Chapter 19

Dinner with the McGuire's wasn't something Chris was exactly looking forward to doing. He hesitated in front of the door contemplating doing a quick ding dong ditch, but it wouldn't help his case with Sam. And he had to fix things with Lizzie's Dad. He'd tried sending a card saying: "I didn't fuck your daughter." Fortunately, Piper liked him well enough she convinced him not to do it.

He was about to ring the doorbell, when it was yanked open and Matt stood there.

"Chris is here!" Matt hollered before being pushed out of the way by his older sister.

"I was wondering how long you were going to stand out there." Lizzie said.

"I was contemplating doing ding dong ditch and just running out on this whole dinner thing." Chris said only half joking.

"Come on." Lizzie put her arm around him.

Sam McGuire was giving him the 'eye' from the moment he walked in and shook the older man's hand.

They tried to a have trivial but civil conversation while Lizzie helped Jo prepare dinner.

"What kind of demon crisis is going on this week?" Sam asked.

"Yeah did you kick some demon ass of late?" Lizzie asked walking through the room with some empty plates.

"No, things are just tense at the Manor. The sisters are pissed off enough at me to take out all the demons without my help." Chris said.

"That sucks." Lizzie called from the kitchen.

"You shouldn't have lied to them. If you don't be straight with people they won't trust you." Sam said.

"Some people can't handle the truth." Chris said taking a sip of his drink and trying to turn his attention the game of cricket on TV.

"Have you had sex with my daughter?"

"No Sir." Chris said.

Sam squinted at him, "I don't believe you but I want you to be careful. I'm not buying any baby food and I'm not supplying my teenage daughter's twenty something boyfriend with condoms."

"You don't have to believe me. Just know that I'd never hurt your daughter." Chris said.

"I guess I'm gonna have to take that." Sam said.

"So it's a truce I can see Lizzie whenever?" Chris asked.

"Yes, she must be home for her curfew every night excepting a demon attack."

"Thank you Sir I won't let you down." Chris said.

"Are you still going to chaperone our date tomorrow?" Lizzie asked from the doorway.

"No, I think you can go to a Halloween dance without your parents there."

"Thank you Daddy," Lizzie said.

"Dinner is served and I see we've managed to reach a compromise." Jo said.

"Uh huh, Chris and I can go to Halloween dance without you and Dad."

"Good I can't fit into those bellbottoms." Jo said relived.

"And you never did look good in that gold chain honey," she said to Sam.

"So we're on speaking terms again?" Sam asked.

"Yes, all I wanted you to was treat Chris fairly and give him a chance." Jo said.

Dinner wasn't as tense as Lizzie expected. People were actually being nice to each other. Matt stuck carrots in his nose and was sent to his room. And Lizzie was sure that was a ploy so he could sneak out and see Melina. She wanted to rat him out but she decided against it blackmailing him was better.

It forced Matt to keep his mouth shut about Chris sleeping in Lizzie's room. If her dad found out the truce would be off and it would be no Melina for Matt. Lizzie smirked, she had gotten what she wanted though it had taken a while.

After dinner they watched a movie and Lizzie fell asleep curled against Chris. She didn't know Chris had fallen asleep as well, until Matt came in and woke them up at eleven long after Lizzie's parents had gone to upstairs.

"You're later than usual," Lizzie whispered not wanting to wake up Chris.

"What of it?" Matt asked.

"Is that a hickey?" Lizzie asked.

"I'm not the one who sleeps with a grown man every night,"

"All we do is sleep."

"Yeah right, remember that bathroom door is thin."

"Mom, Dad I accidentally killed Matt is that okay?" Lizzie called.

"You'd better tell Chris goodnight and go to bed both of you and don't make me come down there." Jo shouted.

"I guess that's my cue to leave." Chris said getting up.

"You will be back though?" Lizzie asked.

He stood up and yawned, "I will. I'm gonna go get something to drink."

"Could you bring back some nice French merlot?" Lizzie asked.

"Ooooh underage drinking. I'm gonna tell." Matt said.

"Do you like going and making out with Melina on the trampoline?"

"Of course I like it! What have you heard? I'm not gay!"

"You just outted yourself dude." Chris said laughing.

Lizzie laughed, "I'll take your word for it."

"You guys are mean." Matt said stomping upstairs.

"Well, I got to get going." Chris said loud enough to be heard by Lizzie's dad who was standing on the stairs.

