A/N: Thanks for everyone who reviewed. This chapter is a lot of fluff, but it's kind of important fluff. No demons in this one. Please let me know if you like it!

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Piper raised her fingertips to her temples, unconsciously rubbing at the tension there. "So let me see if I've got this straight, Chris. You and Reilly go to Julia's house last night to propose. She says yes, but as she does a demon attacks. He hits her with a fireball, and as you're healing her, you realize that life if simply too short to worry about little things like fairy tale weddings and having your family around?"

"Oh, Piper. I didn't want a big wedding anyway. And it was a fairy tale wedding. It had to be…because I married my very own Prince Charming. I love your son- and your grandson. I didn't want to wait any longer before they were mine forever and always." Julia's voice was soft, as she ran her fingers lightly through the ends of Chris' shaggy haircut.

"I just don't see why you couldn't have told us. He's my baby, Julia. Leo and I should have been there if not the whole family. Or at least, maybe Wyatt and Abby could have gone. After all, she's your sister and Wyatt is Chris' brother. The Underworld has special occasion radar where this family is concerned. It is a miracle you weren't ambushed!"

Chris laughed helplessly. "Mom." He sighed. "I'm not a little boy without powers anymore. I don't need babysitters. Besides, I did the big wedding before. The last thing I wanted was to recreate that particular karma. It wasn't mean to be in anyway a slur against any of you. I love all of you." He sucked in a deep breath as he started into his mother's eyes. "Please, Mom. I never wanted to hurt your feelings. Can't you just be happy for us?"

"Oh, peanut. I am happy for you. I love that you finally found your soul mate- the one to grow old with. I'm just annoyed because I wasn't there to see it."

"Well, if it'll make you feel better, we are planning on having a hand fasting ceremony as well. Everyone is invited to that. I was even thinking of maybe asking the Dad to officiate."

"Of course he will." Piper answered for Leo. "And we'd all better be invited. Because, you know what? If we're not, I can still bind your powers, mister." Piper threatened in an only partially teasing tone.

Chris opened his mouth to answer, but was stopped by Reilly's giggles. "What's so funny?" Chris asked as Kati, Kyle, Keira and Phiona all joined in.

"Gramma called you 'Peanut'! And, she said she'd bind your powers." Reilly let out another giggle. "That's what you tell us!"

"Oh, ok. Now you guys did it." Chris grinned. "You just had to make the Tickle Monster mad!" He laughed as he darted over to grab Reilly, tickling him until he felt two tiny sets of fingers tickling at his own waist. "RRRGGH!" He growled and turned, catching Kati and Keira and tickling them both.

"Ha-ha- Stop Uncle Chris!" Keira yelled breathlessly.

"Say… I quit!"

Ha-ha! No! Daddy, help!" She begged.

"Oh, no. He can't…I won't let him help you."

"Wanna bet? Grrrr…." Wyatt growled playfully. "See guys, if you wanna tickle Uncle Chris, you gotta get him right…here.' Wyatt grabbed Chris' arm and tickled his armpit mercilessly.

"Hey, let me try, Uncle Wyatt." Reilly snuck in under Wyatt's arm to tickle his father. Reilly gave Wyatt a huge grin as Chris erupted into tickle-induced laughter.

"Girls, you wanna try? I'll hold him for you." Wyatt offered. Phiona, Keira and Kylie eagerly stepped forward. Kati moved closer to Chris' other side- away from Wyatt.

"Kati, don't you want a turn?" Wyatt asked, his heart breaking at the fear in her eyes.

"Kati, honey, look at Uncle Chris for a second." Chris softly ordered. When Kati obeyed, Chris hugged her tightly with on arm. "Honey, you know that wasn't your daddy that hurt your Mommy and you, right?"

"But it looked just like him."

"I know, baby. The man that did that was a demon. He wasn't your daddy. Your daddy would never, ever hurt you. He loves you."

"I know.'

"Honey- I'm so sorry that I wasn't there to help you and Mommy." Wyatt apologized as he knelt down to look in her eyes.

"You hadda go get Reilly. Dat's ok." Kati stuck her thumb in her mouth, sucking furiously.

"If its ok, then can I have a hug, baby?"

"Only if you promise to stop hurting Mommy."

"Hurting Mommy? Baby, I wouldn't ever hurt Mommy. I love her."

"Uh-uh! I hear you. You hurt her all the time!" Kati accused angrily.

Wyatt looked at Abby in astonishment. "Do you know what she's talking about?"

Abby shook her head, her face mirroring Wyatt's as she sat on the floor next to Kati. "Honey, your daddy has never hurt me. Not ever. He loves us and protects us. He'd never hurt any of us. Why do you think he hurts me?"

"I hear him. Lots of times, late at night. His voice is all low and growly, like a demons'. And I can hear you moaning like your tummy hurts."

Wyatt's face turned crimson as he realized exactly what Kati had been hearing at night. "I…uh…umm. " His voice trailed off as he realized his had no idea what to say.

Abby was pink cheeked as she picked up Kati. "I'll take this one, Wy." She looked at Chris, who was keeping his gaze firmly on his shoes, lips compressed to keep from laughing hysterically. "Maybe you can use some memory dust so that I can actually face your parents sometime this century."

Chris couldn't contain it any longer and erupted into loud laughter.

"And Chris…" Abby added sweetly. "Shut UP!"

