Chapter 1

"If you don't want to wake mom, you better shut-up." Wyatt snapped at Chris, who had just knocked down a stack of plates.

Chris bent down to pick up the plates, thinking to himself that it would have been nice to be able to freeze things at that particular point in time. "Dude, it isn't like I did it on purpose. I didn't know that she had stacked the plates there, she never stacks the plates there."

The kitchen lights came on, and Piper and Leo stared down at them. They were both in there bathrobes, and it looked like they hadn't gone to bed yet. "Hello boys." Leo said.

Wyatt quickly stuck the object he was holding behind his back. Knowing that if his parents saw they would not have approved. He coughed, "Hi dad, mom." He gave them his best smile, but they didn't look convinced.

Chris popped his head over the island in the middle of the kitchen, and grinned. Hoping that they wouldn't get caught, and wouldn't be in to big of trouble if they did, and if worse came to worse, he'd lie.

"Boys, where have you been?" Piper said, trying to hold back her grin. Her two grown boys looked at her like they just got caught sticking their hand in the cookie jar before dinner.

Leo watched Wyatt nudge Chris with his elbow. Way to be brave son. He thought to himself with a little grin. He looked at his two grown boys. He couldn't believe that they were both out of high school. It seemed just like yesterday he was changing their diapers.

Leo shook himself out of his reminiscing, his boys were hiding something, and he was going to find out what it was. He could reminisce later. "Christopher?" he said, looking at his youngest son.

Chris rocked back and forth on his feet. It felt like his heart was about to beat out of his chest. He wiped away the sweat off his forehead, he was an adult, and his parents gaze still made him feel like he was 5. "Umm, well, we were just," He sat there trying to think of a good excuse, "getting ready for school." He said grinning.

Piper and Leo looked at each other, and then up at the kitchen wall clock. "You were getting ready for school at 3:00 in the morning, on a Friday evening, in July." Piper said, not looking convinced.

Chris mentally slapped himself on the forehead. He looked at Wyatt for help, but his older brother was shaking his head looking down at the ground.

"Wyatt, maybe you want to explain where you guys were?" Piper looked at Wyatt, and could see red flush over his face. She knew her sons like the back of her hand, and knew that they were hiding something from them.

Wyatt felt the object in his hand. Their parents and aunts could help them very much, but the only problem was they wouldn't need help if they hadn't started it to begin with.

"We were out with the girls." He answered, hoping that they would happy with that, because the girls were there.

Piper thought of Fayre and Jade, they had helped Jade, a young firestarter, with a family problem a while back. She was a feisty, beautiful, young woman who had stolen her son's heart.

Her thoughts shifted to Fayre. Fayre was actually the twin sister to her niece's, Patience, boyfriend. She and her brother were a prophecy of a union between a witch and wizard, and she and her brother were two very powerful witches. Fayre started out as a demon, but she found the way of good, and had proved herself many times over the past year.

She and Chris had a steady on again off again relationship, they fought like cats and dogs, but they still cared for each other, but like her sons and Jade, Fayre had a very wild side to her. The whole group had a knack for getting into trouble.

"You were out with the girls?" Leo said in a tone that said he wanted a longer explanation.

Wyatt looked at Chris and Chris looked at Wyatt. "Yeah, we were out getting a present for Jade's mom." Chris said.

"Well that was awful nice of you." Piper said trying to sound fooled. She saw Wyatt stick something behind his back earlier, and she knew that was what they were hiding. "Is that what you got her?" she said nodding her head to Wyatt's arm.

Chris and Wyatt exchanged a panicked glance. "Umm yeah, Jade wanted me to hold onto it so her mom wouldn't find it. You know how serious Jade is about surprises." Wyatt looked at his parents and smiled, and figured now would be a good time to leave. "Well, I'm real tired." He faked a yawn. "I think I'm going to bed. Come on Chris." He said pulling Chris with him.

Chris faked a yawned and followed his brother. "Yeah, I think I am going to bed too, I have a big day tomorrow. I have to." He sat there and thought, he didn't really have anything to do tomorrow other than follow their lead, but he could tell his parents that. "I just have to do stuff."

They started to walk to the basement when Piper yelled out to them, "Can I see it?" she asked.

Wyatt gripped it tighter. "See what?" he asked, trying to sound oblivious.

"What you're hiding behind your back. I am guessing that is her present right. I figure, who better to ask then a mom to see if another mom would like it. "Piper said. She could tell by the look that Chris and Wyatt exchanged that she had hit the spot.

"Umm well, we wanted it to be a surprise." He said, knowing that there was no way of getting out of it.

"Oh, don't worry I won't tell." Piper said, reaching for his closed fist, and prying his fingers open to get the object.

She recognized what it was almost as soon as she saw it.