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CHRIS 8

Phoebe began calling for dad as I gently held Jade's arm as I examined the bruising. It was getting swollen and judging by the expression on her face I knew it had to hurt. I gingerly overturned her arm and it looked the same, black and blue with bruising. She hadn't even been here two days and I couldn't even protect her from a simple demon attack – I felt like a complete failure. I couldn't let anything happen to her or the baby; I had to be on my A game.

Jade looked at me through the curtains of her hair, her eyes shining with curiosity.

"Chris, babe, you okay? The demon did quite a number on you" she said gripping my hand with her good arm. I blinked a couple of times to clear my head. She was the one that was injured and she was asking me if I was okay?

"Yeah I'm fine" I replied which only received raised eyebrows In return. "Honestly I'm good but I'm more worried about you" I said and watched as she smiled lightly.

"Chris I'm fine, it takes a lot more to break me that a sprained wrist" she said but for some reason that got me worked up, running all the possible outcomes of the fight.

"But what if you weren't huh? What if those demons got the upper end of the fight, you could've been seriously injured" I exclaimed as tears of frustration and worry build up in my eyes.

"But they didn't – that's the main thing" she stated holding my hand even tighter. I ran my hand through my hair as my heart raced a hundred miles an hour in my chest.

"Chris, everything's fine. Your fine, Phoebe's fine, we're fine" she said laying her hand across her stomach "there's no need to worry" she said trying to calm me down. The familiar jingling sounded and there appeared dad in the middle of the hallway.

"Is everything okay guys?" he asked, frowning at us or no doubt the positions we were in. Phoebe was leaning against the wall hunched over on one side and jade was holding my arm while my hands were clasped protectively around her hurt wrist.

"Demon attack" Phoebe stated standing up straight but wincing slightly as she did. Dad moved forwards and began healing Phoebe as Jade gripped my face, urging me to look at her.

"Chris, please calm down. Everything's okay I promise" she stated and I finally allowed myself to calm down and take a breath. She was right, we were all alright and I would make sure it would stay that way. I nodded and she smiled letting go of my face just as dad walked up to us.

His hands lit up with that warm golden glow and I wordlessly handed him Jade's wrist and before long we were all healed, spared of our injuries.

Dad got called away again and apologised for having to leave. We nodded and he left looking reluctant.

"Well, do you think we should call Piper and Paige, let them know what happened?" Phoebe asked picking up her laptop and putting it securely in her bag.

"Yeah, give them a call but tell them they're all vanquished. We better keep them in the loop" I requested and Phoebe nodded giving both Jade and I hugs before she wandered out the door shouting a quick "Stay safe" and then she was gone.

Before Jade could say anything I had wrapped my arms around her waist from behind and buried my face in her hair, breathing in the strawberry scent.

"Thank you" I whispered in her ear as she held my arms.

"For what?" she asked breathlessly and I smirked.

"From saving me from getting a serious ass kicking" I replied and turned her around in my arms.

"That's what I'm here for" she said, running her hands through my hair. I leaned into her touch and sighed in contentment.

"God, I've missed you so much" I said. "I missed you too" she replied and I moved in and kissed her. My hands tangled in her hair and her arms wrapped around me. We stayed like that for a while – glad to be in each other's company but the sound of jingling made us break apart.

My mum and Paige had just orbed in looking worried.

"Guys, are you okay, we heard there was a…" but mum trailed off as she saw us. Jade stepped behind me, blood rushing to her cheeks and I bit my lip at the situation. Paige was full blown smiling and my mum had her eyebrows raised but a smile was soon forming on her lips.

"Sorry" my mum said letting go of Paige's hand and looking around awkwardly. Jade had her eyes closed in embarrassment now and I felt my cheeks heat up at the situation we were in.

"Well, I've gotta get a drink, cause you know, people need to drink and I'm very, very thirsty… be back in a minute – or ten" Jade stuttered out and practically ran out the hall and into the kitchen. I could see her cringe, I mean it wasn't just like it was a normal kiss but it was a full blown one because we were wrapped up in the moment.

I turned around slowly to face my family, wringing my hands together.

"Well, as you can see we're fine. Dad healed us" I said hoping to avoid the subject altogether but by the looks of amusement on their faces I wouldn't be so lucky.

"Uh huh" Paige muttered as she nudged mum and they both shared a smile.

"So, we're just going to look in the book of shadows, see if they're in there" I said hoping they would just leave it at that. No such luck.

"Need a hand?" mum asked trying to contain her laughter.

