Vanquishing the demon took less then ten minutes, and Leo orbed Phoebe back to work. Leo orbed home wondering how he was going to bring up the subject of the tape to Chris, and wondering if he should talk to Chris alone first, or discuss it in front of Piper. Leo saw Piper lying on the couch, and immediately noticed her stomach was thin. He ran to her side and put a hand on her shoulder as he said, "Piper?"

Piper stirred in her sleep. He shook her slightly to wake her up, but it didn't work. He yelled, "Chris! Sam!"

When no one answered, Leo tried to sense Chris, and was shocked to find that he couldn't sense him anywhere. Leo tried to sense Wyatt and knew he was still asleep in his crib upstairs. Leo tried to heal Piper, but there was nothing to heal. He yelled, "Paige!"

A few seconds later Paige orbed in. Leo said, "Something is very wrong. I need you and Phoebe home now. Chris is gone, and baby Chris is gone, and Piper is unconscious."

Paige shook her head no not believing, and with a look of horror on her face orbed to Phoebe. Once she was gone, Leo put his hand on the side of Piper's face and said quietly, "You have to wake up Piper. We need you to wake up and tell us what happened."

Leo reached down and felt her stomach, which was completely flat. He whispered with desperation, "Chris, where are you?"

Paige and Phoebe orbed in, and as Phoebe saw Piper she put her hand to her mouth and whispered, "No."

Phoebe walked over and kneeled down next to Piper and Leo. She said, "What happened?"

"I found her like this. I can't sense Chris anywhere."

Phoebe said, "Wyatt?"

"Upstairs asleep."

Paige said, "I'll look at the book and see if I can find anything."

Phoebe said, "I'll try to scry for adult Chris."

Leo felt helpless. Phoebe put a hand on his arm and said, "We'll get him back Leo."

Leo nodded. As she stood up, Phoebe said, "Try to sense baby Chris."

Leo hadn't thought about that. He wasn't sure if he could, but he closed his eyes and tried.

Five minutes later Paige and Phoebe were both up in the attic. Paige was frantically flipping pages in the book, while Phoebe was scrying for Chris with a piece of his hair she had found on the brush in his room. The attic was devoid of conversation. Suddenly the Book of Shadows flipped some pages by itself, and left itself open to the page that had Samantha's entry. Paige said, "Did you see that?"

Phoebe turned and said, "What?"

"The book opened itself to a page."

Phoebe looked up and said, "Thanks Grams."

Phoebe ran over to the book and took a look at the entry. Phoebe nodded and said, "This has to be it. I'll go tell Leo, you start on both potions."

Paige nodded and Phoebe ran downstairs. Leo was still trying to sense the baby, and as she touched his arm Leo looked over at her with tears in his eyes and said, "It's very faint, but I think I can sense the baby. I think he's still okay."

Phoebe said, "We think we've found the demon that did this."

As she was talking Piper stirred and put a hand to her head. Piper said, "Wow, my nap didn't help at all. I feel worse now."

Piper started to put her hand down and froze. She jerked up to a sitting position and looked down at her stomach. She felt her stomach and looked over at Leo and Phoebe with panic. She said, "The baby?!"

Leo held her hand and said, "I can sense him just barley. He is alive, and well. We think we know who took him, and we're getting him back."

Piper started to cry and said, "He's only six months old. That's too premature. Some baby's don't survive….."

Phoebe shook her head and said, "No sweetie. He's inside a demon right now. He hasn't been born."

Piper looked around and said, "Where's Chris?"

Before anyone could answer Piper jumped up and said with panic, "Wyatt!"

Leo kept a hold of her hand and said, "Wyatt's asleep in his crib, and he's fine."

Piper turned to Leo, "Chris?"

"I can't sense him anywhere."

Piper broke down and couldn't do much besides sob. Leo pulled her into a tight hug and said, "We'll get him back Piper, I promise we will."

A few minutes later Piper was able to get out between crying, "But….. if Chris is gone…… That means…… we don't save the baby!"

Leo shook his head. He let go of Piper and held her at arms length and gave her a little shake. He said, "No Piper. I don't believe that, and you can't either. You have to be strong and work with us to get the baby back. Chris will be back with us as soon as we get the baby back inside you."

Phoebe who had been standing there not sure how to help said, "That's right! Remember when you two got stuck in that other dimension, and you….you know….conceived Chris, he had disappeared for a while, but then reappeared once you two were safe."

Piper wiped at her face and tried to make herself believe them. She nodded once and said, "Okay, let's get them back."

Leo kissed her forehead and held her hand as they all went upstairs to look at the book and make the potions.

Fifteen minutes later Piper had written down the spell, and was holding a vial of the potion she needed to take once they had Samantha. Phoebe, Paige, and Piper all had a vial of the vanquishing potion. Phoebe started to gather up the crystals and put one on the attic floor. Piper said, "No, let's do the spell in the living room. Just in case the reverse needs to be done in the same place."

They all headed downstairs and Paige said, "I don't get how it can be her, when she was vanquished by our Mom so long ago."

Piper said, "We're gonna find out."

As they were walking by Wyatt's room Piper looked in and saw he was still asleep. Soon they were downstairs, and Phoebe had set up the four crystals in a square to hold Samantha once she was summoned. Leo stood back, and the three sisters held hands, and did a summoning spell to get Samantha in the crystal cage. Samantha appeared and looked startled. She tried to orb, but couldn't . She tried to run, but couldn't. She turned to look at Piper and said, "How did you get me back here?"

Phoebe said, "Yeah, you haven't been around for a while have you? Ever heard of the Charmed ones? The power of three?"

Samantha gave her a blank look.

Piper didn't say anything and drank the potion and said the spell to get her baby back. Piper looked down and her stomach started to swell. Samantha looked at her stomach as well and screamed, "NO! He's mine! I need him!"

Piper just kept looking at her stomach. She was pleased that it didn't hurt as it swelled. The millisecond that the spell was completed, adult Chris reappeared in the room and said, "…..it"

Everyone turned to look at him. He took a step back, being surprised by everyone in the room with him. Piper went to him and pulled him down into a crushing hug. She whispered, "You're safe now. You're both safe now."

Chris hugged her back and realized what must have happened. He said, "How long was I gone?"

Piper let him go and said, "Less then half an hour."

Chris got a good look at her and saw she was crying. Piper turned back to Samantha and walked up to the cage. While she was doing that, Leo walked over to Chris and pulled him into another hug.

Piper yelled at Samantha, "How did you get to this time!?"

But Samantha wasn't looking at Piper, she was looking at Chris. She said, "You were the baby? But that doesn't make sense. You had to know what was going to happen. Why would you want me to take you?"