"Bye." Lizzie said pulling him into hug.

"I'll see you later." Chris said leaning in to kiss her.

He orbed away, and Lizzie turned and went up stairs.

"Goodnight, Daddy. Thank you for being so understanding." Lizzie said giving her father a hug.

"It took you long enough." She said going into her own room.

In the future Halloween was the day Wyatt killed and tortured good witches for sport with the local demons. However in the year 2003 Halloween was were kids tortured adults for candy, and girls dressed like total sluts not giving a damn what anyone thought. Chris's girlfriend was no different.

But why did she insist on making him wear tights. That was just stupid. But he'd made a bet and lost to Mr. McGuire at dinner the night before and so he was going dressed like Peter Pan, accompanying Lizzie who was dressing as Tinkerbell.

He went out and killed a few demons just for sport, orbed over to France and got the wine for Lizzie and stole some of his mother's cake. He decided they would have a little fun with Lizzie.

He quietly orbed into Lizzie's room. He could barley see anything she only had a candle lit and the room was bathed in shadow, he could see her from where she sat at her desk and even in that light he could tell she was naked.

"I thought you'd never get here." She whispered.

"I had to break into the Manor and steal cake." Chris said.

"I want you, just take off your clothes. We'll have cake later, you'll be famished after the work out I'm going to give you." Lizzie said.

Chris smirked and started taking off his clothes, "I can't believe you're going to get me to go out in tights tomorrow."

"I'll make it worth your while tonight." Lizzie purred standing up from the desk and coming over to kiss him.

"Really," Chris said allowing her to take off his shirt.

"Uh huh." She said kissing him before blowing out the candle.

"Guys, I had the most amazing night," Lizzie reported to Gordo and Miranda.

"Yeah, so did we." Gordo said, and Miranda elbowed him the ribs.

"At play rehearsal." He added quickly.

Lizzie threw down her sandwich, "Why won't you guys just tell me you are together!" She demanded.

"Wha…" Gordo stammered.

"How…" Miranda said at the same time.

"I'm not a dumb ass no matter what Chris says." Lizzie said.

"We kissed on the second day of rehearsal." Miranda revealed.

"Aww… why didn't you tell me?" Lizzie asked.

"I don't know… I thought you'd be mad. We made a pact in eight grade never to date Gordo--­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­"

"What?" Gordo cut in.

"Like I care, I do care but I have Chris. Anyways we only made that pact because he's kind of a geek. I mean he was kind of a geek." Lizzie said.

"Hey!" Gordo said.

"I know he was and is still a geek, but I love him. I spent a lot of time just sleeping with all these guys denying myself what I really wanted." Miranda said.

"About time you finally realized it before you got knocked up." Lizzie said.

"Hey! I always use protection, even with Ethan Craft."

"You slept with Ethan?" Gordo asked.

"Was it everything I ever dreamed?" Lizzie asked.

"Ooohh… is all I can say…" Miranda said a far away look in her eyes.

"Was he better than me?" Gordo demanded.

"Gordo just leave it alone."

"I don't give a damn I just wanna know." Gordo said.

"Yes! Is that what you need to hear?" Miranda asked.

Gordo got up from the lunch table, Lizzie thought he'd really leave. He made a squeaking noise waved his hands.

"You better be glad I was with Ethan if it wasn't for that law suit we had last year you wouldn't have that new X Box. Now sit your ass down." Miranda said.

"Fine…" Gordo plopped down on the bench.

"Gordo gives damn good mouth and lip service." Miranda said.

"He doesn't have much else going on does he package wise?" Lizzie asked forgetting he was even there.

"It's not that. Gordo was a virgin up in till the day we hooked up and its not that he doesn't have anything he just don't know how to use it." Miranda said.

"Hey! Sitting right here!" Gordo shrieked horrified.

"I hear Chris is hung." Miranda said.

"Yeah, when we do have sex I don't know how we're gonna make that fit." Lizzie said.

Miranda laughed, "You poor little virgin…"

Lizzie laughed, "I'm a technical virgin now…" Lizzie said.

"What did you do? You didn't let him… that's crazy making." Gordo said.

"We're still on third base if that's what your asking." Lizzie said.

"You let him touch you there?" Gordo asked.

"Was he good?"

"Oh My God! Have you seen those fingers of his! Last night we did something different though."

"You went down on him didn't you?" Miranda asked.

Lizzie blushed and nodded.

