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Boarding School Hell

Wyatt set the table, while he left his lover to watch the pasta sauce, just as his dad walked in.

"Five places?" Leo questioned, "I thought you asked for Parker to be gone tonight, or can Paige not watch Matty?"

"It's for Patty, dad." Wyatt looked up with a smile, making sure everything was perfect. He was getting extremely nervous about telling them, it was more nerve-wracking then having to tell his mom about Caitlin's pregnancy.

"Patty?" Leo asked, he could see his step-son was nervous about something.

"For moral support."

"So, Patty knows what you're going to tell us tonight," as he saw Wyatt nod his head, "And Chris knows too," again, Wyatt nodded his head, "There's not another girl you've got pregnant is there?" Leo meant it in a joking way, but after last night and the revelation that it could have been the younger of his step-sons that was the father of Caitlin's baby, Wyatt never saw the funny side and neither did Piper as she walked into the dining room.

"What? You've got another girl pregnant?"

"No mom," Wyatt shook his head, with a slight smile playing on his face at her ability of catching a conversation half-way through, "Dad was trying to be funny, trying being the operative word." He smirked at Leo and went back into the kitchen to see how the spaghetti was doing. He sighed as he stirred the sauce, he could feel Chris' eyes on him.

"Please tell me this is the right thing to do."

"Nervous?" Chris asked, rubbing his hand on his lover's back.

"Very."

"It's the right thing to do," Chris smiled, "Anyway, it's not like you're going to tell them you're completely gay. To them there's still gonna be a chance that you'll find a girl…"

"I am though, Chris," Wyatt looked up, "I'm gay, Chris, definitely, truly, 100 percent gay."

Chris just looked at him, slightly taken aback, he had never heard Wyatt say this. He knew Wyatt, well until last night, still looked at his ex and thought she was hot.

"Chris, I don't think about sleeping with girls, not once," Wyatt sighed, "I only think about you. Do you think I'm just Chris-sexual, that would make sense," Chris had a smile playing on his lips, which made Wyatt walk closer to him so they were only inches apart, "But I know that since I've been with you, I haven't fantasised about a girl, ever. And yeah, ok, I haven't fantasised about another guy, BUT I never thought I would sleep with a guy before you…"

"You're going off topic." Chris teased, earning a playful slap from his blonde lover.

"I'm gay, Chris, you can deal with that right," Wyatt looked into his green eyes, "I mean, I know you're bi, that doesn't both…"

"I'm completely gay too," Chris smiled, "For the exact same reasons as you."

They're lips met in a kiss, just as the kitchen door opened. Chris moved away from Wyatt and leaned against the counter in the middle of the room. Both boys looked to see Patty smiling at them.

"Relax, just me, go back to whatever you two were doing."

"Actually, Chris was just trying to calm my nerves in a non sexual way." Patty gave him and I-don't-believe-you look and then sat down at the table, while Wyatt got her a glass of wine.

"I bumped into Parker in the park," Patty said, looking at her eldest cousin, "He'd been talking to Caitlin. He was worried about you."

"He was worried about me?" Wyatt laughed in disbelief, "He wouldn't talk to me all day. How was he? And don't talk to me about Caitlin yet, tonight's going to be bad enough without her coming into the equation again."

"He's ok, you two just need to talk," as the 17-year-old nodded his head with a frown, Patty titled her head, "I mean talk, Wyatt, no shouting at him. Control your temper…"

"You heard what I did last night, then."

"You know nothing can stay a secret in this family."

Chris laughed slightly as he heard that, that was exactly what she had said to him a few nights ago, before the mess with Wyatt knowing about Parker's activities with his ex. He saw as the blonde looked in his direction and then back at the 20-year-old, sipping her wine with a smile.

"I know," Wyatt nodded, "I couldn't even keep us from you. I'm surprised nobody's picked up on us yet."

"What are you gonna do once your mom knows?" Patty asked, sensing how nervous Wyatt was, "You know, she won't care as long as your happy."

"I know that," Wyatt nodded, "But after last night, it's going to be another bombshell."

"A good one though," Patty winked, "No more girls getting pregnant by you…or your brother getting your ex's pregnant."

Wyatt glared at her, half wanting to smirk at the comment, the other half of him wanting to say something.

"You know, Parker was worried about what you were having dinner about tonight," Patty finally said, realising she had put her foot in it slightly, "He thinks you hate him…"

"I don't Patty," Wyatt shook his head, going back to the stove and putting the cooked spaghetti in a large bowl, and the sauce in another, "I'm upset, but I don't hate him. Not for what he did, or for what he said to me last night."

