Chapter 2
Piper Halliwell sat on the living room couch rocking the distraught man back and forth in her arms as she fought back tears of her own. Even though she wanted desperately to let them fall freely, she knew that only one of them could afford to breakdown at a time and since the man had taken the boy's death so hard she decided that he would be the one to let go first.
"I don't think that I can handle this Piper, it's just too damn painful for me to look him in the eye knowing that I failed him" Future Leo cried into his wife's shoulder.
"Don't you dare say that Leo, you didn't let him down at all. You did what you could and that's all Chris would have wanted" she said remembering that in the beginning she too blamed Leo for the loss of their son. "We just have to stay focused and make sure that history does not repeat it's self" the woman continued.
"That's easy for you to say Piper he didn't die in your arms, you didn't see the pain in his eyes as he drew his last breath" he spoke almost inaudible through heavy sobbing, which made the woman hold him even tighter as she could only imagine what the sight must have done to the him.
Piper couldn't help but feel sorry for the man that she loved. She remembered how hard it was for the Leo to get through to his son and how poorly Chris had treated his farther because of things that the man technically hadn't done yet. Then when things seemed to be looking up with Leo being so happy and with Chris finally starting to call him Dad, he losses the boy. Not to mention the fact that it was his own mentor who took his child's life, something that only added to his pain.
"I know you're hurting Leo, but damn it so am I. You don't think that it's killing me to see him again knowing what could possibly happen. But we if it means saving his life this time around then I will deal with the pain"
Just outside the living room stood the other Leo. The man was listening to the conversation between his future self and future Piper. From what he could hear a boy died in his arms and that could only mean one person, his little boy Wyatt. At that moment his chest started to feel tight as several different scenarios raced through his mind. "Oh my God, not my little boy" the man began to cry that was until he heard Piper speak once more;
"It's ok Leo, we'll do what we have to do for Chris's sake. We won't let him die, not this time"
Part of him felt relieved that it was the arrogant whitelighter and not his precious son. But the more he thought about it, the less sense it made. "Why the hell would we be so upset about Chris dying?" he whispered. "I mean if he did save Wyatt, we would be grateful, but not so much so that we would come back to the past to try and save him. I mean it's not like he's our son…" the man caught a lump in his throat just thinking about the last part of his sentence.
"No, can't be" Past Leo spoke out loud, but before he could ponder any further the sound of someone orbing in filled the air. Once they were fully formed he could see that it was Paige, Phoebe and Piper who held Wyatt safely in her arms. Immediately she placed the boy in his father's awaiting arms as she spoke
"Ok where are our little house guest? Chris was the one who saved Wyatt and I have a feeling that they knew that already. Where able to get anything out of them?" questioned past Piper as she watched her husband star back at her. "Leo? Hello?" she continued waving her hand in front of his face.
Not wanting to say anything about his little revelation until he was sure the man simply shook his head in response.
"Fine then, where are they?"
"They're in the living room but I don't think that you should…" the man began as the woman threw a hand up in front of him before making her way into the room.
She was ready to give them the third degree but stopped short when she saw the hurt and saddened tear stained eyes that the pair sported. She then began with caution
"Alright I know you guys are on the whole future consequences kick but if someone in my family's going to die then you need to tell me who so I can protect them. I mean is it Chris, does her kill Wyatt?"
As much as Piper wanted to fill her past self in on the details and give her time that she never had with Chris, she knew that it was best to keep it a secret for now, at least until she spoke to the boy. Turning to her husband she started in a soft voice
"You need to go check on Chris. I know what you're feeling right now but we need to talk to him and let him know what's going on"
"Piper please, you know I can't do this" replied Future Leo with pleading eyes.
"Leo just GO!" she shouted not knowing how much longer she would be able to hold it together. He then nodded his head and gave her a look of uncertainty before orbing out.
At that point she turned back to her former self and looked her straight in the eye as she spoke "You're right there are future consequences that we need to be concerned about. So no, I can't tell you anything. As much as I want to, I just can't take that chance. Oh but I will tell you this, Chris is not a killer and he would never do anything to hurt Wyatt so for the last time, I'm tell you back off."
She wasn't sure if it was the pressure of the whole situation or if she was angry with herself for treating her son the way that she had or even because of the fact that she was so blind that she didn't see that Chris was her son in the first place. All she knew was that she had to make everything right not only for her son but for her husband's sanity as well. She then stormed out of the room and headed upstairs towards the book of shadows as the tears of guilt and pain began to fall.
Now for the Thanks...
DrewFullerFan- Hi! I'm amazed by how many people remember my story and I'm glad that you took the time out to review it again, even though you read a good amount of it already. Thanks for the review!
Charmedtomeetyou- Here's your update and thanks so much for re-reading the story and reviewing it all over for a second time. You're the greatest.
IcantthinkofaFnick- ¡Gracias por una revisión tan maravillosa! Estoy alegre usted tengo gusto conflicto entre los pipers. Atornillaron para arriba realmente gravemente en la demostración cuando él vino al excedente de la pena del piper perder Chris que tuve que hacerle donde ella ¡sea sobreprotector de él porque demostrar que ella cuidó realmente! LOL I también tuvo que demostrar cuánto Chris faltó a su madre y le da un hombro al grito encendido, veía como cómo más allá de piper tal perra a él.
Pita- Sorry but Leo won't be fighting with himself again but things are going to get pretty interesting between the two Pipers. I hope you liked this chapter and thanks for the review.
Fire Gazer- Thank you so much.
Phoebe Turner- I'm glad you loved the last chapter I hope this one was nice and long enough for ya.
Karone Evertree- I know it's so fascinating to watch Piper argue with herself. And yes you have read this before but do to the format it was taken off so now that I've fixed it, I decided to put it back up. It really sucked because I had over 100 reviews for it!
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Aira Sliver- Yes Past Leo is a very sneaky one and he's in for a really big shock and soon! Chris is aware that this is the Piper from about a year later. I'm glad you liked the previous chapter and I hope you like this one also.
Mysterious Midnight- Don't you just love that episode? LOL I'm glad you like my story.
SnowyOwl-17- I know, Chris is so cute! I hate how the show acted like Chris never died and how everyone ignores baby Chris in favor of Wyatt. So to make up for what we're not getting this season on Charmed I plan on having Piper be very protective of Chris and actually pretend that he's her son instead some kid that she's taking care of from down the street. LOL
Pukah- I hope this chapter was less confusing for you. LOL Thanks for the review and I hope that you enjoyed the newest chapter.
Anianka- LOL yes it made perfect sense and I'm glad that you like my story so much. Thanks for the terrific response.
