Chapter 3

As Piper entered the attic she heard foot steps following not so far behind. She just hoped that her past self was heading to her room instead of joining her in the attic because she wasn't prepared to handle any more questioning. It was hard enough trying to hide her emotions (which by the way she wasn't doing a really good job of at the moment) without having to hear her past self constantly trashing her little boy. She couldn't believe how much she hated her own flesh and blood, but now wasn't the time to dwell on it since she had to find a way to expose Gideon to the other Elders in such a way that here family wouldn't have to get involved and end up doing more harm than good. Her moment of solitude was interrupted by the sound of her own voice.

"What the hell do you mean that you're not going to tell me anything? I know me and I would never mess with the past unless it was something major. So spill!" Past Piper demanded unwilling drop the issue so quickly.

In all her life the woman never remembered being so got damn stubborn. She tried to regain her composure before responding.

"Listen I know how hard it is for us to just except things and go with the flow but this is one battle that you're not going to win. So just go sit with Wyatt or something and let me handle this before you get in the way and mess things up. In fact why don't you just pretend that I'm not even here" replied her future self.

"No way, you are not getting rid of me that easily. Come on, please tell me what happened"

"Ok, I'll say this one more time and maybe you will hear me" began Future Piper who could feel her self loosing control. "I WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING! Did you get it or do I have to spell it out for you now?"

"Ok ladies, back into your corners" the middle sister said holding up her hands to separate the two as she and Paige entered the room.

"Then tell her to go and spend time with our son instead of giving me trouble that I don't need or want right now"

"What about me? I mean you come here from the future talking in cryptic and telling me that someone I love is going to die and now you're saying that I need to stay out of your way. Sorry, but no chance in hell. I've already been through it with Chris so I'm not going to go through it with myself" replied Past Piper who sighed heavily in frustration.

"Oh really. Well seeing as how he just saved Wyatt you might want to listen to him more often instead of jumping to conclusions and flying off the handle when he tells you something that you don't want to hear. You know he didn't have to put himself through hell to save our son, only to die in the end but he did." The woman yelled choking on her last words as she remembered the day Leo told her about their son's death.

The three sisters just looked at each other with sorrowful eyes as they thought about their young whitelighter and the sacrifices that he made, or would make, to save their son and nephew.

As Past Piper studied her future self more closely she could tell by the look on her face that she was wanted to breakdown and cry. Maybe that was it. Maybe gratitude was the reason that she and Leo felt so protective of Chris and came back to save him but something deep down inside of her told the woman that it was much, much more then that.

Piper wasn't the only one who noticed the heartbreak and pain in the woman's eyes. Phoebe could tell that the future version of her sister was devastated over the loss of the boy. Using her empathic powers the woman's emotions almost became an open book to her sister. Although Phoebe didn't understand how she was able to read her do to the fact that she took the empath blocking potion but she attributed it to the fact that there were two of them in the same time or maybe she wanted her to get a read so at least she could understand where she was coming from and maybe even help her get her past self off of her back. And that's exactly what she was going to do.

"Listen honey I know a beautiful little boy whose hand a rough day and would love to see his mommy right about now" she said as she ushered her sister towards the door.

"I know you're right" said Past Piper knowing that she needed some time to sort things out.

"Sounds like a good idea sweetie, I'll go with you" Paige spoke as she guided her sister out of the attic and down the stairs.

Once they were alone Phoebe simply walked over to her sister wrapping her arms around the woman and allowing her to have the emotional breakdown that she so desperately needed.

Meanwhile at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge Leo waited anxiously for the conversation between his past self and Chris to end.

Prince Charmed

"Good spot for thinking, isn't it?" Past Leo said trying not to let Chris on to the fact that he was on his way to figuring out his true identity.

"What do you want?"

"Just to talk…you know, Chris, trust is a precious commodity - once you lose it, it's pretty hard to get it back." He continued hoping to make the boy feel comfortable enough to tell him the truth.

"Where'd you get that, out of a fortune cookie?" Chris replied with heavy sarcasm.

"Don't be a smart ass; it doesn't help your cause."

"My cause…pretty much screwed that up, don't you think?"

"Oh, I don't know…"

"Are you saying you still trust me?" the boy spoke. Although he was happy to know that his father was on his side he wouldn't show it, he wouldn't give Leo the satisfaction.

"It's not my trust that matters, it's the sisters'."

"I know…what do I do?"

"Just be straight with them, that's all. Don't manipulate them, even if it's for the right reasons." Chris nods, understanding as Leo approaches and continues, "And, yes, for what it's worth, I do trust you. After all, you saved my son, didn't you?"

