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The Ties That Bind
Chapter Thirteen
"And the duo return." Paige observed as they re-appeared in the kitchen doorway and Wyatt decided to hurl another spoonful of peas at her. Piper's head re-appeared from a cupboard, arms full of ingredients to be put away.
"When did you get back?" Chris asked,
Piper answered for her youngest sister, "About a minute after you left. So I figure I can make cookies another time, maybe tomorrow after we get you some. More. Clothes. OFF THE CARPET! Now!"
Chris and Caden jumped into the kitchen completely, now standing (safely) on the tiled floor.
Chris mentally hit himself on the head. How could he forget that his mom hated it when they stood on the carpet with wet clothes? He wondered if she would do the towel thing now that he was twenty-two… there was no way Cadey could escape it, but he just might.
Sure enough, Piper was demanding Paige orb them towels within seconds of registering their soaking clothes and hair, in fact, if they were to walk Chris was certain their sneakers would make the annoying squish squelch squish squelch that he could remember from his childhood and playing out in the rain with Ryan.
Piper threw one towel around Cadey, another over her head and proceeded to rub furiously, muttering about no child of hers catching their deaths of a cold because of a freak rainstorm.
This was his chance to get away… to escape the embarrassment that Cadey was currently trying half-heartedly to resist.
"Oh no you don't mister, you stay put," Piper made sure Cadey was well and truly wrapped in the towel before taking the one from her head and moving on to Chris and giving him the third towel. At least she let him pull it around himself all on his own, but she wouldn't… wouldn't dream of…
She would, and Paige's laughter would haunt him for the rest of his days.
"Mom!"
If he'd hoped that would dissuade her, he was sorely mistaken. Not only did it cause Paige to laugh harder and have to hold onto the island and Wyatt's highchair for support, it caused Piper to start as well.
It probably didn't help that instead of coming out as angry, it came out as a pleading whine.
Piper finished with a satisfied smile, "There! See that wasn't too hard was it?"
"Mom I can dry my own hair. I'm a big boy now!"
"Actually," Cadey poked him on the arm, "You're not 'cause you're not even born yet. See." She pointed to their mom's stomach.
Chris rolled his eyes and ruffled her hair, "Smartass."
She responded by sticking out her tongue.
The front door shutting and Phoebe's voice ringing through the house cut off any further exchanges, "Hey guys, sorry I'm late but that storm was just so whoah I stopped for a while: didn't want to get blown into another lane, y'know?" She dropped her things onto the nearest kitchen counter, "Lucky it blew over so fast huh?"
Piper stopped mid-grin and faltered, checking the evening sky through the window -the clouds were all but gone, leaving the rapidly darkening sky clear save for the occasional patch left behind.
"Hm, almost like magic, that."
Chris froze. Oh that was not good. She could not guess that it was Cadey, not even in their future did she know about that power… of course they didn't really either, they suspected and covered all incidences up, until after… That Day.
"Would either of you know anything about that?"
"No!"
"Na-uh, nothin'."
They replied. Quickly. Too quickly? Piper's eyebrows went to meet her hairline again. Definitely too fast on the draw. Paige and Phoebe looked on, fascinated.
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
Time to draw out the old reliable excuse, "Mom it's future consequences, you know that. You already know way too much already."
"Don't give me that, was that storm caused by magic?"
Chris rolled his eyes for what felt like the umpteenth time in the last hour. He couldn't exactly say, 'Yeah mom, your youngest kid from the future that might not happen now that I've possibly permanently screwed up you and Leo anyway, well part of her powers influence weather and things like that we think it's something to do with when you were a Goddess and it's passed on to girls. Anyway she was upset and confused so the weather showed it, you know that on That Day a thunderstorm stretched for over a hundred miles and the sea was so rough the boats in the ports got thrown inland'? Oh yeah, that would go over really well. While he was at it he might as well explain all of Cadey's powers as well as all of his -that would go over great as well 'Oh mom? I forgot to mention that your eldest son, Wyatt? He binds all of your other children's powers so they won't be a threat, but he kills two of them anyway. By the way, now that Ryan and the Resistance found a way to unbind them, when I get really mad or really upset the ground will quake. You know after… That Day, I opened up a over two-hundred and fifty feet chasm outside of San Fransisco?'
