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Coping With Two Homes:
Chapter 7: Back Home To See The Fam
"Dad, he just - he just vanished!" Brian yelled, walking next to the kitchen and sitting on a bar stool , whereas Bianca was currently looking through her Book of Shadows (Thanks, DevilsArchangel!)
"What did he say before he 'blinked'?" Chris asked, swatting away Leo's hand, which was trying to grab the phone from Chris.
"I told you! He said that he didn't know if I was a witch, but he suspected! And then he said that now he knows I'm the grandson of a Charmed One!" Brian yelled for the tenth time in the last half hour.
"How could you be so careless, Brian?!" Chris yelled back. "I get you don't like that Eric guy, but be serious!"
"I'm sorry, okay?" Brian said for the twentieth time in the last half hour.
"No, it's not okay! You exposed magic! You could've killed that guy! You made it able for a warlock to recognize you, and now he's after you! You're lucky I don't get the cleaners involved in this!" Chris yelled, now starting to push Leo away.
"Chris, give me the god damn phone!" Leo yelled, trying to grab it again.
"Dad, leave me alone!" Chris yelled, orbing to his room with the phone, then locking his door.
"I know I screwed up, Dad. I really do. And now I could be in some serious danger," Brian said, staring down at the floor. "I'm really sorry."
"Well, you know what?! You should be!" Chris yelled, kicking his dresser.
Tears welled up in Brian's eyes, and he looked down at the floor.
"I know . . ." he whispered, wiping a tear off his cheek.
Bianca sighed and looked up at Brian. She took the phone gently and walked into another room, closing the door.
"Why do you have to be so hard on him, huh? He knows he messed up, Chris! And he's apologized, like, twenty-two times. Just give it a rest, okay?" Bianca asked in a pleading voice, getting teary eyed herself.
"Bianca, our son has endangered his life! How can you not be mad at him?!" Chris yelled, wanting to slam down the phone, since Bianca was on the line now.
"Chris, I am! I truly am! But I'm more concerned about the warlocks and demons that are after my baby right now! I don't want anything to happen to him, Chris! He's my little boy! My child! And I'm not going to lose him just like I lost you!"" Bianca said, slamming down the phone in it's charger.
Bianca wiped off her face, took a few deep breaths, and walked out of the room and over to Brian smiling.
"Mom, I'm really sorry about all this. And I'm even sorrier that you had to talk to Dad on the phone," Brian said, looking up at her.
Bianca hugged him and sat down in the bar stool next to him. "I know you are, sweetie. And about your father, I don't mind talking to him. When he's not in a bad mood, he's actually a pretty decent guy," she said, smiling.
"Mom, do you think you and Dad will ever get back together?" Brian asked her hopefully.
Bianca smiled sadly at him. "I don't like so, Brian. Not in this lifetime, at least."
"Why'd you ask him to give up his powers, anyway?" Brian asked, looking confused.
"Brian, you may not remember this, but when you were little, your father was getting in shit loads of trouble. He was spending more time with his mother and aunts then with me. He . . . His life was centered around magic, honey. And finally one day I got fed up with it. So I made him choose: Me or his magic. And he chose his magic.
"Brian, don't get me wrong. I loved your father to pieces. And I still do. And I'm certain I always will. But . . . Well, you'll understand when you get a wife. If she's a witch or whitelighter, that is. I promise that you'll understand," Bianca finished, standing up.
"You know Mom," Brian started, "I never really used to like you. I actually hated you, even-"
"Oh thanks, Mr. Compliments," Brian interrupted, rolling her eyes.
Brian smiled. "But, now that I live with you instead of Dad, I'm starting to like you a lot better than I ever liked Dad."
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Bianca smiled and gave Brian a one-armed hug. "Thanks, kiddo. That really means a lot to me."
"Oh, how touching," Chad said, walking out from the shadows.
"Oh no. Brian, hide! I'll hold him off!" Bianca yelled, standing in front of Brian.
"No. I know what to do," Brian said, taking a deep breath. "DAD! UNCLE WYATT! GRANDPA! AUNTIE PAIGE!"
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"Brian!" Chris, Wyatt, Leo, and Paige yelled in unison.
Phoebe and Piper turned towards them from The Book of Shadows quickly, looking worried.
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The next moment, Chris, Wyatt, Leo and Piper, and Paige and Phoebe orbed in.
"I'm guessing he's Chad," Chris said, raising his eyebrows.
Brian nodded. "Yeah. That's Chad."
"Wow, Brian. You're an even bigger wuss than I thought,' Chad said, smirking.
"Chad, why are you doing this to me?" Brian asked pleadingly, getting teary eyed.
