Talking to Piper (Piper/Open)

[Anya Gordon]

Anya had been over at the manor hanging with Melody when she decided she wanted to meet Piper. She had heard so much about her from her dad and Melody and she was curious to see what she was really like. She sat in the living room with Melody as they waited for Piper. "Aunt Piper should be here in a little while and I'm sure you are going to love her as much as I do." Melody told her as they waited.

[Piper Halliwell]

Piper opened the door to the Manor and closed it behind her with her foot, as her hands held grocery bags. She put them down on the table in the Kitchen and rested down her keys as well. Walking into the living room she saw Anya, the girl that was with Dan, and Melody. "Hey," she said, pushing back some of her hair behind her shoulder.

[Melody Halliwell]

Melody looked up as her aunt entered the room "Hey aunt Piper, this is my friend Anya." Melody said with a smile as she introduced her aunt to Anya.

[Piper Halliwell]

"Hi Anya," said Piper in the kind voice she normally used when introduced to someone. Well unless the someone was a demon, then she'd just blow them up. As she looked at Anya, she realised that the girl didn't look so much like her dad. She must have taken after her mom then.

[Anya Gordon]

"Hey." Anya said with a smile as she looked at Piper. She seemed to be a nice lady and Anya was looking forward to getting to know all the Halliwells. "My dad talks about you all the time." Anya said smiling. It was the truth Anya knew so much about Piper it like she could write a book on her.

[Piper Halliwell]

"Well...that's not a good thing," Piper replied when she said that Dan talked about her all the time. What if he tried to win her back? They already had enough confusion in their lives as it was.

[Anya Gordon]

Anya looked at Piper thoughtfully. "What happened to you and my father? Why did you guys break up?" she asked in a soft voice.

[Piper Halliwell]

Piper sighed. "That's not something I really want to get into Anya..." she said quietly. Piper had faced one of the hardest decisions in her life over that...but she had chosen Leo in the end. She knew Anya was still a child and wouldn't understand it. But still, if Dan still loved her shouldn't Anya hate her for it, like Kaelyn and Henry hadn't taken to Kyle at first?

[Anya Gordon]

Anya sighed, she thought about what she knew about what her mother from what her father told her about her mother. From her father's description Piper sounded a lot like her mother which was why Anya was drawn to her in the first place. She knew her mother was gone but that didn't change the fact that she really needed a mother figure in her life.

[Piper Halliwell]

Piper noticed Anya's silence. She felt sorry for her, like Piper she had lost her mother at an early age. It was horrible to go through so many things without your mother there for you every step of the way. She didn't want to say the wrong thing though, so waited for Anya to speak.

[Anya Gordon]

Anya thought for a few minutes "did you have to grow up without your mother?" she asked softly as she looked down at her feet then back up at Piper. Anya thought back on her life growing up and how much she had missed out on. Anya loved her father but she really wanted a mother figure in her life.

[Piper Halliwell]

Piper didn't expect the question. Then again something she'd learned from experience with her own daughter, and with her nieces was that they loved asking questions you expected the least. "Yes...I did," she said quietly, giving her a sad smile.

[Anya Gordon]

Anya looked at Piper sadly "my mother died when I was a baby and I miss her so much. There have been a lot of things I've had to miss out on especially all the mother daughter things that my friends get to do with their mothers. When I see my friends with their mothers it makes me miss her even more." Anya said in a soft voice.

[Piper Halliwell]

Melody was talking just soft enough for Piper to be able to hear so she walked a little closer to her. "I know the feeling," she replied. It was truly horrible to grow up without a mother. There were so many activities at school when you were younger, not to mention the shopping, spending time at the park, that you missed out on. Piper scarcely remembered anything on her mom, the most vivid memory being at Kenwood park when Phoebe still in her mom's stomach.

Patty had loved to take them to the park, that she knew clearly. After a day with demons, what
mom wouldn't like to go to the park with her daughters? It was relaxing. "I'm sorry..." she said. She felt sorry that Anya had to go through the pain of losing a mother as well.

[Anya Gordon]

"Its ok." Anya said softly. "Although I miss having a mother my dad has helped ma a lot. He is like the mother I never had and he really does a great job. My dad is the best thing that has ever happened to me, without him I don't know what my life would be like if I didn't have my father in my life." Anya said softly as she looked up at Piper.