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Wow, I'm sooooo sorry for not updating quicker, but I hope y'all had a great Christmas and New Year!
"Trust me… you wouldn't believe me if I told you" Chris murmured, still clinging to me for dear life. I felt myself frowning at him. He looked different somehow, like the past five minutes had changed his entire thoughts and feelings about life. Confusion was a major understatement to how I was feeling.
"Of course I will… I grew up with you, anything is possible" I teased lightly earning a smile from him.
"You ever heard of someone called Kineta?" he asked curiously. Kineta did ring a bell but for the life of me I couldn't remember where from. Was she a demon? A witch? I didn't know.
"Uh… sounds familiar but I couldn't tell you anything about her, why?" I questioned and Chris led us back to the bed so we were sitting down, still holding onto my hands.
"Well, we just, uh, we just spent the last few hours sifting through our memories and she was the one that sent us there" he explained. Today had been a long day, a very long day, but I was pretty sure I would remember if Chris had just disappeared for hours.
"Um… Chris, you've only be gone for like, five minutes" I said, feeling more confused than ever. He chuckled lightly, a smile lighting up his features.
"To you it's only been five minutes but to us it's been longer, almost like a completely different dimension" He said.
"Wow… but what did you mean about 'sifting through our memories?'"
"Well you see, um, my family and I kinda watched the main points in our lives. The resistance, the war, getting together, Bianca, me leaving the future, you finding out you were pregnant… she said it would be helpful – whatever that means" he casually explained like he was talking about what he was going to have for dinner. I just continued to gawk at him in surprise, I had never heard about anything like this happening before.
"Out of all the things I thought you were going to say – that was not one of them" I choked out, trying to imagine their reactions to watching that. Part of me was a tad embarrassed about them watching those moments but for the most part I was relieved. It would've taken a lot of explaining to summarise our lives, but now it was already done.
"I bet it wasn't" Chris laughed out, pulling me into his arms and sighing in content. "I guess it was beneficial but it still kinda hurt to see that all over again"
"What do you mean?" I asked, and felt him shift uncomfortably.
"That time when you got hurt with that fireball in the warehouse off 59th street, there was so much blood and I couldn't do anything to save you" He whispered, his voice cracking slightly. I pulled back and stared into his perfect green eyes, the ones I had fallen in love with.
"It was just a memory" I soothed, hoping to help him forget about all those bad times.
"Yeah but it doesn't change the fact that it happened" He muttered, his mind already in the past… or future, whatever you wanna call it.
"Let's just forget about it alright? All those dark times are gone, we saved Wyatt, we're both here and we're rocking it up in the past, we may as well enjoy ourselves" I said and felt my heart flutter as Chris smiled a genuine smile that sent goose bumps up my skin.
"You're right, as always, there's no time like the present" he said "But there's something else I should tell you – you deserve to know"
"What is it? Nothing bad right?" I questioned, watching as he shook his head, playing with the ends of my hair.
"Kineta, she also showed us something else… something so amazing it seems too good to be true" he stated and I waited anxiously for him to continue. "It's a girl" he smiled out, his eyes wide and full of excitement.
"What?" I squeaked out, finding it hard to comprehend what Chris had just said.
"We're having a girl Jay, a beautiful little girl that is gonna have a little brother or sister as well… maybe more" he explained and I felt tears come to my eyes as I imagined her. The little life force growing inside me was a girl and apparently she'll have little brothers or sisters too… that thought warmed my heart right up.
I placed my hands over my stomach that was only slightly beginning to bulge and the warmth spread through my veins, the maternal love already kicking in. Chris wiped away the tears of joy that ran down my face, his own eyes a little misty.
"I love you Chris" I murmured, getting lost in his sparkling green eyes.
"Not as much as I love you" he contradicted, smiling happily.
"I don't think that's humanly possible" I playfully responded, crashing my lips against his before he could answer back.
