Chap 2

The Blond/brunette looks around and finds an old bald white man. She walks over to him. He is sitting behind the security counter.

Miss. Robin: "Hey there Mr. Robeson. How's the wife?"

Mr. Robeson: "She's doing well! Oh I almost forgot she got you something…" He grabbed a fat green book from behind the phone and handed it to Miss. Robin. "She told me that you might like it!"

Miss. Robin: "Well please tell her thank you for me! And also good luck with your wedding thing tonight; have fun!"

Mr. Robeson: "We will! And thanks for your gift."

Miss. Robin: "It was my pleasure!" She smiles and walks away stopping at the elevator and pushed the button for it to come down to her. She looks through the book. And reads the book's title: 'One'. Then down to the name of the author there wasn't one…. "That's kind of plain! Wonder what the author was thinking when she wrote it…" She flips to the first chapter and read some of it. She walks into the elevator without having to look up. She pushed five and stood back… this story was more than what it seemed. All the books she ever got from Ms. Robeson were sometimes better than real life. But then again she knew she could do things that weren't meant to be real! "All I wanted was him… his skinned shined and it made me feel like puddy… His breathe made me feel anything but a woman… he knew me better than myself, knew me… and yet all I knew was I couldn't have him… He was someone else's. He was of course a man with nothing to lose but life itself and me I was only a paper girl! He wanted me and, I him, only problem with that was I wasn't good for him I wasn't meant to be happy I was meant to be scared and alone forever… As every monster should…"

A Voice: "That's a very good book that you're reading."

Miss. Robin looks up and finds Vincent standing in front of her. She looked around and found no one around them and the elevator seemed to stop moving.

Miss. Robin: "Uh Vince?"

Vincent: "You didn't leave me a message I had to sense you here. Mel you forget I'm only human… well half human but still… I need you to tell me when you get back from hunting! I thought something happened to you…"

Mel tried hard not to smile. She knew that if she did he'd rip her ear off… he cared for her and she cared for him. But sometimes he was caring for her more than just best friends than whitelighter to charge. And that made her smile. Vincent could see that Mel was smiling because she knew he cared but the only thing was… she didn't know how much.

Mel: "Uh… I'm sorry… I'll try to remind myself to leave you a note." He smiled now. "Okay so can you restart the elevator? I kind of have a… fear here!"

That made him start laughing. No one would have ever believed that the big old 'evil' of the whole world. Was afraid to get stuck in an elevator but in deed she was.

Vincent: "Sorry…" He pressed the button and stood next to her now. "So are you staying long tonight?"

Mel: "I wasn't planning to… but I don't know…"

Vincent: "No you, can't not tonight we're going out! Tonight's your 22st birthday… I want to take you out to eat… show you to the world!" He smiled a kind loving smile.

Mel: "Fine I'll see what I can do… now boom out of here before the doors open!"

Vincent: "Fine."

He kisses her cheek and boomed out of the elevator only leaving a small amount of smoke in the air but not enough for anyone to see it and a little of his smell as well. The door opens and Mel walks out. She walks to her desk and took out all the reports she hasn't finished writing and just then Elise walks to her desk.

Mel: "Elise you look great!"

Elise: "Mel. Don't even try and sweeten me up with words… I need you to go be something that you aren't!"

Mel: "Does this mean I get to dress up like a Republican again?"

Elise: "No I need you to get your ass over to the GG Bridge right now! Something is going to go down and every other photographer isn't answering my pages!"

She could see that this was pissing her off and she only nodded and opened her desk and pulled out a Nixon and headed for the stairs.

