Ok, so I have a long chapter here for you, actually my longest chapter ever written, to make up for having such a short one the last time. Also, it's to giv eyou all something to go at since after this I haven't got anything written, I'm still working on ideas and re-reading my own story to make sure one of my ideas doesn't completely contradict what I've already written.
Anyway, thank you to all those who have reviewed, and here's the chapter:
Boarding School Hell
Everybody looked to the stairs to see 11-year-old Matthew stood, looking at them all in his PJ's. His brown eyes, wide with surprise, but also a smile on his face.
"You like boys?" He asked, looking at his eldest brother, slightly amused at the fact.
"Got a problem with that?" Wyatt asked, crouching down to his brother's height, with a smile on his face. He knew Matty, and knew he would not. As the brunette child shook his head with a smile, Wyatt ruffled his hair and stood back on, "Ok, well one brother's on my side anyway."
"Are you gay?" Matthew asked, looking at Chris, "Are you and Wyatt together?"
"Matthew!" Piper exclaimed, slightly embarrassed at her youngest son's innocence. Chris just laughed at nodded his head.
"Mom!" Matthew looked to Piper, "Wyatt's boyfriend is staying in his room! You didn't let him stay in a room with his girlfriends!" Piper just laughed and shook her head.
"Why don't you go and pour yourself some orange juice," she smiled as the younger Halliwell, "You can do that can't you?"
"Course I can," the 11-year-old rolled his eyes, "I am eleven you know." That had been his new favourite saying for the past month since he had turned eleven, he just had to remind everybody.
"What was that about girlfriend's staying over?" Another voice was heard from the stairs, this time from the troublesome 16-year-old, just as Matthew was about to leave.
"Nothing, sweetie," Piper replied, but of course the youngest brother did not allow that answer.
"Wyatt's gay and…"
"What!" Parker never gave his younger brother a chance to answer and just looked at the blonde 17-year-old completely shocked. This was not something Parker was expecting to hear, and was still wondering whether he had heard it properly. Wyatt was the straightest guy that he knew, the straightest guy that anybody knew, with all his notches to his bedpost, this could not be true.
"Sweetie, go and get some orange juice" Piper called out to her youngest son, before a fight started between the older two, and then turned to Parker once Matthew had left, "Parker, sweetie…" But Parker cut her off, keeping his eyes on Wyatt.
"Where you ever going to tell me? Are you going to tell Caitlin?"
"Parker, I was going to…"
"You were going to?" Parker nodded his head, not able to believe his big brother, "Just when exactly? Before or after you killed me for sleeping with your ex?"
"Parker!" Piper's voice was heard around the room, causing everybody to stand in silence.
"Is that what last night was about?" Parker finally asked while nobody knew what to say, "Patty told me there was something important. You told Patty before you told me! I'm your brother, Wyatt…"
"Yeah?" Wyatt shouted back, "And I was your brother when you decided to sleep with my ex. You never said how long you waited until I was out of the picture. Five minutes? A few hours? A few days? It couldn't have been that long if there's a chance it's your baby."
"Wyatt, please sweetie…" Piper tried to warn her son before he went too far, but she could not stop him, Parker did not want her to stop him.
"No, mom, let him go on," Parker shrugged and then looked back at his eldest brother, "Yeah, I slept with Caitlin, what do you want me to say? I'm sorry? Well, I'm not, trust me on that one. And I've probably slept with other of your ex's, god know how many you have at school…"
"Parker!" This time it was Leo, and this time everybody stopped again, looking at the anger flashing in his eyes, "Upstairs, you're grounded."
"I'm already grounded and what for now?" the 16-year-old asked his step-father through his arms in the air.
"well you're grounded for a lot longer then, aren't you? Get to your room, NOW!"
"You're a jackass…" Parker said aiming it at Wyatt, but Piper did not see who it was to.
