"Frozen In Time"
Disclaimer: See Chapter One
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Happy Three Year Anniversary!
Setting: October 1, 2022
That next morning, the three witches were all awake by nine o'clock.
Pru rolled out bed, and pulled her pink bathrobe around her. Cole was gone, for he had some court thing early that Saturday morning. She slipped her slippers on, and went downstairs.
Greg and Emma both climbed out of bed. Greg was in his pajama pants, and white tee shirt. Emma wrapped her robe around her and her ever growing stomach.
Sander was out of bed, and dressed in clothes for that day. He was going to the bookstore, and somewhere to think.
"Good morning." Greg said as he entered the kitchen to see Pru sipping coffee, and Sander making eggs.
"Morning." Pru said with a yawn.
"Happy Anniversary." Sander said to both of his siblings.
"Todays not anyone's anniversary, is it?" Greg asked confused.
"You dumbass. It's three years today that we got our powers."
"Oh! That anniversary! Really it's been three years?"
"Yeah." Sander said, with a laugh. Just then Mike orbed in the kitchen.
Sander had told his brother and sister that Mike was back that previous night. Both were surprised.
"Hi Mike." Greg said as he shook his hand, Pru doing the same.
"Hi. Sander, I was hoping we could talk?" Mike said.
"Yeah, later. I have to go out for a little bit."
Mike nodded his understanding.
Just then things got a whole lot worse. Dan walked in the kitchen and saw Mike.
"Is that who I think it is?" Dan said rather loudly.
"Dan, this is Mike. Mike this is Dan." Sander said making the introductions.
"Why is he here? I thought he left you?"
"He did, and now he's back. He's my friend Dan, and nothing else."
"He probably wants you back." Dan said.
"Hello? I'm standing right here." Mike said waving his hands to get attention.
Sander rolled his eyes and looked at Greg. Greg catching on, put his hands up and Dan and Mike froze in place.
"Don't tell them where I am." Sander said as he grabbed his coat and keys and went out the back door.
Sander drove all over the city, music blaring from his car radio. He finally stopped at the park over looking the Golden Gate Bridge. He opened his door and stepped out into the sunlight. He saw a bench, and plopped himself down. And almost immediately his thoughts began.
What am I going to do? I love Dan but part of me never let go of Mike. Ugh, why does love have to be so complicated.
There was a swirl of blue light, and Leo appeared.
Leo was dressed oddly. He was in a long white robe, and his hair had silver streaks in it.
"Dad! It's been to long!" Sander exclaimed as he reached over and hugged his father.
"I know son, I know." he smiled his white smile.
"I couldn't help but watch your dilemma." he said.
"Yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do."
"Let me tell you a story. Your mother was in the same situation." Leo started, as he continued to tell the story of Piper and her relationship with her Dan.
"But why did she choose you over Dan?" Sander asked after Leo was finished telling the story.
"Because it didn't come down to what we can offer her, like I couldn't offer her the normal life she craved, or the fact that he could. But it came down to who her heart loved more. She gave her love to Dan, but not her heart. Her heart stayed with me. You understand?"
"Yeah I suppose." Sander responded.
"Listen to your heart, and who does it tell you, you love?"
Sander closed his eyes and concentrated. Images of kissing, holding hands, and having sex with Mike flowed through his head, the same images of Dan also ran through his head. But one image stood above all, it was of Sander in the snow with one of them, it made Sander feel safe and loved.
"So?" Leo asked when Sander opened his eyes.
Sander opened his mouth, "My heart belongs to–"
After Sander left, Mike orbed out and Dan ran off angrily.
"Hey where's Emma?" Pru asked as Greg came into the kitchen.
"Asleep, this pregnancy thing makes her really tired."
"Yeah, what powers do you think he or she will have?" Pru asked.
"Probably powers reminiscent to mine. But you never know he or she could get one from you or Sander, or one that none of us have."
"Yeah, but it's going to be awesome with this whole being an aunt thing."
Greg smiled at his older sister.
"What do you think about this whole Sander love triangle thing?"
"I don't know. Sander is going to have to choose, because both of them love him."
