A/N: This next chapter is rated R for sexual content, kissing and making love. It is not vulgar, so there's no danger in reading it, but it's up to you to decide whether you want to read it or not... Anyway, I'm not good at ratings as I'm not from the US or England. So it might be overrated or something. Just enjoy it...
P.S. Lyrics are from Vanessa Carlton -- "Pretty Baby" and from my own poems.

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Chris looked around, wondering where he was for the first time since he'd gotten there. Paige was sitting next to him, on top of a rock and, of course, complaining that the sex might be good, the stone wasn't doing her ass any good. Chris sniggered half-heartedly at her complaint, but it all passed him. This place was beautiful. How come he and Bianca had never... But that was all over now, he wasn't to think about Bianca. It would all bring it back and he was having a hard time anyway. He had come here for love, but he'd never received it before. It was hard not to cry out in pain, because of Piper. It was all so unsure. Would she ever return to him?

"Hélloo!" said Paige, waving her hand in front of his face and looking anxious. "You said you wanted to talk, so let's get it over with, OK?"

"Um, OK, where do you wanna start?" asked Chris, already knowing where hé wanted to start, but unsure whether to start with that or not. Luckily, Paige had decided to come down to business right away.

"What did you see, when you where coming?" she asked, in a rather painful voice. "I mean, to come here, it can't've been easy. I know you had to go through all my feelings and memories. Fire away, Chris, 'cause even I find it hard to deal with sometimes."

"Actually, Paige, there's not much to say that doesn't show in our surroundings. You love Richard, but yet you don't know how much longer it'll last. It is like the deep lake. You know you'll reach the bottom sometime, you just don't know when yet. You're not afraid of him, because he would never hurt you, you think. This is what I need to warn you for. He is powerful. He absorbs powers. He has to be around you all the time and you're powerful. You have enough powers to drive a healthy guy crazy."

"So, Mr. Shrink, what do you advise in this matter", said Paige, in a faint attempt of a joke.

"Not funny, Paige", said Chris, yet he smiled faintly before continuing. "I think you shouldn't stop loving him – I don't know if you could – but start taking measures by hiding your powers from him. I know how to do it. I know Leo did it. He was afraid I would do him any harm somehow if I knew what powers he holds. You three really don't have any idea how powerful he is, do you?" He paused.

"Is there really more to him than good, old, plain Leo?" asked Paige.

"For your information: It was a retorical question, but you prove my point exactly. Second: Leo kinda gave me a real hard time, while I was trying to get a blocking potion for my feelings and trying to hide from him it was I who sent him to the Valhalla." He clapped his hand to his mouth, but it was too late – the damage had been done.

"What do you mean, sent him to the Valhalla?" said Paige, giving him her trademark stern look, by squeezing together her eyes.

"I...uhm...Way to go, Chris", he sighed. "Yes, yes, I admit it, OK? I sent Leo to Valhalla. I needed him out of the way. To gain your trust, to become your whitelighter. I needed to get to you guys and he would not help me in that."

"Chris Perry, do you mean to tell me-"started Paige, but Chris cut her off.

"Halliwel."

"?"

"Christopher Perry Halliwel." he explained, but it wasn't enough for Paige.

"Are you...No, you can't be, can you?" Something started to dawn on her. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO PIPER, AND TO LEO, MOREOVER? CHRISTOPHER PERRY HALLIWEL, I AM NEVER GOING TO FORGIVE YOU THIS!" she screamed and, what was even worse to Chris, tears started rolling down her face.

"Listen, I'm – "he stopped talking, knowing there was no explanation that would help him. He had come back to the past trying to help everybody. Now he was only making things worse. He had made his decision. He'd go. Now. And with that final thought, he orbed away from Paige's mind, leaving her alone again.

"Shoot, Chris, I'm not done with you yet! Come back!" she shouted into the sky, but nothing happened. "Way to go, Paige, now you're stuck again!" she said to herself, but she wasn't given the time to worry. On exactly the spot where Chris had been sitting, Richard appeared.

"Paige!"

Silence. Paige was determined not to say anything, but she would just wait until his first move, before she'd attack him.

