Chapter Four – The Longing Goodbye

"You sure she doesn't remember anything?" Frank Summers asked his wife.
"Not a thing, the drugs worked perfectly." Replied Nancy Summers, Bianca's mother. "She thinks, the baby died in birth, and that the doctors got rid of it right after it was born."

"Good, good." Frank replied, "I can't believe that boy got her pregnant. Serves him right to carry that filthy baby around, our daughter has a future. Harvard, Medical School." He said, with a nervous tone, pacing.

"Well the nurse did as told, and they say money can't buy happiness." Said Nancy, with a smile on her face. Nancy was a tall woman with short blonde hair and a beige coat with red leather gloves, and Frank was tall man, with salt & pepper hair, in a black coat and cloves.

"So she remembers nothing? At all?" Frank said sounding reassured.

"Nothing, she said the last thing she remembers was talking to him then her water breaking."

"If I ever see that boy again, I will strangle him."
"Calm yourself Frank. At least she can come out in public now, I have a personal trainer ready for her tomorrow and she will be fitted for new clothing a week from today."

"Very good, very good." Frank replied.

"Okay, I am ready." Said Bianca coming up from behind the curtain in jeans and a shirt, "Can I just rest, I am not feeling too well."

"Bianca I walked eight hours after having you just fine." Nancy replied, walking up to her, extending one of her bangs on her face. "are you okay?"
"I am fine, just tired." Bianca replied.
"Well that's typical."

"So can we have a ceremony for the baby, a funeral?"

"And invite all of our friends to see you had a child?" Frank roared.

"Frank, please."

Bianca had tears fall from her eyes. "I never meant to it be this way."
"Then you should have never dated him!" Her father yelled again.
"He treated me good!"

"He got you pregnant, that's treating you good!"

"People make mistakes."

"Frank, please not here." Nancy said to her husband, then she turned to her daughter, "I know you didn't mean for it to be this way. We will mourn, and move on."

"Yeah."

"Bianca, we will go home rest for the night and I will call Harvard tomorrow morning and say you are coming."

Bianca turned her father, in anger. "I am not going to Harvard."

"I have a personal friend in Admissions, he can make the change."
"I am not going to Harvard!"

"You are going to Harvard." Her father yelled at her again.

"Bianca, sweetie, we only want what's good for you."
"Yes, but I don't want to go to Harvard."

"We did not pay seventy-five thousand dollars for St. Angelo's All Girls Preparatory, not for you to go Harvard."

"I got into Yale, let me go there."
"Yale is not good enough!"

"Mom went there!"

"That's before it went downhill! You're going to Harvard and that's final!" Frank yelled at his daughter, face turning red.
Bianca got only inches away from her father's face, "I-said-no."

Almost instantly Frank slapped his daughter across the face, fear and rage both in his eyes. Nancy screamed, and cupped her hands. "Frank that was not necessary."
"You listen here you filthy whore, you shamed this family by getting pregnant and you had to spend the last five months out from the public eye, and we had to pay a private tutor to come and teach you for your stupid actions! You are going to Harvard and that's final.
Bianca bowed her head and cried.
"Grab you're bag, we are leaving." He said turning his back on his daughter.
Bianca with silent tears running down her face, grabbed her sweatshirt, and walked with her mothers arm around her shoulders. Quietly they walked to the front desk, and signed her out. And out into the rain, the driver got out from the front and opened the back doors, and let the three of them in. Bianca's mother got in first, and then before Bianca got into limo she looked back at the hospital, she wanted to run in and find Chris. "Get in the car." Her father said. Her heart broke .

"Sweetie." Her mother said extending her hand, Bianca turned and took it. Her father got in, and the driver closed the door and collapsed the umbrella. And he got into the divers seat of the limo.

"You will go back to St. Angelo's Prep on Monday, and you will never see that boy again. You will be escorted everywhere you go, and Prom is off limits. We're doing this for your own good. Understand?"
"Yes." Bianca replied, bowing her head.
"Very good."

It would be years before Bianca would see Christopher again.

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As Chris stood in the empty hospital room, with the glow of the light over the bed behind him, he held his son only several hours old, and a bottle of formula. Chris never admired something so much before his child, holding Josh seem to bring Chris this serenity he never had before, it brought him happiness; but yet he was still terrified on how he was going to raise this child.

Lighting flashed throughout the room, and then instantly followed by thunder, it rattled everything and scared Joshua. The baby coughed and cried. Chris put the bottle on the bedside table the put the baby on his shoulder.

