Something Repetetive Comes this Way

Summary: It's two years after the events of 'This Changes Everything.' Chris lives with Paige in their loft and is extremely happy. He's on better terms with his other family members, and is repairing their relationship. After supressing his powers for so long, Chris can finally use them in the presence of his family. He has more friends, a better social life, and doesn't have to vanquish demons all the time. Things are great. But then, an old threat returns with evil intentions for Chris. Things just got harder for Chris. And then someone from Paige's life returns. Once again, it seems, that Chris is in for a bumpy ride.

Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed.

A/N: For the people who guessed, it was the Avatars.

This chapter is dedicated to teal-lover, the first one to guess who it was.

Chapter 1

Happy 16th Birthday

The door opened to a very beautiful looking loft. A boy, no older than sixteen, walked through it casually, putting his backpack on the floor before slamming the door shut. He walked over to a stool before a counter and sat down on it. Waving his hand carelessly at the fridge, the door opened and a carton of milk flew out. And then, surprisingly, a glass came out of a cupboard and the glass began to fill up with milk.

"Personal gain,"said an all knowing voice when the boy put the milk back into the fridge by waving his hand.

The boy, who had brown hair and green eyes, grinned. "Well Aunt Paige,"he replied,"I figure that after vanquishing those demons for the Elders, the least they can do is turn an eye every once in a while."

The woman, Paige, grinned back as she walked down the stairs of the loft. "You know,"she wondered aloud, grinning wider at her nephew,"I think that you've become cockier over the years."

Chris shrugged. "Maybe. Anyways, what's on the agenda for today?"

Paige shrugged. "Well,"she said slowly,"it is your birthday today, so we're all going out for a family dinner."

Chris looked around slightly, not wanting to acknowledge the awkward tension that had just filled the room. He cleared his throat. "Alright. When are we leaving?"

Paige grinned. "I'll call you. Now go take a shower. Those soccer practices make you smell." She pinched her nose and waved her hand in the air for a special effect.

Chris shook his head. "You think you have a sense of humor, but you don't." He ran up the stairs to the bathroom that was personally his. Paige used the bathroom downstairs.

About twenty minutes later, Chris emerged from his room, wearing a pair of nicer clothes. He had learned from experience that when his whole family went out for dinner, they went to the nicer places in San Francisco, so he had to dress up.

When Chris walked downstairs, he saw his aunt sitting on a couch, watching tv. "So are we going to orb to the restaurant?"he asked.

Paige looked at Chris and shook her head. "Nope." She grinned. "We are going to go a different way. But first you have to follow me outside." She got up from the couch and walked to the door, opening it. "After you."

"Thanks."

After the two had gotten to the lobby, Paige stopped Chris. "Close your eyes,"she ordered.

Chris did so. "Okay."

"And don't open them."

"Sure. But what are we doing?"

"You'll see,"came Paige's sing-song voice as she opened the door. She had Chris' hand and was pulling him in one direction. "Okay, on the count of three, open your eyes. One. Two. Three."

Chris slowly opened his eyes. In front of him and his aunt was a blue convertible. "Who's this for?"he asked with confusion in his eyes.

Paige sighed as she pulled something out of her purse. It was a pair of car keys. She held them up in front of Chris' face and dangled them. "These are for you."

Chris' mind put together what Paige was saying. His face lit up with joy. "You mean that this is my very own car?"he asked. "This cool, great looking car?"

Paige laughed as she nodded. "Uhuh. Now every kid deserves a car after they turn sixteen. And I know that you have your driver's liscense already..."

"How did you manage to find this?" Chris ran his hand on the hood of the car.

Paige shrugged. "One of the people I helped back as a social worker works at a body shop. He saw this car and decided to rebuild it. I kept in touch with him through all the years and I saw the car. I knew you'd love it, so I asked him if I could buy it. He gave me a discount. I paid for most of it while your parents and Phoebe paid for the rest. Now, I want you to be responsible while using this car. No-"

"Please Aunt Paige,"Chris said, taking the keys from her hands,"I'm very responsible. Don't you trust me?"

