INT. MANOR - LATER
PIPER is laying on the couch, her eyes are closed-her cheeks streaked with tears. PAIGE sits on the couch next to her and PHEOBE kneels in front of her, stroking her hair.
After a moment, Pheobe stands up and motions for Paige to follow her into the kitchen.
Paige eases herself of the couch, not sure whether Piper is sleeping or just trying to block herself off from the rest of the world. She follows Pheobe into the kitchen.
KITCHEN
PHEOBE: Where the hell is Leo? I cannot believe he would leave us--leave PIPER, at a time like this!
PAIGE: What I can't believe is that Chris was Piper's son. Why didn't Leo tell us?
Paige takes a seat at the table as Pheobe paces the room.
PHEOBE: I don't know. We didn't get that far. And then Piper called and---
She throws her hands up in frustration.
PHEOBE: (continuing) Where is Leo!?!
PAIGE: (tying to remain calm) He'll be back.
PHEOBE: He never should have left.
PAIGE: You're right. He shouldn't have. But there is nothing we can do about him right now. Right now, we need to concentrate on Piper and she's in there alone. So could we please just go back in there because I really don't think she should be alone right now.
The two head back toward the living room.
LIVING ROOM
The girls enter theroom, just as LEO orbs into the room with CHRIS.
Paige and Pheobe stop dead in their tracks. Pheobe brings her hands to her mouth as Paige's jaw drops to the floor.
PAIGE (quietly) Oh my god.
LEO looks at the girls and then down at his wife who is still sleeping on the couch.
Chris doesn't even notice Pheobe and Paige standing there. His eyes are focused on his mother.
LEO reaches out and touches Chris's arm. Chris looks at him and then at his aunts-who are still speechless.
LEO: (quietly) Go ahead Chris.
Chris looks at his father, who smiles and nods his head reassuringly, and then slowly approaches Piper.
Kneeling in front of her, he reaches out and touches her arm.
Piper stirs.
PIPER: Leo?
She slowly opens her eyes and is face to face once again with her son.
PIPER: Chris?
Chris, his eyes now brimming with tears, smiles at his mother.
CHRIS: Hey.
Piper sits up quickly and throws her arms around him.
PIPER: Chris! Oh my god---It can't be! Is it really you? CHRIS: More or less.
PIPER: (crying) Oh my baby.
She continues to hug him-not wanting to let him go. Chris wraps his arms around her and hugs her back.
CHRIS: I've been waiting twenty years for this.
PHEOBE: (also in tears) Leo? How?
LEO smiles and steps forward to explain---
LEO: It was the elders---The sacrifice Chris made for his family ---risking his own existence to stop the evil that could potentially dominate the future, didn't go unnoticed by them. They agreed unanimously that Chris deserved a life--- a life with his family.
PIPER: (still holding Chris tightly) But you died.
PAIGE: Twice!
LEO And technically---
CHRIS (finishing his sentence) ---I'm still dead.
PHEOBE: He's a ghost! Like Grams?
LEO: No. He's a whitelighter---
PIPER: Like his father. LEO: That's right. A FULL whitelighter now--- with all the Powers that go with it.
PAIGE: (smiling) He's an angel.
Chris can't help but laugh.
CHRIS: Well there's one description of myself I'm sure I'll never hear again.
They all laugh, knowing Chris is right. Chris had always been mischievous and "angel" was not a word they would commonly use to describe him.
But the fact remained--- he was now "an angel". LITERALLY
Piper touches Chris's face.
PIPER: Honey. Are you sure you are OK with this? You're life---it's--- it's never going to be "normal."
CHRIS: My life was never "normal".
Piper closes her eyes and looks away. It broke her heart to hear her son say that.
CHRIS: (continuing) Look, I know it's going to be---hard. But if it's the only way I can be with you, then I'll do it. (choking back tears) I love you.
Piper reaches out and embraces Chris again.
PIPER: I love you too!
LEO smiles and takes a seat next to his wife and son. He puts an arm around Chris and reaches out for Piper with the other--- pulling the three of them together.
LEO: Welcome home Chris.
THE END
NOTE: Thanks to all those who read my story and reviewed. I'll try to write more about Chris and the Charmed Ones' adjustment to his "new life" in the near future. Stay tuned!
