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
Chapter Seven
Piper and Gram's stared at Leo, whose face was still red from his outburst. Everything fell silent, even the snores from baby Christopher faded away.
"How dare you speak to me like that?" Gram's yelled at Leo, furious at his words.
Leo immediately regretted opening his mouth; he had spoken in hopes of creating peace but instead he had added to the monster's anger. He shrunk back as Gram's yelled about respect for your elders. In fact he was moving back so far that he fell off the bed with a loud thump.
Piper jumped in on the fight. "In case you haven't noticed, Leo's Older than you!" She put extra emphasis on the word Older. Neither Piper nor Gram's were aware that Leo had fallen off the bed.
"Thanks Piper. You really make me feel good about myself"
Leo stood up, listening to the screams of Grandmother and Granddaughter. He carefully picked up Wyatt and slowly walked backwards towards the door.
"Alright buddy," he whispered into Wyatt's ear. "On the count of three run. I'm going back for your little brother, now if I don't make it out alive..." Leo looked down at Wyatt, realizing that he didn't understand what he was saying. He lowered Wyatt on to the ground and started to count down.
"1...2...3...now!" He quickly ran back into the room of destruction and towards the nursery, as Wyatt, doing as his daddy told him, turned and toddled off the other way. Of course Wyatt was trying to run, but with his short stumpy legs he could only manage a fast walk.
Leo managed to get into the nursery easily enough. He quickly scoped up Baby Christopher, who had just started to stir, and bolted towards the hall. Thankfully, the women were still yelling at each other and did not notice Leo's escape.
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"Watch out!" Paige yelled across the room.
Piper turned just in time to see the demon hurdle an energy ball towards her torso. She shot out her hands, freezing the energy ball just millimeters away from her chest. She jumped out of the way as the energy ball unfroze and started to fly towards the wall.
She held up her hands once more and flicked her wrists in attempt to blow up the demon. Much to Piper's disgust, nothing happen. Realizing this, the demon snarled and formed another energy ball in the palm of his hand.
He took three giant steps forward and grabbed Piper by the neck before she had time to react. Piper stared up at the demon, fear creeping into her eyes as she realized just how tall the demon was. He snarled once more and held the energy ball over her head.
Piper felt heat consume her body as the demon yelled in pain. She closed her eyes as the demon exploded. When she opened them, she saw her grandmother standing there, with a knife in hand.
Paige, who had been knocked over by the demon, stood up and limped over to her grandmother. "Thanks, you still got it in you!" Paige congratulated and thanked as she gave Gram's a hug. Phoebe, who was also involved in the battle, quickly followed her actions.
However, Piper, who should've been the one thanking her, ignored her grandmother and walked over to the crib, which Christopher occupied. She reached down and gently pulled the baby out of the crib, hugging him close to her chest.
"It's okay Baby, I've got you" She whispered as she watched the duo congratulate Gram's. She knew that she wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for Gram's, but she couldn't bring herself to speak to her so soon after their fight. Without a word, she walked out of the room, leaving Gram's standing there with a disappointed expression on her face.
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Piper had been avoiding everyone that night. She had eaten her dinner alone, saying that she needed to watch Christopher, then she had locked herself in her room, not wanting to speak to her Grandmother.
Grams' on the other hand had been basking in Leo's, Paige and Phoebe's praise. She had even gone as far as playing with Wyatt before Leo put him to bed. After the attack, she had come to realization that Piper loved her sons even though they had those body parts, and that she should too.
However, she still had questions. Questions that needed answering. And now, while everyone, minus Piper, were seated at the table, was the prefect time for the answers to be relieved.
"Piper said that Wyatt had been the cause for Chris's orbing..." she paused, letting the words sink in. "That's just because he is jealous of the new baby, right? I mean, Piper and Prue did some pretty awful stuff when you came home" she said, directed at Phoebe.
"Well, Ahh...The thing is...well...In the future...The old...Ahh" Phoebe stuttered, exchanging nervous glances with Leo and Paige.
"The thing is, our son...Wyatt...is the future of all evil" Piper's voice spoke up from the doorframe, which she was leaning on. She held her dirty plate and glass in her hands.
"Was" Leo corrected.
"Please explain" Grams' said, confusion seeping over her.
She silently walked over to the dishwasher and placed the plate and glass inside. "Which is the reason that we named Christopher after our whitelighter. Because our whitelighter was our son, who came back from the future to save his brother from a fate worse than death" Piper explained as she straightened.
