So Sorry that I haven't been updated like I was supposed to but it seems that I have lost my muse to finish the story so I haven't been writting like I was before. Don't worry though because I will get it back; eventually
Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed.
Living Another Day
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Piper watched as her only daughter walked away from her and down the hallway. She couldn't believe what her daughter had just said to her. Give up on magic and her powers. That was simply not possible, magic was in her blood and she could not stand by and let Melinda throw it away.
"Melinda wait"
"Mom, no let her go"
"But she can't be serious; being a witch is her destiny."
"Mom she doesn't care about her destiny all she cares about is that her father could have died because we were too busy helping an innocent."
"She didn't do anything wrong, it is what her father would have wanted her to do."
"Just let her be Piper, as I recall there was once a point in your life when you wanted to give up using your magic."
"Phoebe that was different."
"Different how to be exact."
"Because I lost my sister, because of magic and Mel didn't almost lose anyone because of magic."
"In a way she did, magic is what kept her from seeing what was wrong at the manor. Right now, she hates it because she is right. As witches, we put our lives on hold to save those innocents who we never see again. We risk our lives to save others and some times that can become too much. Especially for a 13 year old daddy's girl." Paige reminded Piper
Piper looked at her sisters and knew that they were right. Being Charmed had not been easy over the years and it had been hard for them to gain the normal lives that they wanted. She never wanted her children to be so involved in magic that they missed out on the regular things that children do, but she never wanted them to not know about magic. It was who they were, who they all were. Piper decided that it was time that the children saw their father and went to ask the doctor if it was okay. The doctor gave his permission but only for a couple of minutes. Piper did not care though because if she wanted more time she could just freeze the room. The children walked in to see their dad wide-awake with Mel lying on the bed beside him stroking her hair. Mel had her head on his chest and tears were falling down her face.
"Princess, it is okay I could never hate you no matter what you did."
"But you should, I saved that innocent but I wasn't there to help you."
"Sweetheart that is okay, I'm proud of you."
"How can you be, I don't deserve it."
"But you do, you saved that girl and her baby."
"But"
"But nothing, you used your powers to save two lives. There isn't anything that you could do that wouldn't make me proud of you."
"So you are not mad"
"Never"
"What would you say if I said I never wanted to use my powers again?"
"I would say that you shouldn't give up on your powers. I know that sometimes they can be a burden but they make up who you are."
"So I shouldn't give up on magic."
"I am going to tell you the same thing that I told your mother every time she wanted to stop using magic, no. And trust me she wanted to do that often."
"Like mother like daughter huh Dad" Mel laughed
"Exactly" Leo answered laughing back.
"So what did you tell her."
"I told her that she shouldn't give up because they are people out there who need her and her powers. Those people need protectors and that is what you are. Protectors of the innocent."
"I guess you're right" Melinda sighed.
"I'm always right" Leo laughed. "Just don't tell your mother that, she would swear she was the boss of me."
Melinda laughed and she looked at her father with admiration. "Hey dad, guess what"
"What baby"
"You didn't give up, you came back just like you promised."
"I told you sweetie, I never will, ever again."
"I love you daddy"
"I love you too sweetheart and nothing will ever change that."
"Same goes for me too" Piper imputed as she made her way over to the bed and sat at the end of it.
"Mom" Melinda cried as she wiped the tears from her eyes and sat up. "What are you doing here?"
"I brought your brothers here to see their dad, but I didn't know you would be in here. How did you get in here anyway?"
"Well I kinda froze everyone and snuck in, please don't be mad"
"Honey why would I be mad, you are the one who said that you were never using magic again, not me."
"I know but dad made me realize that it would be stupid and it was my destiny to be a witch."
"So basically he told you the same thing that I told you only moments before and yet you listened to him." Piper asked
"I think it was because I am in this hospital bed."
'Ha Ha very funny dad, how are you feeling."
"Like I have been stabbed in the chest."
"Leo" Piper hissed as Wyatt and Chris laughed.