Paige nodded. "I do, but kids do odd things. I was one of them and I don't want you to be like me."

"Don't worry,"Chris said quietly, thinking of the events that had happened two years ago,"I won't."

Paige frowned slightly as she knew what he was thinking about, but she didn't say anything. "Well aren't you going to drive this thing, birthday boy?"she asked, cracking a grin.

"Hell yeah!"

"Watch your mouth mister!"Paige teased, shaking her finger in warning at her nephew. Nevertheless, she got into the passenger seat of the convertible. "We're going to Louisini's. You know how to get there, right?"

Chris nodded in agreement. "I've only been there like five million times!"he groaned. "Their food is starting to get old."

Paige shrugged. "Hey, I love their pasta."

"I do too,"Chris shrugged as he put the keys in the ignition. He turned the car on and waited for a few moments before putting the car in reverse before changing the gears and speeding on the road. "But we go there like every month. You would think that Mom could find a better restaurant after all this time."

Paige sighed. "I guess so. But Piper likes the restaurant and you know she chooses where we go."

Chris turned on the radio and turned the station to his favorite one. It played classical rock all the time. Chris like the oldies and newer rock, but classical was far better.

"I'm glad that you have good sense of music at least,"Paige said, tilting her head back. "Unlike Wyatt."

"Who listens to that new techno mixed with rap,"Chris agreed. "It's absolute crap."

"I couldn't agree more. And what's worse is that he hooked Piper and Leo to it!" She sighed as she shook her head. "And I thought they had such potential."

Chris turned into the parking lot of the restaurant. He found and empty parking spot and pulled into it. After putting the car in park, he turned the car off and pocketed the keys. "Well let's get this nice family get together done with."

"You can't say such snarky words like those,"Paige remarked as they walked into the restaurant. "You know how- Piper!" Paige ran forward to give her big sister a hug.

"Hi Mom,"Chris said, giving his mother a hug after Paige was finished.

"Happy birthday Chris!"Piper exclaimed happily.

"Thanks." Chris gave a grin.

"Everyone else is already at our table, so let's go."

In no time at all, Chris and Paige were seated with the rest of their family. Phoebe, Melinda, Leo, and Wyatt had all wished Chris a very happy birthday before the waiter came. Everyone ordered their food and the waiter was off.

"So how have you been Chris?"Piper asked, looking intently at her son.

Chris rolled his eyes. "Same as on Saturday,"he responded. "Anything exciting happen at home?"

Wyatt shrugged. "If you consider the usual people dropping in, then yes. Otherwise no." Since the family went out at least once a week, they made up a code of words. The usual people meant demons. If they said the word demon and somebody heard, there would be hell to pay.

"Oh. Interesting."

"Very." Wyatt rolled his eyes. "There's no excitement ever."

"I don't want excitement like fourteen years ago,"Paige said. Her sisters and Leo gave a nod of agreement.

"What happened fourteen years ago?"Wyatt asked, his eyes widening slightly.

"Yeah,"Melinda added. "What about fourteen years ago? I wanna know!" She had a slight whine in her voice.

"I think that you should tell the story Aunt Paige,"Chris said.

Paige sighed as she looked at the rest of the adults. "Fine, but after the food comes. We can't have somebody overhear."

Wyatt, Chris, and Melinda groaned in annoyance. They hated waiting for stories their parents would tell them. After all, things the Charmed Ones did in their earlier years were things of legend. Or at least to them it was.

After the food was placed in front of the family, Paige started the story.

"About fourteen years ago after Chris died,"Paige said, looking at Chris for a second,"a new threat came here. They were called the Avatars. They had a plan of creating a Utopia."

"And we were needed,"Piper butted in bitterly. "That's why they went after Leo. These Avatars needed him to be one of them to make us agree with their plans. So, they made him one of them after Phoebe and I died."

"That's when a federal agent named Kyle Brody came in,"Paige said, taking back the story. Her eyes became a bit glassy. "He was actually in this city earlier and he found us out. He came here to stop the Avatars because he believed they killed his parents and he wanted revenge."

"Did you two go out or something?"Wyatt asked.

