Chapter 8

"What is all this?" Lorelei asked as she walked into their bedroom.

"I just wanted to surprise you. And since we have the house all to ourselves, I thought I would try to be romantic and light some candles and spend time with my beautiful wife." Cody answered.

"You really are too sweet. I love it." Lorelei stated just before Cody pulled her closer for a kiss.

For the first time in a long time, Cody and Lorelei felt like newlyweds and enjoyed each other's company for the rest of the night. It was nearly 3am before both of them collapsed on the bed. Cody wrapped his arms around Lorelei and kissed her forehead. Both fell asleep rather quickly.

The days passed quickly and soon it was Friday night. Jeff's friend decided to have a party at Jeff's house. Thankfully neither Jeff or Piper minded. Jeff noticed that Piper was more relaxed and happy being there than when he saw her the last time in Greenwich.

"Hey Piper. I wanted to talk to you before everyone gets here." Jeff stated.

"Sure what's up?" Piper asked looking up from her book.

"I don't know how to say this seeing as though I don't have any kids, but there will be tons of alcohol here tonight and a lot of people. Now I don't mind if you have a drink or two, but please be careful and don't do anything that your parents could kill me for." Jeff answered.

"Oh, uh. Ok. I promise I won't do anything that my parent don't know that I've already done." Piper responded.

"Ok. Out of curiosity, what have you done?" Jeff asked.

"Plenty. Let's just say that I am not as innocent as I look. And mom and dad both know it." Piper answered.

"Please tell me that you haven't done drugs or anything like that." Jeff stated.

"Nope. Wouldn't ever touch drugs." Piper stated.

"Ok. Well it couldn't have been all the bad then." Jeff stated as he turned to head into the kitchen.

"That's what you think." Piper mumbled as she went back to her book, thinking that Jeff didn't hear her.

"Did you say something?" Jeff asked.

"Talking to myself." Piper answered.

Jeff walked into the kitchen and thought about what Piper had said. What does she mean 'That's what you think.' What could she have possibly done that was almost as bad as doing drugs. I know that she wouldn't hurt herself. She also said something about not being as innocent as she looks. Could she be, nah she wouldn't, or would she?

Soon people started to arrive and the party got underway. Piper was having a great time hanging out with Shannon, Matt, Julie, Shane, Talia and so many others. Piper remembered what Jeff told her earlier and she asked Shannon to get her something to drink. Shannon didn't even think about how old Piper was and grabbed her the same drink that he was drinking.

When he brought the drinks back to the group, Piper slammed hers down just like the others. Shannon couldn't believe that she just downed the drink like nothing. After drinking a few more drinks, and playing a couple of drinking games, Piper was feeling really relaxed and was having a great time.

Once the party came to an end, there were bodies passed out in the living room and even some in the spare bedrooms. Jeff noticed Piper trying to get up stairs but laughed when he saw her having some trouble. Jeff headed over to Piper and helped her up the stairs. He opened the door to her room and found two others sleeping in her bed. He knew that all the other rooms were taken so he helped her into his bedroom. As Jeff helped her lay on the bed, she looked at into his eyes and without hesitation, Piper kissed Jeff and then fell back onto the pillow and fell asleep.

Jeff headed back downstairs to try to find somewhere to sleep but every spot was taken. Jeff locked up the house and turned off the lights before heading up to his room. Since he had a king sized bed, there was enough room for both of them to sleep and not touch each other.

Jeff had a hard time falling asleep as he kept thinking about the kiss Piper gave him. He knew that she had been drinking and tried to just brush it off, but there was feeling behind that kiss and he knew it.

The next morning, Jeff snuck out of the room and downstairs. Matt was in the kitchen trying to find something to eat, but had no luck. Jeff knew that he could talk to his brother.

"Matt, can I talk to you for a minute alone?" Jeff asked.

"Uh sure." Matt answered as the two walked out front. "What's up?"

"Last night something happened and I'm not sure how to respond to it." Jeff started to say.

