Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed only what I make up.

Summary: Greg tries yet another trick up his sleeve when he gets ahold of some of Chuck's manticore relatives. Not to mention the new set of Charmed Ones are about to learn more about the future that their younger siblings, and in Chris's case his daughter, are trying so hard to save. Mel finally comes to a decision about what she is going to do about school. Meanwhile she is set to graduate from the academy. Henry and Bianca are having problems communicating with each other because she still hasn't fully come to terms with her sister's death. Prue drops a bombshell on Phoebe when she tells her that she and Chuck have decided to postpone their wedding. Jake and Greg continue to have problems getting along. Huck enlists Ricky's help while he thinks about what to do about the situation with Torch. The future people are shocked when they get an unexpected visitor.

Chapter 1: American Past Time

"Come on Chris is that all you got? Because I'm pretty sure that Grams could throw harder than you." Wyatt taunted his little brother.

Chris rolled his eyes at his brother and took a deep breath. "Wyatt don't taunt me I did that on purpose. I was trying to hit you to keep your ass from crowding the plate." He yelled back at his brother. The Halliwell children were taking a well needed break. They were playing baseball in the park close to the manor.

Chris pulled his cap down over his eyes a little to shield them from the sun. He went into his windup and threw the ball. Wyatt hit it effortlessly well out of the infield and into the outfield all the way back at the fence. But Henry was back at the fence and he made the catch without so much as breaking a sweat.

Chuck was on second base and he looked like he was debating running to third. It was a well known fact that he was fast but the question was would he be a match for Henry's arm? Both young men locked eyes and Chuck took off running. Henry reared back and threw as hard as he could to third. Chuck slid in but Henry's throw had beat him there by a fraction of a second.

"Are you fucking kidding me? I was totally safe." Chuck bitched looking up at Patty who was playing third.

"No, you were out without a doubt Chuck. Here are the rules as I see them you never try to steal third when Hank or Mel are out in the field and since they are both out there right now what you just tried is base running suicide. With those two it's a guaranteed out." Patty told him after she had taken a minute to take her glove off and shake her hand. It didn't matter how many times she caught a throw from her brother or Mel her hand still hurt like a bitch.

"Hey, Chris try not to let him get under your skin so much next time. I really am not fond of running into this damn fence out here." Henry called out to his cousin cupping his hands around his mouth so that he could hear him.

Chris didn't respond verbally he just made a gesture with the middle finger on his right hand extended towards his favorite cousin.

"You guys know that these teams really aren't fair you guys got all of the good players." Prue whined as she stepped up to the plate.

"Prue I don't know what you've found to bitch about this time but the teams are fair. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm fairly certain that you used to play softball." Chris said stroking his chin while pretending to think.

"Let me rephrase that there is no getting past your outfield you have Melinda, Henry, and Derek back there I'm pretty sure that they're all going to fucking catch any ball that goes out there." Prue argued.

"Well then hit the damn thing on the ground as hard as you can." Chris retorted.

"Bullshit your infield is just as bad as your outfield is. You have B on first, Jake on second, and Charlie on third. For real you guys don't have a team you have a machine. And like I said before you have two semi pros in right and center." Prue argued back at him.

"Ok we have two outs this inning lets do something different just to appease the princess. Mel you take third, Hank take first, Ricky I want you on second, B go to right, Charlie go to center, and Jake take left." Chris ordered changing all his players around.

"Does that mean that you and I are going to switch too Chris?" Troy asked from back behind the plate.

"Hell no I'm pitching and Prue's ass is gone after this. I'm got something special up my sleeve for her." Chris said adjusting his hat and kicking at the dirt of the pitcher's mound. "You ready now princess?" he asked her.

"I was born ready Chris bring it on." Prue goaded him on.

Chris delivered from the stretch and he threw the hardest fast ball that he could right down the pipe. Prue couldn't do anything but look at it. "I do believe that was a strike Prue." He taunted her.

"You know me Peanut I always take the first pitch." Prue replied she wasn't going to let him make her lose her cool.

Troy threw the ball back to Chris and after he had fixed his hat again he delivered an off speed breaking ball that Prue hammered out into center field. Patty ran forward and made a diving catch.

Henry pulled off his glove and clapped his hands. "Hell yeah that's my girl I know you all didn't think that she doesn't know how to play the outfield because I got news for you I taught everything I know."

"Hank stop running your mouth and get your ass in the dugout it's your turn to bat." Roman yelled at him.

Henry flipped him off before he ran in the dugout and consulted the roster that he had made. "Ok Hails you're up. Go out there and make me look good." He said clapping her on the back.

"You do know that this is seriously fucked up right?" Mel asked her cousin.

"Hell yeah this is fucked up we take this shit entirely too seriously." Chris got in on the conversation.

