Chapter 4
Piper reached out to hold his hand.
"Chris, maybe you already changed so much by coming here and you don't even know it, and maybe you already changed everything that happened with Leo by telling him about it. Why would telling me why Leo killed himself make such a big difference?"
Chris was breathing heavily now, knowing that unless he went back to the future soon and gave up on everything, Piper would not quit bugging him until he told her. Knowing she had won, he said:
"Fine, I'll tell you. But don't tell dad, okay?
Piper nodded, suddenly fearful of what her son would reveal to her.
Chris started talking, his voice soft at first but getting gradually stronger. "Okay... so I guess you've been thinking- it's not like Leo to do what I said he did. Leo's a pacifist guy and all, right? Drinking and suicide are the top 2 things on the list of things he'd never do..." Chris paused, wondering once again if telling his mom about this was the right thing.
"Well?" she urged him on.
He sighed. *I might as well keep going now that I've started*, he thought. "Alright, fine. So when I told dad the truth... I didn't tell all of it. You see..." he paused to take a deep breath. "You see, Wyatt was evil since before I was born."
Piper looked up sharply and searched Chris' eyes. "Before you were... but... that leaves us with... less than enough time! Chris, why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you at least tell me? she asked.
"Because I thought I'd be back to the future by now. You don't get it, mom. The plan was for me to come here, to make Leo an Elder so that I can become your entrusted whitelighter, save Wyatt and go back. You were never supposed to find out about me. For God's sake, you weren't even supposed to know about Wyatt turning evil! And now here I am telling you about my entire life, changing my entire timeline and maybe causing my own disappearance..." he trailed off.
"But Chris, the way it is, your timeline sounds like the very definition of misery! Are you maybe scared that by changing the future someone close to you will die? Maybe the fact that Wyatt is evil in the future saves someone you love? Is it Bianca? Tell me! I only have your best interests at heart..."
"No, it's nothing like that; I just know that messing with the future and with fate isn't meant to happen. I'm actually surprised to have survived this long after telling you everything I have... Well, it's no use hiding things anymore; you know too much already anyway. So, like I said, Wyatt is going to be turned evil sometime during the next 3 months. I grew up knowing it. Well... actually, I didn't KNOW it, I just felt it. I just never had proof until after you... after you died." Chris swallowed. "Anyway, the thing is, I'm pretty sure Leo felt it too. But he chose to ignore it. He chose Wyatt over me, literally. Why'd he kill himself? Because it was either that, or never seeing Wyatt again."
"Wyatt would've WHAT? Why? Who, when, how?" asked Piper, confusion written all over her face.
"Okay, that, I really can't tell you, but not because I don't want to but because I don't know the entire story myself. I just know that it had something to do with a power much greater than Wyatt's, only not an evil and power-hungry kind of power, something else. And, well, you heard it... I wasn't important enough for him to stick around. And the truth is, Leo never really loved me and Wyatt equally. Wyatt always came first..."
Piper squeezed Chris' hand and got up from the chair.
He looked at her in surprise. "Where are you going?"
"To pee, for like the umpteenth time today. You're sort of sitting on my bladder."
She managed to get a smile out of her son and before turning around, kissed him on the cheek swiftly. "That's your dad from the future. Think of it as an alternate universe. I've known your father for nearly 5 years, that's not who he is. Ever since he's found out about you, all I see in his eyes is love when he looks at you."
Chris smiled a genuine smile as his mom ran off to the toilet and he got up to look for something to eat, just as he heard a loud thump from the attic.
A/N: Mwahaha, cliffie. Sorry it took me so long to update! I really had no idea what to write so I just made up that silly story, sorry, I know I was preparing you guys for something great and shocking, but this is all that I could come up with. Terribly sorry. But the point of this story is to explore Chris' relationship with his parents really, so stick around, I promise it'll get better! I'll try to write in some action too.
Piper reached out to hold his hand.
"Chris, maybe you already changed so much by coming here and you don't even know it, and maybe you already changed everything that happened with Leo by telling him about it. Why would telling me why Leo killed himself make such a big difference?"
Chris was breathing heavily now, knowing that unless he went back to the future soon and gave up on everything, Piper would not quit bugging him until he told her. Knowing she had won, he said:
"Fine, I'll tell you. But don't tell dad, okay?
Piper nodded, suddenly fearful of what her son would reveal to her.
Chris started talking, his voice soft at first but getting gradually stronger. "Okay... so I guess you've been thinking- it's not like Leo to do what I said he did. Leo's a pacifist guy and all, right? Drinking and suicide are the top 2 things on the list of things he'd never do..." Chris paused, wondering once again if telling his mom about this was the right thing.
"Well?" she urged him on.
He sighed. *I might as well keep going now that I've started*, he thought. "Alright, fine. So when I told dad the truth... I didn't tell all of it. You see..." he paused to take a deep breath. "You see, Wyatt was evil since before I was born."
Piper looked up sharply and searched Chris' eyes. "Before you were... but... that leaves us with... less than enough time! Chris, why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you at least tell me? she asked.
"Because I thought I'd be back to the future by now. You don't get it, mom. The plan was for me to come here, to make Leo an Elder so that I can become your entrusted whitelighter, save Wyatt and go back. You were never supposed to find out about me. For God's sake, you weren't even supposed to know about Wyatt turning evil! And now here I am telling you about my entire life, changing my entire timeline and maybe causing my own disappearance..." he trailed off.
"But Chris, the way it is, your timeline sounds like the very definition of misery! Are you maybe scared that by changing the future someone close to you will die? Maybe the fact that Wyatt is evil in the future saves someone you love? Is it Bianca? Tell me! I only have your best interests at heart..."
"No, it's nothing like that; I just know that messing with the future and with fate isn't meant to happen. I'm actually surprised to have survived this long after telling you everything I have... Well, it's no use hiding things anymore; you know too much already anyway. So, like I said, Wyatt is going to be turned evil sometime during the next 3 months. I grew up knowing it. Well... actually, I didn't KNOW it, I just felt it. I just never had proof until after you... after you died." Chris swallowed. "Anyway, the thing is, I'm pretty sure Leo felt it too. But he chose to ignore it. He chose Wyatt over me, literally. Why'd he kill himself? Because it was either that, or never seeing Wyatt again."
"Wyatt would've WHAT? Why? Who, when, how?" asked Piper, confusion written all over her face.
"Okay, that, I really can't tell you, but not because I don't want to but because I don't know the entire story myself. I just know that it had something to do with a power much greater than Wyatt's, only not an evil and power-hungry kind of power, something else. And, well, you heard it... I wasn't important enough for him to stick around. And the truth is, Leo never really loved me and Wyatt equally. Wyatt always came first..."
Piper squeezed Chris' hand and got up from the chair.
He looked at her in surprise. "Where are you going?"
"To pee, for like the umpteenth time today. You're sort of sitting on my bladder."
She managed to get a smile out of her son and before turning around, kissed him on the cheek swiftly. "That's your dad from the future. Think of it as an alternate universe. I've known your father for nearly 5 years, that's not who he is. Ever since he's found out about you, all I see in his eyes is love when he looks at you."
Chris smiled a genuine smile as his mom ran off to the toilet and he got up to look for something to eat, just as he heard a loud thump from the attic.
A/N: Mwahaha, cliffie. Sorry it took me so long to update! I really had no idea what to write so I just made up that silly story, sorry, I know I was preparing you guys for something great and shocking, but this is all that I could come up with. Terribly sorry. But the point of this story is to explore Chris' relationship with his parents really, so stick around, I promise it'll get better! I'll try to write in some action too.