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That afternoon, Gabby sat at the dining room table in the Halliwell Manor, crystal in hand, scrying. "Looking for a specific demon in particular?" Phoebe asked, taking the empty seat next to her. "Not really. I saw that the book was left open to this demon upstairs and decided to try and find it." Phoebe nodded and sat back in the chair, staring intently at the young woman. "Is there something you want to ask, Aun- I mean Phoebe?" Gabby asked, letting the crystal go and turning to her. Phoebe's face briefly let on a quick sense of shock as the crystal kept spinning over the map. "Phoebe?" Gabby asked again, breaking Phoebe out of her trance. "Oh! I'm sorry, Gabriella." Gabby put her hands up and shook her head. "Gabby, please." Phoebe smiled and nodded. "Okay, Gabby. What can you tell me about your future?" Gabby smiled and leaned back. "It depends on what you want to know." Phoebe laughed and sighed. "I can see why Chris loves you. You're just as secretive as he is." Phoebe noticed Gabby demeanor change when Chris was mentioned.
"When did you and Chris meet?" Gabby closed her eyes and the crystal stopped spinning, but not because it located the demon. "We grew up together. I practically spent more time here than I did at home when I was younger." Phoebe nodded. "When did you and Chris start dating?" A small smile crept on Gabby's face when the memory came to her. "I was 14. He had just turned 15. According to Chris, me agreeing to go out with him was what he wished for that year." Phoebe smiled, listening to the lightness in Gabby's voice. "You guys were together for that long?" Gabby shook her head. "We didn't start officially dating until after I turned 15 and we broke up a few times along the way, but yeah, we've been together for that long." "Marissa and Chase were okay with this?" Gabby hesitated for a few minutes. "My dad wasn't as accepting at first to the relationship. My godmothers were gung-ho for it though." Phoebe looked at her, confused. "Who are your godparents?" Gabby sighed and looked away from her briefly. "I can't tell you that. All I can say is that I have two sets instead of one." Phoebe nodded and sat quietly, quickly trying to think of another question. "Why wasn't your mother okay with the relationship?" Gabby sighed and looked up at Phoebe. "She wasn't around." Phoebe nodded. "What about Piper and Leo?" Gabby turned away from Phoebe and started telepathically spinning the crystal again. "Next question." Phoebe wanted more of an answer but decided not to push the subject.
"How did the Elder's fake your death?" Gabby sighed and sat back. She closed her eyes and stopped the crystal again, letting the memory hit her. "Gabby, if you don't wanna talk about it…" she started, but Gabby held her hand up to stop her. "Give me your hand." She said, holding hers out for Phoebe to take. She took it and closed her eyes, letting Gabby show her what she was having trouble dealing with.
Flashback
"This is not negotiable, Gabriella. There are some things that need to happen that you can't be here for." Marcellus said, walking through Chris and Gabby's living room. "Well seeing as you're the one in hiding, and I basically get to do whatever the hell I want, I don't really think that decision up to you anymore." She responded, folding her arms across her chest and followed him with her eyes. "Gabriella, Christopher has a huge responsibility ahead of him and can't be distracted from it." Gabby scoffed. "You think I'm a distraction?" Marcellus walked back over to Gabby. "To everyone else, you're a major asset. But to Christopher, yes, you're a major distraction and this assignment needs his full attention." Gabby 's face grew hard, staring intently at the Elder who was now in front of her. "The other Elders and I came to the conclusion that Christopher needs to refocus and set his mind on the task at hand." Realization hit Gabby and she started shaking her head. "You wanna kill me? Don't you think he's been through enough? That would send him over the edge and you could forget about him doing your "little assignment"." Marcellus lightly shook his head. "We would never do that to you Gabriella. We just need you out of the way for a while." Gabriella turned away from him and sighed, tears beginning to flow from her eyes. "I wanna talk to my father." She said, her voice low and beginning to fill with emotion. "Gabriella, the council sent him and the others away for…" Marcellus started, but Gabriella cut him off. "Screw the damn council, Marcellus! Screw the Elders, screw the Council, and screw you. You expect me to leave the one person I still have in my life on my side, and you won't let me see one of the few people who's suppose to be here for me and guide me in choices like this one, but he's not here because of another one of your stupid decisions? You can forget about whatever the hell you wanted me to do. Now get out." Marcellus stood firm for a few seconds and then moved closer to Gabby. "This isn't a request, Gabriella. You're going to leave, one way or another." He said, grabbing Gabby's shoulder and orbing out of the apartment.