"What did he say?"

Wyatt looked up, realising the 16-year-old brat had not told her everything, and then went back to what he was doing, "I'll talk to you later about it. Right now, what am I gonna say to my mom and dad?"

"You haven't thought about what to say?"

"He's been too busy making sure this tastes good enough." Chris smiled as he picked up the bowl of spaghetti and the three began to leave the question.

"Just tell them out straight," Patty whispered, "Don't dance around the situation."

As the three sat down at the table, with Piper and Leo, Patty decided to make small talk while Wyatt got the nerves to finally say something. Chris secretively put his hand under the table and gave Wyatt's leg a gentle squeeze, letting him know he was there.

"So, how's work, dad?" Wyatt asked, trying to avoid the subject, feeling a glare coming from his eldest cousin, after all she had just told him not to dance around the subject.

"It has it's ups and downs," Leo replied, "We had car crash victims in a few days ago, you know the six car pile up on the highway," the 17-year-old nodded his head, he had heard about that, "I'm just glad I don't specialise in paediatrics, one of my colleagues had a young girl with leukaemia, this is the third time it's returned and there's nothing more we can do."

"Oh." Wyatt could only say.

"Anyway, enough of that," Leo stated, trying to lighten the mood, "Did your mom tell you about the restaurant?" Wyatt shook his head, and looked towards his mother.

"Oh," Piper smiled, "We got our fifth star today."

"Wow! Mom! That's great," Wyatt beamed, "So, when are you starting your chain?"

"Yeah, Aunt Piper," Patty smiled at the news, "You know when your restaurant is turned into a chain, it's going to be as big as the Hilton Hotels used to be, until Paris took over them."

"I wouldn't go that far, Patty." Piper blushed ever so slightly.

"We never asked you how your studies are going, Wyatt," Leo changed the subject slightly, "Have you been keeping on top of everything."

"Not doing bad," the younger Halliwell smiled, "Chris is helping me with Algebra, you know I really struggle in that. It's different you know, with actually having to work, I can't have any excuses of why I didn't do my homework."

"So maybe that school has done some good."

Wyatt looked to his lover with a smile, "Yeah, definitely some good."

Patty saw the look that Wyatt was giving Chris and rolled her eyes; "Wyatt, I thought you had some other news that you wanted to tell them."

"Right, yeah." Wyatt sighed, he knew he had to do this, but his nerves were playing up too much. He looked at his food, twirling spaghetti around his fork, but not eating any of it. He looked to Chris for support, but he could see the brunette doing exactly the same, not looking at anybody.

"Are you ok, Wyatt?" Piper asked her eldest son, who seemed to be playing with the spaghetti rather than eating it, "What is it that you wanted to tell me and Leo?"

Wyatt laughed slightly to himself, Piper never did say 'your dad' to him, it was always Leo, even though she knew to him, Leo was his dad. Leo's opinion counted so much growing up, and his pride in his son, and somehow now he feared he was letting him down in a way. The 17-year-old took a deep breath and looked at Piper and then at Leo.

"Well, you see, I'm…erm…" He looked to Patty who nodded her head and then at Chris, who was still playing with his food, and then back to his parents, "I'm…erm…gay." The younger Halliwell looked at the two adults sat opposite him, neither spoke, both just looked at him, "Mom…Dad…say something…please."

"Oh, Wyatt," Piper asked as she stood up and walked to her eldest son, kissing him on his forehead, "Honey, that's fine. As long as you're happy…" But Wyatt could see that Leo was not thinking the same thing. A frown covered his face, as he thought of what to say.

"Dad?" Wyatt looked at him, biting his lower lip, Leo was disappointed. The elder male avoided his step-son's gaze, looking at his plate.

"You know, this pasta sauce is brilliant, Wyatt," he tried to avoid the situation, "You should think about going into being a chef, I'm sure your mother will give you a job after you leave school, unless you're going to college. Yeah, maybe you should go to college, look into it there."

"Dad?"

"Leo," Piper said almost sternly, "Wyatt's just told us he's gay, and you're going on about college?"

"As long as you're happy." Leo sighed, but his 17-year-old step-son knew he was only saying it to make Piper happy. It was not the fact that he was homophobic, not at all, after all Jackson was gay and there had never been any problem there, but it was something that he was not expecting. Just a few days ago Wyatt was telling them how he had got his ex-girlfriend pregnant, and Leo knew there had been a lot more than one girl in Wyatt's short life, so it was unexpected for him to now say he was gay.

