Chapter 16
Chris: no we don't, your not going to die.
Piper: Die? Who's dying?
Perri: the only way to ensure that Wyatt won't turn evil is to kill Gideon, not wait for him to make me; the whole timeline could be thrown of. You should just kill him when he tries to turn Wyatt.
Paige: well we can't do that because now you're our innocent.
Perri: I know I have some human in me but I am by all means not an innocent.
Prue: Perri can I talk to you for a second.
Perri: sure.
(Perri and Prue leave the room and go into Phoebe's room so no one would here them talking.)
Prue: look Perri, first of all.
(Prue gives Perri a hug.)
Prue: it's good to have my best friend back. And second, you can't do this ok I won't allow it I don't think I could deal with my brothers' disappointment. And third, how is Mark?
Perri: it's good to have you back too. Ok how about a deal if we can't come up with a better plan and it comes down to crunch time I'm doing it. Ok?
Prue: ok. And Mark?
Perri: Madison took him back to his home, well not his home his Grandmother's home. The evil place.
Prue: oh no. Do you know if they turned him back yet?
Perri: I tried to save him a couple weeks ago and I could sense that he was only half and half so there is still hope.
Prue: I need to go back to him I need to help him to get him out of there.
Perri: ok right now you need to take care of your brother, he needs you right now and then we can worry about your boyfriend. Ok?
Prue: ok.
(Prue and Perri re-enter Piper's room.)
Paris: what's the verdict?
Perri: I won't die yet but if we don't get a better plan then I'm doing it.
Leo: well let's start planning then.
Parker: uh has anyone checked the clock yet, it's like 11:30 PM, can a girl get some sleep around her?
Piper: yes that is a capitol suggestion, all right guys leave the pregnant lady alone, go to bed we'll fight Cole tomorrow.
(Phoebe went to her room still clutching the vanquishing potion; Paige orbed into her room and fell asleep. Leo stayed in Piper's room obviously. Paris and Prue took Wyatt and put him to bed before they jumped into theirs. Chris and Perri stayed in the hallway to talk a bit, and Parker stayed in Piper's room.)
Parker: Mom? Dad?
Leo and Piper: Yeah?
Parker: um, I think that, well I was wondering, um maybe, um...
Leo: spit it out Parker.
Parker: um maybe I could stay with you tonight, I'm... uh I'm a little scared.
Piper: scared of what?
Parker: of Balthazar, like what if he comes in the middle of the night or what if Chris comes early or what if Perri has to die? She's like another sister to me. And what if something bad happens to you when we fight Gideon?
Leo: nothing bad is going to happen to us, we're not going anywhere ok?
Parker: ok, but what if...
Leo: come on hop in, you can stay with us tonight.
Piper: Leo?
Leo: what Piper it's just one night.
Piper: softy.
(Chris stops Perri in the hallway to talk before the enter Wyatt's room.)
Chris: Perri?
Perri: yeah?
Chris: I'm sorry if I was being selfish about wanting you to stay with me but it's just that we've been best friends our whole lives and I don't want to loose you, especially since...
Perri: since...?
Chris: since... I
Perri: what?
Chris: I love you, Perri I've always loved you.
Perri: Chris, I... I don't know what to say...uh I mean I've always had feelings like that for you too but I never thought you felt the same.
Chris: of course I have.
(Chris wrapped his arms around her waist, bringing her closer to him.)
Chris and I've always wanted to do this.
(Chris brought her closer and leaned in to kiss her, and hoping she wouldn't pull away she wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. When they finally pulled away there were smiles on both of their faces.)
Perri: I've always wanted to do that too.
(Chris and Perri walked into Wyatt's room hand in hand to find Chris' siblings already asleep. Chris moved his inflatable bed and Perri's right next to each other with some room in between, to not insult her.)
Chris: let's uh go to bed.
(Perri walked over to her bed and moved it closer to Chris' to make one big bed.)
Perri: good night.
(Perri got into bed and kissed Chris on the lips for longer than out in the hallway and then cuddled up in this chest as they both started drifting off to sleep. For Chris his dream had finally come true, and tomorrow he would have to vanquish Cole and make a plan to keep his dream true for longer than one night. He was not going to loose her to Wyatt, he still had to tell her that he had found out who the demon was that Gideon took blood from to make her.)