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Chapter 14: Deaths Don't Last Long In This Family

A few days later, Wyatt, Michael, Piper, Leo and Amanda sat at the table in the kitchen, staring at Chris's door.

"He hasn't even come out to eat," Wyatt said, still staring.

"How would you know?" Michael asked, not moving his eyes.

"Because I've been in here every moment of every day. And he hasn't come out once," Wyatt said, sighing.

"What about at night?" Michael asked, resting his head in the palm of his hand.

"I magically enhanced my dreams so I would know what was going on in here," Wyatt said, yawning. "And I'm in here most of the time, so I don't usually leave at night."

"Good thing we built him a bathroom down there," Michael said, smiling slightly.

"Why? It's not like he'd need it," Wyatt said, shrugging.

"He drinks water. I orb some to him a few times a day," Piper said, sighing.

"That all he consumes, though. He doesn't eat even when Piper makes her best dinners," Amanda said, getting up. "And I'm gonna get him out."

Wyatt grabbed her arm. "Amanda, don't. Just sit back down or get out of the kitchen."

Amanda sighed. "I just wanted to get him out of there," she said, sitting back down.

"He needs his alone time," Michael said, shrugging.

Amanda looked over at him. "He's been alone for three days now. And if he doesn't turn off the music, I'm gonna get Piper to blow up his CD player so he'll have to go out and buy a new one."

"That's a good idea," Piper said, looking over at her. "Wanna go do it?"

Leo rolled his eyes. "Piper, no."

Piper sighed. "You're no fun," she said, looking back over at the door.

Chris walked out, then stared at everyone staring at me.

"It's a miracle! He's alive!" Wyatt said, smiling slightly.

"I don't want to talk," Chris said, leaving the room.

"Great. He finally comes out and he ignores us," Amanda said, staring after him.

"He didn't ignore us. He spoke to us," Michael said, shrugging.

"At least the music is off," Amanda said, getting up.

Chris walked back in, ignored the five, and walked back into his room, closing the door.

Amanda sat back down. "This is going to be a long week."

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Chris turned back on the song, putting it on repeat, then laid down on his bed, listening. He got up after a minute and grabbed an old photo album, flipping to the section that was designated to him and Bianca. The day before, he had remembered everything that he had experienced with the woman of his dreams, and that made everything hurt even more.

He sighed as he looked at a picture, remembering the day it was taken. Chris was twenty and Bianca was twenty-four, and they were spending a day at the lake. Just the two of them.

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"Bianca, c'mon, let me take a picture of you," Chris asked, putting his camera to his face.

"No!" Bianca laughed. "Chris, I look so bad in pictures!"

"Oh, c'mon! That's stupid! You look good no matter what!" Chris said, smiling.

"Okay, okay," Bianca said, rolling her eyes. "Just as long as you take a picture with me afterwards."

"How can we do that? We're the only ones here," Chris said, raising his eyebrows.

"Well, you can take one of those shots where you extend your arm," Bianca said, demonstrating by holding out her arm, her other behind her head as she stroke a pose, pretending to click a camera while Chris clicked his.

Chris laughed. "Perfect."

Bianca gasped. "Oh my god! You did not just take a picture of that!"

"I did!" Chris laughed, putting the camera down.

"Oh . . . You!" Bianca yelled, tackling him, causing both of them to roll down the hill and land in the lake.

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Chris sighed sadly, remembering that day and smiling slightly. "God, Bianca. I miss you so much. Why'd you have to leave me?"

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Leo looked up. "I have to go. Fill me in when I get back."

"If there's anything to fill you in on," Piper said dryly, looking up at him.

Leo nodded. "Right," he said before orbing next to an elder.

"Leo, we want you to train a new whitelighter," the elder said, smiling.

Leo sighed. "I can't. My son just lost his wife, and he's really upset about it, and he needs all the support he can get."

Bianca walked up to the two. "How about some support from me?"

"Bianca?" Leo asked, staring at her.

"The one and only," Bianca said, smiling.

Leo looked back at the elder. "You made her a whitelighter?"