"I mean fine, the doctors drugged me up so now I feel no pain. But I think you guys should go, it's late."
"Dad" Mel whined
"Mel" Leo said in the same whining voice as Melinda making the whole room laugh. "Fine you can stay until the nurses kick you out okay"
"Deal" all three Wyatt children said as they made themselves comfortable in the room.
The Halliwell's stayed in the room until Leo fell asleep and the nurse told them it was time to leave and they could visit Leo in the morning. Piper was reluctant to leave and told the children to go home. They tried to protest but Piper told them to go home. They finally left and Piper was alone with Leo. Piper had been lying in the chair beside Leo when one of the night nurses came into the room.
"Mrs. Wyatt, I think that you should go home," the nurse said again getting annoyed that Piper was paying attention to her.
"And like I said before, I think that I am going to stay here with my husband."
"Mrs. Wyatt"
"Look my husband was almost killed today and I want to be the first thing he sees when he wakes up in the morning, so I am not leaving okay. You can say whatever you want but I am not leaving." Piper said firmly
"Fine." The nurse looked at Piper and really didn't care if she stayed or not, her shift ended in twenty minutes anyway. She went down the hall and grabbed an extra blanket and a pillow from the supply room. She walked back to the room and saw that Piper had made a bed in the chair next the bed her husband was in.
"I thought you could use these," the nurse said as she offered Piper the things.
"Thanks, and I am really sorry for my outburst."
"No problem" the nurse smiled. "I probably would have done the same thing if that was my husband on the bed."
Piper went back over to the chair and began to fix it up to sleep in when she turned and noticed that Leo was awake.
"Leo what are you doing up."
"I don't know, why are you still here. Aren't visiting hours over."
"I couldn't go home and leave you here, so I decided to spend the night."
"You didn't have to do that."
"I know but I wanted too, are you okay with that."
"You know I would be, come over here." Leo gestured for her to come over to the bed and lie down. Piper was reluctant at first but smiled as she moved closer to the bed. Leo wrapped his arm around her shoulders and Piper buried her face in his chest. After about five minutes of silence, Piper lifted her head and looked up at Leo in his eyes.
"Leo"
"Hmm"
"Tonight made me realize something"
"What did realize sweetie."
"That you never really know a person, or that the choices you make affect people in worse ways possible."
"Piper, like I said what Dan did tonight is not your fault."
"I know" Piper cried. "It still feels like it though, and I don't know how to change the way I feel."
"Well we will work through this, we always do." Leo said reassuringly. He pulled her closer to his body and laid her head on his chest. They set in silence for another minute or so until yet once again, Piper looked up at Leo.
"Leo"
"Yes dear"
"I need you to promise me something."
"What it is"
"Are you going to promise me?"
"That depends on what it is."
"Promise me that you will never risk your life for mines again."
"Piper I can't promise you that."
"Leo" Piper hissed
"Piper, you are my wife. There is nothing more important than your safety to me."
"But Leo I have powers, I could have frozen Dan and Thomas. But instead you push me to the ground and to fight Dan head on, whom by the way had a big butcher knife in his hand." Piper shrieked
"I could care less if I had powers or weapons or anything else for that matter. I would fight the angel of death if it meant saving your life. I would give my own life for yours and nothing in this world will change that."
"But that is not the point"
"Then what is the point."
"The point is that if something bad happened to you," Piper softly cried. "If I lose you, I don't know what I will do."
"Piper" Leo whispered as he pushed her hair from the front of her face and wiped her tears.
"Leo, I'm serious. You mean everything to me and the thought of losing hurts every time I have to think about."
"Piper, I know exactly how you feel. I feel that way that every time you go out to vanquish a demon or any unknown evil. The thought that you could be hurt and no one would be around to heal you devastates me when I think about it. However, I realize that you are doing what you have to do, making the world safe from evil. And I was just doing what I had to do to make you safe."
