Last Time...

When they finally got downstairs Piper was saying goodbye to the last of the party guests and the rest of the family were beginning the clean up.

"hey, everything ok?" The matriarch asked her husband as he descended the last few steps looking around him to Chris who was avoiding her gaze.

"everything's fine honey, I've grounded him and spoken to him about the importance of the rules and what could've happened, I think he just needs some time now, he's feeling a little guilty.

"ok erm sweetie why don't you go find Wyatt, I think he's helping clean up the living room" Chris nodded and obeyed. As he was walking to his brother he recited the reversal spell and re-opened their bond. Suddenly he heard Wyatt's voice in his head as he was nearing the blonde.

"Chris are you ok? You were talking to dad for a while"

"Yeah I'm just grounded" Chris telepathically replied

"Oh, yeah so are we for two weeks, sorry"

"What for?" He asked trying to hide his resentment

"Not listening to you, we should've stayed out of the attic"

"Yeah, maybe." he simply replied and carefully began helping with the clean-up, trying to ignore the pain which was proving impossible.

"whats wrong?" Polly asked

"huh?" Chris replied, caught off guard.

"you're pulling a funny face" Penny, Polly's twin kindly pointed out and asked "are you hurt?"

"what? Uh, no I just have a belly ache, I think it's 'cause I'm hungry" he lied when in fact he was still in pain from the volts of electricity and continued to be for the next two and a half days.


Chapter 7: Mom Kicks Ass

It was the middle of the night and Chris was tossing and turning in his sleep. These dreams had been occurring since little Patty's birthday, since Leo used electrokinesis on him. Even though it had been over a month since the incident, Chris was still having nightmares about it. He thought he was going to die. "Please don't" he murmured as he was reliving the torturous event again. "I'm sorry. Wyatt said the" he continued to say in his sleep then he shot up, now sitting bolt upright in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. He looked at the clock on his bedside table and it read 5:23am. He didn't have to be up for school for another hour and twenty-two minutes but after his dream he had no desire to go back to sleep. So he got up, grabbed his dark green dressing gown and went downstairs. Much to his surprise he wasn't the only one awake so early. "Mom" he said in confusion when he reached the living room.

"Peanut, hey" she said with a tired smile "what are you doing up so early?"

"bad dream" he said, rubbing his eyes and sitting down next to her on the sofa, letting himself sink into her embrace.

"again?" she asked, now worried but he just nodded and sat there with his head on her chest for a moment before asking "why are you up?"

"just thinking" she replied absentmindedly while stroking his brown hair.

"what about?"

"oh nothing you need to worry about Peanut"

"tell me" he pressed on as he looked up at her with pleading eyes.

"just magic school" she said with a sigh.

"What about it?"

"well, your father suggested that I send you and your brother there for extra training in your powers" after the mention of his father suggesting the idea, Chris knew it wasn't good.

"do you think we should go?" he asked, hopeful that the answer would be no because he knew that if Piper was against it, her Halliwell stubbornness would not let Leo change her mind on the matter.

"I don't know Peanut" she was in two minds because she wanted her children to have the normal upbringing she had and have non-magical friends as well as magical but she also knew that with them being as powerful they are, they probably needed the extra training, especially in the powers that neither her nor her sisters possessed. So she asked "what do you think about it"

"I like training with you, Aunt Phoebe and Aunt Paige" he replied truthfully and Piper had thought as much and that's another thing she was worried about. She kind of knew Chris wouldn't want to go and she didn't want her children going to two different schools, especially if one is magical and one isn't it just wouldn't be fair on the boys, especially Chris because not only would he be separated from his brother who he is so close to but his brother would be getting more advanced training than he was which was far from fair.

"ok I'll talk to your dad"

"no!" Chris shouted quickly as he shot up off of the couch, which left Piper very confused and worried at this outburst. "erm I mean you er didn't l-let me finish" he said in a desperate attempt to rectify himself but it was too late.

"honey, why d-" she began to ask but Chris cut in.

"what I was going to say was I like training with you and the aunts but if Wyatt wants to go I'll go too" Piper narrowed her eyes at her son knowing there was more to it but she also knew that he hated being questioned and if she asked too much he'd retreat into his shell so she left it, for now.

"ok, but you know you don't have to go if you don't want to" she said, getting up from the sofa and getting down to his current standing level, looking him right in the eye in an attempt to get him to speak up.

"yeah I do" he replied before bargaining "but if I do go to magic school can I finish this semester at this school first? Its only two weeks and I wanna say goodbye to my friends"

"How about we compromise and you both still go to normal school but go to magic school for a few hours afterwards" she replied with a sweet smile as the idea came into her head. Chris nodded ferociously his face beaming. "now, as you're up, do you wanna help me make breakfast?"

