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"Some people come into our lives: some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same."

-Tennille Winfrey-

Present-Manor.

It had been three weeks since Chris died and Piper had only been home for a week and a half. Leo had told her what happened Chris only a few days prior and since then she had barely left her room. She sat there and watched her newborn son sleep, thinking "He looks so peaceful. Angelic really." Then memories of him, grown, came flooding back to her. Her son, her hero, was dead. This little baby would grow into that brave young hero she had known and loved. She kissed his soft head, carefully so not to wake him and then turned to walk to her bed. Around her room were the few belongings that Chris owned. She had not yet been able to part with them. They remained the last connects that she had to her grown son. She grabbed his jacket, the old beaten up jacket of his, and held it to her. "It still smells like him," she thought as her smiled. And then she started to cry, realizing once again that he was really and truly gone.

Meanwhile down in the kitchen Paige and Phoebe sat at the table, feeding Wyatt. "Do you think we should be worried, Phoebe? It has been nearly a week and we have hardly seen Piper." Paige questioned looking up to her sister.

"She just needs some time. She found out that her son died. A mourning period is necessary for that." Just as she finished answering, the familiar sound and sight of orbs appeared. It was Leo, clearly distressed.

"Hey there" and upon seeing Wyatt, he kissed his heads.

"So where have you been these past few days? We have been calling you. Piper is a wreck." Phoebe asked looking up at him.

"I know I heard you, but I wasn't able to leave. I....I was on trial. But what about Piper? Where is she?" Leo replied

"She is upstairs. You should go talk to her." Paige answered, "But before you do, what about this trial? What was it for? And what was decided?"

"It was about me killing Gideon. By killing him, I had forsaken the Elders. Because of this I was put on trial to decide my fate. Eventually, the decided not to clip my wings but rather they decided to make me a Whitelighter again. I have become your Whitelighter again." Leo stated smiling.

"Really?!" Phoebe looked up in surprised "so that means that you are staying! That is wonderful news. But Leo, can you please go talk to Piper. She is a wreck; she has barely left her room since you told her."

"Of course." And he orbed upstairs. He knocked on the door softly before he opened the door. When he opened the door, she saw her curled up on the bed, clutching one of Chris' jackets, crying. "Oh Piper!" and he rushed over to her side.

"Leo?" She looked up to find him. Immediately she sat up, and hugged him. "What are we going to do?"

"I am not sure Piper, but I know Chris would want us to live. He wouldn't want to see you like this. He would want us to go on, to live, to be happy and give him the life he is suppose to have." Looking her straight in her eyes. He began to wipe her tears away.

"But how Leo? He is dead. How am I suppose to just get over that?" She looking at Leo, pleading, "You know, there are times when I miss him so much that all I want to do is hold the baby. Knowing that I am holding him, somehow makes it hurt less, miss him less. But there are other times, Leo, I can even look at my baby. It reminds me of what we have lost. And looking at the baby just hurts too much. I want to rejoice because I just had this wonder and beautiful baby boy and yet I want to mourn for the loss of my heroic son. What am I to do? What kind of mother is that? Will this pain never end? Will I always have this gapping hole in my heart?"

"Piper, I do not know what we will do. I only know that only time can heal this wound and that you are the best possible mother that Chris and Wyatt could ever have. Chris said so himself, so many times before. And never doubt that for a moment, Piper. Chris loved you dearly. He adored you. Only a wonderful mother would have that devotion. This hole, this wound, that our hearts have with the loss of him, shall heal. It will take time and it will never fully heal, but it will fade. Our pain shall fade and brings me hope that we will make it through this tragedy. We will do it together. I won't be leaving again." He smiled at her, "I love you, Piper."

"Leo, I love you too." She said, as they both smiled looking down Chris' jacket. "But Leo how can you stay? You are an Elder..." She questioned.

"I, I have been demoted. I am once again you and your sister's Whitelighter. They also said that you and your sisters shall be my only charges." He said smiling at her.
Slowly life began to get back to normal, well as normal as it could be. But for getting back to "normal" never happened. She never really accepted that Chris died. Something inside her told her that he wasn't but that was nothing more than feeling. It was that feeling, however, that kept her going, gave her hope. It did not help that every once and awhile she thought she saw him. She often saw him with a girl who had long brown hair. Once she thought she saw him and this girl on the swings in the park. He looked so happy. Another time it was in the grocery store and once in P-3 on a Saturday night. Every time she told her sisters or Leo, they told her it wasn't him and that he was dead. She knew they thought she was seeing things. And she couldn't blame them. She began to try and convince herself that what they said was true; that Chris was really dead, and those sightings was her mind playing tricks on her. But no matter how hard she tried, she knew in her heart that he wasn't really gone. So instead she kept these sightings to herself and went on with her life.