Chapter Two – A Family Affair

Chris sat in a chair by the nursery with his head in his hands. The nurse kept a trash pale in front of him, because he threw up into it. He did not believe this was happening, Bianca was now completely out of the picture, and he had a son. He was 16 years old, he turned 16 only a few months before and now he had a son! He couldn't believe it. He remembered the day Bianca came clean to him, that she wasn't just getting "fat." It changed his life forever. He wiped the tears from his eyes, how was he going to pay this child, how was he going to provide, how was he going to survive himself? And worse Piper had refused to come, he felt sick again. He tried closing his eyes, taking in small calm breaths, but it didn't help. He was forced forward, and vomited into the pale.

Wyatt walking down the hall with two coffees in his hands, and walking with Phoebe and Paige, saw this and they sprinted down the hall. By the time they got there, Chris had finished and he had his head in his knees, bent over. Wyatt motioned for Phoebe and Paige to go to the Nursery window and look at their new Grandson. Wyatt however sat down next to Chris. Wyatt made sure no one was in sight, and orbed the pale away. Chris noticed but didn't say anything. Wyatt heard very silent sniffles and cries.

"Chris, it's going to be okay." Wyatt said in the calmest voice he could. "You're scared we all know that, but you're going to make such a great dad."

Chris didn't say anything. Wyatt put his coffee down and put Chris next to him. "I bought you some coffee."

"I don't want coffee." Chris said through his sobs.

"You don't want coffee? – Damn…out of the 16 years I've known ya kid…since you were like 12 you have never rejected coffee."

"Why?" Chris said, he was looking up at the window where Paige and Phoebe were standing. Phoebe was waving and smiling to her new Grandson. "I didn't want this, I can't do this. I am going to college, I am going to graduate, and I can't do this. I Can't!"

Wyatt was shocked, he hadn't seen Chris cry in years; if he didn't see it he wouldn't have believed it. Wyatt moved to in front of Chris.

"Look." Wyatt said looking into his eyes, "I am so happy right now that I am an uncle. And Phoebe and Paige are happy to be Great Aunts…hell Phoebe and Paige both think they could put the sexy back in Great Aunts."

Chris tried to laugh, but he couldn't, he just let loose and his shoulders shook and his head fell on Wyatt's shoulders. "Oh no, don't cry, don't cry." Wyatt said rubbing his back. Chris' sobs echoed through the hospital wing.

Phoebe and Paige turned around and saw Chris nearly hysterically crying on Wyatt's shoulder. "Okay that's it!" Phoebe snapped. "She' can't do this!" Phoebe pulled her cell phone out, "Damnit it no signal."

"You can't get through to her; she dosen't want to see Chris or Joshua right now." Paige said, "Trust me we all tried."

"If I have to cast a spell and summon her ass here I will. I am going outside…I'll be right back." Phoebe then stormed off. Paige walked over to Wyatt and Chris.

Chris was hyperventilating on Wyatt's shoulder. "I-can't-do-this-I-can't!" He said, sitting up right closing his eyes rocking back and forth.

"Okay, Chris calm down…you're turning red."

"I-can't, I-can't!" He said his lips were now turning purple on the very edges.

Wyatt looked around and Paige was kneeling next to him. A doctor was walking up to the Nursery, Chris looked over, his vision was getting foggy, it was the blonde female Doctor who helped deliver Chris's son.

"Christopher," She said, "Remember what I said, and calm down. Here." She lifted his head and put her two fingers on the bottom of his neck. "This should help you calm down."

"Hi, I am Wyatt." He said putting his hand out, not knowing who the woman was or what she was doing.

"I am Dr. Brown." She replied shaking his hand, "Nice to meet you. Are you the...?"

"I am his brother. And this is our Aunt, Paige."

"Nice to meet you maim." She said shaking Paige's hand.

"What are you doing?" Paige asked

"Acupressure, I am relieving stress on a nerve which controls the muscles in the neck." She said smiling down at Chris, who was still worked up. "I am the one who delivered Joshua. A nice smooth delivery."

"Oh, very nice." Paige said

"Oh, nice." Wyatt replied.

"I told Chris, that I had a daughter at 17. I've been right where he was." Dr. Brown said.

"See Chris, someone you can talk too." Wyatt suggesting sitting next to Chris.

"I told Chris, that he's going to love that kid more then he loves himself. Its what I do for my daughter."

"See, that's we have been trying to tell you."

"Ungrateful Son! Chris is not ungrateful!" Phoebe yelled into her phone, standing outside by the Emergency doors.

"Chris shamed this family Phoebe! How big of an idiot did he have to be to have a kid at this age?" Piper replied back.

"Its not like Chris asked for it!"

"Look Phoebe, I am a grandmother at 45! This not right! It wasn't supposed to be like this!"

"Get to the fucking hospital!"

"NO! I am not going anywhere!"

"It's your son!"

"I don't care!" Piper yelled, she heard her own voice peak at that last word.

Phoebe was flabbergasted; she didn't believe what Piper just said. "Alright you asked for it." Phoebe slammed her phone shut. She closed her eyes and concentrated on saying a spell over and over in her head. Then she heard the sound of magic working in front of her and she opened her eyes and saw Piper materialize in front of her.

"How predictable Phoebe." Piper snapped. "And how dare you!"

"How dare me? How dare you abandon Chris like this." Phoebe said. "You're going to walk in there and be with your son!"

