A.N Hi this is my first fan fic I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I, sadly do not own Charmed or the characters. I do however own Prue, the plotline, Katrina and the keyboard I am typing on.
Chapter One'You're hired' said Piper to the teenage girl in front of her. They were interviewing babysitters for Wyatt and they had just hired Prue for the job. They had found her at magic school.
'Cool; said the girl looking around the manor 'When can I start?'
'Could you start now?' Piper asked hopefully.
'Sure' Piper smiled
'Well, Wyatt's sleeping right now he should wake up soon. Just entertain him. There's some food in the fridge for lunch and we should be back by five.' The teen nodded again and kept looking for his big brother. She had come to help Chris with the workload as well as baby-sit Wyatt.
'I have a niece and it costs an awful lot to pay for daycare.' Prue explained. 'Is there any way I could mind her at the same time?'
'No problem.' Phoebe said and the other sisters nodded in agreement. Prue gave out a sigh of relief.
'Do you vanquish demons a lot?' Paige asked, Prue nodded. In a war she had to. She had come to them through Magic School so they knew she was good.
'Our white-lighter is around here somewhere.' Phoebe said, Prue nodded, she was counting on it. 'If he comes back he'll be looking at the book.' Prue nodded again. She knew how obsessive her brother could be.
'Could you cover for us if he wants to vanquish demons?' Paige asked
'Yeah.' Prue replied, knowing that Chris would stop at nothing to save Wyatt. That much was evident.
'When does you niece get here?' Piper asked.
'I'll get her.' Prue said quickly, orbed out and orbed back in a moment later with the four-year-old sleeping toddler.
'How cute.' Paige said Prue put her carefully in the playpen next to Wyatt.
'We'll be off.' Piper said and the sisters stood up. Chris chose at that moment to orb in with Leo close behind him.
'There's a rumor going around that-' he cut himself off when he caught sight of his sister.
'This is Prue Chris.' Paige said 'She's here to baby-sit Wyatt' Leo already knew this.
'Wait where are you going?' Chris demanded
'Out.' Piper said in her if-you-don't-let-us-go-I-will-kill-you look. The sisters and Leo left the house. Outside Leo turned invisible and re-entered the house at Piper's words of 'Watch him like a hawk.'
Inside the house, oblivious to the fact they were being watched Prue ran over and threw her arms around her brother.
'Chris!' she yelled but her words were slightly muffled by the man in question's t-shirt
Leo stared gob smacked at the sight before him. Chris was capable of showing affection. It seemed hard to believe. He held out the video camera, which he had made invisible too. This would be good blackmail.
'Prue?' Chris was asking disbelievingly.
'I missed you!'
'I missed you too.' Chris whispered hugging her back, running one hand through her hair.
Leo frowned; she was too young for this to be romantic, right?
The siblings stayed like that until Prue's niece started crying.
'Is that?' Chris asked a grin spreading across his face. Prue smirked
'Well I couldn't very well leave your own daughter behind now could I?' She teased as she pulled him towards the playpen.
Leo stood there, shocked. Chris Perry, the annoying, neurotic, obsessed white-lighter, was a father.
'Can I?' he asked her; even Leo could sense his yearning. Prue smiled wickedly and gestured wordlessly at the distressed toddler.
'Hey there Katrina.' Chris said playfully as he picked up his daughter and Leo could tell that despite his emotionless demeanor he really cared for the young girl. 'How you doing angel?' he whispered and Katrina looked sleepily at her father.
'Daddy?' she asked through a yawn
'Hello honey.' Chris replied lovingly.
Leo blinked. This was way too out of character. Was he sure he had the right man?
'I called but you never came.' She said and Chris swallowed uncomfortably.
'Well I'm here now and I promise I'll never go away again.' He said comfortingly.
'Really?' the toddler asked as if she couldn't believe her ears.
'Really.' He confirmed before he let her down into the playpen to sleep.
'Well handled bro.' Prue complimented.
"Bro" Leo thought Well that explains a lot
'I shouldn't have to handle it.' Chris snapped and Prue made a shushing noise and gestured to the kitchen. Chris nodded and followed her with an invisible Leo close behind. 'I never want to be a deadbeat dad Prue and her reaction to my presence just proved me otherwise.'
'Look, I know dad wasn't exactly around enough when we were kids but he made up for that.' Prue reasoned
'I don't want to be like him.' Chris said with so much history behind his words.
'And you won't be.' Prue assured him. 'That kid adores you and I promise she will be in your life a lot more now.' Chris sighed and leaned on the island for support.
'She was surprised.' He stated and Leo almost felt sorry for him… almost. 'My daughter was surprised when I showed up now does that remind you of something or is it just me?'
'Chris.' Prue said sternly and he didn't respond. 'Chris!' she snapped again and forced him to look at her. 'The last thing you are to that girl is a deadbeat dad so snap out of it!' Chris was so stunned that someone had snapped at him and, frankly, so was Leo.
'Sorry.' He apologized. 'I guess I'm a little out of touch with sensible people.' He said with a hint of bitterness.
'Huh.' Prue said 'Charmed Ones not what they live up to hey.' Chris shook his head.
'I vanquished more demons alone by the time I was ten.' He said 'Let's just say their reputation proceeds them.'
Leo had half a mind to defend his charges but remembered he was invisible.
'Let me guess.' Prue said putting on a pot of coffee. 'They're more interested in their personal lives than the fate of the future.' It wasn't a question.
'Yep.' He said 'How did you know that?'
'I know exactly what pisses you off Chris and ignoring a mission is pretty high on that list.'
Leo made a mental note to try it sometime.
'You got that right.' He said, pouring the coffee 'Do you know how infuriating it is to know that the world is going to hell in a hand basket and the famous Charmed Ones couldn't care less?'
'Wow. That does sound bad.' Prue sympathized
'You still haven't told me what you're doing here.' He said, trying to change the subject.
'I came here to help with Wyatt and your parenting skills.' She said Chris raised his eyebrows.
'What forced you to time-travel?' he asked in his don't-mess-with-me voice, which reminded Leo of Piper.
'Come on Chris, I knew you were here and it was getting more and more dangerous with the Source on our back and all.'
'Does he know about Kat?' Chris said quickly, snapping to attention.
'No.' she assured her brother. 'But he does know I have something very precious of yours.' Chris exhaled heavily. 'I've taken precautions to make sure we weren't followed and he didn't seem that interested enough to be persistent.' She comforted quickly.
'Good.'
Leo stared at the two of them as they drank their coffee now talking about unimportant things. They seemed so at ease around each other and this was the closet the Elder had seen to Chris being relaxed. Leo inwardly sighed and leaned against the wall as the siblings talked. If this girl could get Chris to let his guard down then so would he.
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