Thanks for the reviews. Things are about to get interesting with the sister's regarding Chris' identity and his powers.
Chapter 7
Chris got to the Manor later than he'd promised. He had promised Paige and Phoebe that he would help set up for Wyatt's first birthday party, but he he'd gone back to his apartment at P3 to get a least a few hours of sleep after that steamy make out session with Scout in the hallway.
"Where in the hell have you been?" Phoebe demanded before he could even finish orbing into the room.
"Sleeping." He replied.
"We are running out of time here." Phoebe said.
Paige nodded her agreement from where she sat on the arm of the sofa.
"We are running out of time. I still need to go to the store and there are like a million ballons that need to blown up, there are streamers to be hung…" Piper said walking into the room and noticing Chris she stopped in mid sentence.
Chris first thought that the sisters had let something slip about his identity. She looked at him curiously,
"So you couldn't handle it on your own and went out and enlisted his help?" Piper asked her sisters.
"Yes as a matter of fact, we were just about to go to the store and pick up a few things," Phoebe said.
"Uh huh,"
"Yeah and I was about to get started on those ballons, we were just waiting around for Chris." Paige said.
"Okay, we'll lets go then." Piper said getting her purse.
"We can totally handle going to the store you stay here and get Leo to help you in the kitchen," Phoebe said.
"But–"
"You've done enough already, just check on your cookies and stuff and help Paige with the ballons, I've got the list right here see." Phoebe said holding up a shopping list.
"No you don't I've spent all morning with that man now I'll go get my keys." Piper said turning on her heel and heading back into the kitchen.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to keep this secret of yours?" Phoebe asked once Piper was out of hearing range.
"Yes but you don't want to have to deal with future–"
"Consequences, I know, I know." Phoebe said.
"Maybe we should tell them. I don't know how we're going to make this happen tonight." Paige said.
"We've got to pull out all the stops if we want those two to bone in twenty four hours." Phoebe said glancing toward the kitchen.
Chris winced he didn't want to think of his parents boning.
"Actually more like twelve." He corrected.
Paige started to pace.
"I hate being under the gun like this. We might have to do a love spell."
"Wouldn't hurt to try,"
"Aren't there other ways of getting him conceived I hate the idea of tricking Piper and Leo into conceiving a child."
"Well, it beats not being conceived at all." Chris said.
"Fine. While we're at the store, we should get some champagne and some oysters and lots of malt liquor. We'll get them in the mood and all liquored up." Phoebe walking out of the door just as Piper returned from the kitchen.
Chris shrugged his shoulders and followed; it was probably how he was conceived anyway after a large amount of seafood a little Hennessey.
Phoebe was off getting some of the things on the list withPiper and Chris was pushing the cart around, actually he was using it a sort of a scooter, half leaning on it and gliding it and himself down the produce aisle.
He turned the corner and ended up banging his cart against another cart. A million apologies already spilling from his lips before he could even look up.
He was cut off by the distinct and familiar laughing, "Well, well, well." She said.
"Scout?" He asked looking up.
Scout was wearing a daring outfit as usual a skintight denim jumpsuit with a great deal of her cleavage exposed. She was still doing the same subdued kind of make up thing from last night, the only difference was the little boy she was holding on her hip.
"Chris this is the last place I'd expect to find you." She said shifting the young child on her hip.
"I could say the same for you." He said with a smirk.
"Well, we were all out of diapers so…" She shrugged.
"I see, and is this your little guy?" Chris asked.
"Yep this is D'. He's one and a half. He still doesn't talk though he can hear pretty well now, I'm trying to teach him how to sign, but he's still a little young for that."
The boy watched Chris with big inquisitive brown eyes.
"Hey there little guy." Chris said.
"He really doesn't respond well to men." Scout said shrugging her shoulders a bit "Must have do with being kicked around by that ass hat Jessie in the womb. I really don't allow that many guys to get close to him."
Chris took a step back, "Oh, I totally understand."
"You're welcome to give it a try though."
Chris frowned, "He's not going to start balling or anything?"
"I don't know," Scout said with a smirk.
"Okay I do have a little bit of experience with my little cousins but that's in the future so technically it hasn't happened yet," Chris said.
Chris held his hands out silently asking the boy to come to him, to his surprise and to that of the boy's mother the child actually reached out for him.