"My son is an idiot." Piper replied.

"Are you listening to yourself? What happened to the loving caring Piper?"

"That loving and caring Piper rose a fucking a son who is now a father! And a Fucking slut!" Piper yelled pointing into the hospital entrance way.

Phoebe stepped forward and slapped Piper has hard she possibly could. "Don't you dare talk about your son like that!" She yelled with Anger, tears in her eyes. "You understand me? NEVER!"

"I am going to take myself home."

"No use!" Phoebe screamed.

"Oh really."

"Yeah really…I deactivated your powers on your way over here!"

"You what?" Piper yelled advancing onto Phoebe. Phoebe got face to face with Piper. Phoebe looked directly into Piper's eyes. "Just try me."

"Fine. Where is he?" Piper gritted.

Chris was now standing looking at nursery window, but still by his chair, he hadn't dared to step near the window. Chris was still worked up, but his eyes were swollen and his cheeks were wet, but the tears had vanished.

"I'll be home every weekend." Wyatt said. "And I'll try and come in some nights when I am not working on homework. But I'll stick around for about a week."

"Okay."

"Yeah, and you know me." Paige said nudging his shoulder, "I am in and out all the time."

"You guys sound like a loving family." Dr. Brown stated.

"We are." Wyatt said, "I love this kid."

"Do you have any other children?"

"Oh yeah, I have a two year old son at home, whose name is Christopher." She said smiling.

"Do you want me to bring out the child?" Dr. Brown asked.

Suddenly Chris got lightheaded and dizzy. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Dr. Brown said watching Chris with a developing dazed look on his face. "Sit down, easy." As Wyatt helped Dr. Brown set Chris on the chair.

"Please bring him out." Wyatt whispered in her ear. Dr. Brown shook her head in acknowledgement. As Dr. Brown was walking towards the nursery, Paige said, "She actually came."

"Dr. Brown." Wyatt said, she turned around. "I would like you to meet my mother." Chris gripped his chair; he looked up and saw Piper walking in, with very stern, very angry. Piper glanced down at Chris, with a look of disgust and then at the doctor.

"Are you the grandparent?" Dr. Brown asked with a smile, knowing very well the situation, she had seen so many times before.

"Yes. " Piper replied.

"Oh very good." Dr. Brown stated with a smile still on her face, "Well the delivery went very well, and you have a healthy 7 pound, 2 ounce baby boy."

"Oh okay." Piper replied.

"Do you want to see him?" Dr. Brown asked.

"Please." Piper replied putting a smile on her face.

"I'll go get Joshua." She smiled walking to get the baby.

Piper approached Chris. But Wyatt stepped in front of her, "Don't even."

"Don't what Wyatt; I am not angry at you."

"Look, he's been through enough for one day."

"I am only going to talk to him." Piper said

"No you're only going to criticize and attack him."

Piper didn't say anything. Piper took a step forward, and then walked onto Christopher. As she walked on Chris head was bowed, and Chris was avoiding his mothers gaze at all costs. Pipers feet only stood inches from Chris, she looked down upon him very sternly and hard. "Look at me." She said.

Chris slowly lifted his head and looked at his mother, he had never seen her so angry or such a look of disgust in his life. He didn't say anything.

"You named it Joshua?" She asked

"Mom!" Wyatt said

"Yes, I named him Joshua." Chris replied.

"Why?" Piper said in the same tone.

"Mom!" Wyatt said sounding angry.

"It's a reasonable question!" Piper replied to Wyatt, but kept her sights focused on Chris who was still sitting in the chair.

"You're interrogating him." Wyatt said

"Cause I wanted him to have that name." Chris replied tears coming to his eyes.

"Are you going to keep it?" Piper asked

Chris looked up at Piper and for a second Chris wanted to say "No" but he didn't.

"Yes, I am." Chris replied.

"Everyone, meet Joshua Nathan Halliwell." Dr. Brown replied walking out of the nursery with the bundle in her arms. Wyatt walked forward and smile instantly appeared on his face. "Oh my god." He said in a whisper, looking at the resting baby in the Doctor's arms. Phoebe gasped and Paige stood in awe. As the baby was being moved from Dr. Brown's arms to Wyatt's the baby whimpered and cried. "Oh no no no." Wyatt said. "Don't cry, don't cry. Sush, you're safe now, everything is okay." Wyatt did a small a giggle and walked towards Chris and Piper. Piper looked down at the baby, there was no facial expression at all.

"He's cute." Piper said, "Can you hold him?"

Chris looked at his mother, he sworn she would have said "I bet you don't know how to hold him." But he put it out of his mind.

"Wyatt, let me hold my son." Chris said. He shuddered at saying it, but it was something he had to get use too. Wyatt lifted the Joshua into Chris' arms.

"Support the head." Wyatt said, moving his nephew very carefully.

"I know." And Chris was holding his son again. The baby opened his eyes again and looked into Chris', the baby whimpered, and then moved his head towards Chris' chest. Chris moved his head down and kissed the baby's forehead.

"I love you, Josh." Chris said, forcing himself. It felt good, he felt relived.

"Very well!" Piper said and then she walked out, but Phoebe was too busy Crying, and Paige had taken the Camera out, taking pictures.

"Hey this one is for my MySpace!" Wyatt said putting his arms around Chris.

"Say Cheese!" Paige said clicking the Camera.