Paige nodded. "Yeah."

"Then why isn't he here right now?"Chris asked with complete interest.

"He has the job that Leo kinda has,"Phoebe responded, reaching over to pat Paige on the shoulder. "The Avatars killed him."

"This is all too confusing!"Melinda whined.

Leo sighed. "I'll explain. The Avatars wanted to create a Utopia and they needed the Charmed Ones. But the Avatars couldn't get to them by themselves. They needed me. So they tormented me until I became one of them. And I was the one who madethese threewant Utopia even though they didn't like the Avatars at first. One of the annoying people named Zankou was set free to try and stop this. He worked together with Kyle to stop the Avatars with a drink he had to destroy them. But it didn't completely work. Kyle was killed and Utopia was created. But I finally realized the wrong that I had done and worked together with Zankou. But the Avaratrs knew this and I was made to go away. But the Avatars were stopped and they made life go back to as it was."

"So what happened to Kyle?"Chris asked, looking at Paige.

"Leo's bosses decided to reward him and give him a position like Leo's,"Phoebe answered when Paige didn't. "He's been gone for all this time."

"So are they gone?"Melinda asked her mom.

"Oh no." Phoebe shook her head. "They're still out there somewhere, waiting to create Utopia again. And they'll come back. I just hope that they don't use any of you."

"Let's get off this depressing topic,"Piper said. "It's Chris' birthday! We have some presents for you!"

Chris grinned at his mother and then looked at his older brother. "Guess what Wy?"he asked. "I got a convertible!"

Wyatt's eyes rounded in jealously. "No way!"he exclaimed. Wyatt then grinned. "Well, my car is better."

Chris snorted. "Yeah right. I've ridden in it. It can barely move! And not to mention the stations. They suck!"

"And I suppose that yours will be better?"Wyatt asked.

"Boys, boys,"Piper said warily, quite used to their little quarrels,"knock it off. We have some presents for Chris to open."

Chris had to admit, this was probably one of the better birthdays. Instead of getting things he didn't like, Chris got some great things. Even though Paige had paid for most of his car, she still got him a soccer ball autographed by Freddy Adu, his most favorite soccer player. Wyatt had burned him a stack of oldie's cd's. Piper and Leo got him some new clothes while Phoebe and Melinda got him a gift certificate to his favorite store.

"Thanks everyone,"Chris said honestly as he grinned at all of them. "These are great presents. And Wy, thanks for not burning me some of your crap." He cracked an even bigger grin.

Wyatt opened his mouth to protest, but Piper cut him off. "Stop baiting your older brother,"she scolded, waving a finger at her son. "And don't say anything either mister."

The two brothers sighed. "But it's the fun in things Mom!"Wyatt whined.

Piper shook her head. "Be quiet with that matter!"

Even as the two didn't talk about it anymore, they still communicated silently.

About an hour later, Chris and Paige got into Chris' car and Chris drove them home. His new presents were in the back seat.

"So did you like that little get together?"Paige asked.

Chris nodded cheerfully as he tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. "It actually wasn't torture."

"Well that's good. I'm glad that you're finally feeling normally around them." Paige grinned at Chris.

"I know. It feels pretty good."

"Well,"Paige said as Chris parked the car in front of their apartment,"I'm sure that you can say this was one of your best birthdays."

"It was. Umm Aunt Paige, can I go over to Vince's house? I think that he and a few of the other guys are throwing me a party."

Paige frowned. "I don't know. I mean you could be drinking."

"Cindy's going to be there! And it'll be the weekend tomorrow. And you know me, I'm not that irresponsible!"

Paige smiled after a few seconds. "I guess so. But if I get one word of your misbehavior, you'll be in big trouble mister."

Chris grinned widely and hugged his aunt. "Thanks Aunt Paige." He ran to the car and hopped in it. As he started the car, Paige yelled,"Happy Birthday Chris!"

Chris looked at her and smiled. "Thanks Aunt Paige." He shifted the gear into drive and drove away.

"Happy birthday Chris,"Paige repeated before walking inside.

A/N: Just thought that you guys would want a bit more of a family type chapter for the first one.