Authors note: Hey this is a sequel to "Slip of the tongue", so if you
haven't read it, you might wanna go do that now, oh and please review while
you're there (only kiddin'! :o) ) If you couldn't be bothered to read it
(but please do!) then here is a brief and I mean brief summary of it: Chris
accidentally called Piper mom, thus letting his secret out, then there's
this whole deal with this demon/darklighter/thingie called the 'Ledger' who
wanted to be the next Source, but in the end he got vanquished, oh and Leo
found out about Chris during all of this!
Oh some people reviewed Slip of the tongue after I wrote my thank you list, so thanks to Emerald Silver, lil-whitelighter111488, Billie Kizer. Oh and Gryffindor620 I get what you meant now so I'm sorry if I offended you in any way!
Oh and although I'm quite bad when it comes to spoilers, I don't really know what's happening with Paige and Richard, so in my story she still lives at his place, and he's still kinda obsessed with magic. Anyway enough of my blabbering and on this the story.... hope you guys like this....
Disclaimer: again with I own nothing of Charmed, just exercising my god given right to free speech, well it's technically not speech here, but you get what I mean anyway...
Hope you enjoy.......
Chapter 1
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon; Piper was busy in the kitchen, cooking. While Chris was playing with Wyatt at the table. Chris piled three blocks on top of one another, but Wyatt pushed them over giggling. Piper checked the oven to see how lunch was doing; satisfied she turned back to her sons.
"Ow." Piper whispered as little Chris kicked inside of her.
Piper went to put the milk back, stopping as she saw her sonogram picture stuck on the fridge door, she remembered that day well.
Chris had asked her how the doctors had gone and she had shown him the picture.
"Congratulations, you're a boy!" She had said sarcastically. Chris had looked at himself, then back at Piper.
"Kinda figured as much!" They both laughed.
It was a happy moment, and Piper seemed to be lacking in those at the moment.
"Chris?"
"Yeah?" Chris said never taking his eyes off Wyatt. Piper placed her hand on her ever-growing bump of a stomach.
"You know when it's time for you to be born, do you think you could just orb out of my stomach and save me from the pain?"
Chris somewhat startled by the question, looked up at his mother and saw the playful look on her face. Realising she was joking, he smiled and replied.
"Not likely."
"Figured as much, but a girls gotta try!" Piper said her smile growing; today was starting to look up.
"What are you guys going?" Leo asked as he walked into the kitchen and sank into a chair.
"Leo what are you doing here?" Chris asked as he began stacking the blocks for Wyatt again.
"I live here!" Leo stated slightly hurt.
"Could've fooled me!" Chris said.
Leo was stung be the comment for two reasons. A) It had been almost a month since Chris' secret had been let out and Chris still called him 'Leo', whereas he had called Piper 'mom' ever since, except for a few slip ups, as Chris had gotten into the habit of calling her 'Piper'. And B) When Leo had found out the truth, he had told the other elders that he was going to live on earth with his family, but it was proving to be more difficult than he had originally thought. He was exhausted from living a double life, one on earth and one in the heavens.
"Chris!" Piper exclaimed in a scolding tone only mothers can do.
"I'm doing the best I can." Leo stated quietly.
"Sorry." Chris said, looking at neither of his parents.
That was another habit Chris was having trouble breaking. He couldn't help it, but whenever Leo was around he got very defensive. Chris had decided to give Leo a chance, to right the wrongs he had done in Chris' past but he still couldn't entirely let go of his grudge against him, and he definitely couldn't call him dad yet, not just yet anyway, Leo had to earn that.
"You staying for lunch?" Piper asked her husband.
"Yeah..." Everyone looked to the ceiling as they heard the all too familiar jingle from the other elders. "I'm sorry, save me some?" Leo asked as he stood up from his chair, he felt a bit light-headed as his vision clouded slightly.
"Bye." Leo plastered a smile on his face, trying to hide how much energy it took out of him to orb, then he disappeared in a swirl of bright light.
