Ninth Snowfall: [text]

[towerlocked]

It should be a good thing, should it not? For someone to return to the world in which they belong. They are going back to friends and family... We should be glad of that. Yet it is still painful to lose that person, because they are your dear friend.

I am glad for the friendships I have made here, however temporary they may be.

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[charmedson]

Christopher was my grandfather's name and Halliwell is my mother's family name. Her family is really powerful and the name carries with it that power so my father let his children keep her name too.

[towerlocked]

Christopher Halliwell. [she says the whole thing to hear how it sounds] I like that. It suits you.

[charmedson]

Thank you.

I like going by 'Chris'.

[towerlocked]

I like calling you that. So I am happy to continue doing so.

[charmedson]

I guess that means I'll keep calling you 'Snow'? Unless there's some kind of princess title I should be using instead?

[towerlocked]

[she shakes her head] Please, I would prefer not to have formality between us. We are friends, after all.

[charmedson]

I've never been very good with formality anyway.

[towerlocked]

Good. [she smiles, focusing back on the view. A bit of a social fail still]

[charmedson]

[Chris puts hand on her arm.] Let me know when you want to go back.

[towerlocked]

I could stay out here for hours. I will never grow tired of being out in the open air. But I wouldn't wish for you to be out in the cold, too.

[charmedson]

I'm fine.

Sometimes I'd go up to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge without a jacket... Though this place isn't exactly San Francisco.

[towerlocked]

Oh? What is San Francisco like?

[charmedson]

Warm, for starters.

[Chris is quiet for a moment before he decides to share] It used to be really beautiful but someone evil took over recently. He's been destroying it bit by bit.

I actually went back in time to try and stop him. I think it worked out, but I ended up here before I could be sure.

[towerlocked]

That sounds like my home. [and that means he has to go back, just like she does]

You will do it. I know you will.

[charmedson]

[Chris shrugs]

I left it in the hands of capable people. My family. They're all really powerful and good.

There's not a lot more I can do, really. I was trying to get back to the future to see if my changes worked but then I ended up here.

[Which is mostly true. He's just leaving out the part where he was betrayed by a family friend and killed.]

[towerlocked]

[she smiles at him. She really hopes that things turn out well for him. But the smile fades when she thinks of him leaving]

You must be anxious to return home.

[charmedson]

If you ask my aunts I'm pretty much anxious about everything.

[towerlocked]

[she lets out a soft laugh] You don't seem anxious now.

[charmedson]

Well, you calm me down.

It's been a long time since someone has been able to do that.

[towerlocked]

[she doesn't know how to react. No one's ever said anyting like that to her before. Very conflicting feelings that eventually settle into a shy smile]

[charmedson]

[Chris's eyes widen a bit when he realizes how that can be taken.] Not that I'm implying anything, you know.

I don't want you to think I'm getting the wrong idea about you.

[towerlocked]

I would never think that. You have been nothing but kind to me since we met. There is no reason for me to think you would be anything less.

[charmedson]

Okay. Good.

I'm going to keep doing that at least.

[towerlocked]

[she smiles again] Could I see those orbs again?

[charmedson]

Do you want to go somewhere or just want a light show?