CHAPTER XIII:
"So… how did all go?" Chris asked expectantly, once we got into the dining room, where they were already having dinner.
"Good" I answered with a smile.
"Did you work things out?" He asked Wy, probably thinking that my "good" could mean I was still being selfish and got what I wanted as I always did, but then… who can blame me for being great in the art of persuasion, right? Besides… I got most of my persuasive skills from him.
"Yeah… we talked things through!" Wy answered with a huge smile.
"I am glad to hear that!" He said with an honest smile, taking a bite of his food.
"Can you guys tell us what you are talking about?" My mom asked, though it was more like a demand and the "tell us" meant more like "tell me" … but whatever… that was my mom being my mom.
"Nothing, mom" The three of us answered at the same time.
"Great are my sons ALWAYS going to hide everything from me?" She barked.
"Mom we don't ALWAYS hide things from you!" I answered her in a "don't be so exaggerate" tone.
"I still don't know why you've got sick" She used as exhibit "A" and I felt everybody in the table staring at me. I didn't know what to answer; thankfully was Chris the one that spoke.
"MOOMM… I was here all dinner long, they were the ones talking… I am not hiding anything!" Chris attempted to free himself from the "ALL my sons argument".
"First… you know what they are hiding, and you've been here all dinner long and I didn't hear you mention anything about it, mister! Besides, you of ALL people can't say anything about not hiding things from me!" And there goes exhibit "B" and "C", as the family jury turned their eyes to the other Chris.
"Mom…Don't blame me… it might be in Chris genetics to hide things from you… but I don't!" Wy tried his best innocent facade…needless to say it didn't work either.
"You… don't play innocent cuz it doesn't suits you! According to what you said, the reason of whatever just happened up there, had something to do with something you did that upset Chris… so if you don't hide things… tell me… what was all that about?" Finally exhibit "D".
And Wyatt looked down, blushing and staring nervously at the floor as my mom's looks perforated his skull.
"Girls problems, you don't wanna hear Wy's problems with girls do you?" Chris smiled smugly at mom that didn't really like the topic.
She didn't answer at first, Penny did.
"I don't know if Piper does, but we don't… we are eating for got sake…. We might puke all our dinner out if he tells us those sorts of things…AGHHH." She said faking disgust, so did Patty and Prue.
Paige, Phoebe and Jake laughed, dad was trying to restrain his laughter, fearing what mom would do if he laughed.
"Ok Wyatt just sit down and have dinner." She barked, I took that as a signal that I had to sit down too.
After that, everybody seemed to forget about our little secrets and we dinner was so much fun, not fearing future consequences any more, Chris was telling us funny stories of him and the family growing up. Most of them made someone blush to the bone, even if they hadn't really been there. The three little girls were the ones enjoying the tales the most, hearing about what the other version of themselves had done in the other time-line, or what their mother or Aunts or their "GROWN UP (?)" cousins had done, just crack them up.
Chris laughed so hard he was crying.
He was telling us a story of the other Wyatt's first girl-friend that had turned out to be a werewolf, he was wiping out his tears of laughter when he said.
"Wy, you should go make a phone call, you know?" Chris said with a meaningful and expressive smile.
"Oh yeah thanks, bro. Can I be excuse for just one second? " He asked anxiously, as if wanted to orb out of there as fast as possible to avoid any kind of questions; of course, being my parents as they are… that is NEVER going to happen.
"Who do you need to call?" Leo asked curios.
"Wy is gonna call his girlfriend, lalala" The three girls chanted in a mockingly chorus.
Seeing Wyatt's embarrassment my dad took pity on him.
"You can go, Wy" and he hadn't even finish saying that that Wyatt had already orbed away.
"So he's got another girlfriend now? Well… It has been a while since the last one, I was wondering what had happened to him!" Mom said resigned.
"Maybe this time he is in love and that is why he waited!" I answered honestly, my mom lynched me with her look… really scary, let me tell you.
"And when are you going to be in love, Chris?" My eternally romantic Aunt Phoebe asked me.
"He is not even fourteen, he can wait a while!" My mom woof at her "A LONG WHILE!" She stressed her point.
Everybody stayed quiet for just a while, uncomfortably and fearing my mom's rage.
"Don't worry, mom…" Chris said shyly "I didn't even look at girls until I was nineteen" he tried to calm her down.
Everybody could tell he was lying, but my mom didn't care, she wanted to think that had happen and that will happen again, so she said.
"GOOD." And that was the end of the discussion.
Our conversation changed to different topics, and time flew.
It was already midnight and Chris started again with his speech.
"Well I think I should really go now and blah, blah, blah" Going all Chris on us.
"No we have to tell mom!" I screamed as a reaction, I haven't even told mom, I actually didn't want to tell mom. I wanted Chris to stay till my birthday and help me solve it that very day.
"Yeah but you keep telling me that, but don't tell her, you avoid even being in a situation where you could be close to tell her!" Of course Chris had other plans.
