Shane sat on the floor in the living room, meditation style. He breathed deeply and spoke without opening his eyes or lifting his head.
"She's on her way."
Stock stood up immediately, causing Paige to look at him surprised.
"No Shane. Not here, not now, not ever. You promised you'd leave her alone. Don't you remember?" Stock asked.
Shane stood up, anger flashing in his eyes. "Of course I remember. That was the day you separated us. You told us we couldn't stay together; it was too risky for mankind. That was the day that I lost my mother, and my father." Shane yelled, getting in Stock's face.
Stock's eyes were filled with guilt and remorse. "Shane, you had to be separated. It was the only way. And you didn't lose your father, he's still alive." Stock said quietly, while the others watched wondering what would happen next.
"No. To me, my father is dead. He's been dead for the last 5 years." Shane retorted. Piper coughed.
"Sorry." She said, embarrassed.
Suddenly the doors flew open. Colin strolled through and stopped short when he saw Shane.
"Shane." He said curtly, nodding.
"Colin." Shane replied.
Shea came in behind Colin and gasped. For a moment, Shane's aggressiveness disappeared.
"Shea. Is it really you?" He asked, unsure. She looked at him, showing no emotion.
"Who else would it be?" She asked him. Silently, Phoebe shot looks of confusion at Piper. Piper shook her head and nodded towards Shea and Shane.
"Shea. Don't be mad at me, please." Shane pleaded.
"You left Shane. You left when I needed you." Shea yelled at him, silent tears running down her cheeks.
"I had to Shea. He," Shane nodded towards. "Made me. I didn't want to." Shane said, his own tears rolling freely.
Shea turned around and walked towards Colin. She leaned against him, her head resting on his shoulder. He put a protective arm around her.
Piper spoke up. "What's going on?" She asked. Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her.
Shea turned around. "5 years Shane. 5 years. In all those years, you didn't call. You didn't even shimmer over to see how I was doing. For God sakes Shane, I let go of you a long time ago. I've been doing fine since then!" Shea yelled.
"Are they dating or something?" Phoebe whispered in the direction of Paige.
Paige gave Phoebe a strange look. "No." She said as she directed her attention towards Shea and Shane.
'Don't you think I wanted to?" Shane asked.
"Then why didn't you?" Shea retorted. Shane was caught there.
But then something came to him. "Why didn't you try to find me?" He smirked. "You can't just blame all of this on me. You could have easily tried to call me."
Shea looked at him. "Were you being tossed from foster home to foster home? Huh, were you? Because I was. A different one every week! And you, you were the goddamn chicken! Chose to go to the underworld because you can't hack it up here. What did you say? I think it was something like 'It's just too hard to be a witch and a demon. I have to embrace one side. It's all a matter of good and evil.' Isn't that what you said?" Shea asked.
Shane said nothing. He nodded faintly.
"You don't belong here Shane. You belong in the underworld. I don't know why you came looking for me. You knew what was going to happen." Shea said softly.
Shane blinked the tears back. "Yeah. I knew. And you're right. I really don't know why I came back. I just thought that we could…well obviously it's not going to work." Shane said as he stepped back towards the front door.
Paige looked at Shea. "Shea. Come on. He's here now, isn't he?" Shea thought about it and nodded. "Then why are you still standing there? Shea smiled and started off after Shane.
Stock smiled at Paige and walked over to her. He wrapped her in a hug and even she smiled. Piper got up and motioned towards Colin to go get some coffee with her. Phoebe leaned back in the crook of Chris's arms and closed her eyes. They all got comfortable waiting for them to return.