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

Chapter 5: A Stranger

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Piper woke up that morning on the floor of the front room. She was disoriented and didn't know what was going on. She tried to move but was met with stabbing pains all over her body. Then she remembered. Tears began to fall again

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Leo sat on the steps near were Piper lay, and again he felt that surge of anger towards Jeremy. He watched her as the tears fell again. He had five crucial bits of information about her.

She had an abusive husband, called Jeremy

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.

She had gorgeous legs.

She dreamed of having children and treated her nephews and nieces like her own (A way in again)

Soon. He thought, soon, the time game would be won. He could feel it. Something was going to happen, soon, the time game would end.

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The phone rang through the manor. Piper struggled to her feet and picked up the receiver.

"Hello." She said trying to keep the tears out of her voice

"Piper?" it was Andy and he sounded VERY upset.

"Andy? What's wrong?" she asked

"It's Prue" Prue! Oh my god!

"What, what's wrong with Prue?" Piper asked frantically

"She was in a accident Piper." OH MY GOD!

"What? Is she okay?" the tears came again

"She bad Pipe, you should down here now." Andy explained

"Okay, how are the triplets?" Piper asked

"They're fine, well, they're confused. There with Holly and Lilly (Phoebe n Cole's kids remember!)"

"Good. I'll be right down Andy."

Piper slammed the phone down and grabbed her car keys. Forgetting her own pain she ran out the door.

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Leo sat and listened to the phone call. So Piper's big sister has had a car crash has she…? This IS defiantly a way in. But there was also another feeling in Leo's body. Something he had never felt before, but knew exactly what it was, pity. He felt sorry for her! He didn't know why though. She was a job, nothing more. This was a way, he should be glad! He was dammit!

He raked a hand through his dirty blonde hair. Right. Off to the hospital. The time game is over…

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Piper ran into the hospital in a panic. Tears steaming down her cheeks and hair messed up. She threw herself into Andy's arms and cried some more.

"How is she?" she croaked out after a while

"The doctors say, she's stable, but not out of the woods yet." Andy explained and led her down onto the chairs of the waiting room.

"Where are the kids?" Piper asked

"With Phoebe and Cole's two in the play room."

"Ok."

Piper stood up to walk there. She bent her head down to wipe away the tears, not wanting her nephews and nieces to know she had been crying, so she wasn't looking where she was going. Turning around the corner she bumped into someone and the contents of the purse poured out onto the floor of the hospital waiting room.

She bent down to pick it up hurriedly and found a pair of dazzling green eyes staring back at her.

"I'm sorry." The stranger said

"It's okay" As she stood up the stranger handed her rest of her things for her bag and stretched his hand out.

"My names Leo, Leo Wyatt." He said"