"Hey if we didn't have this shit to look forward to we would go insane with all the other shit we have to do." Bianca said.

"Hails, Parks is pitching this inning all you have to do is wait for your pitch and hammer it." Patty advised her cousin.

"I've got it don't worry I've got it this is second nature to me." Hailey assured her picking up a bat.

"That girl sounds more and more like a Halliwell every day I am so proud." Chris said pretending to tear up.

"Shit all she has to do is pull it up the right field line with her speed she can make it to third no problem. Your girlfriend is out there and well lets face it she is kinda slow." Jake said after analyzing the situation.

"Just don't let Rachel hear you say that about her she thinks she's fast." Bianca said.

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A little while later Wyatt was pitching and Chris had made it to third base. Chris knew all he had to do was wait for his opening and he could make it home with no problem. Chris found the opening he was looking for with a well placed bunt from Ricky. There was a little hitch with that plan though Wyatt ended up with the ball and Chris was halfway to the plate. He had no other choice but to go for it. So he put his head down and ran while Wyatt was still trying to field the ball. Chris touched the plate a half a second before Wyatt threw the ball to Chuck who was playing catcher at the moment.

"Damn it Chris you were out and you know it." Wyatt yelled at his brother.

"I was not out Wy I was totally safe. It's not my fault that your old ass has gotten slow. Next time make the easy play." Chris yelled right back at him playfully.

"If I'm old then so are you because I'm only a year older than you stupid." Wyatt shot back.

"I'm not stupid you're the stupid one you idiot." Chris countered.

"You want to come over here and say that to me?" Wyatt asked putting his hands up in a sign that he was ready for a fight.

Chris strode purposefully over to the pitcher's mound where his brother stood and got inches away from his face. "You are a complete and total idiot." He said drawing out each syllable.

Wyatt shoved his brother playfully "And you sir are a moron."

Chris laughed and acted like he was going to walk away but he put Wyatt in a headlock and threw him down to the ground. "Oh, how do you like that old man?" he asked a teasing tone in his voice.

"Oh, great here we go there is going to be no stopping these two until one of them hurts each other." Chuck said sighing and sitting his ass in the dirt. He knew he might as well make himself comfortable this was going to take a while.

"Chris you be careful with his knee." Liz yelled at Chris.

"Relax I'm not going to hurt your boy Lizzie." Chris said with more than a touch of sarcasm in his voice.

"Really Lizzie you should be more worried about what I'm going to do to him." Wyatt replied as the two of them wrestled around on the ground.

"Wyatt you better not hurt my boyfriend." Rachel yelled at the older Halliwell brother.

Of course at about that time Henry Sr. came running through on his morning run. Actually he had run this way on purpose he had been sent to tell the kids that breakfast was just about ready. "Oh, God tell me that those two aren't really trying to kill each other." He said sighing.

"No they're not they're having a little disagreement about whether or not Chris was safe. And now I think they're discussing whether or not Wyatt is getting old. But that is just the Halliwell brothers for you daddy." Carly told her father.

"What are you doing down here dad? But the better question happens to be why don't you have a shirt on?" Hank asked his father. There were just some things that he couldn't unsee no matter how hard he tried.

"I typically run without a shirt on when it is this hot. But not to worry I have one right here." Big Henry replied pulling his sleeveless t-shirt out of the back of his running shorts. He then slipped it over his head.

"Uncle Henry not that we're not all thrilled to see you. But what are you doing here?" Rachel asked him.

"Uh, Piper told me to come down here and tell you guys that if you want to eat then you need to get your asses back to the manor. Now that was just a suggestion I think but if I were you guys I wouldn't keep her waiting you know how she can get." Henry explained his presence.

"I think that we're going to be a little while Uncle Henry the Halliwell brothers are right in the middle of one of their famous fights right now." Liz said pointing to Chris and Wyatt.

Wyatt and Chris were still rolling around on the ground wrestling with each other. "Do you give up yet or do you still want more?" Wyatt asked his little brother.

"Hell no I don't give up old man. I can do this all day long." Chris replied he had his brother in a headlock again. He was pretty much winning their fight.

Wyatt somehow managed to elbow Chris in the stomach. "And I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. I'm not that old yet baby brother."

"Wyatt for the last time I'm not the baby Jackie and Mel are." Chris said while he was doubled over. That didn't stop him from elbowing Wyatt in the ribs.

"I'm not a baby either Chris if I was I strongly doubt they would have given me a gun." Mel replied rolling her eyes at her two older brothers.

"Ok, that is enough Wally, Beave get off of each other. Your mom says that breakfast is ready and if you want to eat you better get back to the manor as fast as you can." Henry told his oldest two nephews.

