Chapter 3

This was going to be great. It was his first day of school and he couldn't be more excited. He was anxious to make new friends and enjoy the freedom that he thought would come from not being under the watchful eye of his parents and aunts all day long. In fact he had gotten up extra early to making sure he had everything he needed in order for his big day.

The brown and red bricked building was now in sight and he could himself getting antsy and very eager to rush into the building and start his day.

"Are you sure you don't want me to walk you to your class room?" Wyatt spoke as he, his mother, father and little brother pulled up in front of the school building.

"I'm fine Wyatt, no quit bugging me!" the young boy said rolling his eyes in annoyance. His brother was way too over protective and never let him do anything alone. He always had to be there, right by his side practically smothering him. At times he was worse then their mother.

"Chris be nice to your brother. He just wants to make sure that you're ok" his mother warned.

"I know but Moooommmm I'm getting ready to start school for Pete's sake it's time to cut the apron strings already"

Leo and Piper looked at each other briefly trying hard not to laugh and encourage their son's smart mouth, something they should have prepared themselves for having met his older counter part.

"Hey just because you're going to school now doesn't mean that I have to stop being your big brother" complained Wyatt in a saddened voice. His little brother was growing up way too fast and didn't depend on him as much as he used to any more and it upset him.

"I know that Wyatt I just want to do things on my own now but don't worry if I need you I'll say so. Deal?" the young boy said reaching out a hand for his older brother to shake as a sign of a truce.

"Deal" replied Wyatt as the group exited the car.

"Ok buddy. Have a good day and if you have a bad day and want to come home you just call me and Daddy will come and get you, ok?" the man said not really wanting to let go of his baby.

"LEO!" screamed Piper as she swatted her husband on the arm. "Don't pay any attention to Daddy sweetie. You're going to have a wonderful day and when you get home you can tell us all about it" the woman said leaning to give her baby boy a kiss.

"MOM!" the boy screamed causing the woman to jump back and look around expecting to see a demon.

"What sweetie? What is it?"

"You were going to kiss me in public. Gees do you want to ruin my reputation and social life before I even get started"

Leo glanced up to see the shocked look on his wife's face and laughed out loud along with his eldest son but stopped almost instantly as she threw an annoyed and warning look his way.

"I'm sorry baby, it won't happen again" she said taking a step away from him with a sad look on her face.

Chris sighed now feeling guilty for being so mean to his Mom when she was just trying to show him how much she loved him and would miss him now that he's gone during the day and not home with her and his Daddy. He then walked over to the woman and threw his arms around her waist and hugged her as tightly as his little arms would allow him to and when he looked up at her he was glad to see a smile on her face.

"Hey what about me?" he heard his father's voice call out.

He then went over and hugged his Dad before saying his final good byes and walking into the school with his brother. That's when the anxiety set in.

School was nothing like he thought it would be. There were a lot of kids there. Lots more then he had even seen at magic school and some of them were HUGE. Like giants compared to him and all the busyness going on around him didn't help. Some kids and teachers were rushing through the halls, knocking into other people and making things fall out of their book bag which brought the hallway traffic to a stop. It was very intimidating for him.

"Okay Chris you go down there to room 109. Just follow the signs on the wall and you should get there without any problems. Ok?" Wyatt said as he watched his little brother shake his head.

"Ok"

"Good now I have to go upstairs so I'll see you later"

The older boy was all set to walk away when he felt someone grab his hand. Looking down he saw his little brother's worried face as he clung to his hand with all the strength he had.

"Please don't leave me Wy" he spoke softly with tears in his eyes not wanting to be separated from his older sibling.

"It's ok bro. I won't leave you. Ever" the boy said giving his brother a reassuring smile.

The two walked down the hallway hand and hand until they came to the kindergarten section.

"Well this it Chris"

The younger boy stuck his head in the room as he could see the teacher greeting all the students and parents walking into the classroom. They all seemed pretty nice but Chris still wasn't convinced.

"Are you going to stay with me?"

"Sorry Chris but I have to go to my class"

"But you promised that you would stay with me if I needed you to" the boy began to cry which alerted the teacher.

"Hi there. What's wrong sweetie?"

"Hi. I'm Wyatt and this is my brother Chris. He's supposed to be in your class and he's afraid to go in by himself. He wants me to stay with him but I have to go"

The brown skinned woman smiled slightly and looked between the two boys amazed by how close they appeared to be. Making up her mind to make the transition as easy on the boy as possible the woman spoke "Well how about this. How about I write your brother's teacher a note and let him stay with you for a few minutes, how does that sound Chris?"

Chris stopped crying and looked up at the nice friendly lady that was going to allow his brother to stay with him. "That would ok" he said feeling a little better.

"Good now what do you say we go in so you can meet some of your new friends"

The younger boy looked to his older brother who gave him an approving nod before they made their way into the class room. There Chris found the seat with his name on it and sat down as Wyatt pulled an extra chair from the back of the room and sat next to him.

"Hello class my name is Mrs. Ramsey and I will be your teacher for the year…"

The continued to talk as Wyatt stared at his little brother who seemed to be taking in the woman's every word as his hand remained safe in his elder brothers. The older boy smiled as he watched his little brother in action, introducing himself to the rest of the class.

"And this is my big brother Wyatt" he said giving him a smile. "He's in second grade but he's here with me right now because he wants to make sure that I'm ok and I'm glad because I have the best big brother in the whole wide world"

Once Chris was finished Mrs. Ramsey came over to Wyatt with the note to give to his teacher. He then retuned the chair to the back of the room and gave his brother a hug before heading down the hall.

All the way to his class room he smiled to himself as he thought, maybe he does need me after all.