Chapter 7 – Dwelling in the Past.
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((disclaimer: like i said 6 times before: i do no own any of these characters..))
Paige walked into the restaurant where she and Henry would meet. She looked around and saw him sitting at a table next to the window and she smiled at him. Henry smiled back and Paige walked upto the table, ''Hey.'' She said. ''Morning.'' Henry replied smiling, he got up and pulled a chair out for Paige. ''Thank you.'' Paige said as she sat down. Henry sat back down opposite her, ''No problem.'' he replied and handed Paige the menu. Paige took it and looked at it, ''Came home safe last night?'' she asked. Henry laughed slightly, a warm and cheerful laugh. ''Yeah, don't worry.''
The waiter came up to their table and they ordered food, as they waited for the breakfast to arrive Paige glanced at Henry, he wore a smart dark blue shirt and looked very bright and awake at this time in the morning, she smiled slightly to herself as she remembered her breakfast date with Kyle, he had been going on so much about the avatars that she had left him, but maybe she shouldv'e helped him. Maybe if she had helped him he wouldn't be dead now and if he wouldn't have been dead they still wouldv'e been together. She found herself thinking that she might not be ready for dating yet. It was the reason she had felt so alone the last couple of months. Paige felt her eyes fill with tears and she bit her lip hard to fight them back, causing it to start bleeding. ''Paige? Paige?'' she heard Henry's voice, sounding worried and she looked up at him.
''Paige what's wrong?'' he asked. Paige blinked her tears away and shook her head lightly, ''It's nothing.'' She told him. Henry did not look totally convinced, ''Are you sure?'' he asked again putting his hand on hers. Paige nodded and pulled her hand away from his, ''I have to go.'' She said as she got up. Henry looked at her, ''Go where?'' he questioned, confused. ''I..I forgot to do something..sorry'' Paige replied and she walked off, she couldn't do it, she was afraid that if she got close with Henry she would lose him too. Paige walked to her car and got in, she put her seatbelt on and drove off, all she wanted is to go home.
A 40 minutes later Paige was laid on her bed crying quietly, she thought she had been over Kyle, but going out with Henry brought up old memories. Henry was the same, he was sweet, funny he had the same warm touch as Kyle and Paige was too afraid of Henry ending up like Kyle, getting killed. Not by an avatar, but then by a Demon. Paige sighed deeply and looked at the snowball on here nightstand, the one that Kyle had given her. She suddenly felt sorry that she didn't kiss Kyle back when the spell had backfired, 'Stop it Paige.' She thought to herself, ''You've moved on don't dwell in the past.'' She said sternly as she sat up. ''Kyle's a whitelighter now and he's fine and you're going to call Henry right now to apologise.'' She said clearly. There was a knock on her door, ''Paige?'' it was Henry's voice. 'Oh crap, he can't see me like this.' Paige thought. She wiped her tears away and straightened her clothes, ''Yeah?'' she answered, trying to keep her voice steady. ''Can I come in?'' Henry asked. Paige took a deep breath, ''If you want.'' She sat back down. The door opened and Henry walked in, closing the door behind him again. ''Who let you in?'' Paige asked quietly. ''Your sister Piper.'' Henry replied as he sat down next to Paige carefully, ''Please tell me what's wrong Paige.'' Paige looked at him and sighed slightly, ''I can't.'' She said. That wasn't a lie, she couldn't exactly tell Henry that her former boyfriend was murdered by an Avatar, she couldn't tell him she was a witch, not yet.
''Why not?'' Henry asked, looking into her eyes. Paige looked back at him, she saw his eyes were full of questions, full of confusion. ''Because..it hurts.'' She finally got out. Henry put his hand on her shoulder. ''I won't force you to tell it to me Paige.'' He made a move to get up. ''Wait..'' Paige said. Henry looked at her. ''I'll tell you.'' Paige said quietly. Henry relaxed a little, ''You don't have to.'' He replied. ''I know, but I want to..'' paige said looking at him. Henry nodded in agreement, ''Okay.'' He said. Paige took a deep breath, if she wanted to start something with henry then she had to be honest to him too, ''You see.. I used to date this guy..Kyle..'' she started. Henry interrupted her, ''Did he hurt you?'' he asked. Paige shook her head, ''No..he died, he got..killed.'' Henry looked a bit surprised, this obviously wasn't what he expected, ''Paige..I'm sorry.'' He said sympathetically. Paige sighed slightly, ''He got killed, because he knew me.'' She added. Henry gave her a confused look, ''How do you mean?'' he questioned. Paige glanced at her hands in her lap, ''I can't explain it yet..but it's just that I'm afraid that something will happen to you too.'' She said tentatively. Henry put a warm and calming hand on her knee, ''Nothing will happen to me Paige.'' He said. Paige looked up at him, ''You say that now, but you have no idea what you're getting yourself into.'' Paige replied.
Henry moved his hand slightly, ''Then why don't you tell me?' You can trust me.'' He said. ''Because I can't, not yet..I will but not yet.'' Paige answered, ''I'm sorry.'' Henry let out a slight sigh, ''It's okay, I understand, Don't worry.'' Paige smiled slightly, ''Thanks.'' Henry smiled back, ''No problem.'' He kissed her cheek lightly. She put her hand on his arm, ''Do you want to try again? A date?'' she asked hopeful. Henry nodded, ''Ofcourse, tonight?'' he proposed. ''Yeah..tonight's fine..where?'' she asked. ''My place,'' Henry said, ''I'll cook you dinner.'' Paige laughed slightly, ''Wow you cook?'' she asked. ''Yeah, you don't?'' henry replied, smiling. ''Can't.'' Paige said, ''I'm a terrible cook.'' Henry laughed, ''I'll learn you.'' He said jokingly. ''Deal.'' Paige smiled, she took a piece of paper and a pen out of the drawer from her nightstand, ''Address.'' She said, giving it to Henry. Henry wrote down his address, both not knowing where the upcoming date would lead.
