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Chapter 6
Phoebe opened the door without knocking and stepped in the store room of P3. Chris was sitting on the couch, leaning over the table in front of it. He was writing something on a piece of paper and looked up as he heard Phoebe.
"Hey! What are you doing?" she asked curiously.
"Research. I think I have a lead on who tur… is after Wyatt" he answered. That was close. He almost had said turned Wyatt.
Phoebe sat down next to him and looked at the many books that were lying on the table. Most of them were about demons but there were also a few about time and space.
"What do you want?" Chris asked after watching Phoebe staring at his books.
She looked him straight in his eyes. "I want to know how it comes that you stay in contact to Lindsay Preston and didn't tell us."
"I don't stay in contact with her. We met yesterday and since then I didn't saw her."
"But I saw her."
"What? When?" Chris asked surprised.
"Yesterday after you left the manor she had come to us. She had wanted to see you" Phoebe responded trying not to smile as she sensed the excitement from Chris.
He frowned. "Why?"
"She was worried if you're alright. What did actually happen?"
"Oh nothing special. We were attacked by a darklighter and I got hit by an arrow. Then Lindsay ran away and I orbed in the manor to call Leo. But he didn't show up" Chris told her. Now Phoebe could clearly sense bitterness and sadness.
"Maybe he was busy. Now that he's an elder…" she tried to comfort him but he cut her off.
"No. He didn't come because he hate me. But it's okay. I didn't expect him to feel otherwise. But Piper…" He stopped as he realized he was talking about something he shouldn't tell them.
"What about Piper?" Phoebe asked raising her eyebrows as she felt more sadness coming from Chris.
"Nothing." He sighed.
"Come on Chris. Tell me. I can sense that you're sad. Maybe you feel better if you talk about it."
"It's just… I thought that Piper would maybe start to like me a bit. But as I told her yesterday that Leo didn't come to heal me, she first didn't want to call him either" he said looking down at his shoes.
Phoebe smiled. "Well you should have waited a bit before orbing away, then you would have seen Piper yelling at Leo for not coming."
"She did?" Chris asked surprised.
Phoebe nodded and a little smile appeared at Chris' face. "I'll go and check the book of shadows for this demon" he said after a while, holding out the piece of paper he had been writing on. He stood up and wanted to orb away, but then he turned again to Phoebe "Thanks"
She gave him a smile "Hey, I'm just the messanger. Maybe you should thank Piper."
Chris nodded and finally orbed away to the attic.
Lindsay was sitting on a chair in her apartment, holding a huge box in her lap. She had been staring at it for almost a half hour, unsteady if she should open it or not. Finally she sighed and turned the key in the lock. Slowly she opened the box and looked at the contents. Two books were lying in it, also crystals, a map and some vials.
With shaking hands she grabbed one of the books and opened it. On the first side, written in antique letters, stand Magical Powers. Lindsay started flipping through the book and after a while she found what she had been searching for. Pyrokenisis. A rare skill mostly used by firestarters. Also given to a few witches. It's the power to produce fire and heat.
After reading the whole entry about Pyrokenisis she started looking for Temporal Stasis. She remembered that she had always been able to slow down the time but never to stop it. But her mother had told her if she would train her power then she would be able to freeze the time. But Lindsay never managed it because she had given up using and believing in her powers after her mother had died.
If this demon hadn't been after her powers she would still live. Lindsay had promised herself she would never end up like this. And in the years after her mothers death it really wasn't very hard to stop using her powers because she had been living with her father. He was a mortal and had left Lindsays mother after he had found out she was a witch. As Lindsay had moved in his house he had forbidden her to make any strange things that freaks like she were doing or he would put her in an orphanage.
Lindsay kept her end of the deal and lived in "peace" for the next three years, never speaking or doing anything with her father except from the dinner they had always shared in silent. But one day a demon attacked her as her father was at work. Lindsay had almost died but managed to vanquish him. On that day she had realized that she would never find real peace before she had vanquished the demon who was responsible for the way she had to live now.
Lindsay sighed heavily as she remembered all these things. But then she was getting angry as she realized that she's been crying. Quickly she wiped away her tears and grabbed the second book out of the box. Demons was written on it. She opened it and searched for a clue that would help her find the demon she was looking for.
Frustrated Lindsay closed the book about the demons. Nothing. She had searched the book for two hours but she hadn't found a thing. This had been just a waste of time. Time she could have used to vanquish a demon, even if it wasn't the right one. But she realized that she couldn't continue like this. She wanted to vanquish the demon who had killed her mother, not hundreds of others.