"Uh… not really" I said slowly "I mean unless you want to" I squeaked out. I could just die from embarrassment now as they looked amused at the whole situation.

"I think you two got it covered. Just shout if you need anything" Mum said and then she and Paige orbed out laughing the whole way.

I turned around and saw Jade peaking round the corner beet root red. I walked over to her and pulled her out into the hallway.

"Are they gone?" she asked craning her neck around.

"Yeah" I replied and laughed as she put her head in her hands and muttered "so embarrassing" before I pulled her back into my arms.

"At least that's all we were doing" I laughed but winced when she hit me and muttered "shut up" but was laughing gently as well.

"Come on, we've got to look in the Book of Shadows" I said and pulled her behind me up the stairs and into the attic.

After about half an hour of constant searching through the book we found the demons that had ambushed us and Phoebe. I called Jade over and read aloud from the book.

(Real, from the book of shadows)

"Noxon demons.

Viciously tempered, these low level minions are often used as back-ups or assassins for more powerful demons. Use the following potions vanquish: Mix the following herbs Hemlock, Wolvesbane, sumae petals and imp powder."

"So you think they were hired to go after the charmed ones?" Jade asked looking at me with worry on her face. Before I could answer four Noxon demons shimmered in and threw fireballs at us. Jade and I ducked to avoid them.

I telekinetically threw them back and Jade used her power of deflection (which I always found cool) to deflect the knives thrown at us which flew back and hit two of the demons, causing them to explode. The other two looked to be on their guard after that.

"You're not the charmed ones" one of them stated looking ready to shimmer out.

"Oh, well done" I said sarcastically and orbed their weapons from their belt into their stomachs and they disappeared in a flurry of flames.

I looked over at Jade and she let down her deflection shield looking at her hands.

"What is it?" I asked going over to stand next to her. She peered up at me and frowned.

"I don't know. My power of elektrokenisis didn't work" she replied. Jade had two active powers. One was she was able to deflect attacks, a power only given to witches in every generation and the other was slight elektrokenisis. It was not as powerful as the elders but it could do some damage or used to distract the demons. My family thought her powers were really cool when we told them.

"Huh, well dad always says that your powers are tied to your emotions, I mean you have been acting a little off today" I said rubbing her arms. She nodded and smiled, looking relieved.

"Yeah – that'll be it" and we both shared a smile.

"Chris. Jade. Are you here?" Mum called from downstairs. Jade and I broke eye contact and looked towards the door.

"Yeah, in the attic" I replied and about fifteen seconds later my mum waddled in and smiled at the two of us.

"So, I'm back from the club. Did you guys find the demons?" she asked as she lowered herself onto the couch looking relieved to get off her feet. Jade blushed slightly and looked down at the book.

"Yeah, their called Noxon demons and they just paid us a little visit before you came" Jade said, closing the book and sitting down next to my mum. Mum immediately got worried.

"You mean more came? Here? Are you guys okay?" she rattled off questions one after the other.

"Yeah we're fine, but they're looking for you or more so the charmed ones. I'm just going to go and get Phoebe and Paige. It's obviously not safe out there with demons hunting them down." I said and both Jade and mum nodded.

"Will you guys be okay by yourself?" I asked and received two glares in return. I gulped. Rule number one – don't piss off two hormonal pregnant women. I chuckled nervously and scratched the back of my head.

"Well, I'll be off then" and with that I disappeared in a flurry of orbs – off two track down my aunts.

I found Phoebe in her office typing away furiously on her laptop, she was a bit annoyed to get called away but when I explained there was another attack she didn't put up much of a fight. Paige was at her newest temp job which was at a fast food place – let's just say she was out of there like a shot.

So me and my aunts materialised back in the attack five minutes later and found my mum hunched over, breathing deeply, and Jade was rubbing her back soothingly. I rushed over, panicking, and kneeled on front of her, my aunts hot on my trail.

"Mum what is it?" I asked holding her shoulder steady.

"Nothing sweetie, you just kick – A LOT" she said and straightened back out, breathing a sigh of relief and rubbing her belly.

"Sorry" I muttered and stood up. "You always said I kicked the living daylights out of you" I stated and smiled as my mum laughed.

"You got that right" she said and stood up with Jade's help.

"We should probably make the vanquishing potions" Mum said and walked over to her sisters who were already setting out the ingredients for the potion. I took Jade's hand and we walked over to the sisters. It wasn't even noon yet and the day was already filled with dramatics.

Yay… that chapter is finished. Next one will be Jade's POV. Reviews are appreciated.