I'm back! I'm not dead!
DISCLAIMER: (Finally writing one after how many chapters?) I do not own Charmed, any recognisable characters or anything associated. (Sadly )
Paige and Phoebe were talking quietly in Phoebe's kitchen looking through the doorway at their silent friend who had said nothing, only nodding at an offer of coffee that was still sitting on the coffee table, ice cold by now. Jenna was staring blankly at a point of the wall, looking but not seeing as her mind went over what had happened at the Manor.
With those words, three things simultaneously happened. One, a world crashed down. Two, a heart broke and three, someone's life suddenly meant nothing. And this all happened to Jenna Nicols in less than ten seconds.
She stood there silent, willing tears to come but they wouldn't show as she stared at Chris.
"This is a family friend." Piper said. "Jenna, Jenna Nicols."
Chris let out a long breath knowing he hadn't blown the secret, not yet noticing the pain filled look in Jenna's eyes.
"Jen?" Paige brought Jenna's attention to her. "Do you want me to drop you and Phoebe at hers?"
Jenna nodded and took Paige's hand and they disappeared in cascading lights.
"Pheebs, how long has she been like this now?" Paige asked glancing at the girl in question.
"Since we got back, so nearly an hour." Phoebe sighed.
"Do you think she knows?" Paige wondered.
"No way. She is going to be devastated." Phoebe sighed, running a hand down her face before it settled in her hair.
"Well, we need to snap her out of this daze." Paige told her.
Jenna ran her mind over everything that happened in the last 48 hours for her. Her eyes widened and she realised what she had to do. She shot up. "I can't believe I have to see these idiots again." Jenna paced the length of Phoebe's living room after cursing them with every name under the sun.
Phoebe and Paige turned to see Jenna pacing the lounge. "I don't think we have to."
"Honey, who are the idiots?" Phoebe asked as they walked in.
"The damn Tribunal." Jenna spat. "Messing with my life. Ugh!"
Paige and Phoebe exchanged a look. "The Tribunal?" They chorused.
"Yeah the damn Tribunal!" Jenna let out a deep breath and stopped pacing. "They were the ones that told me about my 'destiny' so I bet you they sent me here."
"Jen, are you okay?" Paige asked carefully.
"Am I okay?! My fiancée doesn't remember me, I'm in a different time, I'm technically meant to be dead and I have found out four old floating heads are ruling my life and apparently my afterlife too so no Paige I am not okay!" Jenna yelled then ran a hand down her face. She saw the chocked looks on their faces. "I'm sorry, it's just hard."
"It's okay, I would hate to go through what you are." Phoebe told her with a small smile.
"Thanks. Paige, could you orb me to the Tribunal?" Jenna asked.
"Sure." she laced hands with Phoebe then held out her other to Jenna who took it and they descended in cascading lights.
Jenna looked around the dark room, lit only by the luminous floor.
"I've been coming here too much." Jenna sighed.
"How we going to get them here?"
"I didn't think that through." Jenna replied.
"I have an idea." Paige said. The attention was drawn to her. "Well as I was a teacher on and off for magic school and a sub when needed, I learnt some things. If you've seen the Tribunal, all you need to do is picture them in your mind and they should appaer."
Jenna nodded then closed her eyes and the image of the four men went from inside her head to in the room instantly.
"Jen." Phoebe called. She was uncomfortable under the gaze of the four men who took her powers all those years ago. Jenna looked up.
"What are you doing here?" Good 1 asked shocked.
"Excuse me?" Jenna asked confused.
"You shouldn't be here." Good 2 told her.
"What do you mean?" Paige asked.
"You weren't supposed to remember anything." Evil 1 smirked.
"What- will someone, preferably the big floating heads that I'm not even going to try to sweet talk this time, tell us what is going on?!" Phoebe asked.
"Back in the past Jenna took on her destiny and the Angel of Destiny came to us and asked to work together to give Jenna a second chance at a life which was taken from her, a reward so to say." Good 1 explained.
"But there was a catch." Evil 2 continued. "She would have no memory of her previous life, to give her another chance as we knew where Destiny wanted to take Christopher Halliwell, a different path of Jenna's."
"So wait." Jenna put a hand to her forhead and rubbed it. "Is that why it was blurry when I first came here?" The four exchanged glances and nodded. "Do you think it fun to ruin someone's life? Do you think my life is something you could play with?"
"I agree." Paige said. "How is it fair that she is sent to the future with no memory and no one to help her when Chris has everyone and Bianca."
Jenna's eyes widened and she felt like she had been punched in the gut. "Bianca?" she choked out.
Paige turned to Jenna with apology in her eyes and pity.
