CHAPTER XIV:

The rest of our breakfast went by in absolute silence, which is really odd in my family, and is never a good sign.

Chris sighed and trying to ease the tension said " Well… what do you guys say if you show me how awesome magic schools looks now that one of my favorite aunts is running it?" with a broad affectionate smile, peeping in Paige's direction.

"Well… see… the thing is…" My mom tried coming up with an excuse quickly.

"Well… that we were all planning on skipping school today and staying with you… maybe having a pick-nick in the garden. All the family together." My brother said, always better at coming up with excuses and specially if that could mean cutting school.

"We did that yesterday, Wy!" Chris said confused.

"Yeah, but I wasn't here you know? You don't wanna spend some quality time with your brother?" He said lightheartedly and walking to his side, he put an arm over his shoulder and whispered in his ear. "Come on bro… it's not like I have excuses to skip school every day, do it for me!"

Chris chuckled "You were the one that wanted to GO to school yesterday!"

"yeah well… I had my reason, ya' know" He winked mischievously.

'Yeah… I was planning to take the day off, too" Paige added lightly, as if she didn't care. "I wanted to spend some more time with one of my favorite nephews too! Honey, can you take care of everything?"

"Sure." Jake added

"YEY…you can play with US!" Penny shouted excited. "He can, right mom?"

"Sure, baby!"

"I have to go to the paper, but I'll be back as soon as possible." Phoebe said standing up and shuffling Chris' hair "You be a good boy!" She smiled at him. "And you" She said burying her head on Prue's hair with an affectionate kiss "stay as perfect as you are till I come back" and she left.

"Ahh! I bet she did that so she didn't have to do DISHES!" My mom said astringently.

"I'll help you mom!" Chris said with a smile, while the rest of us were staring attentively at the walls, floors or any other part of the world that could block us from my mom's eye contact and consequent demand for help.

"No… don't worry, honey. Paige will help me…" At that Paige looked at her like "ME?" "you go play with the kids" At that all the "kids" looked at her like "we are NOT kids"; but considering the option was to take that and leave or do dishes… Penny grabbed Chris' hand and we all walked to the sitting-room.

Ten minutes later, Paige was signaling me from the kitchen door. "come here" she mouthed. I discretely walked to her.

"What?" I asked her confused.

"Shh." She pushed me inside the kitchen and closed the door. "Your mom had been called up there too, we don't know how long they are going to keep them there. We are telling Chris that they had an emergency in P3 and that she'll be back as soon as possible, just follow my lead, and make sure he doesn't find out!"

The whole day was pretty uneventful. We just talked and played with Chris and bond, I guess.

Everybody loves having him with us and I am betting he loves being there too, he did seem pretty happy.

Every once in a while I found myself thinking how sad it is going to be when he has to leave. Nobody said anything but I knew Wyatt, Paige and Chris thought about that a lot too.

Nobody left the house in the whole day, except for Wyatt, that went to magic school to have lunch with Emma. Phoebe came back around three, Jake around six, but no sign of my parents.

Chris started worrying when mom and dad didn't show up for dinner, but we managed to calm him down. He almost called P3 to see if mom needed any help, but Paige said she would go to check everything was fine, She didn't even give Chris a chance to react before she orbed out, leaving Phoebe in charge of dinner, which of course meant, ordering Pizzas… YEY!

I don't know where Paige went, maybe she really checked on mom and dad, or maybe she just waited somewhere for a while not to raise suspicion on my very suspicious older alter-ego.

It was late at night when I heard mom and dad in their bedroom. I got up quietly, making sure I wouldn't wake up Chris and went to their room.

"Come in" My dad said when I knocked.

My mom was sitting on the bed, her eyes were red and swollen.

"What is it, son?" My dad asked me while he changed into his Pjs.

"I just wanted to know how did it go?" I asked timidly.

"It went as good as it could be expected, I guess." He said still moving around. "They still can't find Chris and they suspect we know something, but they can't prove anything. Don't worry, buddy, everything is going to be fine, we'll take care of this." He said with conviction "So… how did it go here? Did you guys have fun?" He asked me affably, my mom, still seating on the bed staring at nothing.

