Chapter Two- Diaries and Dinners

A couple of weeks had passed since Melissa's news, and Chris was still undecided on whether to tell his family about the baby, let alone tell Melissa about magic. But, he thought to himself as he ate his breakfast one morning, he couldn't keep it a secret much longer, especially as Melissa had recently discovered that she was, in fact, four months pregnant, which of course meant that she was beginning to show! He tried using the walk to school to clear his head, but it was no good, sooner or later the truth was going to come out, and it would be better coming from him than from some teacher at school. That's it, he thought, he would tell his family the news tonight!

It was a pretty uneventful day at Baker High, and as usual Melissa was no where to be seen, so he just went about his day, to all of his usual classes.

Back at the Manor, Piper was on one of her typical cleaning sprees, attacking dust and dirt in every space possible to reach. She was just in the middle of cleaning Chris's room, when she found a book that she had never seen before, hidden behind Chris's bed. It was not labelled or marked in any way, so being in an inquisitive mood, she decided to take a look. She had not been reading long, before she came to realise that this was Chris's diary, and was just about to close it (not wanting to invade his privacy), when she read:

Melissa's pregnant, I'm going to be a father!

What? She thought to herself, this can't be true, Chris is a good boy. However, on that very same thought, she shouted out loud: 'I'M GOING TO KILL HIM'!

'What's wrong honey, what did Chris do? Her husband Leo shouted in form the upstairs hallway, knowing that Piper was in his room

'Ummm nothing' She replied covering up what she had just found 'It's just that I told him to tidy this room weeks ago, and look at the mess in here!' Knowing that Leo would fall for this cover up.

'Do you want me to talk to him when he gets home?'

'No that's okay, I'll speak to him, I'm the scary parent, I have more authority' Piper replied, even managing to force a smile

It took a few moments for this news to actually sink in, allowing Piper to think about how she would handle this. Did she confront him? Or did she wait for him to tell her himself? She pondered these thoughts while cleaning his room. No, she thought, she would play with his thoughts about this, she wouldn't confront him, but instead would drop subtle hints and wait for him to own up! This was going to be fun!

Chris and Wyatt arrived home from school, talking happily, although neither of them had forgotten about their little talk just a couple of weeks before. They had just reached the kitchen when they met one angry mother

'Chris! We need to talk!'

'Mom I got homewo-'

'NOW!'

'Mom look I…I can explain!' Chris replied, guessing that Melissa's parents had called and told Piper the truth.

'Well I should think so young man, I told you to tidy your room weeks ago and it still looks like a demon has hit it!'

'Oh yeah, sorry Mom I guess it just slipped my mind. I'll go and do it now' Chris was suddenly felt a sense of relief that Piper didn't know the truth yet, and that he could tell her himself.

'Thank you!' Piper shouted up after him, knowing she had caused him to panic.

After Chris finished straightening out his room, he went down to the kitchen, where he met his parent having a heated discussion about a girl across the street.

'All I'm saying is that we don't know her Piper, maybe she can handle her situation'

'Hey what are you guys talking about?' Asked Chris, wondering what had made his parents have such a loud talk

'Just that some young girl across the street, about your age I think' Leo replied

'Well what about her?'

'She's gone and gotten herself pregnant and is about to become yet another one of the many teenage mothers in this city. Personally, I can't see how she will be able to cope with the responsibility at her age! What do you think honey?' Directing this at her youngest son.

'I dunno, I guess it depends on what kinda person she is, like dad said, we don't know her' She knew, she just had to or she would never had asked him that. Or maybe it was just a coincidence, he didn't know but he was going to tell them…..tonight!

By dinner time, Chris was ready to tell his family about the new Halliwell, but as he came down the stairs into the foyer, he had a big surprise. Stood in the dining room were his Aunt Phoebe, Uncle Jason, Aunt Paige and Uncle Kyle, all accompanied by their children Oh no! He had forgot about their family dinner, he definitely couldn't tell them now! As they all sat down to dinner, Chris was sure that Piper kept giving those 'I know there's something you're not telling' looks. They were half way through dinner when Piper brought up the subject of teenage pregnancy for the third time that night.

'I mean Pheebs can you imagine us when we were teenagers, trying to raise a child? We had enough trouble raising ourselves!'

'Yea I know what you mean, they're still just kids themselves' Phoebe replied oblivious to the fact that this was the exact predicament her nephew was in.

'I can't believe how stupid kids can be, they know all about protection and-

'Can we please stop talking about this now? Chris cut in

'Chris your mother and Aunt are trying to have a conversation, show some manners!' Leo shouted at his son

'No that's okay Leo. Whatsa matter Chris have I hit a nerve, is that a sore subject for you?' Piper asked him, in a very sarcastic manner

'No it's just that I'm fed up of you lot talking about the same old rubbish all the time!'

'YOUNG MAN YOU DO NOT SPEAK TO ANYONE LIKE THAT! AND DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MELISSA BEING PREGNANT WITH YOUR CHILD!'

'Mom, look I can….Who told you?

'I READ IT IN YOUR DIARY CHRIS!' Piper replied, becoming increasingly angry

'YOU READ MY DIARY!' shouted, obviously having inherited his mother's fiery temper

'You keep a diary? Phoebe added in, looking slightly confused 'Oh sorry'

Piper suddenly became aware that there were other people at the table, and allowed her voice to return to normal level.

'It's okay Phoebe, I'm off to bed anyway. I'll see you guys later' With that she made her way up the stairs without one backward glance at her youngest son.