Author's Note: Wow thanks for the great reviews! 78 reviews...sweet. I'm
sorry for killing off Bianca, I know some of you guys like her but I
figured it will be a way for Jessie and Chris to bond. I'm having serious
writers block with chapter 20 right now. So if it suddenly stops there for
a few days, you will know why. Enjoy the rest of the chapters.
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As the final orbs disappeared, the sisters found themselves in a dark cavern. They took in their surroundings as several tunnels were around them, making it more difficult for them to find Chris.
"Leo...see if you can sense him." Piper asked softly not bothering to look directly at him.
Leo looked hurt but he wanted to find Chris like everyone else. He closed his eyes and reached out his mind as he searched for Chris. Several moments passed as Leo quickly opened his eyes as his expression brightened.
"I found him, he's not too far away. C'mon." Leo said as he held out his hands. As the girls grabbed his hands he quickly orbed them to Chris's location. As their surroundings cleared, they saw whom they were searching for. About 100 yards in front of them, Chris stood over what seemed to be a pile of ashes, probably demons that he recently vanquished in anger.
Piper started towards Chris but Jessie held her back. Piper turned to look at her with a confused look on her face.
"Let me talk to him." Jessie said. Piper only nodded in agreement.
Jessie began walking towards her new friend. "Chris..." Jessie called softly but it appeared that Chris didn't hear her call. "Chris..." She called again as she got closer.
"Stay away..." Chris said. Jessie could hear the hurt in his voice.
"Chris, talk to me." Jessie said as she came to his side. "Chris..." Jessie said again as she reached and held onto his arm only to have him violently jerk it away.
"Don't..." Chris breathed out through clench teeth.
"Chris, I know it hurts..." she said.
"You don't know anything! You don't know how it feels." Chris yelled.
"Yes I do Chris!" Jessie said as she began to get very emotional, tears were threatening to fall. It hurt her seeing Chris like this, she just wanted to take all his pain away.
"Feeling through your powers isn't the same. You don't really know how it feels to lose someone." Chris said as tears slowly came down his cheeks.
"I did lose someone close to me Chris." Jessie said softly as the tears she tried so hard to hold back began to fall. Chris turned to her as he stared into her eyes with his red tear-full eyes.
"I did lose someone...." Jessie admitted looking down as the memories of her older sister came rushing back. "I lost my sister a little over three years ago. It was the reason why I left Los Angeles and came here." Jessie said as she cried.
"I'm sorry I didn't know." Chris apologized for accusing her of not understanding.
"It's ok, you didn't know." Jessie said forcing a smile on her face.
Chris attempted to turn away from her, he didn't want her to see him like this, but a hand prevented him from hiding himself.
"Chris, remember what I told you when we first met, you don't have to hide from me, I'll always be there for you. Just like you were there for me in the alley." Jessie said pulling him into a tight embrace. Chris couldn't help but return the hug.
"I...I...I lost her! I lost her again." Chris cried on her shoulders as he let out all of his emotions.
"I'll help you through it." Jessie comforted him
"Make the pain go away Jessie! Please make it go away." Chris begged.
"Chris I can't." Jessie said softly. "It'll only make it worst." She whispered.
"It just hurts so much." Chris cried out
"I know Chris..." Jessie replied trying to calm him down
"I...I..." Chris stuttered.
"I promise it will get better." Jessie promised
"Chris, let's go home." Jessie asked as she pulled back from the hug far enough to look into his eyes. He nodded in reply as he orbed them out of the Underworld.
The sisters and Leo watched the bonding moment that Jessie and Chris had just shared. The girls couldn't help but get emotional as they watched the event before them. Piper sighed out in relief just as Jessie convinced Chris to return home.
"Let's go home." Piper said as Leo held out his hand for her to hold onto. Instead Piper ignored it and grabbed hold of Paige's hand, Phoebe had done the same with her other hand. In a flash of blue orbs, the sisters were gone leaving Leo alone in the Underworld.
Meanwhile, Chris had orbed them not to the manor but to Jessie's apartment instead. Jessie was expecting to orb into the attic or the living room, but she finally realized she was home.
"I hope this is alright, I just don't want to face the sisters yet." Chris stated as he sat down on end of her bed.
"Chris, it's fine. Take all the time you need." Jessie said as she sat beside him. She wrapped a comforting arm around him.
"Don't let go." Chris said as he leaned into her more. He rested his head on her shoulders while her arms held him tight.
Back at the manor the girls had arrived only to find the house empty.
"Chris? Jessie?" Piper called out as she walked up the stairs.