"Answer me Paige. Is he with Bianca?" Jenna asked. Paige said nothing and looked away so she turned to Phoebe. "Phoebe, I deserve to know."
"Yes. Yes he is."
"You have got to be kidding me." Jenna scoffed. "I need to get out of here."
She looked either side of the room like a door would appear. "Help me out!" she creamed to the four men. Two looked on like they were watching a movie and the other two looked on with pity.
"Fine!
Look inside and you shall see
Where I want to be
Take me there."
She improvised before disappearing in white lights. Paige and Phoebe looked at each other both worried about their friend.
Jenna looked down at the cars, her legs swinging off the edge of the red metal.
"I wish we could talk Chris." Jenna muttered and gasped as she fell backwards her body meeting the cold metal as she slipped into unconsciousness.
Jenna opened her eyes and got to her feet. She looked down at the lack of noise coming from the cars and was surprised to find there were no cars speeding down the lanes.
"Where am I?" Jenna wondered aloud.
"In your head." a voice answered.
Jenna turned and took in the person stood in front of her. Hands in jeans, sweatshirt wrinkled, and recognition in his eyes.
"Chris?" Jenna breathed.
"Jen." he smiled at her.
She ran into his arms, throwing her arms around his neck and her legs wrapped around his waist, burying her face in his neck. Both arms were around her waist holding her up. Jenna brought her lips to his, locking in a deep kiss, ending with both breathing heavily and Jenna backed up against the bridge.
"Chris, my Chris." Jenna cupped his face and kissed him softly.
"Jen, I'm sorry for everything that is happening, what I can't protect you from." Chris said leaning his head against her forehead.
"It isn't your fault." Jenna reminded him then sighed. "You said that I was in my head so do I have to wake up."
Chris pulled his head back to look into her eyes. "Jen, I can't stay here for much longer. I've been trying to cross the reality for a while and it was only your wish that was able to bring me across. But wishes can't last long."
"I don't want to go back. Back to where you don't remember me. Back to where you are with… Bianca."
Chris ran a hand across her face, thumb caressing her cheek. She leaned into his touch.
"Baby, it will work itself out." Chris promised. "I promise you, you will be happy and if not with me," he swallowed and paused like he didn't want to say it, "then with someone else."
"I don't want anyone else." Jenna whispered. "I want you. I want to be Mrs Christopher Halliwell."
Chris's hand laced with hers and brought it up, playing with her engagment ring. "Guess, I had bad timing with the whole proposing thing, huh?"
"Yeah." Jenna kissed him. "But, it feels good to be asked."
They stood there, just breathing in each other and committing everything to memory.
"Jen, I have to go." Chris said reluctantly, drawing it out as though if he didn't say it, it wouldn't be true.
"I don't want you to go." Jenna said, tears making a way down her cheeks.
"I don't want me to go. But I have to." Chris wiped her tears with his thumb. "Another stolen moment. We're good at those aren't we?"
Jenna choked out a laugh. "Yeah. We are. Chris, I love you."
"I love you too. Mrs Jenna Halliwell." Chris whispered before kissing her as they faded out of existence.
Jenna blinked through her tears before sobs racked through her body as she crawled to the side of the bridge, needing something to support her through this. Needing something to cling to as her world crashed and she tried to dodge the pieces.
Jenna looked out the window at the horizon. The setting sun was turning the sky a bright orange-red. She smiled slightly then sighed.
"Hey." Phoebe's voice drew her attention to the door where Phoebe and Paige stood, both still worried that she was in the same condition as she was when they had found her a few hours before. "You okay?"
"I'm dealing." she drew out. "It's gonna take time."
The sisters exchanged an uneasy glance, having a conversation without speaking.
"You wanna share with the class?" Jenna asked.
"We need to talk." Paige said.
"I think you might want to sit down." Phoebe suggested.
"Why?" Jenna frowned.
"Just… trust us." Jenna moved to the bed and sat, Phoebe and Paige following, sitting opposite.
"So spill."
"Jen, me and Paige noticed some… changes… in you before you went."
"And, we were wondering if you were…erm…"
"Pregnant." Phoebe blurted.
"No there's no way. We were always careful. I can't be…" Suddenly everything fell into place. "I can't be, not now. I can't be pregnant…"
Ok so I've done three things in this chapter. I've given a reviewer their stolen moment and finally got rid of the damn writers block that has plagued me honestly. And I finally got round to the PREGNANCY issue! Everyone has wondered at one point about it and it is coming up in the next chapter.
Also I learnt with the 'Story Traffic' option that most of my readers come from the USA and in second the UK. So with that I have some more questions for you.
1.Where do you live?
2. Do you like it?
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