Animosity of Affinity

[RP Muse]

Mel was starting to get really impatient with Chris. She knew he was going to refuse to go to sleep. Melinda sighed, trying not lose her patience. She hated Chris trying to act strong all the time. She wanted to tell him whatever Chris never sleep again for all I care. Melinda but her tongue. She did not want to snap at her brother. He had gone through enough sh!t because of her. She did not need to add on to it.

Melinda heard him ask about the darklighter. “Nothing Chris...please please get some rest okay? I'm not going to watch you get hurt again okay!?” Melinda said thinking about the recent attack. “I swear I'm not going to let you get hurt” Melinda said sort of muttering it under her breath to herself.

[italiannna]

Chris could see his sister beginning to lose her patience with him. Why did she have to be so d@mn protective over him! He was the older sibling, not her!

What annoyed him even more was the fact that she wouldn't tell him about the Darklighter. Why was she keeping stuff from him? Chris felt that it was her protecting him again... He had enough with this. If she wanted him to go to bed, so be it. He was going to his room, but he wasn't planning on falling asleep.

"Fine Mel... You don't wanna tell me what's going on, that's cool... Now if you'll excuse me."

Chris slowly got up and ignored the pain his felt in his head and his stomach. He took a few deep breaths and walked into his room.

[RP Muse]

Mel felt like she was just slapped in the face. She was so tired of Chris doing this to her and not taking care of his body. “Damn it Chris whatever!! Do whatever you want, because it obviously doesn't matter what the hell I think anymore. If you wanna f*ck your body up then go right ahead!” Mel yelled across the room, losing her breath from being so pissed. Even though Mel used bad language like d@mn she rarely ever used the “f” word. Mel looked at the wall and quickly punched it with her fist. “F*ck!” Mel said wishing she did not do that and starting holding her hand. She hated that she just blew up with Chris but she had totally lost her patience and hated him being so stubborn with his health.

[italiannna]

Chris shut his eyes when he heard his sister yelling at him. She hardly ever used the F word... Only when she was SUPER mad. Chris heard the wall being punched. He shook his head and laid down on the bed... He stared at the ceiling...

He thought for a moment... He should probably go and apoligize to his sister... Them being pissed off at each other was never any good. It left them both vulnerable. He slowly got up from the bed. His headache began to pound his head like a thousand jack hammers hammering his skull. His stomach felt as if he had just gotten off his fifth crazy roller coaster ride, after eating a huge meal. He was in no shape to be walking, yet he did it anyway because he hated hurting his sister.

Standing in the doorway, he needed to hold onto the frame to keep himself from toppling over...

"Look Mel... I understand that you're concerned and all that... But we can't give Wyatt any chance to believe we're vulnerable... If he thinks I'm dead right now, who do you think he's gonna go after? Mel, I cannot stand to lose you... Not you to..."

[RP Muse]

Mel felt like running away literally. She just wanted to run and run and run and never look back. She was seriously about to walk out the door, and start running until her legs couldn't carry anymore. She knew she wasn't thinking clearly but she was just tired of fighting with everything. She started to turn around but saw Chris in the doorway.

She looked at him he was in pain, she could see it in his eyes. Tears started to fall down her face.

“Chris look at you, you can barely hold your own. Please get some rest before your body shuts down. You won't be able to protect me if your body is too weak to fight” Mel said trying her hardest to hold all her tears from exploding.

“Please Chris, I don't like seeing you like this” Mel said biting her lip to stop it from quivering. Her emotions were all over the place right now. She was beyond stressed and was super worried about Chris.

[AjentAnjel :)]

OOC::: first I just wanna say, wow am i glad we are starting it again, and wow has it been a long time!!! And I am very sorry if I am busy and dont get on much but feel free to manipulate cherish to at least involve her in the story a bit if i am not available. With that said....




Cherish didn't know what to think, everything was happening so quickly. Mel and Chris had gone for a walk and came back with a bit more attitude than she'd expected. Did something happen she needed to know about?

Not sure whether to approach or stay to the side she just observed, took in what she could feel and figured one of them would confront her if needed. With both her and Melinda pregnant, Chris injured their forces were a bit weak. Hopefully nothing too hard would hit soon.