The problem was she didn't know how to find him. She still know how he looked like, she had never been able to forget his face. It appeared every night in her dreams to haunt her. She was sure she could recognize him if she would see him. But where should she search? Then it hit her. The book of shadows from the Halliwell sisters. Nearly every demon should stand in it. But how could she get it?
The answer was simple. Chris. She would go again to the Halliwells to see their wightlighter. Lindsay knew it was dangerous but she couldn't steel the book. She had to get into the house. To get their trust. And witches had to listen to their wightlighters. So if she could get Chris to trust her, the Halliwells would too.
She smiled. This was at least a plan. Putting the books back into the box, she stood up to change clothes. She wanted to look friendly, so she put on a light-blue dress. Clothes she would never wear normally. While she grabbed her keys and walked out of her arpartment, she tried not to thought about the fact that she was going to see Chris again, because that just made her feel more nervous as she already was.
Leo tried to stay calm but Chris didn't make it easy for him. They were standing in the hallway of the manor and quarreled about the Valkyries necklace Leo had found. He was sure Chris had killed one of them to send him to Valhalla. And if he once have a proof of it then he would talk to the other elders so that they send Chris back to the future.
"I know that it was you who sent me there!" Leo shouted.
Chris sighed and made a tired face. "Think what you want."
"I'll find out the truth. I promise."
"The truth is that it was me who rescued you!" Chris started to get angry too.
"You killed a Valkyrie, admit it!"
Before Chris could answer, the doorbell rang. He and Leo exchanged one last glare then Chris turned to open the door. Lindsay was standing there, slightly smiling.
"Hi" she said. "I'm glad you're okay. I'm sorry I let you lying there yesterday but I was a bit shocked as I saw this fire coming from my hand."
Chris just stared at her. He wasn't just surprised to see her again, but also about how she looked like. Everytime he had seen her before she had been wearing black sporting clothes and now she was wearing a dress. Chris couldn't help but thinking how beautiful she looked. Suddenly they heard Leo from behind them, clearing his throat.
Chris turned back to him. "Leo this is Lindsay. Lindsay – Leo."
Lindsay gave him a bright smile. "Nice to see you again."
"Again?" Chris asked confused.
"Yeah. She was here yesterday after you've orbed away" Leo explained.
She nodded. "Yes. And I'm sorry I went away without an explanation but I had very important things to do."
Chris frowned. Since when was she so nice? Anyway he didn't wanted to talk to her with Leo at his side. "Hey why don't we go to a diner? There we can talk a bit."
"Good. But I pay. It's the least I can do for you after how I treatend you in the last days."
"Okay, bye Leo" he agreed quickly and closed the door behind him and Lindsay.
"Who was at the door?" Piper asked walking over to Leo.
"Lindsay. She and Chris just went into a diner." he answered a bit worried.
"They have a date?"
Leo shrugged.
"I wonder how good they know each other really. Do you think Chris knows more about her?"
Leo sighed. "I don't know. But he is hiding a lot. I think nothing is impossible when it's about Chris. Maybe I should go after them."
"I don't think that's necessary. Let him have a bit fun. He's always so serious."
Leo didn't agree fully with Piper but then he saw Wyatt in his playpen and immediately he rushed towards him. He loved playing with his son and he had really missed him during the time he had spent in Valhalla. This made him consider if he should maybe give up being an elder and live with his family again. But he also knew that he couldn't until he found out the truth about Chris.
"So why did you come again to the manor?" Chris asked, once he and Lindsay was sitting at a table in nice little diner.
She smiled slightly. "I wanted to see you. Make sure you're fine."
"But you did that yesterday right?"
"Yeah but…" Lindsay was lost for words. Nervously she rolled her hair around her finger. She had already forgot how she was feeling everytime she was near him. Come on Lin. That's not the right time to be such a nervous wreck. "I just wanted to see you're alright. I felt really guilty after I had realized that I have let you alone in the park. I really didn't mean to do it, it was just…"
"I know" Chris said quickly as he saw a waitress coming over to them. She looked at them friendly. "What can I bring you?"
"A coffee please" Lindsay ordered. The waitress wrote it down on a small paper, then she turned to Chris. "And you?"
"Er… a mineral water."
After writing down that order too, the waitress left them alone again. They sat in silence for a while and Chris couldn't stop looking at her. She looked really great. Her hair, this time didn't bound together, surounded her face in a lovely way and everytime she smiled, he barely could imagine that she once had stared at him with great hatred in her eyes. He only realized that he had been staring at her as she started to laugh lightly.
"What? Do I have something on my face?"
Chris blushed slightly. "No." he answered a little embarassed.
