A.N.: hey here is chapter 2. if anyone wants to know what the song is just ask me, and i'll tell you. I know i messed with the timeline for charmed a little bit, but only effects time after the final battle in the final episode. thanks to all that reviewed. now on with the show:

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Chapter 2:

Late Spring 2010:

Winnie's p. o. v.:

As I orbbed into the kitchen of Halliwell manor I was greeted with warm smiles and welcoming coments from the group of people, who over the passed decade of my new life have become my surrogate family.

"Morning everyone." I said

"Coffee is ready if you want it. Help yourslef." remarked Phoebe.

"Thanks." I replied as I grabbed a mug out of the cabinet behind me. Then proceeded to fill it.

"Morning Winnie. How my protégée this morning?" asked Leo as he walked into the room carrying baby chris.

"Morning Leo, I'm fine. And how's my mentor this morning?" I asked as I smiled at him.

"Doing good." he answered, as he sat his younger son in his high chair. Then went over to kiss his wife good morning before sitting at the table himslef.

"So that makes Billie the last to arrive?" asked Piper from her place at the stovetop.

"How is it she is late almost every sunday and she lives here?" asked paige.

I tried to hide my blush as I squeezed in between Wyatt and Coop at the table. Ever since winning the final battle about 2 years ago Piper had insisted on entire family breakfasts every sunday morning. And since Billie and I were considered family our presence was mandatory.

"Did she even come home last night?" asked Piper.

"Not sure, I know I saw her leave for her date with kevin last night. But I don't remeber seeing her come back." answered Leo.

I leaned over my mug, finding it very interesting at the moment, as could feel my face getting redder.

"Your going to need a snorkel if you lean much farther over that cup Winnie." commented Henry from across the table.

With that remark all sets of eyes were on me.

"What happened?" asked Phoebe.

I took a deep breath and sighed. "It's not my fault she is dating one of my charges." I comented. I could already hear Paige and Leo starting to chuckle. They had a good idea where I was going with this.

"And?" Asked Piper.

"Well as I was checking in on kevin, just trying too be a good whitelighter is all, and accidently caught him on he verge of a very private moment with her." I answered while starting to full out blush. And with that the whole table burst out into laughter.

"Don't worry about it too much. There isn't a whitelighter out there who hasn't accidently stumbled across a few things they wished they hadn't seen." comented Leo in an attempt to be comforting, that is as soon as his laughter had subsided enough to speak.

"He is right. watching over people like we do means occasionally seeing things we wish we hadn't." replied Paige.

"thanks" I said as I started to relax and sit up a bit straighter in my seat and finally able to make eye contact with everyone else.

The laughter quickly subsided and soon the sounds of different conversations filled the room as plates of food filled the table. Five minutes after the food filled the table that is when Billie walked in. Followed shortly thereafter by Kevin. and both were scolded by Piper for being late yet again. Which they both apologized for. And at least looked slightly embarrassed.

At an even Five feet in height, and broad as a wall, and toned and muscled to the point that he looked like a brick. Which atributed to the nickname brick wall. his rich olive complextion and short redish brown hair did little to dissuade the name either. He seemed to be a natural contrast to Billie in every way. But oddly enough they seemed perfectly suited for each other. And almost inseparable since they met 6 months ago. His green eyes truly lit up whenever she entered the room. So it wouldn't surprise me that at the rate the two of them were going that they just might be engagged within the next two years. So his appearances at the sunday morning family breakfast were becoming more of a frequent occurrence.

As always the food was fantastic! But with Piper as the cook nothing less was to be expected. I was having such a good time I didn't even realize when the radio was turned on. the upbeat melodies had given the room a more festive feel to it. I look around at all the people from this new life I considered family in one place and happy and it makes me happy. I couldn't help but smile at this. then I noticed the slower tune that had started to play in the background. As I started to listen to the words of the song my heart starts to ache. The song discribed how I felt so prefectly, it was almost as if I could have written it!

