"Frozen in Time"
Disclaimer: See Chapter One
Chapter Ten: Truth All Around
Sander awoke the next morning in his Mom and Dad's bed. He looked over at the alarm clock on the night table, 5:45. It was time to get up. He pulled the warm comforter off himself and climbed out of the bed, he hadn't slept in the same bed as his mom since he was six. He noticed his mom sleeping serenely. He smiled, then he looked down at his left arm and saw the two freshly scabbed cuts. And the night's events went surging through his brain. With a groan he was out of the bedroom and into the bathroom to shower.
At about six fifteen, Sander was dressed in blue jeans, and a white button down with the sleeves down, and he headed downstairs into the kitchen hoping his siblings weren't there. But of course they were. Greg was at the stove cooking eggs, dressed in blue jeans and his lacrosse jersey because there was a pep rally today, and Pru was squeezing oranges for orange juice, clad in her cheerleading uniform.
"Why isn't Mom cooking?" asked Sander as he rifled through his backpack on the kitchen table.
"She's tired, she was up all night sitting with you as you slept. You really scared us." said Pru, as she placed three glasses on the table.
"Don't worry about it was nothing." said Sander as he took a sip.
"Nothing? Dude you could have like killed yourself!" said Greg in an angry tone as he stirred the scrambled eggs.
"I've been doing it for two years, so I know where not to cut."
"Why Sander?" asked Piper who just entered the kitchen, sleepily.
"Why not?" laughed Sander as he sat down, knowing this was one conversation he couldn't escape.
"Sander, seriously." said Pru.
"I don't know, I guess it all started freshmen year, when this football player picked on me in the hallway, and that got me really upset, and then everything changed last year."
"What happened last year?" asked Greg as he put the eggs on the table.
"Last year I realized I was gay. And that was the one thing I never wanted to be in life. Carly of course was very accepting, and she is the only person who knows about that and my cutting. And when we got our powers, I told Mom and Dad, just not about the cutting thing. They accepted me, Dad of course did the whole 'Only if I was there thing' and Mom she didn't have to say anything for me to know it didn't matter. All the stress from school, the magic thing, my being gay and the fight yesterday are all the little things that make me snap and cut myself. I don't know there is just something about it." said Sander, tears filling his eyes.
"Gay? You're gay? Sander Halliwell is gay! Oh my god, Karen is going to be crushed she and every other girl in school has a crush on you." laughed Pru, as she got up and hugged her brother, "I don't care. You're my brother, and nothing can change that, and I'm sorry and I love you."
"I love you too Pru."
"Well, I don't know what to say or how I feel about gay people. But since you're my brother I guess I still love you and all but I don't know if I can accept it just now. Im sorry." said Greg as he sat down and began to eat.
"Well now I feel much better." said Sander as he too began to eat.
"Promise us you wont cut yourself anymore." came Piper's voice.
"I promise." smiled Sander
Sander drove to school in a rush, because he wanted to talk to Carly, about everything. He knew he shouldn't tell her about his magic, but she trusted him with her religious beliefs and she of course believed in magic.
Sander walked into the High School and headed towards her locker. Which he and she did share for certain classes. Her locker was on the second floor, his on the third, and his first three classes were on the second floor.
"Hey Carly!" called out Sander as he ran up next to her.
"Hey cutie." she smiled as she adjusted her pentagram around her neck. Just then another junior walked by and screamed, "I like my Witches Burned!" Carly just shrugged it off, she was used to it, but it had a different effect on Sander. He remembered a story of his ancestor Melinda Warren, the first witch in the Halliwell Line, who was burned at the stake.
"Sander, are you okay?" asked Carly as she grabbed her French book and closed her locker.
"Not really. My mom, brother and sister found me cutting last night, and I kind of had to tell them the truth, so they know now." said Sander, as he led the way to homeroom.
"Sander, I'm so sorry!" she said as she put her arm around his waist.
"There's something else I need to talk to you about." said Sander in a whisper.
"What is it?" she said in excitement because she really wanted to know.
"In here." he whispered as he pulled her into an empty classroom, and shut the door.
"Okay, you better spill." she said, as she looked at her best friend.
"I'm a witch, actually my whole family is." he said.
"Are you serious?" was all Carly could say.
"Yes. Except we aren't like you. We have powers. And we protect innocent people from demons, warlocks, and other forces of darkness."
"Demons? Sander are you sure you didn't cut to deep?"
"Seriously, watch. I have telekinesis, the power to –"
"I know what it is." she cut him.
"Here let me show you." said Sander as he squinted and a chair slid from one side to the other.
"Oh my god, you are serious." she said in shock.
"Greg can freeze time, and Pru can see the future. My Mom can freeze time just like Greg and she can blow things up. My dad is a whitelighter, who is like an angel for witches. He can heal people, orb which is moving from one place to another, and a bunch of other things and not to mention he's immortal."