"We'll tell her… tomorrow, I promise." I said embarrassed and not very convinced.
"Yeah, besides, I could use a few older brother tips in my new girl's situation!" Wy smiled mischievously.
"Wy… I've been watching you since you were one, I am pretty sure you don't need any kind of advice in the girls' department"
Wy chuckled proudly.
"Come on, I never had an older brother, let me enjoy it a little while I can… besides, I've never been so hooked up with a girl before."
Chris smiled sweetly at that.
"That's nice to hear… but I donno how to be an older brother Wy, I am your younger brother…"
"Well let me tell you for someone that claims not to know how to be an older brother, you have been doing at heck of a job at that for the past day." Wy answered and Chris smiled happily.
I wonder what did they talk about the 2 hours they spent in Wy's room "Don't you think, Chris?" Wy asked me.
"Not as good as you are, but pretty remarkable… yeah." I smiled humorously, Chris and Wy smile with me.
So we finally convinced Chris to stay one more night.
April 16, 2027
We were all having breakfast when a VERY gloomy Chris appeared, shuffling his feet as if he was dragging a very heavy weight; why didn't he orbed… I donno, ask him… I guess so he could play better his martyr role!
"Are you ok, son?" My dad asked him when he was like ten feet away from the table…you could perceive his despair from far, far away.
"I was thinking all night last night, and I really have to go…you guys can't keep me here. I mean, I donno how the powers that be hadn't found me yet, it's certainly unusual, but it won't last much longer… and once they discover you guys have been hiding me, they are going to take it on you too. I can't put you guys in such risk! I certainly can't!"
"Chris… we are in this together!" My dad said calmly and reassuringly.
"NO! I can't let you take the blame for my actions."
"We wouldn't, we asked you to stay! So… it was OUR decision, Chris."
"I can't let you do that. You are in danger because of me!" he cried desperate.
"No…we are a FAMILY Chris, we are here for you, and we are not going to let you take all the blame by yourself. We want you here, we love you here… and we are willing to take anything the do to us, if we can have you here with us!" My mom walked to him and caressed his cheek, looking him straight in the eyes while she said all this.
"NOOO! I can't let you do this! It's dangerous mom, it's really dangerous, I can't be risking you guys like that."
"All the more reason to stick together! If it's dangerous, we are NOT going to let you face it alone, right guys?" My mom asked everybody, we all nodded with conviction. Halliwell's always stuck together, that was the rule, and we all really wanted Chris here, regardless of the price we had to pay.
Patty ran to hug his legs, as if that could stop him from leaving.
"No, please Chris… don't go… I really like it when you are here…Don't go, you don't like us?" She pouted with all the innocence of an eight year old, thinking that if he left was cuz he wanted to and not cuz he had to.
"Of course I like you sweetie!" Chris said touched by her childish tenderness and caressing her hair.
"Then can you stay… for like…ever? PLEAASEE? Pretty please, we'll promise we'll be nice to you, right?" Penny asked with the same childish ingenuousness, thinking that if she asked really nicely he would be able to stay.
Prue and Patty nodded effusively.
Chris didn't know whether to laugh or to cry at such naive display of authentic affection. He kneeled down, to face the three girls' sad stares right in their eyes.
"But I really have to go girls! It's dangerous for everybody if I stay here!" he said softly, explaining it to them as simple as possible, so they could understand.
"We are always in danger Chris, so what's the difference if you stay?" Patty asked, her eyes were getting watery.
"You don't like us, Chris? We aren't as good as your other cousins?" Penny said crying, that drove Prue and Patty to start crying too.
Even my mom's eyes got watery, but probably not exactly for the same reason. The idea of Chris leaving probably did scared her beyond reason, because of the pain she would suffer, she had lost him once, and she just wanted to keep him with her for ever, and she also fear what they might do to him, once the elders find him.
"Oh…" Chris said touched and not knowing how to react to the little girls' weeping. He just hugged them all at the same time and said "Of course I like you, I just don't want you guys to be in MORE danger than you already are. It will make me really, really sad if I find out someone had hurt you because of me!" He explained to them as he hugged them.
"Then don't leave because it will hurt us a lot if you do." Prue added sweetly and shyly.
Chris pulled away from the hug and looked at their teary faces touched, then he eyed my mom's damped cheeks and red eyes, my father's pleading face, my Aunt's loving expression, Jake protective appearance, my brother's devoted gaze and my needing and adoring silent begging.
Of course, being Chris in such a need of affection and having such a need to feel he belonged to the family, even if the moment was heartbreaking in a way, it was still heaven on earth for him to see his family was not only really willing to take whatever it came with him, but they were begging him to let them help carry his burden.
We were in the middle of breakfast, when my dad jingled; and everybody tensed up, especially Chris… everybody stayed still, so still it seemed as if my mom had frozen the room, not even the air was moving. My dad walked to Chris and looked at him straight in the eyes, his hand on Chris' shoulder.
