I was shocked, to state it simply. I could see the shock on Aunt Piper's face as well.

"Wyatt! Aunt Paige! Uncle Leo! Uncle Coop!" I yelled. They all appeared with Phoebe and Henry a few minutes later, in the other room so Bianca didn't see.

"This is Bianca. Chris's girlfriend." I saw the eyes of two of my aunts widen.

"Bianca, this is my mom, Piper, Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Paige, Dad, Uncle Coop, Uncle Henry, Wyatt, my brother, and Charlie, my best friend."

"Lovely to meet you all," She said coldly. Chris grinned, not noticing the tone of her voice.

"Come on, B." They left with that and I may have collapsed on the couch.

"Are you okay, Char?"

"Not really. I know what happens between them, but it doesn't make it hurt any less."

"It gets better, honey. Trust us. We would know. Leo had to see Piper with Dan and Greg. Coop had to try to set me up with other guys. And Paige, well, I don't even want to get started on her." I laughed at Auntie Phoebe's teasing.

"I'm going to go home now. Thanks, Aunt Piper."

~X~

"Charlie? Where are you?"

"In here, Chris." He walked in and hugged me.

"I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."

"That's because you haven't." I said bitterly.

"Whoa. What's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me, Christopher? Why don't you guess?"

"You're mad that I kissed you and left, then didn't mention it for weeks. Then, I showed up with a girlfriend."

"You always did know me well." I said, permitting a small smile.

"I'm sorry, Char, but I love Bianca."

"I know, Chris. But, don't you remember anything?"

"Remember?"

"Never mind. You'll know eventually."

"Changing subjects. Do you still get the nightmares?"

"They aren't nightmares, Chris." And that's not really changing subjects, I thought to myself.

"What do you mean?"

"Forget it," I said before transporting away. He orbed to me a few minutes later.

"Damn it, Christopher! When I transport to avoid you, I don't want you to follow me."

"You are my charge. I can sense you."

"I don't care! It's an invasion of my privacy. Follow me again and I will do bad things to you."

"Sorry, Char."

"Don't call me that when I'm mad at you!"

"Fine, Charlotte. I won't call you by your name."

"Good. Now, go be with your girlfriend."

"You still planning on going out tonight for my birthday?"

"How did you know about that?" he just grinned.

"I know everything."

"Whatever, Christopher. Your surprise party is in an hour. I'm going to go get ready." I transported again and he didn't follow this time.

~X~

"Happy Birthday!" Twenty voices shouted at once. I linked arms with my best friend and we left the manor.

"Where is everybody?" Chris asked.

"If by everybody, you mean Bianca, it's a family only party." Auntie Piper said.

Dinner was good, I miss being with just Chris. It's usually all about Bianca.

"Hey, Char, you staying over?" Leo asked.

"Um…I don't know."

"Please, Charlie, for me?"

"Alright, Chrissy."

"Don't call me that."

"Don't tell me what to do." I retorted. He laughed and hugged me.

"Why do you hate Bianca so much?" He asked me later as we were hanging out in his room. "Are you jealous?"

"No. Well, kind of. It used to be just us, you know? Now I have to share you."

"She's a nice person."

"Chris, I know her better than you do."

"How could you possibly? You've met her four times."

"The nightmares." I whispered.

"What about them?"

"They aren't nightmares. Have any of yours been about her?"

"If they aren't nightmares, then what are they?" I noticed he didn't answer my question.

"Memories." I said quietly.

"Memories?"

"Look, Chris, I remember everything. And until you do, I can't tell you. You have to remember on your own."

"Charlotte!"

"No, Christopher! I can't okay. I want to, so much. I need to talk about all of this with the one person who was there with me, but I can't. And it hurts to know the things I do."

"What are you even talking about?"

"Everything, Chris. The dreams, the memories, all of it. I know things that no one else does. Only you know some, but you don't know enough to understand. You weren't even there for all of it."

"What wasn't I there for? I'm always here for you, Charlie."

"You weren't there when Mel died. You weren't there as he tormented my family day after day. You know what some of it was like, but not all of it. I had to watch my friends and family die! I had to watch you die!" I screamed. "And I had to be scared and worried. For those that I left behind." Aunt Piper ran in.

"Charlie, you need to calm down," she said as she took me into her arms. "Go home, talk to your mother. Tell her everything you remember. You can come back later." I nodded and wiped stray tears off my face before transporting home.

"Mom!" she came in with a worried look on her face.

"Baby, what's wrong?"

"Can you get Daddy and Cassie? I don't want to explain this more than once and Cara's too young." That's one thing that's different from when I was the other me. I had no siblings. But in this world, I have fourteen year old Cassandra Michelle and nine year old Carter (Cara) Elizabeth. Oddly enough, with the Charmed kids, we make the Twelve. It's the Nine with just them.

"Mom, do you remember anything about the other future?" I asked once they were all seated.

"Bits and pieces. I remember your father's death and the day you went to go back to the past. That's really it."

"I remember basically everything. I remember being fourteen and watching Aunt Piper die." Cassie gasped. "I remember turning eighteen and falling in love and marrying Chris two days before my nineteenth birthday. I remember watching everybody die. Going to the past. Having to use my powers to hurt others. Once I had to twist my hand and squeeze it, like I was squeezing a heart, and watched one of Wyatt's minions die. I also remember getting pregnant. I was so excited. I remember the anguish of watching Chris's death. I remember the void, feeling like I would never feel again." My mom hugged me. "It hurts, Mommy. It hurts so much sometimes. I sometimes feel like I won't make it because I remember the things I do."

"I have an idea of someone you can talk to. Why don't you go talk to Penny or Prue?" Dad said.

"I will. Thanks, Daddy." I transported to the manor and opened the book. I put five white candles in a circle on the floor.

"Hear these words, hear my cry

Spirit from the other side

Come to me I summon thee

Cross now the great divide."

"Hello, young Charlotte." I ran to hug Aunt Prue.

"I missed you, Aunt Prue."

"It's okay, honey. Now, let's sit down and you can tell me your problems."

"I love him, Aunt Prue."

"I know, honey. I remember the other future too."

"It hurts to see him with Bianca all the time. And I've lost him. I hardly ever see him anymore. It's like he's gone. We were literally always together before. And now, it's him and Bianca. I know what she did to him! In the future and the past!"

Aunt Prue stole my cell phone and called my aunts. They came in with a spell.

To discover what they hold dear,

Show Charlie and Chris their greatest fears.

They'll return when they know

All that's left of when Wyatt was a foe.

I was suddenly in an alternate reality. Damn.

(Saving the world shouldn't break hearts, but sometimes it does.)