"And why does mom look like she cried the whole Atlantic Ocean?" I asked concerned.

"Let's just say they weren't as nice as you would expect the paragons of all good to be." He walked to me and put his comforting hand on my shoulder "But it's ok, Chris, don't worry about it; NOTHING will happen to the other Chris!" He reassured me, but I just looked at my mom, not knowing what to say.

My mom finally reacted and draw a weak smile.

"Come here, sweetie." She said softly, nothing like her usual self, she patted the spot beside her in the bed.

I walked to her and sat down. She hugged me with an urge she usually didn't have, and which I guessed it was misplaced. She hugged me with a lingering hug that I guessed was meant for the other Chris.

"Don't worry, honey. Everything is going to be fine. We won't let them harm him, in any way. Or leave him alone in the ghostly plane or recycle his soul." She told the walls, apparently, cuz she was staring at them with all the attention in the world.

"But what happened, mom?"

"Nothing, baby, everything went fine." She looked back at me and gave me a sad smile. "So tell me about your day… what did you guys do? Did you guys have fun? Did Chris have a good time?" She asked me eagerly, I knew I wasn't going to get anymore information from them and that they wanted to hear something comforting, so I told them about our day, how much fun we had, how much Chris had enjoyed it and how much all of us loved having him here.

I avoided mention how much it would break everybody's heart if he had to leave, or worst… if something happened to him.

April 17, 2027

I was awoken on Saturday morning by Chris' laughter. One of my eyes opened shyly scrutinizing my surroundings sleepily.

Chris was sitting down on his bed, bend over with his hands on his stomach, laughing uncontrollably; Wyatt was sitting beside him, also laughing but not as hard.

"What's so funny?" I groaned asleep.

"I was telling Chris about the time you were a kid and saw a plane in the sky and started crying and when we asked you why you were crying, you said the plane was going to hit dad, cuz he was "up there"" Wyatt said laughing.

Chris burst into another fit of laughter.

"And what about the time when Wy was around five and his powers were running amok, so he was blowing everything up and he saw the half moon and said "Mommy… look the moon is broken!" and then he thought about it and added "But I didn't blow it up mommy, I promise I didn't!"" I told them, getting up.

They both laughed again.

"Can I come in?" We heard our dad saying after knocking.

"Yeah, dad." Chris said, still laughing.

"What's so funny?" He asked coming in.

"We were telling funny stories from when we were kids!" Wyatt explained.

"Ohh I have a LOT of those ones!" And my dad started telling us until we were crying out of laughter and our abs hurt.

Breakfast went fine. Mom and dad did a great job hiding their fear.

If Chris ever asked dad what happened with the elders, I never found out, but they did have a conversation after breakfast. Still Chris didn't seem distressed at all after it, so either he was pretending, he was in denial or most likely, dad had lied to him and had done a great job convincing him everything was fine.

Meanwhile, I kept avoiding any situation that might lead to "THE TALK" about "THE EVENT"; I guess unconsciously thinking that if I procrastinate long enough the problem would go away by itself, or maybe fearing that once I told mom everything I wouldn't have an excuse to retain the other Chris by my side.

I guess Chris is thinking quite like me, cuz he never pushed me to talk, I guess he is too trying to deceive himself hoping that as long as we don't tell mom, he will still have an excuse to stay here and protect us and pretend here is where he belongs.

It was mid afternoon. I was sitting on my desk, catching up on my homework; when suddenly someone covered my eyes.

"Guess who?" I heard Emma's cheerful voice.

"Emma!" I said happily, uncovering my eyes and turning around.

"Hey dude! I haven't seen you in like forever! We have so much catching up to do!" She said perkily.

"Where is Wyatt?" I asked confused, wasn't she my brother's girlfriend now?

"I donno… I didn't ask…" She shrugged.

"You didn't? Aren't you like his girlfriend now?" I asked disguising with a bantering tone what really was bothering me.