Leo let go of Chris and looked over at Samantha not quite believing what he had heard. Chris panicked. He used his telekinesis to move one of the crystals and then used it again to take Phoebe's vanquish vial out of her hand and fling it towards Samantha. It only made it half way there. The vial hung in mid air and Chris turned his eyes to his mother who had frozen it in place. Piper still had her hands up and used them to also freeze Samantha for the time being.

Piper turned to Chris and stared at him. Chris' eyes darted around the room and noticed that everyone was looking at him, and they all looked furious. He backed up a couple of steps and said, "I can explain."

Piper yelled, "You did this?!"

Chris swallowed and said, "Well…… Um……"

Piper knew by his reaction that he had. She yelled, "How dare you try to hurt my baby!!!"

Leo could tell that Piper was seeing red, and stepped in between Piper and Chris. He was facing Piper when as he said, "He IS your baby Piper. He tried to hurt himself."

Piper glared at Leo. Leo said, "Let's put the crystal back, and get the whole story from Samantha and Chris before you start blowing people up."

Piper got some control over her anger and nodded as she plucked the vanquishing potion from mid air. Leo put the crystal back into formation to make the cage, and Piper turned to Chris and said, "Talk."

Chris paused gathering his thoughts and Piper said, "And remember we'll be asking Sam to tell her version when you're done, because I don't trust you right now."

Chris could feel his stomach twisting at that. He looked down at the floor and decided to be honest, because Samantha knew most of it. "I know a demon from the future who can resurrect vanquished demons. I had him resurrect Samantha. I told her my plans, and then I set Leo and myself up to 'accidentally' run into Sam at noon. I made sure she was here alone with you so she could give you the potion. Then when I got here, she did the spell to get baby me inside her. I didn't plan on disappearing, that was a surprise."

The room was quiet for a second and then Piper said, "Why? Why would you do that Chris?"

Chris looked up at her imploringly, "To make you move to magic school where you and Wyatt will be safe."

Piper shook her head not believing it at first. "So let me see if I've got this right. You had Samantha brought back from the dead. You set us all up to believe that she was an innocent. And then you just stood there while she cast a spell on me and took my baby! All because you wanted to make me move!!"

Piper had started off in a normal tone, but by the end she was yelling. Chris cringed at her volume. He said, "You need to move Mom. I need you and Wyatt out of the way and safe, so that I can keep looking for the demon that turns Wyatt evil. I tried to talk you into moving, but you wouldn't agree."

Piper had heard enough. She turned back to Samantha and unfroze her. She said, "I would really appreciate it if you would tell me how you know my son."

Samantha said, "How can he be here and…." She pointed to Piper's stomach "….there?"

Piper raised her hands and flicked them at Samantha's shoulder. Samantha was thrown back and knocked against the force field that the crystals put up. Samantha got up holding her shoulder. She took her hand off her shoulder and saw some blood. Piper said, "How do you know my son?!"

Samantha took a shaky breath and said, "I appeared in a warehouse yesterday in the middle of the night. I saw Chris there, and another demon. Chris paid the demon, and then he left. Chris orbed me to a hotel, and paid for me to spend the night and get myself some clothes. He told me he was going to help me get revenge on Patty for vanquishing me. He said I could have her daughter's baby since Patty is dead. He told me to pretend to be an innocent, and he told me where and when to meet him. He said he was going to get a Janbox demon to help us out with the charade. But I still don't know why he would want me to take him."

Piper nodded. She was close enough to the force field to kick one of the crystals out of the way. Before Samantha realized what was happening, Piper had tossed her vanquishing potion at her. As Samantha burst into flames and screamed, Piper yelled, "He's my baby, and you can't have him!"

A second later Samantha had disappeared. Piper turned to Chris. She pointed at him and said, "You turn around."

Chris looked confused for less then a second. Then he looked at her with surprise and took a step back. He gave his head a barely noticeable shake no. Piper glared at him. He darted his eyes to Phoebe who looked a little confused, and to Paige who looked embarrassed. Piper yelled, "Turn around!"

Chris looked back at her with panic and said, "I……"

Then Leo was in between them again with his back towards Chris. Piper said, "Move Leo."

Leo shook his head no. "You're very angry Piper, and you've just been through a trauma."

Piper raised her hands and flicked them both at him. Leo exploded into a spray of blue lights, and then reformed in front of her. Piper yelled, "Trauma?! You mean the trauma where my baby was ripped from my womb while my son just stood there?! That trauma?!"

Leo held his hands up and said, "You are in no shape to deal with Chris right now. You need to calm yourself down. All of this stress can't be good for the baby. I'll deal with Chris."

Chris thought this sounded like a very good idea, and anxiously waited to hear what Piper would say. Piper raised her hands up again, but then heard Wyatt making noise on the baby monitor. She put her hands down and gave Leo a glare. "Fine. You deal with him for now."

She leaned to the side so she could see Chris behind Leo and continued, "But we WILL be talking later young man."

Piper turned and walked away towards Wyatt's room to get him up from his nap.

Everyone was quiet until she was out of the room. Chris felt relief wash over him, and he took a deep breath now that the immediate danger to his butt was gone. Leo looked over at Paige and Phoebe and said, "Thanks for being here for us, and helping us."

Phoebe said, "You know we'll always be here for you and Piper, and our nephews."

Paige nodded in agreement. Leo smiled and said, "Thank you. I'm gonna need to talk to Chris alone for a few minutes now."

Phoebe nodded. "I need to get back to work."

Paige took her hand and said, "Me too. See you tonight."

Paige orbed them away. When they got to Phoebe's office, Phoebe asked Paige, "Why do you think Piper wanted Chris to turn around?"

Paige explained what had happened that morning at breakfast. Phoebe looked shocked, but then nodded in understanding.

Leo watched the sisters leave, and then took a deep breath before turning to face his son. Chris didn't look up but said, "Thanks for helping out with Mom."

Leo put a hand on Chris' shoulder and said, "Look at me Chris."

Chris looked up. Leo said, "I want you to tell me where you got the money."

Leo watched Chris' eyes open a little wider at that. Chris said, "I….. I brought it with me from the future."

Leo shook his head. "Wrong answer again Chris."

Chris wasn't sure if Leo knew the truth or not, but it seemed like he did. Chris cursed in his head. Leo said, "You've told me that I didn't believe you when you were younger, and that that is a big part of why you hate me. But how can I believe you, and how can we start building a trusting relationship, when you continue to lie to me?"

Chris wasn't sure what to say. He mumbled, "I'm sorry."

Leo put an arm around Chris' shoulders and started walking them towards the couch. Leo said, "I'm sorry too. I'm sorry that you don't trust me. I'm sorry that the childhood you had was so much worse then the childhood I had planned for you. I'm sorry that you think you have to lie and steal to get things done. But mostly I'm sorry that I have to punish you now."