[italiannna]

Chris looked at his broken sister. He then turned to Cherish who has just came back from her own nap. He looked at her and waved at her. He then turned back to his sister who looked like she was about to cry at any second. Chris slowly walked up to her and gave her a hug.

"Ok Mel... I'm gonna go for a small nap... But if anything happens you need to promise me that you'll wake me up no matter how weak I may look..."

Chris hugged his sister and Cherish again and slowly walked back to his room. He closed the door and lied down on his bed and began to think about everything that had happened within the past few hours. It seemed that everything was a blur and that time was moving very rapidly... His eyes then began to close...

[Assassin Witch]

Bianca was finished with her assignments and decided to return to her penthouse. She wasn't sure if Chris would be coming over, but decided to cook a nice meal.

The lights in the penthouse were off and she started the fire in the living room. The main light in the kitchen was on and Bianca began to make chicken and rice.

Within a half an hour, the meal was cooked. She grabbed a bowl, filled it with rice and chicken, and put lids over the pots to keep them warm. She took her food and went into her living room. She pulled out a wine glass and wine, filled it up, and sat in her sofa chair. She began to eat while the fire lit the room. She was wearing dark blue jeans and a white, sleeveless top. It was a nice ending to an unpleasant work day.

[italiannna]

Chris tried so hard to fall asleep but nothing was working. His mind was too busy bouncing everywhere. To Cherish and his baby, the darklighter, this new demon, Wyatt's role in all of this and to Bianca... Bianca... He needed to see her... He wanted to see her... He decided to stop by her apartment... He missed her. Using all his strength, he orbed to Bianca's apartment.

Orbing took a hell of a lot more strength than he thought because as soon as he arrived at Bianca's apartment, his exhaustion took over and he nearly collapsed onto the floor.

[Assassin Witch]

As the blue caught her vision, Bianca turned towards Chris. She knew it was him because a) Wyatt's orbs were a lot darker and b) people didn't randomly teleport into her penthouse, unless they were suicidal.

Her eyes caught his unsteady movements and she set her bowl and wine glass on the glass stand beside her sofa chair. She was on her feet as the orbs disappeared.

"Chris?" she looked at him with slight confusion. Bianca was by his side in an instant, her arms around his waist. "Are you okay?"

[RP Muse]

Mel bit her lip hard waiting for a response from Chris. She just wished he would listen to her just this once. When Chris finally said he would take a nap even if it was small. Mel was relieved. Mel hugged Chris back then watched as he walked back to his room. Mel looked over at Cherish and told her she was going to rest a while in her room and could stay if she wanted.

Mel went to her room and closed the door and plopped down on her bed and started to stare at the wall for a few minutes. She sighed, then remembered she needed to tell Chris something. She quickly jumped out of her bed and went across the hall to Chris' room “Chris?” Mel said quietly knocking on the door.

When there was no answer she assumed he was fast asleep, but decided to check anyway. She opened the door. “Chris you okay?” Mel said then realized he wasn't there. She wanted to scream out his name but decided not to. He had lied to her! She was so upset. Melinda stormed out of Chris' room and slammed the door shut and quickly rushed out of the apartment also slamming the front door. She didn't notice if Cherish had stayed or not.

Right now she didn't really care. Mel started running as fast as she could, running straight on and on. Tears running down her face. She finally made it to the park. She took a seat in her and Andy's old spot. She felt so alone....

[Assassin Witch]

Andrew Trudeau had left after Melinda told him to. He was able to focus more on his other charges, but it still hurt him. He hadn't meant for all of that to happen, but, she had the right to tell him to leave. As soon as she said that, the Halliwells dropped from his radar.

He was on "break" at the moment. Everyone was fine so he came back to the spot him and Prue had found way back before they had begun to date; the spot that him and Melinda had decided to make their own to just sit and talk. She was so much like Prue (and Piper). No surprise that Piper would raise a girl like this.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of the swing squeak. Someone had appeared. Who could it have been? Andy moved from behind the trees and stopped the brown hair of the girl he was in love with. Should he leave? She had made it very clear that she didn't want anything to do with him. But why should he be kicked out of this area? He had come here long before Melinda was even born.