"PARKER JAMES HALLIWELL! YOU WILL NOT TALK TO YOUR FATHER LIKE THAT!" She shouted to her middle son, looking at him with fire in her hazel eyes. She shouted so loud that everybody in the room jumped.
"For you information, mom," Parker looked at his mother, "I wasn't talking to LEO, I was talking to WYATT!" He made sure everybody heard him shout Leo and then looked back at his eldest brother, "You're a jackass. You think you're so great, well now I've found something on you that isn't so great. Wait until everybody finds out you're gay."
"Everybody can find out, Parker," Wyatt rolled his blue eyes, "Like I could care less if everybody finds out. I love Chris, and you can tell all your little friends."
Parker's eyes grew wide and then looked between the two teenage lovers. Finding out his brother was gay was one thing, but to find out the friend he had been sharing a room with for the past few months not only at home for the holidays, but also at school full time, was his boyfriend was another thing. He started backing up on the stairs as Wyatt ran his hand through his blonde curls, sighing.
"Parker, I…damn it, you weren't gonna find out this way." Wyatt looked into his brother blue eyes, which were identical to his own, but the 16-year-old avoided the gaze by looking between the two elder teenagers standing in front of him.
"You two?" Parker began to stutter, "You two are…you're…oh my God…you're…that's sick…you're in the room next to mine, Wyatt, as if you would…"
"Parker…" Wyatt tried to console his brother, but his arm was shaken off.
"Don't touch me!" Parker shouted, "DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME, YOU FAG!" And with that he ran off upstairs.
"PARKER!" Wyatt shouted after him and was about to run after him but was stopped by Leo.
"Leave him for now," Leo had an idea what the younger of the two brothers was going through, "Let him calm down slightly and talk to him later."
"But, dad, he's…" Wyatt started but then saw the look from Leo. He knew what he was talking about, this was how Leo wanted to react last night but did not have the chance with his pager going off.
"It will get sorted out, I promise," Leo assured the 17-year-old, "I'll talk to him later."
As Wyatt nodded his head, Leo headed upstairs for bed to leave Piper to talk to the two lovers. He still found it weird, but he knew it was just going to take some use to get used to.
"Why don't you two get showered and changed and I'll make breakfast again." Piper smiled at the two teens as she walked towards the kitchen.
"Piper, you don't have to," Chris spoke up, "You made breakfast yesterday and…"
"Let her cook, Chris," Wyatt smiled at his mom, "She's a chef, cooking is her life."
Later that day, Piper had decided to invite her sisters over to tell them the news about Wyatt. She had decided, on Wyatt's request, to just leave it to the three sisters, well two considering Prue already knew after last night's drama, rather than let the whole family know as of yet. As Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Wyatt and Chris all sat around the dining table, Piper made small talk, trying to get Wyatt's attention to tell them, but Wyatt had other ideas, he wanted his mother to tell them.
Chris kept on nudging his blonde haired lover, when he thought it would be appropriate to bring up his news, but Wyatt never entertained the idea.
Wyatt had worries about telling them. He knew his Aunt Prue knew, she had found out last night and she was fine about it, but that was something he was expecting, after all one of her own sons had decided he was gay, but how would Phoebe and Paige take it? Would they care, like they never did with Jackson? Would they act the way Leo and Parker had? Or would they be happy for him, ust like Piper? Knowing Phoebe, Wyatt realised she would be happy, and Paige would probably just smile, not really mind either way. Like Piper had said, as long as Wyatt was happy, but it still did not stop Wyatt from thinking the worst.
Finally, Phoebe had given the perfect opportunity for Wyatt to tell her and Paige the news; "So, Chris, are you single…you know my eldest daughter Peyton thinks you're cute."
Wyatt and Chris both laughed slightly, Piper had already told them that Phoebe had been trying to set her daughter up with Chris.
"I am taken, actually." Chris smiled at the younger of middle sisters.
