A/N: I haven't been around a toddler in like a year, so I don't really know
how much they can do so I apologize if sometimes Wyatt seems unrealistic,
just tell me if I'm getting too carried away.
A/N: I re-read a few of the chapters I wrote and I realized I have a tendency to ramble on in my author's notes. Sorry about all the boring stuff and from now on I am going to go write into the chapters unless I have something important to say so if you ever see another author's note, it's probably very important so read it please. (.
CHAPTER 20: FALSE HOPE
Leo didn't sleep that night because he was afraid he would wake Piper up when he awoke. He planned a surprise for her. He was going to get up early and set up all the decorations for Wyatt's birthday party and he bought a new outfit for his son and a dress for Piper. It was almost 5:00 in the morning and he had to move fast because Prudence and Phoebe usually woke up Piper at 6:00. He tip-toed his way into the nursery and scooped up Prudence before orbing out. He placed her quietly in the travel playpen he placed in the living room the night before. He made sure she was still asleep before orbing back upstairs and getting her twin. He covered them in their pink triquetra blankets and made sure they were both asleep. He orbed into Wyatt's room to find his son standing up in his crib. He was grasping the side of the crib to hold himself up. Leo walked over to him quietly humming "Happy Birthday." He picked him up and started to walk down the stairs but thought about it again because he didn't want to wake anyone. Before the babies were born Piper usually woke up at around 7:00 so since he had the kids, it would give him an extra hour to prepare. Once they rematerialized in the living room, Leo sat Wyatt down on the couch to talk to him. "Now little dude, you hafta be very quiet for Daddy. Today is a special day, you're one year old! Daddy wants to set up for your party because he wants to surprise Mommy. You can go back to sleep if you want to."
Wyatt seemed to understand that he was to be very quiet. He got bored about an hour later and orbed into the kitchen. Leo was hanging a streamer when he heard the familiar noise that meant someone was orbing. He turned around and saw and empty spot on the couch. He panicked for a second before he sensed Wyatt in the kitchen. He put the streamer down and went to check on his son. The kitchen was dark and he crept into the kitchen as he saw Wyatt climb up onto a chair. He saw that someone was in the chair Wyatt climbed up onto and quickly switched on the light, ready to grab Wyatt and orb out if it was a demon. Paige turned around and started to yell when the light went on. She saw it was Leo and quieted down. "Leo, what the hell are you doing awake? You don't wake up until like 7:00."
"I could ask you the same question, it's only 6:00 in the morning, you don't hafta be at work for another four hours."
"I like to wake up a little early and have some coffee and read the paper before the house gets crazy. Wyatt usally orbs in around now and sits with me for a little while."
"What time do you wake up? Piper's almost always awake right about now."
"Usually around 5:30 and then I go to sleep at like 6:30. Piper may wake up at 6:00 but she doesn't come downstairs until you're awake."
"Wow, you're really observant. Almost creepy."
"I resent that. I just like a little time to myself now and then. And you guys are so loud, it's hard not to notice. So why are you awake?"
"I wanted to surprise Piper by decorating for the party all by myself. I took the kids down here so she wouldn't wake up so early."
"Well..she'll probably still wake up at the same time but now she'll panic when she sees the babies missing."
"I thought of that. When she sees me missing she'll know they're with me."
"Or, she'll think all three of you were kidnapped."
"She'll think that until she sees the note I left on May's crib."
"Oooh well aren't you a genius. So I see I rubbed off on you..." Leo looked at her, confused for a second until he understood. "Oh, you mean May? Yeah well you were right, it's a lot easier than saying Baby Phoebe and Big Phoebe. Besides, I think she looks like a May."
"Yeah, I thought so too. Well if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to sleep for a few hours. 'Bye."
"Bye." Replied Leo before picking up Wyatt and returning to the living room. He finished hanging up the streamers and then started to blow up the balloons Piper bought. The last balloon was inflated and he turned to Wyatt. "Hey Little Dude, Daddy's done here so wanna go get dressed in your new outfit?" Wyatt nodded his head and jumped up and down by Leo's legs, indicating he wanted his Daddy to carry him. They headed up the stairs into Wyatt's room and got him dressed. "Wow, you look handsome Little Dude. Now how about we got get your sisters and then wake up Mommy." More head nods and jumping from Wyatt. He scooped up his son and walked quietly down the stairs to get his daughters. Once he had all three of his children securely in his arms, he orbed upstairs.