Before Chris had time to react to what Leo had said, Leo sat on the couch, and pulled Chris over his lap. Chris' first thought was that Leo was going to spank him, but quickly disregarded that idea, because he just couldn't believe his father would do that. He tried to stay calm and said, "What's going on Leo?"

Leo wrapped his left arm around Chris' waist, and pulled Chris up tight against his torso. Leo said, "I'm going to spank you for lying, stealing, manipulating your family, and putting yourself and your mother in danger."

Chris was speechless. He shook his head no, still not believing it, and not believing that Leo had sounded so calm and matter of fact about it. The first smack surprised Chris and made him jump. The second smack made him jump again, and he kept shaking his head no with disbelief.

Leo had never considered himself the kind of parent who would spank his kids, and if someone had asked him if he would ever spank one of his kids once they were grown up, Leo would have laughed at the notion. But then if someone had told him his son would do the things that Chris had done, he wouldn't have believed them. He still found it hard to believe that Chris had stole the money, and just stood there watching while a demon had taken Piper's baby. He thought that he needed to do something drastic to show Chris that what he had done wasn't acceptable, and he also knew this was similar to what Piper had had in mind and would agree with what he was doing.

By the tenth swat Chris finally accepted that this really was happening to him. But he still couldn't put together in his head the fact that the person swatting him was his father. He yelled, "Leo, this isn't you! You don't spank me or Wyatt! Even when you thought I was lying about Wyatt you didn't spank me!"

Leo kept spanking and said, "It wasn't me before but it is me now. You've changed me Chris. Valhalla was only the first step towards changing me. I may hate this, and I may regret that it's necessary, but I will do it, because I think it's what is best for you, and I'm sure Piper agrees."

Chris remembered his confrontation with Leo in Valhalla. He had actually been afraid Leo would hurt him for a few seconds before it was over. Chris was quickly brought back to the present, as the spanking was continuing, and starting to really hurt him. He wasn't sure how many swats he had gotten, but it seemed like a lot. He started squirming and said, "Leo! This is all wrong! You're a pacifist!"

Leo had been keeping track, and knew he had given Chris twenty swats over his jeans. Leo's hand kind of hurt already, and judging by Chris' reaction he didn't think they were anywhere near done. He stopped spanking and let Chris stand up.

Chris took a few steps back from Leo and took a deep breath. He was glad he had talked some sense into Leo. Leo stood up also and covered the distance between them with one large step. He grabbed the waistband of Chris' jeans with both hands, and quickly undid the button and zipper before Chris realized what was happening. Chris belatedly put his hands on Leo's arms, to make him stop, but it was already too late. Chris said again, "But you're a pacifist!"

Leo looked in Chris' confused eyes and said, "Yes that is a part of me. But there is another part of me that will do anything and everything I think is necessary to protect my family. This may be against my nature, but so is sitting by and doing nothing while you hurt yourself and others."

Leo let go of Chris' pants and was about to grab his arm again when Chris used his telekinesis to fling Leo back onto the couch. It was Leo's turn to be in shock. He just stared at Chris for a few seconds while Chris zipped up and buttoned his pants. Leo sat up and said with a calm he didn't feel, "Okay Chris, if you won't accept this punishment, then I'll get your mother and sisters to bind your powers, and we'll try it again when they're done."

Chris shook his head no vehemently, knowing that his mother probably would agree to strip his powers for a few hours, especially in the mood she was in. Leo said, "Then come over here and take your pants down. We aren't done yet."

Chris stood there thinking for a few seconds. He certainly didn't want to go over to Leo, but he didn't see many other options. He couldn't orb, and if he didn't let Leo do it, his mother and aunts would bind his powers. And he knew that without his powers, Leo was stronger then he was. He decided to try a different approach. "Please don't Leo. I understand that you're mad, and that what I did….."

Leo raised his voice for the first time during their confrontation and said, "Come here, Right Now!"

Chris knew that he was out of options, and that he would just have to accept whatever Leo was planning on. As he slowly walked over to Leo, he tried to console himself with the thought; 'Maybe he'll heal me when he's done.'

Once Chris was next to Leo, Leo reached up and undid the pants again. He let his irritation show by yanking the pants and boxers down to Chris' knees and then yanking Chris back over his lap. Chris landed with an, "Oof."

Leo started spanking again harder and faster then before. Chris immediately noticed the difference and yelled, "Oww! Shit! Oww!"

Very soon Chris was kicking his legs and yelling or grunting with each swat. Leo paused long enough to say, "You will stop lying to us Chris."

Leo brought his hand down again and Chris yelled, "Okay!! Aahh! I got it!"

Leo gave Chris another ten swats before pausing again. Chris was close to tears and hoped Leo was done. Leo said, "Darryl called Phoebe today, and showed her a video of you stealing money from a bank."

Chris groaned at that news. He was in such a hurry, he hadn't checked for video cameras. Leo said, "Phoebe got close enough to the tape to erase it, so you'll be happy to know you won't be going to jail for bank robbery."

Chris was a little irritated with Leo's sarcasm. Chris said, "Like I couldn't just orb out of prison."

Leo couldn't believe his ears. "You seem to think you're above the law."

Chris struggled for a second against Leo's arm that was holding him down. Leo didn't let him up. Chris said, "I am here to save the world. Not just us Leo, the world. If I don't succeed, the whole world will not only know about magic, but they will be afraid of it. Wyatt is the law in my future. I don't even exist in this time yet, so yeah, I think I am above the law. I'll do whatever I need to do, to keep Wyatt from turning."

Leo said, "But you didn't take that money because Wyatt was in imminent danger of being turned. You took it so you could pay off some demons to hurt your mother."

Chris didn't like the way Leo phrased that. "I wouldn't let anyone really hurt Mom."

Leo gave Chris ten more swats and then said, "You hurt her today, more then you can even imagine Chris."

Chris shook his head and said, "I didn't want to. I… I had to."

"No you didn't, and now you've damaged the bond that was forming between the two of you. Piper will forgive you, but it won't be easy for her. You're going to have to work pretty hard at earning back her trust."

Chris started to cry when he heard those words. Leo continued, "And now we'll have to try and come up with a thousand dollars to pay the bank back, and you know with your mother and Phoebe being the only ones brining in a regular paycheck, that it won't be easy to come up with it."

Chris was surprised out of his crying. He wiped at the couple of tears that had slid down his face and said, "What?! What do you mean pay back the bank? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! The bank makes plenty of money! They can afford to loose a thousand without even blinking."

"But we can't afford to let you get away with it."

Leo started spanking again while Chris furiously struggled and yelled, "Don't be stupid Leo! Oww! You can't make… Mffff! Mom pay for the…. Ahh! Money I took!"

Leo kept spanking and said, "We will pay it back, and your mother will agree with me."

