Dear Diary,

OH MY GOD, I LOVE MY SISTERS! All this business with Chris had me so horribly stressed. Paige and Phoebe realized this, and made it their mission to get that kid to hang out with me for a while. Guess what they did? They snuck into Chris's room last night, stole his demons-to-kill list, and spent the night killing them, so today when they suggested we all have a picnic, Chris had no excuse to get out of it! Genius! Why didn't I think of it? Dang, 1 point for sisters, 0 for emotional pregnant lady.

Oh well. At least I managed to find a babysitter for Wyatt. Darryl and Sheila were busy, so after careful consideration… we took him to Dad's house. He was happy to have him and said we should enjoy ourselves. Paige insisted on keeping the picnic spot a secret. She made the perfect choice.

Oh, it was beautiful. Paige orbed us to this amazing hilltop in Hong Kong. We pigged out (well, mostly I did), Phoebe, Chris, and Paige climbed this huge tree while I took pictures, Chris orbed into the village below and bought me a bonsai tree, and then we watched the sunset while we talked about normal stuff. It was the best day of my life. Seeing Chris as happy as he was today made all the bad things somehow less bad. None of us worried about anything, which was such a relief.

But nothing, especially happiness, lasts forever. We had a visitor when we got home. Someone who I had hoped not to see for a LONG time.

"Leo!"

He turned around at the sound of my voice. He was smiling, until he saw my stomach. "Hi. Congratulations."

I was like, huh? He's your kid too, buddy. "Wait, you think… Oh, that's very funny."

"It is?" He looked really hurt.

I stopped snickering. "Uh, no, no it's not. Listen, Leo, this isn't what you think."

"It's okay, Piper. I understand you've moved on." He glanced at my stomach. "You moved on pretty fast."

"No, ah, no I haven't. Uh, Leo, you remember about six months ago, in the Ghost Zone?"

"Yeah."

"Ha, well, um, surprise." I grabbed Chris's arm and pulled him so he was next to me. "It's a boy."

Leo's jaw dropped. "Oh my God."

Chris scowled at him. "Yeah, surprise. Another son for you to abandon. Can I go now?" He looked at me.

"No, I think you need to talk to your father, Chris."

"Don't call him that." He pulled his arm out of my grasp. "It's not like he ever attempted to play the part."

Leo looked extremely confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing." He started to walk away. I grabbed his arm again.

"Liar. We all want the truth, Chris."

"Fine, you want to know why I hate him? I don't even know him. Every birthday, he'd promise to come and I'd get a letter instead. When I was a kid, I always used my birthday wish to bring him home. It didn't matter what I did. I got on the honor roll. My mother and aunts were so proud. But my father couldn't even be bothered to show up at the award ceremony." He shook me off and took a few steps away from the group. "I was really excited about my 14th birthday party though. It was going to be at P3, just a family and close friends event. Everyone showed up. Save one person." He faced us again and glared at Leo with such anger and hate it scared me. "You have no idea what a difference it would have made if you could have been there just that one time." He went to Leo and grabbed his robes, looking right into his eyes. Leo didn't fight him. "If you could have been a father to me that one night, she would still be there!" He shoved Leo roughly so he fell onto his back. Chris jumped on him and started punching the crap out of him.

"Chris! Stop it!" Phoebe and Paige pulled him off. But I had lost the ability to move. I was absolutely shocked. I understood what Chris was saying and realized that the two worst moments of his life happened on his birthday. I was horrified. He'd lost his mother to death and his brother to evil on his 14th birthday. No wonder he never wanted to talk about it. And he blames Leo for not being there to heal me. It was all too much to take. Tears started rolling down my cheeks. I sobbed uncontrollably. Paige and Phoebe tried to comfort me, but I pushed them away.

"Don't."

"Piper, honey, are you-"

"Would you be?" My eyes went back to Chris. He was in a similar state, but not sobbing. Yet. "I'm so sorry, I can't believe this. This- none of this is fair."

"Nobody ever said life would be." He wiped the tears from his eyes, and when he returned my gaze I saw his eyes go back to the cold and unfeeling way they always seemed. I couldn't take him being that way anymore. It was all too much to take. My head started to hurt, and the room was spinning…

"Mom!"

"Piper!"

"Chris, catch her!"

Everything went black.

I woke up to the gentle ticking of the grandfather clock. I was downstairs on the couch. I turned to get up, but Chris was there, sitting in a chair, watching me.

"Hey." He seemed all right. No more coldness toward me.

"Hi."

"I did."

"What?"

"I talked to Leo. I'm still not comfortable calling him Dad," he explained, seeing the look on my face, "but we're both going to try to get along. For your sake."

"Nice to see my fainting spells are good for something."

He smiled, then frowned. "About that: I'm sorry. That's one of the reasons I didn't want to tell you, I was afraid it'd be too much."

"Well, at least you got that off your chest. You really shouldn't bottle up your anger like that, though, next time you might let loose on someone who really deserves it."

He sighed. "I know, I know. I apologized. But," he added, grinning, "it felt great!"

I groaned, and said, "Is this how you're going to be for the rest of your life?"

He let his smile fade slowly. "Not if I change what I came here to change." He gently took my hand in his, and we smiled at each other.

Later on, Leo, Chris, and I sat down and talked it all out. Leo promises to be there for all of Chris's birthdays, even if he has to give up being an Elder. Chris promises to understand if he can't be there for everything and to talk to us more often about his feelings. I promise to do my best to be there for all of my guys, and to fight Death myself if needed. They laughed at the dark humor, then we ordered out for Chinese, and hung out, like a normal family. I'm telling you, today was a Hallmark kind of day. Everything turned out perfectly in the end. Except for the mystery of who turns Wyatt evil. But that's a worry for tomorrow. Today was a great day for everyone. I haven't felt this happy and at peace for a long time. I know it won't last, but for now, I want to just be the family we were today. I'll make it last as long as I can. I don't want to miss out on any of the possibilities for us during this peaceful time, so I'll end this entry here. I have four living diaries waiting for me downstairs. Blessed be.

Hey guys, I am so so so so so sorry it took me so long to update, but now that it's summer again, I have a lot more free time. Hope you enjoyed this new entry, thought I'd give them all some peace for a while. But what will happen next time? Come back to find out!