"Elizabeth McGuire you brazen hussie." Miranda laughed.

"I can't believe you did that…" Gordo said.

"Did he return the favor?" Miranda asked.

"Uh huh… we had cake…" Lizzie said.

"Anyways, I cannot listen to this anymore and I'm not allowed to walk that way because Kate is over there and Miranda swears Kate wants me."

"She does, just look at her she's over there staring at my man right now. I don't know who she think she is…" Miranda said getting up from the table and preparing to walk over to Kate, but Lizzie and Gordo stopped her by grabbing her arms and pulling her back down on the bench.

"Okay now about tonight. What's the plan with you two going as a couple or friends?" Lizzie asked.

"We're going as a jackass it was the only costume left." Gordo said.

"Now I'm gonna finally know how it feels to be Kate." Miranda said.

Lizzie laughed, "I'm gonna be Tinkerbell."

"Gah! Your like an annoying animated blonde girl in orange flip flops already. Why do you need wings?" Miranda said.

Lizzie cackled off of that one, "That's not as funny as the fact that Chris is going as Peter Pan."

"Lucky guy. I've never felt gladder about being an ass in my life. I just can't wear tights I'm Jewish." Gordo said.

They all erupted in loud obnoxious laughter. So loud that Kate had to come over.

"What's so funny?" Kate demanded.

"We're laughing because Terminator 2 did your mom." Gordo said.

"On the table." Lizzie added.

Kate's mouth opened and then closed like a trapdoor her chin tremble and then the most miraculous and the most horrible thing happened, Kate started to tear up and then she ran away.

"Gordo you ass! You made Kate cry." Miranda said.

"I didn't think she was capable of human emotion." Lizzie said.

"Me either." Miranda said.

"How's that magic thing working out for ya?" Gordo asked.

"Great. I haven't been attacked in days." Lizzie said.

"That's always good." Gordo said.

"What's going on with the Goth kids they seem a bit more Gothy today." Miranda observed.

"They do…What's with the robes and the disappearing into the appliance shed?" Lizzie asked.

"I guess the campus Wiccans are up to something." Gordo said.

"I didn't get a memo."

"That's black magic. You stick to the lighter arts so you won't get warts." Gordo said.

"We gotta get to class." Lizzie said.

"True that." Gordo said.

"Gordo if you say that again, you'll be going solo to more than that dance tonight if you know what I mean." Miranda threatened as they headed to class.

Chris didn't know how he got here. He was of the most powerful line of witches ever and if his powers weren't bound he would certainly be the most powerful male witches ever, since Wyatt was still in diapers at this time and couldn't exactly recite spells he had one up on him. So why in the hell was he wearing tights and dressing up like freaking Peter Pan? Oh right, his beautiful girlfriend decided this and then proceeded to beat him at arm wrestling.

So he was holed up at the Manor in the bathroom and he was NOT coming out.

Paige was banging on the door and he could hear Phoebe downstairs laughing. Lizzie was screaming at him from downstairs. It was a very frustrating time and the feathered cap was just annoying him and the tights just had to go.

"I'm not leaving this bathroom, Lizzie I can't it's just not me."

"That's kind of the point Chris." Lizzie said appearing before him.

It was a projection, she was mastering the art quite quickly. Most witches' projections glow red but Lizzie's glowed gold for some reason. He asked the Elders and none of them could tell him why. He didn't tell Lizzie this he didn't want to freak her out or anything.

"I can't go anywhere looking like this! I'm wearing tights Lizzie!" Chris said.

"Mmmhmm." Lizzie said looking down at the tights.

"See that's what I'm talking about!"

"What?" She asked.

"Everyone is gonna be staring at my package, the whole night." Chris said.

"So what, if you got it flaunt it right." Lizzie said pushing her shoulders back.

She was wearing her skimpy Tinkerbell costume that proved her point for her.

"I've been nice about this Chris, if you don't come out you won't get to take this costume off of me after the dance. And I know you want to tights don't lie." Lizzie said.

Chris gulped, he was a grown man for Bob's sake those inappropriately timed erections should have stopped in high school, but there was just something about Lizzie.

"Give me a few minutes."

"Fine, you got five minutes if you're not out we're all coming in." Lizzie said disappearing with a golden flare.

"Fuck!" He shouted up at the ceiling, he must be really hated up there past the Elders.

