Ch.10

As he sat in the living room, waiting for the babysitter, he kept looking at the clock. He had to be in work in 15 minutes, but he didn't really want to leave the babies. As he got up to see them, he heard someone knock on the front door. He looked up, before going to the door.

"Hey," he said, as he opened the door.

"Hey, how are you doing?" she asked.

"A little better," he answered, "You know, you're cutting it close this time."

"I know but my mom and dad wouldn't let me leave. They kept saying that I had to do my homework, even though it Friday. So, I told them that I would do it here," she replied.

"Wait! Here? You told her that you were coming here?" he quickly asked.

"No, I told her that I was going over to my friend's house. Don't worry they believed me." She said.

"Ok, good. Well, as long as you don't tell them. I don't want anyone to know. I have to leave now or I'm going to be late for work. I'll pay you when I get out at 8:00. I should be home by 8:15," he said, grabbing his jacket. As he explained to her about what to give the babies, she stood there, smiling at him and trying not to laugh.

"Chris," she said, but he didn't hear her. "Chris," she said again. "Chris!" she yelled.

"What? he asked.

"Go to work. Everything will be fine. I promise," she replied. He just smiled at her, before opening the door to walk out.

"Oh, hey," he said.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Thank you, Melissa," he said, smiling.

"No problem," she answered, smiling back.

About 6 hours later, he walked back into the house.

"Melissa, I'm home," he yelled.

"Um, Chris, can you please come here," she said, panic in her voice.

"What's wrong? Are the babies alright?" he quickly asked, practically running over. But, he quickly stopped where he was.

"Chris, they want to know where the babies are and wanted to know where you were," she said to him. He just stared at them.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, anger in his voice.

"We just want to see them," one answered.

"Why? It's obvious you don't care about them or me for that matter," he said.

"Please?" she asked. He just stared at them once again.

"Chris, can we please see our grandchildren?" he asked.

"Why weren't you guys there?" he asked.

"Where?" someone else asked.

"At the hospital when I called," he said. They all just looked around.

"That's what I thought. Until you can tell me why you guys, especially you two, then you can't see them," he added, looking at his parents.

"Please," Piper begged again.

"You know, when she had told you guys that she was pregnant, I thought you guys were going to be happy. I thought that I could finally prove to you two that I was responsible. But, then Dad had to go and show how much he really loves me and kick me out right when her parents kicked her out," Chris said, after a minute of silence. He looked at Leo. "It was bad enough that you had to go and practically ignore me for 17 years of my life that I'll never get back, but then you had kicked me out when I really needed help from my family," he said, before looking at his mother. "Then, you had to go and stick behind your husband. You had to agree with him and be part of kicking me out when we had nowhere to go," he said, his voice raising.

He then looked at his brother. "You of all people know how much he had hurt me and you had to throw it into my face about him being your father. Even when I had told you everything that he did to me and how he ignored me and never did the things with me that he did with you and Mel, you promised that you would never say that to me. You promised on our grandfather's life and now look at you," he yelled and finally looked at his two aunts. "And you two. My only and two favorites Aunts. I thought that you guys would at least be behind me with this. But, no you guys also had to be behind him on this," he yelled at them.

He then looked at Melinda. "But, you. You were the only one to actually be happy for her and me. You were the only one who actually still talked to us after we were kicked out. You even went baby shopping with us. You were the only one who still treated us like family and didn't ignore us whenever you saw us. Instead, you stopped and talked to us and asked how she was doing during the pregnancy," he said, calmly to her. He then walked forward and hugged her. "Thank you for everything," he whispered in her ear.

"You're welcome," she whispered back. After they broke the hug, he turned back to their family.

"You guys didn't let me explain that day. You didn't let her or me explain how we were scared to be becoming parents or ask if you guys could help us," he said, angrily to them, before looking at his father again. "You should be happy. You had everyone behind you. You had everyone agreeing with you. But, you know what. I don't really care anymore because I was able to move on with my life. I was able to buy her and me this house and we were able to get everything that we needed for our children and our selves. I will tell you one thing though. I will be a better father than you will ever be. I will be there for my kids and I won't ever forget about one of them to spend more time with the other one, and I will love my two children equally, unlike you!" he yelled at Leo.

He then walked over to the door and said, "Now, if you will please leave my house. I have to take care of my babies." Right when Leo and Piper were about to walk out, Chris stopped them. "Oh, yeah, hey Leo," Chris said. "I know that I'm not your son, so stop trying to hide it from me and go spend all the time you want with your only two children. Want to know what hurts though? Everyone knew it but me. I had to go and find it out by one of my cousins," he said. Leo and Piper just stared at Chris before looking at each other.

"We were going to tell you," she started.

"Don't bother," he interrupted her, "I'm sure Greg would love to see his two granddaughters." Greg was his mother's ex-boyfriend. This was when Leo and Piper had split up because of problems in their relationship. She had found out she was pregnant after she had gotten back with Leo. They had found out that Chris wasn't their son together when he was 2. They told Greg, but he had already left the state and just asked Leo to raise Chris as his son, considering he already saw Leo as his father. As he looked back at the rest of his family, he saw a fist come flying at his face.

Chris woke up in a cold sweat. As he looked around, he noticed he was still in his room.

"It was just a dream," he said to himself, before hearing one of the babies cry. He took a deep breath, before getting up to do another 2:30 feeding.