This is the final part of the story. I've divided it into two chapters so it won't be too long and too dragging. I hope that you, whoever is reading this somehow appreciated my story. It's the first Charmed fanfic that I've completed so I'm kind of proud of this. So... read along. Reviews please!!! (:

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Chapter 10

"She's not healing." Leo said worriedly as he tried for the third time to heal Alexis.

"But why? She can't die… the arrow is a darklighter's arrow… She's not a whitelighter." Chris said hopelessly as he stood beside Leo and Emily who was as worried as him.

The sisters orbed in the manor as Leo continued to heal Alexis. Emily stood up and rushed to them.

"What happened?" Emily asked restlessly.

"Don't worry, we already killed the Temptress." Phoebe assured her.

"Yeah… all we have to worry is her." Piper said as she walked to where Alexis was lying.

"She's not healing." Leo said once again.

Piper glanced at Chris who was almost in tears. "Leo, please just… concentrate." Piper said.

There was a moment of silence while Leo tried to heal Alexis again. It took quite some time before Alexis opened her eyes and regained her consciousness.

"Oh… thank God you're alive!" Emily exclaimed as she hugged Alexis.

Chris sighed heavily with relief as he turned to his father. "Thanks dad."

"Thank you for everything… I really don't know how to make it up to all of you for helping me with this." Alexis said earnestly.

"It's nothing… really. I mean, we've done stuff like these a thousand times before so it's really no big deal to us." Piper replied.

"But still, you kind of gave my mom a second chance in life."

"But it was your plan all along so you should be proud of yourself." Paige told Alexis.

"Yeah… and if you are to be thanking anyone, it should be Chris. He was your confidant after all." Phoebe added.

Alexis stared at them for a brief moment, unable to say anything as if she was caught off-guard.

"He's lucky to have you too." Piper told her, as if reading her mind. "He's never got to talk to anyone except you… I mean, he doesn't even talk to his own parents that much." She said jokingly.

Alexis hesitated for a moment. "You think he feels the same way?"

"I'm sure." Piper assured her.

"You know, you should be proud of yourself." Leo told Chris as they cleaned the mess in the attic.

"Why? I didn't do anything." Chris replied.

"You know that's not true… You helped her and you stood up for her when your mom had doubts about her."

Chris didn't say anything.

"Come on, don't be so gloomy. Why don't you just make the best out of the time left instead of avoiding her even if it hurts you?" Leo asked. There was a knock on the door.

"Am I interrupting?" Alexis asked as she stood on the doorway.

"Actually… no. In fact it's a good time." Leo told her as he eyed Chris. "I should leave you two here." Chris mock-glared at him as Leo left the attic.

"Hey." Alexis started.

"Hey." Chris answered, trying to avoid her eyes.

Alexis walked to where Chris was standing. "I never really got to thank you for everything you've done for me."

"It's no big deal… really." Chris replied, still avoiding Alexis's gaze.

"It is… you're the only person I ever opened up to besides my aunt. And you're the first person who listened to me and to what I'm gonna say… and you're the only one who was able to figure out who I am like you already know me. And I know you were the first person to believe that I was telling the truth." Alexis told him with such eagerness.

Chris finally turned to Alexis and looked at her. "Your eyes are so blue." He said barely a whisper. However, Alexis heard him and laughed slightly.

"I'm sorry… it's just that I never noticed." Chris said quite embarrassed. They both just looked at each other for a moment, until Alexis spoke up.

"I'm not quite sure how to thank you but I hope that this tells you something." She said with a smile as she leaned towards him slowly.

Chris, quite losing his inhibitions leaned towards Alexis as well. Soon enough, their lips met and were kissing quite… passionately.

After quite some time, their kiss broke. They just looked at each other for a brief moment, unable to think of something to say.

"I think I already know what you're trying to tell me." Chris said in almost a whisper.

Alexis smiled at him. "That's what I'd been trying to tell you since I saw you."

"I know." Chris said as he leaned in again, meeting her lips once more.

"What do you think is happening up there?" Piper asked for the nth time since Leo told her that Alexis and Chris are alone in the attic.

"I'm sure it's nothing… wicked." Paige joked.

"Not helping!" Phoebe glared at her

"Can we please not talk about that coz obviously they are in some kind of 'mutual understanding' now. What I'm worried is when Alexis has to leave and go back to the future, how will Chris react?"

Piper eyed her husband. "Since when did you talk like a shrink? You sound like…"

"Does it matter?" Phoebe interrupted "Leo's right… I mean, Chris wouldn't want to feel alone anymore since he has Alexis now."

"What can we do?" Paige asked.

"We could write a spell that would make Alexis go to a different future… one that has Chris on it." Phoebe said.

They all thought for a moment, trying to understand what Phoebe said. "But how can we be sure that Chris is already on that future?" Leo asked.

"Alexis told me once that she feels she is connected somehow to Chris… so that means they're gonna cross paths sometime in the future." Paige said.

"That's it!" Piper concluded. "Let's get to work."

"I have to go back." Alexis told Chris as they were still in the attic.

"I know." Chris said sadly.

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault. You can't just leave whatever it is in the future to stay here. And besides, I won't be here too long… I'm almost done with my mission."

"Yeah… but I know that we'll meet in the future."

Chris looked at her. "So we have to start over."

"That's not necessary." Piper interrupted as the sisters, Leo and Emily entered inside the attic.

"What do you mean?" Alexis asked.

"We'll send you back to a future where Chris would already be there." Paige answered. "We already made a spell."

"I don't understand…" Alexis said, quite confused.

"Instead of returning 20 years into the future, we'll return you 23 years into the future… in that way, Chris will already be there." Phoebe explained.

Alexis looked at Chris, expecting for an approval.

"It's for the best." He assured her as he noticed her anticipation. She just nodded.

They all said their goodbyes to Alexis. Emily gave her daughter a hug and told her that they will finally be together in the future. The last was Chris who suddenly grew quiet. Alexis hugged him as tears fell from her eyes.

"I'll be waiting for you." Chris mumbled over her shoulder.

"I'll see you there." Alexis said before the sisters chanted the spell and she entered the vortex.