Chris was a mess of emotions and pain. He started crying again. Leo could tell he was crying, but still gave him a couple more swats. Leo knew Chris had to be pretty sore by now, and saw that his butt was a deep red. Leo said, "Okay Chris, we're almost done. I just want to go over things one more time, so it's clear in your head why I'm doing this. Because you better believe me when I say I'll do this again if you don't learn what I'm trying to teach you this time. You don't lie to us."

Smack! "Do you hear me Chris?"

Chris nodded and said through his tears, "Yes!"

"You don't steal." Smack! Smack!

"Okaaayyyyy!"

"You are going to stop manipulating us, because it makes us not trust you, and it isn't even an efficient way to get things done. But that shouldn't be a problem anymore since you won't be lying. Isn't that right?" Smack! Smack! Smack!

"Owww! Please stop!"

"Tell me you're going to stop manipulating us."

"I promise….. I won't do it again!"

"Okay this is the last one Chris, and I'm very serious about it."

Chris wanted the whole thing to be over and said, "Noooo!"

"You won't deliberately put yourself or any of your family in danger again."

Leo gave him ten more hard swats during which Chris yelled, "I'm sorry! Dad! I'm sorry! Please!"

Leo was a little surprised to finally hear Chris call him 'Dad', but was sad that the first time was obviously a slip up on Chris' part because he was so distraught. Leo stopped spanking and rubbed Chris' back for a few seconds while Chris cried. Leo reached down and pulled the boxers and pants back up. Chris gave a little whimper as they went over his butt. Once the pants were in place, Leo orbed them both to Chris' room. Leo was sitting on Chris' bed with Chris still over his lap. He helped Chris to stand for a second and then pulled him down to sit in his lap.

Piper had left the living room furious. She had stormed up the stairs and went to pick up Wyatt. As always, seeing him calmed her down a little. He smiled to see her coming to get him, and she smiled back at him. She got him out of the crib and asked him if he had a good nap while she was changing his diaper. Once he was dressed again and in her arms she decided she didn't want to go downstairs and face anyone just yet. She picked up one of Wyatt's books and sat in the rocking chair with him so they could look at it together. She flipped the pages and absently told Wyatt the names of the things he pointed at, while her mind was busy thinking about Chris.

She thought, 'How could he do it? He just let that demon take him from me. Does he have a death wish? Is he this reckless all the time? How dare he try to force me into moving with this elaborate scheme! It's like our emotions mean nothing to him as long as he gets his way! I can't let this go. I'll have to do something to make sure he understands he can't keep doing it.'

Piper was distracted by the sounds of a scuffle and yelling downstairs. She put Wyatt in his playpen knowing his bubble would protect him if demons were attacking. She rushed out to blow up whoever was attacking. She got halfway down the stairs and as she turned to look into the living room she froze. There across the room was her husband spanking their son. Leo had his back to her, and she couldn't see much of Chris except his back and butt. Leo stopped and said, "You will stop lying to us Chris." And then he started up again.

Piper stood staring at the scene not understanding how they had gotten to that point. She knew Leo had seen her swat him with her magic a couple of times, but she wouldn't have expected this. Then she heard Leo talking about Darryl and the fact that Chris had apparently stole some money to put together his scheme. Piper shook her head, appalled at Chris' attitude towards what he had done. A few minutes later Piper nodded and agreed with what Leo was saying and doing. She felt baby Chris inside her move, and she put a hand on her stomach. She looked over at adult Chris obviously suffering, and didn't want to watch anymore. She thought Leo was doing the right thing, but she didn't think she could do it, and was glad she didn't have to.

She turned and walked back to Wyatt's room and shut the door behind her. Wyatt looked anxious and was reaching up his hands to her to be picked up. She picked him up and he rested his head on her shoulder for comfort. She hugged him close and said, "It's okay sweetie."

She turned on some music that Wyatt liked to drown out the noise, and played with him upstairs for the next half an hour.

Leo was surprised and pleased that Chris didn't try to get off his lap while he was crying. Chris was too distraught to do much besides cling to Leo. Once Chris could think about something besides pain and things his father had said to him while he was getting spanked, he started thinking about Wyatt. He remembered all the times Wyatt had hurt him, and how he had felt after. He had always wanted to get as far away from Wyatt as possible. Even the times that Wyatt had healed him after hurting him, Chris had still always felt the need to run, and be away from his brother. So it was hard for Chris to understand why he didn't even want to let go of Leo right now.

Leo could tell that the crying was slowing down and he said softly, "I love you Chris."

Chris held Leo tighter and finally understood the difference in his reaction to getting hurt by Wyatt and getting hurt by Leo. Leo hugged Chris tighter too and said, "I love you, your mother loves you, your aunts love you, and Wyatt loves you. It's not right to lie to the people who love you. It's not right to manipulate the people who love you. We wouldn't do it to you, and we expect you not to do it to us. Do you understand?"

Chris nodded on Leo's chest. Leo said, "Good. Now I know it's going to be hard for you to trust us, and I know you are going to want to do things your way without consulting us, but I want you to try. And if you keep today in mind for the next few weeks it should help, because I was very serious when I told you I will spank you again if I think you need it."

Chris felt more tears rolling down his face, but nodded in understanding. Leo said, "Tonight I'll talk to Piper, and your aunts and we'll figure out how to get together the money that you owe to the bank. Then tonight, I'll orb you in, and you can do a spell to mess up the security cameras and put the money back."

Chris shook his head thinking this was a very bad idea. Leo said, "Do you need to go back over my lap right now?"

Chris shook his head more violently. Leo said, "Then you will put the money back. And tomorrow morning you and I will go visit with Darryl for a while, and see what he has to say about what you did."

Chris said, "But I…."

Leo swatted him before he got any further. Chris cried out and put one of his hands back to cover his butt. Leo said, "Now is not a good time to argue with me."

Chris kept quiet and tried to stop crying. Leo was done talking and just held Chris for a while.

Ten minutes later they heard a knock on the door. Chris scrambled off Leo's lap, and wiped at his face. Leo stood up and went to answer the door. Piper was standing there holding Wyatt. She looked at Leo for a few seconds, and he was sure that she knew what had happened, and that she wasn't angry anymore. She said, "Can I come in?"

Leo said, "Sure. I'll hold Wyatt."

Piper handed him over and said, "He needs a snack."

Leo nodded and took Wyatt out while Piper walked in. Chris wouldn't look at Piper. He was pretty sure she had heard what had happened, and was embarrassed both about the spanking, and about what he had done. Piper walked over to Chris and looked up into his face. She said, "Chris?"

He looked away from his feet and looked down at her concerned face. She saw his tear streaked face and said, "Oh Chris honey, are you okay?"

He shook his head no. She reached up and pulled him down into a hug. He let her, and was soon crying again and holding onto her. He kept mumbling, "I'm sorry Mom. I'm so sorry."