All that he said aloud was,
"I don't think so, not by either of us anyway."
"Riiight." Phoebe was giving Cadey one of her 'I think I'm feeling what you're feeling' gaze, "Look, well sorry I was late, you can go shopping now."
Cadey took a step backwards, onto the carpet, and was pulled forward again just as quickly by their mom, "Huh?"
"I'll find you a top and, I've probably got a skirt that will fit you for now if we get a belt…" Paige hurried off muttering to herself, casting a wide grin their way.
Cadey gave the women a horrified stare, "A skirt?"
"Just until we get you some more clothes at the mall, a couple of pairs of jeans, sweatshirts, t-shirts."
"I don't need any clothes!"
"Honey, the ones you have on are soaked, what are you going to sleep in?" Piper asked, nabbing a comb from Phoebe to run through Caden's hair.
Caden played with the hem of her once light blue, now dark grey t-shirt. Chris knew what she was intending to sleep in: exactly what she had on, but his mom wouldn't understand. Clothing stores were still accessible to everyone here in this time.
Paige returned, clothes in hand and smiles brightly in place as she handed them over to a disturbed Caden who promptly got shooed away by Piper to put them on. Once said terrified child was away, Piper cornered Chris.
"And you are in dire need of a haircut."
"My hair's fine!" Chris defended, pushing part of his fringe out of the way.
"Oh, sweetie, when your fringe is past your eyebrows, then you need a haircut. Come with us, it'll just be a trim. I promise."
How could her say no to her? "Fine. A trim, all right? I like my hair as it is, mom."
Orbs filled the space behind Piper. "What's wrong with his hair?"
"Leo!" Piper span around and kissed him, causing Chris to raise his eyebrows. For a couple that were intending to get divorced, they were kissing for an awfully long time… they were kissing, and doing it a lot. Maybe things weren't as messed up as he thought they were? "We're about to go out… Chris needs a haircut and Cadey needs some spare clothes."
Chris decided to take a plunge. Since Leo was making an effort, he might as well test how far it went. For bonding and stuff. "Yeah, you want to come?"
"Do you want me to come?"
He shrugged, "Why not? Might be good."
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Author's Note: Eeeep! I'm SO sorry! I had like, major jetlag :S NY is a long way away from the Midlands :lol:
Heh... can you tell i get a little insecure? thank you guys for the reassurance (i know you didn't have too ) :D
Okies, I'm writing this seperate from the review thank yous 'cause i gotta go get a hair cut hehee, so I'll be uploading this by nine!
Review Thank You's and Replies To:
psychokitty3: Yuppo bonding is fun :) I made a little plan... lots of Chris/Leo bonding in about... chapter twenty :ahem:
kk241289: ended up being more than a weak... forgive me? pleeeeease? blame it on jetlag, illness and other stuff!
Love Angel 1705: Ooo what didn't you get? I can explain it if you want, like e-mail ya or something :)
Raya Halliwell: Oh no! Raya that's awful :( You have my hugs if you want them Raya
Queen of the Elven City: Heeey :) Heeheee Chris is like my ironic/sarcastic outlet... i love his character! Piper's pretty good for that too :)
ChArMeDcRaZiChIcK: totally sympathize with the homework there :) We should form a club! a Homework Is Evil Club! Grrrr.
ilovedrew88: Yeah yeah it's real hard for Cadey, lol...i just needed to get some info out lol. She's annoying me now... may just have her killed off :ahem heehee:
Kelie: You will indeed! I try and put little bits in every chapter, even if it's only a tiny clue. Course sometimes i do forget, or it just doesn't fit. Maybe i should start a countdown to a Major Reveal?
confused: It's both. Well, her NAME is Caden, and her NICKname is Cadey. And like normal nicknames they're interchangeable in thought and speech... uuhhh, lol trying to think of an example... okay.
I have a friend called Charlotte, but my nicknames for her are Char, Charlie and C. I call her all three plus Charlotte, i usually think "char" and say "charlie" and "charlotte", except for when i have a sore throat and then it's "char", and in my phone and in texts/msn she's C..... phew. does that help?
