Part Eight
Piper quickly made her way up to the attic carrying Wyatt in her arms. She quickly placed Wyatt in his playpen and got the candles out of a trunk. She smiled quickly over at her son. She was going to find her way to get her husband back. She set the candles quickly out in a circle and stood behind the book of shadows.
"Here these words. Hear my cry, spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee. Cross now the Great Divide!"
Piper waited slowly tapping her foot while golden orbs appeared in the middle of the candle lit circle. The orbs slowly emerged into the shape of a young woman with long dark hair.
"Piper!"
"Hi mom." She replied bluntly. "How do I get my husband back?"
"Oh Piper," Patti said as she automatically stuck her arm out to reach her daughter. "I'm so sorry, you can't."
"I know he's an elder now." Piper tried to reason as she glanced over at Wyatt. She wasn't going to let her child grow up without his father, like she had had to do. "But we must be able to work it out, just like you and Sam did."
Patti closed her eyes slightly as she slowly shook her head. "But we didn't."
A sense of realization hit Piper. Her mother hadn't been able to sort out the problems of a magical relationship either, so why would she have been able to give her advice. She looked up at the ceiling briefly then back to her mother.
"I'm sorry." She replied in a soft voice. "I'm just not sure I can do it alone."
"Piper, you are a wonderful mother." Patti said in a stern voice as she swapped the focus of her eyes from Piper to Wyatt. "You're doing just fine and he's a truly remarkable little boy. You have lots of help. There's Phoebe and Paige and Leo without mentioning your Grams, Prue and myself."
"Eh?"
Patti smiled at her daughter. "Do you seriously think that we don't stop by to check on you all?"
"I guess not."
"Good." Patti said with her smile extending to the tone of her voice. "I better get going. Give everyone my love and my little grandson a kiss."
"Will do," Piper replied.
Piper watched as her mother disappeared into golden orbs and evaporated into thin air. She paused standing still for a couple of seconds staring at the center of the circle of candles before walking over to the playpen. She picked her son up and softly kissed him on the top on the head.
"I love you okay."
* * *
Paige stormed down the stairs into the living room. How dare he even think about kissing her? She hadn't asked for it. Why did he have to go and confuse the boundaries? She slumped onto the sofa and started frantically flicking through the TV. Channels.
"You're going to burn up the remote."
Paige turned around to see Chris standing behind her. She sent him an evil look as she kept eye contact with him for a few seconds before orbing out of the room. She reappeared in her bedroom and was quickly followed by Chris.
"I'm not going to orb around the house, chasing you again."
"Good." Paige replied bluntly. "Get out of my room."
"No we are going to talk about this like sensible adults."
"Cause we are." She replied as she started throwing clothes out of her wardrobe and onto her bed. "Because you're so giving with your information and sharing facts about yourself. Who were your parents Chris? Why did you come back from the future? Did you have a girlfriend? Hell how old are you?"
"I can't answer those questions."
"Well I can't talk to you about the kiss either then." Paige said as she held a black dress up against her and looked in the mirror. "So I think that I'm going to call Josef and fix up a date for tonight because that's who I want as a boyfriend not you."
"Fine."
Paige watched as Chris face fell before he dissolved into thin air before her eyes. She let out a small sigh as she looked into the area in which Chris had just been standing. She had done the right thing. She knew nothing about Chris and had hidden so many things to them while Josef had been completely honest with her and more than willing to share information while they got to know each other. Yeah, she'd made the right decision.
She picked up the phone while looking at her dress and trying to match it against a pair of shoes. She smiled as she punched in the number to her phone. She was doing the right thing.
Piper quickly made her way up to the attic carrying Wyatt in her arms. She quickly placed Wyatt in his playpen and got the candles out of a trunk. She smiled quickly over at her son. She was going to find her way to get her husband back. She set the candles quickly out in a circle and stood behind the book of shadows.
"Here these words. Hear my cry, spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee. Cross now the Great Divide!"
Piper waited slowly tapping her foot while golden orbs appeared in the middle of the candle lit circle. The orbs slowly emerged into the shape of a young woman with long dark hair.
"Piper!"
"Hi mom." She replied bluntly. "How do I get my husband back?"
"Oh Piper," Patti said as she automatically stuck her arm out to reach her daughter. "I'm so sorry, you can't."
"I know he's an elder now." Piper tried to reason as she glanced over at Wyatt. She wasn't going to let her child grow up without his father, like she had had to do. "But we must be able to work it out, just like you and Sam did."
Patti closed her eyes slightly as she slowly shook her head. "But we didn't."
A sense of realization hit Piper. Her mother hadn't been able to sort out the problems of a magical relationship either, so why would she have been able to give her advice. She looked up at the ceiling briefly then back to her mother.
"I'm sorry." She replied in a soft voice. "I'm just not sure I can do it alone."
"Piper, you are a wonderful mother." Patti said in a stern voice as she swapped the focus of her eyes from Piper to Wyatt. "You're doing just fine and he's a truly remarkable little boy. You have lots of help. There's Phoebe and Paige and Leo without mentioning your Grams, Prue and myself."
"Eh?"
Patti smiled at her daughter. "Do you seriously think that we don't stop by to check on you all?"
"I guess not."
"Good." Patti said with her smile extending to the tone of her voice. "I better get going. Give everyone my love and my little grandson a kiss."
"Will do," Piper replied.
Piper watched as her mother disappeared into golden orbs and evaporated into thin air. She paused standing still for a couple of seconds staring at the center of the circle of candles before walking over to the playpen. She picked her son up and softly kissed him on the top on the head.
"I love you okay."
* * *
Paige stormed down the stairs into the living room. How dare he even think about kissing her? She hadn't asked for it. Why did he have to go and confuse the boundaries? She slumped onto the sofa and started frantically flicking through the TV. Channels.
"You're going to burn up the remote."
Paige turned around to see Chris standing behind her. She sent him an evil look as she kept eye contact with him for a few seconds before orbing out of the room. She reappeared in her bedroom and was quickly followed by Chris.
"I'm not going to orb around the house, chasing you again."
"Good." Paige replied bluntly. "Get out of my room."
"No we are going to talk about this like sensible adults."
"Cause we are." She replied as she started throwing clothes out of her wardrobe and onto her bed. "Because you're so giving with your information and sharing facts about yourself. Who were your parents Chris? Why did you come back from the future? Did you have a girlfriend? Hell how old are you?"
"I can't answer those questions."
"Well I can't talk to you about the kiss either then." Paige said as she held a black dress up against her and looked in the mirror. "So I think that I'm going to call Josef and fix up a date for tonight because that's who I want as a boyfriend not you."
"Fine."
Paige watched as Chris face fell before he dissolved into thin air before her eyes. She let out a small sigh as she looked into the area in which Chris had just been standing. She had done the right thing. She knew nothing about Chris and had hidden so many things to them while Josef had been completely honest with her and more than willing to share information while they got to know each other. Yeah, she'd made the right decision.
She picked up the phone while looking at her dress and trying to match it against a pair of shoes. She smiled as she punched in the number to her phone. She was doing the right thing.