Sibling Rivalry
Disclaimer: I don't own charmed...which would be the reason why I'm poor...
Rating: G to Pg. 13
Summary: Raising two magical children who are battling it out for attention is not easy on Piper... Humor
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Dedications:
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Chapter Five
Piper stood at the stand that the Book of Shadows was laid across. She was turning the pages furiously, looking for some sort of protection spell. Across from her was the white plastic playpen, which Wyatt occupied, and on the other side of the room was a white bassinet, which was occupied by an awake and aware Baby Christopher.
Down the middle of the attic was a white line of masking tape, which Paige had stuck down, deciding that she would enchant it so magic from Wyatt's side would be deflected before it reached poor Baby Chris. Unfortunately, the spell had not worked and Paige had run off before she could clean up.
However with her running away, she left Piper alone to search through the book, as Phoebe was on a date with her latest heartthrob, Nick and Leo was checking with the elders.
"Don't even think about it, Wyatt" Piper said, as she continued to look through the book. Wyatt, disappointed that he had been caught, lowered his hand and sat down grumpily.
Piper took a second to look up to make sure that Baby Christopher wasn't going to retaliate before continuing her search, which so far had turned up with a big fat nothing. She flipped the page and read a paragraph on the alarm stones that her and her sisters had used many times, even though she knew everything about the stones.
"If we can make a demonic alarm, why can't we make a Wyatt alarm?" she said to herself as she walked over to the box that they kept the stones in. She picked up the box and walked over to Chris's crib.
"Looks like your going to be banished to your room, so Wyatt can't get you" She mused as she placed the box on the nearby coffee table and bent down to pick up Baby Christopher. "Don't worry, I won't let him hurt you" she whispered into Chris's hear.
"And if you continue to favor Christopher, that's exactly what he will do" The voice made Piper jump. She quickly spun around to face Leo, who had already picked up the pair's older son.
"So, that's your fatherly explanation for Chris showing up in Russia? That Wyatt's jealous?" Piper said in disbelief as she walked over to join Wyatt and Leo, although making sure that she held Chris in the arm the furthest away from the toddler.
"Yes, which is why I'm going to take Wyatt to live with me, at least till Chris can control his powers" Leo stated, matter-of-factly.
"You want to take my son away? To live with you?" Piper paused, deep in thought. "Do you even have a house?"
"As a matter-of-fact, yes I do, I'm renting out an old apartment"
"With my money?" Piper said, angry and confused.
"Well, yeah, white-lighters don't get good pay" Leo didn't wait for a reply. "Look, Piper, I've thought this through. It will give Christopher a chance to build up his powers so he can protect himself, and it'll give me and Wyatt some father-bonding time"
"By what future Chris said, it's not you and Wyatt that needs the bonding time" Piper replied softly, knowing that the words would slice through Leo like a knife. Piper's prediction was right; Leo's face dropped at the mention of the future issues.
"I'll be back later to pick up Wyatt's stuff" Leo whispered before orbing out with Wyatt, leaving Piper standing with Chris, feeling as guilty as ever.
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Piper stood in the nursery, feeding Christopher with a bottle. It had been three weeks since Piper found out that Leo had taken her credit card and bought an apartment, and since Wyatt had been taken away. Secretly, she thought the arrangement was a good one; after all it gave her and baby Chris to connect without fear of him being orbed to god-knows-where, and she saw Wyatt every two days when her and Leo swapped places for the day.
Once Baby Chris had finished Piper laid him down on the changing table and proceeded to gather his diaper bag, deciding that she would take him for a walk before his wiccanning started. She slung the bag over her shoulder and picked up the tiny infant before walking out of the nursery, down the stairs and out the front door of the manor.
As soon as she reached the park however, she knew she had made a big mistake. Possibly every single mother who lived in San Francisco had decided to go to the park that very day. She watched as complete strangers walked up to other new mothers to bring up some conversation about mother's milk and so forth.
She breathed in deeply and walked around to the front of the pram that Baby Chris was lying in. She bent down to his level and smiled, "Alright buddy, do you want to go through this? I mean it's perfectly okay if you don't want to, we can just go home. Auntie Phoebe is waiting to give you a make-over for the wicaning, so if you would rather that?"
Baby Chris stared up at his mother, if he could talk he would say that he would prefer neither, but alas he was too young. He knew that his mother had no idea that he could understand anything he said, but in reality, he could.
What parents don't understand is that babies are born as intelligent as them, but all the cooing and ahhing and baby talk gets to their brain and kills the intelligence. Which is why Chris could spell WYATT.
"Fine then, have it your way. If you can brave the pregnant and new mothers, than so can I" Piper stated. She walked to the back of the pram and continued to push it down the concrete path, which circled around the park. She unconsciously started to walk faster.
However she was not fast enough. She got around the first bend when a pack of baby-hungry mothers spotted their prey and attacked.
"Oh my, you have a lovely baby"
"Yes, although a bit on the small side isn't it"
"Do you breastfeed or bottle feed?"
"How old is it?"
"What's its name?"
The pack of mothers all cooed and ahhed and asked their questions all at once.
"She's gorgeous!" One pregnant woman spoke up.
"HIS name is Christopher, and he's a month old" Piper answered, putting extra emphasis on the word 'his' as she stared at the woman who had called Baby Christopher 'she'.
Piper immediately regretted opening her mouth. The mother's once again started to ask questions and coo at him.
"You are sooo cute, yes you are. Oh yes you are" One mother said in a babyish voice, reminding Piper about Phoebe, and the fact that they had to summon Gram's in half an hour.
"Excuse me, we really have to get going, his wiccanning...ah I mean christening is starting soon, excuse me" Piper ran back along the path, not being able to get away from the mother's fast enough. At least she hadn't run into Marie and Quinn, she thought as she turned the corner.
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Piper rocked Baby Christopher as she watched Phoebe lit the candles that had been placed on the attic ground. Paige and Leo on either side of her, and Wyatt was sitting on the ground at her feet.
Phoebe finished lighting the candles and stood back with her sisters and ex-brother-in-law. She looked at Piper, who was going to recite the spell, and nodded to show that she was ready.
Piper breathed in deeply, wishing that they could summon someone else to do the wiccanning, given Gram's past with men and Wyatt. "Brace yourself for some smart remarks about another boy in the family" she said quickly, before reciting the spell.
Hear these words; hear my cry,
Spirit from the other side.
Come to me, I summon thee,
Cross now the great divide.
She hugged Baby Christopher closer as lights appeared, formed Gram's, then disappeared. She braced herself as her grandmother walked out of the circle of lights to solidify herself. Once she did so, she pulled Paige and Phoebe into two separate hugs. She was surprisingly quiet as she did so, as if she was too bracing herself for what she may say if her great-grandchild was a son again.
"Gram's, this is Baby..."Piper paused, staring into Gram's eyes. "...Baby Christopher" Her glare threatened Gram's to say something about Baby Chris's sex.
Author's Note: A bit shorter than I would've liked, but I ran out of idea's for Piper/Chris bonding time. Next chappie there will be more Piper/Chris, and maybe some Leo/Wyatt. But of course everyones favourite kick-ass grandma will be in the next chappie.