The Ties That Bind
Chapter Thirteen
"And the duo return." Paige observed as they re-appeared in the kitchen doorway and Wyatt decided to hurl another spoonful of peas at her. Piper's head re-appeared from a cupboard, arms full of ingredients to be put away.
"When did you get back?" Chris asked,
Piper answered for her youngest sister, "About a minute after you left. So I figure I can make cookies another time, maybe tomorrow after we get you some. More. Clothes. OFF THE CARPET! Now!"
Chris and Caden jumped into the kitchen completely, now standing (safely) on the tiled floor.
Chris mentally hit himself on the head. How could he forget that his mom hated it when they stood on the carpet with wet clothes? He wondered if she would do the towel thing now that he was twenty-two… there was no way Cadey could escape it, but he just might.
Sure enough, Piper was demanding Paige orb them towels within seconds of registering their soaking clothes and hair, in fact, if they were to walk Chris was certain their sneakers would make the annoying squish squelch squish squelch that he could remember from his childhood and playing out in the rain with Ryan.
Piper threw one towel around Cadey, another over her head and proceeded to rub furiously, muttering about no child of hers catching their deaths of a cold because of a freak rainstorm.
This was his chance to get away… to escape the embarrassment that Cadey was currently trying half-heartedly to resist.
"Oh no you don't mister, you stay put," Piper made sure Cadey was well and truly wrapped in the towel before taking the one from her head and moving on to Chris and giving him the third towel. At least she let him pull it around himself all on his own, but she wouldn't… wouldn't dream of…
She would, and Paige's laughter would haunt him for the rest of his days.
"Mom!"
If he'd hoped that would dissuade her, he was sorely mistaken. Not only did it cause Paige to laugh harder and have to hold onto the island and Wyatt's highchair for support, it caused Piper to start as well.
It probably didn't help that instead of coming out as angry, it came out as a pleading whine.
Piper finished with a satisfied smile, "There! See that wasn't too hard was it?"
"Mom I can dry my own hair. I'm a big boy now!"
"Actually," Cadey poked him on the arm, "You're not 'cause you're not even born yet. See." She pointed to their mom's stomach.
Chris rolled his eyes and ruffled her hair, "Smartass."
She responded by sticking out her tongue.
The front door shutting and Phoebe's voice ringing through the house cut off any further exchanges, "Hey guys, sorry I'm late but that storm was just so whoah I stopped for a while: didn't want to get blown into another lane, y'know?" She dropped her things onto the nearest kitchen counter, "Lucky it blew over so fast huh?"
Piper stopped mid-grin and faltered, checking the evening sky through the window -the clouds were all but gone, leaving the rapidly darkening sky clear save for the occasional patch left behind.
"Hm, almost like magic, that."
Chris froze. Oh that was not good. She could not guess that it was Cadey, not even in their future did she know about that power… of course they didn't really either, they suspected and covered all incidences up, until after… That Day.
"Would either of you know anything about that?"
"No!"
"Na-uh, nothin'."
They replied. Quickly. Too quickly? Piper's eyebrows went to meet her hairline again. Definitely too fast on the draw. Paige and Phoebe looked on, fascinated.
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
Time to draw out the old reliable excuse, "Mom it's future consequences, you know that. You already know way too much already."
"Don't give me that, was that storm caused by magic?"
Chris rolled his eyes for what felt like the umpteenth time in the last hour. He couldn't exactly say, 'Yeah mom, your youngest kid from the future that might not happen now that I've possibly permanently screwed up you and Leo anyway, well part of her powers influence weather and things like that we think it's something to do with when you were a Goddess and it's passed on to girls. Anyway she was upset and confused so the weather showed it, you know that on That Day a thunderstorm stretched for over a hundred miles and the sea was so rough the boats in the ports got thrown inland'? Oh yeah, that would go over really well. While he was at it he might as well explain all of Cadey's powers as well as all of his -that would go over great as well 'Oh mom? I forgot to mention that your eldest son, Wyatt? He binds all of your other children's powers so they won't be a threat, but he kills two of them anyway. By the way, now that Ryan and the Resistance found a way to unbind them, when I get really mad or really upset the ground will quake. You know after… That Day, I opened up a over two-hundred and fifty feet chasm outside of San Fransisco?'
