Aww…wow. I just want to thank everyone who reviewed my last chapter. Those were probably some of the nicest reviews I've ever gotten. THANK YOU. Whee. I am so happy! Okay so in advance I am going to apologize because this will probably turn out to be very short. But I am going to try to get a lot of this story done this weekend. Oh and blah blah blah I don't own Charmed…

I'll shut up now.

Ahem.

Chris sank to his knees, finally feeling the weight of the emotions he had been holding back for so long.

Piper's maternal instincts kicked in just then, and she slowly sank down behind him and wrapped her arms around him in a comforting way. She hoped she could finally interact with him as his mother instead of his charge for once. She had been waiting weeks for this. It had seemed weird at first, but when Piper thought of all the signs she had missed while Chris had been here, she realized it was natural. It didn't matter he was from the future. This young adult was her son. And that was all that mattered right then.

Chris was too caught up in his anguish to notice his mother, so for once he didn't flinch or push away. She slowly began to rub his back in a motherly manner. With her free hand she reached up and brushed away some of the tears from his face.

"Shh…it's okay sweetie. It's all gonna be okay…we can get through this I promise. " Piper whispered. She was still new at this, but she could tell Chris was glad to be held, even if he would never admit to it. She glanced up at Leo who was still shocked.

In fact, his mind was racing. His son hated him. He abandoned his son in the past. And now he had abandoned his family in this time. How could he fix this? How could Chris ever forgive him?

Questions just kept popping up into his head and with each question he felt more and more guilty. How could he have become such a bad father? How could he let it happen? Twice. He was already missing out on his son's life. Both of his sons' lives.

Chris had been staring at the floor through his tears, wondering the same things as Leo. How could the future be so messed up? How could it have happened twice? He had been working too hard.

Just as he began to calm down, the questions popped into his mind and the tears came back.

Piper was crying a little too. It hurt her so much to see her child in so much pain. She didn't even know what had happened between him and Leo. And why did Chris only mention her being there for 14 years?

Then it hit her.

She had died.

Just like her mother did when she was young.

Piper grabbed on tighter to Chris, sobbing. Chris just let her hold him because he just really needed his mom right then. He had needed her a lot in the future. But she had been gone. He missed her so much. Without realizing it, Chris finally returned the embrace and cried on Piper's shoulder.

Leo looked on sadly. His son hated him. But obviously adored Piper. He looked at mother and son, holding each other and crying. Grieving. Hurting.

He had to fix this. Fix the future.

Somehow.

But how? History was already repeating itself.

"Well I will just stop it right now. I can fix this. I will fix this." Leo decided mentally.

Very quietly he said, "It's not too late Chris".

Chris looked up, his face streaked with tears. He sniffled and asked, "What?"

"I said, it's not too late. I am going to fix the future. For all our sakes," Leo said firmly.

Chris still looked doubtful, but Leo could see a tiny glimmer of hope in his intense eyes.

"No matter what?"

"No matter what it takes, son".

TBC…

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