"Well all the more reason to come tell my BEST FRIEND that I have a BOYFRIEND now! And besides, I saw him yesterday… I think he can survive with me a little longer! But I can't survive without knowing all about what happened with the other Chris and telling you about what happened to me!" She said very dramatically.

I chuckled at Emma's girly ways, and was relieved Emma came to me before going to Wyatt.

"Ok… but I don't want to hear any of your dirty little secrets with my brother, ok?"

"Deal!" She chuckled. "Now tell me about all this, major change, right? Chris here! How are you feeling about it?"

We spent the next hour and a half talking in my bedroom, until we decided to go for something to drink. We went down to the kitchen and five minutes after…

"How is my beautiful girl?" Wyatt surprised us, hugging Emma from behind and kissing her cheek. She turned around and put her arms around his neck. "I though I heard you here." Wy said smiling into her eyes. "Sorry, am I interrupting something?" he asked.

"Nuh-uh." I shook my head, convinced by their adoration gazes towards each other and taking a sip of my juice.

"Good!" Wyatt smiled, kissing Emma sweetly on her lips. Somehow it was a lot less disgusting than I thought it was gonna be. Once they were done, Emma turned back to me, and Wyatt stood behind her, wrapping her with his arms. As the three of us continued talking, the situation was a lot less awkward than I had anticipated and the two of them seemed to care deeply for each other, but were still interested in everything I had to say.

It was around six thirty when Emma left. Wyatt and I went straight to the attic where Mom, dad, Chris, grandpa, Jake and the aunts had spent the whole day talking. The twins and Prue had gone to a friend's house but had come back around six.

Around seven thirty grandpa went back home, mom had to go set up for a band that was playing that night and dad went with her. Paige and Jake had a romantic dinner planned and Phoebe had a date. So basically the three kids were left under our supervision.

Chris was playing with the girls while I caught up with my so delayed homework. I took a break and went to fix myself a sandwich, from the kitchen I could hear the four of them talking.

"So you guys live in the house next door, right?" Chris asked probably ticklishing Prue or playing with her somehow cuz she giggled.

"Yeah, we bought the house next door, cuz there wasn't enough room in the manor but Mom and the aunts needed to stay close from each other." Penny explained "We have the ground floor, and Prue and Phoebe live on the first floor. And in the attic they built us like THE BEST play-room EVERRRRR, it's soo cool, it's all PINK and we have zillions of toys and make-up and dolls. It's so great Chris, you have to see it!"

Chris chuckled, probably cuz he didn't have to deal with Penny's obsession for dolls and the color pink as much as we did.

"Yeah and last week Phoebe bought us the cutest doll IN THE WORLD!" Penny continued "Mine is pink, cuz MY favorite color is pink, Patty's is blue, cuz that's her favorite color… and guess which color is Prue's?"

"I donno… lavender?" Chris took a great shot, since the doll was in fact lavender (how do I even know there is a color named Lavender? All this having so many women around is starting to affect my brain!), cuz Prue's favorite color was that one, of course.

"How did you know?" Prue asked shyly.

"Cuz that is your favorite color, isn't it?" He said tenderly. I guess Prue nodded, cuz I never heard an answer.

"How did you know?" Patty asked curiously.

"Well… my Prue's favorite color was lavender and besides I watch you guys from up there all the time." He said even more tenderly and with a hint of melancholy.

"And you watch me and a Penny too?" Patty asked anxiously and childishly.

"Of course I do!" At this point I peeped at them from the kitchen, Chris was laying on the floor, Patty laying on top of him, Penny on her right and Prue on his left and he had his arms around them.

"And from up there… could you see our play-room and all our dolls?" Penny asked.

"Yeap, sometimes"

"And did you see our new dolls?" She asked again.

"Nope… I am sorry, I can't say I did." Chris said sweetly.

"Wanna see it now? And we can show you our house and all the play-room and ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL our toys!" Penny said childishly.

Chris chuckled. "Sure, lets go."