"It's okay, it was only thunder." Then Chris looked up and saw his mother standing in the room. Chris noticed that the baby wasn't crying anymore, he patted Josh' back, as he rested his tiny head on his shoulder.

"What are you doing here?" Chris asked his mother. Piper looked at him with tears in her eyes, as terrified and angry she was at the situation she was more to blame for herself.

"I came to see my grandson." She replied.

"Oh, I thought you hated us." Chris replied looking at Josh, still patting his back.

"I don't hate you, I could never hate you."

"You stormed out of here."

"I was confused-"

"It's a baby, nothing to be confused about." Chris said walking around the bed. As he passed his mother, Piper saw the tiny sleeping face of her new grandson. Tears flooded her eyes again as she cupped her mouth. Chris sat down on a comforter chair by the window.

"I am so sorry, I really am." Piper said, "I want to be a grandmother I really do, but please forgive me."

"Thank you, that's all I wanted to hear." He replied smiling at his mother. "There is one rule in this room though."

"What is that?" Piper said walking closer.

"Only Josh here can cry." He smiled. Piper laughed and wiped her tears on her sleeve. "Do you want to hold him?"

"Yes. Please." Piper replied. She put down the bags she was carrying down and the carrier on the bed. She turned around and Chris stood up, placing his hand on the back of Josh' head he moved him from his shoulders into his mothers arms. Josh whimpered for a moment, and then quickly asleep again.

"He's beautiful." She said, "Just like his father was."

Chris smiled in embarrassment, and sat back down. He never felt so tired before, even after hell week when they had two five hour practices a day, this totally beat that.
"Where's Bianca?" Piper asked giggling her grandson.

"She's gone." He said looking out the window, "Her parents made it clear a week ago to me, I was not to contact her after Josh was born. She was to have the child, and I was have him. She's going to Harvard, Medical School."

"As she seen him? At all?"

"Nope." Chris felt his eyes dazing, in and out.

"I am so sorry." Piper said now pacing with Josh.

"It's okay." And with those words Chris feel asleep. Piper didn't notice, she was to amazed at what has happened, but when she looked up she saw Chris was fast asleep on the Chair. Piper holding Josh with one arm, took folded up blanket in a bag and put it over Chris. "I am so proud of you." She said as she kissed Chris on the cheek. Piper then paced back and forth with her grandson sleeping as well in her arms.

"Dad, We're gonna be late!" Joshua said in his school Uniform. Josh with blazing green eyes, brown hair, and tall, stood in a blue blazer with a white shirt and tie under it. On the left shoulder the name "Chapman" was in a coat of arms. Taking out his wallet making sure he had his school I.D. he put it back in his black pants.

"DAD!" Josh yelled.

"Okay, I am here." Chris said running down the stairs. Chris and Josh lived an old classic Victorian home in a small town of Connecticut, Chris came running down in jeans, white shirt, and shoes. "you have everything."

"Just except a ride." Josh replied.

"Okay, yeah you need that huh?" Chris said reaching the base of the stairs and grabbing a slim black leather jacket from the coat rack.

"Yes."

"Okay let's go." Chris said, they both walked into the entrance way of the house, Chris grabbed his Car keys, they left the front door. As he locked the door behind him, Josh was already waiting by their old Blue Ford Explorer SUV.

"When are we getting rid of this thing?"

"What thing?" Chris said walking down the steps.

"This thing, the monster." He replied looking at the Explorer.

"This monster is our only source of transportation."

"Yeah, but it's filling the air with smog and carbon monoxide."

Chris pressed the button on the car keys and unlocked the Car, "Yeah well, I like it." He smiled at his son, putting on his sun glasses.

"Uh huh." Josh said getting in.

As they both got into the car, Chris turned on it on, and they drove out of the drive way and into the small town's main road. As they pulled down the stone drive way they pulled into the street and down into town.

"Chris." Said someone nudging his arm.

"What?"

"Chris."

"WHAT!"

Suddenly Chris opened his eyes and saw it was day, but dark heavy clouds still poured rain. He looked around and saw Piper and Paige standing by him Piper was knelling. He looked around and remembered where he was.

"Where's Josh!" He said sitting up right, alarmed.

"Don't worry, he's in the nursery having some breakfast." Piper said.

