Oops! Sorry, guys!! I accidentally posted Chapter Thirteen next rather than Chapter Twelve!! Thanks so much to those of you who let me know. I'm going to go ahead and post both chapters. Thanks again for letting me know and thanks to all of you who have been reading this fic!

CHAPTER TWELVE

"Oh, no, you don't!" Prue cried and waved her arm, so the strange redhead went flying, hitting a wall.

But the redhead jumped up and sticking out her hand, she called out, "Lamp!" To Prue's shock, the lamp orbed out and orbed right in front of the redhead, who redirected the path of the lamp's path, intending to hit Prue. Just then Chris orbed back in, materializing directly in the path of the lamp and it hit him instead, knocking him to the ground.

"Oh, no!" cried Prue. "Leo!" she yelled, surprised when the redhead yelled for Leo, too.

"What?" cried Prue. "You know Leo?"

"Yeah, Leo," the redhead repeated, as confused and surprised as Prue.

Chris caught his breath and sat up, holding his sore head. He looked from one to the other. "Oh, I see you two have met."

"Who are you?" Both Prue and the redhead asked each other before also demanding "And how do you know Chris and Leo?"

Chris smiled. "Oh, so you haven't. Okay, Prue, this is Paige. Paige, Prue!"

Paige stared in shock. "Prue Halliwell?!?"

"Yeah," Chris nodded. "Apparently your boyfriend's wish made her come back to life, too."

"Wow!" she exclaimed, then smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, I attacked you."

Prue grinned. "Hey, I attacked you first. I thought you were a demon!"

Paige grinned back. "Don't worry about it. You're not truly one of us until you have gone demonic on your sisters at least twice!"

"Sister?" Prue asked, confused..

Chris nodded and explained. "She's your half-sister, actually. Long story."

Suddenly he gasped and laid down, his hand rubbing his sore head. Again both sisters yelled for Leo, and this time he orbed in and healed Chris, who actually thanked him sincerely, a first for him, since he had thanked him before, but never sounded like he meant it, although there was still a slight bit of resentment to it, and I wondered if it was because Leo and Wyatt could heal, while Chris couldn't.

To show there were no hard feelings, and because she wanted to learn more about her oldest half-sister, Paige offered to take Prue out for lunch. Chris agreed, saying he'd watch Wyatt. Leo looked at him suspiciously, not sure if he should trust Wyatt with Chris, but he knew he had to get back Up There and orbed out.

Paige and Prue's lunch started off with a salad and some rolls. While they were eating and yakking, a tall muscular man wearing a black leather jacket, torn jeans and boots walked in, waving a gun. He had jet-black hair and ice-blue eyes. "Nobody moves and nobody gets hurt," he warned

Prue stood up, meaning to TK the man, but he fired at her, and she fell. Paige ducked under the table, pulling Prue under, too. She stuck out her hand and softly called, "Gun," and the gun orbed into her hand.

Without the gun, the restaurant security quickly overtook the man.

Paige grabbed Prue and quickly orbed back to the Manor. There, Chris was playing with Wyatt. He quickly ran to Prue, looking at his own hands in frustration, as both he and Paige began yelling for Leo. But the Elders must've been serious about him not being allowed back, because there was no sign of Leo. Just when they began to think they would lose Prue again, both panicking over how they would ever be able to explain to Piper and me, Leo finally appeared and healed Prue.

Prue smiled. "Thanks, Leo." Then she added, "That is going to keep on happening, isn't it?"

Leo didn't answer her. He just nodded.

"No!!!" Chris protested. "There must be something we can do about this."

Leo sadly shook his head. "Afraid not. I'm sorry, Prue, but it's only a matter of time," and Prue nodded, accepting her fate, determined to enjoy this second chance at life as much as she could for as long as she could."

Not Chris. He sighed in frustration. Suddenly he brightened. "I have to check on something." and he orbed out.

Leo looked at Paige and Prue. "I'm sorry. I have to go. I'll try to help if I can, but I can't make promises."

Prue nodded, accepting. "Thanks, Leo--it was great to see you again."

He nodded, hugging her. "Take care, Prue," and he orbed out.

No sooner did he than Piper marched in, steaming mad. "Where is that son of a bitch?" and I laughed when I later heard about this and wondered if Paige had a hard time holding back her giggles--if Piper only knew who she was calling a bitch!

"What?" Prue asked, confused.

"I called Greg today! It seems Chris let Greg in while Leo and I were sleeping together."

Paige stared in shock, but Prue was still confused. "Wait, slow down. Who the heck is Greg?"

"My boyfriend, my now ex-boyfriend, thanks to Christopher Perry!" Piper ranted.

Prue shrugged. "You belong with Leo anyway," and Paige nodded.

Piper sighed with frustration. "Not you, too. You're as bad as Christopher. Haven't you heard? Leo's an Elder now!"

Again Prue shrugged. "Yeah, so what!"

"Chris!" Piper screamed, ignoring Prue.

But there was no ignoring Prudence Halliwell. "Wait a minute. If this Greg was really your boyfriend, what were you doing sleeping with Leo?"

Piper growled in frustration. "We were just sleeping, nothing more, results of a potion," she explained. "And it conveniently looked like we were cuddling when Greg walked in! I can just about imagine the reason for that! CHRISTOPHER! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE RIGHT THIS MOMENT, BUSTER!"

He immediately orbed in. "What is it?" he asked, worried. "Did someone attack Prue again?"

That startled Piper, but she refused to be distracted. "What was that stunt you pulled with Greg?" she demanded.

"What are you talking about?" he demanded right back.

"Are you trying to ruin my love life?" she accused.

"No, of course not. Uh, why would I do that?" Chris asked, not looking directly at Piper.

"Good question," Piper grumbled.

"Forget this guy," Prue told her. "You remember the problems you had with Dan. You're a lot better with Leo." Chris smiled at Prue, and she smiled back.

"Leo is a freakin' Elder now!" Piper screamed. "Thanks to him!" and she pointed at Chris.

"Yeah, so what?" Prue asked with a shrug. "Does that mean you love Leo any less?"

"Of course, I still love him!" Piper continued to scream, and Chris looked away to conceal a smile. "But I don't want a freakin' husband who is never around! As an Elder, he has to stay Up There! It's as bad as being divorced or being widowed, except worse because every time he comes around, I know he has to go right back! He can't be a true husband to me and he can't be a true father to Wyatt, and it's all Christopher's fault!"