"Oh my god. You're the Charmed Ones aren't you?" said Carly.
"How did you know?"
"My mom told me stories. She's Wiccan as you know and every Wiccan knows of the legend of the Charmed Ones, and that's what every one believes it is, just a legend."
Sander and Carly spent the next five minutes talking about magic and other stuff related to his life as a witch. She was so accepting and so interested.
The rest of the day went by quickly.
Back at Halliwell Manor, After School
Pru was in her room listening to Simple Plan while making a new cheerleading routine. The ceiling was shaking because of her dancing and jumping.
Piper was in the kitchen with Leo, who just came home from working with a new charge, and Piper was filling him in on the past night's events.
Greg was lacrosse practice, which seemed to be consuming a lot of his time lately.
And lastly, Sander was in the room he shared with his brother, reading the Book of Shadows.
Around five thirty, Sander went downstairs to see his parents. Leo and Piper were both in the kitchen cooking dinner.
"Why are we eating in the kitchen and not the dining room?" asked Sander.
"Because Pru is going over Karen's house and I think Greg is going out with the team. So its just us three." said Leo as he smiled at his son, who looked remarkably like him.
"Cool. I was wondering if I can move my room." said Sander as he helped place the mashed potatoes on the table.
"Why? And where would we put you?" said Leo.
"I don't know. It's just that I don't feel comfortable in our room anymore because Greg isn't that accepting of me."
"I see. Uhm, I guess we could furnish the attic a bit. We can move the boxes into the basement, and you can keep the Book and stuff with you if you want." suggested Piper.
"Oh about magic..." started Sander. Leo and Piper stopped what they were doing and looked at him intently.
"Yes?" came Leo's voice.
"I told Carly about us."
"You did what!" yelled Piper.
"I told her because she is a Wiccan Practitioner. Plus she knew the legend of the Charmed Ones."
"She knew about the Charmed Ones? How is that possible? Leo?" said Piper who sounded a bit alarmed.
"I don't know. Its not uncommon for Wiccan's to know the stories, but they think its just myth, therefore there is no exposure threat. However, Sander it would have been better if you had told us." said Leo.
"I know and I'm sorry. I just can't stand lying to her."
"We understand, now its time to eat." said Piper as she sat down and began handing out helpings of stew.
There is Chapter 10, I hope everyone liked! More is too come. Review!! Damien455
Disclaimer: See Chapter One
Chapter Ten: Truth All Around
Sander awoke the next morning in his Mom and Dad's bed. He looked over at the alarm clock on the night table, 5:45. It was time to get up. He pulled the warm comforter off himself and climbed out of the bed, he hadn't slept in the same bed as his mom since he was six. He noticed his mom sleeping serenely. He smiled, then he looked down at his left arm and saw the two freshly scabbed cuts. And the night's events went surging through his brain. With a groan he was out of the bedroom and into the bathroom to shower.
At about six fifteen, Sander was dressed in blue jeans, and a white button down with the sleeves down, and he headed downstairs into the kitchen hoping his siblings weren't there. But of course they were. Greg was at the stove cooking eggs, dressed in blue jeans and his lacrosse jersey because there was a pep rally today, and Pru was squeezing oranges for orange juice, clad in her cheerleading uniform.
"Why isn't Mom cooking?" asked Sander as he rifled through his backpack on the kitchen table.
"She's tired, she was up all night sitting with you as you slept. You really scared us." said Pru, as she placed three glasses on the table.
"Don't worry about it was nothing." said Sander as he took a sip.
"Nothing? Dude you could have like killed yourself!" said Greg in an angry tone as he stirred the scrambled eggs.
"I've been doing it for two years, so I know where not to cut."
"Why Sander?" asked Piper who just entered the kitchen, sleepily.
"Why not?" laughed Sander as he sat down, knowing this was one conversation he couldn't escape.
"Sander, seriously." said Pru.
"I don't know, I guess it all started freshmen year, when this football player picked on me in the hallway, and that got me really upset, and then everything changed last year."
"What happened last year?" asked Greg as he put the eggs on the table.
"Last year I realized I was gay. And that was the one thing I never wanted to be in life. Carly of course was very accepting, and she is the only person who knows about that and my cutting. And when we got our powers, I told Mom and Dad, just not about the cutting thing. They accepted me, Dad of course did the whole 'Only if I was there thing' and Mom she didn't have to say anything for me to know it didn't matter. All the stress from school, the magic thing, my being gay and the fight yesterday are all the little things that make me snap and cut myself. I don't know there is just something about it." said Sander, tears filling his eyes.
"Gay? You're gay? Sander Halliwell is gay! Oh my god, Karen is going to be crushed she and every other girl in school has a crush on you." laughed Pru, as she got up and hugged her brother, "I don't care. You're my brother, and nothing can change that, and I'm sorry and I love you."