I hadn't noticed realized how wrapped up in the song I had gotten, and the exstent of the emotional reaction it had evoked from me till I heard little Wyatt ask, " Mommy, why is auntie Winnie crying?"

I hadn't even realized that I had tears streaming down my face. And for a second time this morning I had every pair of eyes in the room on me. I got up and waked over to the radio that sat on the counter across the room and turned it off. Then I came back to my seat and turned to Wyatt and said "That song was so sad it made me cry, but I'm ok baby." and I smiled at him.

That seemed to work for him, but not so much for the adults in the room.

"Wyatt if your done eatting why don't you take your brother and go play in the next room." Piper said as she finished feeding Chris.

"Yes, Mama." replied Wyatt, as he got up from his seat and took his little brother's hand, after Piper got him out of the high chair. And then the two boys walked very slowly off into the living room.

As soon as the boys were out of hearing range Phoebe asked, " You really miss him don't you?"

Nobody had to ask who Phoebe was talking about they all knew. All I could do was nod.

"Is it that obivious?" I asked.

"You don't exactly have to be an empath to tell what your feeling." answered Phoebe. "And no, I haven't gotten that power back before you ask." Phoebe quickly added, before anyone said anything.

"I've looked for him for so long, and even with your help I've yet to find him." I stated in a way that sounded a little bit more like a lament.

"Is it possible that this is part of some kind of test?" asked Piper.

"I don't know for sure, but anything is poossible when it comes to them?" answered Leo as he pointed straight up. Evereyone knew exactly who Leo was refering to.

"What if because of what him and his family are they are sort of cloaked from magic on both sides?" asked Billie.

"Not a bad idea baby. Could be possible when they were freed from mortality they were also freed from magical detection." said Kevin as he squeezed Billie's hand and smiled.

"Possible, but I don't think it is a complete blind spot cause the elders knew all about them without me having to tell them." I answered.

"Could be that in becoming imortals they became classified as neutral supernaturals, and drew the elders attention." Commented Leo.

"I've got an idea." said Paige, "That is if your up to it." Pagie asked Coop. he nodded his head indicating he was willing to listen.

"What if instead of trying to find him thru magic we try to find him through love." Paige replied.

Everyone thought on her words for a moment.

"Is that even possible? Do you powers even work that way?" Phebe asked her husband.

"I'm not sure, I've haven't tried that before. But in theory it should be possible for a cupid to do." Coop answered.

My heart suddenly raced at the prospects of this working, of finally being with Jessie again. The sudden hope I had been flooded with must have been quite evident in my eyes, Cause I heard Piper ask, "Would you be willing to give it a try right now?"

I turned to my right and looked at Coop.

"Sure why not." he said.

He turned to face me and said, " Ok, give me your hands." I did so and then he said, "Ok, Now close your eyes and clear your mind. And now focus on what you feel for him. Let it fill your mind and heart completely." I did as instructed. After a moment Coop's ring started to glow brightlly.

"Wow, that's strong." comented Coop. "Now I'm going to see if I can sense the conected heart." he stated. After about ten mintues went by in silence before I heard him speak again. "I got it! He is in this city, but I can't pinpoint where. There is something disorting he signal." he said. A moment later I heard him exclaim, "Oh, that would do it."

"What?" I asked as I lost my focus. Coop let go of my hands . Then I opened my eyes and looked at him.

"He looked at me with sympathy in his eyes, and then answered, "Grief, profound grief. He must know that you are dead."

The answer surprised me a bit.

"So he did come back for me." The words stumbled out of my mouth almost of their own accord. And mostly at the same exact time they popped into my mind. The fact that he was in pain made my heart ache even more.

My face must have fallen a bit from what I was feeling cause I heard Phoebe say, "He is in the city, he is close that is good news."

Paige reached across the table and took my hand and gave it a squeeze in a comforting gesture.

"If you give me a discription maybe I can keep an eye out for him. Maybe ask a few of my guys if they seen or come across anyone matching his discription." offered Henry.

My eyes brightened at this. I quickly discribed Jessie to him. Ten minutes later I had to orb out to answer a calling charge, but I did so with a hopeful heart.

