CHAPTER VIII: CELEBRATIONS
-"So are you going to explain me all your insane behaviors, and tell me where is everybody, and why you were so worried about a dead guy's health? Or should I keep on thinking this post-partum depression is really getting to you?"
-"HE,HE. funny as always, sis" She said sarcastically
-"Yeah.. what can I say, almost four years in heaven haven't taken away my sparkle! I still have it!" She said smiling.
-"GOD.. like we didn't have enough smart asses around the house! Paige is more than enough, thanks! Chris.. is worth for five! We don't need anymore."
Prue stuck tongue out.
-"So I guess, Paige is my baby sister? Grams and mom told me about her, so... she is a smart ass? I'll keep that in mind. And Chris.. what is the deal with this Chris, anyways? And how come you named your son after this dude. You didn't ditch Leo, did you?"
-"Hmm Leo-Me , very, very complicated!"
-"But he IS the father of your baby? please don't tell me you have some sort of whitelighter syndrome... And that baby is this Chris dude's baby!"
Piper laughed, and looked sister disgusted.
-"EWWW Gee NOOOOOOOO!!! Leo is the father of the baby!"
-"Well, you name the baby after him. You panic thinking that something might happen to him. Sis, let me tell you. But I think you have some kind of feelings for this guy"
-"Me, feelings for Chris??" She laughed "NOOOO...Not that type, at least! Chris is my son. The baby wasn't named after Chris, Chris IS the baby! That is why they told you he can't take care of himself"
-"UH?"
-"Chris came from the future, and posed as our whitelighter. He came to save Wyatt from turning evil, eventually we discovered who he was, and all. And now, they are saving Wyatt, that has been kidnapped by some weird cult that turns kids evil. So we are hoping, once we save him, he wont be a threat any more, and Chris will be able to go back to the future. Do you understand, now?"
-"No...." Her look said "WHATTTT?????????????????"
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-"Pfff I am so glad this is over." Said Phoebe "What do you guys say if we go say hi to the new mommy. Wanna meet you baby brother, Wyatt?"
-"Yeah. Let's go and say hello to mini-me, THAT is going to be weird! I wonder if something would happen if I touch him or me.. or..."
-"I told you time travel was complicated!... Nahh we went to the past with your mother once, and we interacted with our past selves and nothing happened" Said Phoebe
-"But didn't you guys lost your powers when you went to the past? Because mini you had them? How come Chris didn't loose his powers?" Ask Paige. They all looked at Leo
-"How come I always have to have all the answers?" Asked Leo.
-"YOU ARE THE ELDER" everybody answered together.
-"Ok, I don't know... maybe since he was here first, they baby is the one that got strip of his powers. Because when you guys went to the past, the mini you were there before, and then you arrived. Here, Chris was here and the baby arrived. Or maybe, the baby doesn't have his powers yet. One way or another. Who cares, Big Chris needs his powers a lot more than baby Chris."
The orbed together to the hospital room. To everybody's shock, the first one to react to Prue's figure was Chris.
-"Aunt Prue!" he said happily, hugging her "I was wondering when you were going to show up! I missed you so much!"
Prue was being hugged and feeling mixed emotions, she was sure this guy was the Chris they've been talking about, but being hugged so affectionate by a twenty three year old boy, that seems to know you pretty well, but you barely know anything about. It was a little weird.
-"You must be Chris, I presume." She said with a smile.
-"The one and only, Aunty"
-"Actually Chris, now that mini-you is born, you are probably the only person in the planet that can not use that saying"
-"And I guess that is my smart ass sister, Paige." To everybody surprise, now it was Prue the one that ran to Paige and Hugged her. "OH OH OH, a baby sister. You look so much like the rest of us, you are soo cute."
-"Chris, now I know how you feel with Phoebe. And, I am sorry!" She said with a smile, Chris smirked "Its so nice to finally meet you, sis" Said Paige hugging Prue back tightly.
-"And this must be Wyatt" Said Prue next, moving towards the baby on Leo's arm "You sure make them adorable, Piper"
Chris was actually looking jealous, so she went back to his nephew.
-"Look at this one. I mean, its easy to be adorable when you are a baby, but when you are twenty three, being so cute!! I bet you guys have been having trouble keeping the ladies out of the manor. I'll have to start practicing kicking some female asses! You are not...??" She said looking at Alexia.
Alexia was standing right besides Chris, carrying Alia with one arm, and caressing Chris' arm with the other, comforting him. Since Chris seemed to be particular anxious at that moment. Probably since saving Wyatt, meant going back to the future, and that was scary. Plus seeing Prue again, plus having mini-him.