"Which is why we asked you to come and bless Christopher so early. So that if in fact Wyatt is still evil and not just jealous, God forbid, his evilness won't rub off on Christopher" She continued, leaning against the kitchen bench. She reached over to the refrigerator and pulled a bottle out of it. Without bothering to wait for Grams' reaction, she walked out.
Grams' sat perfectly still, processing the information that had just been given to her. After a minute of silence, she opened her mouth. She referred to what she said when she was summoned for Wyatt's Wiccanning, about men not being able to control their powers.
"Told you he couldn't handle the powers"
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The minute that the sun rose, was the minute that Piper woke up to the screams of Baby Christopher. She yawned tiredly as she untangled herself from the bed sheets and clambered out of her bed. She screamed when she stepped on something squishy.
Her scream was followed by Leo's, who woke up when her foot collided with his nose. Leo sat up, rubbing his nose. He stared at Piper, who had fallen back onto the bed in surprise.
"You could've washed your feet" Leo said as he continued to rub his sore red nose.
"What the hell are you doing?" She screamed at him.
"I was sleeping..." He explained simply. "Gram's took the couch" He stopped rubbing his nose and lowered his hands. "I was going to climb in with you, but I don't think I'd be much help to you guys if I was blown up" he teased.
Piper half-smiled at his comment. This was the side of Leo that she loved; the side that had made her fall for him in the first place. The playful side.
"No you wouldn't" She agreed. She carefully climbed out of her bed on the other side and went to Christopher's aid.
As she rocked her son back to sleep, she came to realization. Realization that he still loved her; and she him.
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That morning was spent vanquishing threatening demons, buying new outfits for Baby Christopher and Baby Wyatt, making sure that the house was spirit proof and making sure that everything would go prefect in general.
The clock ticked over slowly, approaching the halfway mark of the day, the time when the spirits would be summoned. Piper, Paige, and Phoebe were vanquishing the last demon on their long list, while Leo took care of the boys and Grams'.
"Come on Paige. Hurry up! The sooner we vanquish this bad-ass, the sooner we summon the spirits, the sooner we get rid of Her" Piper hurried Paige along, who was lighting the candles for summoning the demon.
Once she was finished, the three sisters stood back and recited the spell, which would bring the demon to them. As soon as they finished the spell, lights swirled in the middle of the circle of candles and a demon was formed.
Immediately, they started to recite the vanquishing spell. Before the demon could react, he was in a million pieces.
"Alright, check" Piper crossed off the demon. As she headed to the nursery to prepare Christopher, her sisters started to set up the attic for the wiccanning that would start in half an hour.
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Half an hour later,
Piper walked out of the nursery, Christopher in tow. He was dressed in the same outfit that Wyatt had worn at his wiccanning. But Christopher, Piper mused, looked much more...girlish than Wyatt had.
She met Leo in the hallway, who was carrying their other son, who was wearing a nice blue T-shirt and cargo pants. Leo looked over at Christopher.
"Sht Piper, you could have dressed him in boy clothes" Leo observed.
"Wyatt wore the exact same thing" Piper retorted.
"Yeah, but Wyatt didn't look like a girl in it!" Leo's pace picked up as he took the stairs two by two. Piper stared after him.
"Don't worry Baby Christopher, you don't look exactly like a girl" She whispered to him as she started to climb the stairs.
When Piper reached the top of the stairs, she saw Paige, Phoebe, Leo and Grams' all ready to begin.
After hearing the news of Wyatt's future, Grams' had quit commenting on the baby's bad points, and had to a degree started to accept both of her great-grandsons. She had openly said this to Piper, and after a while of consideration, Piper had accepted this and moved on.
Piper smiled at her family, she helped light the candles and handed Christopher to Grams'. They summoned the Matriarchs with a simple spell.
I call forth from space and time,
The matriarchs from the Halliwell line,
Mothers, daughters, sisters, friends,
Our family's spirit without end,
To gather now in this sacred space
and help us bring this child to grace.
The ceremony immediately launched.
"We pledge to be with this child, this beautiful boy, always. Apart, but never separate, free, but never alone. He is one of us and because of that, we will bless him with all the goodness that we are. Welcome to the family, Christopher Perry Halliwell."
A/N: Longest chapter and the crap's one. Sorry for the bad writing, but I'm getting sick of this whole wiccanning thing and want to get on with Piper/Leo.
The chapter jumped a bit and was rushed, sorry again.
But it has Piper/Leo that's good isn't it??????
The more reviews I get, the more Piper/Leo!!!!!!!!