Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the television show Charmed.
All characters belong to Spelling Television, and The WB.
This is my first Charmed fic. I apologize if I get any of the show's details wrong. I'd love to get feedback! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed the story so far. Please continue to review the story or e-mail me at jeff_langdon@hotmail.com!
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Anguished Soul - Chapter 7
Chris followed Piper upstairs into the library, closing the door behind him. "What's so important that you can't say it to me in front of your sisters?"
"You listen to me and you listen carefully," Piper hissed, on wanting to wake Wyatt, who was sleeping next door. "Don't you go around badmouthing me, you understand?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't play innocent with me because you're anything but innocent. And for the record, I'm not blaming innocent people for my misfortunes."
Chris scoffed at Piper's comments. "Yeah right. As if your intense dislike of me has nothing to do with what happened with Leo."
"Do not bring Leo into this," Piper shot back as she walked closer to Chris. "I know you had something to do with this. I don't know what or how, but when I find out, you're going to wish you had stayed in the future."
Chris threw up his hands in total frustration. "Oh my god!" he exclaimed, "you still don't believe me!"
"Would I be so stupid as to believe someone who claim to come from the future and yet refuses to answer any of my questions regarding his identity and his intentions?"
"Did I not show you the way to defeat the Tekenogs?"
Piper snickered at the comment. "How do I know that you weren't in cahoots with them in the first place?"
"You know what?" Chris was practically shouting now and he didn't really care who he woke up. "Think what you want, because I don't really give a damn what you think." The young Whitelighter turned and stormed out of the room in absolute rage, slamming the door behind him. He was met at the bottom of the stairs by Phoebe, who was just heading upstairs to see what the commotion was all about.
"What's going on here?" Phoebe asked as Chris stormed down the stairs.
"Why don't you go ask your sister?" Chris answered, his voice biting with bitterness before brushing past her and out the door.
"Chris! Wait!" Phoebe called out to no avail.
"What's going on here?" Paige asked as she emerged from the bathroom. "The whole neighbourhood can hear you guys shouting."
Reaching the top of the stairs, Phoebe found Piper in the nursery checking up on Wyatt. "Piper?"
"Yes, Phoebe?" Piper answered, smiling.
"What just happened between you and Chris?"
"We just talked for a bit."
"About what?" Phoebe asked. "And why did he storm out of the house?"
"What? Chris left?" Paige asked as she joined the two witches.
"Yes," Phoebe answered while looking at Piper. "He was apparently quite upset after his conversation with Piper. What exactly was the topic of your conversation?"
"I was just being honest with him, giving him a piece of my mind, that's all," Piper answered matter-of-factly.
"Don't tell me you still don't trust him?" Paige asked, completely perplexed.
"Of course I don't trust him. There are just too many unanswered questions."
"I can't believe this!" Phoebe exclaimed, her hands in her hair. "Why won't you trust him, even after what he did for us today?"
"Don't you find it too convenient that he knew how to defeat the Tekenogs? He sure looked like a hero after today's little act."
"Little act?" Paige yelled. "You think he and the Tekenogs conspired to fool us?"
"Don't you think you're being a little too paranoid?" Phoebe reasoned.
"I'm being careful, unlike the two of you," Piper admonished. "How easily you two fall for his supposed charms."
"I'm not even going to go there with you," an annoyed Paige answered before walking out of the room.
Phoebe merely shook her head in disbelief before going back downstairs.
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"Well?" Phoebe asked as she cleaned up the kitchen after a tense dinner.
"No answer," Paige replied as she dialed the number for the tenth time. Walking into the kitchen, she sat down at the kitchen table and sighed. "You know what, I'm just going to go over to make sure he is okay."
Phoebe raised her eyebrows in surprise at Paige's comment. "You're that worried about him? He's a big boy you know. I'm sure he's capable of taking care of himself."
"I just want to see if he's alright, that's all. It's the least I can do after he saved my life."
Phoebe nodded while wearing a knowing smile. "Can it be?"
"Huh?"
"Can it be that my dear Paige has found her Prince Charming?"
"Oh would you please cut it out? You and your imagination," Paige answered distractedly. "I didn't realize you were writing romance columns now."
"Deny all you want, but it's so blatantly clear," Phoebe replied with a triumphant smirk. "Actually, I think you two would make a rather cute couple. He suits you, if you ask my personal opinion."
"Whatever," Paige replied as she walked out the door. "I'm going to check up on him."
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Chris sat on the couch in his dark apartment as he stared out into the bustling city. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of a young man's melodic voice:
Tell me his name I want to know
The way he looks and where you go
I need to see his face I need to understand Why you and I came to an end
Tell me again I want to hear Who broke my faith in all these years Who lays with you at night while I'm here all alone Remembering when I was you own
I let you go I let you fly Why do I keep on asking why I let you go now that I found A way to keep somehow More than a broken vow
Tell me the words I never said Show me the tears you never shed Give me the touch the one you promised to be mine Or has it vanished for all time
I let you go I let you fly Why do I keep on asking why I let you go now that I found A way to keep somehow More than a broken vow
I close my eyes And dream of you and I and then I realize There's more to love than only bitterness and lies I close my eyes
I'd give away my soul to hold you once again And never let those moments end I let you go I let you fly Why do I keep on asking why I let you go now that I found A way to keep somehow More than a broken vow.
The tears streamed down the young Whitelighter's face as the music played. "Why, Annette? Why?"
~ to be continued ~
* Lyrics from Broken Vow, sung by Josh Groban.