"sure" he replied, grinning from ear to ear and he followed his mom to the kitchen.

TBS

Chris was now halfway through his breakfast of bacon and eggs and a very tired Wyatt walked into the kitchen wearing navy pyjama bottoms and a lighter blue T-shirt "what're you doing down here so early?" he asked his younger brother in a tone that said that he didn't like the fact that Chris was up before him. He knew how much time Chris spent with their mother and was beginning to get jealous, even though he spent equal time alone with their father.

"Wyatt don't be rude" Piper said in a warning tone.

"sorry" he mumbled as he rubbed his eyes and clambered up onto a chair at the table and waited patiently until Piper placed a plate down in front of him.

After they had both finished eating Piper told them to go back upstairs and get ready for school. While they were both upstairs, Leo orbed into the kitchen while Piper was clearing up.

"Have you made a decision?" he asked before he had properly reformed.

"Morning honey, I'm fine how're you?" she sarcastically replied with a hint of annoyance in her tone and a facial expression to match.

"Sorry" he said with a nervous smile "I thought I'd ask before the boys come downstairs"

"Well you'll be happy to know that I have decided" she informed him with that tone of annoyance still in her voice "they can go but only as an after school thing, I'm not pulling them out of a normal school. They need at least a little bit of a normal life" you could tell she'd made her mind up and there was no way of changing it but Leo could help but try.

"But honey, I think it would really benefit Wy-the boys if-" he was cut off by the familiar sound of orbing and a child's voice.

"Mom have you seen my" a half dressed Chris stopped speaking and stood there wide eyed when he noticed his father in the room and glaring at him and looked to the floor "sorry" Piper noticed this unusual behaviour and froze Leo immediately and walked over to her son.

"Sweetie what's wrong?" she asked concerned, getting down to his level and softly lifting his chin with her finger

"I interrupted, I'm sorry"

"don't worry it's ok, you didn't know he was here" she said with a warm smile

"Dad looks angry" he said jerking his head towards the still frozen Leo. Piper turned and looked him and saw him glaring in Chris' direction, something she will most definitely talk to him about and possibly blow him up for when she unfreezes him.

"that's my fault Peanut" she told him, hoping her excuse was true "now can you stay there while I go back and unfreeze daddy. He doesn't need to know I froze him, it can be our secret" Chris smiled at this, he loved how his mother always knew how to make him smile and he did as he was told and stayed in position while Piper got back into hers and unfroze Leo and slapped his arm

"Ow! What was that for?" he exclaimed in shock and confusion, holding onto his now tender arm. Chris smiled at the sight of his father getting hurt but didn't let him see it.

"I will tell you what in a minute" she said, unimpressed "what is it Peanut?" she asked, completely changing her tone

"what? Oh yeah have you seen my sports kit?"

"yeah I think it's in the dryer"

"ok, thanks" he said before heading into the laundry room. When the door closed behind him Piper turned her gaze to her husband and she did not look happy.

"what?"

"were you glaring at him?" she asked, rhetorically, already knowing the answer "Leo he's your son, he's just a child"

"crap" he thought. "She never usually notices although, it probably didn't help that half her focus was already on me"

"I'm sorry, he came in so fast he could've been anybody" it was a feeble excuse but the only one he had. Piper gave him a look as if to say 'are you serious?' "Piper, come on honey we really should be talking about sending the boys to magic school" this tipped Piper over the edge and she brought up her hands which meant one of two things; she was either going to freeze him or painfully blow him up. All Chris heard and saw as he re-entered the kitchen was Leo's voice saying "Piper. No no no no no" and then dispersing into a huge blue and white firework. Chris just stood there, a bundle of clothes in his hands and his mouth agape. Piper looked pretty pissed off and was still looking at the empty space where her husband was standing until she heard the laundry room door close. She snapped her head towards the door and saw Chris there still in shock. She softened her gaze so she didn't scare him and plus it wasn't him she was angry at anyway.

"lets not tell anyone about this" she suggested. Chris just nodded, mouth still open in awe "now, did you find everything thing need?" she asked with her previous mood completely gone and back to the sweet mother Chris knew. But still in shock he nodded again before shaking his head and snapping out of it.

"I mean yes, yeah"

"good, why don't you go and finish getting ready and I'll drive you and Wyatt to school ok?"

"um ok" he agreed and walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs as if in a trance, he didn't even think of orbing, he was still obviously in shock at what he'd just witnessed but couldn't help but smile. His mom kicked ass.


A/N: Sorry, it's shorter than the last chapter but I hope you liked it, don't forget to review :) I thought I'd do some Chris/Piper interaction for once. Chapter 8 should be up soon :)