Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris…

Piper got to her feet. "Well," she said, "I think I’ll go out for a walk now. Call me if you need hinghing, ok?"

"Sure thing," Phoebe grinned.

Chris had never really liked going to the Elders. Their whole white robes and responsibility creeped him out and he hadn’t been very fond of them in the future, either. Unfortunately when Wyatt turned evil, he killed many of the elders and the outcome was so ugly that Chris didn’t even want to think about it.

But it was all right, wasn’t it? After all, he’d come to the past to change things.

The Elders, as usual (at least in his opinion), knew nothing about this Bruce character, so many other things, for that matter and he quietly slipped out of their presence, trying to avoid Leo in particular.

It didn’t work

"Hey, Chris!" Leo had a smile on his face. Should he consider than bizarre? "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, you know, the usual," Chris shrugged, trying to be friendly. He still didn’t feel very comfortable around his would-be wife’s ex-husband.

"Is anything wrong?" Leo folded his arms across his chest and looked at the young whitelighter questioningly.

"Weluot;uot; Chris had no desire to talk to him right now but he didn’t have a choice. "Paige went out on a date with a guy last night and this guy told her that he knows she’s a witch."

"This is not good. Did you find out anything about him?"

"Well, the Elders didn’t seem to know anything about him but I’m gonna go and check the records now."

"No, thanks, I got it." Chris orbed out before Leo could say anything more.

The records room was surrounded with a brilliant blue light that suddenly made him feel very peaceful. He began to search the scrolls. Bruce, eh? Had Paige mentioned a last name? Oh, yes she had, when she’d been talking about him a few days ago! Lennox. Bruce Lennox. Why was that name so familiar to him?

He realized why when he found the name on a page. Bruce Lennox was a witch himself, a good one…and he couldn’t suppress a laugh. Paige would be engaged to Lennox in two years’ time. But there was bad news as well. If Bruce and Paige had already met, that meant that the evident danger was already here…and he would have to move fast.