Charmed: Chris and the Future

Chapter 11

Whilst Chris was at the restaurant, he permitted Bianca to use his laptop, which she was thankful for. She felt so guilty about the innocent she was forced to kill. Jim Davies. He will never forget his name. His face. His limp body. Bianca quickly shook the memory out of her head and declared to herself that Chris was right. She needed to have a meeting with the Elders. She would be safe, Chris will be with her. And she knew, she couldn’t be on the run forever. She needed to face up to what she has done. She thought about how she could help people, in any way she could. She thought about serving at a homeless shelter or helping with community service. But that wasn’t enough. So she looked at the San Francisco Memorial Hospital, to see if there were any job opportunities.

Wyatt was at the Halliwell manor around the table with his sister, mother and father. Eating dinner, prepared by his mother, of course. “Well, I have asked you two here, because we need to talk about Chris.” Piper says to her oldest and youngest child. “Is he okay? Have you seen him?” Wyatt asks rapidly. “Yes Wyatt. I have seen him. But he wasn’t really up for chatting. He just said he feel we prefer you two over him. And he has felt this way for a very long time…” Piper muttered. “How can he think like that about himself and us?” Leo asks to no one in particular. “I don’t know honey.” Piper responds to her husband. “When did he say this?” Melinda asks her mother. “Well, I went to the restaurant this morning and Chris was in the kitchen chopping up some vegetables and I talked with him. But he left as soon as he could.” Piper said, with her mouth in a hard line. Out of sadness and frustration. “He needs to talk to us.” Wyatt said, pointing out the obvious. “I agree Wyatt. But you know what Chris is like. We can’t push him to talk to us about this, he needs to come to us. I know you two are close, but I think you need to back off a bit.” Melinda told his brother. Piper and Leo nodded subtly in agreement with their daughter. “Fine, but that isn’t the only thing he needs to talk to us about.” Wyatt says. “What else is there to talk about?” Leo asked his son. “This ‘she’ person. You know the Phoenix?” “I forgot about that” Piper muttered. “Okay” she continued “He needs to tell us about that too. But you need to back off a bit, Wyatt and let him cool off. Agreed?” Wyatt nodded limply “Agreed.”

Chris orbed back into his apartment and saw Bianca on his couch on his laptop, reading something intensely. “Hey, whatcha doing?” Chris asked. Bianca glanced up and smiled at Chris’ presence. “Hey, I am just looking for jobs and courses available at the hospital.” “Hospital?” “Yeah, well after what happened…” She looked down in shame. Then shook her head and looked up again. “I wanna do something that will help people. So I thought of community activities but that will never make up for what I have done. And I know I never will. But this is a start.” Chris smiled at her, moved forward and kissed her firmly and passionately on her lips. “You inspire me.”