"No… He can't go, he can't leave the house, remember?" Patty told the other girls.

"Why can't I leave the house, Patty?" Chris asked suspicious.

"Oh shoot NO" I thought running to them.

"Because, if you leave the house the elders will be able to find you! You won't be protected anymore, that's why we can't let you leave the house until mom and the Aunts find a way to keep you safe." Patty explained childishly.

At that point I arrived to the scene, the reprehensive look I gave to my cousin didn't escape anyone, not even Chris, but whatever… it was too late anyways… there was no way he was gonna buy any excuse.

"What do you mean, Patty?" Chris gave her another scary look.

The poor girl just looked at her twin and at Prue and did her best to hide behind them, not knowing what to do… I don't even think she knew what she had done wrong.

"What does she mean, Chris? Why did she say I wouldn't be protected outside the house and that the elders will find me? Am I protected inside the house and that is why the elders haven't found me, yet?" He asked firmly and stern.

"I think we better call for a family meeting." I said nervously.

phoebe turner

Actually that is kind of a nice twist… though it would be kind of hard to include in this particular plot, specially since I have it kind of planed. I was thinking maybe including it as if Barbas gets Wyatt and drives him crazy with that… but then I thought why not do that whole plot in a sequel? Like 25 year old Wyatt is turned to his evil counterpart by a demon and he travels back to his eighteenth birthday, since that day Piper gave him the possession of Excalibur. And Wyatt being good (in his eighteenth bday) got scared that Excalibur's powers might over take him and gave the sword back to the lady of the lake. So 25 year old evil Wyatt comes back to take possession of Excalibur before good Wyatt throws it to the lake.

And so 17 year old Wyatt keeps on having this disturbing dreams of his 25 year old evil version trying to kill Chris and he is driving nuts.

What do you think? You got the confusing plot?

Ahh and since you seemed to be a Phoebe- Cole fan, actually when I was thinking about the plot I also came up with a cute love story where Cole comes back, if you wanna know more, let me know and I ran it through you… but you think is a good enough material for a sequel?

Polo Mint Midget

You are too cute… and I know the feeling of exams robbing your life… My books are calling me right now but I wanted a break. Yeah what can I say? I been sick, bored and I have exams too, that means I am home too near the tempting computer… and actually the truth… I just really have fun writing! So I am glad you like reading it!

Sparkling Cherries

THANK YOU! I wrote your bday down, but honestly… I never know which day I live in, so even if I do know which day someone's bday is, since I never know which day it is, I always keep on missing them. Still Taurus… I was at a party yesterday and one of the girls that apparently knows a lot about those things (cuz I have no clue, nor care too much about it) said it was one of the best signs in the zodiac… which is soo cool, right and she said Taurus girls are always BEAUTIFUL (which its actually crap, but nice crap!) Yeah I had a lot of cakes… I sent you some by fed ex… did you get it? Cuz the guys in the counter seemed like they were eyeing it and wanted to eat it… so if you didn't get it, blame it on Fed Ex!

Ahhh no… this story characterize itself for a lot of cute moments but since it tells almost everything that happens at the manor, it goes slow… but Chris found out and now he is going to force them to speak and tell them what is really going on.

Pukah

YEAYYY SO Many Chris' for me!

I hope crazy Chris die die die, wasn't for me.. I am a nice girl not a demon from hell, and I could take good care of him and be ncie to him.. Dude I am even studying Psychology and have so many Psy problems myself that we can even start competing… :P!

Teen Chris is so cute, so is baby Chris and 18th Chirs singing me we wish you a merry Xmass its adorable! THANKS… You made me very happy.

And next time if "Icanthinkofanick" its just to long… My name is Guadalupe…or Gua for the yankis cuz they have a hell of a hard time to say it!

Heheh yeah in my other fic (Chris sake) there are a few scenes of Piper's jealousy at Chris' girl and actually more at her grandson's girl and they are pretty funny… though none of them can actually reform, so they were kind of scared to go tell her. One actually tells Leo before they tell her "can you please remind Piper that I can't orb or reform in any way?".