"So I take it you are not going to promise me that you will stay out of the way of danger."
"I couldn't make you that promise when I first became human and I can't do that" he paused "no I won't do that, but I can promise that in the future I will try to be much more careful."
"You promise that"
"Yes I do, I promise you that. No I absolutely swear"
"You absolutely swear that you will be more careful and no more pushing down the person with the powers to take on a craze maniac with a bloody knife."
"Piper" Leo laughed
"You promise"
"Scout's honor." Leo said.
"You were never a Scout."
"Still doesn't mean I can't use their pledge."
"Fine, I guess beggars can't be choosers." Piper replied as she leaned her head up and kissed Leo on the lips.
"Hey Leo, guess what"
"What" Leo asked.
"I am so the boss of you." Piper laughed as they both turned on their sides and closed their eyes. For the first time in a long time, all their troubles that they became forgotten about in that moment and they just found comfort in each other's arms. That night, they realized that in one moment, at any time, life could end without any warning at all. They also realized that as long as they had each other, they were going to make. For the first time in a long time, they had the best sleep that they hadn't had in a long time.
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Piper awoke the next morning and found that Leo was awake looking at her. She smiled when she saw that he was watching her, just like he would do if they were at home. She lifted her head up and kissed him on the lips.
"Good morning"
"Good morning to you too, sleep well."
"Well enough, if you don't consider the fact that my chest is hurting like hell."
"Maybe we should call the doctor"
"No need." a voice said coming from the doorway. It turned out to be a new nurse that was different from the one that was there last night. In her hand, she had new bandages for his wound. "The doctor will be here in about half an hour to check up on Mr. Wyatt. For now I have to change the dressing on the wound."
"Okay, well I am going to get some coffee. Be right back." Piper said as she kissed Leo and walked out the door.
The nurse walked over to Leo and ordered him to take off his shirt.
"Are you ready Mister Wyatt?"
"Please call me Leo"
"Then call me Stacy, well Leo are you ready."
"As I'll ever be."
"Now this will sting just a bit," she said as applied the cream to his wound. Leo winced under his breath are she rubbed it over the area. He faked a smile when she looked down at him.
"Very brave Leo, most men would have shed a tear or two."
"Well I am not most men" he smiled
"I can see that, can I ask you a question."
"That depends on what it is."
"How old are you"
"Forty-seven, why"
"Because" the nurse smiled. "You are in very good shape for a man who is almost fifty, do you work out."
"No not really" Leo laughed trying his best to shift his body over to the right to get the nurse to stop stroking his chest. "I run on occasions but that's all"
"Well whatever you are doing you are doing it right" she replied once again moving her hand to stroke his chest area.
"What the hell is going on?" Piper shrieked as she came into the room with a cup of coffee in his hands.
"Um Miss"
"Mrs. Wyatt"
"Mrs. Wyatt, I was just complementing your husband on his fabulous looks at his age." the nurse smiled.
"I see, what I don't understand is why you are touching him."
"Piper honey"
"Mrs. Wyatt, I was only giving Leo here a nice remark while I was dressing his wound."
"You are on a first name basis with my husband"
"I told her that she could" Leo said
"Maybe next time I should do that"
"I'm sorry Mrs. Wyatt." Stacy sniped. "This has to be done properly by a professional. Done the wrong way the wound could get infected and Leo here will have to come straight back to the hospital. But I wouldn't mind if you were on my floor." Stacy smiled as she continued to dress the wound.
"Whatever" Piper hissed as she sat down on the chair next to the bed
"You know Leo; after I finish this I could give you your sponge bath." Stacey smiled
"Oh hell no" Piper cried as she threw up her hands and froze the room. She then flipped her hands and unfroze Leo. Leo looked around, noticed that Stacey wasn't moving, and knew exactly what Piper had done.
"Piper why did you freeze the room."
"Because she was getting on my nerves all the rubbing and the smirking. And then she has the nerve to offer you a sponge bath."