Andy moved closer and realized that something must have happened for her to visit the spot. Technically, he still was her whitelighter. Only the Elders could say otherwise. So, as a whitelighter, he moved closer and took a seat on the swing. He wasn't sure what to say though. He knew that if she wanted to talk, she would say something.

[RP Muse]

Melinda was lightly swinging. Lots of thoughts swarming in her head. She didn't understand why Chris told her he was going to rest and then leave like that. There was no commotion or signs of a demon attack. She assumed he had went to visit Bianca and if that was true it hurt her. She couldn't help but feel somewhat betrayed.

If he wanted to see that stupid Phoenix of his so bad why didn't he just say so! Mel sighed staring down into the dirt as she lightly moved her feet into the earth. A few moments later she felt a presence next to her and someone sitting down. She didn't need to look up to know who it was. She knew. “Hey” Melinda said casually. She didn't know why she had said hey the way she did, but maybe it was the subtle way Andy approached her.

[italiannna]

Chris felt Bianca's arms around him. He felt her giving him some support to stand on his feet. It was kinda embarrassing to have your girlfriend help you to your feet. But still it did feel good to have Bianca's arms around him. Chris steadied himself as He and Bianca walked to one of her couches. He slowly sat down on one of them.

Bianca asked him what was wrong. Aside from almost dying twice, once from the darklighter and once from that demon, Chris had all sorts of other stuff on his mind...

"Don't worry Bi... I'm just a little sore here and there... I'll be fine..."

Chris didn't want to upset Bianca... She didn't need to know about the current attacks... But he knew that he had to tell her sometime that Cherish was pregnant with his kid... And he knew she would not take the news too well...

[Assassin Witch]

Her tone was casual, but held hurt. Andy had to push away his feelings for her and grow up and do his job. He couldn't afford to lose Melinda or Chris to Wyatt.

Without moving, just letting the swing sway a bit, Andy decided to act like the whitelighter he was supposed to be. "Something happen today?" he inquiered cautiously. "You're usually with Cherish or Chris, not sitting alone, deep in thought," he continue, and hoped she wouldn't snap at him for trying to help her. Anyone else, and he wouldn't have been so careful with his voice and words, but after what had happened between them, he was hurting and scared.

Magic had gotten in the way of him and Prue, but what happened with him and Melinda was his fault. He didn't want to hurt her, but he did want to help.

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Bianca thought nothing of helping Chris toward one of the sofas. It was such a male thing to be embarassed about gaining help.

With Chris settled on the couch, Bianca sat down beside him, keeping her arms around him. It was nice to feel his warmth because Bianca was such a cold person and her job made it worse.

He didn't answer her question, though, and that irrated her. He was sore, but she shouldn't worry. Who did he think she was? One of those girls who believed everything was going to be okay and ignore the truth? Wrong. If that's what he wanted, he could find someone else. Bianca lived in the real world. She was an assassin. She had her reasons to worry about her boyfriend.

"Chris, tell me what happened today," Bianca looked up and their eyes met. She gave him a soft smile, waiting to see what stupid, idiotic demon had tried to get on Wyatt's good side.

[RP Muse]

Melinda was hurt. It seemed everyone around her was determined to hurt her in some way. She wished that everything would stop, moving the other direction, trying to pull her in. Sometimes she wished she could walk away from this mess called life. She was tired of all the hurt, lies and anger.

Melinda heard Andy speak, asking her what had happened. Melinda continued to look down, her eyes starting to sparkle from the tear in her eye. She felt it roll down her face and hit the cold hard ground. Just like life at the moment. Cold and hard. She hated thinking so negatively, but she couldn't help it. The world was falling apart at the hand of her brother. Her world was falling apart internally because she was tired of being hurt by those she loved.

"It doesn't matter Andy because it's never going to stop and it's never going to get better" Melinda said looking up a bit but at the side. Then she heard him speak about Chris. Cherish was really the only one who never hurt her, but lately she had been pushing her away.