She put a hand up on the back of his head and held him to her as she said, "I know honey, I know."

A few minutes later she said quietly, "Shh. It's gonna be okay. I know you didn't mean to hurt yourself or me. I forgive you, and still I love you."

Chris didn't cry as long this time. Five minutes later Piper let him go and said, "Why don't you lie down for a little while and rest. I'm going to go talk to Leo."

Chris nodded and let her go. As soon as she shut the door Chris walked to the nightstand and got out some tissues to blow his nose. Then he lay on the bed face down exhausted.

Downstairs Leo was feeding Wyatt some mixed fruit when Piper walked in. Piper went and sat next to him and wrapped her arms around his middle. She said, "How are you?"

Leo set the mixed fruit down for Wyatt to feed himself and turned to Piper. He put his arms around her too and said, "I've been better. How about you?"

"Not so great."

"I need to talk to you about money."

"I know."

"Chris told you?"

"No. I thought there was a demon attacking, and I went down to see you spanking him. I heard that he took some money."

Leo let her go and looked into her eyes. He said, "He took a thousand dollars. Can we get that much together by the end of the day?"

Piper nodded and said, "Actually the club has been doing pretty well since you've been away. I have about three times that in savings right now. It's no problem."

Leo was surprised. He smiled at her and said, "Well that's really good to hear. Can you get that in cash in the next few hours? I want everything to be fresh in his mind when he puts it back."

She nodded. "I can't believe he thought it was okay to take the money in the first place."

Leo sighed. "To hear him tell it, the future he comes from doesn't have much in the way of laws besides whatever Wyatt decrees. So I can kind of understand it. But he still needs to know we don't approve, and won't let him do it."

Piper nodded again. Leo said, "I'm gonna call Darryl and set up a time to meet with him tomorrow so he can talk to Chris personally about what he did."

Piper opened her eyes wider and said, "I wouldn't have thought of that, but it's a really good idea."

After a few seconds of silence Leo said with uncertainty, "Are you angry that I spanked him?"

Piper pulled him down into a kiss and when she let him go she said, "No. I know it had to be hard for you, and I'm proud of you for doing it."

Leo was relieved to hear this, and was more then pleased about the kiss. She hadn't kissed him like that since the night Chris was conceived. And before that it had been over a year. He pulled her in for another kiss, and she let him. When they were done Piper looked over at Wyatt. Wyatt had eaten all of his fruit, had dumped the juice from the plate onto his highchair tray, and was currently taking turns rubbing it all over the tray and into his hair. Piper said exasperated, "Oh Wyatt, we don't rub juice in our hair."

Wyatt looked at her with confusion. She got up to get a wet washcloth. Leo smiled at Wyatt and said, "Oops."

Wyatt smiled and laughed. Piper said, "Don't encourage him!"

The rest of the day Chris was pretty miserable. He had fallen asleep right after Piper had left the room for a short one-hour nap. But when he woke up he hurt all over, with extra throbbing in his head and his behind. He groaned and looked over at his clock. It was three o'clock in the afternoon. Chris lay there and tried to will his head to stop pounding. He couldn't believe that just two days ago he had been punching Leo in the face for not knowing him, and for never being there for him. It seemed like a lot had happened in a short amount of time, and now he truly believed that Leo did know him much better then he had when Chris was a teenager.

He spent most of the late afternoon playing with Wyatt while Leo looked on, and Piper went to run a few errands.

Around five thirty both Paige and Phoebe arrived home within minutes of each other. Phoebe was first. She came in and saw Chris kneeling on the floor rolling little cars around with Wyatt standing beside him watching. She looked over at Leo who was sitting in a chair watching. Phoebe said, "Well this isn't what I expected."

Everyone turned to see her, and Wyatt toddled over to her so she could pick him up for a hug. She picked him up and glared at Chris. She said, "How could you do that to your mother?"

Chris didn't know what to say. Leo said, "Phoebe."

Phoebe glared over at him. He said, "It's over. Chris has been punished, and he's sorry about what he did. We're not going to keep bringing it up."

Phoebe was completely taken aback by what Leo had said. She eventually looked at Chris and said, "Punished?"

Chris turned bright red and refused to make eye contact. Phoebe wasn't sure what had happened, but Chris was obviously effected by it, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

She said, "I'm going to go get out of my work clothes."

She put Wyatt down and turned to leave. But before she made it to the stairs Paige arrived home too and called out, "Hello everyone!"

Phoebe detoured and went to link arms with Paige as she said, "Come up and help me change."

Paige gave her a look and said, "What?"

"Just come on."

Paige let Phoebe take her upstairs, where Phoebe told Paige what had happened. They both speculated on what had happened while they were gone.

Piper was home in time to make dinner. It was obvious to everyone that Chris couldn't stop squirming and ate as quick as he could. Paige and Phoebe exchanged a look. As soon as Chris was done Leo took pity on him and pushed his half-eaten food away as he said, "Why don't you come look at the book of shadows with me, and we'll see who we can go after tomorrow afternoon?"

Chris practically jumped out of his chair and followed Leo to the attic. Once they were gone, Piper told Paige and Phoebe what had happened without going into too much detail. When dinner was done Piper went to the club to work, Paige did the dishes, and Phoebe watched Wyatt.

Later that night when most people were going to sleep Leo and Chris orbed to the credit union and Leo orbed Chris in to put the money back. Chris did two spells, one to erase the videotapes, and one to erase fingerprints off the money after he had put it in the middle of the vault floor. Leo nodded and orbed them home to Chris' room. Chris hadn't tried to talk Leo out of it again, but he was upset about it. When it was done Chris said, "We shouldn't have wasted Mom's money like that Leo."

Leo gave Chris a hug and said, "You shouldn't have stole it in the first place."

Leo let Chris go and said, "Get some sleep. We meet with Darryl down at the precinct tomorrow at ten."

Chris nodded and as Leo was leaving Chris said, "Hey Leo?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you could…. I mean it would be nice if you would…. I'm sure I could sleep better if you would… Heal me?"

Leo shook his head no and said, "Take some Advil."

Chris looked disappointed but didn't argue. Leo said, "Good night." As he shut the door.

Chris did take some Advil and slept pretty well.

The next day Chris had a horrible time sitting in the interrogation room with Darryl and Leo for about an hour, while Darryl yelled at him and told him all the reasons why what he had done was wrong. By the time Darryl ran out of steam, Chris felt like crying again and was more then ready to go. Leo shook hands with Darryl and thanked him for his time. Leo also told Darryl they had replaced the money, and Darryl felt better about the whole issue.

That night when Leo and Chris got home from demon hunting they found Piper packing. Chris said, "What's going on?"

Piper said, "I've decided that since it's so important to you, Wyatt and I will move to magic school for the next three months until you're born."

"Really?"

