A/N: Ok it's been a long time. And I mean a LOOONG time and I feel horrible and apologize to everyone that's reviewed and subscribed! I would like to dedicate this chapter to mysticpearl84 who with these words "I want you write the next chapter right now, don't think about it, just do it!" got me to put away everything I was doing and start writing. Thank you so much! This very long chapter is dedicated to you babe! You made me realize that I can't just leave my readers hanging; this story belongs to you guys as much as it belongs to me. So, I'm going to stop talking now and let you read! Please comment you guys, I don't care if it is to yell at me because this took so long!

"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!" Alise threw in the mandrake root and let out what she thought was a cackle.

"Oh my god, will you stop that. It's the fifth time and 1) it's annoying 2) you can't cackle evilly and 3) it's annoying!" Alise mock glared at Alexandrea before pouring the potion into a mug.

"I can too cackle!" Alise said, handing the mug to Henry who sniffed it an almost gagged.

"Eww it looks so gross. I don't want to drink it and you can't make me big head!" Alise groaned as the 5-year-old boy threw the mug down at the floor, the potion spilling out and evaporating. The little boy ran away from Alise and straight at Alex, hugging her tight around the waist. Alise stared wide-eyed at her friend, who just shrugged and stroked the little boy's blonde hair.

"Ok, this is ridiculous. It's 10 in the morning and I haven't slept for a single second. I've had to clean up puke four times in the past 3 hours and I'd much rather be with my boyfriend who made me breakfast and has been waiting for me for the past half an hour! And to top it all off, I have to put up with a five year old whose acting like the biggest brat in the whole world!" Alise fumed, finally having had enough and collapsing on the couch.

"Ooooh you said a bad word you said a bad word!" the little boy immediately chimed, running around in circles around the couch, pointing and laughing.

Alise groaned. "Make it stop Lex, please just make him stop. He seems to like you more than me anyway."

"Hey, you're the one that let him eat that bag of pixy sticks," Alex said, walking over to where Alise was sitting. Alise just groaned again, covering her face with her hands. "But fine, since I'm so amazing I'll make him stop." With that, Alex outstretched her arms and scooped up the little boy when he ran past her and threw him over her shoulder. HJ started laughing hysterically as Alex had started tickling him. She sat him on the island counter. "Are you going to drink the potion?" She asked. Out of breathe, the little boy shook his head no. "Ok fine," Alex said and started tickling him again.

"Ok ok I give up. I'll drink the nasty stuff I promise!" the little boy squealed in between laughs.

"Promise?" Alex asked, still tickling HJ.

"Promise! I promise!" HJ yelled in ecstasy.

"Good," Alex said and finally stopped tickling him. As HJ regained his breathe, she walked over to the small cauldron and poured the rest of the potion into a cup. She then walked over to HJ, who wrinkled his nose but took the cup and drank the potion nonetheless.

"Wow, he actually drank it," Alise said in aww.

" A promise is a promise," HJ said smiling at Alex before letting out a small burp. Alex grabbed the little boy, ready to hoist him to the floor when all of a sudden, his body started to grow bigger and bigger until he finally looked like the 22 year old man he was. HJ looked around confused until his eyes settled on Alex, who still had her arms wrapped around his chest.

"Hello," HJ said, smiling down at Alex.

Alex just stared for a second in shock before finally coming to her senses. She removed her hands from around HJ and took one step back.

"Um…sorry. I really wasn't expecting the potion to work that fast," Alex said embarrassed.

HJ jumped down from the counter. "Don't apologize. Why would I mind a pretty lady touching me?" he asked, smiling cheekily.

"Oh can it Casanova. You by the way are a devil child," Alise said, getting up from her position on the couch and walking to where Alex and HJ were standing.

HJ cocked his head to the side in confusion and looked at Alex for an explanation. Alex just mock glared at Alise. "Don't listen to her. She's just jealous that your kid self didn't like her and liked me instead," Alex said throwing her tongue out at Alise.

Alise scoffed. "Am not jealous!"

"Are too!" Alex threw back.

"Your just mad that I bought that last Weezer CD when we went to FYE three months ago!" Alise said, crossing her arms.

It was Alex's turn to scoff. "That was three months ago. And you knew I wanted that CD! I told you a million times but you just had to be a bitch and buy the last one!"

"I was getting you back for going to the Bon Jovi concert without me!"

"What was I supposed to do! You said I could go!"