About a week later:

Billie's p.o.v.:

It was saturday night and I was out with kevin. As we walked out of the movie theater Kevin was going on about the film we just saw, but I just couldn't focus on his words. My mind kept drifting towards his whitelighter and my friend Winnie. Since learning her long lost love was somwhere in the city about a week ago, between her whitelighter duties and trying to follow up on all possible leads and/or sightings she had gotten from Paige's husband Henry, She been running herslef ragged. On more than one occasion I've come home to find her passed out in my room. Actually Since I share the room with her it was technically our room. Then again I couldn't imagine being seperated from the one I love and not being able to find him. No wonder that country song made her cry that morning.

"Baby, you haven't heard a word I said have you?" Kevin sudenly asks me as he stops and takes my hand. Concern written all over his face.

"No, I'm sorry I haven't." I answer him, as we stand there on the sidewalk out of the flow of foot traffic.

"I've been thinking about Winnie." I answered.

"Still no luck finding that guy then?" he asks.

"No, not yet. I"m starting to worry about her. With each day that passes she just seems a little more down then the one before." I respond.

"I know what you mean, poor girl just seems that much more broken hearted each time she comes up empty handed. But then I can understand what she is going through. If I was I here place and couldn't find you, I would be all broken up about it." he comented. As he reached up with his free hand and caressed the right side of my face.

I smiled as I leaned into his touch. I suddenly saw him tense up and that loving expression dissapear from his face almost instantly from his face, and was replaced with one of utter disbelief. could tell he was now looking passed me to what was over my shoulder.

"I can't believe it! is that a scratchtile demon?" he asked as I turned around real quick to see a humanoid looking creature with scalely skin the color of an oil slick. and Sickly looking green eyes like ransid pea soup. And standding there at about six feet tall.

"Yeah, it is." I answer.

Then we see It flick it's forked tounge out a few times just like a comon reptile. As if he was trying to taste or smell the air for something. Then I saw it turn in our direction real quick.

"And i think it is coming this way." I stated. As it started to head towards us.

"We need to get someplace less exposed before we can fight this thing. Too many witnesses here." responded Kevin as we turned to run back in the direction we had just come from.

we spotted what looked like an allley or empty side street up ahead and headed for it. Kevin was still holding my hand as we ran, and was currently in the lead. Which ment he was slightly pulling me along. The heel broke on my left shoe, causing me to stumble a bit. And I crashed right into some guy passing by and almost knocked him over. Without really looking at the guy I muttered a quick apology to him as I kept going. I could still hear him yelling after me as he was quckly left behind. Kevin and I made the alley, it turned out, without further incedent.

Unfortunately this alley did not go all the way through to the other street, but dead ended several feet in. And it was there we stood trapped and had no other choice but to stand our ground and fight. There was boxes and busted wooden crates, along with other trash strewn about the area we were in. I scanned the area for some kind of weapon.

After a few moments of nothing happening I heard Kevin ask, "You think we might have lost it?"

Just then it blinked into the alley a mere few yards in front of us.

"I'll take that as a no." I answered.

Then quickly ducked as an energy ball went flying quickly passed where my head had just been. I suddenly saw a few piles of trash on either side burst into flames. I looked at Kevin and knew he was pissed! I used the distraction of the sudden flames to use my powers to fling some of the shattered crates at him. The broken pieces of wood becoming like daggers they were moving through the air at such a quick pace. I managed to strike the demon, but caused only minor damage. So now he was bleeding and enraged. It charged at me preparing to swipe at me with those toxin coated, knife like talons. Before I could even move, or even think of moving, I'm shoved harshly out of the way. Then a scream and then a howl was heard. I looked up to see Kevin's left arm right below his shoulder bleeding from where the talons had torn into his flesh. And the demon's entire right arm was engulfed in flames. Using this idea, I project the image of all the other small fires in the alley merging foward to consume the demon. And shortly there after it was vanquished.