Piper stopped packing, and went to give Chris a hug. She said, "Yes. I know how important it is to you, and I'm tired all the time now. I talked to the manager at the club last night, and he will be taking over for me while I'm gone. And when he has owner type questions he will call Paige. I think I could use a break. Not to mention a lot more sleep, and there are plenty of people there to help me watch Wyatt."

Chris said quietly, "Thank you."

Piper nodded. "You both remember to visit us at least once or twice a day though, or we will feel unloved and move home whether you like it or not."

Chris took her seriously and said, "We will I swear."

Leo snickered and said, "Twice a day Piper?"

Piper rolled her eyes and said, "Okay once every other day, when you aren't in the middle of a demon hunt."

They all helped Piper finish packing, and went with her and Wyatt to check out the room they would be staying in at magic school.

Over the next four days Leo and Chris fell into a routine. In the morning they would eat breakfast with Phoebe and Paige and discuss current duties or jobs the Charmed ones were doing. Then they would look through the Book of Shadows, pick out a demon, and spend the afternoons in the Underworld hunting it. Then in the evenings they would go to magic school and have dinner with Piper and Wyatt.

The day after Leo had spanked him, Chris had been cautious around him. Leo could tell that Chris was spending a lot of his time that day thinking about his behavior and how it would be received by his family. Near the end of that day Chris had been tired, not to mention still sore, and had made a snippy comment to Leo about not being able to orb. Leo had seen a look of worry flash across Chris' face as he took a step away from Leo right after saying it. Leo had wanted to reassure Chris that he wasn't going to whack him at the drop of a hat, and had just calmly told him he wasn't going to get his orbing back until the week was up. He could tell Chris was relieved with his answer, and started to relax and get back to his usual self.

Chris hated not having the ability to orb, and he couldn't wait to get it back. He understood why Leo had taken it away, but he felt incomplete without it, and still found himself trying to orb before realizing he had to ask Leo to orb him. The only other time he had been without his orbing was when he was fourteen and Wyatt had taken it away for a month. He thought it sucked just as much, if not more, this time. After realizing Leo wasn't going to spank him for his less then pleasant opinions, he ended up asking Leo to put it back every day, sometimes several times a day, only to get the same patient answer of, 'You're still grounded, but you can have it back when the week is up.'

Piper and Wyatt were living in one of the dormitories reserved for the teachers at the school. They had a living room, bedroom, and private bathroom. Piper usually ordered food from the kitchen and had it brought up to her room when Chris and Leo came over. Today they were a little late.

Piper looked at her watch again and sighed. She looked at Wyatt and said, "Daddy and Chris are late."

Wyatt said, "Dada."

Piper said, "Yes Daddy is coming to eat with us. I'm hungry. Let's call for our food, and Daddy and Chris can go down and get their food later."

Piper picked up the phone just as Leo and Chris orbed in. She smiled and handed Wyatt to Leo as she ordered food for all four of them. She put the phone down and said, "You two are later then usual."

Chris gave her a look of irritation and said, "It's Leo's fault."

Piper looked at Leo who looked calm as usual. He said, "Chris got slimed today when we killed a Blogar demon, and he had to take a long shower and wash about four times with tomato juice to get the smell off."

Piper tried not to laugh at Chris since he was obviously upset about it. She asked, "So how is that Leo's fault Chris?"

Chris huffed and said, "Because if I could have orbed, the slime wouldn't have hit me."

Piper said, "But you're still grounded for two more days."

Chris had already heard that from Leo more then once over the past hour and was irritated. He tossed his hands in the air and said, "I'm twenty-two!" as if this were all the explanation anyone should need to understand why he shouldn't be grounded.

Piper could tell he was unhappy and having a bad day. She changed the subject. "Why were you hunting a Blogar demon?"

Chris could tell neither of his parents were impressed with his argument of being too old to be grounded, so he sighed and said, "We weren't exactly after him, he just kind of got in the way."

Chris and Leo told Piper about their day, and soon the food came. During dinner Piper told them what she and Wyatt had done for the day. When the food was gone, Piper said, "I should probably go give Wyatt a bath and get him ready for bed."

Leo started to stand but then Chris stood and said, "Hey Mom, why don't you and Leo talk for a while. I could give Wyatt a bath."

Piper turned to him with a surprised expression, not quite believing he had offered to help like that. Then she glared a little and said, "What kind of ulterior motive do you have?"

Chris feigned surprise and said, "None!"

"Chris." Piper said in a warning tone.

Chris' eyes darted nervously between Leo and Piper for a second, and then he looked down as he muttered, "Okay, you got me. I just thought maybe you two could use some time to talk alone. Maybe… you know…. Work some things out….. talk about the future. Your future."

Piper and Leo exchanged a look. They both understood Chris wanting to still have an intact family when he went back home, and thought it was sweet of him to be playing match maker. Leo said, "Okay Chris, that's nice of you. Thanks."

Chris gave him a shy smile and turned to Wyatt. He said, "What do you say Wyatt? Want me to give you a bath?"

Wyatt held his arms up to be picked up and said, "Iis"

Chris looked at Piper and said, "Did he just try to say my name?"

Piper nodded and beamed. "He did it twice earlier today when I was talking to him about you."

Chris just stared at Wyatt for a few seconds not believing how such a little thing could bring out so many emotions in him. He cleared his throat and got up. He picked up Wyatt and took him into the bathroom asking if he wanted to play with the rubber duck or the frog in the tub.

Piper and Leo looked at each other for a few seconds. Then Piper said, "How's it been going?"

"All things considered I think it's going very well. I'm amazed at how much he knows about the underworld. I guess not all that much has changed in twenty three years. We've killed off at least two demons every day."

"That's good."

"I guess…."

"What do you mean you guess?"

Leo sighed, "It's just that it never seems to be enough for him. I think Chris would keep going and pushing his way through demon after demon until every last one of them in the underworld was dead. We kill one, and he wants to kill three more. I just…. I just wish he could be happier."

Piper put her hand over Leo's. Then she had a thought and said, "Oh, I'll be right back. I need to tell Chris that I used up the last of the baby shampoo yesterday, and the new bottle is in the cupboard."

Piper got up and walked over to the bathroom and opened the door. The site that greeted her did not make her happy. She said, "What do you think you're doing young man?"

The bathtub was filling up with water, Wyatt was standing next to it with his clothes still on, and Chris was kneeling on the floor in front of Wyatt holding a small wand with a blue light at the end against Wyatt's forehead. Chris immediately put the wand down and the blue light faded. He stuck it in his pants pocket, and said, "I… I was just…."

Leo was now at the doorway looking at him too. Piper held out her hand and said, "Give it to me."

Leo looked confused and Chris didn't move. Piper said, "Give me whatever that wand thing was that you were using Christopher."