"We'll call this one a draw Chris we'll continue this later." Wyatt said pulling himself up off the ground as fast as he could.

"Bullshit, Wy I kicked your ass as usual. You only jumped up like that because you heard the word breakfast." Chris said getting up with a lot more skill than his brother.

"Chris, Wyatt both of you stop arguing and lets go get something to eat. You know what it does to me when my eating schedule gets messed up." Chuck bitched at both of them.

"Ok, we're coming keep your panties on Chuck." Chris said throwing all of his ball stuff into his bag.

Opening Credits:

Theme:

Chariot- Gavin Degraw

Starring:

Wyatt Halliwell- Wes Ramsey

Chris Halliwell- Drew Fuller

Henry Matthews Jr.- Channing Tatum

Cooper Halliwell Jr.- Paul Walker

Charles Bradford- Jonathan Rhys Meyer

Lila Nicolae- Jordana Brewster

Roman Nicolae- Ben McKenzie

Elizabeth Shane- Bethany Joy Galeotti

Parker Halliwell- Eddie Cibrian

Troy Shane- David Boreanez

Bianca Hoyt- Marisol Nichols

Calleigh Cavanaugh- Anne Hathaway

Rachel Hoyt- Sarah Michelle Gellar

And

Prue Halliwell- Jenifer Love Hewitt

With:

Melinda Halliwell- Amanda Bynes

Valerie Halliwell- Eliza Dushku

Penny Halliwell- Daneel Harris

Carly Matthews- Sophia Bush

Patty Matthews- Rachel Bilson

Ricky Bradford- Taylor Lautner

Jack Halliwell- Jensen Ackles

Alan Halliwell- Chris Pine

Brady Halliwell- Michael Bublé

Hailey Mitchell- Amanda Seyfried

Puck Cavanaugh- Mark Salling

And

Emily Bradford- Hilary Burton

Piper sighed and rolled her eyes she didn't know how people who were supposed to be young adults could make such a mess in her house in such a short amount of time. She just couldn't fathom how they made such a mess really it wasn't that bad but they had mostly just left all their shit laying around. They were coming back in a little while because she insisted that they have a normal afternoon and they were going to have a barbeque.

She was holding Jack in one arm while she threw all their ball bags out of the way with her other hand. "Jackie, mommy just doesn't understand how grown adults can make such a mess." She cooed at him. And then she caught sight of Mel's gun and badge on the end table by the front door. "And I don't know how many times I'm going to have to tell your sissy not to leave her gun laying out in the open like that. It's not a big deal now but sooner than mommy would like you're going to be up and getting into everything."

Piper wasn't going to touch that damn gun she was going to call Mel to get it when there was a knock on the door. "Come on baby lets see whose at the door." She told him. Piper got the surprise of her life when she opened the door and saw who was standing there. "Dan, hi." She said a little in shock from seeing him. The last time she had saw him he had been under some sort of spell.

"Hi, Piper I didn't mean to just stop by and surprise you like this." Dan replied by way of greeting. Then he caught sight of Jack. "Hi buddy, you sure are cute."

"Jackie say thank you," Piper cooed at her son. "Dan what are you doing here?" she asked she wasn't sure that she was happy with him just showing up out of the blue.

"Actually I am here to see Melinda." Dan answered her question.

Piper looked confused. "What do you need with my daughter?" she asked she really wasn't sure that she wanted to know.

Before he could answer her question Leo walked into the room. "Hey, Piper who was that at the door?" he asked but then he caught sight of Dan. "Dan, hi." He said he was clearly not happy with the other man's presence.

"Leo it's nice to see you." Dan said stiffly.

"Leo, Dan is here to see Mel imagine that." Piper said dryly not even bothering to keep the sarcasm out of her voice.

"Meaning that there is no telling what that girl has been up to without us knowing." Leo said is resignation.

"Actually this is about school. I just talked to her about it a couple days ago but I wanted to check in with her again." Dan explained himself.

"She should be home. She better be around here somewhere if she knows what's good for her." Piper said with a sigh. "Melinda Paige Halliwell get you ass down here now," she yelled at her daughter.

Mel came into the front hallway a minute later. "Mom I wish you would chill out I was just out with Hank. He helped me get a lock box for the gun so you'll stop bitching about where I leave it." She didn't even notice Dan until it was too late. She gulped a little when she saw the look her mother gave her.

"Mel, Dan is here to talk to you about school. I think that there might be something you neglected to tell me and your mother." Leo said looking at her sternly.

"Yeah, I did actually but I was going to tell you. I just haven't had a free minute." Mel said smiling shyly. "And I am glad Hank is in the kitchen because I need him to hear this too."

"Come on in Dan we can do this in the kitchen." Piper said her voice sounding a little strained.

