Chapter 5

A bleary-eyed Chris entered the kitchen with his hair sticking out in places. The adult occupants of the manor all stared at him, unsure of what to say. Seeing this, Piper quickly said, "Morning sweetie, did you have a nice sleep." Chris muttered something inaudible under his breathe, a clear sign that he hadn't completely woken up yet.

"Never mind then, come here and have your breakfast before it turns cold."

"Yeah sweetie, quickly eat your breakfast. We have a long day ahead of us", Paige added. After a long night of insomnia pondering over Chris, it still required a bit of processing and getting used to the fact that Chris is her nephew.

"What long day?" asked the now almost-awake Chris.

"Oh right, you didn't know. We are going to the beach today," Phoebe answered.

"Realli" Chris asked loudly and excitedly, now fully awake.

"Yeah buddy, you like going to the beach huh?" replied Leo, who had been silent all this while. He was the only one who hadn't spoken to Chris since his entrance in the kitchen a few minutes ago. Seeing as how all the sisters had said something to Chris except for him, Leo desperately wanted to a part of his son's life and seek his forgiveness for how he treated his son but did not know how to go about doing so. In fact, if Leo hadn't spoken, they would have forgotten about his presence given their preoccupation with Chris.

Chris slightly back away towards his mother when Leo spoke as he was a little afraid of Leo given his outburst the day before. A glimmer of hurt flashed across his face as he saw his son retreating from him. Piper caught the sadness from Leo and beckoned Chris towards Leo, assuring him that everything was alright and daddy wasn't going to hurt him.

"Yeah champ, daddy isn't gonna hurt you. Daddy's very sorry about yesterday. Come here." Leo said as he moved closer to Chris.

Chris, however was still unsure and look to his mother. Piper nodded to Chris and Chris slowly walked towards Leo. Leo gathered Chris in his arms and hugged him, then looking into Chris's eyes , he noticed at that moment what he had failed to notice before- where the ever-suspicious Chris got his eyes from. He whispered how sorry he was and how he was going to make it up to him before Piper interrupted that Chris had to finish his breakfast and they had to get going soon.

Leo sighed, a little upset at having his moment with Chris interrupted as he could tell from Chris's eyes that the he was very close to gaining the boy's trust and forgiveness. Slowly, he set Chris down on the chair to allow him to eat his breakfast.

Looking up, he saw Piper looking at the two of them with a smile on her face and she offered him a warm smile which he returned. Although he was angry that Piper had interrupted their moment, he was glad that he was finally getting through to Chris.

Piper sat on the mat, her feet touching the smooth, fine, soft sand, staring into the distance. Ahhhhhhh, the beach- Sun, Sand and Boys. So far, the trip has been progressing very well. Everybody was enjoying themselves, her sisters were, no surprise on the other side of the beach checking the males out. And her boys were having the time of their life, all laughing away. They looked just like the perfect angels that they are.

She had never seen Chris laughed so much, of course enjoying himself would never be expected from their neurotic resident whitelighter, and it seemed as if he had forgotten all of the previous day's events and enjoyed the company of his father.

Piper had never imagined going out with her whitelighter yet now they were all at the beach together as one whole family but of course, it had also never crossed her mind that he could be her son. It just feels so right that they were now a happy family but the situation was still weirs that her eldest was now the younger son.

"Be careful, boys." She shouted to the trio but she knew that there was no such need especially when Leo was the one taking care of them. Leo would never let anything happen the boys.

After the words departed from her mouth, she saw Chris running towards her.

"Mommy, come play with us."

"Ok sweetie", Piper replied as she got to her feet and started chasing Chris on the beach, while Chris ran away from her, screaming and giggling.

She caught him and started tickling him. Chris struggled against her grasp but failed miserably in doing so. Leo came running with Wyatt, exclaiming in horror "Oh no Wyatt look who's gotten Chris. We have to save him."

The baby in Leo's arms giggled as well, highly amused and excited. The two boys' unison giggles brought smiles to their parents' face as Leo and Piper exchanged looks.

Wyatt lied beside his mother as she laid down to rest. He was not tired yet his mommy told his daddy that he was, a while back. So, Wyatt was stuck on the mat while Chris and daddy continued to play. From where he was, they were nowhere in sight. While Wyatt was jealous of all the attention that Chris was getting from daddy, he was happy as Aunt Paige bought huge ice-cream a while ago and Chris shared his with Wyatt though mommy did not like him to eat too much ice-cream as she felt that they were unhealthy for babies.

Also, he had been quite a while since they had come to the beach since daddy did not come so much nowadays and even when he did, they either went to the park or the zoo where some of the animals were really smelly and scary.

He also knew that Chris was his brother the moment he saw him, he could feel the strong bond and connection with him even if he could not speak and tell mommy or daddy. He was able to feel Chris's pain everytime mommy or daddy hurt Chris even though Chris had always tried to conceal his pain. Their brother's bond was just more powerful than that. What confused him now was why Chris had grown smaller within a day. Wyatt was very sure he was Chris even if he couldn't recognize him physically.

"Look Wy, seashells."

"Mommy, these are for you."

"Why thank you sweetheart, they are very pretty. Aren't you a sweet little boy. C'here and let me give all my sweet little angels kisses" Piper said as she leaned forward and smothered her boys with kisses.

"Only the little angels?" asked Leo.

"Leo, not in front of the boys but fine one for my big angel then."

"Ewwwwwwwww…" Chris said as he covered his eyes and Wyatt's with his hands.

"Now now Leo why don't you go get the girls and then we can go home" Piper said as she broke away from the kiss.

"So soon?" Chris whined, "Can we stay awhile longer please, mommy?" Chris pouted, showing his best puppy dog eyes.

Piper's heart melted but she did not budge "no Chris, it's getting late and you are tired already"

"Am not"

He could not protest any further as Leo returned with the sisters and almost immediately, they started telling Piper about all the cute boys that they had met. Phoebe was still going on incessantly even when they were heading towards the car so as he couldn't get his mother's attention, Chris had given up all thought of persuading her to letting him stay. He rested his head against his father's shoulder and sucked on his thumb, letting himself succumb to sleep.

On the ride home, Piper couldn't help but keep glancing in the rearview mirror at her two sleeping angels.

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

I know this is a lousy chapter cos I lost steam after not writing for such a long time. So once again I'm gonna say the same thing. Pls R & R and tell me what you think. This could be the last chapter cos I have run out of ideas. Sorry for the long delay cos I was busy trying to prepare for my exams but I say all hope is lost, I can only pray. Thx for all the reviews and just to clear things up, Chris is 16 but he did a glamour to make himself look older. And as for the Wyatt POV's part, he is a very perceptive and special kid just like how he switched Leo and Piper's identity.