Piper was still sleeping peacefully when he rematerialized. He walked over to her and let Wyatt down on his side of the bed. He put Prudence and May in their cribs and walked back into his bedroom. Wyatt was sitting next to Piper, waiting attentively for his father to reappear. Leo checked to make sure his wife was sleeping soundly and then picked up his son. Making no noise, he gently dropped Wyatt on top of Piper. Hard enough to wake her up, but not hard enough to hurt him. Piper's eyes shot open and she looked at the empty bed next to her and started to worry.
LEO DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHARGES. WHERE COULD HE BE? HE HASN'T LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SINCE BEFORE THE TITANS ATTACKED. WHAT WOKE ME UP?, she thought. Turning around to look at her clock, she saw Leo standing over her, holding a giggling Wyatt in his arms. Her son was dressed in the cutest outfit she had ever seen. It was a little dark blue suit with a tie and everything. "Awwwww! That is just the cutest little baby outfit I have ever seen! Ooooohhhhhh...wherever did you get it?" she mused looking suspiciously at her husband.
"Guilty." Stated Leo simply, raising his hand kiddingly. "It's for his birthday. Now come with us, there's a surprise waiting for someone downstairs."
"Okay, one sec. Just let me get dressed."
"No, that's another part of the surprise." He took her hand and led her down the stairs. Wyatt was still in his arms and clapped wildly when he saw all the decorations before him. Piper was stunned. "Oh honey! You did all this? That's so sweet!" she gushed before hugging both him and Wyatt. "I love you guys. Now, go get the girls and I'll make a special breakfast for all of us since this is my son's first birthday." Leo turned to walk up the stairs when Wyatt started to whine. Leo turned back around and Wyatt outstretched his arms towards Piper. Piper took him from Leo and walked into the kitchen. She put Wyatt in his high chair and put a bib on him. "Okay Little Man. What do you want for your birthday breakfast? Let's see...we have some warm cereal. You weren't supposed to start warm cereals for a week or two but what the hey." Piper started to prepare the cereal and while it was heating up, started to make chocolate chip and blueberry pancakes for the adults. The batter was done and Piper decided to wait to cook them. A couple minutes later, the cereal was done.
Leo walked in with the girls in his arms. He handed them to Piper and then ran off to get the travel play pen and drag it into the kitchen. He was back in a flash and took the girls from Piper. He laid them in the playpen while warming up a bottle. Piper sat at one end of the kitchen table, feeding Wyatt and Leo sat at the other end of the table feeding May. When the bottles were done, May was already awake and he didn't want to wake Prudence so he fed May first. Wyatt finished his cereal and Piper unlocked the high chair and let him down. He struggled over to the playpen and turned to Piper, silently asking her to put him into the playpen next to his little sister. She conceded and placed him next to his sister. He laid down and went to sleep. Piper picked up Prudence who was awake by that point and started to feed her.
"Hello all.." Gushed Phoebe walking into the room. "Is there anything I can do to help on this fine fine day?"
After knowing Phoebe for almost 30 years, Piper recognized her tone of voice. "Hmmmm..I guess the date with Jason went well?"
"If you call my favorite movie with the man I love going well then yes."
"Wow, he put up with 'Kill it Before it Dies', he must love you a lot."
"Well who doesn't?" Joked Phoebe. "Now where is my one year old nephew?" she added.
"Shhhh! He's sleeping!" scolded Leo.
"Well excuuuuse me, I just wanted to say happy birthday. So can I make breakfast this morning?"
"No, I already started it. You can separate the batter into two equal portions and add blueberries to half and chocolate chips to the other."
"Oooohhhhh...chocolate chip pancakes. My favorite. If I didn't know better, I would think you made them for me but see I know you made them because it's your son's birthday."
"Haha..very funny. Go wake Paige." Phoebe knocked on the basement door and when there was no answer she opened the door and walked down the stairs. A moment later she came back upstairs and shut the door. "She's not down there."
"Did she have a date with Greg tonight?" questioned Piper.
"No, I saw her this morning." Announced Leo.
"Well that's odd, see if you can sense her." Requested Phoebe. Leo shut his eyes and closed his mouth. The girls recognized this as his sensing face. He opened his eyes a minute or two later. "I can't sense her."
"Which means one of two things.."started Phoebe.
"She's in the underworld or.." added Piper without finishing. She didn't need to. All three of them knew what the other possibility was but they couldn't bear to hear it. "Damn it! I thought we would have a demon free friggn' day! Why do I even bother? I always get let down. I'm done with false hope! I'm so sick of this!!!" yelled Piper before handing Prudence to Phoebe and storming off.