Stupid! Mel yelled in her head. She didn't really want to talk about Chris. She loved him so much, but she hated his lies. He had tricked her just to get her to shut up to satisfy her. She really hated that Phoenix even more now. She made her brother secretive all the time and now it was easier to lie to his own sister?

Then it hit her. What if Chris loved Bianca so much he would be with her no matter what? What if he ended up like Mona? She knew she wasn't thinking rationally, because she was too clouded with emotions. Still, it was possible. He was already starting to push her away what was next?

[Assassin Witch]

It wasn't a necessarily bad silence because both of them had a lot on their mind and weren't sure what to discuss. Andy waited patiently for Melinda to answer his question or not.

The tear didn't go unnoticed and he just hoped she would explain, but all she said was that it didn't matter because it was never going to stop. Andy shook his head. "That's not true, Melinda. Things will change, they just may take time. Have you given up trying to save Wyatt? I hope not. There is still time for him to realize his mistakes and to fix them. Call a meeting, if you will, and discuss it. I think it's been a while since we've all sat down and tried to come up with a plan of action. You, Chris, Cherish, and Mona," he said, not including himself because he didn't want to step over whatever line Melinda had drawn. "See if you can get her to spare an hour and see if the four of you can come up with a way. You have to be willing to do something if you want something to happen." Andy looked at Melinda, hoping she would understand what he was saying to her.

[RP Muse]

Melinda sighed, she knew Andy was right. Though at the moment it wasn't even about Wyatt it was more about Chris. Melinda turned her head to face Andy. She took a moment to stare into his eyes. She hadn't seen him for nearly a week now.

She could see it in his eyes. He was truly sorry for what he had done and it was hurting him too. She needed to forgive him, because she needed him and maybe he needed her too. "Wait Andy" Melinda said suddenly.

"Before I tell you why I'm upset. I just want you to know, I want you in my life again. It's too painful without you and I love you too much to ignore it" Melinda said a few more tears falling down her face. She didn't want to push Andy out of her life. He deserved another chance like anyone else.

[italiannna]

Chris wrapped his arms around Bianca's slim waist and pulled her close to him. He loved how she felt in his arms. She could make his pain go away... Well not the physical pain... But she could make him feel ok... He missed her...

She asked him what was wrong... Chris should have known that she would believe him when he said everything was fine... Bianca was not like that... Chris looked into her beautiful chocolate eyes... Although they were fierce, Chris could see the beauty behind them...

"Alright... We were sorta attacked today... Mel and me... Well I was at first... Darklighter attack... But, I'm fine now..."

[Assassin Witch]

Her voice rang throughout the swing and open air. His face held onto hers as she apoligized for her momentary overreaction. She wanted him back into her life, and it wasn't just as a whitelighter. She said that she loved him and then the tears were rolling down her face.

Andy's hands immediately held her cheeks and caught her tears. She was crying, but he wasn't sure why exactly. She had no reason to cry over him. "Melinda, I'm here. I won't leave unless you want me out of your life. I love you, and I don't want you in pain over me, especially when you have enough to worry about with Wyatt," he leaned over and kissed her lips gently.

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Bianca felt his arms around her and him pulling her closer. She moved over happily. It was so nice to be in his arms, especially after a full day at 'work'. She looked up at him and the glow of the fire definitely helped the comforting situation. Everything was perfect.

Their eyes met before Chris mentioned a darklighter attack and Bianca's smile faded. She wore a blank expression for a full second before she became angry. "A what?!" she pulled away from his arms and stared at him with a hard look. "And you waited this long to tell me, Chris?" Her boyfriend, who was part whitelighter, had been attacked and tried to pull it off as if it was a normal day thing. It wasn't. Her attacks were a normal day routine. Now Wyatt was sending darklighters? Didn't he trust her? Okay, so she was sleeping with her target, but that was not the point. Wyatt was getting others to do her job.

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Wyatt was ready for their day at the fair. His work for the day was complete and as he was the King of Magic, he didn't have to worry about any problems. They would, of course, still be around tomorrow.

He led Mona down the stairs and into the foyer. "Shall we drive or orb?" he smiled as he asked her. Did she want a magic-free outing or just wanted an outing.