Disclaimer: Grrr… Again: I don't own Charmed and I don't own Drew Fuller…

Christine Bahrens: Sorry it took me longer this time to update. But anyway thanks for your review.

Jenny: Don't slap yourself. I overread my first chapter and it really wasn't clear how Lindsay got in the attic so sorry for causing confusion… Hope anything else is clear.?

Ceres217: Thanks for your review. I'm not going to give to much away, but there was a reason why the phoenix attacked Lindsay. You'll have to read on if you want to find out. ;)

Kilikapele: Yeah, Leo was very close to figure out who Chris is. I'm still not sure who will find out his real indentity first in my story. We'll see… thanks for reviewing.


Authors Note: Who do you think should find out about Chris first? I don't promise that who's name is voted most will actually be the one, but I'm curious what you think.


Chapter 13

The light was dim and on every table in the room were standing candles. In the background you could hear soft piano music which fits great to the whole atmophere from the restaurant. A man with slightly grey hair stood at the reception and looked through a few papers as Chris and Lindsay walked in. As Lindsay took in her suroundings she became a bit uncomfortable. She havn't thought she would ever go in such a noble restaurant.

"Are you okay?" Chris asked.

Lindsay nodded and smiled. "Sure."

Chris wasn't convinced. "If you don't like it we can go somewhere else" he said, somehow wishing she would agree. He had reserved a table a week ago without knowing how the restaurant really looks like and now he couldn't help but cursing himself for that. Not that he didn't wanted to have a nice evening with Lindsay but everything in this room was so unnatural and quiet that he was sure he couldn't relax here.

"No it's really nice" Lindsay said. Chris had been so sweet as he had asked her to go out with him on her birthday and she didn't wanted to ruin this evening. And after all it was the first birthday since she'd been twelve she celebrated.

"Well okay then" Chris responded and went over to the reception. The greyed man smiled friendly and after Chris told him his name, he showed them their table. Lindsay and Chris sat down and stared at the people around them. None of them knew what to say but finally they looked at each other.

"So, here we are" Chris nearly whispered to break the silence. He didn't dare to speak louder because it still seemed so damn quiet here although he could clearly see the other guests talking.

"Yeah" Lindsay laughed nervously. Again there was a silence and this time she broke it and grabbed his hands over the table. "Chris I really, really enjoyed this day so far but… let's go somewhere else okay?"

Chris laughed reliefed. "I hoped you would say that."

Lindsay smiled and they quickly left the restaurant. Once they were outside Chris asked "Where do you want to go now?"

"Hm… what about P3?"

"Okay." Chris looked around to see if someone was there but that wasn't the case. So he wrapped his arms around Lindsays waist and orbed them away to the store room of P3.


"So it's getting serious already?" Phoebe asked her younger sister. They were talking about Richard and Paige couldn't help but smiled brightly.

"Yes, I really love him. You can't imagine how wonderful it is to kiss him, and I rather not talk about what he can do with his hands…"

"Lalalala. We don't even want to hear this" Piper said grining.

"Well you have to understand her. It's been so long since she had a serious relationship." Phoebe said teasingly.

"Yeah and I'm really enjoying it" Paige responded and looked over to the dance floor. There she could see something that she really hadn't expected. "Hey, look who's having fun for once" she said to her sisters.

They both turned into the direction Paige was looking and after a few seconds they could see Chris and Lindsay. Paige had been right. It really seemed like their wightlighter was having lots of fun. In the beginning the sisters didn't liked Lindsay but in the last two weeks they had become good friends. Paige even said once that it was great to have a "little sister". And she was also helpful, because Chris had really lightened up since they were dating.

Now the couple walked over to the bar to join the sisters. "Hey what are you talking about?" Lindsay asked them while sitting down on a stool.

"Oh just that we haven't been on demon… strations for a while" Phoebe answered. "You really seem to do your best with keeping Chris busy."

Chris gave her a "very funny – look". "Well, if you want so badly to go again I think I could find some time to help you."

"No no no. We really enjoy the demon free time" Piper said quickly and looked at him nervously. As Chris noticed it he frowned. "What?"

"Err… Have I already told you that you're our favourite wightlighter ever?" she responded with a sweet voice.

"Have you drinking too much Piper?" Chris asked, not sure what he should think about Pipers comment.

She laughed. "No, I'm serious. You're great – even better than Leo. You don't say this Blessed-be crap everytime and…"

"Okay, what do you want?"

"You're busted" Paige said to her oldest sister grining, before she saw Richard and immediately walked over to him.

Piper turned back to Chris after giving her sister a glare. "Well, you know Greg?"

Chris just nodded. He didn't liked it that Piper was meeting with other guys, it could cause him a lot of trouble, but he didn't knew what he could do against it.

"We want to spend the weekend together and we wanted go this night."

"And?"

"Could you watch Wyatt? Just this night" Piper asked finally. She had spent the last two weeks with the attempt to get Wyatt to trust Chris and three days ago she had succeed.

"No, no way. I don't do babys, you know that" Chris answered quickly. He turned to Lindsay. "And it's her birthday and we have better things to do than to babysit."

"Hey, I wouldn't mind. Wyatt is really cute" Lindsay said, but she wasn't thinking of the little toddler. If the sisters weren't at the manor she could maybe take a look into the book.

