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Sacrifices...
It was a sunny Monday morning Krystal was running around her and Wyatt's apartment, they had moved in together after Krystal turned evil fiasco, Krystal was running from room to room it was her first day working at the restaurant she was nervous but extremely excited.
"Damn it!" She cursed loudly from her bedroom, Wyatt was also getting ready for work he just came out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist.
"Honey what are you doing on the floor?" He asked his 5ft fiancée who was on all fours looking for something.
"I can't find my damn hat." she said from under the bed.
Wyatt looked confused "And you're looking under the bed?"
"Well I can't find it anywhere, where the hell did I put it? I am so going to be late and Geoff is so going to fire my ass, I can't believe this." she muttered looking up at him.
Wyatt smiled and shook his head "What you are smiling at, you think this isfunny?" She asked hotly. Wyatt walked up to her and lifted her from both her shoulder on to her feet again. He wrapped his arms around her waist and gazed in to her eyes he leaned down as though he was going to kiss her "Wyatt. I don't have time. For this." she said softly Wyatt smiled and pulled out a hat from her back pocket.
"Your hat." He said and held it up, she looked at it "Oh thanks." She said with a sigh.
They stood there looking at each other "Maybe now you can spare a few minutes?" Wyatt said with a cheeky grin.
Krystal smiled and bit her bottom lip "You got 30 seconds." She said tip toeing to capture his lips they shared a passionate kiss which left them both breathless.
"Ok that was like a minute, I got to go ill see you tonight?" She asked sweetly. "Is it going to be another late night." he asked with a sigh krystal loked up at him "Yeah."
"Mmm-hmm." Wyatt said kissing her neck. Krystal moaned softly. "Baby I got to go." She said giving him one last kiss and running out.
OOOOO The Plaza (3 months later)
Krystal was in the kitchen talking with the other chefs about the day's specials, after that the day went off without any problems.
Krystal was sitting on a stool in the kitchen writing the next days specials.
"Hi Krystal." Said Jessica a waitress
"Hey Jess whets up?" Krystal said looking up from what she was doing.
"Geoff wants to see you in his office pronto." Jessica informed her. Krystal dropped her pen and made her way to the office.
She knocked and waited for permission to enter, "Come In." Yelled Geoff from the other side.
Krystal walked in "Hey Jess said you wanted to see me?" she asked.
"Um yeah, take a seat Krystal."Geoff gestured for her to sit which she did.
"Ok, Krystal I am very happy with your work here, you are an amazing chef, and best I have had in here so far." Geoff said with a warm smile.
"But?" Krystal asked with a worried face.
Geoff smiled "Oh no, no buts, I have a proposal for you, one if you're smart you will jump at?" Geoff explained. Krystal nodded.
"Ok? What is it?" She asked.
"Well I was telling one of my friends about you and how much of an amazing chef you are, so the other day he came down and tried out one of your meals..." he explained. Krystal nodded.
"And?" She asked.
"He loved it, and after a long conversation about you, we thought about offering you the chance to go to France for a year and work at our restaurant there as an executive chef. What do you think?" Geoff asked with a grin.
Krystal's eyes shot open, it was always her dream to go to France and study French cooking. "Oh wow, Geoff I don't know what to say, I mean it's always been my dream to go to France and study French cooking." she said half excitedly.
"But?" Geoff asked.
Krystal snickered. "But, I have responsibility's here I mean I have a family, a fiancée a wedding to plan, I...Arrgh god." she said her head in her hands.
"Krystal this is your dream, I'm sure your family and fiancée would want you to carry out and live your dream, its only a year and its all paid for your apartment, a car, don't dismiss it, talk to your fiancée and your family. I'll give you a few days to think about It." he said. Krystal nodded and smiled.
"Thanks," She said and walked out of the office; she ran her fingers through her hair and sighed.
She walked back to the kitchen "Krystal Wyatt's on the phone for you." a waiter informed.
"Thanks." she called out and walked over to the phone. "Hello?" she answered.
"Hey honey, it's late when you coming home?" Wyatt asked from the other end.
"I'm finished honey I was just in a meeting, ill be home in a little while ill talk to then ok?" She said sweetly.
"Are you ok, you sound down?" Wyatt asked noticing she was a little quiet.
"Yeah I'm fine, ill talk to you when I get home." She said and hung up. Wyatt looked at the phone and frowned.
Krystal left the restaurant and made her way home, after 20 minutes of driving she walked in to the apartment.