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Break

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Elise had given her half of the day off since she was the only one to catch the shots of the event. Mel didn't find it such a big deal all it had been was a rally that had left everyone wanting more. She knew that nothing could change. Not that many people cared enough to get up and do something that's what was wrong with the new system she'd wish she had been born in the 70s that's a time when a lot of others fought for things that they believed in. What the hell happened to the world for them all too just want someone else to do the fighting for them?! But this rally was news that's what Elise said who was, she to argue with her. She just smiled and left the paper. She killed five demons and was now taking a shower. The water felt great for all her cuts and scrapes unlucky for her a demon got her hand and like every human she started bleeding luckily for her it wasn't that much. She had time to bandage it and stitch it up herself. Now she was just getting dressed to go out with Vincent she didn't know where the hell he wanted to go but she knew that it had to be somewhere nice. She dressed in a nice green shirt and black denim jeans. She was able to stick two athames in her belt for it not be, seen and thankfully the long sleeves of her jacket covered all her old scars. She walked out of her room and found him dressed in a black collar shirt with a tie and black slacks.

Mel: "WOW!"

Vincent: "Thank you, wow yourself! So you ready to go?"

Mel: "Right that's me ready as a beaver!" He shook his head and opened the door. And they both walked in silence. Her shoes clapped with every stepped she took. He had his hands in his pockets. "So how far is this place for us to be walking?"

Vincent: "Not far you're going to love it I heard it's the best place to eat. The Chef learned how to cook from her grandmother and she had all these secret ingredients that no one has ever been able to copy!"

Mel: "She's probably a witch!"

She had expected him to laugh or smile at her lame joke but he seemed to stiff at her words. He came to a stop she almost ran into him and that made him smile. He walked into the restaurants' doorway. A nice young dark brown hair dark brown eyes man [Hank] showed them to their table and Mel felt something familiar about him but just shook it off.

Chris's Thoughts: "I didn't know why I still worked on Fridays that was the time I wanted to be with my brother looking for HER! Wyatt had still felt very bad about the whole ordeal and I still didn't understand why he thought it was his fault we were all home that night…" He shakes his head. "I couldn't stop thinking about HER there was always this piece of me and Wyatt missing and my family couldn't understand but as much as Hank, Nix and Emma or Ryan Silver and Parker tried to act as if they felt what I did I knew they didn't they didn't lose their half at 9 that's how old she was when we lost our other half and still 13 years later I still walked into her room. Expecting to see her there joking around smiling laughing. But nothing was there no, one not even a little bit. Spider webs and dust only lived in HER room. And I knew very well that it haunted everyone's hearts. But my mother I knew she was the one that had lost her mind over it. More than anyone SHE had always been her little girl. SHE had something that; I nor, my older brother could share… and that itself was confusing."

Piper: "Christopher! If you don't hurry you little brown haired head over here you're going to get fired!"

He walks over to her and smiled. She shook her head. He knew very well that she would never fire him no matter what!

Chris: "Yea mom?"

Piper: "I was wondering would you please go ask table 2 what they'd like to eat or are you going to day dream forever?"

She had a temper he knew never to mess with it. Through many years ago he had and well he was lucky to have lived to see today. So he just grabbed two menus and walked off to table 2. Sitting there was a girl with blond/brunette hair green mixed with blue eyes for some odd reason she kind of looked like his dad and Wyatt mixed together not actually but she had the same glow as they did more Wyatt through. He didn't know her but he knew HIM!

Chris: "VINCE GRACO!"

His eyes shot up and rested firmly on him. And a smile filled the rest of his face.

Vincent: "I'll be damn! Chrissie what are you doing working tonight?"

That made Chris smile he had just been thinking the same words.

Chris: "Mom needs the help and what else would I be doing on tonight?"

Vincent: "Drinking with your brother!"

His friend didn't say much she was just look at something in some book, waiting for Chris to give her the menu.

Mel: Reading to herself. "The people he knew… and the world he'd show me… it scared me how much I felt so at home in a world I had never spend any of my real time… his friends nothing but kind… yet I knew what I was and what they were… and that… that wasn't meant to stick together… soon they'd know my name soon… he'd leave me… and everything that I loved about him would just disappear… like the dust on a table… the touch of his hand in mine the way he made me feel when I saw him… everything… it would all turn back as if what we had was nothing… I knew the end was near… yet all I ever wanted was more…"

Chris: "So what are you doing here? Are you on a date?"