All that he said aloud was,
"I don't think so, not by either of us anyway."
"Riiight." Phoebe was giving Cadey one of her 'I think I'm feeling what you're feeling' gaze, "Look, well sorry I was late, you can go shopping now."
Cadey took a step backwards, onto the carpet, and was pulled forward again just as quickly by their mom, "Huh?"
"I'll find you a top and, I've probably got a skirt that will fit you for now if we get a belt…" Paige hurried off muttering to herself, casting a wide grin their way.
Cadey gave the women a horrified stare, "A skirt?"
"Just until we get you some more clothes at the mall, a couple of pairs of jeans, sweatshirts, t-shirts."
"I don't need any clothes!"
"Honey, the ones you have on are soaked, what are you going to sleep in?" Piper asked, nabbing a comb from Phoebe to run through Caden's hair.
Caden played with the hem of her once light blue, now dark grey t-shirt. Chris knew what she was intending to sleep in: exactly what she had on, but his mom wouldn't understand. Clothing stores were still accessible to everyone here in this time.
Paige returned, clothes in hand and smiles brightly in place as she handed them over to a disturbed Caden who promptly got shooed away by Piper to put them on. Once said terrified child was away, Piper cornered Chris.
"And you are in dire need of a haircut."
"My hair's fine!" Chris defended, pushing part of his fringe out of the way.
"Oh, sweetie, when your fringe is past your eyebrows, then you need a haircut. Come with us, it'll just be a trim. I promise."
How could her say no to her? "Fine. A trim, all right? I like my hair as it is, mom."
Orbs filled the space behind Piper. "What's wrong with his hair?"
"Leo!" Piper span around and kissed him, causing Chris to raise his eyebrows. For a couple that were intending to get divorced, they were kissing for an awfully long time… they were kissing, and doing it a lot. Maybe things weren't as messed up as he thought they were? "We're about to go out… Chris needs a haircut and Cadey needs some spare clothes."
Chris decided to take a plunge. Since Leo was making an effort, he might as well test how far it went. For bonding and stuff. "Yeah, you want to come?"
"Do you want me to come?"
He shrugged, "Why not? Might be good."
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Author's Note: Eeeep! I'm SO sorry! I had like, major jetlag :S NY is a long way away from the Midlands :lol:
Heh... can you tell i get a little insecure? thank you guys for the reassurance (i know you didn't have too ) :D
Okies, I'm writing this seperate from the review thank yous 'cause i gotta go get a hair cut hehee, so I'll be uploading this by nine!
Review Thank You's and Replies To:
psychokitty3: Yuppo bonding is fun :) I made a little plan... lots of Chris/Leo bonding in about... chapter twenty :ahem:
kk241289: ended up being more than a weak... forgive me? pleeeeease? blame it on jetlag, illness and other stuff!
Love Angel 1705: Ooo what didn't you get? I can explain it if you want, like e-mail ya or something :)
Raya Halliwell: Oh no! Raya that's awful :( You have my hugs if you want them Raya
Queen of the Elven City: Heeey :) Heeheee Chris is like my ironic/sarcastic outlet... i love his character! Piper's pretty good for that too :)
ChArMeDcRaZiChIcK: totally sympathize with the homework there :) We should form a club! a Homework Is Evil Club! Grrrr.
ilovedrew88: Yeah yeah it's real hard for Cadey, lol...i just needed to get some info out lol. She's annoying me now... may just have her killed off :ahem heehee:
Kelie: You will indeed! I try and put little bits in every chapter, even if it's only a tiny clue. Course sometimes i do forget, or it just doesn't fit. Maybe i should start a countdown to a Major Reveal?
confused: It's both. Well, her NAME is Caden, and her NICKname is Cadey. And like normal nicknames they're interchangeable in thought and speech... uuhhh, lol trying to think of an example... okay.
I have a friend called Charlotte, but my nicknames for her are Char, Charlie and C. I call her all three plus Charlotte, i usually think "char" and say "charlie" and "charlotte", except for when i have a sore throat and then it's "char", and in my phone and in texts/msn she's C..... phew. does that help?