Pru nodded to what her brother said, "Yeah but Mike hurt him pretty bad."
"Despite that though, Sander still has a picture of him in his room, hidden in his closet."
"And you know this how?"
"I saw it when I was going to borrow his leather jacket."
Pru nodded. Just then Sander walked into the kitchen. His eyes were red and puffy, as if he were crying.
"Mike!" he screamed to the ceiling. Pru and Greg watched him. His motions were ragged, and sharp. His eyes were full of emotion.
Mike materialized in a swirl of blue lights, and looked at Sander, "Yeah, you called?"
Sander walked over to Mike and embraced him into a hug and a kiss. The kiss lasted for twenty seconds.
"My heart has always belonged to you. I love you." Sander whispered.
"What about Dan?" Mike asked.
"I love him, but I gave my heart away a long time ago, and never really got it back." he smiled at Mike.
The rest of the day was great. Sander and Mike spent the entire day snuggling watching a movie with Pru and Greg. Sander realized he missed Mike so much, and he was the one for him. Cole came home that afternoon, surprised to Mike, and after everything was explained Cole understood. Emma was still fast asleep upstairs.
"When and how are you going to tell Dan?" Greg asked Sander when the credits of the movie appeared on the screen.
"I don't know when, but I'm going to be honest with him. He deserves that much."
"True, but what if he gets upset and turns you in for witchcraft?" Pru said bringing up the subject of Dan's knowledge of magic.
"They haven't arrested someone since they burned Adrianna, and that was like two years ago." Sander pointed out.
"Yeah but that doesn't mean that they still are hunting." Greg said.
"I'll cast a memory spell. You know modify his memory to remember me and you guys, but not magic."
"I don't think the Elders would appreciate that." Mike said into Sander's ear. His face contorted, why did the Elder's ruin everything?
Just then, Dan entered the Manor. He walked into the living room, to see Sander sitting between Mike's legs. His face turned red with anger.
"Just a friend huh? Sander!" he yelled at the witch.
"Dan! We need to talk." Sander said calmly.
"Talk to this!" he yelled as he flipped the middle finger at Sander, and turned on his heel to leave through the opened Manor door.
Sander got up and ran, and saw Dan going for the open door. Sander extended his arm and pointed his index finger at the door, and the door slammed shut in Dan's face.
"Who the hell said you can use your powers on me like that!" Dan yelled.
"Calm down, I used them on the door not you." Sander said with attitude.
"I thought you loved me!" he said loudly at Sander.
"I do! But I gave my heart away along time ago, and I never got it back."
"So is that what you are calling it these days? How long have you been fucking the guy!"
"I haven't slept with Mike since before he left, over a year ago!"
"Some how I don't believe you." Dan said, and that comment stung Sander.
Dan tried to open the door, but he couldn't because Sander was still using his power to hold it in place. In anger, Dan pushed Sander into the wall, and ran towards the kitchen to use the back door. He had only made it into the dining room, when he froze in place. Sander looked over to see Greg standing with his hands up. Greg went up to the frozen body of Dan, and waved his right hand in front of Dan's face, and his head unfroze.
"Unfreeze me, you bastard!" he yelled.
"Watch your mouth, listen to Sander, and then I'll consider it." Greg mouthed back, and walked away.
"Dan, I love you but it won't work out. I'm a witch, your mortal. Relationships like that never work. I love Mike and I always will love him. You have to understand."
Dan looked as if he was going to cry. Sander felt bad.
"Look, I love you, but I can't offer you a normal life. Magic will always be my priority, and I don't think its fair if I always focus on my job and not you."
"I understand, it's just hard to let go." Dan said sadly. The freeze spell wore off, and Dan walked over and kissed Sander, turned around and walked away.
"Your secret is safe with me." Dan said as he went through the Manor door for the last time.
"Happy Three Year Anniversary." Sander said to himself as he grabbed his keys in anger and stalked off.
the end of chapter twenty-seven. there are a lot more chapters to come. time will be moving rather fast after this chapter because i have a lot of things i want to include. i am aiming at this story being completed sometime in 2005. thank you. damien455.