"I love you too Pru."
"Well, I don't know what to say or how I feel about gay people. But since you're my brother I guess I still love you and all but I don't know if I can accept it just now. Im sorry." said Greg as he sat down and began to eat.
"Well now I feel much better." said Sander as he too began to eat.
"Promise us you wont cut yourself anymore." came Piper's voice.
"I promise." smiled Sander
Sander drove to school in a rush, because he wanted to talk to Carly, about everything. He knew he shouldn't tell her about his magic, but she trusted him with her religious beliefs and she of course believed in magic.
Sander walked into the High School and headed towards her locker. Which he and she did share for certain classes. Her locker was on the second floor, his on the third, and his first three classes were on the second floor.
"Hey Carly!" called out Sander as he ran up next to her.
"Hey cutie." she smiled as she adjusted her pentagram around her neck. Just then another junior walked by and screamed, "I like my Witches Burned!" Carly just shrugged it off, she was used to it, but it had a different effect on Sander. He remembered a story of his ancestor Melinda Warren, the first witch in the Halliwell Line, who was burned at the stake.
"Sander, are you okay?" asked Carly as she grabbed her French book and closed her locker.
"Not really. My mom, brother and sister found me cutting last night, and I kind of had to tell them the truth, so they know now." said Sander, as he led the way to homeroom.
"Sander, I'm so sorry!" she said as she put her arm around his waist.
"There's something else I need to talk to you about." said Sander in a whisper.
"What is it?" she said in excitement because she really wanted to know.
"In here." he whispered as he pulled her into an empty classroom, and shut the door.
"Okay, you better spill." she said, as she looked at her best friend.
"I'm a witch, actually my whole family is." he said.
"Are you serious?" was all Carly could say.
"Yes. Except we aren't like you. We have powers. And we protect innocent people from demons, warlocks, and other forces of darkness."
"Demons? Sander are you sure you didn't cut to deep?"
"Seriously, watch. I have telekinesis, the power to –"
"I know what it is." she cut him.
"Here let me show you." said Sander as he squinted and a chair slid from one side to the other.
"Oh my god, you are serious." she said in shock.
"Greg can freeze time, and Pru can see the future. My Mom can freeze time just like Greg and she can blow things up. My dad is a whitelighter, who is like an angel for witches. He can heal people, orb which is moving from one place to another, and a bunch of other things and not to mention he's immortal."
"Oh my god. You're the Charmed Ones aren't you?" said Carly.
"How did you know?"
"My mom told me stories. She's Wiccan as you know and every Wiccan knows of the legend of the Charmed Ones, and that's what every one believes it is, just a legend."
Sander and Carly spent the next five minutes talking about magic and other stuff related to his life as a witch. She was so accepting and so interested.
The rest of the day went by quickly.
Back at Halliwell Manor, After School
Pru was in her room listening to Simple Plan while making a new cheerleading routine. The ceiling was shaking because of her dancing and jumping.
Piper was in the kitchen with Leo, who just came home from working with a new charge, and Piper was filling him in on the past night's events.
Greg was lacrosse practice, which seemed to be consuming a lot of his time lately.
And lastly, Sander was in the room he shared with his brother, reading the Book of Shadows.
Around five thirty, Sander went downstairs to see his parents. Leo and Piper were both in the kitchen cooking dinner.
"Why are we eating in the kitchen and not the dining room?" asked Sander.
"Because Pru is going over Karen's house and I think Greg is going out with the team. So its just us three." said Leo as he smiled at his son, who looked remarkably like him.
"Cool. I was wondering if I can move my room." said Sander as he helped place the mashed potatoes on the table.
"Why? And where would we put you?" said Leo.
"I don't know. It's just that I don't feel comfortable in our room anymore because Greg isn't that accepting of me."
"I see. Uhm, I guess we could furnish the attic a bit. We can move the boxes into the basement, and you can keep the Book and stuff with you if you want." suggested Piper.
"Oh about magic..." started Sander. Leo and Piper stopped what they were doing and looked at him intently.
"Yes?" came Leo's voice.
"I told Carly about us."
"You did what!" yelled Piper.
"I told her because she is a Wiccan Practitioner. Plus she knew the legend of the Charmed Ones."
"She knew about the Charmed Ones? How is that possible? Leo?" said Piper who sounded a bit alarmed.
"I don't know. Its not uncommon for Wiccan's to know the stories, but they think its just myth, therefore there is no exposure threat. However, Sander it would have been better if you had told us." said Leo.
"I know and I'm sorry. I just can't stand lying to her."
"We understand, now its time to eat." said Piper as she sat down and began handing out helpings of stew.
There is Chapter 10, I hope everyone liked! More is too come. Review!! Damien455