Later that evening around 6:00pm Paige stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom, fixing her hair. Phoebe knocked on the door and walked in, finding Paige deciding on what she should do with her hair, ''I would curl it a bit.'' She said helpful. Paige turned to her, ''You think?'' she asked. Phoebe nodded and sat down on the side of the bath, ''Are you feeling better?'' she asked carefully. Paige nodded slightly, ''Much, got things off my chest and all that.'' She said. Phoebe smiled slightly, it was good to see Paige being happy again, she loved the nervousness about Paige when she had a date, it made her always so independent baby-sister so..she couldn't really find the right word, ..so..almost fragile. Phoebe looked at Paige and then at her dress, this reminded her of the night Paige was getting ready for Kyle. Phoebe laughed inwardly as she remembered how much she wanted Paige to wear the green top, but Paige, stubborn as she was, kept rejecting it and insisted on wearing a sexy brown dress.
''I like your dress.'' Phoebe said. Paige smiled, ''Not too revealing for a dinner?'' she asked. Phoebe shook her head, ''Not at all, it really suits you.'' She saw Paige relax a little, ''Thanks.'' Phoebe smiled, ''You're welcome.'' She said, standing up, ''I'm going to go now,'' Phoebe announced, ''Have fun tonight.'' Paige put her curler down and turned to her older sister, ''Thank you.'' Phoebe smiled and walked out.
Piper put Wyatt to sleep. ''Now be a good boy and go to sleep sweety.'' She said to him as she kissed his forehead lightly, ''Good night.'' She turned off the light. ''Bye mommy.'' Wyatt said, whilst he yawned quietly. It had been a tough day for him. Piper smiled and walked out, closing the door quietly. Leo orbed in, in front of her. ''Leo!'' Piper said quietly, ''You promised not to do that again!'' ''Sorry.'' Leo replied simply. ''I didn't mean to..Is Wyatt asleep?'' he asked. Piper nodded, ''Almost I think, he was very tired.'' Leo wrapped his arms around his wife, ''Good.'' Was all he said. Piper smiled, ''Why?'' she asked innocently. ''Because I want to spend some time with you.'' Leo replied, he smiled back and kissed her lightly. Piper took his hand, ''Then why don't we start in the bedroom?'' she said. Without replying, Leo opened the bedroom door and went inside with Piper.
A few hours later Paige and Henry were sat in his livingroom, which was lit with romantic candles. ''You're a great cook Henry.'' Paige told him truthfully. Henry smiled, ''Thank you.'' Paige smiled back and moved a bit closer to him. ''You're welcome.'' She said. Henry got up and Paige looked at him, ''Where are you going?'' she asked. ''I thought you wanted to see my house?'' henry replied. ''Oh yeah.'' Paige stood up and followed him upstairs.
When they came back downstairs Paige looked at Henry, ''I think I'm going to go home, It's getting pretty late and I need to look after my nephew tomorrow.'' She said. Henry nodded, ''Okay.'' He went to get paige's jacket as she remembered something, ''Wait.. my purse.'' She said, ''I think I left it in your bedroom..'' ''Well I'll get it for you then.'' Henry said, he walked back upstairs with paige following. He made his way into the bedroom and saw Paige's purse on the bed. Henry picked it up, ''Here it is.'' He said, handing the purse to her. ''Thanks.'' Paige said and as she took it their hands touched each other lightly. Paige looked up at him and he smiled, wrapping his arms around her, ''Are you sure you want to leave already?'' he asked. Paige smiled back, ''Hmm..'' she mumbled as she lowered his head. Henry smiled slightly and kissed her softly. Paige kissed him back, they both knew where this would lead, but Paige didn't care, she didn't want to think of demons right now..It felt too right and she didn't want to fight her feelings. Henry pushed her down on bed gently, as he kissed with more passion. Paige smiled and kissed back, lying back so that she would bring him on top of her. She felt Henry smile against her lips as he moved with her.
Phoebe paced through the livingroom, where was Luke? He was supposed to come and pick her up about 30 minutes ago. She walked over to the window and looked out of it over the street, no black mercedes, not that she could see it very well at this time, but still.. phoebe got an uncomfortable feeling inside, what if something had happened? What if demons got him and held him captive in the Underworld? She sighed deeply, nothing had happened, Leo would've sensed it as seen as he and Luke were good friends. And she was sure that Leo would've told here if he sensed something was up. She glanced out of the window again and then looked at the clock, 10:00 it read. She walked to the couch and sat down. The sudden ringing of the phone made her jump slightly, 'Luke?' she thought as she answered it, ''Hello?'' (...) ''Yes, I'm Phoebe Halliwell.'' (...) Phoebe's body stiffened as she listen to the person on the phone, ''He what? When? Is he okay?'' she asked worriedly. (...) ''Which one?'' (...) ''Right, I'll be there as soon as I can.'' She hung up, grabbed her carkeys and hurried out of the Manor to her car. Phoebe jumped in and backed out of the driveway. She then drove off without even fastening her seatbelt.
((Whoo chapter 7 is pretty long..longest one so far.. busy with chapter 8 ''Sex and Safety'' ))
