Disclaimer: If I owned Charmed, Cole and Chris would be still alive... R.I.P.

The Judgment

There were only Chris, Cole and Wyatt in the living room. Cole was sitting on the couch with Wyatt on his knees. Wyatt obviously liked Cole and Cole seemed to be very nice to kids, so Piper left her son with him while she, her sisters and Leo were in the kitchen.

"So Chrispie, what exactly are you doing in this time line?" Cole asked, but instead of answering Chris he saw Chris who was staring at him and laughing.

"Did I do or say something?" Cole was abashed because laugh really wasn't the answer he expected.

"No, it's just... you told me Chrispie." Chris aimed to stop grinning but he couldn't.

"What, Chrispie? No, I didn't... did I? Why would I call you Chrispie?" Cole hesitated, he wasn't sure what he said.

"Really, why did you call me so? You called me Chrispie in my time line, but you knew what it means, you explained it once to me. But how do you know how to call me now, you've never met me before."

"I dunno, maybe in your time line I just saw you and told myself I would call you Chrispie and then, when you wanted an explanation I think it up. And now tell me... what does it mean?" Cole really didn't know what to think about it, neither Chris.

"Well, it's because I am Chris Perry... Chris..P." Chris divided his name with his hands in the air.

"You called me Chrispie all the time, you knew I hated it but you didn't stop calling me so. And I loved you for it, because dad always called me Christopher Perry, he called me so when he was pissed off, he always came only to rebuke me." Cole could see the change of Chris's face from cheerful into sad when he was talking about his father.

"So... Chrispie... why did you come here from the future? To avert conceiving the guy who used to steal your snack in school or just to see the expressions on the Halliwells's faces when I appeared today, because that, that was really funny." Cole tried to jollify Chris. Chris smiled at him, he knew why he liked that man so much,because he always wanted to see the beam on Chris's face.

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"So, what are we going to do with him? Let him spend a day with us or just send him to the hell or whence he came?"

3P and Leo were in the kitchen. Nobody knew how to react on Cole's request, so they tried to find the best solution.

"Maybe we should be nice to him and allow him to stay here. It's only one day and he deserves it."

Everybody gazed at Paige. She was the last one they would expected saying this.

"Look guys, I know it sounds freaky, especially when I am the one who says it, but I thought about it. We treated him like dirt. He had been demon for a long time but he wanted to change himself. He wanted to be good. He gave up his habits, his life just to be with Phoebe. In a few years he saved a lot of innocents with us. And he saved us too and not only once. He became The Source not because he wanted to be evil, but because he wanted to save us... again. And what did we do? We vanquished him on his birthday! Such a nice present. I think we owe him a favour."

Leo knew he wasn't required for this conversation. Nobody would listen to him, anyway. He decided to go back to living room, but when he heard Cole and Chris talking about him, he stopped himself. He stood near the door and listened.

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"It had to be hard to be here and couldn't tell anybody that you belong to family."

"Yeah, I wanted to tell mom or aunts so many times, but I couldn't, I had to save Wyatt." Chris looked at his brother who was sitting on his uncle's knees and smiled. Then he took a deep breath because he knew the things he was gonna say would hurt, but he had to say it, the pain was consuming his heart, he had to say it and Cole was the right person, he had always listened to Chris, he was the one who had always understood.

"Once Leo told me I wasn't family, it hurt so much, I wanted to burst it out, I wanted to yell at him that he was the one who abandoned me when mom died, who betrayed me when I needed him at most. I wanted to tell him how much I hated him. When I was young he was my hero. Although he has never been with me on my birthdays, my school plays, my soccer matches, I adored him. The time was flowing and I realised how stupid I was. He had never missed Wyatt's actions. He had always found the time for him. Mommy knew it, she tried to tell him but he didn't listen. That was the reason she called you. And I loved her for it, I loved her for everything she had ever done for me. For every night she was with me when I had nightmares, for every hug, for every 'good night sweetie'. And then that day came. Wyatt was with his friends and I was with my mom. We had the whole day for us, just she and I. Then a demon came, we vanquished him but mom was hurt. I wasn't able to heal so I called at dad. I was calling him for a half an hour but he didn't came. He'd never came when I was calling , so why he should have came that day. I didn't know what to do, then Wyatt came home, he called once and dad orbed immediately in, of course, but it was too late, she were dead. He let her die!" Chris cried, but he continued, he felt that he had to say everything.

"After mom's death I lived with grandpa, we were very close. He knew something was wrong with Wyatt, I felt it too. He tried to tell dad but he didn't listen. He never listened to anyone but Wyatt. I was never good enough for him. I tried to warn him, I knew that Wyatt was evil but he didn't believed me. He said I was doing that because I was jealous of Wyatt's powers. He didn't know how much I loved my brother and only thing I ever envied him was his dad. It was only his dad, never mine. When he finally saw what did his favourite son perform, it was too late. The world I used to live in was one big dump." Chris cried, his memories were too painful. Cole stared at him in disbelief, for the first time in his life he didn't know what to say. He looked at Wyatt sitting on his knees and felt the tears in his eyes.

"Then I came here and met this Leo" Chris continued when he calmed himself down "I didn't met my father, I met a man I'd never knew. Someone who isn't cold, someone who is protecting his family... my family. When he found out I am his son he didn't yelled at me, he wanted to know why I hated him, he wanted to talk to me, he wanted to listen. I definitively didn't met my father, I met someone who was only in my dreams."

"So why don't you forgive him? I heard the pain in his voice when he was yelling at me today. He want to be your dad, believe me, I know him. He's hurt a lot. You have to forgive him. You owe it to Leo, but mainly, you owe it to yourself."

"I want to forgive him, believe me, but I can't. I know he's trying the best to be good father but I can't forget about 22 years he wasn't father for me. I just can't forgive him, not yet." Chris looked at Wyatt who was already sleeping and rubbed his eyes.

"We should put him in his crib. Gimme your hand." He orbed with Cole and Wyatt to Wyatt's room.

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"Why are you doing this? Why are you torturing yourself?" Piper stood beside her ex-husband who was staring at the door. The tears were running down his face. He hated himself for everything he ever did... ever will do to his younger son.

"Because I have to. My son hates me and he has the right to do it. I hurt him so much. I left him all alone. His world was ruining in front of him and I didn't help him. He didn't deserve it. Look at him, he's so brave, he came from the future just to save his brother..."

"Stop Leo! Stop blaming yourself for things you haven't done yet! Chris is here to save the future, not only Wyatt's but your and his too." she didn't want to shout at him, but she had to. She knew how hard was that situation for Leo. She hugged him and kissed him on his forehead.

"And now come with me, we have to decide about Cole." She took her ex-husband's hand and went to her sisters.

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When Chris and Cole orbed back to the living room, Piper, Paige and Leo were already waiting for them.

"Where is Phoebe?" Cole looked at Paige.

"She had to go ..." Paige hesitated for a while.

"Oh, I understand, you don't have to lie, she just doesn't want to be in the same room as I am." Cole said with sadness in his voice.

"So, what's your judgment?" Chris asked impatiently, hoping that Cole will be allowed to stay.

"Well, we discussed a lot and we decided..." Piper shut her mouth and the room filled with suspense.

"What?" Chris didn't want to wait any longer. Then he saw the smile on Piper's face and he knew she was gonna say the good news.

"OK, you can stay." she came to Cole and hugged him.

"Wow, this reaction is much better that I've expected." Cole smiled at Piper.

"Oh, it wasn't me! It was mini him." Piper pointed at Chris. Everybody laughed.