"I'm sure whatever it is you will figure it out." Matt stated.

"It's not that simple. When I helped Piper upstairs last night the only room available was my room. But before you jump to something, nothing like that happened." Jeff continued. "When I laid her on the bed she leaned up and kissed me. And that is all that happened."

"Well, I would leave it at just that. Don't pursue anything. She's only 16. And plus Lori and Cody would kill you." Matt responded.

"Yeah I know. But I just needed someone to talk to." Jeff stated.

"You know that I am always here for you if you need me." Matt stated. "You coming in?"

"Thanks." Jeff stated. "No, I'm gonna stay out here for a few minutes."

"Ok." Matt responded.

Jeff took a seat on his front porch and put his head in his hands and tried to clear his head. But the scene from last night kept playing over and over again. Jeff knew that there was no way in hell that Cody and Lori would be ok with it.

Meanwhile upstairs, Piper was starting to wake up. When she opened her eyes and saw that she wasn't in her room, she started to panic. She recognized that she was in Jeff's room and hoped that nothing had happened. She made her way into the bathroom and tried to fix her hair and clothes. She heard noises coming from downstairs and decided she'd better get out of Jeff's room.

Piper really didn't remember too much of what had happened last night after the party ended. Piper really hoped that she didn't do anything that she might regret later. As she walked into the kitchen, Matt was attempting to make breakfast with what Jeff had in the house.

"Hey Matt." Piper stated.

"Hey. How'd you sleep?" Matt asked.

"Good. My head hurts a little bit though." Piper stated.

"I bet it does. Here drink this. It will help I promise." Matt stated handing her a drink.

"What was that?" Piper asked after drinking the stuff Matt gave her.

"That was a homemade cure to a hangover." Matt answered.

"Thanks." Piper stated.

"No problem." Matt responded.

"Have you seen Jeff?" Piper asked.

"He's out front on the porch." Matt answered.

"Thanks." Piper stated.

Piper walked out the front door and found Jeff sitting in a chair with his eyes closed. Piper didn't want to disturb him so she turned to walk back into the house.

"I'm not asleep." Jeff stated.

"Ok." Piper stated.

"Have a seat." Jeff told her.

"Ok." Piper responded. "What happened last night?"

"What do you mean?" Jeff asked.

"The last thing I remember is trying to get upstairs and then waking up in your room. I just want to know what happened." Piper answered.

"Nothing happened. I tried to take you into your room and someone was passed out on your bed and the only other spot was my bed. So I took you into my room and you fell asleep right away." Jeff stated.

"Ok. Thank you." Piper stated.

"Anytime." Jeff stated.

"Food is ready if you're hungry." Matt stated from the doorway.

"Thanks." Jeff stated. "We'll be there in a minute."

"Ok" Matt responded.

"Why don't we go get something to eat and then kick everyone out of my house and we can go do something fun?" Jeff suggested.

"Sounds good to me." Piper stated.

As they ate breakfast, Piper still had a feeling that something happened last night that Jeff wasn't telling her, but decided to leave it alone for now. After they finished eating, everyone had started to wake up. Jeff and Matt walked around the house and started helping people leave.

Once the house was empty, Piper headed upstairs to shower and change. Jeff and Matt cleaned up the house the best they could before Piper got out of the shower. After Matt left, Jeff got in the shower and got ready to go.

Meanwhile in Greenwich, Lorelei was just waking up to the smell of food and coffee. Cody had gotten up without waking her so that he could surprise her with breakfast in bed. Lorelei sat up in bed as Cody walked in with a tray.

"Good Morning, Beautiful!" Cody stated.

"Morning, baby. You didn't have to do all this." Lorelei responded.

"I know. But I wanted too. It's not everyday that I get to do this for you. Plus both Vincent and Piper will be back in a few days and we won't have the time to do this." Cody stated.

"True." Lorelei stated as she started to eat.

Lorelei had a feeling that once everyone was home, things were going to be different. She just didn't know how different they would be.