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The two boys stared at their father. Their father stared at their mother. Their mother focused only on her man. Their father got the message, he wasn't wanted. His eyes were stinging with unshed tears. His mind was reeling with unfair thoughts. Leo Wyatt wasn't in a very good place. He needed to get out.

"If anyone objects to the union of Piper Halliwell and Owen Johnson speak now or forever hold your peace" the priest then spoke.

His mouth opened, words started to come but then the words stopped, he couldn't get them out. All he could do was stare at the obviously in love couple standing at the alter. The priest continued speaking, his chance was gone and he'd have to hold his peace. He needed to get out, but the orbs weren't coming, he couldn't move, speak or do anything except stare.

The ceremony continued and it was a gorgeous one. Every guest in the house was moved by the beautiful vows Owen and Piper proclaimed to each other. They spoke little of their past but much of their future.

"I want to grow old with you" Piper had stated

"I don't want to live a second of my life without you" Owen had proclaimed

"Maybe god will be kind and let us die old and grey in each others arms" Piper had said

"Maybe God will be kind and let us have nothing but happiness in our times ahead" Owen had continued

"If good times are not on the cards, we will get through the bad as one" Piper was crying by now

"If good times are not on the cards, I know they will still be had, as long as I'm with you" Owen was close to tearing up himself

"We will be one" Piper started

"Wholly and completely" Owen continued

"Our hearts are bound"

"Nothing will tear them apart"

"In the here and now" said Piper

"In the here and now" said Owen

"I love you" said Piper

"As I love you" said Owen

"And we will love each other" they said together "for the rest of our days"

Rings were exchanged. Chris did his part. They were officially pronounced husband and wife, officially bound as one.

"You may now kiss the bride" said a joyous priest, and kiss they did. The hundred and two guests stood up and the applause broke out. Cheering, woof whistling, clapping and giggling. The kiss broke and hand in hand they turned to face their family and friends. Two huge grins were plastered on two beautiful faces.

Hand in hand, together as one, they walked their first walk as husband and wife. Down the isle to where her Grams and mom were waiting. Seconds before Piper's gaze had settled on her family two sets of blue orbs had left the building. The ex had left and Piper had had a Leo-free celebration. The sister had left not to be found.

Onto the reception the family went. Dancing, photos, speeches. The night was a blast. When cake time came, Piper and Owen went through the traditional process of feeding each other and were successful but found out later they were not the first to eat said cake. Two small handfuls had been taken out of the bottom and coincidently there were two adorable chocolate covered faces off to the side of the proceedings and both wore identical guilty but mischievous looks.

When the family arrived back at the manor things were a bit different. Some of the life had faded. Chris and little Patty were both sound asleep in a parents arm while Wyatt was yawning continuously and swaying while walking, his hand clasped firmly in his mothers. Owen and Piper were getting very anxious as their plane for Barbados left early in the morning and they hadn't finished packing yet. They were supposed to the previous night but they got a little side tracked with the family visit.

Once inside Owen reached out with his free arm, the other was supporting a snoozing Chris, and flipped on the light switch. The next thing he knew a fist had come out of nowhere and slammed into his left eye. His vision went blurry for a minute but the exclamation he heard from Piper told him all he needed.

"Leo!" she yelled. Owen's vision came back into focus and he was met with the seething face of Leo.

'What do you think you're doing" asked Owen angrily

"What am I doing? What are you doing?" Owen was about to answer when a small voice spoke from his shoulder

"Daddy?" asked Chris stirring "What's happening?"

"Chris I'm not in the mood, go to your room" answered Leo. Chris however ignored him and looked at Owen

"Daddy?" he asked again

"Orb to your room buddy, you too Wyatt" The boys quickly did as they were told. Owen hadn't taken his eyes off Leo and he looked really angry. Once the boys were gone Piper spoke up.

"Owen, honey calm down, he's not worth it" she said "This is our night, let's not let anything ruin it"

"Could the rest of you please go next door, Leo and I need to have a little chat" said Owen ignoring Piper

"I'm not going anywhere Owen" stated Piper and Victor and the rest of the family nodded in agreement. By now Leo had had enough

"Who the hell are you, you know about magic, you marry my wife, steal my kids. Who the hell are you" Leo yelled furiously

"I'm Piper's husband, something you already knew. I saw you there at the church today" Owen said this in a very low calm voice

"You know about magic, hows that possible" Leo said still yelling

"You think I'm a demon?" asked Owen slightly amused

"Oh come on Leo, do you really think I'd get married and not tell my groom the truth about me until after the wedding"

"The choice to tell him should have been discussed with the elders" said Leo "And you're letting some man steal my children Piper, I'm their father" After that Owen really blew up

"Stealing your children" he yelled "I can't believe you. Tell me Leo, about your kids, what do they like doing, what's there favourite movie, do they even like movies. Tell me how you can possibly call those kids your own, you don't even know them"

"You want to know about my kids, Wyatt was born in this very living room, right over there", he pointed to the table. "Piper's labour went for twelve hours. He faced his first demon not more then a week later. His first word was momma; he said it to wake Piper up. He's the bearer of Excalibur and he's the twice blessed child. His favourite stuffed toy was named Terry and his favourite dummy was the blue one. His favourite television show is, was Sesame Street. What else would you like to know?" asked Leo menacingly

"How about your other son, what's his name?" Owen asked sarcastically. The rest of the family was looking on at this fight not daring to get involved. Leo threw Owen a filthy look

"Christopher Perry Halliwell, after my father" he answered hotly

"Well done Leo, how about something else about your son" Owen was back into his state of deadly calmness

