. She thought about how long she could stay out of class as she turned the corner but stopped when she heard footsteps in the distance.
"Hey miss, do you have a hall pass" a voice yelled at her from a distance. She looked behind her as the person she saw appeared to be a teacher. "Oh crap I got caught I am in so much trouble" she thought to herself as she stopped so the figure could catch up with her. When he finally came up to her, he placed his hand on her shoulder
"Look I was just trying to find the bathroom" but before Prue could finish she turned around to find that it was only her cousin Chris. "Chris you jackass, you scared the hell out of me"
"God you should have seen your face. I was trying to find the bathroom", he mimicked her and laughed so hard that he had to hold his side and catch his breath
"That was really mean, I thought you were a teacher and I would have gotten detention for sure"
"That will teach you to cut class, what are you doing anyway" Chris asked his cousin after he managed to catch his breath
"For your information, I am not cutting class, I was just trying to find the bathroom" Prue insisted
"Yeah and that is why you just passed it, probably for the second time now"
Prue scowled at him, but realized he was right. " Fine I got bored in class and I had to get out of it" she admitted. "But enough about me, what about you. Why are you out class"
"Same as you. I have a boring science teacher, besides I have a really bad feeling about something. Like something bad is going to happen to my dad"
"You know you worry to much, you know that"
Chris looked at her and rolled his eyes "I am serious I have a feeling that something bad is about to happen and every time I have one of these feelings they come true"
"Do they come true all of the time" Prue asked
"No they don't" Chris replied getting annoyed
"Then stop trying to predict the future, that is my job" Prue laughed
"Prue that is not funny, I am very serious about this"
"Chris calm down, nothing bad is going to happen" Prue said and she placed her hand on his shoulder to give him some comfort. When she did that, she was sucked into a premonition.
Premonition
She sees Leo at home coming out of the kitchen. He looks at the package on the table and it
begins to make a ringing noise like a telephone. She watches as he goes to pick up the box and
by the time it rings for the sixth time, Leo drops it on the floor as it blows up. The blast blows
up the table and the sofa and sends Leo flying across the room. The blast wasn't big enough to
destroy the whole room but it was big enough to kill Leo instantly by throwing him across the r
oom after contact. His body hit the wall near the stairwell and she saw how it crumpled to the
floor as blood poured out of his ears, head and mouth and there are large cuts and bruises
everywhere. His clothes were scorched and torn and as he dies the grandfather clock strikes
9:00.
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"Prue what did you see" asked Chris
"I saw, I saw your dad and he picked up a package and it was ringing" Prue stuttered
"Just spit it out already" Chris yelled in annoyance
"I just saw Uncle Leo get killed but a package that was holding a bomb" she sobbed stuttered
"What, are you sure"
'Yes Chris, I know what I saw. And from the looks of it, it happens today. In fact", she says while she glanced down at her watch. "It happened at 9:00 so we have less than a minute to warn Uncle Leo"
Chris and Prue run into an empty class room and prayed that it wasn't to late. With one final glance to make sure that no one was around they orbed off back to the manor
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8:57 a.m. The Manor
Leo was upstairs in his bedroom watching TV when he glanced down at the clock. He saw that it was three minutes until nine o'clock so he decided to go downstairs to get a drink of water before heading back. After getting his drink, Leo realized that it was time to head back to Magic School because he had to prepare to teach a class. He started to head up the stairs when all of a sudden he heard a ringing sound came out of nowhere. At the sound of the third ring he walked back to the kitchen because he thought it was the telephone. He picked up the cordless and realized that wasn't it
"R……i…….n……g"
"What the hell is that noise", he said to himself again and stopped when he entered the living room where the package was sitting. He picked up the box and heard it ring for the fifth time. He put the package back down thinking that it was the gift going off and heard it ring for the sixth time. He started to walk away from it but turned around to see his son and niece orb in behind him.
"Dad watch it, that package is a" Chris began but before he could finish the rest of his sentence, an explosion rippled throughout the living room, causing the table and the sofa to be blown up and debris to fly everywhere around the room.
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Oh no did Leo survive his deathly ordain. How about Chris and Prue. Are they alright or did they met the same fate as Leo did in Prue's premonition. Also what will Piper do when she sees exactly what the stalker meant about a big bang. Will they finally be able to find the stalker or will he slip through the cracks yet again. Does the stalker succeed in getting rid of Leo, like he has been trying to do for months now. Find out on the next chapter
Next Chapter: As The Smoke Clears
Hoped you liked it, and I can't wait to post the next chapter to see if Leo is dead or alive. I want to thank all those who review and appreciate what I write. I also appreciate those who give me comments that help me write a better story. For all my fans review if you like but if not just enjoy the story.