Silence reigned for a couple of seconds before Leo announced that he was
going to talk to Piper, since it'll obviously be too painful for her to
talk to Chris and absorb everything. Chris nodded heavily while Paige
looked confused. He turned to look at his aunt, his eyebrows raised.
"Paige, sorry to have to break it to you this way –but you're not dreaming. I'm back from the dead." he declared.
Paige smiled wistfully and said: "That's what always happens in dreams. And I'm betting this one feels real because it's some kind of potion or spell that a demon cast on us. Maybe... maybe the demon got Piper too and we're in the same dream... Maybe it's a spell that allows us to dream about what we want most."
Chris moved towards her and took hold of her hands. "Paige, I'm real, this is real... you can feel me, I'm real. Look, it's a really long story, but there are these beings who take care of things... not the elders, other beings –I don't get who they are myself –but they sent me back here, because another me exists in the future since I changed it... and they didn't know what to do with my soul, so they brought me back to life, and I'm here to stay." he said, looking into her eyes.
Paige looked right back at him, unblinking. Her mouth was slightly open. She looked visibly conflicted.
"You're back?" she asked, her voice shaking.
"I'm back." answered Chris compliantly.
Paige stood there, frozen.
o.o
Piper was sitting on a chair in the kitchen, her elbows propped up on the table, her head resting in her hands. She sobbed quietly, thinking of Chris. 'This must be a dream... or a spell cast by a demon to weaken me. I can't cave in, I have to stay strong, for Wyatt and Chris' sakes.' But the thought of Chris only made her cry harder. It was every mother's worst nightmare to live to see the day their son dies. And her son died so young... at 23... And even thought she knew that they already altered the future, she was mourning the death of the man she'd gotten to know during the past couple of months.
o.o
Leo found Piper in the kitchen, wiping her eyes with a towel.
"Piper..." he announced his presence softly.
She looked up, her eyes glossy. Leo pulled out a chair and sat down next to her, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Piper –"
"Don't, Leo. Listen, I know this'll be hard for you, because you think it's true, you think that Chris is back... But I thought it over and I think I know what's going on. A demon must've cast a spell for us to... hallucinate about this –to weaken us, to distract us so that he can get to Wyatt or Phoebe now that she's powerless –stop the power of 3, because Paige's here too... We have to stay strong, and you have to stop believing what you want to believe and be strong for you sons." she said, looking at him through glistening eyes.
"No, Piper... he told me what happened, it's really him..."
"Leo..."
"No, Piper, let me explain, please... His story makes sense, just give it a chance. Look, he says after he –after he died, and his body faded away –he reappeared in this place that he can't remember. I think I've heard of it, it's a power greater than that of the elders or even that of the avatars –and there are beings there that take care of the matters of life and death of magical beings. He got there because he doesn't belong anywhere anymore, really... You see, another version of him exists in his future now. And because he saved the future and never had anything good in his life, they've decided that he deserves to live with us, his family, get the life he's always wanted. So they brought him back to life."
Leo looked at Piper, his own eyes glistening with tears as he recounted the tale of his son's return. Piper looked into Leo eyes, her eyes puffy and red from her crying. She looked like she couldn't take much more of the drama as she fell into Leo's arms, crying.
"Promise me it's true Leo... promise me he's really back... promise me I won't wake up, because then the pain will just be too much... I can't keep going through losing my family, Leo! I just can't! Promise..." she cried.
"I promise, Piper, I promise..." said Leo, hugging her tightly.
o.o
A/N: sniff sniff Thanks guys for the great feedback. That milkshake really helped me :P I'll be off to study now, buh bye! Please review, you guys are what keeps me going!
"Paige, sorry to have to break it to you this way –but you're not dreaming. I'm back from the dead." he declared.
Paige smiled wistfully and said: "That's what always happens in dreams. And I'm betting this one feels real because it's some kind of potion or spell that a demon cast on us. Maybe... maybe the demon got Piper too and we're in the same dream... Maybe it's a spell that allows us to dream about what we want most."
Chris moved towards her and took hold of her hands. "Paige, I'm real, this is real... you can feel me, I'm real. Look, it's a really long story, but there are these beings who take care of things... not the elders, other beings –I don't get who they are myself –but they sent me back here, because another me exists in the future since I changed it... and they didn't know what to do with my soul, so they brought me back to life, and I'm here to stay." he said, looking into her eyes.
Paige looked right back at him, unblinking. Her mouth was slightly open. She looked visibly conflicted.
"You're back?" she asked, her voice shaking.
"I'm back." answered Chris compliantly.
Paige stood there, frozen.
o.o
Piper was sitting on a chair in the kitchen, her elbows propped up on the table, her head resting in her hands. She sobbed quietly, thinking of Chris. 'This must be a dream... or a spell cast by a demon to weaken me. I can't cave in, I have to stay strong, for Wyatt and Chris' sakes.' But the thought of Chris only made her cry harder. It was every mother's worst nightmare to live to see the day their son dies. And her son died so young... at 23... And even thought she knew that they already altered the future, she was mourning the death of the man she'd gotten to know during the past couple of months.
o.o
Leo found Piper in the kitchen, wiping her eyes with a towel.
"Piper..." he announced his presence softly.
She looked up, her eyes glossy. Leo pulled out a chair and sat down next to her, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Piper –"
"Don't, Leo. Listen, I know this'll be hard for you, because you think it's true, you think that Chris is back... But I thought it over and I think I know what's going on. A demon must've cast a spell for us to... hallucinate about this –to weaken us, to distract us so that he can get to Wyatt or Phoebe now that she's powerless –stop the power of 3, because Paige's here too... We have to stay strong, and you have to stop believing what you want to believe and be strong for you sons." she said, looking at him through glistening eyes.
"No, Piper... he told me what happened, it's really him..."
"Leo..."
"No, Piper, let me explain, please... His story makes sense, just give it a chance. Look, he says after he –after he died, and his body faded away –he reappeared in this place that he can't remember. I think I've heard of it, it's a power greater than that of the elders or even that of the avatars –and there are beings there that take care of the matters of life and death of magical beings. He got there because he doesn't belong anywhere anymore, really... You see, another version of him exists in his future now. And because he saved the future and never had anything good in his life, they've decided that he deserves to live with us, his family, get the life he's always wanted. So they brought him back to life."
Leo looked at Piper, his own eyes glistening with tears as he recounted the tale of his son's return. Piper looked into Leo eyes, her eyes puffy and red from her crying. She looked like she couldn't take much more of the drama as she fell into Leo's arms, crying.
"Promise me it's true Leo... promise me he's really back... promise me I won't wake up, because then the pain will just be too much... I can't keep going through losing my family, Leo! I just can't! Promise..." she cried.
"I promise, Piper, I promise..." said Leo, hugging her tightly.
o.o
A/N: sniff sniff Thanks guys for the great feedback. That milkshake really helped me :P I'll be off to study now, buh bye! Please review, you guys are what keeps me going!