Now we'll see what Piper does to Emma when she finds out!

What happened in Wyatt's room between Wy and Chris? You can ask Wyatt he might tell you… or ask Chris to ask him! Hehehe I am evil…

The three little menaces convincing Chris… well… they did mean it, but they were being a lot more over dramatic than they would normally would be, just to manipulate him a little more…

Yeah Chris letting leo parenting him was cute..

Here you have more.

charmedtomeetyou

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSs and here you have more.

Chris-Halliwell

Thank you my dear… I got a Happy bday from Mr Chris Halliwell himself… I couldn't be happier… I am bouncing on the walls!

Is older me going to leave? Older you and younger you don't know… I don't think it would be fair for them if you knew… don't you think?

June 18th? My sis is the 28Th!

What are Chris' powers? The same ones he had on the show… (the whole dream was cuz he shares a deep conection with Wy, just that). Both of them are one and the same, so they have the same powers.

Wil the spell that hides (older) Chris fail? Making him vulnerable to be found by the Powers That Be? Dun, Dun… it didn't fail till now… and now he realized what's going on… so the problem will be to keep him in the house with his hero complex.

WILL I EVER STOP ASKING QUESTIONS? I still hope you don't

Find out next time on C.H.R.F.C.D.
I will be searching xcarefully for my next CHRFCD
Gua-

Icantthinkofafnick

ilovedrew88

Thanks… it was a great bday actually! I am so glad you liked how the whole family wanted him there, and the little girls are sort of cute, but then I write them, so of course I think they are cute… I hope you liked this 2

Nikki14u

THANKS! "Just please don't anything happen to Chris. He's too cute to die." I know Chris is too cute to die…but he is actually already dead! (And its not my fault, its stupid Brad Kern's fault, I am just trying to patch up his mistake). Here is the update, I hope you like it.

LiquidRedSexGeniusInABottle

Let's just be perky then… and lets have some margarita's (though I am actually a fan of plains shots of tequila… can we have a couple of those? And lots of lime!)… we'll just go to the counter and seduce a couple of hot boys to buy it for us.. we shouldn't be waiting fro a waiter unless he is like to die for…

I hope you regained consciousness cuz its going to be hard to read any of this if you didn't, I for once… don't understand how you could write the whole review unconscious… you have to teach me that one:)

Nathy1000000

Sos tan divina mujer…

Ahh asi que decidiste controlar tus impulsos pedofilicos? Hmm me parece bien… ya estoy pensando la sequel de esta historia me parece… porque una de las chicas me dio una idea, y Chris va a tener 16… a los 16 le damos o no?

Hehe que bueno que te haya gustado la family interaction. Si me la re imagino a Piper celosa… ahora tiene que saber que Emma esta con Wy…yo creo que Emma va a tratar de evitar a Piper hasta el dia de su casamiento con Wy, por las dudas… o por ahí hasta que este embarazada, porque no va a blow up al nieto.

A mi tambien me parecio tierna la escena final, tambien la escena final de este chappie.

Mi cumple? Re lindo… mama me habia planeado todo un cumpleanos sorpresa y yo termine volviendo a casa mas temprano y pobre la agarre en el medio de los preparativos… pero estuvo re lindo.

Victorious Light

"Glad to hear that you're better, I don't know how you managed to sit at a computer when you are sick, the most I can manage is to lie in fron of the tv!"

Yeah I am thanks… I get bored very easy and like the computer very much, I guess… its hard to write, though … I had that chapter already written I had to re read it and answer the reviews. But I just can't lay down in bed without doing anything unless I have a really high fever. I just kept on standing up, stayed a couple of minutes in front the screen, went back to the couch for a few mins and so on.

I had a great birthday!

Yeah well you are a better writer than most of the people I know, and most of the people that I read here…

I am so glad you thought the family was cute…."I wonder what you are going to do?" Hey… is all up to the elders…don't put this one on me…I just retelling the story…hehehe :P. You'll see the day is coming near… true…