"Piper she is a nurse, she was just doing her job."
"Well if you ask me, she was enjoying the job just a little too much. If anybody is going to be giving you one of those it sure as hell better be me." Piper hissed
"Piper don't tell me you are jealous of the nurse." Leo smirked.
"Well if she wasn't feeling you up then I wouldn't need to be" Piper smiled. "How is it, that everywhere we go some young hot blonde is eying you."
"Can you blame them, I mean look at me."
"Okay Mr. Conceited."
"Still no matter what young hot blonde is eying me, I only have eyes for you." Leo smirked. "But seriously you need to unfreeze the room before the doctor walks in."
"Do I have too?"
"Piper"
"Alright fine" Piper sighed as she unfroze the room. Stacey looked around and wondered what happened.
"Well Leo everything is done. I have to come back in about two hours to check up on and maybe make sure your wound is clean. And give you that bath if you want"
"Trust me, he doesn't want you too. You see Stacey that will not be necessary. I am his wife and if anybody is going to be dressing his wound and giving him a bath, I think that person will be me. In addition, please don't give me that crap about doing it properly because I am not stuck on stupid. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to apply antiseptic to his wound or sponge him off."
"Mrs. Wyatt." Stacey hissed
"Please call me Piper, now if you will excuse us I would like to talk to my husband alone."
"Fine" Stacey said as she walked out the room leaving the bandages and cream on the table
"Bitch" Piper mumbled as Leo looked at her and laughed.
"You will never change will you?"
"I could but I wouldn't be the same woman that you fell in love with."
"That is so true" Leo smiled as Piper leaned over to kiss Leo. At that same moment, the doctor came into the room and smiled when he saw them.
"I hope I am not interrupting anything am I"
"No not at all" Leo answered as Piper sat down beside him on the bed.
"Good, well I have the report back for Leo and I want to say that he is doing very well."
"Thank God, so when can I go home."
"I would like to keep you here just for one more night, just for observation. Also to make sure that your wound does not receive any type of infections."
"Do I have to stay here another night." Leo whined.
"If the doctor says that you have to stay here another night, then buddy you are staying are we clear." Piper replied
"Fine"
"Mister Wyatt."
"Leo please"
"Well Leo, I have been going over your medical chart and it seems that six months ago you came in for a check up."
"Yes I did."
"Your doctor did inform you that you have the condition, hypertension. It is also commonly known as high blood pressure (A/N I looked that up). I also see that he prescribed some medications for you to take to keep it in line."
"Well he did" Leo stuttered. "But I really didn't think that it was necessary because it really wasn't that high."
"You have high blood pressure and you didn't tell me," Piper practically screamed. "How could you keep something like this from me?"
"From your outburst, I assume that you didn't know."
"No she didn't know because I didn't tell her."
"How bad is it?"
"I'm not sure if I can share Mr. Wyatt's medical history with you" the doctor began.
"If Leo knows what is good for him, he will let you tell me" Piper interrupted as she hit Leo up on the back of his head. Leo winced as he looked up at his angry wife. He knew that he should have told her about his last visit but he really didn't want her to obsess over his condition.
"Go ahead Dr. Stevens."
"Well last time it was not as high to put you in a critical category but based on recent events, you may have been more stressed and that could have caused an increase."
"So what can we do to fix it?"
"Mrs. Wyatt you can't fix it but you can regulate it. A change of diet, more exercise, and a decrease in the stress load can lower it."
"What about medication."
"Medication is not necessary if Leo hear follows the plan that I can lay out for him but if he doesn't then medicine might be the best choice."
"Thank you doctor, you go ahead and make that plan. I will make sure that Leo will follow every step of it." Piper smiled.
"I will come back later when you two have talked about this." Dr. Stevens smiled as he walked out of the door.
"How could you be so stupid, how come you did not tell me about your high blood pressure." Piper ranted
"I'm sorry; I just didn't want you to worry."
