A/N: Thanks for your reviews! You guys are awesome! Hear that? Awesome!
Just like Chris' grandpa! (Doesn't hearing/reading Chris' name make you
wanna cry?)
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Piper got up and wiped her tears away shakily. "Now where's my son?" she asked, smiling for the first time that day.
Leo smiled and Piper wiped away new tears of happiness. They turned to leave the kitchen and entered the living room, where a nervous Chris and a delighted aunt were waiting. Chris looked up when he saw his mom enter the room. He walked towards her tentatively and she threw her arms around him. Chris buried his face in his mom's shirt. They stood that way for a couple of minutes, cherishing each other. Piper finally pulled away and touched Chris' face, looking him in the eye contentedly. "I love you." she whispered, stepping back and wiping away her tears.
"I love you more." said Chris, beaming.
Piper laughed said: "No... I love you more."
"And I love both of you more." said Paige, bouncing off happily to give her sister and nephew a hug.
"Should I go wake Phoebe?" asked Leo from the doorway.
"Nah, let her sleep, I'm not going anywhere, she'll see me in the morning." said Chris.
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Phoebe woke up again, feeling strong emotions clouding her sleep. There was a lot of anguish, a lot of happiness and a lot of love coming from downstairs, she realized. She got up and went to wash her face in the bathroom. As she tiptoed down the stairs, she caught sight of the living room. She could see Leo and Piper sitting next to each other on the couch. Paige was standing by. They were talking and smiling and all three of them seemed to be looking at... Phoebe trailed in the direction of their glances and gasped. Sitting on the couch across them was Chris! She dashed down the rest of the stairway and squealed, running towards Chris. Chris looked up in alarm as she dived across the room and landed in his lap, choking him with hugs and kisses.
"Well, look whose up." said a smirking Paige.
"And I thought your reaction was funny." retorted Leo amusedly.
Phoebe finally let go of Chris and turned towards the rest of them, demanding an explanation. They exchanged fleeting looks of exasperation before Chris and Leo turned towards Paige and Piper respectively and exclaimed: "You tell her."
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"Well, whoever They are, we owe them big-time." said Phoebe, curled up on the divan next to Chris and holding his hand as though to make sure he won't just fade away like last time.
They all fell silent when they heard baby cries coming from upstairs. Piper raised indicative eyebrows at a horrified Chris.
"Well, ya'll keep talking, I've just got to go feed baby Chris."
"I'll come with you." said Leo, following her up the stairs and leaving a disturbed Chris in his wake.
"By feeding, does she mean breastfeeding?" he demanded the room at large.
His aunts looked away uncomfortably, grinning and cringing.
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Piper and Leo rushed towards their baby's crib. Piper picked him up, went to sit on the edge of her bed and lifted her shirt to breastfeed him. Leo looked away and pretended to busy himself with Chris' toys. They didn't speak, the only thing breaking the silence being Chris' sucking noises as he drank the milk.
"Leo –"
"Piper –"
They both started at the same time. Leo smiled and told Piper to go ahead.
"Well... how is it going to work, with Chris being here while his fetus is growing up? Don't get me wrong, I want him here, but it's just going to be very weird, with both of them here."
Leo sighed and looked at the window. The truth was the same thought had gone through his head a couple of minutes ago while they were talking downstairs, and he didn't have an answer. All he knew was that he wanted his son here with him.
"Don't worry Piper. We have a couple of years before Chris starts perceiving things, so don't think about it for now. We'll have plenty of time to come up with a solution when the time comes up."
Piper smiled at her ex husband. "I can't believe he's back. I'm so happy..."
"Me too." he said.
"Um –we haven't really talked about this really –about, you know –us." said Piper awkwardly.
"I didn't want to pressure you –"
"I don't know. I don't know if I can do this again, Leo. But I want to try. Because heavens only knows that I felt like the crappiest mother in the world when I realized what kind of future my child had, and most of it was because of his brother and his father –which I think ultimately resulted from us being separated –from you not being there."
"I know... I know I don't deserve you Piper, and that I left you to become an Elder. But one of Chris' last wishes before he died was to go back to a future where... where his parents are still together."
Piper's eyes filled with tears as she momentarily forgot that her son was downstairs and alive and all she could remember was the raw pain that she felt every time she thought of his death. "I want him to have that future." she whispered, looking down at her baby as he slowly fell asleep in her lap. She sighed, pulled her shirt back down and went to put Chris back in his crib. She walked up behind Leo. He seemed to be lost in his thoughts, looking at the sky through the window. She wrapped her arms around him. He turned around in surprise.
"How do you feel about girls who make the first move after a divorce?" she asked, leaning in for a kiss.
"How do you feel about guys who make the second?" he asked, capturing her lips in a lingering kiss.
"Love 'em." she said as they pulled apart.
Leo smiled.
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A/N: Aww, awwwwww. sniffles sniffles I LOVE Piper and Leo. I LOVE THEM. And I LOVE CHRIS! I LOVE THAT WHOLE GODAMNED FAMILY! And I think I'm dangerously obsessed with them too. I find myself imagining every possible case scenario of either Chris coming back or Piper and Leo getting back together in class. ANYway. I'm okay. I just need some more milkshakes. Keep 'em coming. And I love your reviews you guys! LOVE EM! I'm just so... soooo HAPPY! blows nose In my mind, Leo and Piper are officially back together. And they'll stay that way FOREVER! AND EVER! MWAHAHAHAHA
:P
Please review! Bounces off to watch taped episode of Piper and Leo's wedding.