This is my first Charmed fic. I apologize if I get any of the show's details wrong. I'd love to get feedback! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed the story so far. Please continue to review the story or e-mail me at jeff_langdon@hotmail.com!
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Anguished Soul - Chapter 7
Chris followed Piper upstairs into the library, closing the door behind him. "What's so important that you can't say it to me in front of your sisters?"
"You listen to me and you listen carefully," Piper hissed, on wanting to wake Wyatt, who was sleeping next door. "Don't you go around badmouthing me, you understand?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't play innocent with me because you're anything but innocent. And for the record, I'm not blaming innocent people for my misfortunes."
Chris scoffed at Piper's comments. "Yeah right. As if your intense dislike of me has nothing to do with what happened with Leo."
"Do not bring Leo into this," Piper shot back as she walked closer to Chris. "I know you had something to do with this. I don't know what or how, but when I find out, you're going to wish you had stayed in the future."
Chris threw up his hands in total frustration. "Oh my god!" he exclaimed, "you still don't believe me!"
"Would I be so stupid as to believe someone who claim to come from the future and yet refuses to answer any of my questions regarding his identity and his intentions?"
"Did I not show you the way to defeat the Tekenogs?"
Piper snickered at the comment. "How do I know that you weren't in cahoots with them in the first place?"
"You know what?" Chris was practically shouting now and he didn't really care who he woke up. "Think what you want, because I don't really give a damn what you think." The young Whitelighter turned and stormed out of the room in absolute rage, slamming the door behind him. He was met at the bottom of the stairs by Phoebe, who was just heading upstairs to see what the commotion was all about.
"What's going on here?" Phoebe asked as Chris stormed down the stairs.
"Why don't you go ask your sister?" Chris answered, his voice biting with bitterness before brushing past her and out the door.
"Chris! Wait!" Phoebe called out to no avail.
"What's going on here?" Paige asked as she emerged from the bathroom. "The whole neighbourhood can hear you guys shouting."
Reaching the top of the stairs, Phoebe found Piper in the nursery checking up on Wyatt. "Piper?"
"Yes, Phoebe?" Piper answered, smiling.
"What just happened between you and Chris?"
"We just talked for a bit."
"About what?" Phoebe asked. "And why did he storm out of the house?"
"What? Chris left?" Paige asked as she joined the two witches.
"Yes," Phoebe answered while looking at Piper. "He was apparently quite upset after his conversation with Piper. What exactly was the topic of your conversation?"
"I was just being honest with him, giving him a piece of my mind, that's all," Piper answered matter-of-factly.
"Don't tell me you still don't trust him?" Paige asked, completely perplexed.
"Of course I don't trust him. There are just too many unanswered questions."
"I can't believe this!" Phoebe exclaimed, her hands in her hair. "Why won't you trust him, even after what he did for us today?"
"Don't you find it too convenient that he knew how to defeat the Tekenogs? He sure looked like a hero after today's little act."
"Little act?" Paige yelled. "You think he and the Tekenogs conspired to fool us?"
"Don't you think you're being a little too paranoid?" Phoebe reasoned.
"I'm being careful, unlike the two of you," Piper admonished. "How easily you two fall for his supposed charms."
"I'm not even going to go there with you," an annoyed Paige answered before walking out of the room.
Phoebe merely shook her head in disbelief before going back downstairs.
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"Well?" Phoebe asked as she cleaned up the kitchen after a tense dinner.
"No answer," Paige replied as she dialed the number for the tenth time. Walking into the kitchen, she sat down at the kitchen table and sighed. "You know what, I'm just going to go over to make sure he is okay."
Phoebe raised her eyebrows in surprise at Paige's comment. "You're that worried about him? He's a big boy you know. I'm sure he's capable of taking care of himself."
"I just want to see if he's alright, that's all. It's the least I can do after he saved my life."
Phoebe nodded while wearing a knowing smile. "Can it be?"
"Huh?"
"Can it be that my dear Paige has found her Prince Charming?"
"Oh would you please cut it out? You and your imagination," Paige answered distractedly. "I didn't realize you were writing romance columns now."
"Deny all you want, but it's so blatantly clear," Phoebe replied with a triumphant smirk. "Actually, I think you two would make a rather cute couple. He suits you, if you ask my personal opinion."
"Whatever," Paige replied as she walked out the door. "I'm going to check up on him."
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Chris sat on the couch in his dark apartment as he stared out into the bustling city. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of a young man's melodic voice:
Tell me his name I want to know
The way he looks and where you go
I need to see his face I need to understand Why you and I came to an end
Tell me again I want to hear Who broke my faith in all these years Who lays with you at night while I'm here all alone Remembering when I was you own
I let you go I let you fly Why do I keep on asking why I let you go now that I found A way to keep somehow More than a broken vow
Tell me the words I never said Show me the tears you never shed Give me the touch the one you promised to be mine Or has it vanished for all time
I let you go I let you fly Why do I keep on asking why I let you go now that I found A way to keep somehow More than a broken vow
I close my eyes And dream of you and I and then I realize There's more to love than only bitterness and lies I close my eyes
I'd give away my soul to hold you once again And never let those moments end I let you go I let you fly Why do I keep on asking why I let you go now that I found A way to keep somehow More than a broken vow.
The tears streamed down the young Whitelighter's face as the music played. "Why, Annette? Why?"
~ to be continued ~
* Lyrics from Broken Vow, sung by Josh Groban.
