Disclaimer: I only own Nicola and the concept of this fic...blah, blah, blah...you know the rest; don't own Charmed yada, yada, yada!

That morning as Chris woke up; he felt an eerie presence in the room. A chill ran down his spine as he looked around the room. He found nothing. Strangely, he by the eerie presence. 'What the...No, it can't be...can't happen...' Chris sat up right. "Hello?" He asked, just in case there was someone else in the room with him. He got no answer, so he hurriedly got dressed and orbed out of P3.

Chris orbed into the kitchen which was full of the aroma of the breakfast his mother was cooking up, Piper had recently found out that Chris was her son, and seemed very happy by that.

"Chris," Piper greeted her son cheerily. "Breakfast?" Piper asked handing Chris a plate of bacon, eggs and toast.

"Hey mom," Chris said as he sat down with his breakfast. Chris ate his food with great speed before running up the stairs all the way to the attic.

Once in the attic Chris stepped towards the BOS then stopped. Could he really do what he was about to...should he even be allowed? Whatever the consequence, he HAD to see her. He'd do anything to see her one more time...things had ended bad...then...then, she'd...died before he got the chance to tell her how he really felt. Just once, just one more time would do.

Chris made a circle with candles, and lit them; he then stood back and chanted:

"Hear these words,

Hear my cry,

Spirit from the other side,

Come to me,

I summon thee,

Cross now the great divide"

Some golden lights appeared, and swirled around before taking the ghostly form of the woman of Chris' dreams...Nicola.

"You rang?" Nicola said softly as she stepped outside the room, taking on her corporal form.

"Uh...yeah..." Chris stuttered.

"Chris...what's wrong? Why am I here?" Nicola asked uncertainly.

"I....I...I, God Nic, I just...I missed you so much..." Chris said pulling her into a hug. A tear ran down his cheek, as he realised just how much he'd missed her, and still loved her.

"Hey..." Nic said softly as she wiped away his tears, "It's okay...I missed you too," She smiled at him.

"Were...were you at P3 earlier?" Chris asked.

"You knew?" She gasped, "I could tell you were unhappy...I knew you needed comfort, I wanted to be there...I wanted to be there with you so bad...but I knew you would only be able to see me if you summoned me...but still, I wanted to ease your pain." Nicola started rambling.

"It's okay...I...I wanted you there; I needed you...and I kinda, felt your presence. And then I knew I just had to summon you. I needed to see you...to talk to you..." Chris said walking over to the window.

"Well...I'm here...so...talk," Nic said as she walked up to Chris, and put a hand on his left shoulder.

"It's just...I wish things didn't happen like they did between us...I mean, we used to be so happy. I don't know what happened, but when we broke up; I was so gutted...I don't think I left my room for days. And with all that happened, I just never got the chance to tell you one last time how I felt...I needed to tell you, but by the time I got the courage, you were already gone..." Chris said as yet another tear rolled down his cheek, he wiped it away and then continued, "I needed to tell you one last time that I loved you...I didn't want you to die not knowing that."

"But Chris...I did know that, I'd always known that, whether we were together or apart. Sure, things didn't work out the way I'd hoped, but the years we spent together were the best years of my life."

"Really?" He asked looking into her dark brown eyes, drinking in every bit of her beauty and how the light hit her auburn hair.

"Yes...but Chris, you need to move on. You can't mourn me forever." Nicola said looking down, she knew the words she spoke were the truth, but she couldn't bare to think of Chris with anyone other than her...and she didn't want to be telling him now, not when he was so...vulnerable.

"No Nic! I...I can't! I've tried...there was Bianca...I thought I loved her, but she was nothing compared to you. No-one ever will compare to you! I can't bare the thought of being with anyone else other than you. I can mourn you forever Nic...I can...I'm not ready to let go yet." Chris said as he turned to face Nicola.

Nicola moved closer to Chris, she stood brought his head down, and kissed his forehead. She ran her hand through his silky short, brown hair.

"Look, Chris...I know you don't want to move on. I get that, and I don't want you to either, but you have to. And you can't mourn me forever. I'm not going to watch you from Up There as you mope around and do nothing all day. And as much as I'd love to stay here and be yours...we both know that can never happen. If you won't do this for yourself, at least do it for me. Okay?"

"Okay," Chris sighed, "But it doesn't mean I'm happy about it!"

"Chris, I'm not asking you to snap back to your old perky self...I'm not asking you to be happy straight away; but you will be one day. I'm just asking you to get on with your life." Nicola said as tears were now making their way down her cheeks. "Look what you've gone and done now..." She chuckled as Chris wiped away her tears with his thumb. Slowly he leaned forward and placed a short, sweet kiss on her lips. Chris stood up to his full height and looked down at her, after everything she still looked so beautiful. He ran a hand through her shoulder-length auburn hair. And in a snap decision Nicola grabbed Chris' head in her hands, and pulled him down kissing him passionately.

"Look at us now...I love you, always have and always will, but what just happened changes nothing...you still have to move on, get over me, please."

"But, Nic..."

"No," She said placing a finger on his lips, he took the chance to kiss it. "You always were a Charmer; I guess some things never change, huh?" She sighed. "No, buts, get over me, move on...and be happy." Nic said smiling weakly.

"Okay...it just hurts so much..."

"I know..." She replied softly.

Just then Piper walked through the door.

"Chris honey..."

"Mom!" Chris said surprised at his Mom's entrance. "What did you want?"

"Oh never mind that...but, who's your friend?" Piper said looking at the young girl standing next to Chris.

"Hi, I'm Nicola...but feel free to call me Nic. And I'm a...uh...umm...kinda friend of Chris..."

"Well, it's great to meet you Nic," Piper said warmly. "Anyway, I'll leave you two to it, and I'll go do some...cleaning, yeah, I'll clean..." Piper said backing out of the attic.

Nicola jogged after Piper, and closed the attic door behind them, leaving Chris confused.

"Piper!"

"Yeah?"

"Please...take care of Chris...make sure he doesn't sulk around to much, make him get out some...tell him to have fun...believe me, he deserves it. But mostly, just look after him, make sure he's happy...I have to go now..." Nic said turning back, and re-entering the attic.

She walked up to Chris.

"I'm sorry...but I have to leave. I love you, move on, and be happy, please..." Nicola begged, just before Chris bent down and kissed her softly, making her knees weak. He really shouldn't have done that, it weakened her, made her want to stay, even though she knew she had to go.

"I love you, forever...but I'll try and move on; I'm not promising though..." Chris said holding her close, one last time.

"I'm not asking you to..."Nicola said as she stepped back into the ring, turning ghostly again.

"I'll miss you Nic...always..."

"Take care Chris," Nicola said as she was circled with bright white, and golden lights, soon just a few golden lights were swirling together upwards.

"Good bye Nicola..."

You like? I was pretty proud of this chapter...hell, I'm proud of this whole damn fic so far though...I can't actually say where I'm going with this... Next will probably be some chapter with Piper and Chris talking...mostly about Nic...lol! As for the future of this fic...I'm not sure...but I'm hoping it'll be good...and somehow, Nic'll return...you can be sure! lol

A not to all my reviewers: As I'm in yr 10, the workload has suddenly become significantly more than last year...so my stories may not be updated as frequently as before...although I shall try, and inset days and halfterm and holidays etc, I shall make sure I have some 'Writing Time' lol :P