"He was born the day Wyatt was taken, he's five, he ah..." Leo faltered

"He's six, he had a birthday two months ago, one which you failed to show up to" stated Owen

"I wasn't invited" said Leo defending himself

"It's your sons birthday, you don't need to be invited" answered Owen sharply

"So what, you think you're a perfect father for him then do you. It won't matter I'm still his father" The calm demeanour that Owen had worked hard to maintain was lost once more. He was livid at this man

"Nobody's perfect Leo but I do know I'm doing a better job of it then you. You're never around; you don't know your sons. Everything you told me about Wyatt was information you learned while he was a year old or younger, how about after that, and what about Chris"

Chris had been calling him daddy since a day and a half after he proposed to Piper. He had been reluctant to let him for this very reason. He hadn't wanted to take Leo's place in Chris' life. But Paige had changed his tune on that issue. As soon as she had heard about the conversation with Chris the night before, she had taken Owen up to Chris and Wyatt's bedroom, told him to get on his hands and knees and look under Chris's bed. Under there he had found eight different wrapped presents. Four were in birthday paper and four were in Christmas paper. The package he had seen Chris call to him before he had orbed upstairs was among them.

"Leo is Chris's father in the sense of DNA and DNA alone. Every time Leo comes for an event that is all Chris gets from him. Every other time Leo comes he gets a thirty second conversation and because of that these presents will probably never be opened. Chris doesn't see Leo as a father, he sees him as a man who orbs in and disappoints him over and over again. Chris needs a father Owen and he already sees you as that person, regardless of what he calls you and last night you crushed that little boys hopes of having a father in the person he idolises, you" she had told him

He had been crushed for Chris by that revelation. He had known Leo was rarely around but he had not known what happened when he was there. After that Owen hadn't hesitated to let himself be Chris's daddy if that was what Chris wanted. He had had the conversation with Chris about it and from that moment on the boy had only called him daddy. He had called him daddy with such ease the first time it seemed like he'd been doing it since the moment he'd begun to talk. The word Owen was completely lost in the boys' vocabulary.

After a while Wyatt had gotten so used to his brother doing it he had begun to call Owen dad as well, though he still called Leo dad as well while Chris never gave Leo a title.

"You don't even know the kids' birthday" he went on "You don't know what a great person he is or how sweet he can be. You don't the boys. You don't know that they both play baseball on Saturdays or that they do Karate on Tuesdays, the weekday they don't have to go to magic school after regular school"

"You don't know that they both hold B averages at normal school or that Wyatt is getting A's in Spell Writing and Power Control while Chris is getting them in Introductory Potions and Magic History at Magic School"

"If you want to be those boys father Leo then start acting like one. Fatherhood is earned not given, or at least it should be. At the moment you share blood types with Chris and small conservations every now and again with Wyatt. That's not a father. Been there, that is" Owen finished his rant with a heavy breath. He had wanted to say those things to Leo ever since Christmas when he found out all truths about Leo and the reasons for his behaviour.

"You- You're..." Leo's voice was very croaky "You're right" and with that last statement he orbed out. Owen turned to the rest of the family, his eyes on the floor

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't help it" he said softly

"Don't worry about it son, you beat me to it" answered Victor

"Come on sweetie lets go check on the boy's and get some ice for that eye" said Piper lightly tracing over the swollen parts with her finger "then continue our celebrations ok. It is our wedding night after all" Owen face lit up at the reminder. Piper then turned to the rest of the family but before she could say anything Phoebe spoke

"We're out of your hair, not to worry. Everyone's coming to mine" she said pushing the rest of the family out the door.

Two hours later the boy's were sound asleep, all the packing had been finished and everything was ready for them to leave quickly in the morning. Owen and Piper were now in a world of their own. They were downstairs in the living room dancing away to a collection of romantic classics. Piper's head was resting on Owen's shoulder and his face was inches from her head taking in the raspberry scent of her hair. In between them they could both feel the small bump of Piper's belly where their new child was growing. Their hearts both were filled with joy at the thought of this child they had created together. The little mishaps of the day were entirely forgotten, at least for the moment. The two of them were in absolute bliss.

When Leo had orbed out he had gone straight to Golden Gate Bridge, his thinking spot. Those things Owen had said had really hurt him, but what hurt more was the fact that Leo knew they were true. He had turned out to be a horrible father. He put his job in front of his family, but another side of his brain still argued that his job was saving the world. Still family should always come first. His past decisions had cost him so many things; they had cost him his wife, his life and now his children.

Leo sat down on one of the pillars preparing himself for a good long mediation session. He needed to think about these things. Just as he was starting to clear his mind a person orbed down and appeared at his side.

"Leo" it was Prue "Make it up to them, forget about the past, you can't change it but try and be there for your kids in the future. Chris is a great kid he will forgive you if you prove yourself to him and Wyatt will always love you, he has proper memories of you" Leo didn't answer her so she muttered a quick "Think about it" and orbed away

How could he make up for all those mistakes? What he had chosen in life was bad, who he had become was horrible and what he had done to those kids was worse.

After awhile he finally decided on a letter to each Chris and Wyatt. Every time something came up he would write them a letter and tell them his feelings. He was committed to his job he couldn't back out on that now, a letter would have to do.

Leo quickly orbed a yellow writing pad and a pen to him and got to work. He was going to apologise to his kids for not been there. Hopefully it would do.

A/N: Thanks for reviewing. I hope the Leo and Owen fight was good enough for you. Next Chapter should be up within the week. Thanks once again and please keep reviewing