End Flashback
"That's what happened to you?" Phoebe asked, looking at her. "Part of it." Gabby said, wiping away a few tears that managed to come out as she recalled what happened. "Anything that happened to everyone after Marcellus took me, I didn't know about until Zander told me. I didn't even know that they faked my death until I came back and forced it out of them." Phoebe wanted to hug the girl sitting across from her, but she didn't know if she would be over stepping a boundary. "That doesn't sound very Elder-like." Phoebe said, seeing Gabby scoff. "You've never met a future Elder, then. They act like demons, only good." Gabby said, seeing Phoebe nod.
"But where did they put you?" She asked. Gabby shook her head no and put her head down. "I know eventually that I'll have to talk about that part of it, but I can't right now. It's way too hard." Phoebe nodded and gave Gabby a small smile. "I understand." Gabby returned the smile and got up from the table, turning towards the kitchen. "Gabby?" Phoebe called out, making her turn back. "Why did you show me that?" Gabby lightly chuckled and walked back to the chair she was sitting at. "Because you were my mom's best friend. And that fact made you play an important role in my life." She said, seeing the huge smile creep on Phoebe's face. "I've always been able to be more open with you than with any of the other sisters." Phoebe jumped out of her chair and hugged Gabby. "I'm your godmother!" she screamed, making Gabby laugh. "One of them, but yeah." Gabby said, returning the hug.
Chris walked in the room, seeing the two embracing. "You told her?" He asked leaning against the wall. Gabby pulled away from Phoebe and put her hands in her pockets. "I hinted. She figured it out." Phoebe sensed Chris's urgency to talk to Gabby so she excused herself and went upstairs, leaving Chris and Gabby alone in the dining room.
"I started looking for that demon you left the book open to this morning." She said, moving towards the map and crystal she had out. "I haven't found him yet." Chris sighed and shook his head. "I'm not concerned with demons right now, Gab." He said, slightly frustrated. "I'm more concerned with you." Gabby closed her eyes and collected herself, trying to figure a way to give Chris the answers he wanted without having to talk about what the Elder's did.
"Is knowing what happened really that important?" She said, opening her eyes and looking at him. "I mean, the important thing here should be that I'm alive and physically well, but your dwelling on the negative." Chris moved closer to Gabby, realizing what she was trying to do. "Trust me, Gabby, I'm thrilled to have you back in my life. But that "emotional problem" that you're avoiding is affecting every part of you and I wanna help you. I'm only pushing because I love you." Gabby had tears falling from her eyes and she was mentally cursing them as they fell. "I love you too, but, I don't wanna relive it. It hurts too much." She said her voice barely above a whisper.
At this point, Chris had Gabby in his arms, and she was crying into his chest. He was half consoling her, and half enjoying the feeling of having Gabby in his arms again. It had been too long and he was starting to forget what it felt like. "I know it does, but that's the only way you're gonna move past it. I already lost you once, I'm not losing you again because you wanna take out dozens of demons at a time to avoid dealing with this." Gabby chuckled when Chris said this. "I can handle my own extremely well, thank you very much." She said, slightly pulling away. "I know this too." Chris said, brushing her hair out of her face. "You're gonna try and kiss me now aren't you, Perry?" she said, watching the smile creep on his face. Chris didn't respond, just nodded his head, but before he had the chance, they heard a crash and I scream coming from the attic.
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