Chapter 5
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Oh lord! The last thing she needed to think about right now was Chris being with someone else. At the expression on Alonna's face, Piper placed a comforting hand on hers. "Oh...it's just that...what you said...about Chris having sex at this age...it kinda...you know," said Alonna her faced showing she was clearly uncomfortable with the topic. Phoebe came forward and sat on the arm of the couch placing an arm around Alonna's shoulders. "Sweetie, you can't possibly be naïve enough to think that Chris didn't have a personal life before you. Everyone has had past relationships. What counts is that he's with you now."
"But that's just it Phoebe, he's not with me now...at least not in this time period. He's a 20 year old boy who is just starting to figure out what the hell he wants in life. He's not ready to deal with a wife and a kid on the way. Maybe I should have just kept my mouth shut. It's not fair to just dump all this stuff in his lap." Alonna stared miserably at her lap, thinking maybe Piper and Chris were right. That maybe it was a mistake to come here. Not only did she have to try and save Wyatt, but she also had to deal with being pregnant and facing her husband at 10 years younger. "Why don't you let me make up my own mind about that," Chris chimed in as he stepped into the room.
"Chris...I...," she stumbled as she tried to get the words out. "No," he said shaking his head. "I'm not a boy and I can make up my own mind thank you. Let me decide whether I'm ready to deal with a wife and child. Yes, I'll admit I was shocked. You threw me for a loop there, but you're here now and I'm not going to let you go through this alone okay. So stop talking like that. You'll only make me mad again." Then Chris glanced at Alonna's hand, noticing that her fingers were bare. He cocked his head to the side as he wondered where her wedding ring was. If they were married, why wasn't she wearing her ring? Alonna saw Chris staring at her hand. She was confused as to why he seemed so interested in her hand until it came to her. He was wondering where her ring was.
"I...um...sorta took it off and put it in my pocket," she said. "I didn't want you to know that we were...youknow...married." Chris placed the box of crackers and a tea cup on the center table. Chris then licked his lips and bit his tongue. He was not going to get angry. So what if she had intended to lie to him. It was okay. He was not going to react. He was going to remain calm...or at least try too.
Alonna wasn't fooled. Chris was mad. She could tell. But bless his heart for at least trying to keep his cool. "Chris, I'm...sorry," she began. "I know you're upset. I didn't want to lie to you. We never keep secrets from each other, but I felt I had to try to keep at least that part a secret. I didn't even want you to know about the baby. I wasn't supposed to even see you here. This is all about saving Wyatt...not about us."
"You're right," Chris agreed. "We are here to save Wyatt, but things are different now. We're both here and we have to face that reality. We're married and we're going to have a baby. I can't and won't ignore that. My dad...well...you should know he was never really there for Wyatt and me. I'm not going to do that to my son or daughter."
"Daughter," she replied softly.
"What did you say," he asked.
"I said daughter...it's a girl," she said smiling warmly at him. Chris smiled warmly and then furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at her stomach. "How do you know," he asked. "You don't look that far along to have had a sonogram."
"Well, I'm not that far along," said Alonna. "I'm only two months, but trust me. I can tell. Somehow the baby communicates with me from time to time. I think she's also telepathic like I am. She can only send emotions though, like hunger, fear...stuff like that."
Chris's face lit up. "Really," he said, his voice indicating he was excited. "She can communicate with you now?" But she's not even fully formed yet!"
"You communicated with me pretty early too," said Piper. "So did Wyatt...his healing power was already kicking in after I was only a couple months pregnant."
Alonna then glanced to her right to look at Phoebe. "Are you okay," she asked. "Are you feeling my nausea?" Phoebe nodded, but she was smiling. "It's ok," she reassured. "As long as my little niece is okay," she cooed. "However, I think I might need some tea myself and I'll help myself to some of those crackers. Chris could you bring out some more tea please...like the whole teapot."
