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Chapter 10 - Midnight Confessions ~*~*~*~ In my midnight
confessions ~*~*~*~ He poured over the photos of her. She was so beautiful and even more beautiful in person. She had something about her that just drew him to her. He wanted so badly for her to be a bad person, someone he could blame everything on, but as he looked at the photos he knew that it would be impossible to do. "Are you looking at them again?" a voice asked. It startled him and he turned around to face Mrs. Seer. "Yes I am. I'm going to call her later and ask her to come down to the studio. Believe it or not I still have a job." Mrs. Seer was not impressed, "A job yes, but you are falling for her." "I'm not but if I was I still plan to do as we have talked about." Mrs. Seer shook her head, "I knew telling you the truth was going to lead to this. You are so close Cole, so close to getting the revenge you have wanted since you were a boy." Cole irrupted, "AND WHAT HAS THAT ANGER BROUGHT ME? I have no one save my son that I love! And yet here I am. To say that I wish for my very existence to cease is an understatement!" Mrs. Seer had no reaction having grown quite use to his outbursts. "Be that as it may we have put a lot of hours into this plan. If we don't go through with this than nothing will ever be solved." And with that the woman left leaving Cole to his thoughts. ~*~ Piper and Leo left the manor for a walk. You could cut the tension in the house with a spoon. Paige had wanted to leave and because Prue was still recovering Phoebe took her to the park. Which left Andy and Prue and Piper and Leo. So the latter two left. They decided to play tourist and went to Alcatraz, Fisherman's Warf, and finally decided to eat dinner at the restaurant on Pier 39. It was a romantic atmosphere and the two were in a bubble all their own. "When do you think we should tell the producers?" Piper asked. "I was thinking we should tell them as soon as Prue has a story we can use because no matter what after we tell them the press is going to find out." Leo answered. "I hope Prue comes up with something good." Leo muttered. Piper cocked her head to the side and looked at him, "I was thinking Leo. You know that the press is going to say that it's your baby. There are always rumors about us and I've been thinking that maybe we shouldn't deny it." "What are you talking about?" he asked not really sure he heard her right. "Well we'll hide in plain sight. Do everything we normally do, but act like we do when there isn't prying eyes somewhere. And if they ask we won't deny anything." "We act like we normally do when the camera isn't there and we'd get arrested for indecent exposure." he quipped. She shot him a look, but smiled, "So you think it's a good idea?" He gave her a big smile, "I think it's a wonderful idea." When they left the restaurant their new attitude was put to the test. They were holding hands and laughing as they walked back to their vehicle. "Piper Halliwell is that you?" a voice from the past asked, Piper and Leo both turned. "Dan." she faked smiled. One person that Piper never thought she would see again. "I thought that was you. How are you?" he asked. Piper continued to keep the smile on her face, "I'm doing great actually. Things are going marvelously for me." she answered and then she remembered who she was with, "Dan Gordon I would like you to meet Leo Wyatt. Leo this is Dan Gordon." the two shook hands. "You know Piper we should get together and talk about old times." Dan suggested. "Maybe sometime later." Piper answered. "Well I'll have to come by and visit at some point. You two have a good night." he said and then left. The mood was tense and Piper couldn't do anything to alleviate it. She walked fast and Leo had to walk a little faster than normal to keep up with her. "Piper slow down." he called. She stopped. She was running and she knew it, but she also knew that she didn't have to anymore. "Piper what's wrong?" he asked her. She shook her head, "Not here. Take me home and I'll tell you then." Leo nodded his head and put his arm around her shoulders and walked her back to the car. Piper had to remind herself who she was now and who she was with. ~*~ Back at the manor there was noise coming from every which way. Andy was with Paige and Prue and Phoebe were talking. "What's going on?" Piper asked. The other two girls looked at her and Leo went to where Andy and Paige were playing. "Phoebe is going back to LA." Prue informed her. "Why are you going back there?" Piper asked. "Cole has the photos done and he wants me to see them." She explained and Prue and Piper gave each other looks. "Hey what is that look for?" Phoebe asked, "Going all the way back to LA just to see photos?" Prue asked. Phoebe nodded, "Yes why else would I be there?" Piper snorted, "Cole?" Phoebe rolled her eyes, "You got me. So are you going to let me go?" she asked. "Go have fun and we'll see you when you come back." Piper gave her permission. Prue went to hug her, "No sex without safe sex." she whispered in her ear. Something she always told her sisters. Especially Piper after she was married. "See you two later!" she called and went to say good-bye to Leo, Paige, and Andy. "So what's up with you?" Prue asked. "I saw Dan." she confessed. "You did? Did you say anything to him?" Prue prodded. "Only that everything is absolutely wonderful." she smiled. "Good for you. What did Leo think?" "Leo doesn't know about Dan." Piper whispered. "WHAT?" Prue shouted which made the other three people there look at them. "I'm going to tell him tonight. I just thought it was all behind me and out of the blue he pops back." "You'd better tell Leo." Prue cautioned. "I'll tell him. As soon as we go to bed." ~*~ Bed came sooner than Piper had wanted. Leo was already in bed when she came into the room. She went into the bathroom and when she came out finally ready to face Leo he was asleep. She smiled at him, got under the covers and snuggled up to him. Just as she was thanking her lucky stars that she had gotten out of it a warm arm enveloped her and a warm voice whispered, "You didn't think you were getting out of it that easily did you?" "Well I was hoping." "Piper what is going on?" She took a deep breath as she faced the wall. "Dan and I were high school sweethearts. Back then I was...well...I wasn't as strong as I am now." Leo didn't say anything, but he did bring her closer to him and with his body language letting her know that he was there. Around that time Grams started to get sick and I had to start working for the bank, and I was still in college. It was extremely stressful and Dan wasn't being as supportive as I thought he should be. However Grams died a month after that and he became really supportive so I dropped the issue. I was helping a friend that was in a play you know helping with lines and that sort of thing and I fell in love with it. It was an escape from all of my problems and the more I started to pursue it the more I knew that it was what I should do. Anyway Dan didn't think that I should do it, and was seriously considering not doing it, but then one night I over heard him talking with his friends about my stupid little hobby. I was livid. I told my sisters what had happened and that I was moving to LA. They decided to go with me and I went to tell Dan. He told me that I was stupid, I would never make it, and that in six months I would come crawling to him." By the time Piper was finished she was livid. Not at Dan, but at herself for her cowardice as far as Dan was concerned. For almost giving up on a dream because some man told her to. "And every time I didn't get a part every time something wasn't right I would think to myself that he was right. He came to visit me once in LA. And I thought that maybe we could get back together, but it was the same stuff over and over again. It really wasn't a 'big' deal, but it had a profound effect on me and I have always tried to ignore it." Leo didn't know what to say to her because he knew that she had only scratched the surface, and he did not want to push her further than she was willing to go. He had also known that someone before him had really hurt her, but he hadn't known to what extent. "Anyway that is why I'm not really that happy to see him. When I got my first big movie part he sent me flowers with a congratulations on it as if he had been rooting for me that whole time." "I don't know what to say Piper." He finally answered. "You don't have to say anything. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I really just wanted to put the whole thing behind me." "Well you're married, you star in one of the most popular shows on television, you have a great movie career, and you're about to start a family of your own. I'd say that it is behind you." She smiled and turned around to face him, "Thank-you." she whispered. He gave her a kiss on her forehead and held her to him. ~*~*~*~ End of Chapter 10 * "Midnight Confessions" by the Grass Roots. |