The elder nodded. "Yes. You see, because she was a Phoenix, we didn't want to. But, then we looked at the way she changed her life from good to evil after her mother died when she was a little girl, and we also looked at the way Chris is causing The Charmed Ones to falter because he misses her so much. So, we made her a whitelighter. And, so, now your family has three whitelighters. It's a bit much, but we're going to make Piper just Phoebe's family's whitelighter, you Paige's and Bianca your family's whitelighter. If that's alright with you, of course."

Leo smiled. "Of course it's alright! Chris's gonna be so happy!" He lost his smile. "He's so depressed right now. He's locking himself up in your guys' room, playing your favourite song over and over and over, and he's not eating, and he won't come out for anything. He came out earlier today, but we have no idea why."

"Well, let's go cheer my husband up, shall we?" Bianca asked linking arms with Leo as the two orbed into the kitchen.

Piper gasped. "Oh my god. Bianca."

Bianca smiled and hugged everyone.

"How?" Piper asked, looking over at Leo.

"You guys go talk to the elders while Bianca and I go make a little visit," Leo said, smiling.

Piper nodded before orbing out, Michael, Wyatt and Amanda following.

Leo knocked on Chris's door.

"Go away!" Chris called from inside.

"Chris, there's someone here who wants to see you!" Leo call, smiling.

"Well, tell them to go away! I don't want to see anybody right now!" Chris yelled, throwing something at the door. "I just wanna be down here alone, looking at picture of Bianca, smelling her pillow, listening to her song, and thinking about her! Is that too much to ask?!"

"Well, it is when I'm right here!" Bianca called, smiling.

The next thing they knew there were quickly footsteps on the stairs, and Chris opened the door quickly. He looked over at Leo. "That's not someone who morphed to look like her, is it?"

Leo smiled. "She's a whitelighter."

Chris smiled as tears came to his eyes. He pulled Bianca close. "Oh my god!"

"I missed you so much!" Bianca said, kissing him deeply.

"Not more than I missed you!" Chris said, kissing her back deeply.

"Well, I can tell that much!" Bianca laughed, hugging Chris tightly.

"Oh, god, Bianca, I love you so much," Chris said, holding onto her tightly, never wanting to let her go in fear that he would lose her again.

Piper, Wyatt and Amanda, and Michael orbed into the kitchen, smiling widely.

"I love you so much, too, Chris," Bianca said, pulling back and looking into his eyes.

"Don't you ever leave me again. You got it? Don't you ever leave me again," Chris said as a tear fell, staring into Bianca's eyes.

Bianca nodded, wiping away his tear. "I promise. Never again."

Chris smiled and he hugged Bianca tightly. "God, I thought I'd lost you forever."

Bianca stared into his eyes. "You'll never lose me forever, Chris. I'll always be here for you. Forever."

Chris smiled and kissed her deeply. He stared into her eyes. "Wanna go to the lake?"

Bianca smiled. "Now I know what pictures you were looking at." She smiled as Chris blushed a bit. "Wow. The all-mighty Chris blushing? I do say that that doesn't happen very often."

Chris smiled. "So, is that a 'yes'?"

"What else would it be?" Bianca asked, kissing him deeply. "We're not gonna have to get remarried, are we? That'd just suck."

Chris laughed. "What, don't want to renew your vows?"

"No. We haven't even been married for a year yet!" Bianca laughed. She looked over at Leo. "Will we?"

"Well, Bianca, no one knows that you're dead yet," Leo said, shrugging.

"Well, then it'll just be our little secret," Bianca said, tapping Chris on the nose. "Won't it?"

"That and much, much more," Chris said, kissing her deeply as the rest of the family looked at each other mischievously before dog piling on the two.

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See? Told ya that he'd get over it quickly! God, I was listening to "Bianca's song" again throughout this chapter! Lol! : ) Dreaming Of You by Selena. But, now I gotta stop because It's 5:40am, and I lost my groove. Oh well. I think, what, 5 chapters? I think 5 chapters in one night for one story is enough! Anyway, review please! Ciao!

Hannah