Chris took the small child from his mother's arms, D'Angelo was no where near as heavy as Wyatt was though he was at least six months older. Chris had discovered in coming to the past that Wyatt had always been a pig, even at an early age. He had further observed his older brother who was currently a toddler gorge himself on mashed potatoes the evening before.
Scout smirked, "He seems to like you." She said.
"Yeah I guess he does,"
"Maybe you could baby-sit when I'm off with a horny trick or trying to save the world."
Chris raised his eyebrow about the horny trick part, "I might be persuaded."
"Maria," A stern voice with a heavy Spanish accent called from the next aisle.
"Shit. That's Ana. I'll be right back." She said grabbing the cart and wheeling into the next aisle.
He managed to get a smile out of the boy before Piper and Phoebe walked up and started dumping things into the cart.
Piper was the first to notice the one and a half year old boy on Chris' hip.
"Whoa,"
"What?" Phoebe asked looking up sharply.
Chris smirked.
"While you guys were finding blue party hats I went and had a kid."
"Very funny, he's a cute kid. Who'd you snatch him from?" Piper asked.
"He's mine," Scout said steeping around the corner, an middle aged Latino woman was close behind her.
"Scout. Hey." Piper said.
"Hey," Scout parroted back.
"So I take it last night went well," said Phoebe with a cheeky grin.
Scout smirked and Chris blushed brilliantly.
"Last night?" Ana asked from where she stood behind Scout.
Scout turned remembering the woman, "Chris and I hung out last night." She told her.
"I thought you went out with James last night."
"I did but I ended up with Chris." Scout explained.
"It was no big deal," Chris said handing D' back to Scout who repositioned the boy on her hips.
"I cannot wait until you are sixteen so you can get a real job, instead of lying on your back servicing whatever comes along." Ana said eyeing Chris.
It hurt Scout to see that defeated look on Chris' face.
"Ana," Scout said in a warning tone
Scout knew Ana was only talking this way because she had ended the evening with Chris instead of James. Ana actually thought James would marry Scout.
Scout nearly scoffed at the thought.
"Hey!" Phoebe said.
"Chris is a good guy you don't even know him," Scout said.
"Nor do I want to. Maria, this boy is no good for you; I suggest you stay away from him and his sisters." Ana spit out the sentence and pushed the cart away.
Scout watched her retreating figure until she turned a corner.
"And his sisters." Piper scoffed in a Spanish accent that sounded a lot like the puppy from that Taco Bell commercial.
Scout couldn't help but laugh.
Phoebe laughed too. She stopped when Piper gave her a look.
"I can't believe she thought we were his sisters."
"Crazy right." Phoebe laughed nervously.
"I know." Chris said.
"Do you really have to go home with the Spanish Nazi?" Piper asked.
"Well, I live with her."
"I see. Why don't you come over to our place, my son Wyatt is having a birthday party you bring your son, have some cake, flirt with Chris and by the time you get home she won't be so mad anymore." Piper offered.
"Alright," Scout said grabbing some diapers off a self and followed the Halliwells toward the exit.
Chris forgot how boring a child's birthday party was. One good thing was however, Scout there with him the whole time cracking jokes about some of the lame parents.
"God. I hope that's not me in a couple of years," Scout said.
"I doubt you'd ever let yourself get that cheesy, man they are worse than my parents." Chris said.
They were in the kitchen they had retreated after a lame party game taking D'Angelo with them. Phoebe and Paige took that exact moment to stride into the kitchen.
"Speaking of your parents, we're starting to run out of ideas here. Have you come up with anything while we were refilling glasses?" Phoebe asked.
For the past hour the four of them had been doing everything humanly possible to try and get Leo and Piper in the mood.
Phoebe, who had always been quite daring switched Barney's Birthday Bliss with a Jenna Jameson flick. They'd served champagne and oysters, strawberries with chocolate and whip crème on them
"Nothing that would be useful, you had to go ruin it all didn't you with that hardcore stuff," Chris said shaking his head.
"How was I supposed to know they wouldn't be into that kind of thing?"
"Luckily, Mom froze the room thankfully none of the kids are scarred for life." Chris said.
"I wish we could get this over with." Paige sighed.
"You and me both," Phoebe said.
"How hard is it to get to people to screw?" Paige asked.
"Make love," Phoebe corrected.
"What's the diff?"
"What you said was very Springer what I said was very Oprah," Phoebe said.
Chris rolled his eyes.
"Well, whatever show we're watching we're running out of time." Paige said.
