CHAPTER 33:
2003, in the Elder Havens.
When Dronan orbed away from Gwen he went to the Elder Havens. Up there he paced up and down, not knowing what to do. He knew it wasn't a possibility for him to have a relationship. Especially not with one of their enemies, demons. But on the other hand he knew Gwen wasn't like that, he knew he could change her. He already did. And when he thought of it, he had to be doing it for a reason. Like she said before, he could have chosen tons of people for the job, but he chose her.
Suddenly he realised the feeling he felt just before wasn't Gwen's for him, but his for Gwen and by the way she reacted she felt the same way. He felt the feeling returning when he thought of it. A feeling he hadn't felt in ages and which he didn't want to loose again. He made a radical decision and orbed back to Gwen.
2003, somewhere in San Francisco.
She just wanted to walk out of the room and watched Dronan return in surprise. "What are you doing here?", she asked him. "I love you Gwen", he said as he spontaneously embraced her and kissed her passionately. He felt the amazing feeling from his stomach running through his entire body now and he knew he had to do everything to prevent it from leaving him again.
When they stopped kissing for a second to recover breath Dronan said "I am sorry for earlier. I will do anything to make it possible for us to stay together, okay?" Gwen smiled and she nodded to him. She was sure he could fix everything; at least he was one of the most powerful elders.
Dronan let her go as he thought of how they could fix it. "If the Halliwells succeed that means everything is changed. If the master would die he cannot kidnap Joey and that means you never went to the past. We have got to prevent that from happening." Suddenly he heard something and he quickly grabbed Gwen's hand and orbed her to the Havens. Up there he made them invisible and eavesdropped to hear if he was right.
2003, in the Elder Havens.
Dronan had orbed them to the Havens because there was no time there. This way he wanted to prevent that all the years he spent with Gwen would actually never have happened, even though they would both remember it. "Stay here", he whispered to Gwen as he walked to another elder. He made himself visible and asked "So it's true, the master is gone?"
The elder turned around and nodded to Dronan "The master is gone, the Halliwells have succeeded." "Good", Dronan said. "And how about the Halliwells from the future, any word from them?" "They are returning to their rightful time as we speak. Everything will be back in order soon", the elder answered. Dronan smiled on the inside, knowing now they didn't know about Gwen, that he had kept it hidden good enough that not even the elders knew. "Thank you for the information", he said as he turned around and made himself invisible as he walked back to Gwen.
2003, somewhere in San Francisco.
They orbed back to the orphan home and there it seemed like nothing had changed. Walking past the rooms, the same kids were still there as before the master was vanquished and time was changed and seeing by the darkness outside not much time had pasted since Gwen and Dronan went to the Havens.
"So", Dronan said as they sat down on the couch in the living room. "Since Joey is gone now, how about I give you a helping hand around here? You know cleaning the place, taking care of the kids…" Gwen interrupted by taking his head in her hands and kissing him again. "Wow guess that's a yes", he joked as he kissed her back.