"I didn't mean it!" Alise said, as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"How was I supposed to know! I'm not the one who can sense other people's emotions Alise!"

"Oh don't play that card with me," Alise said, rolling her eyes. Before Alex could respond, there was a cough from next to them. They both turned and faced HJ who had a bewildered look on his face.

"Ok, what the hell was that?" he asked, confused.

"What was what?" Alex asked, turning to stand beside Alise.

"Yeah, we were just having a civil conversation," Alise said as Alex crossed her arms too.

"You call that civil?" HJ asked rhetorically.

Both women shrugged before turning to each other and grinning. "Yeah," they both responded simultaneously before bursting out in laughter, leaving HJ to stare at the two women oddly.

"Whatever. So, am I officially cured?" he asked hopefully.

"Well seeing as you haven't turned into a leprechaun or monkey in the past five minutes, probably. But we should probably wait it out for another hour just in case," Alex replied.

"You guys can wait it out," Alise said. "I need to get back to the Manor."

Both Alex and HJ grinned and made 'oooh' noises.

Alise glared at them as she picked up the bag Alex had lent her which contained the dress she had changed out of for more warm sweatpants and a tank top. "To help Piper of course," she replied walking over to HJ.

"Sure," Alex said, smirking.

"You and your dirty mind." Alise turned to HJ. "Can you orb me to the Manor?"

"Sure. Tell my mom that I'll be pack at noon," HJ said at which Alise nodded.

"Call me later. We can go out to dinner or something. Or better yet, you can come to P3 and then spend the night with me," Alise said, smiling at Alex.

"Sure, sound great," Alex responded and the two briefly hugged.

Alise then turned to HJ. "Don't you have to hold me or something?" Alise asked, confused as to why HJ hadn't grabbed her hand yet.

"No, I'm just going to orb you back to the manner. I'm not going with you," HJ replied.

"No! I mean, I hate orbing already but to go by myself, no. What if I end up in China or something!" Alise exclaimed, apprehension overcoming her.

"Don't worry. You won't end up in China. And even if you do, all you have to do is call out to one of us and we'll go get you," HJ said, grinning mischievously then waving his hand at her.

Just as Alise opened her mouth, she felt the same tingling sensation in the pit of her stomach as she was being torn apart into a million little pieces. Seconds later, she landed with a thump on the floor of the Halliwell living room. Alise groaned in pain and opened her eyes. "Thanks!" she yelled sarcastically up to the ceiling, knowing HJ could hear her.

Just as she got up on her knees, the door to the kitchen opened.

"Woah, what happened to you?" Alise turned around to face Emily's confused face.

"I was 'orbed'," was all she said, grabbing her bag off the floor.

Emily laughed. "I hate it when they do that," she said. Just then, a baby's cry rang out from the baby monitor on the coffee table.

"That's the fifth time today he's woken up from his nap. He hasn't slept for more than half an hour today. His baby teeth are coming out," Emily said with a pained look on her face.

Alise gave the other woman a sympathetic look. "Do you want me to…you know. I could uh take some of the pain away," she offered.

"You can do that? Like actually make him feel less pain," Emily asked.

Alise nodded. "Do you want me to go with you?"

Emily shook her head. "No, I'll bring him down. I have to change his diaper anyway. And plus, Chris is beside himself in the kitchen waiting." With that, Emily winked at Alise and walked up the stairs to her son.

Alise sighed with excitement and walked to the kitchen door, pushing it open and stopping immediately. Her heart fluttered at the sight before her. Chris was standing there, wearing dark plaid pajama pants and a long sleeve white t-shirt that was rolled up at the elbows. He was humming I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts while flipping a pancake onto a plate.

"I never pegged you for a Joan Jett fan," Alise said, grinning.

Startled, Chris stopped humming and looked up, confused. His face then immediately broke into a grin and his eyes seemed to get brighter. Alise could feel even without using her power that he was happy to see her, something that made her heart flutter even more and her stomach churn with the good kind of butterflies.

"Don't tell anyone but I thought she was hott when I was younger," Chris whispered, putting down the plate of pancakes and walking towards her.

When he was just inches in front of her, Alise wrapped her arms around his neck. "Really? So is that what you go for; rocker chicks with crazy black hair and leather jackets?" Alise joked.

"No," Chris said, resting his hands on her hips. "I go for funny, caring, sexy, beautiful, amazingly talented girls named Annalise Meagan Seaver."