Vincent: "NO!" Now she looked at him and started to laugh as his face turned red. Chris could see that he kicked her and that only made her laugh more. "My disrespectful friend here just turned 22 I thought why not treat her out to eat now. I think she's going to pay!"

Mel: "I'll pay Vince I don't mind! Hi I'm Melinda Robin."

She shook his hand and it felt strong and inhuman like. Her name also startled him. It was weird how much she looked like his dad, Wyatt and his mom all in one.

Chris: "Christopher Halliwell or Chris! Happy birthday!"

Mel: "Thanks sorry about your night working must suck!"

Chris: "Well I don't want to ruin your night here I'll go get you guys some water."

He walked away and left them to look over the menu. That's when Parker and Nix walked his way.

Nix: "Hey is that Vincent?"

Chris: "Yup."

Parker: "Looks like I was right about him Nix told you he was taken!"

Chris: "He's not she's just a friend."

Parker: "No way the way he's looking at her… hey I'm a cupid I know! I call that love baby love!"

Nix: "What's her name?"

Now he looked to the floor this girl's name was just like HER's only difference was Robin was her last name and not her middle.

Chris: "Melinda Robin…"

Chris waited for what seem to be forever. Parker's eyes were still wide so where Nix's.

Nix: "You're not fucking around that's her name?"

Chris: "I would never fuck around with that!"

They could see that this was scaring him and that her question had made him feel less than. She put a hand on his shoulder.

Parker: "Sorry… we shouldn't tell your mom about this she'll flip!"

Chris: "No shit! I mean a girl with her same name born on the same day…"

Parker and Nix: "What?"

Chris hit his head he forgot that he didn't tell them that part.

Nix: "Look it's most likely nothing but I'm going to tell Hank later to check it out with the Elders."

Chris: "Do you really think it's that big of a deal she's probably just a mortal!"

Parker: "You can never know for sure Chris."

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Break

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Two days later. Chris stopped and walked into HER room. When he opened the door he found Leo there he was looking through some things.

Chris: "DAD?"

Leo looked back at him and smiled at him.

Leo: "Hey Chris. I heard by your mom that you've been coming into this room a lot lately… ever since her birthday… you want to talk about it?"

Chris: "Nothing to talk about dad. I just like coming here… it reminds me of her… I miss her a lot…"

Leo: "I know we all do!"

Mel turned in her bed. It was just another Saturday morning no demons. No work she loved days like this. She did however get up to go cook something [well warm up,] she turned on the TV and grabbed a fork and ate some of her pasta from the other night. She looked around and this feeling of dread hit her hard. She closed her eyes and that's when it happened… when she opened her eyes:

-x-x-x- Flash-forward [Guess anyone?]

She was watching an older version of herself fighting with a blond man. [Wyatt] She threw a fire ball at him and it hit the blond guy in the shoulder. Just then Vincent ran into the room his hands put out to stop it. When they both hit him, at first the older Mel didn't move and neither did the blond guy. But then Mel's eyes cleared and he ran to him, holding him closer to her. And he opened his mouth to talk.

Vincent: "Mel… I… love… you…"

His eyes roll back he's gone. She yells in pain and looks back at the blond guy. She let's go of Vince and starts to fight the guy.

-x-x-x- The End -x-x-x-

Mel is shaken from this little flash and she looks around to find Vincent standing next to her she puts her food on the floor and grabs him in a hug.

Vincent: "What was that for?"

Mel: "I love you Vince you know that right?" At first Vincent doesn't say anything she lets him go but still holds onto him she looks into his eyes. "Do you?"

Vincent: "Yeah Mel I know I know…" She hugs him again and he rubs her back unaware what she had just watched.

END