A/N: This was originally meant to be a one-shot, but after some thought and a few reviews, I decided to try my hand at making it a story.

Piper Halliwell knocked on her son's apartment door. No answer. She'd been knocking for a while. She eventually got tired of waiting and just blasted the lock, opening the door. She expected Chris to come running, to yell at her for breaking his door or invading his privacy.

She couldn't fathom why her son didn't understand that she was just worried about him. She hadn't seen him in over 3 days, and after everything that happened with Elizabeth, well needless to say she was twice as worried.

Walking carefully down the hall, she checked every room for Chris. Just when she was about to give up, she heard a gasp from the bathroom. Cautiously, Piper walked toward the bathroom door. When she opened the door and looked in, she screamed.

Chris was lying in a tub of rapidly reddening water half naked and unconscious. Piper screamed again and rushed toward her son. She pulled him out of the tub and onto the bathroom floor. Tears were streaming down her face as she realized that he had slit his wrists.

"Leo! Wyatt! Paige! Someone!" Piper screamed. About three seconds later, Leo, Wyatt, Paige, and Phoebe orbed in.

"Piper wha—" Paige began, but gasped as she saw Chris.

"Leo, Wyatt, heal him," Piper chocked out between sobs. Leo and Wyatt just stood there, shocked beyond belief. "Heal him!"

Leo and Wyatt shook out of their daze and kneeled down beside Chris. They extended their hands over Chris's wrist wounds and they began to glow.

"What's taking so long?" Piper shouted. Phoebe and Paige kneeled down behind Piper and pulled her into a sisterly embrace.

"It's not working Piper," Leo said. "We can't heal the dead." Tears began streaming down his and Wyatt's face.

"No," Piper shouted. "You heal him! Heal him!"

Leo stood up and tried to pull Piper into a hug. "I-I'm sorry."

Piper began to slap him on the chest. "Heal him!" she sobbed.

Unbeknownst to anyone in the room, Chris's spirit slowly floated out of his body and towards the ceiling.

Chris looked around. He was surrounded by golden light. He didn't think he was in heaven. Where was his G

rams? "Chris?" Chris turned at the sound of a voice and gasped at what he saw. She was standing there, her golden hair flowing down her shoulders. She wore the light pink gown that she had been killed in. She was more beautiful than ever with the golden light outlining her.

"Elizabeth?" he murmured.

"Chris," Elizabeth smiled.

"Liz, what are you doing here?" Chris asked.

"I'm here to send you back," Elizabeth said.

"Send me back? No, I want to stay. I want to be with you," Chris pleaded.

"You can't. Your place is down there. With your family. One day, Christopher, we will be together again, but not now. Now you must go back," Elizabeth said.

"I can't. I'm dead," Chris reminded her.

"I can heal you. Come here." She held her hands out to him.

"Please let me stay," Chris pleaded again.

"No, you mustn't. Please Chris," she gave him that pout that he could never resist.

"Alright, but I'll miss you. God I'll miss you so much," Chris sobbed.

"I love you Chris, remember that." And with that she waved her hands out in front of her and he slowly sank back into life.

Hold on to me love
you know I can't stay long
all I wanted to say was I love you and I'm not afraid
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me in your arms?

Piper was crying into Leo's arms. They were still in the bathroom. No one had moved yet, they were too shocked. Suddenly, Phoebe gasped. "Chris, he's breathing. Leo!"

Leo turned around instantly and saw that indeed, Chris was breathing. He kneeled down next to his son and healed his wrists. Chris gasped and sat up slowly. "Mom?" he asked.

She leaned down beside him and suddenly slapped him. "Don't you ever do that again!"

"I saw Liz," Chris whispered.

"Oh honey," Piper pulled him into a hug.

"Mom," Chris whispered and pointed over her shoulder. Everyone turned around and saw a ghostly Elizabeth standing in the corner looking very sad.

Holding my last breath
safe inside myself
are all my thoughts of you
sweet raptured light it ends here tonight

She smiled sadly at them and waved a small wave. "I love you," she said.

"Liz?" he mouthed. But she continued before he could actually say anything.

"It wasn't your fault. You need to know that. And whenever you need me, I'll be here, even if you can't see me. I'm always here in your heart. I love you. And someday, we will be together again. But not now. You have so much that you need to do. Don't try this again Chris, because I won't be able to save you next time. I love you. Goodbye…for now," she said in that sweet honey coated voice of hers. And she disappeared.

I'll miss the winter
a world of fragile things
look for me in the white forest
hiding in a hollow tree (come find me)
I know you hear me
I can taste it in your tears

holding my last breath
safe inside myself
are all my thoughts of you
sweet raptured light it ends here tonight

Chris stared at the spot where his beloved had vanished…and began to cry again. This time his entire family knelt down and hugged him in a giant group hug. They all sat there, on the bathroom floor, crying over the loss of yet another loved one.

say goodnight
don't be afraid
calling me calling me as you fade to black

holding my last breath
safe inside myself
are all my thoughts of you
sweet raptured light it ends here tonight

TBC

Please review and let me know what you think. I promise, it won't be this dark the entire fic. Please review.