Penny sat on the arm of one of the sofa chairs, patiently waiting, her leg swinging back and forth. Hearing footsteps coming up to the attic she sat up straight and looked at the doll house on the far side of the room. Chris slowly walked in the room, glancing over at Penny he saw the chalk in her hand and the outline of a triquetra on the wall next to her.

"How do you feel?" he asked her gently.

"I'm not sure." she said shaking her head woefully. "I want to go back and see how everything is, but the closer the time to leave gets, the more uncertain I feel."

"About leaving?" he asked curiously.

"About going back!"

Chris nodded his head. He remembered how he had felt when he woken up and seen his mother - Alive! A faint smile traced his lips.

"Is the potion ready?" he asked somewhat preoccupied.

"Yeah! It's over there on the table." she said gesturing over to the table. "I filled a few vials, just in case."

Piper, Paige, Phoebe and James all came up the stairs together, slowly trudging into the attic again. Seeing the triquetra, Paige grabbed Piper's hand.

"Are you all ready then?" Piper asked, squeezing Paige's hand reassuringly.

"Yes!" Chris said quietly. "Where's Leo?"

"I don't know he'll be here soon. He just wanted to do something before you both left."

Paige let go of her sisters hand and went to her daughters side. Caressing Penny's cheek with her hand, her eyes started to mist. James walked over and set one hand tenderly on Paige's shoulder and looked down at Penny.

"Thankyou for coming back." he said.

Standing up quickly she grabbed her parents and held them tight. Tears starting to form in her eyes, unable to speak, she held on to them as if her life depended on it. Placing her head on her mothers shoulder, she let Paige stroke her hair. Paige lovingly rested her head on Penny's and both women watched as Chris was enveloped in a loving embrace by his mother and aunt. Leo orbed and surveyed the scene unfolding.

"What did I miss?" he asked confused.

"Nothing." Chris said looking up, quickly wiping his nose. "We were waiting for you to get back."

Piper and Phoebe both let go of Chris and wiped their eyes and noses. Leo took a step forward and watched his son for a moment, Chris' shaggy brown hair falling in his sparkling green eyes as he waited for Leo's next movement.

"Chris, I…" Leo said taking two tentative steps towards him. "I don't know what to say."

"Well can I suggest one thing." Chris said, shaking the hair from his eyes as he moved forward. Leo smiled at him.

"Go on then."

"How about I'll see you on the other side." Chris said as he grabbed Leo and hugged him tight. "I'm so glad that I got to come back, and tell you that I'm okay."

Leo let go of him.

"So am I."

Piper linked her arm in Leo's and looked at the man her son had become, smiling she tilted her head to one side taking a good look at him.

"I'm so proud of you Chris!" she said just loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.

Chris smiled at her then looked over at Penny who was hesitant to let go of Paige, quickly he joined her.

"Do you mind if I say goodbye?" he asked, Penny nodded, stepped aside and stood with her father giving him a lively grin. When Chris let go of Paige he shook hands with James and led Penny towards where they were going to open the portal, spinning around she rushed over to Piper, Leo and Phoebe and gave them all quick hugs, then her parents another. Calming herself and smoothing her hair she nodded at Chris, picking up a vial he glanced around the room, taking everything in he raised his right arm and threw the potion at the wall. Instantaneously a bluish portal opened, and a faint whooshing sound filled the attic. Chris and Penny both took a few tentative steps towards the portal and looked back, giving them all one last smile.

"See you on the other side!" Penny said. Then both of them walked into the portal. They all let out a slight gasp as the portal closed, then hung their heads and hoped for the best.

"I don't know about you all. But I'm tired, I'm going to go to bed." Paige said despondently.

Piper ad Phoebe both nodded in agreement, then all of them headed downstairs.

THE NEXT MORNING - 2009

Paige sat at the breakfast table playing with the eggs Piper had cooked for breakfast, staring out into space.

"Wyatt, Chris! Where are you?" Phoebe asked as she walked in. Seeing Paige she joined her. "Hey, have you seen the boys?"

"They're outside. Playing, I think."

Phoebe nodded. Then watched her for a minute.

"They're going to be okay. You know that, don't you?"

"Yeah I know." Paige said dropping her fork. "I just miss them."

"That doesn't surprise me, they were a breath of fresh air. Not that the air was stale or anything."

Paige smiled, and shook her head. Piper sauntered in carrying a basket of laundry.

"They could have at least taken their dirty washing with them." she joked. The other two laughed with her. "Did you find the boys?"

"They're outside."

"Okay then. What are we talking about?"

"The kids!" Phoebe said.

Piper looked outside, and then pointed towards Wyatt and Chris.

"No, the other two."

"Oh! Well they have to be okay, otherwise they would have come back. Both of them had extra vials in their pockets." Piper pointed out.

"You are absolutely right." Paige said feeling better. Getting up she took her plate to the sink and turned back towards them. "I'm going to go visit James, see ya!"