reading Black Orbs by Dream.Of.Rainy.Days-x

Chapter 3: Where It All Went Wrong

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Leo sat on the steps of the manor, under a magical cloak. He always had it on, so that no one could see him, but he could watch Piper all the time. He had been working on her case for about a week now and so far he had figured out 4 things:

She had an abusive husband, called Jeremy (A way in, he thought)

She had 3 sisters, who she was very close to, but they didn't know about Jeremy.

She worked as a chef in a restaurant, but always gave some to homeless kitchens. (That's one thing that's going to earn her, her wings, he thought)

She had gorgeous legs.

Leo let out a low whistle at that last thought. He loved her legs. She wore a lot of skirts so he got to see them a lot. Sometimes it was hard for him to concentrate on the task at hand when she was stood right in front of him, with those legs.

Right now she had just woken up. Her hair still a little messy, but her eyes were already red, as if she woke up crying. She probably had done. All over Jeremy. Stupid bastard. Wait, where had THAT thought come from? Leo thought. Sure Jeremy was scum, but so was he! He had done SO much more than Jeremy. For a start, he had KILLED how many women? 30, 40? Leo lost count somewhere. Piper would be next. After, he played the time game. Then she would be next.

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Piper woke up and wondered where it had all gone wrong in her marriage. She had met Jeremy when she was 24 and married him 2 years later. If she thought HARD she remembered when he was sweet to her all the time. It was about a year and a half ago things went wrong.
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Yeah." Piper said worried about book counterpart

"He had lost his job and started to drink and gamble. About a year ago Piper had caught him cheating on her with her friend Sky."
Sky was disgusted
"Jeremy had eventually gotten Piper to forgive him and take him back but that didn't mean that things got better.

About a month after that was when Jeremy hit her for the first time."
There was a violent explosion as both Penny and Alex's powers and emotions didn't like the way the story is going

"He had come home from the bar late and she was on the phone to P3's manager, Mike, arranging the details for Michelle Branch. He had come in and demanded that she told him who she was on the phone to.

She told him and he went berserk. He accused her of cheating, HE accused HER! But it didn't stop there, when she denied it he called her a lying whore, among various other names. She carried on denying it and he lost it. That's when he hit, right across the face. She just looked at him, in fear and confusion, tears running down her cheeks. He stormed upstairs and fell asleep right away.'
S

he should have killed him after that

"The next morning he had showered her with gifts and flowers, promising it would never happen again. He stayed off the drink for a while, but he went back. He ALWAYS fell back. And it all began again. Over and over and over. She was stuck in a vicious cycle, and Piper couldn't see a way out…

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Leo heard he jingle again in the back of his head. He didn't want to leave. He didn't want to leave her and her legs. But he did and he orbed out, in black orbs.

"Leo." The elder greeted him

"What the fuck do you want now?" he asked, wanting to get back to her legs

"We just wanted to know how you're getting on, we haven't heard from you in a week." The elder explained impatiently

"Yeah well, I've been working!"

"Be calm Leo, we're just worried."

"What the fuck about!"

"About you, this is what happened to Alec, with the Daisy, incident…"

"What happened!"

"You know the not wanting to leave, the being with your charge constantly…"

Leo didn't understand. How could they think that he was falling in love with her? He would NEVER fall in love.

"That's not it!" Leo growled

"Fine, if you insist…"

"I do!"

"Very well."

Leo orbed out, and back to her.

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For the past week or so Piper had had a strange feeling. Like someone was watching her constantly. She even felt it in her dreams. But she wasn't afraid of this presence, it didn't scare her. Something inside was telling her that something good would come from this…

Piper sat in the kitchen thinking. Something she did a lot recently. This time she was thinking about children. She had always wanted kids but Jeremy had never been interested. She wasn't even sure she wanted kids with him now anyway.

But she did want children. So bad. She treated her nieces and nephews like they were her own, always buying them things and taking them on days out, but it didn't fill the gaping hole in heart.

Phoebe had asked the other day, "Why haven't you and Jez had kids yet, you'd be great parents." Piper just said that it wasn't the right time.

But Piper didn't want to bring a child in the world if Jeremy would just treat it like he treated her. She didn't want that for ANYONE. Not even Sky, who she almost hated."

More tears fell down her face, but she didn't even notice, she had cried so many, she didn't even realise."