Chapter 2: No Cryptic
" I can't believe you could believe her over me!", Chris yelled.
" Yeah, well, you lied to us from the start about why you were here. You never told us the truth Chris", Piper argued.
" I had no choice. She has no idea what she's doing or how much she's changing the future. For all I know, there could be no future for me now", Chris replied.
" You're very stressed. We understand what you're doing to protect Wyatt, and we all appreciate you warning us. Obviously whatever Wyatt has done is awful for another witch from the future to come back and try to change it", Piper said.
" Yeah but how do you know that she isn't evil? She just waltzes in here from the future and you don't think that maybe she might be a demon?", Chris asked, stumping and shocking the sisters. He had only got a glance or two towards Kate but he figured out she wasn't evil, but he wanted to know why the sisters trusted her so easily.
" Chris! Why would you say that?", Piper gasped.
" He's right, you know. You guys have no right to trust me", Kate said, quietly, but making her presence known to them.
Chris turned to stare at their beautiful new houseguest. She didn't ring any bells in him. But he did notice her eyes, they were sad, mournful and disbelieving. They were also the prettiest shade of brown he had ever seen, they had a golden glow to them, making her eyes shine.
He shook his head and turned back to the sisters. " See? Even she agrees with me", he said, then realizing she did agree with him turned back to her and asked, " But why are you agreeing with me?"
" Because you're right. From what I heard, and I'm sorry for eavesdropping, but you guys didn't trust Chris when he showed up, not that I blame you or anything. It's just, I showed up and you guys asked some questions, but not suspicious sounding questions", Kate replied, not looking anywhere near the hunky white- lighter brother to Wyatt. She found him attractive but he didn't look twice at her, so she let it go.
" Well, he was talking in cryptic and wouldn't tell us anything. You told us what you were here for when we asked. There was no doubt after that", Phoebe replied, looking at Chris.
" Yeah well, I had my reasons. Changing the future is risky, I hoped to change it in a good way, not bad. She probably doesn't know what she's doing", Chris replied.
" The "she" you're referring to, Christopher, is standing right here, and she has a name", Kate said, tilting her chin up.
Chris looked taken aback at being called "Christopher". He hadn't been called that since he was younger when Wyatt blamed him for something he didn't do.
" Sorry, Kate" Chris murmured.
Kate nodded, accepting his apology. She didn't like being treated as if she didn't exist, she had had enough of that after her mom died. Her father wasn't a real bad guy, but after her mom died, he started drinking and that led to him telling her just what he thought of her while he was drunk.
" Now, Chris, I know you're here to save Wyatt, and he nearly killed me. That's why I came back here. I've managed to escape him for a long time, but he's been trying to kill me for the past few weeks and I couldn't fight him off anymore", Kate replied.
" Wyatt tried to kill you?", Piper asked.
" You shouldn't be so shocked. Remember Bianca? He tried to kill me when she took me back there. He's caused enough chaos to nearly disable the world. I take it he's still evil since you came back now", Chris replied, turning to Kate.
" Yeah, how long have you been here?", Kate asked.
" A few months", Chris answered.
" A very long few months, if you ask me", Piper said.
" Well, I won't be here for long if you don't…", Chris stopped himself before he revealed his secret.
" If I don't what?", Piper asked.
" If you don't help him turn Wyatt good", Phoebe supplied.
" Exactly", Chris said, silently thanking Phoebe for the suggestion.
" Okay, can I talk to you in the kitchen, Chris?", Phoebe asked.
" Sure", he replied, glancing at Kate and Piper before he left.
" Chris, why did you have to tell me about this?", Phoebe asked, as soon as they reached the kitchen.
" I had to because you busted me. But I need to get mom and dad back together… soon, before I don't exist anymore", Chris replied.
" I know. I'm working on it. It's a slow process, one that's gonna take time", Phoebe said.
" I don't have time. If mom doesn't get pregnant in the next two weeks… I go away for good, and you'll never be warned about Wyatt", Chris replied.
" Two weeks?", Phoebe squeaked.
" Yes. That's all I have now", Chris said, quietly.
" I'm trying, Chris. I don't know what else to say", Phoebe replied, laying her hand on his arm. " But I do know I'm late for work." Then she turned and left.
" I wasn't taught how to use my magic. My mom was the witch, my dad was half of one. But he wasn't so great at being there for me, or teaching me what to do. Most of what I learned was on my own by my own mistakes", Kate said.
Chris heard some of what she had said, and he felt sorry for her. He was taught by Piper and Paige how to use his. Phoebe was usually at work or out and about with her kids. He would've been lost without them.
" That's awful", Piper replied.
" Yeah, it was. I've learned to sort of be able to control my powers, but sometimes they don't want to work right. And then I lost my dad, he wasn't a good father, but he was all I had after my mom died. My powers didn't work right for months, and now, they're balanced to a point", Kate said.
" Well, you can help us with Wyatt and while you're here, we'll teach you everything we know. Deal?", Piper asked.
Kate smiled. " Deal", she answered.