"Chris give your father a break ok?"
"I said I was sorry!"
Piper rolled her eyes.
"Just go get Phoebe and Paige, lunch is about ready." Piper said as she put oven gloves on.
"Ok." Chris said as he slid off his chair and disappeared out the door.
The entire family minus Leo sat around the table.
"Where's Leo?" Paige asked as she shovelled another forkful of Piper's casserole into her mouth.
"Duty calls." Chris said sarcastically which earned him a stern look from Piper.
"Poor guy, you'd think they could at least cut him a little slack." Phoebe said.
"Apparently not!" Piper replied, although she had shouted at Chris earlier for saying it, Piper knew he was right, Leo wasn't around that much. Everytime they tried to do something normal, like lunch or taking Wyatt to the park, he got called away and part of her couldn't help but think that the elders were doing it on purpose because it wouldn't be the first time they had tried to keep Leo and her apart. Chris remained silent, as he couldn't help but feel like history was starting to repeat itself.
After a long pause, Phoebe broke the silence.
"Well, I've got to go to work." Phoebe said as she stared to clear away the plates.
"It's Sunday!" Piper stated.
"Yeah I know but the computers crashed and they lost my column so I have to rewrite it."
"Yeah and I better get back to Richard."
"Ok." Piper and Chris replied in unison, both in a very unenthusiastic tone.
Phoebe took the plates into the kitchen and Paige followed.
"We have gotta do something to cheer them up!"
"Yeah I totally agree but what can we do?"
"I don't know." Paige shrugged, both were worried for their sister, they didn't think she could cope losing Leo again, but both hoped it wouldn't come to that, that they would find some way to work it out!
"Well she booked Sarah Mclachlan at the club tonight, so we'll drag them all there and make sure they have some fun!"
"I believe that there is a plan." Paige said smiling.
Later that night they all sat at the bar at P3. Leo looked like he was going to fall asleep at any moment, Piper was lost in her own thoughts and Chris seemed to be drowning in his sorrows by how quickly he was downing his beer.
Paige and Phoebe exchanged glanced, knowing they had to do something fast.
"So..." Paige began, but stopped as she realised she actually had nothing to say.
"Well Sarah Mclachlan definitely pulls in the crowds!" Phoebe stated, she too was running out of fillers for this very one side conversation. Piper only nodded in reply as she looked out over the dance floor and watched people dance to Sarah's song 'Stupid'.
'Ok that didn't work, now what?' Phoebe thought, then she noticed a blonde girl on the other side of the bar; she was looking Chris up and down, smiling.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures." Phoebe whispered in Paige's ear, before sliding off the barstool and walking over to Chris.
"That girl is totally checking you out, why don't you ask her to dance?" Chris looked at her sceptically.
He took another swig of his beer then quietly replied. "I don't think so."
"Oh come on, you gotta live a little!" Phoebe said nudging him with her elbow.
"Live a little?" He sounded almost offended and Phoebe looked to Paige for backup, but Chris continued. "Okay I came here for a reason, and if I succeed and save Wyatt, and go back home, I'm hoping she'll be there!" Chris said his voice getting a little louder, he pulled his hand out of his pocket and held out Bianca's engagement ring.
Phoebe suddenly felt awful, she was only trying to cheer Chris up, but she realised she might have just made things worse.
"I'm sorry." Phoebe said sincerely, hoping she hadn't hurt Chris' feelings too much, but Chris didn't reply, only he drained what was left of his beer.
"Another!" Chris said to the barman.
"Don't you think you've had enough?" The bartender asked.
"No I don't!" Chris shot back defensively.
"It's ok Seth just give him one more." Piper said, she was now feeling worse too, Chris had said something that had completely slipped her mind. She had forgot that at some point Chris was going to have to return to the future, and she didn't want him to leave. A month ago she had felt like she had got her family back and she felt whole, but now she felt like she was losing them again, and she really didn't like that feeling.