Lindsay grined. Maybe this was going better as she had thought at the beginning. It seems like he liked her and if she played her "I'm a nice and friendly girl"-role further she was sure it was just a matter of time she could get to the book. In the end it was the only reason why she was meeting with Chris. At least that was what she tried to make herself believe.
"So why are you staring at me like I'm from another planet?" she asked, teasing.
"I didn't meant to. I…" Now it was Chris' turn to search for the right words. Luckily he was saved as the waitress came back with their drinks. She placed them on the table and went away.
"So let's speak about what happened during the darklighter attack okay?" Chris said finally letting his curiousity win. He had wanted to ask her about it since they had sat down.
"Yeah okay" she responded, becoming a bit uncomfortable.
Chris noticed it and automatically reached out over the table to grab her hand. "Listen. You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to. Believe me, I know how it is to be asked questions you don't want or can answer. But I really hoped that at least you would tell me what you are."
As he realized how rude his last sentence had sounded, he quickly added "I mean if you're a witch or whatever."
Lindsay laughed. "I know what you meant." She sighed. "I'm a witch. But I don't use my powers very often. That's the reason why I was so shocked as the fire had appeared out of my hand."
Chris was a bit confused. "I don't really get it. You're a witch. And you have obviously very great power. So why don't you use it when you fight against demons?"
"Well let's say I don't like it" she answered, now clearly uncomfortable.
"You don't want to tell me why, don't you?"
Lindsay smiled weakly. "No – not yet."
"So if we spent more time together you will tell me someday?" he asked half serious, half joking.
"I don't know. But it's the only way to find out if I'll do it" she answered cockily. Her plan really seemed to work. Even if she couldn't thought about it right now, because she was too excited about the feeling of Chris' hand, holding hers.
"Then I'll try" he said, giving her a bright smile. He hadn't felt so good for what seems like an eternity to him. And though he knew that he had to concentrate on completing his mission Chris was glad that he could now relax a bit with Lindsay. He really liked her – a lot actually. But still it confused him. He just knew her for two days, how could he feel like this already?
"Now it's your turn mister" Lindsay said, pulling him out of his thoughts.
He frowned "My turn?"
Lindsay nodded. "I told you what I am. Now it's your turn. I don't know many wightlighters who can use telekineses."
"Oh" Chris didn't know what to tell her. Or what he could tell her. He sighed. "I'm just half wightlighter. That's why I can use that power. My mother was a witch."
"Was?" Lindsay asked, her whole body tensed.
Chris looked down at the table. "Yeah" he answered, not able to to say anything more.
"I'm sorry. I didn't wanted to bring up things like this" she apologized, thinking about her own mother. It was a strange feeling that she really considered to tell Chris about her. She hadn't been able to talk to anyone about what had happened but that didn't mean she never had wanted to. After she had moved in with her father she had tried to talk to him but he had simple ignored her. Even at the nights she had spent crying until she finally had fallen asleep.
"It's okay. Just let's talk about something else" Chris said looking up at her, putting a smile on his face.
"Okay" she responded. "So… how old are you?"
"Twenty-two" Chris answered, secretly laughing about the fact that he hadn't even born yet in this time. "And you?"
"Twenty. But soon I'll turn twenty-one."
"When is your birthday?"
"9th october" she answered.
"That's just two weeks til then. Do you already know what you are going to do?" he asked curious. If she didn't have any plans, maybe they could go out together. Okay Chris, what the hell are you thinking?You have more important things to do. And maybe she even has a boyfriend who wants to spend the day with her.
"No. I don't think I'm gonna celebrate or something. It's just a day right?" Lindsay said, somehow sounding a bit sad.
Chris shook his head "You can't just do nothing. I mean it's your birthday. Don't you have a boyfriend with you wanna go out?" He was nervous – too nervous, like he thought – about her answer.
She smiled at him, flirting. "No I don't. And what's with you? Any girls you are meeting?"
"No. Well, except for you now."
Lindsay was about to ask him if he would probably go out with her on her birthday, as Chris suddenly said "Er… can we continue this a other time?"
"What?" she asked surprised.
"Piper is calling me. I have to go back to the manor" he explained disappointed. He had really enjoyed spending time with Lindsay.
"Oh okay. I'll pay, you can go" she responded shortly.
Chris wanted to say something to make her understand that he didn't wanted to leave, but then he heard Pipers voice again calling his name. "I'm really sorry" he apologized finally, stood up and left the diner. Then he went into the small street behind it and looked around. No one was in sight so he orbed away into the attic of the manor. He reappeared and looked around for a second to search for Piper. As he finally saw her, his eyes went open in shock.
TBC… (hehe… I love cliffhangers! Hope you like it so far, please review!)
