Disclaimer: I still don't own Charmed and I have a feeling that that isn't going to change anytime soon.

Summary: Chris' life has been nothing but demons for almost a year now. But what happens when someone comes along and throws a wrench in the works? Set in season six one week after Midnight Rendezvous.

Hey guys! I just couldn't get this story out of my head and I needed to write it down. I'm still working on Bumps in the Night. I'm just having a serious case of writers block at the moment. I know where I want the story to go but I'm having a really hard time getting it down on paper. I'm almost finished with chapter six though. It should be posted soon. Enjoy.

Chapter One

Twenty Minutes.

That was how long Allison Hunter had been waiting for her best friend to show up. Every second felt like a year and with every fleeting moment she drew closer and closer to leaving.

Looking around the crowded club for anyone she knew, she made brief eye contact with a guy sitting at the bar. He winked at her and ran a hand through his long blond hair. Allison inwardly groaned, knowing just what she was going to get into if she talked to that guy. The last thing she needed at the moment was some chauvinistic asshole begging her to get in bed with him. And tonight the club seemed to be packed filled with them.

She checked her watch one more time…twenty one minutes.

Okay…it was time to get out of there.

She shifted in her seat, moving to get her purse when all of a sudden she heard someone walk up to her. Thinking it was Lisa she looked up and smiled. The look soon vanished when she saw that it was the guy from the bar with a martini in his hand. He took the liberty of sitting across from her without being invited.

"I saw that you were sitting here all alone and couldn't help but think… what kind of guy would stand up and beautiful girl like you?" he said flaunting his deep voice and over doing the charm. The fakeness was radiating off of him as he kept talking, throwing out horrible pick up lines and going on and on about how wonderful he was. Allison thought she would be sick.

"Listen…" She paused not knowing his name.

"John"

"…John." She smiled curtly and looked at her hands witch were perched on the table top, her fingers intertwined, trying to find the words. "You seem like a really great guy but…I'm just not looking for a relationship right now." She said. John smiled and let out a small laugh.

"Well…who said anything about a relationship? What do you say I take you out tomorrow night, no strings attached, just a casual dinner?"

"I don't-"

"I know this really great Vietnamese place.-"

"A few blocks from here, right? Yea, I've been there. They have great food, absolutely outstanding." A new voice cut into the conversation. John looked up surprised to see another man there, smiling at him and Allison. The man put his hand on Allison's shoulder.

"I'm sorry I'm late, baby. I got caught up in a meeting. I would have called you but my cell phone died." He said winking at Allison. She moved over and the man sat next to her. He offered a hand to John who stared at him open mouthed and didn't take it. "It was nice talking to you."

"Yea…" John said as he stood up and walked out of the club. Allison watched him exit the club and then turned to the man sitting next to her who was already getting up.

"Thank you so much. You have no idea what you just did for me." She said.

"No problem. You're new around here. I haven't seen you here before." He said. Allison shifted in her seat so that it was easier to look at him.

"Umm Yea…I just moved. Do you come here often?" she asked.

"Yea my M-… sister owns the club. I help out here a lot. I actually kind of live here. " He said. Allison smiled.

"Yea, I guess work can get that way sometimes." She said.

"No, I literally live here. In back, there's an office with a cot set up… I just moved here and I can't find an apartment because of…well…certain complications. It's great! You know, if you don't think about the loud music and the crowds, and the fact that I sleep on a two inch pad every night." Allison laughed. "Anyway…I have to get going. It was nice to meet you."

"You didn't" Allison said. "I'm Allison." She offered him her hand, which he accepted gracefully.

"Chris."

"Nice to meet you, Chris." She smiled as he walked away toward the backroom. "Wait!" she said. Chris turned around and walked back toward her.

"Here's my number. Call me sometime." She said taking out a pen and writing on a napkin which she handed to him.

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"Piper, no!" Phoebe said grabbing the martini from her sister's hand. Piper cast her a confused look and raised her hands in the air in defense. "You can't drink that, you're pregnant." Piper looked at the glass that was no in her sister's hand.

"Damn it. I forgot." She said.

"You forgot? How could you just forget that you were pregnant?" Phoebe asked taking a sip of what would have been her sister's drink.

"I didn't forget. It just slipped my mind for a second…Believe me. I haven't forgotten. It's been the subject of my thoughts for a long time now." She said, truthfully. When she first found out about her pregnancy, she'd been so wrapped up in the fact that she was pregnant with her whitelighter from the future that she hadn't even thought of what having another baby around the house would be like. Now, with Leo gone she didn't know how she was going to raise two babies. She had a hard enough time with one.