Alise could feel the heat on her cheeks, as she looked away, her heart beating a million miles per hour. "Apperently you come with 'Make Alise blush like an idiot 101' too," Alise said, her voice barely above a whisper.

Chris gently took her chin in his hand. "No, I came with 'Make Alise blush like an idiot 200'" he said.

Alise gently punched his arm, Chris putting on a fake pout in response. "Oww that hurt," he whined.

Alise grinned, "Really? Should I kiss it better?" she asked in a mocking tone.

Chris nodded like a sad little boy. Alise smirked and kissed the spot on his shoulder where she had punched him. She then continued from that spot and kissed all the way up his shoulder to his neck, across his jaw and finally, his soft lips. Chris immediately tightened his grip on her hips as he deepened the kiss, tilting his head to the side and gently slipping his tongue between her parted lips. All the tiredness that Alise had felt left the second his tongue glided past her own. Just as she wrapped her arms around Chris's neck, a cough sounded from the doorway.

"Oh please continue. I think it's about time I explained the birds and the bees to Matthew," Emily joked, looking down at the crying little boy in her arms.

Alise blushed as Chris laughed before removing her arms from around his neck and walking towards Emily and Matthew.

"Do you need to touch him or hold him to do it?" Emily asked, bouncing Matthew in her arms lightly to try and calm him down.

Alise shook her head. "No but I want to hold him." She gently took the crying baby into her arms and kissed his cheek and then nose.

"What is she doing?" Chris asked, looking at Emily.

"Matthew's been fussy all day because his teeth are growing. Alise said she'd take some of the pain away," Emily explained.

"Oh," Chris said.

Alise gently bounced the baby in her arms just like Emily was doing before. She gently took the baby's small hand in hers and brought it to her lips, placing a small kiss on the palm. She then opened herself up and concentrated on the baby in her arms. She immediately sensed the small amount of pain the baby was feeling. Sympathy washed over her as she took way that pain from Matthew and put it in herself, having nowhere else to put it. Alise noticed that Matthew had stopped crying and was now giggling and reaching for his mother. Emily took the baby in her arms.

Alise winced as a small sharp pain went through her causing both Emily and Chris to look at her with worry.

"What's wrong?" Chris and Emily asked at the same time.

"Nothing. It just stings a little. That's what he was feeling," Alise said, rubbing her side. She lifted her shirt a little to see a small bruise had formed right above her hip.

"Wait, you feel the pain?" Emily asked confused.

"Not exactly. When I just sense people I can just tell what emotion their feeling and how strong their feeling it. But when I take it from them I have to put it somewhere that's living," Alise explained, letting go of her shirt. "Don't worry, the pain's gone. What seems like a lot of pain for him is really nothing more than a pinch for me."

"Still Alise, had I know that that's what you meant I wouldn't have asked. I would have asked Chris to heal him," Emily explained.

Alise shook her head in protest. "No, I would have done it anyway and you didn't ask, I offered. And plus, Chris wouldn't have been able to heal him. He wasn't hurt physically. It's not like a cut or wound. He just felt pain from the growing tooth and that's something you can't heal because there's nothing to heal."

"Still Lise," Emily said, feeling bad.

Alise just shook her head. "Don't mention it ok. Look, Matt's all tired out, you should go put him to bed," Alise said, motioning to the baby who was now sleeping peacefully on his mothers arm. Emily sighed but didn't say anything. Instead, she walked out of the kitchen to put her son to sleep. Alise turned away from the door to look at Chris. He had a look on his face that said he wanted to say something. "I know what you're going to say ok. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't know it was safe. I knew that it was only a small amount of pain before I took it away from him. It was nothing more than a small bruise I promise," she explained sighing.

"I know. I trust you Lise. I just don't want to see you in pain ok. Ever. Not even if it's just a small bruise," Chris said, cupping her cheek with his hand.

Alise leaned into his touch and stared into his beautiful eyes, speechless. She could feel her heart beating way too fast for the second time that day. Chris was doing things to her heart and fast. She didn't need a power to tell her that she what she felt for him was more than just a small amount of attraction.

A/N: I hope you guys liked it! This is over 6.5 pages so I hope it made up for my months of sterile-ness (if that's even a word). Please guys, the more reviews I get harassing me to continue, the more inclined I will be to write! I've already started the next chapter and it is going to be action packed so review review review!

P.S, the beginning lines to this chapter are from Macbeth! I'm reading that in my English class right now and it sucks!