PIPER is laying on the couch, her eyes are closed-her cheeks streaked with tears. PAIGE sits on the couch next to her and PHEOBE kneels in front of her, stroking her hair.
After a moment, Pheobe stands up and motions for Paige to follow her into the kitchen.
Paige eases herself of the couch, not sure whether Piper is sleeping or just trying to block herself off from the rest of the world. She follows Pheobe into the kitchen.
KITCHEN
PHEOBE: Where the hell is Leo? I cannot believe he would leave us--leave PIPER, at a time like this!
PAIGE: What I can't believe is that Chris was Piper's son. Why didn't Leo tell us?
Paige takes a seat at the table as Pheobe paces the room.
PHEOBE: I don't know. We didn't get that far. And then Piper called and---
She throws her hands up in frustration.
PHEOBE: (continuing) Where is Leo!?!
PAIGE: (tying to remain calm) He'll be back.
PHEOBE: He never should have left.
PAIGE: You're right. He shouldn't have. But there is nothing we can do about him right now. Right now, we need to concentrate on Piper and she's in there alone. So could we please just go back in there because I really don't think she should be alone right now.
The two head back toward the living room.
LIVING ROOM
The girls enter theroom, just as LEO orbs into the room with CHRIS.
Paige and Pheobe stop dead in their tracks. Pheobe brings her hands to her mouth as Paige's jaw drops to the floor.
PAIGE (quietly) Oh my god.
LEO looks at the girls and then down at his wife who is still sleeping on the couch.
Chris doesn't even notice Pheobe and Paige standing there. His eyes are focused on his mother.
LEO reaches out and touches Chris's arm. Chris looks at him and then at his aunts-who are still speechless.
LEO: (quietly) Go ahead Chris.
Chris looks at his father, who smiles and nods his head reassuringly, and then slowly approaches Piper.
Kneeling in front of her, he reaches out and touches her arm.
Piper stirs.
PIPER: Leo?
She slowly opens her eyes and is face to face once again with her son.
PIPER: Chris?
Chris, his eyes now brimming with tears, smiles at his mother.
CHRIS: Hey.
Piper sits up quickly and throws her arms around him.
PIPER: Chris! Oh my god---It can't be! Is it really you? CHRIS: More or less.
PIPER: (crying) Oh my baby.
She continues to hug him-not wanting to let him go. Chris wraps his arms around her and hugs her back.
CHRIS: I've been waiting twenty years for this.
PHEOBE: (also in tears) Leo? How?
LEO smiles and steps forward to explain---
LEO: It was the elders---The sacrifice Chris made for his family ---risking his own existence to stop the evil that could potentially dominate the future, didn't go unnoticed by them. They agreed unanimously that Chris deserved a life--- a life with his family.
PIPER: (still holding Chris tightly) But you died.
PAIGE: Twice!
LEO And technically---
CHRIS (finishing his sentence) ---I'm still dead.
PHEOBE: He's a ghost! Like Grams?
LEO: No. He's a whitelighter---
PIPER: Like his father. LEO: That's right. A FULL whitelighter now--- with all the Powers that go with it.
PAIGE: (smiling) He's an angel.
Chris can't help but laugh.
CHRIS: Well there's one description of myself I'm sure I'll never hear again.
They all laugh, knowing Chris is right. Chris had always been mischievous and "angel" was not a word they would commonly use to describe him.
But the fact remained--- he was now "an angel". LITERALLY
Piper touches Chris's face.
PIPER: Honey. Are you sure you are OK with this? You're life---it's--- it's never going to be "normal."
CHRIS: My life was never "normal".
Piper closes her eyes and looks away. It broke her heart to hear her son say that.
CHRIS: (continuing) Look, I know it's going to be---hard. But if it's the only way I can be with you, then I'll do it. (choking back tears) I love you.
Piper reaches out and embraces Chris again.
PIPER: I love you too!
LEO smiles and takes a seat next to his wife and son. He puts an arm around Chris and reaches out for Piper with the other--- pulling the three of them together.
LEO: Welcome home Chris.
THE END
NOTE: Thanks to all those who read my story and reviewed. I'll try to write more about Chris and the Charmed Ones' adjustment to his "new life" in the near future. Stay tuned!