Chapter 4

"Mommy" the word reverberated and resounded in Leo's ears. A thousand thoughts surfaced in his mind. Was it some kind of mistake or was he really his son? All children are innocent and most certainly do not lie but it could be yet another of Chris's elaborate plans to make them trust him. And then again was he even his son? Afterall, Piper and him are now officially divorced and Piper had been seeing some other guys, much to his disappointment. Of course it wasn't that he didn't trust Piper but anything could happen and such things aren't really for Leo to say. Not that Leo could do anything about it even if he was against it; it was really Piper's choice and he respect and will always support her decisions.

No, Chris just couldn't be his son. If any other kid on the street were to come up to him and say that he or she is Leo's child, he may have given the kid the benefit of the doubt but CHRIS! The whitelighter was the main cause of the breakup of his and Piper's marriage and Leo seriously doubt a kid would breakup his parents' marriage or even worse, risk his own existence. And especially after all this time Leo was convinced and determined that the kid was up to no good and the cause of his misery. Everything sane and logical in him screamed to say that it was not possible and untrue as it was what he wanted to believe while his subconscious knew otherwise.

"No. You are lying. You're a conniving and lying brat"

"Mommy" Chris cried out, afraid of Leo's accusing tone and ran to hide behind Piper.

"Leo, don't"

Looking over at Piper's expression and then thoroughly at Chris who was half covered by Piper, any doubts that Leo had were all gone. Chris was indeed his son; he had the facial features of his mother and his eyes. Not only had he failed to recognize his son but also all this while, Leo had been so determined to find an excuse to get rid of Chris; threatening to kill him in Valhalla, recycle his soul and send him back to the future………….

While Leo had been very suspicious and in a way curious about the secrets surrounding their whitelighter, he had not expected such a shocking revelation. Now, everything started to make sense; how Chris was able to get to the bridge when he was turned into a kid, and Piper's reaction towards him earlier.

Leo started feeling very guilty about it but at the same time he was upset and angry with Piper. Piper had obviously known Chris's identity but did not bother to tell him who he really was.

"Piper, why…….." Leo started but was cut off by Piper.

"Later, Leo"

"Chris, honey, I think its time for bed don't you think?"

"No its not"

"Yes it is"

"But I just woke up and we just had dinner"

"No buts. I say its bedtime and you had a long day. Come on now" Piper said as she picked up Wyatt too.

Upstairs in Piper's bedroom

"Mommy, why am I sleeping in your room?"

"Cos I want to protect you from the demon"

"What bout Wy?" Chris asked concerned about his brother.

"Don't worry, Daddy will take care of him."

"But daddy was really scary just now"

"Its not daddy's fault baby, it's the demon's. Daddy didn't mean to sound scary"

"But daddy doesn't like me"

"That's not true sweetheart"

"Yes it is. Daddy only like Wyatt. He never comes when I call him but always come for Wyatt"

"Its not true daddy loves both of you just the same" Piper said trying to reassure Chris but was rather shocked herself at this little piece of detail. Little boys may feel jealous over favoritisms and vy for attention but normally after a while they would forget about it and if a three year old could see and tell you that his daddy never comes for him, it could only mean one thing. Thinking back to the hostility between Chris and Leo, Piper had to admit that it had to be true though she did not want it to be so.

Before leaving the room, Piper said a little spell to make sure her boys were really asleep. She did not want any of her boys to overhear the conversation that they were going to have when she went down.

"Piper, why didn't you tell us who Chris really was?"

"I was planning to tell you when Chris was not around but didn't have the chance to do so and you totally blew it up Leo. You scared him."

"Sorry about that but how did you expect me to react? I mean we have all been very suspicious of his adult self and he just dropped that bomb. Naturally, I would like to think that he is lying. How's he"
"He's fine except for the fact that you scared him. If there's anybody you should feel sorry towards, it's him and he let out something while I was getting him to sleep."

"What did he say?"

"Well, let's just say that you did not get the Father of the year award"

"What's that supposed to mean"
"that means that you were too busy playing favorites to care about Chris."

"I wouldn't do that"
"I wouldn't be too sure, it came from Chris"
"Well, he's wrong and he's just a kid so what would he know"

"He's a bright kid so I say he knows a lot and you're lucky he's asleep so he wouldn't hear this conversation cos you are acting like big jerk Leo Wyatt. All you care about yourself and how you would never screw up. "

This seemed to wake Leo up, "so what do I do Piper? He probably hates me now."

"I'm sure he doesn't. He's just a kid, you can try to do something for him to make it up to him. " Piper replied softly, sorry for her own outburst.

"Ohh… we will bring him to the mall tomorrow to buy some clothes and toys since he wouldn't have any," Phoebe suddenly said, having been quiet all this while.

"Yeah and I will buy him the biggest ice-cream to make it up for all the things we've done to him" Paige added. Both sisters had been preoccupied with their own thoughts after Chris's revelation and had been MIA for quite a while.

"See, you can do little stuff like this to make it up to him. We can even go to the park or beach tomorrow if he wants to."

"And I will make sure that I accompany him the whole day. Forget about the other Elders, I wouldn't answer them even there is an impending apocalypse."

"There its gonna work out just fine although I'm not so sure about the impending apocalypse part." Piper said , a smile tugging at the end of her lips.

"Yeah it is. We are gonna the whole day together tomorrow, the whole family" Leo and her sisters agreed.

Everything's just gonna be fine. We will spend the whole day together and it will all work out. We will all make it up to him

PLS R & R and tell me if I should continue or end it off here cos as you can see it can go both ways. Thanks again to all those that have reviewed.