Finally after composing himself and realizing it was Halloween that he was supposed to look stupid, he stepped out of the bathroom not expecting his mother and aunts to be standing there with their cameras ready. Things were less tense between the group but he could tell the sisters didn't trust him at all.

The dance was lame but the costumes were amazing people went all out for Halloween at Lizzie's school. Miranda and Gordo were dressed as a jackass which couldn't have been funnier. The music was lame and Gordo's muffled bitching was hilarious.

"Now Chris aren't you glad you came out of that bathroom." Lizzie said as they stood by the punch bowl.

He simply smiled before glancing around and then orbing a bottle of vodka into his hand and pouring it in, "Now I am."

He got rid of the evidence.

"Corrupting today's youth, didn't think it was really your style." Lizzie said.

"I'm wearing green tights I don't have much style." Chris said just as a Christina Aguilera song came on.

"Dance with me…" Lizzie said using her eyelashes and cleavage to get him to say yes.

They went out on to the floor Gordo and Miranda followed only because she insisted. Chris was kind of disturbed at the way the two person jackass danced. They danced, they were both equally good dancers but Chris felt lame, he wasn't the oldest person on the dance person but he was certainly the only one who could buy beer and at the same time had yet to be born.

Lizzie was really getting down doing some of her best moves when naturally she was shoved away from her boyfriend by exactly who she expected Kate Sanders.

"Why hello Mr. Pan, I believe you've met your own personal Wendy." Kate said as Lizzie righted herself again.

Lizzie took notice that Kate was in fact dressed like Wendy a skanky Wendy in blue lingerie that barely covered anything.

"Umm…okay. Have we met?" Chris asked Kate taking time to lean in and yell over the music.

Kate said something Lizzie couldn't make out.

"I think you might know my girlfriend Lizzie McGuire." He told Kate reaching out to grab Lizzie's hand.

"Girlfriend." Kate stammered.

"We've been going out for a month and half." Chris said.

Kate recovered from her deflated state, and tossed her hair, "Wanna dance?" she asked swaying her shoulders and flaunting her cleavage.

"With you?" Chris raised an eyebrow.

Lizzie couldn't fully enjoy Kate seeing getting dissed by Chris because of the little insecure cartoon girl that lived in her head.

"Who else." Kate said.

"I'd rather dance with Lizzie, thanks for the offer though." Chris said.

"Lizzie is a loser, and if you're with her you must be one too." Kate said.

"Come on Liz." Chris said pulling Lizzie through the crush of dancing and gyrating couples and away from Kate.

"You turned Kate down? For me?" Lizzie asked.

"You didn't think I would?" Chris asked over the music.

"No! Yes! I don't know." She said.

He led her off the dance floor.

"Lizzie, I came here to be with you. Not that skank. Why would you think I'd want to dance with her?"

"Because." Lizzie knew she was pouting but couldn't seem to stop herself.

"Because why? Lizzie why would you think I or anyone for that matter would choose Kate over you?"

"Did you see her? She looked like a model."

"Stripper is more like it. I don't want something fake and plastic. I want someone real and one hundred percent genuine, someone beautiful in her own way, I want you Lizzie."

"So that your way of saying I'm cute and that you'd go for Kate if she weren't such as skank isn't it?"

"What?"

"You heard me." Lizzie crossed her arms over her chest.

"You're fucking CRAZY!" He shouted at her.

"Maybe I am crazy. Kate has a tendency to make me feel this big," she gestured with her index finger and thumb.

"Why?"

"She's everything I'm not. Rich, Popular, and Pretty."

"Lizzie you're gorgeous, who cares about money or status. You know what the world is really like with all the evil out there. You things Kate couldn't even dream of every week." Chris said.

"I know I've always felt this way,"

"I feel the same way about Wyatt. He's everything I'm not and one of those things is evil, I can forget how that made me feel when I'm with you. I trust you, Lizzie, and I want you to trust me like that." Chris said.

"I trust you with my life but I just can't trust you with Kate." She said feeling some strange magic wash over her.

When she opened her eyes she was someone else entirely. She was suddenly "this big" Everything else was huge including Chris. She realized she was Tinkerbell and also that she didn't know how to fly, she was plummeting toward the floor.

Fortunately, Chris who was now Peter Pan caught her. She fit easily in his palm and she glared up at him.

"This isn't good at all," Chris said as they surveyed the room.

Everyone had turned into whatever they were being for Halloween and nobody seemed to like it all that much.

"I second that." She said in her tiny fairy voice.