He moved forward and as he did so, Paige noticed there had been a change in his attitude. He looked more like himself. There was no longer that scary fire in his eyes.

He kissed her and she felt her lips react as if nothing had happened between the two of them.

"Paige, I'm so sorry. I've no idea what happened to me. I wish I could make it up to you. I'm afraid I've lost you by this. I never meant for it to happen. Please Paige, don't leave me now."

"You haven't noticed that I can't get myself out of here, have you?" she said dryly, before kissing him again.

you light me up and then I fall for you
you lay me down and then I call for you
stumbling on reasons that are far and few
I'd let it all come down and then some for you

pretty baby don't you leave me
I have been saving smiles for you
pretty baby why can't you see
you're the one that I belong to
I'll be the embrace that keeps you warm
for you're the sun that breaks the storm

I'll be alright and I'll sleep sound
as long as you keep comin' around, oh pretty baby
and I know things can't last forever
but there are lessons that you'll never learn
oh just the scent of you it makes me hurt
so how's it you that makes me better

why can't you hold me and never let go
when you touch me it is me that you own
pretty baby oh the place that you hold in my heart
would you break it apart again... oh pretty baby

"Paige?" Richard said, with a curious tone in his voice. He wondered what had made her turn like this.

"It's all okay, Richard. When we get home, I'll ask Leo what measures to take, so you can't get to my powers anymore. I understand what you must've been going through."

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In the mean time, Phoebe had listened to Leo. He had explained where Chris had gone, and even though he had no idea, really, it was obvious that something had turned Leo. Phoebe could sense his pride and knew he had finally accepted Chris. Yet, she had also sensed his insecurity regarding his relationship to Chris. Leo had been rather mean to Chris, after all. She wondered what they were going to tell her before something had hit here.

"So what was it you were going to tell you before the Elders called?"

"Oh that, Chris is Piper's son, Wyatt's little brother." He said.

Phoebe could sense his insecurity and wondered why he hadn't said 'our son'.

"What do you mean? Do you mean Chris is not yours?" she asked.

"Oh...no, he's my son, but it doesn't feel like it. It's all so strange. How could he betray me like that? I know it was he who sent me to the Valhalla. He made me Elder, made me lose Piper. I still love her, Phoebe. But it's too late for that. She's gone and she's left me scared and insecure."

"I understand, Leo. You've always been our own private guardian angel and I've never been able to feel anything off you but I don't need my empath powers to understand what Chris has made you go through. When he comes back we should do something about your relationship and about Piper. I'm sure it's not too late, Leo. We can fix this."

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Meanwhile, Richard had taken Paige out of her mind again. They were now walking in the streets, talking, hand in hand. To outsiders, they must seem like the perfect couple. Nobody seeing them walking like that could guess that they had their scrubs. They talked and talked, forgetting time and place. Paige had never told Richard as much as now, not about being herself, not about being in a relationship with Richard. Richard told her what happened, his darkest secrets. They concluded one thing: Richard was innocent; he was not to be blamed. They'd have to explain it all to Leo and Phoebe, but it was worth it.

"You realize we have to tell Leo and Phoebe this, at least if he's managed to get her back again?" he asked her.

"What do you mean, get her back?" she replied.

"She was unconscious the moment I was choked and I lost consciousness myself. I don't know myself how I escaped because they had me in this magical cage thing."

"How could she be unconscious? Who did it? Was it Chris? No, that can't be – "she said, thoroughly confused.

"I don't know who did it, at least I don't know her. She was in the corner of the room and she got to Phoebe first, then she grabbed me by the throat telekinetically or something and choked. It all went so fast and I wanted to warn Chris, but he was busy with Leo and had his back on me." said Richard, looking a little embarassed. "I'm sorry, Paige."

"It's OK. At this moment I don't want apologies, I want sex. Thank you very much." she said with a twinkle in her eyes.

Walking in the streets
hand in hand among the people
our eyes meet
my hand slips into your jeans' pocket

let's do it
walk, run home
why we do it?
to let the sins in our head out

Heart beat in my head
sex, pure sex is what I want
bodies move
as you slip into me tonight's night

let's do it
find, our path
why we do it?
we go a place too good for a sin

yes, being with you is pure virtue

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