A/N: People, I just want to apologize for my grammar mistakes. Please keep in mind english is not my first language.
CHAPTER IV: Like when he was a kid.
-"sweetie, it's just a nightmare, calm down. Everything is fine. Mommy is here, calm down" Chris woke up with his mother's tender voice.
-"Mom. What are you doing here?" Chris asked confused. When he turned to face his mother, his shoulder stank and he couldn't help groaning. The last thing he remembered, was being on the car. He realized someone carried him and undressed him, and now he was laying on his bed.
-"Are you ok, baby?" His mom asked him, her expression, full of love, and caressing his sweaty face. He felt angry, yet at the same time, he was happy his mom was there to take care of him.
-"What are you doing here mom? How did you know I was here? How did you know I was hurt? GRANDPA!!!" he asked angrily, sitting down.
-"hey, hey. Calm down. And don't take it on your grandpa, he has nothing to do with it!" That was true, Leo was the one that had told her about Chris "I just decided to come and visit dad, and when I got here, well... Dad tried to hide the fact that you were here and hurt, but...It's like it was pretty obvious"
Victor was already in the door frame.
-"How did I ended up in my bed? I don't remember walking here!"
-"Well, you where pretty much knocked out... But you walked here, with my help. Not like I could carry you, son, as much as I would have loved to."
-"So you didn't know?" back to his mom
-"No. But I see you have the room pretty set up. Lots of pictures of me.. I feel flattered!"
She said with a smile. "And grams' locket. Have you been sleeping here?"
-"Just the last few days" He nod
-"yeah that is a great idea. I don't know how we didn't think about it earlier." She smiled at her pale son. "So... care to explain what happened there?" She said pointing at the bandages.
-"Demon, energy ball, you know the drill." diminishing the importance of the wound.
-"Well honey. If I have to take care of myself, to make sure nothing happens to mini you, in order not to affect you. Do think you can take care of yourself, to make sure nothing happens to big you, in order not to affect your mommy, that might die of a heart attack if something happens to you? And I am betting there are at least four more people that would get very concern too."
-"I am careful, mom" He smiled. He had to admit, deep down inside he loved to know they cared.
-"Oh yeah.. the big hole on your shoulder proves it. You know your.. Leo can heal that for you, right?"
-"NO! Promise you won't tell him anything!"
-"I won't honey" Thinking about the irony, that actually Leo was the one that told her. "Ok.. bathroom break...Do you think you can possibly stop jumping on my bladder till you are born?"
-"I am sorry mom! I don't have that much control for what mini-me does over there!"
His mom left and Chris kept staring at the same spot where she used to be.
-"Penny for your thoughts" Said Victor seating besides Chris.
-"I was just thinking about me and Wyatt, about when we used to live with you" He said with a sad smile.
-"Wyatt used to live here too?"
Chris nod
-"In fact the bed I am using was Wyatt's, you got another bed for me. After mom died, I wasn't.." Chris looking for the best words to express his thoughts "My normal cheerful self"
-"There is a normal, cheerful Chris?? And gee we all missed it!!" He smiled widely at his grandson, trying to lighten up, what he saw was a tough moment for him. Chris sketch a weak smile.
-"And Wyatt... well... Wyatt stop talking for months, he wouldn't sleep, he wouldn't eat. He would just sit in this bed, staring at the wall... I was the only person that could get him to say some words, or force him to eat...or anything, he just stared at the wall. So the Aunts thought it wouldn't be safe if we stayed at the manor, and since we always got along great, you took us in." He Pause for a while and then continue
"Sometimes is hard, you know? Not only as they think, that it was hard to have them mistrust me, or even hate me. But every inch of the manor, every inch of this house, reminds me of moments with a good Wyatt, a lot of happy moments with Wy...On the one side, it makes me want to work harder, cuz I know that he can be good. Look at the baby... he is adorable, isn't he?"
-"yes, he is" Smiled Victor nicely surprise by the unexpected wave of love towards his baby older brother.
-'But on the other hand, it just makes me forget how things were, I just wanna stay here and forget about everything, forget about the future, forget what I am fighting for, and pretend it never existed.....
I get so tired sometimes, grandpa.... It is so hard sometimes, and discouraging, and here everything is so great... and I keep on thinking, why don't I deserve some happiness? Even if I save Wyatt, I will have to go back to a future I don't know, a future I probably won't even fit in.. and here..."
Victor caressed his scalp, and pulled him into a tight embrace, being careful not to touch his wounded shoulder
-"Everything is going to be fine, Chris. Just let us help you, for once. Let your parents, let your aunts, let me.. help you. The weight of your world doesn't have to be all on your shoulders. We are the ones that are suppose to take care of you, remember? I know you guys will save the world, and that no matter what future you go to, everybody is going to love you. And no matter what happens, or where you are, you can always run to your awesome grandpa ok?" he smiled at him, looking right into his eyes. "Cuz I will ALWAYS be there for you kiddo, I promise"
-"I know you will grandpa... still, everything is so perfect in this time. I don't think you guys can appreciate how perfect everything is"
Piper entered the room. Chris stopped talking.
-"How perfect what is?" Asked Piper.
-"How perfect my MOM is" With a fake smile
-"Yeah.. sure... like those words would ever come out of your mouth, if I am not dying... next time you lie.. do it convincingly, honey" Sitting down beside him on the bed again.
She arrange his messy hair and put his hand between hers, hoping for the millionth time, that her son would tell her what was worrying him. But at least she could tell he talked to his grandpa. She would rather have him talking to her. But well, beggars can't be choosers.
