In the parlor, Wyatt returned. "Aunt Paige is calling Grampa right now." He told them.

"Oh, good." Paige said.

"Figured he could come by tomorrow with the girls and I would get them to Magic School before they could see anything."

"Probably a good idea." Leo said.

Back in the kitchen…"Well, sure. I can understand the adults want some time off." "Anyway, it's been over three weeks since their last sleepover at Grampa's. So, no problem." Victor said happily.

Future Paige uncrossed her fingers and said,

"Thank you!"

"So, you have anything special planned?" "What are you going to do?" he asked.

"Oh, you know, veg out in front of the TV with the biggest bowl of ice cream I can conjure." Future Paige kidded

In the parlor Phoebe asked Wyatt, "Dad's here a lot then, huh?"

"Oh, yeah. He spends time with Chris, and helps with the girls."

"They love to practice their powers on him."

"REALLY?" Piper asked.

"Yep, he's really embraced the magical world." Wyatt said surprised they didn't believe him. Leo noticed a different expression com across his face and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, Chris is just a little agitated is all."

"How do you know?" Piper asked curious and concerned. "I sense for him every 15 minutes or so."

"I feel better when I know what's going on with him.

It's as close as I can get to communicating with him a lot of the time." Wyatt concluded.

Piper looked as her son with a heavy heart.

"How long has it been?" She asked, "About 8 months."

In the kitchen Future Paige was still on the phone with Victor. "Ah, sounds like a plan. Be careful of personal gain." He kidded back.

"Ok, no conjuring." She agreed with a smile.

"So, if you really don't mind, Wyatt can bring the kids over in like half an hour."

"You could bring them back tomorrow for school."

"Stop in and say 'hi'." She suggested.

"Yeah, how's Chris doing today?" Future Paige felt uneasy, but said,

"He's alright. I'll tell him you said 'hi'."

"I better go." "Love ya'." Victor said. "You too." She returned and hung up.

She stood there in the kitchen for a moment collecting her thoughts. Then she went to the cupboard to get some glasses. She poured 5 glasses of lemonade and one shot glass of vodka, which she downed then and there. She poured another shot and placed it on the tray.

Returning to the parlor with the beverages, Future Paige said, "All set, Wyatt can go get the girls and Victor will watch them for the night."

"You 'rock' Aunt Paige!" Wyatt exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah…just go, suck-up." She ordered with a smile.

Wyatt orbed out and everyone took a glass from the tray. Piper eyed the shot glass curiously, while Future Paige just said,

"That's for you. You look like you could use it." "Go ahead", Leo said. Piper eyed the glass again and then quickly downed it.

"Oh, boy. I didn't know how much I needed that."

"See" Future Paige said.

"I didn't tell Victor about you guys. I figured he could bring the girls home tomorrow and you could see him then if you want."

"When Wyatt gets back we will see Chris. Okay?"

Nodding, Leo took the opportunity and said,

"Wyatt said Chris is a bit agitated right now."

"It must be so hard for him."

"He said that he senses for Chris all the time."

"Yeah", Future Paige replied.

"It's more for Wyatt than for Chris' benefit. Though, I don't think Wyatt knows it." Future Paige finished.

Wyatt soon returned, looking mildly exhausted.

"Those girls can be hard to wrangle sometimes." He said with a smile.

"Where they suspicious? Or, were they happy hear they'd be spending the night with Victor?" Future Paige wondered.

"Oh, they were fine. Just, you know – 'girls'." Wyatt replied.

"Grampa told me to tell you 'Hi' again and he'd like to take you to lunch next week. Get you out of the house." Wyatt said.

"Sounds Wonderful" Future Paige said with excitement. "You and Dad have gotten really close, huh?" Phoebe asked. "Yeah, he's been really great."

"After you two were gone, he realized he needed to 'stick close' to the family." "He's been wonderful. I do miss Sam, but Victor has become more a father than I think Sam ever was." Paige explained.

"What happened to Sam?" Paige asked worried.

"Oh, nothing. He just hasn't come around. At all!"

"I'm sure he's fine." "Don't worry. Besides, this is 'my time – my past' we are talking about." Future Paige reassured.

"So, are you ready to do this?" Future Paige asked. "Oh, yes. Definitely!" "I think?" Piper said. Leo, still holding her hand, tugged on it and everyone stood up and walked out of the parlor and up the stairs. Future Paige took the lead, with Wyatt following last.

Future Paige stopped in front of what used to be Piper and Leo's bedroom.

"Okay, if you would all stand back, out of sight. I want to ease him into this as much as possible." Future Paige gently ordered.

Not happy about it, yet understanding they all cared about the same thing; they all took a step back leaning up against the hallway wall. Phoebe and Paige noticed photographs on the hallway wall. School portraits of all of the kids. No family portraits 'Shoot!' Phoebe thought to herself. Still trying to figure out who the 'girls' belonged to.

Holding Leo's hand with the 'GRIP OF DEATH' Piper was feeling so guilty. All she kept thinking was 'I'm a horrible Mother, I'm a horrible Mother!" Leo picked up on her anxiety and put both his hands on hers. Future Paige asked them to stay out in the hall, until she called for one of them. If she even did. Since she knew more about him than they did, they agreed to what she asked. Future Paige knew it was all they could do NOT to bust into that room. She wanted this to go well. She took a deep breath and opened the bedroom door.

This may be it for a day or so... Depends on how long it takes me to input... There's DEFINATELY more to come...