Leo led them all into the kitchen where Hank was waiting although it looked like he had just orbed in. Henry and Mel sat at the counter while the old people sat at the table.

"Dan this is my nephew Hank, he and Mel are pretty much attached at the hip sometimes." Piper introduced them.

"Nice to meet you." Henry said shaking Dan's hand.

"Nice to meet you too." Dan replied in kind.

"Ok, Dan I'm a little curious as to what this is all about." Mel said she had just talked to him.

"Mel, this is about Florida they want you and they want you bad. At this point you could pretty much name anything you wanted and they would give it to you." Dan explained to her.

"What are they offering now?" Mel asked she wanted to accept so bad at that point that it wasn't funny.

"In addition to the full four year ride they were offering before. Now they are covering room and board you wouldn't even have to pay for your meals. And to prove how bad they want you, they are offering free airfare to and from home anytime you want." Dan explained to her.

"They really want me to play softball for them that bad?" Mel asked.

"Mel they have one of the best programs in the entire country. I regret going into the marines and not going there for football and baseball it was totally stupid of me." Henry chimed in. He had gotten a similar offer but he hadn't been in any shape to accept at the time.

Dan looked at Henry and recognition dawned on his face. "You play left field for the University of San Francisco. Let me tell you that I've heard through the grapevine that they want you bad for the majors."

"I'm most comfortable in the outfield I can play the any position out there. But really I'm a utility man I can play the infield I like second base the best. And I'm a really good pitcher but I don't typically pitch because I get to play more if I play a position. And you should note that Mel can do all those things too. But she does the best in either left field or center field." Henry explained he knew how to sell her.

"You don't have to sell her to me or anyone else for that matter. In addition to being brilliant she is a very gifted athlete. Every school with a decent program wants her." Dan said he didn't have to be sold.

"See here is the problem though like my Aunt Piper just said my cousin and I are very close and I'm going to need to know that I'm going to be able to reach her whenever I want to." Henry was really talking a blue streak he thought that Mel should go.

"And I can assure you that won't be a problem. As a matter of fact I know that they would love to have you as well." Dan said.

"I wish I could but I can't I have a job here. I'm a cop and I just can't get up and walk away from that." Henry said of course he couldn't throw in that he had a demon that was hell bent on killing him and sending the world to hell. Nor could he mention that that demon also happened to be his cousin.

"Speaking of that I also happen to be a cop I'm due to graduate on Monday. But that doesn't matter that will still be waiting for me once I get out of school if I choose to go down there." Mel replied.

"Yeah you'll be fine with that. So how about it? Am I going to get a yes out of you today?" Dan asked her in response.

"Mom, dad what do you guys think?" Mel asked her parents she knew that they weren't going to be happy.

"Mel I don't see where you have much of a choice but to say yes. This is too good a deal for you to pass up." Piper said the business side of her taking over for a moment.

"Mel just do it. You know that if you don't you won't be happy." Leo counseled her.

"Well then you're getting your yes today Dan." Mel said giving him a smile.

"Ok, then all you have to do is sign some papers. I'll bring those by next week. But for now I'll leave you with this hat and this shirt." Dan said pulling a hat and a t-shirt out of his briefcase.

"Come on Dan I'll walk you out." Leo offered helpfully leading Dan out of the kitchen.

Henry looked between his aunt and his cousin. He could the show down that was looming between the two of them and he didn't want to be around when it started. "You know I think that I'm just going to go. I have things to do before I come back here later." he said orbing out on the spot.

Mel sighed when she realized that other than Jack she was all alone with her mother at the moment. "Mom don't look at me like that." She begged her.

"Paige you lied to me and you have been lying to me for months for all I know. I wouldn't have been mad if you would have just told me what was going on." Piper said sighing. Mel was once again reminded that her mom only called her by only her middle name when she was disappointed in her or she had done something extremely stupid.

"Mom I would have told you but until right this minute I didn't know myself what I was going to do. I couldn't tell you something that I didn't know. I didn't want to tell you unless I was sure that I was going to go. Because the looks I got from you every morning before I walked out the door to go to the academy were bad enough." Mel replied.

"Mel you used to tell me everything I'm just not used to you keeping things from me." Piper said gently.

"Well I'm an adult now mom I don't have to run everything I do by you. Sometimes I have to do what's right for me without putting anyone else in the equation." Mel responded actually she snapped more than anything.

"Hey, watch your tone of voice with me young lady. I'm still your mother." Piper warned her.

"I know that mom and I know that this is hard on you. But you didn't act this bad when Wyatt went in the Navy or when Chris joined the Marines. Hell you weren't even this bad when Chris became a cop or when Wyatt got shipped over seas." Mel said she was tired of having to please everyone but herself.

"Melinda you are my only daughter so I'm a little bit more attached to you than I am these boys. I love them all too don't get me wrong but the bond that you and I share is special." Piper explained to her.