She laughed about the irony of Chris being so magical, and with such a magical quest, and with a life where you had to be very powerful magically to survive, yet the only person he could be vulnerable with, was the one person that had no magical powers at all. But then, maybe that was the reason he could allow himself to be weak in front of his grandpa. Piper wondered how many times Chris was force to prove himself against Wyatt. Even if he couldn't compete. She wonder if living always under the shadow of the double blessed had force him to pretend to be always strong and tough, and not to let anybody see his weakness or vulnerability. No one, but the one person for who, Wyatt and Chris were just his grandsons instead of two very powerful magical beings.
Chris looked at her with a goofy smile that could melt any woman's heart. Piper kiss his slightly feverish forehead.
-"I love you, honey, you know that? I really do." She said still over emotional, for the thoughts she just had, and probably the hormones of the pregnancy weren't helping "So what does my baby wants for dinner?"
-"I don't know...ask your stomach.. probably some amniotic fluid, I guess" He said sarcastically
-"You are such a smart ass... I am going to train you a lot better this time! So.. what do my grown up, smart ass son, wants for dinner?"
-"But you are going to stay here? What about Wyatt? How are you going to get back to magic school?"
-"WYAAT" She yelled. A few seconds later Wyatt orbed to her arms "He will take me back, or actually, He'll probably orb me to the manor, cuz he misses, and then I'll ask Paige to orb us to magic school. So now, I am going to focus on the most important thing here. Pampering my sick boy"
-"MOOM"
-"Chris, I am your mother. You are sick, I'll nurse you. You don't want me to nurse you? Cool.. call your father and he'll heal you"
Chris stuck his tongue out. Even if it was really hard to admit, he loved having his mom fussing around him, and nursing him.
-"Stuffed Portobello mushroom...like the ones you do, I LOVE THOSE and chocolate mousse"
-"WOW... I see I raised a boy with refined culinary taste. Impressive!"
-"Ok, why don't you give me a list with all the things you need to buy, and I'll go to the store. Cuz as agile as you are right now, it could take us three days to get dinner" Said Victor
-"It's all your fault!" Piper sticking her tongue at Chris.
-"I can go to the store, I can cook" Chris replied.
-"Yeah, and I can find a way to freeze witches too, so you get frozen there for three days."
Wyatt got bored of his mom's arms and orbed himself to his brother's lap, touching slightly his shoulder.
-"OUCH" Chris squeak "Hey Wy, did you miss me?" He smiled at his brother.
-"Are you ok, Chris?" Piper ran (or tried at least) to his youngest son.
-"I am fine mom!"
-"Ok, ok. I'll go to the kitchen, to check everything and tell your grandpa what we need. Take care of Wyatt for a while, k?"
-"K" Piper kissed Chris and Wyatt forehead.
-"I love you both, my little boys" She smiled.
-"Mom, shoo" Chris said swinging his hand in the air, gesturing for her to leave.
Victor and Piper left the room.
-"Kiss Na-Na (A/N Ok you guys will have to forgive me on this one, and in a lot more, but I don't know how little kids say when they injured themselves, this is how they say it my country. That I am pretty sure its not even how they say it most Spanish speaking countries either...)" Said Wyatt, pointing at Chris' shoulder.
Chris kiss his brother's forehead, and shuffled his hair.
-"Yes" He said "Chris Na-Na. Give Chris a kiss to see if the pain goes away"
-"Dadda?" Wyatt said after giving his brother a sticky kiss, like any toddler.
Chris looked at him sad, real sad.
-"No Wy... as you told me once, dad is barely your father, and just an spermatozoid to me. I don't want or need anything from him....right?.. We are fine without him. I have you to take care of me, and now you have me to take care of you. And we'll always have grandpa" He ran his index finger through Wyatt's nose "Right?.. we don't need him" He didn't sound very convince or happy about it.
Piper and Victor could hear that from the hallway. Victor put his arm around Piper's shoulder and she lean her head on his shoulder, hurt.
lex : Thank you for such a nice review. Here is the next chapter. I really hope you enjoy it too.
Pink-Charmed-One: I am glad you didn't think it was cheesy. I hope you like this chapter too. I have to answer your email. And thank you for letting me borrow the name Alia.
krakatoa : I am sorry for the caps. I am changing it in every story I update. I just never thought about it. I guess I just assumed a title has to be in caps. Don't ask me why! I am glad you read it anyways and that you liked it!! Yeah... I don't know.. I just loved Hyde school reunion (or the Chris-Victor relationship, cuz the rest.. I don't even remember what it was), that is why I started writing my two stories, I just didn't see much of Chris-Victor interaction around. I hope you like this chapter too. Thanks for reviewing. AHH And I am sorry I answered you here and not before. But I had already posted the third chapter when you sent me your review : ) the cool thing? Now you have 2 chappies to read and review : )
Vamp-Lynette: hehe, you are funny. I hope you like this chappie too, you have cute moments with Piper, Victor and even Baby Wyatt! This Chris is happy in a sad kind of way, if that makes sense. But he is really enjoying getting spoiled by everybody.. just SHHH cuz he doesn't like to show it :)
CaliforniaChick: I am soooo glad you liked it. I was scared it might have been too much. I hope you like this one too. He was unconscious, yeah.. first cuz we KNOW that could never had happened with him conscious, he would have beat the crap out of Leo, again. Second, cuz I am trying to follow the storyline, so Chris starts liking Leo in Witch wars (for some reason very poorly explained, just cuz he told him he could orb out of jail?? Well, I'll try to show more bonding). And I am still between Spin City and Crime and Punishment. So I cant do anything that can make him like him before that.
PurpleKermit Thank you for much for your review! I am glad you liked it, and I hope you liked this chappie too. I loved Chris/Victor too I just loved Hyde school reunion (or the Chris-Victor relationship, cuz the rest.. I don't even remember what it was), that is why I started writing my two stories, I just didn't see much of Chris-Victor interaction around. I hope you like this chapter too. Thanks for reviewing