"Don't you worry!" he said slowly and reassuringly "EVERYTHING is going to be fine, ok?" Chris nodded and swallowed soundly…his eyes wide open in obvious fear. " I promise son, nothing will happen, now calm down and enjoy the rest of your breakfast, yes?" He caressed Chris' hair protectively.
"Yes, dad" Chris barely managed to mumbled in a barely audible voice.
"Good boy!" He said caressing his hair one more time. "Dad is going to fix everything. I won't let anything happen to you, son, at least, not without a HECK of a fight!" Then he smiled lovingly. "Just relax and have a good time"
Chris expression suddenly turned from his normal, "I am in charge of everything and the whole world is my responsibility" to one he didn't normally use, or EVER, really. Chris' expression showed dependence, he had honestly let himself take the son's place and allowed his father to take care of him, trust him when he said he was going to protect him.
"Thanks, dad." He said softly.
"Don't you worry, we are not giving up on you that easy." Dad said shuffling his hair and orbing away.
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A/N: Yeah… I decided to play lazy on my bday… so I could get this done! I hope to get many Happy bdays from you guys!
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Victorious Light: Yeah it's a psychological transference between me and Chris! I am a lot better thanks! About not writing the review in Spanish, don't worry, I rather have YOU reviewing my story than your sister :P ! (kidding) anyways… If I was my sister I would be able to write this story in Italian, French and a much better English, so I know the feelings… still we are better writers than them… right? No, the single premonition was because he has a very connection with Wyatt, that's all. Yeah I think I would take all the drama if I could be a witch! It would be soo cool! Tks for the nice review and I hope you liked this too.
Chris-Halliwell: Yeah… I guess I've been in a very "argument" mood lately! Chris is going back to school on Monday I think, and If I am not mistaken the 16th is Friday (I did my calculations the other day, not that I calculate which day was april the 16th in 2027, but when I did my plans for the next chapters). Is Chris going to get other friends? He has other friends, if we are going to meet them, I donno. Will you ever stop asking questions? I hope not! I can't wait for the next "C.H.R.F.C.D."
Teal-lover: Ahh you are the cutest in the world and a little more… you make me feel so good, you do! Thanks. I am glad you like the family bonding, evidently I do too, and here you have lots of it. Trust me, Chris it's going to be pissed when he finds out what's going on, which is going to be soon. Yeah I know the feeling of I understand why Chris is jealous but I still wanna kill the little brat… that was how I felt every time I had to write the adult Chris side of the story… good to know you think like him. Ohhh I forgot about the evil trick… I am sorry, it's ok, now that Wyatt is all happy again he can start thinking about his revenge!
Pukah: Chris was kind of a jerked before, but well he is an insecure hormonal teenager, and he just redeemed himself… should we forgive him? Yeah I know "From the womb…HE had powers from the WOMB?" Poor little Chris, he is kind of adorable… they all need a good shrink… Piper is right! Tks for the cookies and Tea… now send a bday cake: )… Your story is getting better and better, by the way, if that is even possible (which is unlikely since its like the greatest thing in this planet. You are soo good!). Back to the plot… this story has a slow plot, I know… what's next… elders are calling and soon Chris will find out he is actually being kept hostage in the house!
phoebe turner: THANKSSS! Here is your update… I hope u like it. Why was Wy looking guilty? Cuz the whole family needs a good shrink… just as Piper said… nahh the guy has a huge guilt complex for the whole being evil in his past life and he is very concern with hurting Chris.
Nathy1000000: WOOOWW me encanto tu review… te los podes comer a Chris, a besos… de otra manera, irias contra mis creencias vegetarianas… nos los comemos a los dos, aprovechando que es mi cumple! Son adorable… con sus inferiority complex y todos sus complex y Wyatt tambien, que caiga en la volteada de paso.. no? Uno mas no pasa nada! Pervertidora de menores! Espero que este tambien te haya gustado! Si y yo quiero muchos cute whitelighters haciendome mimos!
charmedtomeetyou : Thanks! I hope you manager to read chapter 12 and here is chapter 13 for you, I hope you are still enjoying it!
ilovedrew88: Heheh you liked that he is a spoiled little baby? It is kinda of cute, I bet that is how it was until Wyatt turned, and I imagine how hard it was for Chris to deal with the whole change of scenario, and then dealing with his mother's rejection in the past… poor guy!
FRENCH "Butt kicking" SPARKLES: Yeah, Paige is my favorite sister too… I am glad you liked the sexist comment! Ahh thank you for make the world stop spinning, I was getting all dizzy! That's quite some power you got there:)
Nikki14u: Nervous about the event? Well…I'll be evil and won't tell you what happens… but I am betting you are going to like it! I feel much better thanks! Here you have the update and I hope you like it.
LiquidRedSexGeniusInABottle" You can mope all you want… Only if I am allowed to mope too! The cyber hug worked wonders… TKS! And also send me some kinky cyber fun! TKS!