"Brian, Brian, Brian," Chad said, shaking his head. "Don''t you get it? I don't want to do this to you. If you weren't the grandson of a Charmed One, I'm sure we could be perfect friends. Really. I wanted to be your friend, Brian. But I was sent to Florida to kill the grandson of a Charmed One. I'm not doing it for fun. I'm doing it because I have to. I'm sure you'll understand sometime or another."
"Why does him being my grandson mean anything?" Piper asked, shaking her head.
"Because you're a Charmed One," Chad stated simply.
"What's your point?" Piper asked, staring at him.
Chad sighed. "The company I work for kills all the people related to powerful witches. Starting with the youngest generation. But, don't worry, we don't kill the powerful witches. We need them to kill our enemies," he said, smiling.
"So, basically, you plan on killing my sons after you kill my grandson and my niece," Leo said, glaring at Chad.
Chad nodded. "Yeah, basically."
"Well, plans are broken all the time. Trust me. I should know," Paige said, grabbing a potion from her pocket.
Chad telekinetically threw the potion onto the ceiling, breaking it into pieces.
"I worked so hard on that!" Paige complained, staring at the spot on the ceiling where the potion hit it, leaving a big black scorch.
"You'll get over it, witch," Chad stated, smirking dangerously at Paige.
"I think we should go before he has a chance to hurt any of us!" Bianca yelled.
"Good idea," Chris said, nodding.
Bianca smiled. "Thanks."
"Don't get fat-headed just because I said you had a good idea. Even you're entitled to one every once-in-awhile," Chris said, looking back at her.
Leo rolled his eyes and grabbed Piper's hand, orbing out. Paige sighed and grabbed Phoebe's hand, also orbing out. Wyatt orbed out with Bianca right after Chris orbed out with Brian, even though he knew Brian could orb by himself.
Bianca started pacing in the living room the moment Wyatt orbed her there, everyone else already being there.
"Chris, I think we should put up a magical boundary around the house so Chad can't get in, and then we can figure everything else out," Bianca said, running her hands through her hair.
Brian looked down at the floor and sighed, sitting down on the couch. "Do - Do you guys think, once this is all over and all, that you might think of getting back together?"
Everyone looked over at Brian, looking sad.
"Brian, we already talked about this today, remember? You can't keep asking and expect to get a different answer each time," Bianca said, kneeling in front of him.
"But, you said that you still love Dad. You said you always have and you probably always will," Brian said, looking her in the eyes. Then he looked over at Chris. "And, Dad, you've told me tons of times that you still love Mom. If you guys love each other so much, why can't you work out your problems and get back together?"
Chris sighed and looked down at the floor. "Brian, it's complicated. You'll understand it someday. Not today, and probably not tomorrow, but I promise you'll understand it someday."
Brian forced back tears that were threatening to spill over and stood up suddenly. "You guys even think alike!"
Leo looked over at Chris and saw the tears in his eyes, then he looked back up at Brian. "Just leave it be for now, okay, Brian?"
Brian wiped a few tears from his face and glared at Leo. "No, I won't leave it be for now, Grandpa! You don't know how hard it is for your parents not to be together! You have no idea how knowing that you have to spend half the year with one parent, and the other half across the country with the other feels like! You have no idea! It's the worst feeling I've ever experienced, and I can't take it anymore!" he screamed.
Chris1 and Wyatt1 showed up in the doorway, looking unsure.
"Is, uh . . . Is this a bad time?" Wyatt1 asked, walking further into the room
"No. It's a great time," Leo said quickly, standing up from his spot on the arm of the chair Chris was sitting in. "What's up?"
Chris1 walked up next to his brother. "We were just wondering when dinner was. It's already a quarter to eight."
"Oh! Dinner!" Piper said, eyes wide. "Right! Why don't you two help me?" She smiled and dragged the two out of the room.
Paige looked back at Leo. "Let's go help. C'mon, Phoebe. You two. Hey, and Wyatt can even join us!"
Phoebe smiled and dragged Wyatt out of the room.
"You go. I'll stay here," Leo said, looking back at Brian.
"Nonsense!" Paige said, grabbing him and orbing him out of the room.
Chris looked over at Bianca. "They left us with our son."
Bianca nodded. "So he can keep on yelling at us."
Brian looked from Chris to Bianca. "I'll let you two think about what kind of pain your putting your only child through." Then he orbed out of the room.
Chris sighed and looked down at the floor.
Bianca looked over at him. "Chris, I'm sorry I made you choose between me and your powers. But, you have to understand why I did it."
Chris sighed again and looked up at his ex-wife. "I do understand, Bianca," he said, nodding. "And I'm sorry that I pushed you to that point. But I've straightened up my act. I really have. Promise."
Bianca smiled. "Then, I don't see why we don't have a chance anymore."
Chris smiled back. "Neither do I."
Chris stood up and walked over to Bianca, pulling her towards him.
