The Past Can Always Haunt You

a/n: I'm sorry I keep on publishing new things and I don't know why as I have about half of my other fanfics that are halfway finished. In this fic Piper has a dark past filled with a history of drug abuse and paying for the drugs with sex, which of course leads to a young child. The word for this Chapter is buttons as that is the name of my sisters' hamster. I don't own Charmed only the characters that are not in the actual show. Enjoy! :)

Chapter 1

Piper walked up to the house with her nine-year-old son his arm was in a cast from falling of a rope in PE and Piper had went to the hospital to collect him. "Ben son, how did you fall off of the rope in the first place?" She asked unlocking the door. "Go inside and do your homework for today. Although you will not be going to school tomorrow." The young boy attempted to open his bag. Piper bent down and help him and got out the homework sheet for him. It was quiet in the house and it was peaceful as mother and son both made a stab at doing whatever work they had to do.

The phone rang and they both jumped out of there skins. Piper picked up the receiver. "Hello, Piper Halliwell speaking." A dark voice sounded on the other end.
"Piper that is a name that I have not heard in a decade. Where have you girl." Piper recognised the voice and hung up the phone just as quickly as she had picked it up.
"Who was that Mom?" Asked Benji from the dining room table.
"Nobody, just a nuisance caller. Just finish doing your homework and then you can watch television until dinner." The young boy went back to his maths as his mother went into the kitchen.

When she was sure that Benji couldn't hear her Piper called for Leo, her husband and a white-lighter and honestly a much better role-model than her son's biological father. "Hi honey." Leo said, then noticed that she was worried. "What's wrong?" He asked. The young woman sat at the kitchen table.
"Ben's biological father called. I was kinda hoping that it would never happen. I thought he was in prison." Leo was shocked, as her white-lighter Leo knew exactly who she had been talking about.
"And by his biological father, you mean that drug-dealer you slept with several times to get your fix." Piper nodded sadly not to proud of her past. She had found out about Ben when she was six months pregnant. She had been rushed to the hospital when her grandmother found her lying on the living room floor dying of an overdose. It was that baby boy that had made her turn her life around, and she thanked him for all she was worth. She started crying then, her tears showing how scared she was of that dark man. "Hey, come on baby. There is no need for that." Leo soothed, as though she was a child. He knew that this man will always have power over Piper, despite the fact that she had grown into something more powerful than he could imagine. "Leo what am I going to do. I have not touched any of that stuff since my Ben was born. What if he comes after him, I cannot and will not lose my son over him." She said both defeated and determined.

The next morning a package came for her. She opened it and seen a few packets of drugs. She recognised them as heroine and cocaine. "Why is this happening to me?" She asked nobody in particular. Paige walked into the room. "Morning Piper. Is everything okay." Piper shook her head.
"No," She said hanging her head. "He sent me drugs." Paige looked in the box her sister had pointed to as she spoke and went to touch the packaging. "NO Paige don't touch it, just call Daryl. He'll know what to do." Paige did as her sister asked. Piper just stared at the contents of the box. 'That part of my life was over ten years ago. I have a family a son who does not need a drug addict mother.' She though as the drugs continued to plague her life even when she no longer uses them.

Daryl arrived and Piper was thankful. "Piper are you okay. Paige just told me that you haven't moved in half an hour." Piper once again pointed to the sinister box on the table. Daryl put on some latex gloves and rummaged through the box. "Piper did you see this note before?" He asked spotting the hand written letter. He handed it to Piper for her to read aloud. She cleared her throat.
"Piper I am writing this to you to tell you that you cannot hide from me even when you disguise your dark past and hide it from our son. Yes I know about the boy. I just wanted to tell you that you are worthless and you should have died when you had that overdose. You are a worthless addict." She dropped the letter not wanting to read any more of the insulting words. She put her face in her hands and cried. Daryl offered her a tissue. And sat down on the couch beside her. "Piper has he tried to contact you before this package came?" he asked.
"He called the house phone yesterday when me and Ben were alone in the house. I didn't talk to him when I found out it was him. I just hung up and then lied to my little boy." Daryl put his hand on her shoulder and hugged her. To him Piper was a sister and he wasn't going to let anybody hurt her.

The day continued and Piper never went to the club. Not only was he afraid that he would turn up there but she had to keep an eye on Ben too. "Mom, mom." He shook Piper who had fallen asleep on the couch. She slowly opened her eyes and seen the curly haired brown eyed boy and smiled. "Yes sweetie what the matter?" She asked.
"Can we go to the park and have a picnic. The sun is out and I wanna have fun." Piper smiled despite the knots she has in her stomach from the call and the package. "I'll make a picnic and you can go and find some toys to take in the car with us. I will call Leo and you're aunts before we leave maybe they can meet us there." She kissed the top of his head the way she used to when he was little. He smoothed down his dark unruly hair. "Thanks mom." He said and ran up stairs and Piper made the picnic. She called Phoebe while she was making it and she agreed to meet them in the park, the same with Phoebe.