-"US??NAHHH" Said both at the same time "We are just friends"
-"Ok, you will have to get used to having an overprotecting Aunt, hon. It's what I do" Said Prue.
-"I KNOW, I am already used to having an overprotecting Aunt" He pretended to be offended, but deep inside he loved it.
-"And I see I am in your future, and that we are close. That is cool!" Prue smiled.
-"You are the only one left, in my future" He whispered, almost inaudible, the few that heard him, didn't really want to ask.
Phoebe meanwhile had stolen baby Chris from Leo's arms and was doing the "Oh you are so cute, yes you are" routine.
-"Shoo-Shoo everybody, now it's MY time with MY sons! So stop stealing them all away from me, that I can't move, but I can, certainly, still blow things up!" Said Piper with a smile "YOU first" she signal at Chris to come closer.
He was surprised, he loved it, but he would have bet, she was going to ask for Wyatt first, since he was the one that had been kidnapped, and since, his little inferiority complex, made him think, Wyatt always came first in his parents eyes. But he walked to him mom happily.
-"HAPPY BIRTHDAY , MY BOY" She hugged him tight, with tears in her eyes. At that point, people realized it was Chris' birthday. "I am so proud of you! Thank you for all you did for us. You are the best son I could ever ask for" She said looking straight into his eyes and caressing his cheek.
-"Thank you, mom" He said, almost in the verge of tears.
-"Now go...before I kill you. Two days of labor, Chris. TWO DAYS!" She said smiling.
-"Yeah, I know mom, you'd tell me that, every time you got mad at me "Two days of labor, and this is how you repay me, TWO DAYS!"" He mocked Piper's voice.
They all laughed. Leo handed Wyatt to his mom. She kissed him and hugged him. Sighing in relief.
-"Are we sure they are ok?" She asked.
-"Yeap" Said Alexia "I am positive. The threat is over... how does it feel, hon?" She said smiling at Chris, can caressing his cheek. "Happy birthday, sweetie!" She said hugging him.
Now Prue and Piper joined forces in the intense look and thoughts of "Get your CLAWS out of my boy, you TRAMP!"
-"It's the best birthday present, ever" He smiled widely, looking into her eyes. "Thanks for all your help. It meant a lot"
-"Right back at you" She smiled back at his beautiful eyes.
-"Ok what do you say" Said Piper, very aware that she was interrupting the sweet moment "If we all go back home and have a little party? I mean... how often we save my older son from turning evil, my youngest son is born, my youngest son from the future turns twenty three and my sister returns from the dead?"
-"Oh.. don't we have those sort of things like...every day?" teased Paige "I thought it came with the job description. What is the fun of being a charmed one, if we don't have any excitement!? I am so going to quit now!"
-"Speak for yourself. I have more than enough excitement as it is" Said Piper "So, lets get this show on the road. I'll leave like this, so the docs don't get suspicious and Leo or Prue can heal me when we get home"
-"see... that's so useful, NOW we get a whitelighter that can heal. Not like some one I know.." Paige said teasingly to Chris.
-"See this" He show his fist "You'll see how useful it is...when it goes right into the mouth, of someone I know. If she doesn't choose to shut up" Chris joked back. Paige smirked at him.
-"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Asked Prue "Aren't you tired?"
-"After 48 hrs in labor.. GEEE nooo.. why would I be tired?"
Prue and Leo looked at her worried.
-"It will go away once you heal me" Said Piper smiling
After convincing some very reluctant doctors, Piper got discharged and they left for the manor.
-"I am going to bring grandpa, can I mom?" Asked Chris.
-"Sure, sweetie. I think that is a great idea!"
-"On this magic day,
set this table
with all the favors
you are able"
Chanted Paige, and the whole dinning room got decorated in a second.
-"Personal GAIN!" Said Prue.
-"Chill out, sis! I just met my oldest sister and my youngest nephew, and after all that happened. The powers HAVE to forgive us this one" Paige answered, putting an arm around her new found sister's shoulder, smiling widely.
-"Yeah, I guess those are more than enough reasons to celebrate, and saving the world doesn't leave us enough time" She smiled back admiring the decoration "Good taste, sis!"
-"I am glad you agree, I think we are going to get along, marvelously"
-"I hope!" She smiled.
-"I am glad I finally met you, Prue"
-"I am glad I finally met you, too"
-"AHHH Sister bonding. HOW CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEE" Interrupted Phoebe putting one of her hands in each of her sister's shoulders "Can I join? So what do you think of the house, Prue? Did you missed us? I missed you so much, honey!"