"Oh please! Phoebe is also out and I can't call Leo because he's in some stupid elder meeting" Piper looked at him with pleading eyes.

Chris sighed. "Okay, I'll do it." Piper smiled brightly. "But on monday we go and vanquish some demons."

"I know there would be a but" Piper said and walked over to him. "But thanks" she added and hugged him briefly. "Wyatt is now by Sheila and Darryl. You can pick him up from there in an hour or so."

"Okay" Chris said while Piper left the bar.


Once Wyatt was asleep Chris and Lindsay walked down into the living room to see if there was something they could watch in the TV. Lindsay kept switching around about ten minutes but then she gave up. "It's incredible how much nonsense they are playing" she sighed.

Chris nodded absently while Lindsay turned off the TV. "I haven't even give you your birthay present yet" he said.

Lindsay looked at him truly surprised. "What? But I thought this restaurant visit was my present."

"No, the whole idea was lausy. I don't know why I reserved there."

"So where's my present?" Lindsay asked excited. She hadn't got any presents in the last few years.

Chris reached inthe pocket of his pants and pulled out a small box. He handed it nervously over to her. It hadn't been easy to find something he could give her and he wasn't sure if she would like it. But as she opened the box a smile appeared on her face which made him smile too. "I hope you like it. I didn't know for sure what I should give you, but if you don't like it you can exchange it for something else…"

Lindsay quickly leaned forward and planted a kiss on his lips so he would stop babbling. "It's wonderful" she said as she pulled away again. She looked down at the silver necklace that was lying in the box. It had a little round pendant that seemed to glitter in all possible blue tones. Lindsay turned her back to Chris and gave him the necklace so he could close the lock.

Before she could turn around again she felt his lips touching her neck. She let out a soft moan as his hands began to stroke over her body and faced him quickly to kiss him passionatly. He unbottened her blouse and soon they were both shirtless. After Chris had also took of her pants he orbed them up to the bed from the guest room where they began to make love to each other for the first time.


Lindsay awoke in the middle of the night. Chris was sleeping beside her and she was about to make it herself comfortable in his arms as she remembered the book. It was unprotected now and she knew that she couldn't waste this opportunity. She looked at Chris and felt a wave of guilt rushing over her. But she pushed the feeling away and stood up. As quietly as possible she walked over to the door and hoped it wouldn't squeak.

After she was out of the room she quickly went upstairs to the attic. There she saw the book of shadows lying on its podest and walked over to it. As Lindsay stood in front of it she just stared at the book. That was it, the solution for her biggest problem. She had expected to feel happy and relieved when this moment would come but now she couldn't stop thinking of Chris and how she hadlied tohim in the last three weeks to get to her goal.

That's not true. I really like him. I don't betray him if I take a little look into the book. But still, she couldn't bring herself to even touch it. Instead she placed her hand over the necklace Chris had given her a few hours ago. Why the hell didn't she told him that she needed informations about this demon? He would have surely agreed to help her. But no, she rather betrayed and lied to her friend than ask him for help. Lindsay had never felt so angry at herself than in this moment.

"Hey, what are you doing up here?"

Surprised Lindsay looked up from the book and saw Chris standing in the doorway. She swallowed, unable to say something. Concerned Chris walked over to her. "Are you alright?"

Lindsay nodded slightly. "Yeah…"

"Are you sure?" Chris asked, worry written over his face.

It was too much for Lindsay. There she stood, lying to the only person in her whole life except for her mother who cared about her. She knew she had to tell him the truth. It wasn't fair to play this game any further even though it wasn't just a game to Lindsay anymore. "I have to tell you something" she began with a low voice.

"What?"

She didn't looked him in the eyes as she started to explain "In the last three weeks, since we've met, I – I always wanted to take a look into the book. I wanted to get informations about the demon who… who I'm after since a few years."

"Well, then let's look if we can find him in there" Chris responded and wanted to open the book as Lindsay grabbed his arm to hold him back. The fact that he really offered her his help, like she had expected, made her even more furious at herself.

"Wait! That wasn't everything. I just came to meet you here three weeks ago because I hoped that if I could get your trust I could look into the book!"

Chris frowned confused at her outburst. He wanted to say something but Lindsay continued already "Don't you understand? It's the only reason why I started dating with you! I've used you to get the sisters trust and to get to the book!"

There was an awkward silence after that statement. For a moment Lindsay could clearly see the hurt on Chris' face but he quickly recovered. "So it was all just part of your plan? You never… The last weeks didn't meant anything to you?"

"No, that's not what I'm saying Chris" Lindsay responded now again very lowly and looked at the ground sadly.

"Then what will you say?" Chris yelled, angry that Lindsay had the nerve to look sad. He was the one who had been fooled three weeks long so why the hell had she a damn reason to be sad?

"Chris please, I really didn't mean to hurt you" Lindsay tried to calm him down.

He looked at her furious "Yeah? Really? Then how comes that you lied to me all the time?"

Lindsay was near to tear up. "I'm so sorry Chris, I really am. Please you have to believe, I really like you – a lot. I…"

"Save it" Chris cut her off. "I've heard enough. Look up this demon in the book – you derserve it after all your hard work, and then get outta here." With that he orbed away, leaving a very upset Lindsay behind.

TBC…