3 am. Chris finally returned to P3. He was exhausted. The day's demon hunting trip had

really taken its toll. The upside was that he had successfully avoided bumping into Leo. He

knew? God this was going to be awkward. Hi I'm Chris, your unborn son from the future. You

know, the one you have been treating like crap for the last 6 months. God I'm so screwed!

How had Leo found out? Chris was pretty good at lying, manipulation and deceiving. It was

traits his darling brother had forced him to learn. Although now that he thought about it, he

had dropped a couple of not so subtle hints. The first couple of weeks he had really though

they would figure it out. As time went by though, it became clear that even if they noticed

something, they deliberately chose to ignore it. Today had been a quite productive day. He

had vanquished over a dozen demons, without more than a few scratches to show for it. It

must have been the rage and hopelessness he for some reason had felt after Leo's

revelation. The downside was that Chris now was ravishingly hungry, but that didn't matter.

He had learned to live with hunger. It was a necessity if you wanted to survive in the future.

As Chris fell down on the couch, he finally noticed someone standing in the corner. It didn't

take long till he figured out who it was. Jeez one night. Couldn't he get ONE night of peace

without freaking interruptions? Leo was staring at him. Unlike this morning he didn't look

nervous, he looked pissed. Chris paid no attention to the heated glare his father was sending

in his direction and merely closed his eyes. He fell asleep almost instantly.

Leo had spent the whole day with Piper and Wyatt. To get back the family you thought you

had lost. To spend the day with them and see them smile had brought Leo joy he hadn't felt

in months. The downside was that he couldn't stop worrying about Chris. He had tried

tracking him down several times, but he had found that he was unable to sense the young

witchlighter. As the hours went by with Chris still missing, Leo had started to get more and

more worried. He had even contemplated summoning Chris, but how do you explain to your

wife that you're worried about the person who told you that your son was evil? Piper would

be suspicious and Leo would spill the secret of Chris' parentage. That would defiantly cause

more harm than good. After Piper had fallen asleep, Leo had orbed off to P3 hoping to find

his wayward son, and when he hadn't, he decided he wouldn't get any rest before his son

returned. Chris did return. At 3 o'clock in the morning. 20 hours he had been gone then. 20

hours of demon hunting alone. Leo had already known Chris was careless and risking his life

but this, this was too much. When Chris arrived Leo felt an urge to shake and yell at the kid,

but as he saw Chris' fatigue Leo found himself unable to. He would have to wait till the

morning. When Chris finally noticed him, he barley acknowledged his existence. Chris was

asleep within seconds. Leo found himself repeating last night's gestures as he covered Chris

with a blanket. "What am I going to do with you huh?" Leo said as he removed a strand of

Chris' hair. His son was safe. Now he could sleep.

Piper felt safer than she had in months. She had her husband back. Leo had finally decided

that his family should come first. A little late, but what the heck, it was better late than

never. Her husband was better than Greg the fireman in every aspect of his being. Leo's

mere presence had a positive effect on his wife and child. Piper was happier and Wyatt more

outgoing than they had been in weeks. Something had been troubling Leo all day though.

Every time he caught her looking at him he would be smiling and laughing, but when he

didn't notice, she could see the distant look in his eyes which meant his mind was

somewhere else. Piper asked him what was wrong a couple of times, but the only answer

she got was: "What could possibly be wrong now that I have my family back?" Then he

would hug her and go to play with his son, before the look returned after awhile. He

obviously didn't want to bother her with it and he usually knew best about these sort of

things, therefore she let it slide. If it was something important that she should know about

that he neglected to tell her he would be in so much trouble. They had spent the day acting

like a normal family. She almost felt like they were a normal family and the "powers that be"

had finally given her a demon and incident free day. About freakin' time! Piper had fallen

asleep in her husband's arms, but when she woke up later he was gone. She wasn't worried

though. Leo would never make a promise just to break it a couple of hours later. His

disappearing had probably something to do with this secret of his. Now she just had to figure

out what it was.

"You can't keep doing this Chris. One would think that at the age of 21 you should know

better. are you deliberately trying to cause a breakdown". Was Leo lecturing him? God he is

so full of it. Just go away and leave me alone you son of a b. Chris had woken that

morning only to find Leo towering over him telling him what he could, should and couldn't

do. Unbelievable. "Leo you may technically be my father, but you're not my dad. Even if you

were, you lost the right to tell me what to do a long time ago." Chris retorted with both

anger and pain evident in his voice. The anger in Leo's face disappeared and he was now

looking at him questionably. Chris didn't leave him enough time to respond, as he left in a

flurry of orbs, leaving Leo to stare at the spot he had just been for the second time in 2 days.

"Oh no you don't. Not again" Leo said as he went after his future son. Of all the traits Chris

could have inherited after his parents, of course stubbornness had to be one of them, Leo

though resigned.

When Chris arrived at the attic, he quickly began searching through the book of shadows.

Scabberdemons, scabberdemons, where are you? Aha, here we go. Now to the vanquishing

potion. Chris was interrupted by a blinding light and a triquetra that appeared on the wall.

The book he was holding in his hands dropped to the floor with a large thump. Chris didn't

pay any attention to the orbs which appeared behind him, or the person whose footsteps

resounded on the stairs before running into the attic. His sole focus was on the 6 foot 2

blond haired man standing in front of him. Chris took an involuntarily step back and found

himself swallowing hard. " Hello Wyatt"