-'Of course I missed you, silly! A lot! And now, everything is so weird. Coming here, I have a new sister, I have three nephews, that are technically two, and one of my nephews, is barely five years younger than my younger sister...My nephew was going to grow and have an evil tyranny... things are definitely...weird!"
-"Welcome to the charming life of the charmed ones!"
-"Yeah, I definitely missed all this excitement! Life is heaven its pretty boring after you lived in this house for a while... everything here looks so the same, yet so different"
-"I don't know where are we all going to fit now.. though" Said Paige.
-"Lets just party tonight and worry about small technicalities tomorrow. I guess we can squeeze some people at magic school, till we find something permanent or something" Said Phoebe.
-"Cool! I would love to sleep at magic school for a while. So you can sleep in your old bedroom tonight" Paige smiled at her sister, that smiled back at her.
Chris orbed back with Victor, that looked beyond excitement. He apparently even forgot that he hated to orb.
-"OH MY GOD PRUE!!" He ran to his daughter, hugging her, with tears on his eyes, kissing her "You look amazing! Chris said you came back to stay! I am so glad to see you"
-"I am glad to see you too, Dad. I've missed you"
-"And the baby! Oh Chris, you are such an adorable baby!" Victor said after spending a few minutes with his daughter.
-"Thank you, grandpa.. I think"
-"So, we are sure that Wyatt is safe?"
Everybody looked at Chris for an answer.
-"Yeah, I am sure. Those robes where the robes Wyatt closet followers wore. It all fits perfectly. Everything had to be corrected, by now" He smiled, with mixed emotions. He loved that his brother was safe, still that meant he had to leave, and he had finally settled a little in the past, now another journey to another, good, but yet, unknown future.
-"So that means you are going to leave us?" Asked Victor sad, he had grown very fond of his grandson. He wasn't the first one to had that sad thought, yet, he was the first one that dared to ask.
-"As soon as we get everything ready, yes"
-"Ok... today it's a celebration day, right? No sad thoughts!" Said Phoebe.
-"Here, happy birthday, Chris" Said Victor, pulling up a package from his coat.
-"Ohh grandpa... I can't believe you remembered! This is awesome, you are awesome" he hugged his grandfather.
He had given him the entire collection of Humphrey Bogart movies, since in one of the many talks they had, Victor mentioned how much he loved Bogart and Chris told him he loved him too, and that when he was little, he used to go to his house, and they would watch all his movies and talk for hours about the classics. Chris told his grandfather, that every time he saw or heard about Bogart, he always thought of his grandfather.
-"Of course, I remembered. How could I forget? This way you'll have something to always remember me, kiddo!" He hugged his grandson "Happy Birthday, Chris! You are a great kid! And I am very proud to be your grandfather"
-"I love you grandpa" Said Chris in his grandfather's arm.
-"I love you too, son"
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buffgirl : Sorry I forgot to answer you where I got the name Alexia from. I don't really know.. I love the name Alexis with all its 30000 derivations. I know a couple of Alexias. But still, I just like that name. Thanks for your reviews, and yeah, you spoke about the fast updates and you jinxed it. Nahh... I've been living in Sfo for like 2 years, and I came back to my country (Argentina) on Monday. So I had a lot of free time last week, now I won't have that much free time. But I love writing this story. I mean, I love all my stories, but this one is particularly easy to write, cuz I know what is going to happen in each chappie. And patience is not one of my virtues, so I want everything to happen, fast. Thanks for all your reviews
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wouldn't hate u i wan it to happen by futuer do u mean chris' futuer? cuz that
would be weird unless she would come with him to his futuer..." YEAHHHH I love when my reviewers think about continuity and the logic of things... specially cuz sometimes I spent a lot of time trying to come with innovative solutions to explain the lack of logic in charmed's plot, maybe not that much in this story (though explaining why Prue came at that moment and not another was kind of hmmm.. lets think.. cuz I rather have a reason if I can get it. So did you like Prue, you didn't see that coming? Me neither...one of the reviewers asked me if I could bring Prue back) but in some other of my stories (I have a lot written under another nick too) explaining some continuities had been a real issue, and my reviewers ask me for things that I am like... dude.. I'll love to, but I can not... I don't know...turn Wyatt good and make him forget all he did, just because he is an adorable insane guy. Why the hell would Chris go back to the past, if he turns him good in the future?
son gomay vidal goku :thanks! A lot more Prue bonding for you here. Thanks for all your reviews, keep them coming.