Chris grimaced at the name and pulled the wand out of his pocket. He stood up and handed it to her. He said, "It's no big deal Mom. It's just a little trinket I picked up today. I thought Wyatt would think it was pretty. I was just about to put him in the bath."

Leo said, "Can I see it."

Piper handed it to him. He looked at Chris and said, "You were out of my site for about half an hour in the underworld today, and you got this?"

Chris looked away and didn't answer. Piper picked up Wyatt who was trying to climb into the tub with his clothes still on and asked Leo, "What is it?"

"It's a Jamko wand. It's used to test a person's morals, and it's very rare. How did you get it Chris?"

Chris mumbled something that neither parent could understand. Piper said, "Turn the water off, you've got way too much water in there anyway."

Chris turned the water off, and Piper started to undress Wyatt who was straining to get down and into the tub. Piper darted a glare at Chris said, "How did you get it?"

Chris looked back and forth between his parents and worried that this whole story wasn't going to go over very well. "Leo and I were going after another Scabber demon today. I had made a vanquishing potion, but he thought it was too dangerous for me to go in since I can't orb."

Chris turned to glare at Leo and said, "Which would be easy enough to fix if he would stop being so stubborn."

Leo's voice held annoyance as he said, "Chris."

Chris turned back to Piper who had Wyatt down to his diaper. She reached down and pulled the stopper out of the bathtub to let some of the water drain out. Chris said, "So Leo wanted to leave me at home while he went to do it, but I told him I should at least be in the underworld so that I could help him if he needed it. I do still have my telekinesis which could help if there was a fight. He finally agreed, and took me down with him. We went to one of the gathering areas for demons, and he told me to stay in that area while he went to find the Scabber demon. While he was gone, I saw a Jamko demon. I didn't believe it at first, but they are pretty distinctive with their yellow skin. So I started a conversation with her."

Piper thought the water was low enough now, so she put the stopper back in, and tested the water temperature with her arm. She turned to Wyatt, took his diaper off, and said, "Okay sweetie."

Wyatt orbed into the tub, and splashed a few times, happy to be there playing with his rubber frog. Leo asked Chris, "Jamko demons don't just give up their wands. How did you get it?'

Chris looked at the floor and mumbled, "I took it."

Piper put her hands on her hips. "You stole it?"

Chris was incredulous at her accusation. He said, "From a demon."

Leo shook his head. "Now she'll be after you. They're tricky, and most of them hate witches and like to kill them."

Chris' voice got slightly louder, and he said, "Well if you had given me back my orbing, the second I saw her there I could have went home, made a vanquishing potion, and gone back. Then I could have talked with her, gotten the wand, and vanquished her ass before she had the chance to even notice that I had taken it!"

Piper couldn't believe that Chris was being so belligerent after Leo had spanked him just five days ago. She said, "I'm fine with you taking something we need from a demon Chris, but why didn't you tell Leo about it so that you two could vanquish the demon before she had a chance to come after you?"

Before Chris could come up with an answer Leo said, "Because he wanted to try out the wand on Wyatt before we had the chance to tell him he couldn't."

Chris turned a little pink at his father's correct assumption. Piper glared and said, "So you didn't tell Leo you had it. You used it on Wyatt without telling me first. You manipulated your father and me into thinking you were being sweet and letting us have some time alone, when really you were trying to get time alone with Wyatt to do something we might not approve of. And then to top it off you lied to me about what it was the first time I asked."

Chris started to feel nervous when the words manipulated and lied came out. Piper then asked, "What do you have to say for yourself?"

Chris shook his head and said, "It's not like that. It's just something I wanted to try. Something that might help determine if Wyatt's been changed. Please don't make this into a big issue Mom."

Piper wasn't having it. She looked at Leo once, who looked just as unhappy as she did. She said, "Too late. It is a big issue, because you were recently punished for these exact same things, and now you're doing them again. Turn around."

Chris backed away from her a few steps, and shook his head no. His butt was fully recovered from the spanking Leo had given him, but he certainly didn't want more.

Piper's voice booked no room for argument, "I told you to turn around Chris."

Chris looked panicked and shook his head no again. He took another step back, and bumped into Leo.

Leo grabbed Chris' arm automatically to steady him. Leo almost let him go, but then at the last second got a tighter grip. Leo had vast amounts of patience, and he could tolerate a lot from Chris without getting angry. But he found he had almost zero patients for Chris not doing what his mother had asked him to do. Leo quickly put the wand in his pocket, and then used that hand to give Chris six hard swats. Chris jumped and yelped in surprise with the first couple of swats, and then tried to get his arm out of Leo's grasp for the rest. When Leo finished he said, "When your mother tells you to do something, you to do it."

Chris looked back at Leo with big eyes full of surprise and hurt feelings. Leo let him go without turning him around and said, "Do as your mother says."

Chris looked at Piper who still looked pretty angry. He closed his eyes, wishing he could disappear, and turned his back on Piper. The swats Leo had just given him had stung, and now he knew his mother planned to give him more.

Chris heard the familiar popping noise and then felt two magical swats in rapid succession landing on his butt. He grit his teeth and tried not to make any noise, but the pain was sudden and strong and a little grunt came out of him even though he tried not to let it. The magical swats hurt much more then the swats Leo had given him. Each swat seemed to hurt his entire butt instead of just one area, and they felt more like an electrical shock then a swat with a hand.

Piper said, "That was for manipulating us."

Chris said, "I'm sorry."

Piper asked, "Didn't you just get spanked for that very same thing less then a week ago?"

"Yes." Chris whispered as he turned bright red.

He heard the noise again, and two more swats came. He had trouble not putting his hands back to cover his butt. And as the pain hit him, he went up on the balls of his feet for a second and yelled out, "Ow! Mom, that really hurts! I said I was sorry."

Piper said, "That was for lying. Your father and I have been working very hard to be honest with you, and to earn your trust over the past few days, and we thought you had been working on it too."

Chris was close to crying at those words. He said, "I know… I do trust you guys....."

Piper cut him off with another swat. Chris couldn't take it, and covered his butt with both hands and said, "Ow! Damn!" and turned back around to face his mom.

Piper said, "Don't tell me that you trust us when you were just caught lying and manipulating us Chris. How does that show trust?"

Chris could see the hurt and disappointment in Piper's eyes, and he felt his own eyes start to fill. He said, "But I do tru…."

She glared at him, and he decided to revise his statement. He found it hard to explain. He trusted them to protect him and Wyatt. He trusted them to always do what they believed was right. He trusted them to protect innocents. He trusted them to use magic for good. But he didn't trust them to make decisions based on the bigger picture. He was taking into account what happened in the future, but they couldn't take that into account because they hadn't experienced it. When he took the wand he had thought about telling them, but he hadn't trusted them to let him use it on Wyatt. And he hadn't considered getting caught either. He stammered, "I really am trying to trust you. Both of you. But…. Sometimes if I think you're going to argue with me about something…. It's just easier to…. well… to do it without asking."