"Oh you didn't want me to worry but guess what Leo, your plan failed because now I am not only worried, I am mad as hell."
"Piper calm down"
"Don't you dare tell me to calm down?" Piper hissed. "Do you know what problems high blood pressure can cause? You are at risk for diabetes, heart disease, strokes and heart attacks, but I guess you don't care if you live or die."
"Piper you know that is not true"
"Oh isn't it. Why wouldn't you tell me this?"
"Like I said I thought that I could handle it by myself. I didn't want to worry you if I didn't have too."
"Do you have some kind of a death wish? Grams had the same thing, she wouldn't tell any of us about it, and do you know what happened to her Leo. She died at the age of 58 because she didn't want to listen to me. Do you want that to happen to you too, you want to die of an early age?"
"Piper
"No Leo you do not keep something like this from me without having a pretty good damn excuse for it."
"I did have a good excuse"
"Well open up because I want to hear it."
"Piper I know the stress that you were under six months ago and I didn't want to add to it."
Flashback
Piper was on the phone yelling at the person on the other end. Leo had just come into the house from the doctor's office. It was supposed to be a regular check up but at the doctors he found out that, he had high blood pressure. True he hadn't been eating properly for a long time and running Magic School by himself added on extra stress. He walked in to hear Piper ranted and started to wonder if he should tell his wife.
"No Marcus, your ass better be at the club or you can start looking for a new job tomorrow." Piper said as she hung up the phone.
"Hi honey"
"How is it you hire people to be managers to manage something and they can't manage to do anything. I swear to God, why do I even bother. If I want something done I have to do it myself. In addition, not just managers, it's the cooks at the restaurant, and the kids here at home. It is enough to drive me insane." Piper ranted. "I swear if one more bad thing happens or if I hear any more bad news, I will blow someone up."
"Okay" Leo whispered not liking the thought of being blown up by his wife.
"And don't get me started on the demons. Three attacks in two days. You would think that after almost 20 years of demon fighting they would realize that they can't beat us. I mean come on"
"Piper calm down" Leo said as he went and pulled her into a hug.
"Alright, so how was your appointment at the doctors."
Leo thought about telling his wife what the doctor told him but decided against. She already had enough problems on her plate and she didn't need another one.
"Um fine, regular check up."
"Are you sure, you have no problems what so ever."
"Nope no problems." Leo smiled at Piper.
"Okay" she answered as the phone rung again. She left to go answer it and Leo prayed that it wasn't Marcus from the club. He decided that he would work on his high blood pressure and try to lower it himself. The doctor had prescribes him a prescription to get but he couldn't hide the pills from Piper.
"I'll fix this myself," Leo whispered as he walked to the kitchen to help Piper calm down from her ranting at the phone.
End of Flashback
"So that is why you didn't tell me. Because of what was happening that day."
"Yeah that was half of it. Moreover, it I didn't want you to see me as weaker. Not being able to protect you like I used still gets to me you know and now with this. This would make you want to protect me more instead of the other way around." Leo mumbled not looking Piper in her eyes.
"Leo you never appear like less of a man in my eyes. I always feel safe whenever I am with you but this is a serious matter. You shouldn't have kept this from me."
"I know and I am sorry"
Piper looked at Leo and realized that she shouldn't be too hard on him. He was just trying to help out, even though he had an awful way of doing it. She moved and sat down beside him and put his hands into hers and kissed him on the cheek.
"Don't worry about it, we will get through this you are just going to have to follow the doctors orders."
"Alright but do I have to take the medicine" Leo pouted as Piper laughed.
"No you do not have to take the medicine if you can control it. So that means no more salt on anything."
"Piper."
"I mean it, no more salt. You are cutting back on your red meat intake. You are going to run more often, eat more vegetables, and cut back on your alcohol and caffeine intake."
"Piper I rarely drink alcohol."
"No you don't but you do on your guys' night. Maybe you should stop that too."
"No me, Henry and Coop have been doing this for years now and we are not going to stop it."