"I know that too mom. I love you and I never meant to hurt you but I just had to think this one over myself this time. Hank didn't even know until right this minute and I tell him a lot. Charlie and Ricky knew about everything and I told Roman a little bit but that was it." Mel replied.

Piper didn't know how to feel about that it used to be that Mel would have come running right to her if there was something that she was unsure about. "Oh, I see. I'm glad that you trusted me enough to tell me this at all. I can see that you put a lot more stock in your boyfriend than you put in me."

"Mom that isn't true and you know it I love you. If I had it to do all over again you would hear the words from my mouth before anyone else did. But this was back a few months ago I was still scared and confused from what Ken did to me. And I know that it's not an excuse but it is the truth." Mel said speaking from her heart.

"Melinda sometimes I feel like I don't even know you anymore. The daughter that I raised would have never became a cop without telling me first." Piper said letting it all out.

"Mom I don't think I know me anymore if it makes you feel any better. Growing up is hard to do. But you need to trust that you raised me to make all the right decisions." Mel replied truthfully.

"Sis I'm sorry I overreacted. You're right you are growing up and I know how tough that is. And well I was being unfair when I said you lied to me because you didn't lie you just didn't tell me." Piper sighed she wished she knew when things with Mel had gotten so complicated.

"It's alright really mom." Mel assured her.

"No more secrets ok?" Piper asked giving her a smile.

"Alright, no more secrets." Mel agreed.

"That's my girl." Piper said winking at her.

Henry orbed into the living room or Derek and Eva's house at the same time Bianca shimmered in.

Eva looked up at both of them with an arched eyebrow. "I don't even think I want to know to what I owe the pleasure of this visit from the two of you." she commented dryly.

Henry and Bianca shared a look neither had known that the other was going to be there. "Honey I don't think that either of them knew that the other was coming." Derek chuckled.

"That would be a fair assessment of the situation Uncle Derek." Henry laughed nervously.

"Hank what are you doing here?" Bianca asked him.

"Well I came to talk to Aunt Eva about something she's a doctor and that was the closest thing that I could find to a shrink. What are you doing here?" Henry replied.

"Believe are not I am here for the exact same reason that you are." Bianca informed him.

Derek could see the tension between the two of them he didn't know what was causing it but he didn't like it not one little bit did he like it. "Eva I'll take the hard ass in the kitchen and you can deal with the tender hearted in here." he said getting up off the couch. Henry made a move to follow him. "I wasn't talking about you Henry I was talking about B. I think she could do more with my brand of advice right now than you could." He motioned for Bianca to follow him into the kitchen.

Eva gestured for Henry to sit down on the couch next to her. "So, what seems to be the problem Henry?" she asked him she could see that his deep brown eyes were troubled.

"I really don't know what the problem is Aunt Eva I wish I did. It's just that B has been really distant ever since we vanquished the werewolves that killed her sister. I don't know what to make of it." Henry admitted he really didn't know what the hell to do about her sometimes. He knew that he had to be gentle with her because she was just as broken as he was.

"Sweetie it's always the same thing with you two. I know you get tired of hearing it but you need to move on. You guys got the demons responsible for turning your worlds upside down. Now you need to focus on making this thing the two of you have going work." Eva told him the same thing he had been told numerous times.

"Aunt Eva I know that and I'm more than ready to move on. This is the old me this isn't the guy that has been moping around for the last four years. Four years ago my issues had issues but this is the Henry that has one hell of a will to live. The guy that likes to make off the wall jokes and wants to laugh all the time. The problem is that I don't know that B can put any of this behind her. Sometimes I think we blame each other for what happened and it's only for a split second. It doesn't happen all the time but when it does we have to look away from each other out of fear that one of us is going to say the words. This has nothing to do with me not being over her because I am I even forgot to visit on grave on her anniversary." Henry went on.

"Hank she was your wife and I know that losing her was hard on you because it made you realize you never wanted to be married to her in the first place. But what you have to remember is that she was Bianca's baby sister. You need to come to terms with the fact that while you could never really blame B for what happened she blames herself and it is quite possible that she blames you too." Eva said laying it all out in the open.

Henry closed his eyes and sighed, "Aunt Eva believe me I know that she blames herself. And I'm prepared for her blaming me. For the last four years I have expected to hear her say that it is all my fault. But that has never happened I know that it might and I'm ready for that if it does."

"Henry, she might not realize it but she has a very tender heart and that heart was broken into a million tiny pieces. You just have to baby her and let her know that everything is going to be ok. And for the record it wouldn't be wrong if deep down you blamed her. It's just one of the stages of grief. And I don't think that you've grieved fully at least not in the way you should." Eva replied.