I turn to Kevin in time to see him drop to his knees from the pain in his arm and the start of the toxin's effects. I rush to his side as I hear him shout out "WINNIE!" And then take of my jacket and wrap it around his arm trying to apply pressuure to stop or at least slow down the bleeding. Not a moment later do I see the blue-white light of an incoming orb appear and quickly take the form of Kevin's whitelighter.

Winnie's p.o.v.:

I orb into what appears to be a trash strewn alley. And the first thing I see is Kevin on the ground in pain. With billie holding her jacket around his arm, so he must be bleeding from some wound. "What happened?" I ask as I quickly kneel down next to billie.

"Scratchtile demon." Kevin hissed through his teeth.

"He blinked into the parking lot while we were on the way to the car. We lured it in here to cut down on the possiblity of an innocent getting caught in the crosssfire or exposure." Billie said continuing her boyfriend's answer.

As she had been talking I unwrapped Kevin's arm to see the wound. The three distinctive claw marks on Kevin's arm bleed freely. I held my hands over the gashes to heal them. My hands glowed with golden light as I channeled my healing power, but something was wrong. Something was prohibiting my powers from effecting the wound.

"Something is blocking my powers I can't heal him!" I said.

"What?" asked Billie. "How is that even possible?" She continued on to ask.

"It must be the posion of the scratchtile, it's is blocking me. I'm slowing down the bleeding a bit, but I can't stop it." I answer.

And then that is when I heard it. The sound of quickly aproaching footsteps. Then a voice spoke, one I would reconize anywhere. "Wnnie, is that really you? Is it possible?"

There at the mouth of the alley stood Jessie Tuck.

My heart felt like it stopped all together for a moment, then went into overdrive. I felt this sudden surge in the power currently flowing thru my hands. He looked confused yet hopeful. A groan from Kevin suddenely snapped my focus back into place and to the task at hand. The bleeding had slowed down considerably but still did not stop.

"Billie I need you to take care of my guy while I take care of yours. I need to take Kevin to Leo. He should be able to help, he was a medic after all."

Billie looked at me then back at Jessie then back to me. "That's him? he's cute." she remarked.

"Yeah it is! Don't lose him, bring him to the manor as soon as you possibly can." I told her.

Then I looked up and called out to him, "Yes It's me Jessie. I'll explain everything as soon as I can."

And with that being said, the glow faded then died out, as I removed my hands from over the wound in Kevin's arm. Then rewrapped Billie's jacket around Kevin's arm and orbbed to the manor with him. Leaving Billie alone in the alley with Jessie.

I arrived in the living room of Halliwell manor. As everyone was gathered watching a movie.

"Winnie what happened?" Asked Piper.

"Him and Billie were cornered by a scratchtile demon. Kevin got scratched and I can't get it to heal." I aswered. "I thought Leo could help me bind the wound, while I brew the antidote to the toxin." I continued on to say.

Everyone quickly jumped into action. Leo came over to inspect the wound, while Piper went to get the first aid supplies, While Phoebe went upstairs to go get the book of shadows to get the directions and recipe for the antidote.

"Pagie!" I called as she headed after Phoebe. "I need you to go to Billie. bring her and who she is with back here. It's very important." I pleaded to her, though she looked confused by my request.

"Ok, Winnie." She said after a moment when she saw the dessperation on my face and in my eyes. A few minutes later, after locating her charge, she orbbed out of the room.

I turn to Leo who is now working on Kevin's arm and said, "I'm sorry I ruined everyone's evening. I didn't know what else to do. Then I remembered you telling me that you were a medic in your last life before getting your wings. I figured you be able to help."

"It's ok Winnie. You made the right choice. A charge's well being takes precedence over everything else. " Commented Leo.

"Your a part of this family Winnie, it's ok for you to come to us with your problems." replied Piper.

Just then the blue-white lights of an incoming orb, heralded Paige's return. And with her was Billie and Jessie.

"Who's that?" asked Phoebe. as she came down the stairs with the book in her hands.

"This is Jessie Tuck." I answered.

Both Phoebe and Piper looked totally shocked.