"Ok Piper, you're the boss." Seth replied as he placed another beer in front of Chris.
Phoebe sighed, not knowing what to do next, she didn't want to keep digging, as the hole she was in was getting pretty deep. Instead she turned to Paige and asked, "Paige you wanna dance?" Pulling Paige off her stool and onto the dance floor without waiting for an answer. Once they were out of earshot.
"I think I made a bad thing worse!" Phoebe said, still feeling bad about how she had forgotten about Chris' fiancé, she hadn't meant to come off that uncaring.
"I'm running out of ideas too, and they are acting weird and not just because of what's happening at the moment...I don't know...they just seem different somehow...acting a little more strange than usual!" Paige exclaimed, not really knowing how to put what she felt in words, but she knew something just wasn't right.
"You mean you think something magical is going on?" Phoebe asked, she knew things this past week or two had started to go downhill, and everyone was feeling the strain, but was it demonic related? She didn't really think so, but she knew to trust Paige's instincts, as they hadn't lead them wrong before.
"I don't know, it could just be me overreacting, but like I said something just doesn't feel right."
Meanwhile at the bar, not much was happening, Piper was losing herself in the music, Chris was losing himself in his alcohol, and Leo actually managed to doze off for a few seconds, that is until he got called away by the elders, yet again.
"Oh great, just great!" He kissed Piper on the cheek, said his apologises and goodbyes, then sneaked off the Piper's office, where orbed out muttering. "What is it now?"
Back at the bar, Piper and Chris both shivered at the same time, you know that feeling when people say that someone just walked over your grave, that deep cold tinglely feeling that goes all the way down your spine.
"Something's not right!" They both said in unison.
.........
And that's the best cliff-hanger I could come up with, I know this chapter is kinda depressing, but it will all make sense soon enough, hope you guys liked it and I know most of this chapter is fluff, but it's my introduction, so I kinda need it, oh and I hope this didn't disappoint anyone, and lived up to expectations, anyway I'm done babbling so goodnight, oh and before I forget please please review! Thankyou :o)
Ps oh and one last thing, I'm overloaded with schoolwork at the moment so I don't know how often I will be able to update, just a warning! Bye
Oh some people reviewed Slip of the tongue after I wrote my thank you list, so thanks to Emerald Silver, lil-whitelighter111488, Billie Kizer. Oh and Gryffindor620 I get what you meant now so I'm sorry if I offended you in any way!
Oh and although I'm quite bad when it comes to spoilers, I don't really know what's happening with Paige and Richard, so in my story she still lives at his place, and he's still kinda obsessed with magic. Anyway enough of my blabbering and on this the story.... hope you guys like this....
Disclaimer: again with I own nothing of Charmed, just exercising my god given right to free speech, well it's technically not speech here, but you get what I mean anyway...
Hope you enjoy.......
Chapter 1
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon; Piper was busy in the kitchen, cooking. While Chris was playing with Wyatt at the table. Chris piled three blocks on top of one another, but Wyatt pushed them over giggling. Piper checked the oven to see how lunch was doing; satisfied she turned back to her sons.
"Ow." Piper whispered as little Chris kicked inside of her.
Piper went to put the milk back, stopping as she saw her sonogram picture stuck on the fridge door, she remembered that day well.
Chris had asked her how the doctors had gone and she had shown him the picture.
"Congratulations, you're a boy!" She had said sarcastically. Chris had looked at himself, then back at Piper.
"Kinda figured as much!" They both laughed.
It was a happy moment, and Piper seemed to be lacking in those at the moment.
"Chris?"
"Yeah?" Chris said never taking his eyes off Wyatt. Piper placed her hand on her ever-growing bump of a stomach.
"You know when it's time for you to be born, do you think you could just orb out of my stomach and save me from the pain?"
Chris somewhat startled by the question, looked up at his mother and saw the playful look on her face. Realising she was joking, he smiled and replied.