Leo orbed in as they were about to leave the house. "Hi honey she said. Are you coming we are going in a family picnic and I thought you were working all day." Leo smiled and took the baseball hat off of Ben before ruffling his hair and placing it back on. "Leo can you sign my cast?" He asked, Leo agreed and signed the cast with a bright blue pen. Ben used his free arm to punch the air triumphantly. The three climbed into the car and drove off out the street to the park. From the outside they would have looked like any ordinary family, but of course they weren't.

At the park Ben ran ahead to greet his aunts and uncle Cole who had now come back from his sole searching. "Uncle Cole you're back." He cried out when he seen his uncle standing there.
"Hay little buddy. What have you done to your arm?" He asked noticing the heavy white and orange cast on Ben's arm.
"I hurt it in PE yesterday." He answered Piper and Leo finally caught up with them. Ben stood beside his mother. Piper took his shoulder and they walked through the park on that warm summers day. Looking for the perfect place to have their picnic.

As soon as they found the perfect place Ben pulled out a soccer ball and started playing with it. "Ben be careful. I don't want you to hurt your arm again." Piper warned as he ran off. The adults set out all the blankets and the food and drink. "How many toys did he pack?" Paige asked bringing put several action figures and a frisbe.
"I didn't think he packed that many, I think half the toy cupboard is packed in here." Piper responded. Leo rubbed his arm.
"No wonder it was so heavy." They all laughed at the joke and continued unpacking.

Ben kicked his ball too hard and it hit a man who was wearing a trench coat and a hat despite the heat, on his head. "I'm sorry mister." He said running over to collect his ball. The man pulled out a knife.
"This otta teach ya to be so careless." Piper seen the man and walked over.
"Leave him alone, he was just a kid and he did apologise. Go and sit with your aunts." Ben left and the man advanced on Piper. He smirked at finally getting a reaction from his prey. He plunged the knife deep into her abdomen and ran off. Piper fell to the ground in pain and disbelief as Leo held her head in his head. Cole had run after the guy, not knowing if he would catch up to him or not. "Baby are you okay."
"Leo heal me please." Piper asked the colour draining her from her face. Leo shook his head. He couldn't. A crowd had gathered around them.
"Mom." Ben said as he pushed his way through the crowd of people. "Mom. Leo is mom going to die?" He asked crouching beside them.
"Not if I can help it Benji." He said.

Paramedics appeared and the crowd parted ways to make room for them. "Sir can you tell me what happened here?" One of them asked. She was average height a good weight and had blue eyes and short black hair. Truth be told she was the double of Prue. "She was stabbed in the abdomen by a man in a trenchcoat." He said as the male paramedic was dealing with Piper he had a free hand to cover Ben's ears. He pushed them away with his good arm as he still had a sling over his cast. The young woman seen the cast on his arm.
"You look like you have been in the wars too young man. Is there anybody he can stay with while your wife is in hospital?" She asked when she spotted the way Leo was playing nervously with his wedding band.
"Yeah his aunts, and if they can't then he can stay with his grandfather." Paige and Phoebe made an appearance as they couldn't get passed the crowd.
"We don't mind watching our nephew. Ben come with us in the car and you can see your mom at the hospital in a little bit, when she is feeling a bit better okay." Phoebe said. Ben did as he was told as Leo climbed into the ambulance after the paramedics who had the stretcher that Piper was on. The doors to the ambulance closed and then whisked away with the sirens on.

A few days later Piper was removed from the ICU and down into a recovery ward, she was still weak and had started having night terrors. The doctor wanted to keep an eye on her. She was in a hospital gown. She looked tired and needed to get a blood transfusion when she got there due to the amount of blood she lost. There was dark circles under her eyes through lack of sleep. It was the first day that she was able to sit up by herself, though it was still painful for her to do so. As it was before visiting hours Piper was bored and had nobody to talk to. She watched as patients, nurses, doctors and porters walked past her room. The last nurse that came in had left it open. A young doctor looked in and knocked on the door. "The nurses are short staffed today so I want to ask you if you want anything to eat this morning. Piper looked at him strangely knowing that she was being fed on a drip, she told the doctor that she only wanted some Jello. He left as the police showed up.

"Piper Halliwell." One of them said as he held up his badge. "We would like to talk to you about a case that was solved ten years ago." He said. Piper lifted her head a little more and tried to sit up straighter before wincing in pain. "Take it easy, you are going to hurt yourself." The other one said. They both took a seat on either side of the bed and Piper looked at them both in turn.
"What case would you be referring to?" She asked them.
"Ten years ago we arrested a Mr Dave Fisher under dealing drugs and assisting prostitution. We have had recent information that he has broken out of prison and is out to get the people who sent him there." Piper was in shock. "I never helped to put him in prison, but he is my son's biological father and he is the reason I am in hospital right now." She paused to regain her breath. "I know that my history isn't great but I have turned my life around. And Dave Fisher is one person that I can admit scares me. I don't care what happens to me. I just need to know that my son is safe." Piper wasn't dumb and knew that they would have done research on her before coming to find her.

She didn't realise it yet but her past was certainly coming back to haunt her. And it was worse than any demon she had ever faced.

a/n: Next chapter soon.