Wyatt was sitting in the living room watching TV, "Hey." He greeted her, Krystal flopped beside him on the sofa "Hey, what you doing?" she asked.
"Waiting for you, you ok? How was work?" he asked pulling her legs on to his lap, he slipped her shoes off and massaged her feet.
"Mmm, very tiring, how was your day?" She asked.
"Pretty much the same, I actually wanted to show you something, take a look at this?" he said pulling out a brochure.
Krystal took it and looked at it, "What is this?" she asked.
"It's a venue." he said with a smile.
"A venue?" For what?" she asked a little confused.
"The reception honey, its beautiful, and very big." he explained.
"Wyatt I thought we agreed we weren't going to have a big wedding?" Krystal asked sitting up.
"Baby this is our wedding, we are only going to get married once, might as well make it big right?" he asked moving closer to her.
"I don't know Wyatt, I don't want to make a big fuss, its going to cost us a lot of money to hire this place out." she explained.
"Honey money is no issue here, after everything I think we deserve a big celebration."
"And what if a demon attacks, at least we know if anyone attacks at the manor we can handle it." Krystal said.
"No one is going to attack most of the people there will be magical anyway, no demon will dare attack us, ill make sure of It." he assured.
"Fine, but if I have to vanquish demons in my wedding dress, you will have hell to pay." she said making Wyatt smile.
"Ill take my chances." he said sweetly. He pulled her into his lap and kissed her softly. Krystal pulled back braking off the kiss.
"Whats wrong?" he asked.
"Wyatt we need to talk?"
"Ok, what is it?" he asked curiously.
"Geoff called me in to his office today, and offered me the opportunity to go to France and work in the restaurant there as an executive chef for a year." she explained waiting for his reaction.
"Oh? What did you say?" he asked.
"I said ill think about it"
"What? your actually considering moving to France for a year?" Wyatt asked.
"Well yeah, it's only a year and it's always been my dream to go to France and study French cooking, whats the big deal?"
"Wha...whats the big deal, are you kidding me, your going to move a million miles away for a whole year, what about us Krystal we suppose to be getting married?" he asked losing his temper.
"Wyatt we can still get married, I'm not going to go to France and not come back for a whole year, ill be orbing in and out all the time and you can come and visit me whenever you like." she explained trying toconvince him.
"That's not the point Krystal, I barely see you here and we live together, you never have any time anymore, how are you going to make time to see me when your in another country?"
Krystal sighed and stood up "What do you mean I have no time for you, I'm with you right now arent't I?" she asked getting irritated.
"You never have the time. I mean, I don't feel like I even have a fiancée anymore, Krystal." Wyatt said following her into the kitchen.
Krystal took out a bottle of water and sipped from it. "Wh, Wyatt what do you want from me? You want me to quit my job so you can feel like you have a fiancée?" She asked.
"No, but it'd be nice if you realized, it's just a job!" he claimed.
"Just a job?" she asked running her hand through her hair in frustration.
"Yes." he answered firmly.
"Wyatt do you realize this is the first time in my life I'm doing something I actually care about. This is the first time in my life I'm doing something that I'm actually good at. I mean. If you don't get that..." she snapped.
"Hey I get that okay, I get that big time, and I'm happy for ya, but I don't think that you need to be moving to France when you have other responsibilities here." Wyatt explained.
"Wyatt I am not about to neglect my responsibility's, but I'm tired of letting everybody else run my life for me, this is a true chance for me to actually make something of myself, why cant you understand that?" she asked.
"You don't have to move to France to have a career as a chef, you can learn how to cook French cuisine here?" he suggested.
"Wyatt it's not just that, it's a step up, I'm a head chef right now, they are giving me a chance to be an executive chef, all expenses paid, the apartment, the car." Krystal explained.
Wyatt shook his head "You can't go Krystal." He said firmly.
Krystallooked taken back"Excuse me? What do you mean I can't go? I'm not asking for your permission here Wyatt."
"If you want any sort of a future with me, you will tell your boss that you are not going do you understand me?" Wyatt made clear.
"Oh I see, so it's your way or the highway is that it?" she asked her eyes filled with anger.
"That's it!" she said back.
Krystal nodded "Fine." she said taking her ring off, she walked up to him and handed him the ring, tears streaming down her cheeks she walked off into the bedroom and pulled out a suitcase and began packing her things.