"Piper they're not in the kitchen." Paige said as she walked out into the hall in front of the stairs.
Together, the sisters all walked up into the attic only to find it empty, just like the rest of the house.
"Where could they have gone now?" Piper asked her sisters.
"Don't worry too much, Jessie's with him now." Phoebe said
Back at Jessie's apartment, the two were now lying on the bed with Jessie lying behind Chris, still holding on to him. Keeping him safe in her arms.
"I could have saved her." Chris said after their long silence.
"Chris, don't." Jessie said.
"I know I could have." He said
"She's not really gone, you still can be with her. If you save Wyatt, you two can have a future." Jessie explained. "I know you two were meant to be and you will meet again." Jessie said. "Go to sleep now, we'll talk more in the morning."
"Ok." Chris replied as he closed his eyes. It was then that he realized what a great friend Jessie has been to him.
Sleeping didn't go so well for Chris that night, the memories of Bianca's death kept invading his dreams. As the event played over and over again in his dream, he thrashed about on the bed. Jessie, who has been awake half the night, comforted him the best she could. She didn't want to use her powers to make his pain go away because it will just return later and it will be even worst than it is now.
It tore her apart to see him like this, he talked and moaned in his sleep as the nightmare escalated. Suddenly he woke up into a sitting positing, his breathing raged and his body shaking. He jumped when he felt a hand grabbing his shoulders as he quickly turned his head. He relaxed once he realized it was only Jessie.
"Lie back down and try to go to sleep Chris." Jessie persuaded. He did what he was told and laid his head back down on the pillow. He turned over so his back was to Jessie. He didn't want her to see the conditions his eyes were in.
"Why are you awake?" Chris asked not bothering to turn over to face her.
"I couldn't sleep. Been happening a lot lately." Jessie replied.
"Does it get better?" Chris asked.
"Eventually..." Jessie replied knowing that he was talking about her sister.
"What happened?" Chris continued.
"She saved my life. She was the normal one in the family but even without powers she was the hero." Jessie started wiping away the stray tear that was falling. "Three years ago, we were attacked by a demon. My parents were away and it was only me and my sister in the house. We tried to run but he cornered us. Then she shielded me from a fireball that was meant for me." Jessie said silently crying.
"What happened to the demon?"
"All the pain and anger I felt that day triggered my empath blast power."
"Oh. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring back bad memories." Chris said softly realizing he was causing her emotional pain, he turned over and sat up on the bed.
"It's ok. Don't worry about it." Jessie said as she dried her face.
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As the final orbs disappeared, the sisters found themselves in a dark cavern. They took in their surroundings as several tunnels were around them, making it more difficult for them to find Chris.
"Leo...see if you can sense him." Piper asked softly not bothering to look directly at him.
Leo looked hurt but he wanted to find Chris like everyone else. He closed his eyes and reached out his mind as he searched for Chris. Several moments passed as Leo quickly opened his eyes as his expression brightened.
"I found him, he's not too far away. C'mon." Leo said as he held out his hands. As the girls grabbed his hands he quickly orbed them to Chris's location. As their surroundings cleared, they saw whom they were searching for. About 100 yards in front of them, Chris stood over what seemed to be a pile of ashes, probably demons that he recently vanquished in anger.
Piper started towards Chris but Jessie held her back. Piper turned to look at her with a confused look on her face.
"Let me talk to him." Jessie said. Piper only nodded in agreement.
Jessie began walking towards her new friend. "Chris..." Jessie called softly but it appeared that Chris didn't hear her call. "Chris..." She called again as she got closer.
"Stay away..." Chris said. Jessie could hear the hurt in his voice.
"Chris, talk to me." Jessie said as she came to his side. "Chris..." Jessie said again as she reached and held onto his arm only to have him violently jerk it away.
"Don't..." Chris breathed out through clench teeth.
"Chris, I know it hurts..." she said.
"You don't know anything! You don't know how it feels." Chris yelled.
"Yes I do Chris!" Jessie said as she began to get very emotional, tears were threatening to fall. It hurt her seeing Chris like this, she just wanted to take all his pain away.
"Feeling through your powers isn't the same. You don't really know how it feels to lose someone." Chris said as tears slowly came down his cheeks.
"I did lose someone close to me Chris." Jessie said softly as the tears she tried so hard to hold back began to fall. Chris turned to her as he stared into her eyes with his red tear-full eyes.
"I did lose someone...." Jessie admitted looking down as the memories of her older sister came rushing back. "I lost my sister a little over three years ago. It was the reason why I left Los Angeles and came here." Jessie said as she cried.
"I'm sorry I didn't know." Chris apologized for accusing her of not understanding.