"For now…"

Off of Chris's last words his former self orbed away giving him the perfect opportunity to speak to the boy. Beads of sweat began to form on his forehead as he made his way over to his son.

"Chris?" Future Leo spoke in a whisper as he took another step in the boy's direction.

Although Chris hated his father, he knew that the man must have been feeling rather bad about the way that he's treated him since he now knows his true identity. The boy stood still for a few seconds longer taking in the man's appearance. Not only did he seem several years older but his clothes were kind of dirty and he worn a look of a man who's seen way too much and lost just about the same amount.

My God, what's happened to him? He thought as he too, took a step in his direction. Then without warning the man drew him into a tight embrace as if never wanting to let go. It was at that point he found the strength to ask the one question that had been on his mind since he parents made their trip to the past.

"I died, didn't I Dad?" the boy questioned already knowing the answer. The only response he received was even harder sobbing as his already tight hold on the boy became even tighter almost to the point where he was having a little trouble breathing.

"I think your mother would love to see you" the man spoke pulling back slightly changing the subject so he wouldn't have to answer his son's painful question.

"Dad please, just answer my question?" the boy said in a soft voice, surprising both he and his father.

"Chris, please! I just want to get you home to your mother. She misses you almost as much as I do." The man continued as he ran his hand over the boy's features as if trying to memorize them all. "Come on we need to get going before Piper thinks that something is wrong. I'll talk to you about everything else later. Ok, son?"

"Alright Dad, whatever you say" he responded trying to keep his father from going over the edge. "Hey, whatever it is we can fix it"

"Damn it Chris" the man snapped "Why do you feel that you have to fix everything? It's not your job to take care of everybody all the time, it's our job to take care of you! So no, you're not going to fix anything. You are going to do what your mother and I tell you to do and maybe you won't get yourself killed this time around!" the man yelled out as he could feel all the guilt and the pain come back again and threaten to stop his heart from beating.

Chris stood in shock at what he just witnessed. His father was suffering so much because he missed him. Not his precious twice blessed son, but him, Christopher Perry Halliwell, the boy that no one ever noticed, the one who no one cared about.

He didn't know weather to feel good because he finally had his father's attention after so long, or to feel sad because of the agony that his father was going through at the moment. Then it hit him. After years of thinking that his father hated him and believing that he only loved his wonderful more powerful son, he realized that his father did love him, well at least this version did and all he had to do was die, great, just great.

"I'm sorry Dad. I'll do whatever you tell me to do, no questions asked. Now come on we should get back to Mom before she sends an army after us" he finished with a smile trying to reassure the man.

"I'm so sorry Chris. I didn't mean to yell at you. I know you don't like me very much…" the started before his son cut him off.

"It's ok. I know you're hurting a lot right now but if it's any consolation, I'm glad you're here." he said giving his father another hug. "Come on, let's get out of here" Leo then gave his son a half smile before the pair orbed out, heading back to Halliwell Manor.

Personal Thanks

Karone Evertree-I hope so! I worked hard for those reviews. LOL Yeah they really screwed up Chris's story line on the show. They could have done so much with his charter but the writers were just too lazy to do so. Any how thanks for the review and I hope you like this chapter as well.

IcantthinkofaFnick- Sí en esta historia usted realmente tiene que sentirse para el piper. Ella sabe que su hijo va a morir y ella tiene que tratar de todo el diversas emociones que rodean el "incidente" entonces ella tiene que mirar a leo excesivo quién todavía se está ocupando del perder, todo el rato que mira su último convite del uno mismo su propio hijo tiene gusto de la basura. Es una situación resistente a estar en pero no se preocupa, el conclusión quiere feliz.

Sparkling Cherries- Thank you very much and please make it your business to update your story (That six letter word) SOON!

Night-Owl123-I'm glad you like the chapter and yes I plan on bringing one other person back, but sorry you're going to have to wait a while to find out who that person is. :)

Fire Gazer-Yeah it's really hard for the both of them to be that close to their son knowing what happened to him the last time and what may STILL happen.

Pita-Hee. Somebody likes drama. I'll see what I can do.

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Wwolf-Es ¡la autorización, allí no es ningún apologize(que recuerdo cómo la escuela puede ser, yuck de la necesidad!) Estoy De todos modos alegre que usted decidía a continuado con su historia y yo están mirando adelante a ¡su capítulo siguiente! Las gracias por la revisión y no se olvidan de decirme lo que usted pensado de este capítulo también.

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