Piper shook her head and said, "You need to think about this the next time you decide it will be easier to do something without talking to us about it first."

Chris nodded. "I will."

"Good. Now turn back around, and keep your hands to your sides."

Chris said, "But….I….."

Piper shook her head. "You used that wand on Wyatt without asking me or Leo about it. You turn back around."

Chris felt the tears that he had been keeping at bay slide down his cheeks. He turned around and clenched his hands into fists to try and keep them at his sides. He kept his eyes closed so he wouldn't have to see Leo's expression when his mom swatted him.

Piper saw Chris' tears and felt a stab of guilt for what she was doing. She looked at Leo to see if she had his support. He gave her a small nod to show her he agreed that this was the right thing to do.

Chris heard the noise again, and this time as soon as the two swats fell he shifted from foot to foot, and cried out, "Ow! Mom, Please!" and he felt even more tears, but tried not to be obvious about the fact that he was crying.

Piper put her hands down and said, "That was for using the wand without asking me or Leo about it first."

The room was quite for a few seconds aside from Wyatt's splashing and Chris' shaky intakes of breath. Chris kept his hands to his sides with effort, and he kept his eyes on the ground not wanting to face either parent. He was frustrated that his parents refused to treat him as an equal, and the throbbing pain in his posterior didn't help him feel like an adult.

Piper looked at Leo and said, "Can you finish Wyatt's bath while I talk to Chris?"

Leo nodded. He put his hand on Chris' shoulder and squeezed it once. Then he knelt down on the floor next to the bathtub to play with Wyatt. Piper took a few steps over to Chris, took his hand in hers, and pulled him towards the living room with her. She sat down on the couch and pulled him down to sit down next to her.

Chris automatically tried to stand back up when his butt hit the couch, but Piper kept her hand in his, and he sat back down with a hiss of pain. Piper put an arm around his waist and pulled him towards her. She said in a soothing voice, "Chris honey, I love you, and I'm sorry."

Chris wiped at his face. He darted a look over at her and said, "You're sorry?"

Piper rubbed his back with one hand, and pushed some of the hair out of his face with the other. She nodded and said, "Yeah I am."

He sniffed and wiped at his nose with his sleeve. "Sorry for what? For swatting me?"

Piper leaned over the other way and got some tissues out of the box that was on the small table beside the couch. She handed them to Chris and said, "Don't use your sleeve."

He took the tissues and blew his nose. When he was done Piper pulled him into a hug. He was leaning down a little and resting his head on her shoulder and upper chest. She said, "It's hard to explain. I think you deserved it. I'll do it again if I think you need it. But I'm sorry about it too. I hate knowing that you're hurting."

Chris wrapped his arms around her and felt more tears coming. Being so close to her, smelling her, and having her hold him like this brought old memories to the surface, and opened up old wounds he had buried from her death.

Soon Chris was sobbing into his mother's chest. Piper held him close and rubbed his back while he cried. She didn't know exactly what had brought on the sudden rush of tears, but she knew enough about his past and her future to understand that he had more then one reason to cry.

Piper started rocking them slightly, and started humming to him the way she would hum to Wyatt when he was about to fall asleep.

Eventually Chris said between his tears, "I missed you so much."

Piper knew she would die sometime before Chris came back to save his family, she just wasn't sure when. She squeezed him tighter and said, "I'm sorry I was gone."

Both of them hoped that the new future would be different. Piper kissed the top of Chris' head. "You know my temper sometimes gets the best of me, especially now that I'm pregnant."

Chris nodded. Piper continued, "But it goes away as fast as it comes, and I'm not angry about what you did anymore. Don't get me wrong, if you do it again, I'll be even angrier, and I'm sure either your dad will spank you or I'll swat you. But for now you're forgiven."

Chris shuddered thinking about getting spanked by either parent again.

Piper had said all she wanted to, so she simply held Chris and waited until she felt him shifting around trying to get more comfortable. She let him go, and he sat up. She said, "Look at me."

He reluctantly did. "Did you learn your lesson this time?"

Chris turned pink, looked away, and nodded. She said, "Good. What was it?"

Chris muttered to his lap, "Don't lie, or manipulate you. And don't try out things on Wyatt without asking first."

Piper patted his knee and said, "That's right."

They both heard the bathroom door open, and Leo came out holding Wyatt in a towel. Piper awkwardly pushed her six month pregnant body up from the couch and went over to them. Leo handed Wyatt over and Piper said to Wyatt, "Let's go find you some pajamas."

Piper walked into the bedroom she was sharing with Wyatt to get him dressed for bed. Chris stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and found the coffee table interesting. Leo walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. Chris was surprised at first, but after a few seconds hugged him back.

Leo said, "You should have told me about the Jamko demon, and the wand."

"I know. I'm sorry."

Leo let him go and took the wand out of his pocket. He said, "When Piper comes back out we'll try it on Wyatt."

"Really?" Chris said with some disbelief.

"Sure. I would have let you use it if you had asked. They're harmless enough. It's just the demons that usually carry them that I have a problem with. As soon as we're done here, we're going to have to go make a vanquish for her and track her down."

Chris nodded, knowing that the Jamko demon would come after him if they didn't hunt her down first.

Piper came out with Wyatt, and Leo said, "We're gonna have to go hunt down that Jamko demon, but before we go, I thought we could try this on Wyatt."

Piper asked, "It's safe?"

Leo and Chris said, "Yes." in unison.

Piper put Wyatt on the couch, and Leo held the wand up to his forehead for a few minutes while the end glowed blue. Eventually the light turned yellow and Leo smiled. He turned to Chris and asked, "Feel better now?"

Chris gave a curt nod. Leo put the wand in his pocket and said, "Okay let's go."

Leo picked up Wyatt and gave him a kiss. He said, "Sleep good son. I'll see you tomorrow."

Piper pulled Chris down into a hug and said, "I love you honey. See you tomorrow."

Chris hugged her back and whispered, "I love you too."

After Piper let go Leo tried to hand Wyatt to her, but he held out his hands to Chris and said, "Iis, Iis."

Chris couldn't help smiling and picked Wyatt up long enough to give him a hug. He handed him back to Piper. Leo put a hand on Chris' shoulder and orbed them both back to the Manor.

They were up half the night hunting the Jamko demon, but they did find her, and didn't have any problems with vanquishing her.

A few days later Chris was overjoyed during breakfast when Leo said, "You're week is over."

Leo held up his hand and some blue lights went from Leo's hand into Chris' chest. The second he put his hand down, Chris orbed up to his bedroom and then back down to the kitchen table. He had a huge smile on his face and said to Leo and his aunts, "Just checking."