"Has this got something to do with you now being in an all boys boarding school?" Leo questioned his son, while his wife sat back down in her seat, "That you haven't just decided this because of that, and you aren't punishing us for it."

Wyatt shook his head with a frown, why would he punish them for sending him to Trinity? They had to get him into a school somewhere for his final year of high school and this was the only place that would take him. He tried looking at Chris and Patty for their support, but Chris was now playing with his fingers and Patty was in shock at the way Leo was avoiding the subject earlier and now accusing him of lying.

"Is this what all this was for?" Piper asked, nudging her husband to be supportive of the blonde, who was obviously having trouble telling them the news. As Wyatt nodded his head, Piper smiled, "Sweetie, we love you, ok? No matter what…"

"Mom, there's a little more," Wyatt smiled softly.

"Have you already found a boyfriend?" Piper asked, slightly excited for her son, not realising that her excitement would soon die, "Is this why you said you wouldn't be able to get back with Caitlin."

"Erm, yeah mom," Wyatt nodded his head, "Chris is…"

"Chris!" Leo raised his eyebrows and looked at the elder of the two teens. Both the adults looked at the two teens completely shocked, this was another thing they were not expecting, "Wait," Leo sighed again, "When I saw you both at the hospital, you were really protective of him. Was there something going on then? It wasn't just a roommate thing, was it?"

"It's not just a roommate thing, dad," Wyatt sighed, "Look, I love Chris ok…"

Both adults were taken aback by this too and then looked to Chris, who could feel their eyes caring into him. He looked up to meet Wyatt's step-father's gaze.

"I love him too." Chris simply stated.

"Don't you two think you're too young to be thinking about love? I mean, you're 17 Wyatt…"

"And Patty was only 19 when she got engaged to Luke." Wyatt argued, looking to his cousin, who just sat there gaping like a fish out of water, not know what to say.

"This isn't about Patty, this is about you," Leo stated, "You're too young."

"No, I'm not dad," Wyatt stated, "A few days ago I told you I was going to be a teenage dad and you said you'd support me. Now I'm telling you I'm gay and I'm in love with Chris, why can't you be supportive in this?"

"Because no son of mine is going to be gay!" Leo told his son, standing up at the table. There was a clang of metal hitting a plate, as Patty dropped her fork at what she heard. Everybody at the table stared at the eldest male and then looked at Wyatt, hoping that he would not lash out.

Chris kept his eyes on his blonde lover, seeing the fire in his ocean blue eyes, he was ready for a fight and Chris knew it.

Wyatt slowly stood up, breathing heavily, trying to control his anger for his mother's sake, and then he said something that he thought he would never say in his life; "Well, it's a good job I'm not your son then, isn't it, Leo."

Piper's eyes grew at her son's comment and then looked to her husband. She had no idea what to say to either of them, whether to shout at Wyatt for what he had said or to stand up for him because of Leo's behaviour. She knew Patty was in a similar situation. She had been through this once, when Jackson finally came out as gay, but that went slightly smoother with Andy just acting strangely for a few months until he finally got it into his head that it was nothing he did as a father, it was just Jackson being open about himself.

Chris was ready to pull his lover away if a fight was started, he saw a glare from both males. He was shocked to hear Wyatt's words, he never thought once he would hear them, after everything he had said about Leo, but part of him knew Leo deserved that.

Before anything could be said, the sound of a beeper was heard.

"Sorry," Leo said, looking at his pager and then at Piper, "I've got to get into work. We'll finish this later." And with that, Leo just walked out of the house, leaving the family to recover from his mess.

"Wyatt, sweetie?" Piper was the first to speak to remove the awkward silence.

"I'm sorry mom," Wyatt looked into her hazel eyes, almost pleading her, "Can I be excused?"

Piper almost felt like she could cry for her son, he looked so helpless. He had just admitted a big thing and Leo had just almost turned his back on him, "Sure sweetie. If you want to talk, I'm here."

"I know mom." Wyatt smiled weakly and left the table to go upstairs, without looking at Chris or Patty. Sounds of a door slamming and then glass smashing and things breaking could be heard from upstairs, causing the three at the table to look at each other worriedly.

"I'll go and talk to him, Aunt Piper." Patty stated, standing up from the table, but Chris stopped her.

"No, I'll go." Chris said and then looked to Piper, who nodded her head with a weak smile. With that, Chris ran up the stairs, before Patty could stop him.

"At least he's not taking it out on Uncle Leo." Patty smiled but it was almost as if she was wincing underneath it. Piper glared at her eldest niece. This was going to take some sorting out.

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