If I had just one tear running down your cheek
Maybe I could cope maybe I'd get some sleep
If I had just one moment at your expense
Maybe all my misery would be well spent
Wyatt stood looking at the ring in his hand, he heard shuffling coming from the bedroom, He walked over and saw Krystal packing her things tears rolling down her cheeks. Wyatt stood in front of the window watching the rain pour down.
Yeah...Could you cry a little?
Lie just a little
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain
I gave now I 'm wanting
Something in return
So cry just a little for me
Krystal walked out of the room her bags packed, without saying a word to one another they shared a last glance in each others teary eyes, Krystal pulled her suitcase and walked out the front door, leaving Wyatt looking at the door and the empty apartment around him.
If your love could be caged, honey I would hold the key
And conceal it underneath the pile of lies you handed me
And you'd hunt those lies
They'd be all you'd ever find
And that'd be all you'd have to know
For me to be fine
Krystal walked out of the building and walked out in the rain walking to her car she put the suitcases in the boot secretly hoping Wyatt would chase after her and stop her, but he didn't after a last glance at the building she drove off.
Yeah...And you'd cry a little
And die just a little
And baby I would feel just a little less pain
I gave now I'm wanting
Something in return
So cry just a little for me
Wyatt watched her as she drove off, where she was going he had no idea; he got his keys and stormed out of the apartment. After a while he found himself outside his childhood home. He got out of the car and walked up to the door in two minds to go in or not. By the time he made up his mind the door swung open, his Aunt Phoebe standing there having sensed his emotions she pulled him in and closed the door.
Give it up baby
I hear your doin' fine
Nothing's gonna save me
I can see it in your eyes
Some kind of heartache, honey
Give it a try
I don't want pity
I just want what is mine
Krystal went to the cliff that Wyatt had taken her before she sat on a rock gazing at the city, tears streaming down her cheeks, she pulled out her cell and called her boss told him to book the flight she accepted his offer, he told her she has a place booked for tomorrowmorning 11.00am. Was this it? Was her relationship with Wyatt over? She looked at her finger where the diamond ring had been she cried and cried, the rain falling harder and harder.
Yeah... Could you cry a little?
And lie just a little
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain
I gave now I'm wanting
Something in return
So cry just a little for me
Yeah... Cry just a little for me
woo ooo, could you cry a little for me, yeah, yeah
Wyatt and Phoebe sat in the living room, he had explained the situation to her, he and Phoebe always had a special connection.
"Wy let me tell you something honey, love is not easy it takes a lot of compromise, sometimes you got to make sacrifices, I'm not saying she's right or you're wrong, but ending things so quickly over something so small is most defiantly wrong. Do you want to let her slip through your fingers?" Phoebe asked.
"Of course I don't aunt Phoebes, I love her so much, but I don't want her to go, yeah we have magic I can orb or she can orb back and forth, she's going to be my wife and I need her with me, that's the whole point in a marriage isn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah, but holding her back wont make things easier or even better, in a marriage you are both equal, its not a case of what you say goes or vice versa, its only a year and you have the ability of orbing too, which most people don't have its better than flying out to see her or not seeing her at all." she explained, Wyatt nodded.
"I know, but where does it end, what happens if she likes it out there and doesn't want to come back, then what?" he asked.
"If you give her something to come back for she will come back honey, a love like yours doesn't die so fast I know I lived a love like that, do remember when I told you about Cole?" she asked. Wyatt nodded "Yeah?"
"I went through so much with him, but I still loved him, through good and evil."
"But it didn't last?" he pointed out. "No it didn't, but I wasn't destined to be with him, you and Krystal are destined to be together. Don't let something this good slip away from you Wyatt." she explained.
Wyatt nodded in agreement, "You're right, thanks aunt Phoebe." he said standing up and kissing her on the forehead.
"Anytime honey, do you know where she is?" she asked. Wyatt shook his head "No I don't, how am I going to find her, what if she already left?" he asked.
"Its late there are no flights right now, she's probably at her parents." she said standing up, without a word Wyatt ran outside and drove of to find his wife to be.
The time was now 6.45am Wyatt had looked for Krystal everywhere and couldn't find her, her parents said she had already called around to say goodbye, he called her friends family, and nothing. He was at the Halliwell manor sitting at the kitchen table his head buried in his arms Chris right by his side along with his mother and father.
"I've lost her, she's gone." he muttered his voice shaky and weak.
"Wyatt honey don't do this to yourself, you will find her, we will call all the airports if we have to, but we will find her I promise." Piper said trying to console her eldest son.