"I'll get it," Paige said quickly, before walking away towards the kitchen. Chris looked pointedly at his mother trying to convey to her that he wanted to her to move aside so that he could sit next to Alonna but Piper just stared right back at him; confused as to why he was looking at her like that. "Um...Piper...I think he wants you to slide down," said Alonna awkwardly. Piper looked first at Chris and then Alonna. Her mouth formed an "O" and she began to slide down to the far end of the couch. Chris nervously wiped his hands down the side of his cargos, before taking a seat beside Alonna. Piper got up from the couch suddenly, and Chris grabbed her hand.
"Wait mom," he said. "You don't have to move you know."
"It's ok honey," she said. "Mommy has to use the bathroom, because little you is pressing on her bladder." Chris grimaced and instantly let go of his mother's hand. "Too much information mom." Piper simply ruffled his hair affectionately before waddling as fast as she could to the downstairs bathroom. Paige came out with the teapot, while balancing a tea cup on two plates. She set everything down on the table and then took a seat on the loveseat. Phoebe grabbed a plate and placed a bunch of crackers on it and handed it to Alonna. Alonna frowned, but accepted the plate tentatively taking a small bite out one of the crackers. Phoebe gave her a look and Alonna quickly took a larger bite. Phoebe then grabbed some crackers for herself and poured herself some tea before sitting down next to Paige.
When Alonna finished the one cracker and made no move to take another, Chris took one off the plate and held it out to her. "Eat," he demanded. "Then when you're finished you need to take a nap or something. You look...well to be honest...you look awful." Alonna pulled back a little, an annoyed expression forming on her face. Chris winced. "I didn't mean that...you look good...just a little...you know," he said quickly trying to redeem himself. "Uh huh," she said looking unconvinced.
"Don't worry Alonna," said Paige. "He's a guy. They say stupid things all the time. You should know that...I mean you are married to him after all. Speaking of which, how long have you guys been married?" Chris looked expectantly at Alonna. He wanted to know the answer to that himself.
"Well, we've been married for two years but we've been together for four," she said.
"Okay," said Paige. "There's one more thing I would like to know though...um...well isn't anyone else wondering how Chris could be here now and still be in your time 30 years later. Shouldn't he have...you know...disappeared from his time period when he came here? How could you two have met years later? Chris's face suddenly contorted and he closed his eyes. He had forgotten all about that...about the spell. Alonna's eyes widened. She hadn't thought about that. She was too busy being shocked to see him here. She stole a glance at his face, even more surprised to see that he didn't appear as confused as the rest of them.
"Chris is there something you want to tell me," she said narrowing her eyes. "Well...ah...not really," he stuttered.
"Christopher," Alonna said in warning. "Alright...alright," he said. "I sort of cast a spell. I split myself in two so that one of me could still be in my time, while the other one traveled back to the past." Alonna placed the plate of crackers on the table and placed her hands on her lap. She didn't look up for a long while, until she met Chris's eyes. They were burning with anger.
"So you're telling me that the man I married is just your double," she said her tone hard. "Please tell me that you're kidding."
Chris stared down at his hands. "I'm sorry, but I'm not. I had to do it; otherwise Wyatt would have discovered my plan. He would have been here right now trying to stop me. I didn't have a choice." At Alonna's expression, Chris sighed. "Okay so I had a choice, but so did you. We both did what we had to do to try to save the world by saving Wyatt. I don't regret the choice I made. Do you?" Alonna thought about it for a moment. She felt her anger subside. He was absolutely right, but that didn't make her feel any better to know that the guy she married is just part of some spell.
"So...my husband isn't real," she questioned. "He's just a spell...right."
Chris shook his head. "Oh know...he's real all right. He's an exact copy of me. I planned to reverse the spell when I go back, which would make the both of us form back into one person. That person you married essentially is me." Alonna breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sooo," he continued. "Are you planning to put that ring back on your finger anytime soon...and I didn't mean that as a request by the way."
Note: Here's another chapter guys. I can't believe I managed to crank out 3 chapters that fast? Ok...so just please review!