"Not likely."
"Figured as much, but a girls gotta try!" Piper said her smile growing; today was starting to look up.
"What are you guys going?" Leo asked as he walked into the kitchen and sank into a chair.
"Leo what are you doing here?" Chris asked as he began stacking the blocks for Wyatt again.
"I live here!" Leo stated slightly hurt.
"Could've fooled me!" Chris said.
Leo was stung be the comment for two reasons. A) It had been almost a month since Chris' secret had been let out and Chris still called him 'Leo', whereas he had called Piper 'mom' ever since, except for a few slip ups, as Chris had gotten into the habit of calling her 'Piper'. And B) When Leo had found out the truth, he had told the other elders that he was going to live on earth with his family, but it was proving to be more difficult than he had originally thought. He was exhausted from living a double life, one on earth and one in the heavens.
"Chris!" Piper exclaimed in a scolding tone only mothers can do.
"I'm doing the best I can." Leo stated quietly.
"Sorry." Chris said, looking at neither of his parents.
That was another habit Chris was having trouble breaking. He couldn't help it, but whenever Leo was around he got very defensive. Chris had decided to give Leo a chance, to right the wrongs he had done in Chris' past but he still couldn't entirely let go of his grudge against him, and he definitely couldn't call him dad yet, not just yet anyway, Leo had to earn that.
"You staying for lunch?" Piper asked her husband.
"Yeah..." Everyone looked to the ceiling as they heard the all too familiar jingle from the other elders. "I'm sorry, save me some?" Leo asked as he stood up from his chair, he felt a bit light-headed as his vision clouded slightly.
"Bye." Leo plastered a smile on his face, trying to hide how much energy it took out of him to orb, then he disappeared in a swirl of bright light.
"Chris give your father a break ok?"
"I said I was sorry!"
Piper rolled her eyes.
"Just go get Phoebe and Paige, lunch is about ready." Piper said as she put oven gloves on.
"Ok." Chris said as he slid off his chair and disappeared out the door.
The entire family minus Leo sat around the table.
"Where's Leo?" Paige asked as she shovelled another forkful of Piper's casserole into her mouth.
"Duty calls." Chris said sarcastically which earned him a stern look from Piper.
"Poor guy, you'd think they could at least cut him a little slack." Phoebe said.
"Apparently not!" Piper replied, although she had shouted at Chris earlier for saying it, Piper knew he was right, Leo wasn't around that much. Everytime they tried to do something normal, like lunch or taking Wyatt to the park, he got called away and part of her couldn't help but think that the elders were doing it on purpose because it wouldn't be the first time they had tried to keep Leo and her apart. Chris remained silent, as he couldn't help but feel like history was starting to repeat itself.
After a long pause, Phoebe broke the silence.
"Well, I've got to go to work." Phoebe said as she stared to clear away the plates.
"It's Sunday!" Piper stated.
"Yeah I know but the computers crashed and they lost my column so I have to rewrite it."
"Yeah and I better get back to Richard."
"Ok." Piper and Chris replied in unison, both in a very unenthusiastic tone.
Phoebe took the plates into the kitchen and Paige followed.
"We have gotta do something to cheer them up!"
"Yeah I totally agree but what can we do?"
"I don't know." Paige shrugged, both were worried for their sister, they didn't think she could cope losing Leo again, but both hoped it wouldn't come to that, that they would find some way to work it out!
"Well she booked Sarah Mclachlan at the club tonight, so we'll drag them all there and make sure they have some fun!"
"I believe that there is a plan." Paige said smiling.
Later that night they all sat at the bar at P3. Leo looked like he was going to fall asleep at any moment, Piper was lost in her own thoughts and Chris seemed to be drowning in his sorrows by how quickly he was downing his beer.
Paige and Phoebe exchanged glanced, knowing they had to do something fast.
"So..." Paige began, but stopped as she realised she actually had nothing to say.