"Yeah, Aunt Phoebe," Wyatt nodded his head, he would have to say something now, "Me and Chris…well we're…dating…"
Phoebe and Paige's heads both looked between Wyatt and Chris slightly shocked, but they had smiles on their faces, which meant Wyatt could relax.
"You and Chris!" Phoebe squealed excitedly, "Oh my God! I can't believe it…so that's why you said…that's who else was in the equation between you and Caitlin. But what about Caitlin? Does she know?"
"I wouldn't bring that up yet, Phoebe." Piper warned her younger sister as she saw Wyatt wince slightly at the name of his ex-girlfriend.
"C'mon Aunt Paige," Wyatt looked to his youngest aunt, "Please say something."
The youngest sister just sat there with a smile on her face and then sat back in her chair; "I had a feeling you were going to say that," she smirked slightly, "You with all your girlfriends, I knew there was a reason why you couldn't settle down. So go on then, how long have you really known?"
"Honestly?" Wyatt asked and saw all four females nodding their heads, "Just since I got to the boarding school. It's only Chris, he's the only one."
"About school, Wyatt," Piper finally decided to bring up the little news she heard from her middle son last night, "Is there something you want to admit to that happened in the first couple of weeks of school?"
The two teens looked at each other, they were busted. Deciding not to stretch the truth.
"Ok, suspension thing right?" Wyatt looked to his mother, who nodded with an I-asked-you-to-stay-out-of-trouble look, "Well, see, I kinda did it on purpose."
"You got suspended on purpose?" Piper asked, completely confused at her son's behaviour.
"It was my fault," Chris spoke up, "It was the night I got back from seeing my grandpa in hospital, Wyatt took me down to a little hut where we normal go and smoke…"
"YOU SMOKE!" Piper screamed at her son.
"No, not me and Wyatt, I mean me and my friends," Chris covered for his lover, he did not need to get in anymore trouble than he was, "Wyatt doesn't smoke. But, we were there and got caught. I was being suspended but Wyatt wasn't…"
"But I made the teacher suspended me."
"Why?"
"Well, if Chris was at home, where he'd just got back from with seeing his grandpa in hospital, he'd be all alone and he was down enough as it was," Wyatt explained, hoping his mother would go easy on him, "And I couldn't do that to him."
"And you were together then?" When Wyatt nodded his head, Piper sighed, she could see there was a reason behind it, and for once it was not for fighting, it had been for something so small – at least that was what she thought, and to Wyatt that was all she needed to know.
"You know, I should ground you," Piper shook her head, "But with Chris here and with you and him…oh, never mind. I would have liked to know, you know? Even if you did it just to be with Chris…" That was when she realised how close the two where, "You really do love him, don't you?"
"I told you that last night." Wyatt replied, with a smile, causing Phoebe and Paige to squeal. Prue just sat there with a smile on her face and Piper began to laugh.
"Oh, sweetie," she cooed, "Please, stop getting yourself suspended though. No more trouble, either of you." She had been treating Chris like one of her own since he had come to stay, after all he had no other family, and she was really starting to like him, and now that she had found out her son's love for him, she felt more like a mother to him. Who knew, she could soon become his mother-in-law.
"We will, mom." Wyatt laughed.
"Promise."
Parker laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling. His brother was gay. Really, it should not bother him, but for some reason it did. It never had done with Jackson, but then again Jackson had been open about it for three years now and he had never shared a room with Jackson for a long period of time. He used to share a room with Wyatt when they were children, had he known then? Had he ever looked at him…? No, that was just wrong. But something Parker could not figure out was why all the girls? There was not one at school who had not had Wyatt at least flirt with them, well except the geeks, and maybe the freaks, but the cheerleaders – in fact, mainly the cheerleaders – Wyatt had flirted with, actually done a hell of a lot more than flirted with, and now he was coming out with gay. It just did not make sense, and he had just admitted he loved Chris, his roommate at boarding school, was this all a big joke being played on him? Had somebody set up hidden cameras somewhere to see how he would take it?