A/N: I re-read a few of the chapters I wrote and I realized I have a tendency to ramble on in my author's notes. Sorry about all the boring stuff and from now on I am going to go write into the chapters unless I have something important to say so if you ever see another author's note, it's probably very important so read it please. (.
CHAPTER 20: FALSE HOPE
Leo didn't sleep that night because he was afraid he would wake Piper up when he awoke. He planned a surprise for her. He was going to get up early and set up all the decorations for Wyatt's birthday party and he bought a new outfit for his son and a dress for Piper. It was almost 5:00 in the morning and he had to move fast because Prudence and Phoebe usually woke up Piper at 6:00. He tip-toed his way into the nursery and scooped up Prudence before orbing out. He placed her quietly in the travel playpen he placed in the living room the night before. He made sure she was still asleep before orbing back upstairs and getting her twin. He covered them in their pink triquetra blankets and made sure they were both asleep. He orbed into Wyatt's room to find his son standing up in his crib. He was grasping the side of the crib to hold himself up. Leo walked over to him quietly humming "Happy Birthday." He picked him up and started to walk down the stairs but thought about it again because he didn't want to wake anyone. Before the babies were born Piper usually woke up at around 7:00 so since he had the kids, it would give him an extra hour to prepare. Once they rematerialized in the living room, Leo sat Wyatt down on the couch to talk to him. "Now little dude, you hafta be very quiet for Daddy. Today is a special day, you're one year old! Daddy wants to set up for your party because he wants to surprise Mommy. You can go back to sleep if you want to."
Wyatt seemed to understand that he was to be very quiet. He got bored about an hour later and orbed into the kitchen. Leo was hanging a streamer when he heard the familiar noise that meant someone was orbing. He turned around and saw and empty spot on the couch. He panicked for a second before he sensed Wyatt in the kitchen. He put the streamer down and went to check on his son. The kitchen was dark and he crept into the kitchen as he saw Wyatt climb up onto a chair. He saw that someone was in the chair Wyatt climbed up onto and quickly switched on the light, ready to grab Wyatt and orb out if it was a demon. Paige turned around and started to yell when the light went on. She saw it was Leo and quieted down. "Leo, what the hell are you doing awake? You don't wake up until like 7:00."
"I could ask you the same question, it's only 6:00 in the morning, you don't hafta be at work for another four hours."
"I like to wake up a little early and have some coffee and read the paper before the house gets crazy. Wyatt usally orbs in around now and sits with me for a little while."
"What time do you wake up? Piper's almost always awake right about now."
"Usually around 5:30 and then I go to sleep at like 6:30. Piper may wake up at 6:00 but she doesn't come downstairs until you're awake."
"Wow, you're really observant. Almost creepy."
"I resent that. I just like a little time to myself now and then. And you guys are so loud, it's hard not to notice. So why are you awake?"
"I wanted to surprise Piper by decorating for the party all by myself. I took the kids down here so she wouldn't wake up so early."
"Well..she'll probably still wake up at the same time but now she'll panic when she sees the babies missing."
"I thought of that. When she sees me missing she'll know they're with me."
"Or, she'll think all three of you were kidnapped."
"She'll think that until she sees the note I left on May's crib."
"Oooh well aren't you a genius. So I see I rubbed off on you..." Leo looked at her, confused for a second until he understood. "Oh, you mean May? Yeah well you were right, it's a lot easier than saying Baby Phoebe and Big Phoebe. Besides, I think she looks like a May."
"Yeah, I thought so too. Well if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to sleep for a few hours. 'Bye."
"Bye." Replied Leo before picking up Wyatt and returning to the living room. He finished hanging up the streamers and then started to blow up the balloons Piper bought. The last balloon was inflated and he turned to Wyatt. "Hey Little Dude, Daddy's done here so wanna go get dressed in your new outfit?" Wyatt nodded his head and jumped up and down by Leo's legs, indicating he wanted his Daddy to carry him. They headed up the stairs into Wyatt's room and got him dressed. "Wow, you look handsome Little Dude. Now how about we got get your sisters and then wake up Mommy." More head nods and jumping from Wyatt. He scooped up his son and walked quietly down the stairs to get his daughters. Once he had all three of his children securely in his arms, he orbed upstairs.