"Moms right Wyatt, you can't give up now, we will orb in to every plane if we have to." Chris said giving his brother a squeeze on the shoulder.
Wyatt looked up his blue eyes rimmed red from lack of sleep. "Here honey drinks this." Piper said giving him a cup of coffee to wake him up a little.
Time was now 10.45am still no sign of Krystal they called all the airports there was one left.
"Wyatt try calling her cell again?" Phoebe suggested. He did all he got was an answering message. As he put the phone down it rang. Wyatt answered it "Krystal?" said with a little hope but it wasn't her.
"Dani?"
"Hey Wyatt, she called, her flight leaves in 10 minutes I heard her talking to Mom." she explained.
"10 minutes, what airport?" He asked with panic.
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Trying to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
Where all the veins meet yeah
No change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mind
I am here in my mind
But I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mind
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,no,no,no,no,no(fading away)
"Los Angeles International, terminal 3, hurry!" She said.
"Thanks." he hung up and ran.
"WYATT?" they all called out. "WHAT?" he yelled back. they all gave him a 'Well?' look.
"LA International, terminal 3." He said and they all orbed out. They appeared behind a board Wyatt looked at the screen and ran through the airport as fast as his legs would take him.
Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
No change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mind
I am here in my mind
And I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mind
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
I can't change
I can't change it
OOOOO
Krystal was walking through the airport; her flight just got called "This is the last call for flight FK4987 to France please make your way to gate 7." The woman on the microphone announced.
She walked dragging her suitcase to gate 7, she made it to the gate, looked back one last time as tearsfilled her eyes,she handed the ticket and walked through leaving everything behind her. (Cut to Wyatt running through the air port)
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Trying to make ends meet
Trying to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
Where all the veins meet yeah
You know I can't change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mind
I am here in my mind
And I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mind
No, no, no, no, no
Wyatt ran to the gate and looked around but it was empty, heaving for breathe, the rest of the family followed, the guy at the desk just locked the door, "No!" He said and ran up to the desk. "Excuse me, I need to get throughmy fiancee'son that plane." He said.
"Do you have a ticket sir?" The guyasked politely. wyatt shook his head "No i dont but i just gotta say goodbye." he said his eyes pleading.
"Im sorry sir, you cant get by without a ticket." he said again.
"No you don't understand I have to see her, please you got to let me in." he said trying to get past.
"Sir, you must stay back, even if I let you through the plane is ready to take off, you wont get to her in time." he explained.
"I DONT CARE!" he yelled. Just then he heard the plane move off on the runway, he ran to the window.
I can't change my mind
No, no, no, no, no,
I can't change
Can't change my body,
No, no, no
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
Been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
That you've ever been down
That you've ever been down
"No, no, no, no, no, KRYSTAL!." he yelled and he hit his fist hard on the window he watched the plane take off and fly away, he fell to his knees breaking down in tears as his family surrounded him for support. "No.."
"I'm sorry honey." Piper said rubbing his back.
"I've lost her, she's gone, she's really gone." he said choking up in tears.
"No she hasn't." said a familiar voice. Wyatt looked up at the sound of the voice along with the others. He looked in the teary eyes of his 5ft fiancée standing in front of him with her bags.
"Krystal?" he said in shock as he stood up and walked over to her. "You didn't go, why?" he asked.
Krystal looked up in to his eyes "Because you are more important to me than any job, I want you, everything else doesn't matter." she said tears falling from her eyes. Without hesitation he came crashing down on her lips kissing her with the passion and love he feels for her, feeling her warmth once again. Everyone else smiled Piper clung on to Leo Phoebe hugged Chris and watched.
They kissed for a few minutes and pulled apart and looked in each others eyes, "I love you so much; I thought I lost you, I'm never letting you go, do you hear me... never, and it's you and me for always." Wyatt said their foreheads touching, Krystal smiled and nodded "I love you too, I can't live life without you." she said back Wyatt pulled out the ring from his pocket. "What do you say, want to be my fiancée again?" he asked with a smile.
"Just try and stop Me." she said coyly. Wyatt slipped on the ring and pulled her in for a kiss and they held each other and all walked through the airport making their way back home.
To Be Continued... Hey there hope you enjoyed the chapter, please review and let me know if you want me to carry on. the wedding should be next. the songs in this chapter are 'Cry' Faith Hill and 'Bittersweet symphany' Verve Pipe.. thank you.