Realizations of Possible Loss

Just after Cady had placed her hand on the book, Chris sent a glare at his so called future family. He knew he was being unfair, they had seen what they thought to be a demon tricking them and going after Wyatt. But…it was Cady…everything was different when it came to Cady.

He waited a few moments for the realization that even the book thought Cady wasn't evil to sink in before grabbing Cady's hand and pulling her out of the room and down the hall to the guest bedroom that he was staying in.

The Charmed Ones flinched as they heard the door slam.

They slowly turned to look at the book wondering what they had just done.

"Do you think…she told the truth?" Paige asked staring at the book that was still sitting in its original position.

"She might have used a spell on the book," Piper said.

"It's been done before," Leo added.

The three of them gathered around the book except for Phoebe, "I think she was telling the truth," she said, "I didn't get any vibes from her…she never drank the potion either."

"She might have found a way to block her emotions from you," Leo added, "It's a common skill among demons."

Phoebe shook her head, not even Cole…the infamous Beltahzor…could remain completely emotionless. She looked down the hall to where Chris had gone; she could feel faint worry vibes and fear. Chris was terrified now…about loosing Cady…

"Oh no…" Phoebe whispered.

"What now?" Paige asked, cranky from lack of sleep and too much excitement.

"Just now…if Wyatt hadn't…oh god…"

"Phoebe what the hell are you talking' about?" Piper exclaimed, flipping through the book to see if Cady had messed with it.

"If Wyatt hadn't put his shield up, what would have happened?" Phoebe asked, not wanting to have to come out and say it.

"Cady would be in 1000 pieces." Piper asked.

"And what would that do to Chris?"

"He'd be…oh god," Paige said catching on.

"With his soul mate gone he'd…he'd…"

"Die…" Piper said.

"Wait, soul mate?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, Chris and Cady are soul mates." Phoebe said.

"But soul mates are extremely hard to find," Leo muttered, "He couldn't have found her just like that."

"He can if I cast a spell…" Phoebe mumbled to herself.

"In the future, Phoebe cast a spell to find her soul mate," Paige clarified, "Only it let everyone else find theirs."

"Including Chris…" Piper said, still not over the shock of almost being the cause of death of her whitelighter.

"But wouldn't she have had to be…" Leo started.

"From the future?" Phoebe asked, "Yeah, she is."

"How?"

"Well," Paige started, "As best I can figure, when Chris came back she must have been dragged along too…with out knowing it."

Just then little Wyatt yawned, "Looks like someone is tired," Piper said, scooping up the child.

"We should all probably get some rest," Phoebe started, "Something tells me the next few days are going to be pretty interesting…"

"Premonition?" Leo asked, getting ready to orb out.

"Nope…"

"Getting vibes?" Paige asked.

"Nope…that's just how our lives go." Phoebe said, walking out of the attic.

Meanwhile, while all this was happening, Chris was hugging the life out of Cady in his bedroom. Cady was shushing him softly, knowing how worried he had been when he was seen Piper try to blow her up. She could feel his warm tears on her neck; she'd never meant to do anything to frighten him that much.

"I'm so sorry, Chris," she whispered, stroking his hair gently.

"I was so scared," he murmured. He didn't want her to see him cry, but he couldn't help it…he had come so close to loosing her.

"I know," she said, lifting his chin to look at her, "and I'm so sorry," she wiped the tears from his eyes.

Slowly he leaned in kissing her as gently and as meaningfully as he could. Slowly, almost painfully slowly, the kiss grew in intensity. Minutes later the two came up for air, smiling at one another. They rested their heads against each other, just taking a minute to enjoy the closeness.

Cady sighed, she had never been this happy in her life. She had never felt this safe, this content, this loved, as she felt when she was in Chris' arms. She knew about the infamous Halliwell spell, everyone in the future did, that's how she knew it was real.

She looked up to Chris' emerald eyes and smiled. Chris' grin grew as he took her hand and led her to his bed (not for that you sickos.). He laid down on top of the covers, moving over for Cady to lie beside him with her back to him. He wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her to him as she wrapped her arms around his arms. Together they drifted to sleep, a peaceful sleep that neither had had in a long time.

A/N – The next few chapters won't be up for a few days, but they will include a trip to the underworld, a connection made, a secret slipped, a trip up there, and a visit from someone unexpected.