"Piper, are you still stressing over Chris? I thought that you were finally accepting the fact…"

"No…I have, really I have. And I'm happy. I love him. I really do. I always have. He's a great guy. Sometimes he pissed me off, but what son doesn't piss of his parents every once and a while. It's what's going to happen after Chris is born that I'm obsessing about these days. I mean it's not fair for him to grow up without a father. It's not fair for Wyatt either, but at least he was around for a small part of Wyatt's life. He's never going to be there for Chris. And I just don't know if I'm going to be able to raise two magical boys on my own."

"Piper, you have me…and Paige. You won't be alone. And look at Chris. He turned out okay." Phoebe said.

"If you call neurotic and angry okay, then I guess you're right. And let's not forget about the fact that my other son is the ruler of all evil in the future."

"Piper, whatever happens to Wyatt it isn't your fault. You're a great mother. And yes, Chris might be a little neurotic but other than that he's a great guy. He's smart, and funny, and brave. I mean look over there. That girl seems to really be enjoying his company." Phoebe said absentmindedly.

"What!" Piper said turning in the direction that Phoebe pointed to. "Oh my God! He's-"

"He's flirting." Phoebe finished. "I didn't know he could do that."

"You got a camera?' Piper asked.

"I have my cell phone, why?" she answered before leafing through her purse to find it.

"Well…Chris is actually taking time off his mission to talk to someone. I figure this is a once and a life time occurrence. I just wanted to get it on film." Phoebe laughed and handed Piper her phone. She took a picture right as the girl was reaching into her purse for a pen.

"Wow, look at that he got a number…" Phoebe said as Chris started to walk in their direction. "He's coming. He's coming. Turn around."

Chris walked up to them and pulled up a bar stool next to them. He noticed the amused smiles on their faces and looked at them skeptically.

"What?" he asked. They both smiled at him.

"Nothing." They said at the same time. Chris raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, I know you well enough to know that when you say things at the same time like that, something's up. What is it? Is there a demon…stration?" Chris corrected himself as he saw the bar tender walked up to him and gave him a weird look at the word 'demon'.

"Can I get you anything?" she asked.

"Uh…Captain and Coke." He answered.

"Can I see an I.D.?" The new bartender asked. Chris cast a look in his mother's direction. Piper laughed nervously and looked up at the bartender.

"He's okay, Anne, just get the drink." Anne walked away muttering 'you're the boss' as she turned around. Piper smiled and looked at Chris. "You really need to do something about that you know." She said to Chris.

"What am I supposed to do? Go up to the DMV and fill out my forms with no birth certificate and no evidence of my existence whatsoever. No thanks, I really don't feel like going to jail again." He said.

"Again?" Piper asked astounded.

"Never mind, it's a long story." He said. "So what were you to smiling about earlier?"

"If you think that that's going to get you out of telling me how you were sent to jail-"

"We were just wondering when you decided to incorporate hitting on people with your demon…strations" Phoebe said as once again Anne walked over to the group and cast them a very confused look. She handed the drink to Chris and walked to the other side of the bar. "…demon vanquishes."

"I don't know what you're talking about." He said taking a sip of his beverage.

"Oh please, Chris, we saw you over there flirting with that girl. Who by the way gave you her number if I interpreted that exchange correctly." Phoebe said nudging him in the arm with her elbow and twitching her eyebrows.

"I wasn't hitting on her I was just saving her from the asshole that was hitting on her. The fact that she gave me her number was completely unintentional." He said taking another sip of his drink. "And beside my se-romantic life is none of your business." His tone once again took that of his normal angry self and he walked away.

"What's his problem?" Piper asked.

"Oh don't worry Piper. He's not mad at you. He's just testy because HE HASN'T GOTTTEN LAID IN A YEAR!" Phoebe said making sure he could hear it in the crowd. Without looking back Chris brought his hands over his head and banged his fists together sideways. "Haha…yea that is so my nephew." Phoebe said without looking at Piper. But as soon as she saw the look on her face her mood suddenly changed.

"I mean…I would never teach your sons anything like that. That was obscene. And of course he hasn't gotten laid in a year because he's still a virgin." Piper rolled her eyes.

"Come on. Let's go. I have a baby at home I that probably misses his Mommy." Piper said grabbing her purse and walking out of the club, Phoebe following close behind.

TBC…