"I think that's what Wyatt needs to work on, not me, Ab… OUCH!"

Chris glared at Julia, rubbing his head. "Why'd you slap me?"

"She is my sister. Give her a break."

Chris pulled her down for a quick hug. "Oh, all right."

Wyatt watched his wife walk upstairs with their daughter. "Hey, Chris?"

"Yeah?"

"You know the Book better than anyone, but isn't there a soundproofing spell in there somewhere?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's worded so no sound goes out, but all sounds can still come in."

"You remember where it is?"

"Book of Shadows!" Chris called, and then started flipping pages. "Let's see… if I remember right it's in section 12 – Household Helpers. Ahh, here it is. Look, whoever wrote it called it the Parental Romance spell."

Wyatt peered over, and then paled a bit. "Ugh."

"What?"

"Chris. That's Mom's handwriting."

"Oh, ew!" Chris dropped the Book on the floor like it had come alive, his face lined with disgust.

Julia laughed at both brothers. "What, you forgot that your parents made love?" She laughed again as involuntary shudders went through them both.

"No, but it shouldn't have been necessary to have a spell for those two times." Wyatt insisted stubbornly.

"Hah! Twice? Are you kidding? What about all those old rumors about them testing the clouds 'Up There"? Or the ones that said your family has personally Christened every room at Magic School?"

"Oh, God! Please, Julia, stop." Chris begged his wife.

"Then there's always…" She broke off into giggles as Chris Buried his fingers into her ribcage, tickling mercilessly. Reilly joined in with a happy squeal, and they collapsed into a happy, giggling heap with an amused family looking on.

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"Chris, I'm telling you, I think your mom hates me." Julia stated later that evening as she stirred a pot of sauce.

"She doesn't hate you, Jules." Chris nuzzled his nose into her neck softly.

"Chris. I stood behind you so that she wouldn't take the risk of blowing me up."

He laughed. "Baby, don't worry. Mom has never gotten over the whole 'protect her babies' thing. Give her a night, she'll be fine once she de-stresses with Aunt Paige and Aunt Phoebe. If she has a particularly rough time, she'll even call in Aunt Prue, but things will be fine."

"I hope so."

"Why are you so worried about this anyway?"

"Because I know how much your family means to you. I need them to like me and trust me. I don't want them to think I'm another Maya."

"Trust me, they don't. Look, they were all happy when I said I was going to propose. If they hadn't already liked you, they would have complained then, right?"

"Yeah…I guess. It's just…she was so disappointed."

Chris grinned. "That's only because she didn't get to plan some big shindig. Mom likes to manage things. I promise, it will be fine."

Julia smiled. "Okay. You know her better than I do." She twined her arms around his neck. "So…what time is Wyatt bringing Reilly home?"

Chris gave her a heated grin and was already pulling her into his arms as he answered. "Mmmm… Not until 8:00. We've still got three whole hours."

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Reilly stopped the soccer ball with his foot. "Uncle Wyatt? Can we stop now?"

Wyatt walked over to him. "Sure. Had enough soccer? We've still got awhile before you have to go home. What do you want to do now? You wanna go back and play with the girls?"

"Actually…umm. Can we go to the Bridge?"

Wyatt instantly recognized the code for 'Can we talk?' "Sure, but are you sure you want to go with me and not Daddy?"

"Yeah. I wanna go with you."

"Alright. Let me just go tell Aunt Abby where we are, and we'll be off." Wyatt was back in seconds. "Ok, Rei, let's go."

In a sparkle of blue lights, Reilly and Wyatt appeared atop the Golden Gate Bridge. "So, what's up, Rei?"

Reilly shrugged. "I dunno. It's kinda dumb."

"Nah. Nothing about you is dumb. You take after your Uncle." He grinned. "Just tell me."

"Well…you know that lady demon that took me?"

"Yeah."

"She…she said that daddy didn't love me first no more."

"You know Rei, I was there when your daddy first held you in his arms. You've been his whole world ever since." Wyatt wrapped an arm around his nephew's slumped shoulders.

"But now daddy has Julia. And that lady demon said that Julia has a baby in her belly. What if the baby or Julia are more important than me?"

"Rei, it doesn't matter if your daddy has one kid or thirty. He'll always love you best. You were first."

"So you love Keira best?"

"Yup. I love Keira best because she's my very first baby. I also love Kylie best because she's the only one of my babies with my blue eyes. And I love Kati best because she is the only one of my babies that can laugh and remind me so much of Gramma Piper it hurts. See, Rei- I love all my girls best. That's just how being a daddy works. You don't ever stop loving or love any one kid more or less than another. Love grows Rei. It expands to fit more people into it. It doesn't shrink."

"Not ever? Not even when you're part demon?"

"You might be part demon, but you are 100 Reilly. That's who your daddy loves, not a witch or a demon. He- and all the rest of us- love the little boy. Even if you had no powers at all – good or evil- we'd all still love you."

Reilly sniffled and wiped his runny nose with his shirt sleeve. "Thanks, Uncle Wyatt."

"You're welcome, buddy." Wyatt smiled as he felt Reilly's arms wrap tightly around his neck.

"Uncle Wyatt? Can we go back now? Keira and Kylie are playing Orb and Go Seek."

"Orb and Go Seek?" Wyatt's face changed abruptly. "They were just playing in the house, right?"

At Reilly's giggle, Wyatt's face paled another shade. "C'mon, Rei. We're going home."