"I've missed you," Bianca said, her face growing inches within Chris's.
"I've missed you, too," Chris said, kissing her softly.
"That is what I've been waiting for," came Brian's voice from the doorway.
Chris and Bianca quickly looked over at the doorway, where the whole family was standing.
"I don't agree with this," Wyatt2 and Leo said almost in unison.
"I do! I think it's great!" Piper exclaimed, smiling along with Phoebe and Paige.
"How long have you guys been standing there?" Chris2 asked, backing up from Bianca a bit.
"Long enough," Wyatt2 said, walking farther into the room.
"Oh, leave them alone," Piper said, walking past him.
"Yeah. It's great that they're back together," Paige said, sitting on the couch. "Right? You guys are back together?"
"It's complicated," Chris2 said, sighing as Bianca nodded.
Leo raised his eyebrows. "Complicated? What's complicated about it?"
"Dad, we haven't been together for five years," Chris2 said, facing him.
"We can't just say 'Hey let's get back together', and then act like nothings happened. Because a lot of things have happened over the last five year," Bianca said, sitting down next to Paige.
"Dad, Mom, you guys above everyone else should know about complicated relationships," Chris2 said, looking from Leo to Piper.
Piper looked over at Leo slowly. "He's got a point."
Leo nodded in agreement and then sat on the other side of Bianca.
"But, we're willing to try," Bianca said, looking over at Brian. "Is that enough?"
Brian nodded and looked down at the floor. "Yeah. That's great."
Phoebe looked around. "I just realized Prue isn't here. I'm going to go see what my dear daughter is doing," she said, walking out of the room.
"I just realized something," Chris1 stated, looking around.
"And what is that?" Paige asked, flipping her hair back over her shoulder.
"If I met Bianca because Wyatt turned evil, then how am I going to meet her when he's good?" Chris1 asked, actually looking a little upset.
"If you two are really meant to be, she'll show up eventually. I promise," Paige said, getting up and walking over to Chris1, giving him a big bear hug.
"Or we could always find her," Wyatt1 said, shrugging.
"But you might want to wait a few years," Bianca said, smiling at Chris.
Chris nodded, also smiling.
"And why is that?" Piper asked suspiciously.
"Because she twenty and Chris's only sixteen," Bianca said, looking to here side, trying to avoid Leo and Piper's gaze.
"Oh my gosh! I forgot that she's four years older than you!" Piper exclaimed, gasping and staring at Bianca.
"So did I . . ." Leo said, looking over at Bianca.
"What?" Bianca asked, looking from Leo to Piper. "I didn't make you forget. You forgot on your own."
"Well, personally, I don't think it matters," Paige said, looking from Piper, to Bianca, to Leo, then back again. "If they love each other, that's all that matters, right?"
"We have bigger problems right now!" Chris2 yelled, motioning to Brian.
"Right," Bianca nodded quickly.
"The magical boundary!" Paige yelled, grabbing Piper and orbing out.
"I'm going to go help them," Chris2 said, starting to orb out.
Brian quickly waved his hand through the orbs, stopping him.
"Yeah?" Chris2 asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Let Grandpa and Uncle Wyatt help," Brian said, forcing Chris2 and Bianca to sit down next to each other on the couch.
Leo smiled. "That's a good idea, Brian."
"What if I never meet Bianca?" Chris1 asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Oh, you'll meet her," Chris2 said, his eyebrows raised. "Because if you don't," he motioned to Brian, "he's not born."
"Yeah, and I've learned that Brian's actually pretty cool," Chris1 said, smiling. "I won't let my son get away from me that easily."
Brian smiled at Chris1 and turned to Chris2. "I liked you better when you were sixteen."
"Well, yeah, you'll get over it," Chris2 said, patting Brian on the shoulder. Then he cracked a grin.
"I'm going to go see if Phoebe is helping yet," Leo said before orbing out.
Brian smiled at the people left in the room: Chris1, Chris2, Wyatt1, Wyatt2, and Bianca. "I'm really glad I'm back home."
"So are we, little man," Wyatt2 said smiling. Then he reached over and pulled, Brian close to him, messing up his hair.
Wyatt1 looked over at his little brother and smiled. "You have to meet Bianca."
Then a knock came at the door.
"I'll get it!" Brian said, running to the door.
"Wait! It could be Chad!" Chris2 and Wyatt2 yelled in unison, running after him.
Brian swung open the door.
"You really thought you could get away with it?"
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Hey! Chapter 7 is complete! I hope you guys liked it! And now that I have my own computer in my room (no i-net on it, unfortunetly) I can write at all hours of the day, so I'll probably and most likely be updating sooner! Yay! A sneak preview for the next chapter: Name: Undercover Lover. Stacey goes to Florida for a 'vacay'. Well, that's all I'm going to tell you! Review, please!
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