"Trust me Aunt Eva I grieved I have everyday for the last four years. Let me tell you the worst part about it is waking up in the morning. Because just for that split second right before you open your eyes you think everything is the way that it should be and all is right with the world. But then my brain wakes up and I remember that she's gone." Henry said he wasn't carrying on like that because he wasn't over O. This had more to do with him being worried about B.

"You are the first person that I have ever talked to that has put it into words so well. That is exactly how I felt after Jimmy died. The pain is the worst in the morning because for just that brief moment you have a little bit of hope. And it wanes to a dull throb throughout the day to the point where you don't remember that you're in pain. You don't even think about when you go to bed but it's right there again the next morning. I didn't have time to grieve I will admit to that much I had newborn twins to take care of not long after he died. But I got through and then I met your Uncle Derek and I don't even think about the pain anymore." Eva agreed with him.

"Let me tell you something I have never told anyone before. I didn't drink just because it numbed the pain I drank because it numbed the guilt too. I felt guilty because a part of me was relieved that I wasn't married anymore and I could give it a shot with B. Because with B it is like the last four years are completely erased from my mind. I don't think about the pain of losing her and there isn't any sadness. I'm just happy and I'm with the woman I love. But I know that there is something up with B and I just wish that she would tell me what I can do to help." Henry said his eyes almost pleading.

"Hank when she's ready she will come to you and tell you what's wrong but not a minute before. You have to remember that she is just as stubborn as any Halliwell ever dared to be and she is going to deny that there is anything wrong with her. But I promise you when she is ready for you to help her she will come to you and tell you everything. You just have to be patient and I know that as a Halliwell that isn't something that you're very good at." Eva went on.

"For her I would wait forever." Henry said with such conviction that it scared him.

"She'll be ready sooner than you think. Because now I'm going to tell you a secret, she stopped drinking for you. Not a lot of people know this but when your mom pulled her out of the bar one night she told Paige that she wanted to quit so she could help you. Henry you two were made for each other I think everyone has always known that." Eva told him patting him on the knee.

Henry leaned back on the couch and sighed a little. "Thanks Aunt Eva I really needed to hear that." He said sincerely.

"No problem sweetie that's what I'm here for." Eva assured him with a smile.

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In the kitchen Derek and Bianca were in the middle of a staring contest of sorts. Bianca was too stubborn just to say what was on her mind and Derek was too stubborn to make small talk while he waited for her to have enough courage to get to the point.

"B you know this would be a lot less painful if you would just tell me what's bothering you don't you?" Derek asked her not unkindly but he wasn't too gentle either it just wasn't his style.

"Uncle Derek I just don't know that I can say what's on my mind without you thinking the worst of me." Bianca replied truthfully.

"B you'll never know what I'll think unless you tell. And I could never think the worst of you. I know that you have a good heart despite what you want people to think." Derek assured her.

Bianca took a deep breath before she went on. "Uncle Derek I lied to Hank. I told him that I would be able to forgive myself for what happened to my sister now that we got the bastards that killed her but I don't think I can."

"B you don't have to forgive yourself because you didn't do anything wrong." Derek told her sighing he didn't know how many times he was going to have to go through this with her and Henry before they got what he was telling them.

"Yes I did she was my baby sister and it was my job to protect her and I failed at it. At the very least it should have been me to die instead of her." Bianca said passionately.

Derek looked at her and fought the urge to reach over and strangle her. "I'm going to tell you a story B and I'll see if I can't make you see what I'm saying. Once upon a time I was a Sergeant in Iraq those men depended on me. Well one day while we were out on patrol our convoy was attacked. There was a big gun battle that ensued and some of my men didn't make it. I took it very hard because I was like the big brother of the group they looked to me to protect them and I didn't do that so well. I blamed myself I went over what happened thousands of times in my head trying to think about what I did wrong but I couldn't come up with a thing I did differently I failed them pure and simple and there was no excuse for that. One day my captain came looking for me and I'll never forget what he told me. He said 'Bradford I know that losing those men hit you hard but it wasn't your fault you did everything you could do. I know that you think you failed them but you didn't as long as just one of those men made it out alive then you didn't fail.' Well I'll tell you the truth I thought he was full of shit. That was until the day we shipped back home. One of my corporals came up to me and said 'Sarge I want to thank you if it hadn't been for you I would have never made it out of here alive.' And that's when I knew I didn't fail those men I lost because I did manage to keep some of them alive and I never once gave up." He finished his tale.

"So you're telling me as long as I keep living that I didn't fail my sister?" Bianca asked.

"Exactly I always knew you were smart. Oriana wouldn't want you to give up on yourself the way you have. You just have to keep living." Derek said hoping that she was getting the point he was trying to make.