As he heard a knock at the door, he just looked over to it. He knew it was going to be Wyatt, so stood up and ran his hand through his light brown locks as he walked to the door and opened it. Surprising him, Leo stood on the other side, now fully dressed and looking more awake than he had been at about nine this morning.
"What?" Parker grumbled as he walked back into his room. Leo ignored the impoliteness of his youngest step-son and followed him into the room, sitting on the end of the bed, "Look, if you're here to tell me to be supportive, don't bother."
"Actually, I'm here to tell you, Wyatt deserves an apology for what you said?" Leo corrected the 16-year-old, "And to talk to you about it."
"What is there to talk about?"
"The way you acted Parker," the doctor sighed, "I know how you feel. I felt the exact same way last night."
"Go on then," the Halliwell threw up his arms, "How exactly do I feel? You know, I've had Patty on at me on how I feel, and now I've got you. Don't I get to feel how I feel on my own?"
"Sure you do," Leo agreed, "But not when it could break up this family. You and Wyatt have been close for years, and I know it's just got something to do with you growing up and him no longer here 24/7, but you can't let your feelings get in the way of your brotherhood," as he watched the teen shake his head, with a roll of the blue eyes, Leo sighed, he was not getting through to him, "Look, you're confused about Wyatt right? One minute he's straight, then next he's gay? You're wondering why and what made his change and whether there is anything really there between him and Chris?" smiling, as he saw the 16-year-old nod, Leo continued, "Well, forget all that, forget the label he's put on himself and just go back to seeing him as your brother. He's still Wyatt, he's still your big brother and still there for you."
Parker frowned slightly, maybe his step-father was right, he was still Wyatt Halliwell, the house jackass, but wait that was him now. He was the jackass, he had blown up at his brother, shouted at him and called him a fag.
"He's never gonna forgive me," Parker shook his head, "I've screwed up too much. I've slept with his ex and never told him, I've got her pregnant and now I've called him a fag."
"Maybe if you apologise he can start to forgive you," Leo offered some more advice, "I blew up at Wyatt last night, told him that no son of mine was going to be gay and then left for work…"
"But technically he's not…"
"I know, Wyatt threw that one at me last night, don't need reminding there," the Wyatt sighed, "But, I apologised for it, and he apologised to me this morning, and we forgave each other."
"What made you change your mind?"
"There was a car accident at work," the step-father explained, "There was a boy, only 18, fatally wounded. He hadn't spoken to his parents for two years, and you know why? Because they kicked him out, because he was gay. One of the boy's friends rang them to tell them about him and you know what they said…'we don't have a son'…"
"They wouldn't even go when he was dying?" Parker was shocked to hear it.
"No, they point blank refused, and that boy died with just his friends and boyfriend there," Leo almost looked choked up about it, and Parker knew that this was very unusual for the doctor, "And I know I'm not yours or Wyatt's real dad, but I try to be the best dad I can to you, and hope you two see that…"
"Wyatt looks up to you, dad," Parker smiled, "And so do I. You know that, right?"
"Yeah, and that's what made me see sense," Leo explained, "I realised that it took your brother guts to tell me and your mom what he did, and that he was worried about my opinion and I told him the one thing he feared, but I didn't want that boy that I tried to save last night to be Wyatt. And I know that he wants you to accept him, I know he does care what you think, even if he is putting on a front at the moment…"
"But I've screwed everything up over the past few days."
Leo laughed, nodding his head, "Sure, you have. But you need to start somewhere with the apologising, so try the easier one, the one you know you can do whole-heartedly with no arguments."