The next few days were relatively quiet; only one demon attack in the four days and a couple of freak outs by Chris which surprised me. I thought there would be a lot more. The first time he 'freaked out' was when I got morning sickness in the afternoon instead of in the morning and I had to assure him it was completely normal – the second was when I had a sneezing fit as Piper was cooking the dinner, adding pepper to the soup, and he was convinced I was coming down with something. It had been a long few days.
It had been nearly a week since I had arrived in the past and I was already settling into the routine of things. Chris popped out for a few hours at a time, vanquishing the demons he classified as a threat. He came back with a few cuts and bruises - nothing too major according to him, but it still hurt to see him like that, it brought back memories of the time in which Wyatt ruled and everyone got hurt on daily basis.
Now though it was just after lunchtime and there was only Piper and I in the house. Phoebeand Paige were at work, Leo was up in elder land with baby Wyatt and Chris was in the underworld and had been since this morning. I had offered to go with him and help – elektrokenisis always came in handy – but he had forbidden me to go with him, asking his mum to keep a "close eye on me".
I walked into the living room and saw Piper spread out on one of the sofas reading the book of shadows intently, a look of intense concentration on her face.
"Hey" I greeted, plonking myself down on the other sofa and chuckled as she jumped slightly.
"Sorry for scaring you" I added but Piper just smiled, closing the book carefully.
"It's alright I was just in a world of my own" She said "How are you feeling today?" she asked nicely, caressing her baby bump.
"Better thanks, just a bit woozy but don't tell Chris that" I warned her playfully, imagining Chris' reaction to that little confession. Piper laughed outright, a smile upon her lips.
"Don't worry; your secret is safe with me – I know how it feels to be nauseous and people hovering over you all the time doesn't help" Piper said and it felt so good to talk to her about all this. I could talk to Phoebe and Paige too but they haven't experienced pregnancy yet – there was still a few years left until that would happen for them.
"Exactly my point" I replied as Piper sat up, wincing ever so slightly at the movement.
"You okay?" I asked in concern but Piper's face just lit up with joy.
"Yeah I'm fine, Chris is just a kicker is all" she said and looked over at me with a thoughtful look on her face. "You wanna feel?" she asked and I felt my heart beat skip at what she asked.
"Uh, sure" I said, kneeling beside her and she guided my hand forward to the point at the side of her stomach and I felt a few flutters then a hard nudge just under my palm.
"Whoa" I exclaimed in shock "That's really weird" I added, feeling the continuous movement in Piper's stomach.
"Good weird?" She asked eyes full of excitement.
"Good weird" I confirmed and laughed lightly as there was another small kick directly under my hand.
"I think he likes you" Piper laughed out as there was another series of kicks. I nodded gently and couldn't help but think how weird this all was. Chris, my fiancée, was currently an itty bitty little baby even though I was going to have his child in a few months and there was another version of him walking around as a grown up twenty two year old man. It made me dizzy just thinking about how confusing it all was.
"Well that was certainly a memorable experience" I muttered, helping Piper stand up without her toppling over.
"I'm just gonna phone the club and see if everything is running smoothly without me" Piper said and excused herself from the room, smiling like a Cheshire cat as she waddled.
I tapped my feet against the floor in boredom. I had no job, Chris wouldn't let me help with the vanquishes so it was safe to say I was really bored. I sighed and walked around the house, looking at the memorable items the sisters had collected over the years.
There was photos of the sisters with grams, when they were only little kids and a few with their mother and father. I smiled at them all, glad that Chris and I could help keep his family happy. After walking around for a bit I strode into the kitchen waiting for Chris to come back. He'd been come for over four hours now and I was beginning to get a bit worried. I could call for him but he wouldn't hear me anyway which left me stuck in this crazy worry situation.
I turned around and gasped as I came face to face with the person I thought I would never see again, the person I swore would never be able to hurt me. Her straight brown hair and slutty outfit were the same except she looked paler and fragile – something I'd thought I would never see.
"Bianca" I spat out, fury running though my veins. She just smiled sickly sweet in return before everything began to get fuzzy.
Hehe… again sorry for the wait but I hoped you liked this chapter and please review and let me know! And also sorry for the cliff-hanger, hahaha!