"Well Sarah Mclachlan definitely pulls in the crowds!" Phoebe stated, she too was running out of fillers for this very one side conversation. Piper only nodded in reply as she looked out over the dance floor and watched people dance to Sarah's song 'Stupid'.
'Ok that didn't work, now what?' Phoebe thought, then she noticed a blonde girl on the other side of the bar; she was looking Chris up and down, smiling.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures." Phoebe whispered in Paige's ear, before sliding off the barstool and walking over to Chris.
"That girl is totally checking you out, why don't you ask her to dance?" Chris looked at her sceptically.
He took another swig of his beer then quietly replied. "I don't think so."
"Oh come on, you gotta live a little!" Phoebe said nudging him with her elbow.
"Live a little?" He sounded almost offended and Phoebe looked to Paige for backup, but Chris continued. "Okay I came here for a reason, and if I succeed and save Wyatt, and go back home, I'm hoping she'll be there!" Chris said his voice getting a little louder, he pulled his hand out of his pocket and held out Bianca's engagement ring.
Phoebe suddenly felt awful, she was only trying to cheer Chris up, but she realised she might have just made things worse.
"I'm sorry." Phoebe said sincerely, hoping she hadn't hurt Chris' feelings too much, but Chris didn't reply, only he drained what was left of his beer.
"Another!" Chris said to the barman.
"Don't you think you've had enough?" The bartender asked.
"No I don't!" Chris shot back defensively.
"It's ok Seth just give him one more." Piper said, she was now feeling worse too, Chris had said something that had completely slipped her mind. She had forgot that at some point Chris was going to have to return to the future, and she didn't want him to leave. A month ago she had felt like she had got her family back and she felt whole, but now she felt like she was losing them again, and she really didn't like that feeling.
"Ok Piper, you're the boss." Seth replied as he placed another beer in front of Chris.
Phoebe sighed, not knowing what to do next, she didn't want to keep digging, as the hole she was in was getting pretty deep. Instead she turned to Paige and asked, "Paige you wanna dance?" Pulling Paige off her stool and onto the dance floor without waiting for an answer. Once they were out of earshot.
"I think I made a bad thing worse!" Phoebe said, still feeling bad about how she had forgotten about Chris' fiancé, she hadn't meant to come off that uncaring.
"I'm running out of ideas too, and they are acting weird and not just because of what's happening at the moment...I don't know...they just seem different somehow...acting a little more strange than usual!" Paige exclaimed, not really knowing how to put what she felt in words, but she knew something just wasn't right.
"You mean you think something magical is going on?" Phoebe asked, she knew things this past week or two had started to go downhill, and everyone was feeling the strain, but was it demonic related? She didn't really think so, but she knew to trust Paige's instincts, as they hadn't lead them wrong before.
"I don't know, it could just be me overreacting, but like I said something just doesn't feel right."
Meanwhile at the bar, not much was happening, Piper was losing herself in the music, Chris was losing himself in his alcohol, and Leo actually managed to doze off for a few seconds, that is until he got called away by the elders, yet again.
"Oh great, just great!" He kissed Piper on the cheek, said his apologises and goodbyes, then sneaked off the Piper's office, where orbed out muttering. "What is it now?"
Back at the bar, Piper and Chris both shivered at the same time, you know that feeling when people say that someone just walked over your grave, that deep cold tinglely feeling that goes all the way down your spine.
"Something's not right!" They both said in unison.
.........
And that's the best cliff-hanger I could come up with, I know this chapter is kinda depressing, but it will all make sense soon enough, hope you guys liked it and I know most of this chapter is fluff, but it's my introduction, so I kinda need it, oh and I hope this didn't disappoint anyone, and lived up to expectations, anyway I'm done babbling so goodnight, oh and before I forget please please review! Thankyou :o)
Ps oh and one last thing, I'm overloaded with schoolwork at the moment so I don't know how often I will be able to update, just a warning! Bye