EPILOGUE:

2003, at the Halliwell manor.

Joey felt a reassuring squeeze in her hand as she walked to the portal. She looked up and smiled one more time to Chris before she let go of his hand. The moment she walked through the portal she whispered "See you soon".

2022, at the Halliwell manor.

At the other side she saw she was back at the attic again. This was her first time travel, well the first she could remember. She saw this time the attic looked different. It was even more stuffed with stuff than what she just left behind.

Joey felt her heart beating in her throat as she slowly opened the attic door and walked downstairs. The first person she saw was Wyatt. For some reason she knew the man she saw in front of her was the grown-up version of the little baby she saw in the past. Wyatt was standing in the kitchen and looking by the apron he was wearing he was cooking. "Hey kiddo", he said as he heard her coming into the kitchen. "Wanna help?" "Sure", Joey said as she took the knife he reached her and started cutting the paprikas.

Suddenly Joey heard Chris come in and she let go of the knife and ran to him. She gave him a big hug and didn't say a word. "Wow", he said. "What did I do to deserve that?" She took his hand and dragged him to the hallway. When she was sure no-one could hear them she told him everything that had happened.

Chris looked stunned at her when she was finished. He didn't know what to say, so he just hugged her back and told her everything was fine now. Even though the story she had just told him seemed very strange, he believed every single word of it. He felt what she'd been through.

After a few minutes of silence Chris let go of her and said "C'mon". He laid an arm around her shoulders and walked her downstairs again. Dinner was almost ready and everyone was already gathered in the kitchen. Joey felt strange to just walk in and pretend that she'd been part of the family for ages. But Chris took her to her seat and squeezed in her hand. "It's going to be alright", he whispered as he gave her a reassuring smile.

She smiled back and looked at her parents who were talking together. Then she looked at Paige and Piper. No-one seemed to be surprised she was sitting at the table, like it was normal. 'Wow a real family', she thought as she felt a warm feeling going through her body.

Wyatt walked behind her and ruffled her hair. "Hey kiddo, walking away when you are helping me?", he said quasi disappointed. "That means you gotta help me tomorrow again." "Sure", she said, feeling happy that there will be a tomorrow together with her family.

2024, at the Halliwell manor.

Chris heard Joey saying 'see you soon' and glanced her a smile before he walked through the portal too. On the other side he didn't see if the attic looked any different. He ran down the stairs to see how much he changed the future. Would Wyatt be good? Would Joey be here? His mother? And Bianca?

He heard laughter coming from the living room. When he peeked inside he saw his dad's back and him making hand gestures. He saw that with the stuff on the table stood the box of the charades game. Chris slowly walked in the room so he could see who else was there besides his dad. He swallowed as he saw his family sitting together so cosy, having fun.

He saw the different charades teams sitting together. Paige and Phoebe, his mother was yelling movie names to his dad so they were a team, Wyatt and Joey were whispering about something and finally Bianca, she sat all alone. "Hey there's your partner", Phoebe said as she looked from Bianca to Chris. "What have you been doing guy? Your pee break took ages. We already had two rounds, your losing now."

Chris shrugged and walked to the others. He smiled at Bianca and kisser her "Sorry", he said. "I have to go for a short moment again, but when I'll come back we will kick their butts." He walked to Joey and kneeled down at her. "Can I speak to you for a sec?" "Sure", she said as she stood up and briefly looked at Wyatt. They walked to the hallway and Chris orbed them to his room.

"So what's with the secrecy?", Joey asked. "It worked", Chris said smiling. "What worked?", Joey answered surprised, not understanding what he meant. "I mean you are here, I am, Wyatt is all good and everything seems fine. Everything is fine right?" "Eh yes", Joey responded looking at Chris now if he had lost his mind.

Chris noticed it and said "I just came back from the past. Do you remember you came back ehm… Like two years ago?", Joey didn't need to think long, she remembered. Every single second of when she walked downstairs to look how her life was going to be, if everything Chris wanted had happened. She smiled at him. "Of course I remember", she said as she playfully punched him in the stomach. "So did I ever thank you?" Chris shook his head as he felt relieved at least someone knew what happened. "Well thank you", Joey said.

"Now come downstairs, you don't want your wife to get mad because you lost the game again, do you?", she said winking. Chris shook his head again and orbed downstairs, followed by Joey. He looked around the room and smiled by seeing the cosiness again. He immediately walked to Bianca as he thought of what Joey said, of Bianca being his wife. He sat down next to Bianca and took her hands. He kissed her and then looked back to his parents. Leo was still trying to act out a movie title, but Piper seemed lost. The timer went off and Chris knew it was his turn. He stood up and whispered in Bianca's ear: "Lets win this game".


THE END