"She's right, if they don't fuck like right now I'm out of luck."
"Another line and you've got yourself a damn fine spell." Paige said.
"Or the newest song from 50 Cent." Phoebe said.
Chris rolled his eyes again.
"I'm serious. I've had this weird feeling all day, I can't exactly explain it but if something doesn't happen soon…" Chris said.
Scout put a reassuring hand on his shoulder, her touch was warm to his nearly disconnected body, "It's gonna happen."
"Are you sure?" Paige asked.
"Yes, 'cause I've got a plan," Scout said passing D'Angelo off to Paige.
"Where's the sound system in this place?" she asked.
"I have a karaoke machine around here somewhere." Paige offered.
"I was hoping you'd say that." Scout said grinning evilly.
Chris shook his head he knew whatever she was going to do it was going to be crazy.
Five minutes later they had the karaoke machine set up, ignoring the protest from Piper. Leo however had agreed, saying it might be fun to provide suitable entertainment for the kids.
"This ones going out to Piper and Leo," Scout whispered as the music began, it was one of her favorite songs, Never Had a Dream Come True by S Club 7.
"Everybody's got something they had to leave behind, one regret from yesterday that just seems to grow with time." She sang, she started off shakily, she had never sung in front of anyone before.
"There's no use looking back or wondering, how it should be now or might have been, oh this I know but I still can't find ways to let you know." She grew stronger just before Phoebe and Paige joined in singing the chorus.
"I've never had a dream come true, till the day that I found you. Even though I pretend that I've moved on. You'll always be my baby. I never found the words to say, you're the one I think about each day,and I know no matter where life takes me to a part of me will always be with you."
By song's end Piper seemed deeply affected, but immediately played it off like nothing was wrong. But Scout had saw it, it was there for just a second. She had noticed the same look in Leo's eyes.
She simply switched off the emotions just as easily she would flip on a light switch.
"I told you we should have went for something steamier," Phoebe whispered.
"I saw something there, we have to keep trying," Scout said.
Paige nodded.
While they were in their huddle Chris chose another song and put it own while everyone was distracted, his aunt Paige even then kept a truly comprehensive karaoke collection.
"Now we done been through too much together and that separates us from the rest." Chris started surprising the whole group
"Now we're approaching stormy weather now let's see what our love's made of." He continued enjoying the shocked looks he was getting from everyone, his music lessons had really paid off.
"I hate you were crying last night, said I should have been by your side."
"Girl, please, don't you leave me, girl, don't you say goodbye." Chris sang, then he went the chorus before deciding to toss the other mic to Scout who caught it easily.
"Boy, I swear I think you're sacred. And I'm so thankful that you're live
If I could take back all of the sorrow then I'd, I'd replace it with a kiss." Scout sang, he had been hoping she actually knew the words.
"You're the air that I breathe the perfect one for me." They sang finally finishing out the chorus together.
Chris threw his microphone at Leo, who was still stunned caught it as Chris stalked out of the room. He knew Scout would pass her mic to Piper and follow.
"You were great," She said excitedly.
"You weren't too bad yourself Hernandez," Chris said with a smirk.
"I hope it worked." Scout said.
"Me too, hopefully it was a push in the right direction at least." Chris said.
Paige and Phoebe returned to the kitchen one again, this time Phoebe had D'Angelo on her hip.
"She's on to us," Paige hissed.
"Piper knows about Chris?" Scout asked.
"She definitely knows something is up."
Chris was trying hard not to panic at this new development when there was suddenly a lot of noise in the living room.
He was the first one out of the kitchen to see what it was. He reached the doorway just in time for to see a Darklighter's arrow heading straight for him.
He let out a startled yelp and brought his hands up without thinking and froze the arrow. He stood there barely breathing, complety shaken. It had taken all of the most powerful witches in the Resistance to bind most of his defensive powers, ones inherited directly from the Charmed Line. He'd kept telkineisis though, it was a common power among witches. But he'd been sure to have his molecular combustion bound, before he came to the future.
Scout grabbed the arrow out of the air and went over to the still frozen Darklighter and stabbed him in the chest with it, missing the heart completely.
He unfroze and screamed in pain before black orbing out of the Manor.
Everyone except Paige was stunned silent, "You missed the heart?"
"It was only by like two inches," Scout said.
Paige started to say something else, but Piper interrupted her.
"Chris, do you want to explain to me what just happened?"