"Uncle Derek I have to tell you something. There are times when I look at Hank and just for a split second I want to tell him what I have been holding back from him from years." Bianca said not having the strength to finish that sentence quite yet.

"What do you want to tell him B?" Derek asked.

"I want to tell him the one thing that I'm not supposed to say. I blame him I always have." Bianca paused when she saw the look on Derek's face. "I don't blame him the way you think I do Uncle Derek I know that it wasn't his fault. I blame him for healing me first. If he had healed her first she would still be here. He just didn't have enough power at the time to heal us both. He should have saved her because she was so much better than me. But he loves me so he healed me first." She admitted.

"Then tell him that B." Derek said like it was no big deal.

"Uncle Derek I can't tell him that it would break his heart." Bianca said with an incredulous look on her face.

"Sure you can. The two of you are never going to put this behind you unless you're honest with each other. He needs to know that you think he healed the wrong sister." Derek said reasonably.

"He would only tell me that he didn't. You know damn well how stubborn he is. And I don't know that he is wrong to tell me that. I have just spent so much time beating myself up that I don't know how to be normal again. I want to be the Bianca who got it in her head that she was going to fight to be with Hank." Bianca said she was just one big ball of conflicting emotions.

"B what's really wrong with you?" Derek asked he knew that there was something more that she wasn't saying.

"I'm scared to be happy. I'm scared that if I ever let myself be truly happy again something bad will happen." Bianca finally admitted and she felt better just by saying the words.

"B you need to tell Hank that he will understand and he will do whatever it takes to make you feel better." Derek reasoned with her.

"I know that Uncle Derek. But I can't tell Hank that either because if I do that means I've finally forgiven myself and it's ok for me to be happy. And I just don't know that I deserve happiness after what I did." Bianca sighed.

"You don't have to tell him now but one day soon you need to or I will." Derek said playing hardball with her. He knew it was what she needed.

"Ok fine, Uncle Derek you win. But just know I have to take a little time with this. Because if I finally forgive myself that's it there is no turning back, I start over with a clean slate." Bianca finally said.

"Take some time then tell him the truth." Derek advised her.

"Ok I will." Bianca agreed.

"Hey one of you ladies could open that side door for me at anytime I know that it's asking for a lot on my part but I would be really grateful." Chris yelled out as he walked through the kitchen of the manor with a cooler that felt like it weighed almost as much as he did.

"Thanks for asking Chris but I think we'll have to pass on that this time." Paige said smirking at her nephew.

"Fine just remember that you ladies drove me to this." Chris replied before opening the door using his telekinesis. "I don't know what I would do without that power sometimes." He mused to himself.

"Well you could move a little faster with that power before we're both in the floor. The cooler I have is just as heavy as the one that you're carrying it has all of our beer in it." Chuck bitched his face was red from exertion.

Jake came in behind them carrying two bags of charcoal one slung over each shoulder he had got the easy job and he knew it. He walked to the side door and tossed them outside. He went back to the kitchen and sat down on a stool at the counter. "Whew that was hard work. Now I need a break. " He said wiping his brow with the back of his hand.

"Well Uncle Jake your work isn't done yet. I have a package for you." Dom said walking into the kitchen with Paige slung over his shoulder.

"Dominic Halliwell Turner put me down right this instant. I swear if you don't put me down I'll get my dad to kick your ass." Paige said pounding on his back but really she wasn't putting up much of a fight. She could have made him put her down if she really wanted him to.

"Oh, that is low even for you Paige I never thought that I would see the day when you would have to have someone else kick my ass." Dom teased her.

"Dom did anyone ever tell you that you have a really cute butt?" Paige asked her fiancé.

"I once had a woman tell me that I had the finest ass in a three state radius." Dom replied smirking.

"Well I stand by my earlier assessment." Paige said smacking him on the butt.

"Dom dare I ask why you have her slung over your shoulder?" Chris asked coming back into the room.

"Daddy make him put me down." Paige demanded.

"I will do no such of a thing. I just spent like the last two hours of my life in the store listening to you bitch at him. I think that you might have finally pushed him over the edge." Chris replied trying hard not to laugh.

"Fine I'll just get mom to make him put me down." Paige said not deterred at all. "MOM!" she called out.

Bianca shimmered into the room a minute later. "Paige what do you need?" she asked not even bothering to look around for her.

"I need you to make Dom put me down he won't do it and I asked as nicely as I know how." Paige said trying to sound innocent.

Bianca rolled her eyes but she couldn't help but smile a little. "Paige save the innocent act for your father he's more likely to believe it than I am. Dom I would be forever grateful if you could find it in your heart to put my retarded daughter down."

Dom sat Paige down on her feet. "There I hope you're happy now dear." He said sarcastically.

"I am very happy now Dominic." Paige replied just as sarcastically.