Piper was still sleeping peacefully when he rematerialized. He walked over to her and let Wyatt down on his side of the bed. He put Prudence and May in their cribs and walked back into his bedroom. Wyatt was sitting next to Piper, waiting attentively for his father to reappear. Leo checked to make sure his wife was sleeping soundly and then picked up his son. Making no noise, he gently dropped Wyatt on top of Piper. Hard enough to wake her up, but not hard enough to hurt him. Piper's eyes shot open and she looked at the empty bed next to her and started to worry.
LEO DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHARGES. WHERE COULD HE BE? HE HASN'T LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SINCE BEFORE THE TITANS ATTACKED. WHAT WOKE ME UP?, she thought. Turning around to look at her clock, she saw Leo standing over her, holding a giggling Wyatt in his arms. Her son was dressed in the cutest outfit she had ever seen. It was a little dark blue suit with a tie and everything. "Awwwww! That is just the cutest little baby outfit I have ever seen! Ooooohhhhhh...wherever did you get it?" she mused looking suspiciously at her husband.
"Guilty." Stated Leo simply, raising his hand kiddingly. "It's for his birthday. Now come with us, there's a surprise waiting for someone downstairs."
"Okay, one sec. Just let me get dressed."
"No, that's another part of the surprise." He took her hand and led her down the stairs. Wyatt was still in his arms and clapped wildly when he saw all the decorations before him. Piper was stunned. "Oh honey! You did all this? That's so sweet!" she gushed before hugging both him and Wyatt. "I love you guys. Now, go get the girls and I'll make a special breakfast for all of us since this is my son's first birthday." Leo turned to walk up the stairs when Wyatt started to whine. Leo turned back around and Wyatt outstretched his arms towards Piper. Piper took him from Leo and walked into the kitchen. She put Wyatt in his high chair and put a bib on him. "Okay Little Man. What do you want for your birthday breakfast? Let's see...we have some warm cereal. You weren't supposed to start warm cereals for a week or two but what the hey." Piper started to prepare the cereal and while it was heating up, started to make chocolate chip and blueberry pancakes for the adults. The batter was done and Piper decided to wait to cook them. A couple minutes later, the cereal was done.
Leo walked in with the girls in his arms. He handed them to Piper and then ran off to get the travel play pen and drag it into the kitchen. He was back in a flash and took the girls from Piper. He laid them in the playpen while warming up a bottle. Piper sat at one end of the kitchen table, feeding Wyatt and Leo sat at the other end of the table feeding May. When the bottles were done, May was already awake and he didn't want to wake Prudence so he fed May first. Wyatt finished his cereal and Piper unlocked the high chair and let him down. He struggled over to the playpen and turned to Piper, silently asking her to put him into the playpen next to his little sister. She conceded and placed him next to his sister. He laid down and went to sleep. Piper picked up Prudence who was awake by that point and started to feed her.
"Hello all.." Gushed Phoebe walking into the room. "Is there anything I can do to help on this fine fine day?"
After knowing Phoebe for almost 30 years, Piper recognized her tone of voice. "Hmmmm..I guess the date with Jason went well?"
"If you call my favorite movie with the man I love going well then yes."
"Wow, he put up with 'Kill it Before it Dies', he must love you a lot."
"Well who doesn't?" Joked Phoebe. "Now where is my one year old nephew?" she added.
"Shhhh! He's sleeping!" scolded Leo.
"Well excuuuuse me, I just wanted to say happy birthday. So can I make breakfast this morning?"
"No, I already started it. You can separate the batter into two equal portions and add blueberries to half and chocolate chips to the other."
"Oooohhhhh...chocolate chip pancakes. My favorite. If I didn't know better, I would think you made them for me but see I know you made them because it's your son's birthday."
"Haha..very funny. Go wake Paige." Phoebe knocked on the basement door and when there was no answer she opened the door and walked down the stairs. A moment later she came back upstairs and shut the door. "She's not down there."
"Did she have a date with Greg tonight?" questioned Piper.
"No, I saw her this morning." Announced Leo.
"Well that's odd, see if you can sense her." Requested Phoebe. Leo shut his eyes and closed his mouth. The girls recognized this as his sensing face. He opened his eyes a minute or two later. "I can't sense her."
"Which means one of two things.."started Phoebe.
"She's in the underworld or.." added Piper without finishing. She didn't need to. All three of them knew what the other possibility was but they couldn't bear to hear it. "Damn it! I thought we would have a demon free friggn' day! Why do I even bother? I always get let down. I'm done with false hope! I'm so sick of this!!!" yelled Piper before handing Prudence to Phoebe and storming off.