"It's ok, you didn't know." Jessie said forcing a smile on her face.
Chris attempted to turn away from her, he didn't want her to see him like this, but a hand prevented him from hiding himself.
"Chris, remember what I told you when we first met, you don't have to hide from me, I'll always be there for you. Just like you were there for me in the alley." Jessie said pulling him into a tight embrace. Chris couldn't help but return the hug.
"I...I...I lost her! I lost her again." Chris cried on her shoulders as he let out all of his emotions.
"I'll help you through it." Jessie comforted him
"Make the pain go away Jessie! Please make it go away." Chris begged.
"Chris I can't." Jessie said softly. "It'll only make it worst." She whispered.
"It just hurts so much." Chris cried out
"I know Chris..." Jessie replied trying to calm him down
"I...I..." Chris stuttered.
"I promise it will get better." Jessie promised
"Chris, let's go home." Jessie asked as she pulled back from the hug far enough to look into his eyes. He nodded in reply as he orbed them out of the Underworld.
The sisters and Leo watched the bonding moment that Jessie and Chris had just shared. The girls couldn't help but get emotional as they watched the event before them. Piper sighed out in relief just as Jessie convinced Chris to return home.
"Let's go home." Piper said as Leo held out his hand for her to hold onto. Instead Piper ignored it and grabbed hold of Paige's hand, Phoebe had done the same with her other hand. In a flash of blue orbs, the sisters were gone leaving Leo alone in the Underworld.
Meanwhile, Chris had orbed them not to the manor but to Jessie's apartment instead. Jessie was expecting to orb into the attic or the living room, but she finally realized she was home.
"I hope this is alright, I just don't want to face the sisters yet." Chris stated as he sat down on end of her bed.
"Chris, it's fine. Take all the time you need." Jessie said as she sat beside him. She wrapped a comforting arm around him.
"Don't let go." Chris said as he leaned into her more. He rested his head on her shoulders while her arms held him tight.
Back at the manor the girls had arrived only to find the house empty.
"Chris? Jessie?" Piper called out as she walked up the stairs.
"Piper they're not in the kitchen." Paige said as she walked out into the hall in front of the stairs.
Together, the sisters all walked up into the attic only to find it empty, just like the rest of the house.
"Where could they have gone now?" Piper asked her sisters.
"Don't worry too much, Jessie's with him now." Phoebe said
Back at Jessie's apartment, the two were now lying on the bed with Jessie lying behind Chris, still holding on to him. Keeping him safe in her arms.
"I could have saved her." Chris said after their long silence.
"Chris, don't." Jessie said.
"I know I could have." He said
"She's not really gone, you still can be with her. If you save Wyatt, you two can have a future." Jessie explained. "I know you two were meant to be and you will meet again." Jessie said. "Go to sleep now, we'll talk more in the morning."
"Ok." Chris replied as he closed his eyes. It was then that he realized what a great friend Jessie has been to him.
Sleeping didn't go so well for Chris that night, the memories of Bianca's death kept invading his dreams. As the event played over and over again in his dream, he thrashed about on the bed. Jessie, who has been awake half the night, comforted him the best she could. She didn't want to use her powers to make his pain go away because it will just return later and it will be even worst than it is now.
It tore her apart to see him like this, he talked and moaned in his sleep as the nightmare escalated. Suddenly he woke up into a sitting positing, his breathing raged and his body shaking. He jumped when he felt a hand grabbing his shoulders as he quickly turned his head. He relaxed once he realized it was only Jessie.
"Lie back down and try to go to sleep Chris." Jessie persuaded. He did what he was told and laid his head back down on the pillow. He turned over so his back was to Jessie. He didn't want her to see the conditions his eyes were in.
"Why are you awake?" Chris asked not bothering to turn over to face her.
"I couldn't sleep. Been happening a lot lately." Jessie replied.
"Does it get better?" Chris asked.
"Eventually..." Jessie replied knowing that he was talking about her sister.
"What happened?" Chris continued.
"She saved my life. She was the normal one in the family but even without powers she was the hero." Jessie started wiping away the stray tear that was falling. "Three years ago, we were attacked by a demon. My parents were away and it was only me and my sister in the house. We tried to run but he cornered us. Then she shielded me from a fireball that was meant for me." Jessie said silently crying.
"What happened to the demon?"
"All the pain and anger I felt that day triggered my empath blast power."
"Oh. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring back bad memories." Chris said softly realizing he was causing her emotional pain, he turned over and sat up on the bed.
"It's ok. Don't worry about it." Jessie said as she dried her face.
TBC, Please Review.