"Alright you two make nice with each other we don't want to put up with the two of you fighting all day." Piper said glaring at them.

"I wish someone would tell me where they found five hundred pounds of shit to put in this cooler." Henry bitched as he walked into the kitchen carrying yet another cooler.

"Talk to Roman he was the one who bought all the shit in that cooler there is no telling what he has in there." Wyatt chimed in he had more charcoal that he was carrying.

"Well he should be the one carrying this heavy bastard then but no I got stuck with it." Henry complained again but really to him it wasn't all that heavy.

"Hank you wouldn't have to worry about it if you would just carry it outside." Paige pointed out to her son.

"I can only walk so fast with this big ass thing woman I'm going just hold your horses." Henry replied.

"Henry I admire your balls talking to a Halliwell woman like that." Caleb said he was early but that didn't matter to anyone.

"Pops I know that's you but since I can't turn around to argue with you right now this will be continued later." Henry shot back playfully before he finally made it out the side door.

"That grandson of mine sure has a way with words." Victor said he and Sam had come in with Caleb.

"Me and that particular grandson of yours are gonna fight Victor. Actually I'm just going to make him bow and click his heels three times before he says yes Sarge." Caleb replied.

"Pops if you're waiting for that to happen you're going to be waiting a long time." Chris said laughing.

"You two really think that you're cute. The only reason you two morons get away with calling me that is because you're marines too." Caleb informed him.

"Mom lock up all the good booze you're about to have a house full of marines." Wyatt said coming back from outside.

"Oh, Wyatt don't overreact there won't be that many." Prue said rolling her eyes at her nephew.

"Chris, Hen, Uncle Hen, Uncle Derek, Chuck, and Pops." Wyatt listed.

"I can't believe I'm going to say this to you, you idiot but count yourself that makes seven." Chris said.

"Chris that was mighty decent of you. I guess we can count Wyatt it's not his fault he had to go in the navy to be a medic since they won't let marines do it." Caleb replied.

"Huck however is not to be forgiven for being in the army of all things." Henry said coming back into the room.

"No that is unforgivable." Caleb agreed.

"Prue I just want you to see right now what you're marrying in a couple of weeks." Derek said pointing to his father as Prue came into the room.

"It's ok Uncle Derek I still love Chip he can't help it that he's half crazy." Prue replied. She had yet to tell her mother that she and Chuck had decided to postpone the wedding.

"Prue if I'm half crazy I'm half crazy because you made me that way." Chuck said taking her into his arms.

"You guys are too damn cute together." Phoebe said looking at them.

"Aunt Phoebe trust us we all know how cute they are together. We have to see them play tonsil hockey everyday." Liz said rolling her eyes.

"Lizzie don't you even open your mouth about me and Prue. I don't have all day to get started on you and Wyatt." Chuck warned his female best friend.

"I for one am glad that I'm interrupting this fight you just had this one last night. And I apologize in advanced for bringing nature boy with me but he had nothing better to do with his time." Calleigh said walking in with Eric.

"Eric we don't listen to her we enjoy your company besides that I would like to get to know my baby brother's future father-in-law." Phoebe said again it was her business to be in everyone's business.

" I don't listen to her either only when I don't feel like hearing her go on and on do I pay a little bit of attention." Eric said smirking at his daughter.

"I'm seriously going to kick your ass one of these days Eric." Calleigh said rolling her eyes at him.

"Calleigh there will be no bloodshed in my kitchen unless of course it's for a potion. And then I'm not really sure that I want to know." Piper joked.

"Wyatt did you know that your mother was capable of telling a joke?" Chris asked highly amused.

"Why no I didn't Christopher. But I find it very amusing." Wyatt replied he didn't notice how his brother cringed when he called him Christopher.

"You boys are going to learn to leave Aunt Piper alone one of these days." Rachel said coming in.

Bianca narrowed her eyes at her cousin and sighed when she saw who she had brought with her.

A/N: So here is the first chapter of this episode sorry for leaving you with a bit of a cliffhanger. I wonder who the hell it is with Rachel that is making Bianca so unhappy. I had to put the first scene in with them playing baseball because I don't think they get nearly enough time to cut loose. Something tells me that Piper and Mel's problems are far from over and they are just making nice for right now. But Mel should have told her what was going on. Mel told Dan yes but I wonder how long that is going to last with all the demons that pop in and out. I don't know about anyone else but I'm about sick of the drama between Henry and Bianca. But again what they went through wasn't easy at all. It used to be Henry was the one with the problem but now it's Bianca who can't get over it. Calleigh and her dad together crack me up she treats him like he's the kid and she's the parent. I think Phoebe is going to be more than a little pissed when she finds out that Prue and Chuck are putting off their wedding. Until next time please review.