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Piper got up and wiped her tears away shakily. "Now where's my son?" she asked, smiling for the first time that day.
Leo smiled and Piper wiped away new tears of happiness. They turned to leave the kitchen and entered the living room, where a nervous Chris and a delighted aunt were waiting. Chris looked up when he saw his mom enter the room. He walked towards her tentatively and she threw her arms around him. Chris buried his face in his mom's shirt. They stood that way for a couple of minutes, cherishing each other. Piper finally pulled away and touched Chris' face, looking him in the eye contentedly. "I love you." she whispered, stepping back and wiping away her tears.
"I love you more." said Chris, beaming.
Piper laughed said: "No... I love you more."
"And I love both of you more." said Paige, bouncing off happily to give her sister and nephew a hug.
"Should I go wake Phoebe?" asked Leo from the doorway.
"Nah, let her sleep, I'm not going anywhere, she'll see me in the morning." said Chris.
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Phoebe woke up again, feeling strong emotions clouding her sleep. There was a lot of anguish, a lot of happiness and a lot of love coming from downstairs, she realized. She got up and went to wash her face in the bathroom. As she tiptoed down the stairs, she caught sight of the living room. She could see Leo and Piper sitting next to each other on the couch. Paige was standing by. They were talking and smiling and all three of them seemed to be looking at... Phoebe trailed in the direction of their glances and gasped. Sitting on the couch across them was Chris! She dashed down the rest of the stairway and squealed, running towards Chris. Chris looked up in alarm as she dived across the room and landed in his lap, choking him with hugs and kisses.
"Well, look whose up." said a smirking Paige.
"And I thought your reaction was funny." retorted Leo amusedly.
Phoebe finally let go of Chris and turned towards the rest of them, demanding an explanation. They exchanged fleeting looks of exasperation before Chris and Leo turned towards Paige and Piper respectively and exclaimed: "You tell her."
o.o
"Well, whoever They are, we owe them big-time." said Phoebe, curled up on the divan next to Chris and holding his hand as though to make sure he won't just fade away like last time.
They all fell silent when they heard baby cries coming from upstairs. Piper raised indicative eyebrows at a horrified Chris.
"Well, ya'll keep talking, I've just got to go feed baby Chris."
"I'll come with you." said Leo, following her up the stairs and leaving a disturbed Chris in his wake.
"By feeding, does she mean breastfeeding?" he demanded the room at large.
His aunts looked away uncomfortably, grinning and cringing.
o.o
Piper and Leo rushed towards their baby's crib. Piper picked him up, went to sit on the edge of her bed and lifted her shirt to breastfeed him. Leo looked away and pretended to busy himself with Chris' toys. They didn't speak, the only thing breaking the silence being Chris' sucking noises as he drank the milk.
"Leo –"
"Piper –"
They both started at the same time. Leo smiled and told Piper to go ahead.
"Well... how is it going to work, with Chris being here while his fetus is growing up? Don't get me wrong, I want him here, but it's just going to be very weird, with both of them here."
Leo sighed and looked at the window. The truth was the same thought had gone through his head a couple of minutes ago while they were talking downstairs, and he didn't have an answer. All he knew was that he wanted his son here with him.
"Don't worry Piper. We have a couple of years before Chris starts perceiving things, so don't think about it for now. We'll have plenty of time to come up with a solution when the time comes up."
Piper smiled at her ex husband. "I can't believe he's back. I'm so happy..."
"Me too." he said.
"Um –we haven't really talked about this really –about, you know –us." said Piper awkwardly.
"I didn't want to pressure you –"
"I don't know. I don't know if I can do this again, Leo. But I want to try. Because heavens only knows that I felt like the crappiest mother in the world when I realized what kind of future my child had, and most of it was because of his brother and his father –which I think ultimately resulted from us being separated –from you not being there."
"I know... I know I don't deserve you Piper, and that I left you to become an Elder. But one of Chris' last wishes before he died was to go back to a future where... where his parents are still together."
Piper's eyes filled with tears as she momentarily forgot that her son was downstairs and alive and all she could remember was the raw pain that she felt every time she thought of his death. "I want him to have that future." she whispered, looking down at her baby as he slowly fell asleep in her lap. She sighed, pulled her shirt back down and went to put Chris back in his crib. She walked up behind Leo. He seemed to be lost in his thoughts, looking at the sky through the window. She wrapped her arms around him. He turned around in surprise.
"How do you feel about girls who make the first move after a divorce?" she asked, leaning in for a kiss.
"How do you feel about guys who make the second?" he asked, capturing her lips in a lingering kiss.
"Love 'em." she said as they pulled apart.
Leo smiled.
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A/N: Aww, awwwwww. sniffles sniffles I LOVE Piper and Leo. I LOVE THEM. And I LOVE CHRIS! I LOVE THAT WHOLE GODAMNED FAMILY! And I think I'm dangerously obsessed with them too. I find myself imagining every possible case scenario of either Chris coming back or Piper and Leo getting back together in class. ANYway. I'm okay. I just need some more milkshakes. Keep 'em coming. And I love your reviews you guys! LOVE EM! I'm just so... soooo HAPPY! blows nose In my mind, Leo and Piper are officially back together. And they'll stay that way FOREVER! AND EVER! MWAHAHAHAHA
:P
Please review! Bounces off to watch taped episode of Piper and Leo's wedding.