"I'm sorry I am only trying to save your life. Also you need to lower your stress levels so I say that you need to hire an assistant."
"For what"
"To help you run Magic School."
"That is what Karen is for."
"No Karen is your personal assistant whom by the way I think she should be fired, but I am talking about an assistant headmaster. Kind of like an assistant principal at a high school."
"I guess I could do that, and cut back on the classes that I teach."
"Good, because I was about to suggest that maybe you should retire."
"Not an option, I can't retire. I am way to young."
"Leo do you forget how old you really are sometimes."
"If women can lie about their age then so can I" Leo smiled as Piper laid back on the bed and put her head on Leo shoulder.
"You know I was going to suggest something else."
"What"
"I was thinking that maybe we can go on a vacation."
"Piper school just started up again, I don't think we should pull the kids out of school like that."
"Who said anything about the kids?"
"You mean a vacation with just you and me."
"Yeah, it has been awhile since we have had one. It can be like a second honeymoon."
"Honey for us to have a second honeymoon we would have had to have a first." Leo laughed
"We have had a honeymoon."
"No we didn't. When we first got married, you received your explosive power and you didn't want to board a plane for a fear of blowing up the passengers. Then we went to Hawaii but got called back when Paige got attacked by those power brokers. Then you were pregnant with Wyatt, I left to become an Elder, then an Avatar. Then we got secret identities and then I was frozen, came back and you got pregnant with Melinda and we never discussed having a real honeymoon."
"Oh" Piper replied. "I guess we really didn't have one then, doesn't mean we can't have one now"
"Piper what about our responsibilities"
"For one week we get someone else to take over for us, come on it will be fun." Piper pleaded.
"I don't know"
"Please for me" Piper said and with that, she kissed Leo on the lips and pulled away.
"Well since you put it like that, how can I resist."
"You can't, you never could." Piper smiled again and kissed Leo for a second time. In the mist of their kissing all three of their children walked into the room.
"Oh my freaking God, in a hospital. You two are making out in a hospital. What are you two, lovesick teenagers always looking for a chance to do it everywhere?" Chris yelped in horror.
"Chris relax we weren't going to do it, and if we were I would have locked the door." Piper answered calmly.
"But mom, dad is injured you shouldn't be taking advantage of him like that in his gullible state." Wyatt said.
"Yeah whatever you two were about to do could have caused serious damage to his wound."
"Advantage of him, he is the one who suggested I be one top" Piper smirked.
"I got to get out of here" Wyatt and Chris said at the same time.
"Call us when you are done making me want to vomit."
"Well in that case, we might not call you for a very long time." Leo smiled at his boys.
"Here comes breakfast," Chris said as he walked out of the room followed by his brother.
"I am going to see if the hospital psychiatrist will take me as a regular patient." Wyatt replied as he took his brothers lead and left out of the room.
"When will those two learn that we are only joking?"
"Are you serious mom, probably never? Those two haven't got any brains what so ever," Mel laughed. "But I am going to go find them and convince them to come back." and with that Mel took off in the same directions of her older brothers.
"So" Piper said as she turned back to her husband. "Is that a yes to the whole vacation idea?"
"Yeah I guess it is. I could use some sun, clear ocean water, and white sand beaches. We could do a lot of sight seeing."
"Who said anything about leaving the hotel room?"
"Why Mrs. Wyatt are you trying to seduce me." Leo grinned.
"Yes, aren't I always?"
"Well in that case come here" Leo pulled Piper closer to him and began kissing her. While kissing her the children came back into the room.
"I thought you said that they stopped." Wyatt asked.
"They did stop; they must have started again when I left the room. It is not my fault I can't control them," Melinda hissed.
"We're finished," Piper said as she pulled away from Leo and just stared at her children. "What are you doing here."
"We came to see how dad was doing." Mel answered.
"How did you three get here, and please don't tell me you used magic" Piper asked
The three kids looked around in silence and began whistling as if not to answer Piper's question. They all knew that their mom hating the use of magic for personal gain but this time they didn't have a choice in using it.