"Can say the same for you, come on Phoebe got you some breakfast." Paige said giving him a styrofoam box, Chris took it and smelled pancakes and sausage; his stomach grumbled. He got up and the three of them walked out of the room and joined Wyatt and Phoebe in the hallway by the Nursery window and ate breakfast.

"What fup!" Wyatt said with eggs in his mouth.

"Tired." Chris said sitting right next to him and opening his breakfast. "How long was I out?" He said eating some sausage.

"Umm, about six hours." Piper said, eating some Pancakes herself, "You feel asleep right after I got in there."

"Oh, I am sorry." He said swallowing.

"Don't worry about it's fine."

The four of them sat in the corridor eating breakfast until Doctor Brown came walking up the hall looking as tired as they all did. She smiled and waved to Christopher.

"You guys spend the night in this hallway?" She asked

"Yeah, this chairs really aren't good for sleeping." Phoebe replied.

Doctor Brown laughed, "Well," She said turning to Chris, "I just got all the test results back on Joshua."

"What test results?"

"Oh they're just normal things we have to run over for all new bourns like Breathing, Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, sight, stuff like that." She said with a smile.

"Oh okay, awesome."

"Yeah, he's perfectly healthy. We're getting him ready to go home right now. He should be ready in about ten minutes."

"Oh wow, thank you." Chris replied.

"Rock on, now we can put in him that basset Aunt Paige-" Wyatt began, but Paige instantly walked over and ht him.

"He said nothing." Paige said to Chris.

"Christopher if its alright can I have a word with you?" She asked, "Its nothing bad, just something I want to offer."

"Umm okay, sure." Chris replied. Putting his breakfast down, he got up and walked over by the nursery window, he knew everyone was watching him. Doctor Brown then turned around. "Boy do I need some coffee."

"You and I both." He replied.

"I would like to be Josh' doctor – free of charge." She said with a smile.

Chris was shocked and speechless. "Ex-cuse Me?" He stuttered.

Doctor Brown smiled. "I know how hard it is where you are right now and you're thinking how are you going to take care and provide, I've asked all those questions myself. Well, Christopher, I am an OB-GYN and Pediatrician and I want to help you and Josh in the many years ahead. So until he's like eight or nine I would like to be his doctor, if its okay of coarse?"

"Okay!" He said with a big smile, "Yes! Of coarse! Oh man, thank you!"

She laughed, "Its all my pleasure. I am here most days, and when I am not working in the ER, my medical office is only three floors up. Here is my card." She said handing him her business card, "On the back is Josh' first appointment, its in two weeks. We will have monthly check ups for him, and if I am ever not in the office, my assistance will be there. Okay?"

"Thank you so much!"

"No problem." She replied giving him a hug. "Now let me go get Josh and care package I am sending him with ya."

Chris felt he was on top of the world for the first time in nearly twelve hours. Ten minutes later the same black Nurse who had helped Chris the night before returned with Josh in her arms and Doctor Brown gave Piper the care package and talking with her. Then she came up to Chris.

"Now in there are thirty diapers, they'll be gone in like three days, some wipes and other things I hope they will be use for."

After that Chris got in the car, and held Josh entire ride home. When they pulled up, the rain was coming down harder then ever, Piper took the blanket she used and covered Chris and Josh and took them inside. When they reached inside the Halliwell manor, it was nice and warm and cozy. The fire was lit and smooth jazz was playing from the family room.

"Hello!" Piper yelled into the House. Then almost immediately Leo Wyatt, came around the corner in his usual blue flannel shirt and jeans.

"Hey guys!" He said smiling.

"Hi." Piper said giving him a kiss. Wyatt pulled the soaked blanket off of Chris, and Leo saw his Grandson for the first time.

"Hi." Chris said with a smile hoping Leo wouldn't go evil on him like Piper did. Leo, who always didn't mind showing his emotions, had a tear in his eye when he saw Josh. Josh was now wide awake and looking around, Chris gently moved his son into Leo's arms, Josh then cried out.

"Oh don't cry." Leo said, "this is you're grandfather." He giggled the baby for a little while and then began to calm down.

"Just like his father, he loves the giggle." Piper said.

"Go look up in the Guest bedroom, we all had a surprise for ya." Paige said smiling. Chris looked at them all weird, and then he slowly went what too what was his old room (since Wyatt moved out, Chris took that room), and as Chris climbed up the stairs and into the guest bedroom, he saw an entire nursery with a bassinet, changing table, a rocking chair, and on the wall "Welcome Home, Josh."