As Leo left the room, Parker sat on his bed for a few minutes alone to think. He had never really needed to apologise to anybody in his life, just his parents, but that was nothing, he had never really needed to apologise to Wyatt, and now there was so much. Start with the small and work our way up, the 16-year-old Halliwell thought to himself,
Wyatt and Chris sat on the couch of the living room, now that they were not hiding it from everybody, they had the chance to cuddle up while watching something on the television. Wyatt was not really that sure of what it was, his mind was elsewhere, still thinking of how it went with Parker this morning. He had not seen him since then, and that was almost ten hours ago. His 16-year-old brother had spent the rest of the day in his room, away from everybody. Leo had said he had had a word with him, but that was two hours ago, and Parker had still not emerged from his room.
By now, the whole family knew about Wyatt being gay, and he meant the WHOLE family. His aunts, uncles and all his cousins, which nobody minded, after all someone coming out as gay had already been done, so it was not too much of a shock. However, some of them finding out Wyatt being gay was a little bit of a shock, but not too much.
Wyatt still had one more person to tell to their face, and that was Caitlin. But did she really deserve to be told? After everything she had done.
A cough from the side of the room snapped him out of his thoughts, and he saw his younger brother stood there, looking at the floor sheepishly, with his hands tucked into his jean pockets.
"Erm…can we…erm, can we talk, Wyatt?"
Chris looked between the two and then smiled at his lover; "I'll go and see if your mom wants help with washing up."
Wyatt knew the 18-year-old was just using it as an excuse, but was slightly grateful, he really did need to speak to Parker alone. He flicked the television off just as Parker began pacing the floor.
"Ok," Parker sighed, it was now or never, "I'm sorry for this morning. The way I reacted, it was way out of order…"
"I know you were shocked," Wyatt sat back into the sofa, and looked at his brother, getting slightly dizzy from all the pacing, "I kind of expected it. I thought I'd give you some time…well, actually dad told me to give you time."
"Yeah," Parker nodded his head, "So you're not mad?" As Wyatt shook his head, Parker decided to go onto more pressing matters, "Ok, Caitlin…"
"What about her?"
"I'm sorry for what I did," Parker stood his pacing and looked into Wyatt's blue eyes as he realised that he was staying quite calm, but he still decided to stay stood rather than sitting down, "I shouldn't have, and I know that, I knew it then but I wasn't really thinking with my head when she was coming onto me…"
"You're not gonna blame this all on her, are you?" Parker shook his head and looked to the floor, sheepishly.
"Me sleeping with Cait, it was completely out of order, and ok, it wasn't completely her fault, but she did have something to do with it. She wasn't exactly stopping me…"
"I know…"
"Cool, so I thought I'd apologise for it," finally Parker sat down, "And while I'm on an apology bender, I'll apologise for not telling you about it sooner, and not telling you about the baby…"
Just then the doorbell rang, Parker stood up and answered the door, slightly pissed off at the timing. Just when he was getting back on good terms with his brother too. As he opened the door, he groaned to see who it was.
"Nice way to greet someone," The female stated, causing Wyatt to stand up and walk to see the person. He knew from the voice who it was going to be, even before she stepped past Parker, "Is your mom around?"
"Get the fuck out of this house." Wyatt stated, folding his arms over his chest, and told Parker to keep the door open.
"We need to talk."
"I have nothing to say to you, you little slut," Wyatt told the 16-year-old girl in front of him, who had an overnight bag slung over her shoulder, "Now get out before I throw you out, and I don't give a damn about the baby. Maybe you should have thought before you played me for some sucker."
"Wy…I really need to talk to you."
"Caitlin, I swear to god, if you don't get out, I will throw you out…" Before anything else could be said, Piper stepped out of the kitchen.
"No, Wyatt, I've said she can stay here for the night," the mother of three explained, "Parker shut the door, and all of you in the living room. You too, Chris, since this is slightly going to affect you."
Wyatt and Parker looked at each other and then looked at their mother, about to protest.
"Don't even think about it," Piper shouted, "This mess is one of yours, and both of you are going to take responsibility until we find out who it is."
hehe, so what did you think? How much trouble can happen in one night?