"Are you going to answer your mother"
"She told us not to tell her if we used magic or not. And you know that we always listen to our mother" Chris answered
"You used magic, what about personal gain" Piper hissed. Her children knew that she hated the use of magic if it is being used for personal gain.
"Mom our dad is in the hospital and everyone else was busy. Aunt Paige would have orbed us if we didn't do it ourselves." Wyatt replied.
"Piper calm down, can you blame the kids for wanting to see their old man" Leo laughed.
"Fine, if your father doesn't mind then it is all right with me. But we do have something to tell you"
"What is it"
"Your father and I decided to go on a vacation, just the two of us."
"Why" asked Chris
"Just because we could really use one"
"No there is a real reason behind it, what's going on."
"Go ahead honey, they should know"
"You're dying aren't you" Wyatt gasped
"No I'm not dying, I just found out" Leo began.
"Six months ago"
"That I have high blood pressure"
"What" all three kids yelled at once.
"You have high blood pressure" Wyatt yelled.
"You known for six months" Chris shrieked.
"For six months you have had high blood pressure for six months" Mel screamed. 'Do you know what this means, you are at a higher risk for heart disease, diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes. That is it, no more salt or alcohol or red meat because that makes it worse."
"Is there any of me in that daughter of ours." Leo laughed as he watched his daughter rant about his disease.
"Nope not a drop she is just like her mother."
'Fantastic" Leo said sarcastically.
"You find this funny oh dear father of mine." Mel laughed when she stopped her ranting when she realized that her dad was laughing at her.
"Actually yes I do, but you are right. I need to start taking better care of myself so I can be around for future events."
"Yes we need you to be. That is why we need this vacation, stress free."
"And we can help out by not depending on you so much" Wyatt implied
"Guys, I'm your father. You can always come to me for anything"
"We know that dad" Chris said smartly rolling his eyes. "But we're old enough now to try to start doing things for ourselves."
"Alright, just so you know"
"So when can you get out of here." Mel asked.
"The doctor said that I have to stay in here for another night then I can go home tomorrow."
"Ah man that sucks, I know how much you hate hospitals." Chris replied.
"He's not the only one" cried a voice from the doorway. Everyone in the room turned around to see that the rest of the Halliwell family had came to visit Leo in the hospital. Phoebe and Paige had brought some flowers and a get well soon card, which everyone had signed.
"How is our favorite brother-n-law doing, aside from being stabbed and all" Phoebe asked as she bent down to give Leo a hug.
"Better, now that the rest of the family is here"
"Thanks, we would have came in last night but we thought that it should be just Piper and the kids so we decided to come today" Paige replied.
"So when are you coming home"
"Tomorrow, they want to make sure that everything is healing nicely."
"The good thing is that you are okay and everything is going to be okay now" Phoebe said.
"Yes everything will be back to normal in no time." Piper replied.
"If you can call our lives normal" snorted Paige.
"Well guess what Mom and Dad have decided to go on a vacation." Mel stated
"You two have, wow that's great."
"Yeah it can be like a second honeymoon for us." Piper added.
"Honey to have a second honeymoon you need to have a first."
'That is exactly what I said Phoebe" implied Leo.
"Well great minds think alike." Phoebe laughed.
"For the next couple of hours everyone laughed and relaxed in the hospital room. It had been a long time since they all had been able to relax without worrying about something bad happening to Piper or Leo. For the first time in a long time they all felt safe and they were able to enjoy each other's company and be a regular again.
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Not much action in this chapter. Leo is still okay and getting hit on by nurses. I can tell you what is going to come up. Someone is not really who they appear to be, another death, an unexpected surprise, a visitor from the past. and loads of flashbacks. So stay tuned because there may be only four more chapters left to my baby. What lies ahead for the Wyatt family. Find out on the next chapter:
Everything's Back to Normal
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