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Ok, so this is just a little filler chapter, but is very needed, and I'm sure you will see why closer to the end...that is all I'm saying so now you can enjoy...

Boarding School Hell

"Did your mom say whether she was bring Beth with her?" Speedy asked, as he sat on Chris' desk, while the two boys packed. Chris just rolled his eyes at his friend's comment, the tension from last week had now disappeared that Wyatt had reminded him somehow of Leo's promise to him.

Wyatt looked over to Speedy, who's hazel eyes were wide like an excited school girl.

"No, she didn't," Wyatt shook his head, "I doubt she will. I mean, she's only two month old, is taking her outside right now good for her?"

"Yes Wyatt," Chris laughed, "It builds up an immune system." He looked over at Titch, who was sat on Wyatt's chair to his desk, and then looked away. When he told Titch what Wyatt had said, the shorter of the two had a smug look on his face, he knew that they were both in love and that they could get through anything, they just had to talk about it.

"Hey, Chris, have you seen my CDs?"

"Eh?"

"My case of CDs?"

Chris looked up and shook his head, while Wyatt frowned, trying to think where he had put them.

"Wait," Chris thought, "Didn't James take them to borrow some?" Wyatt snapped his fingers and ran out of the room. His mom was going to be here in about five minutes and he was nowhere near packed. Chris was left in the room with two sniggering 18-year-olds, "What?"

"You two," Speedy laughed, "I think you'd both be lost without each other." Chris rolled his eyes as he heard a tap at the door. Turning around he saw Piper stood there with a baby in her arms.

"Oh, hey Piper," Chris smiled, walking over and hugging her and then looked at the two month old baby girl in her arms, "Hello you," He cooed at Elizabeth with a smile on his face to see that she was fast asleep. He had to admit, as jealous as he was about Wyatt's situation, he still found the bundle of joy a…well…bundle of joy, "Oh, this is Titch and Speedy, my two closest friends here."

"Hi boys," Piper smiled at them as they waved at her and then turned her attention back on Chris, "Where's that son of mine?"

"Searching for CDs at the moment," he laughed, "Don't ask. Titch move your butt,"

As Titch moved, Piper sat down on the chair, "How is she?"

"She's ok," Piper sighed, "This is the first she's slept today. Good luck for the next week while you're at home." Chris just laughed at her comment and went back to packing, while Titch and Speedy moved closer to see the baby.

"One of you can hold her if you want." Piper said, but their movements were stopped by Wyatt.

"Not until I do first," He stated, throwing his pack of CDs on the bed and taking his daughter from his mom's arms, "Hey."

"Careful, she's asleep." Piper warned her son, while Chris watched him. He seemed so at home with her, and now he could feel his jealousy coming back. Pushing it to one side, he finished his packing.

"Chris, can you take her while I finish packing?" he asked, looking up at the brunette who was now perching on his desk. Chris at first tried to object, and Wyatt understood why, so he convinced Chris to hold her, "Hold her head with your arm…that's it." Wyatt remembered what to do from when Hope was born. He may have only been nine when she was born, but he still remembered what he was told when holding her.

Chris stood with a baby in his arms, while everybody looked at him. The younger Halliwell could not help but laugh at the look of dread in his face, almost as if he was scared of dropping her, but soon Chris relaxed and Wyatt could get on with his packing.

"She has her first check-up next while you're home, sweetie," Piper told her son, as she watched Chris carefully, seeing a smile creeping on it, "On Tuesday…"

"Remind me when I'm home?" Wyatt asked, quickly glancing up to see his mom nod and then back at the things he had decided he was taking home.

"Can I hold her?" Speedy asked, looking between Wyatt, Chris and Piper. The younger Halliwell looked up to see how Chris was with his daughter, but could see he was still weary about it, so nodded his head to Speedy. Of course, after what Chris had told him, Wyatt knew it would take a while for Chris to bond with Elizabeth. At least until he spoke to Caitlin.

Chris handed the two month old baby to his friend and watched as Speedy and Titch both seemed to coo over her. He just sat on the bed.

"Are you ok, sweetie?" Piper saw something was bothering the brunette 18-year-old, "You look a little off."

"I'm fine, Piper," Chris lied, nodding his head, "I'm just a little tired that's all." Piper seemed to buy that lie and did not ask anything more as they made their way out to the car, Chris carrying the bags and Wyatt carrying Elizabeth.

"Hey Chris, can you sit in the front, I kind of want to sit with Elizabeth."

Chris threw the two bags in the boot of the car and nodded his head, he could not be bothered with all this, he just wanted to get to the manor and talk to Leo about it.

"Are you sure you're ok, sweetie?" Piper asked after she had strapped Lizzie into her car seat and got into the car. She felt Chris' forehead.

"I'm fine Piper, really," Chris smiled at her, trying to reassure her, "I'm just tired that's all."

While Wyatt asked every question he could think of about how his daughter was doing, Chris just stared out of the window at the passing landscape, and Piper just knew there was something bothering him. She slightly had an idea of what it was, and hoped that if it was what she thought it was, Leo could help him through whatever Chris was going through.

"Give it back, Parker," yelling in the form of Matthew's voice was heard from the sunroom as everybody got into the manor, "That's not fair, you're taller."

"Then grow, squeak."

"Parker, what are you doing now?" Piper asked her middle son as she stepped into the room, to see Parker holding up a remote control car and Matthew trying to reach it.

"Nothing mom." The 16-year-old smiled sweetly at his mother, but she did not believe him.

"Give it back to him," the mother of three warned him, "NOW!"

Reluctantly, Parker handed the toy to the 11-year-old, who ran out of the room, leaving Parker to find something else to do for fun, while Wyatt and Chris just laughed at him slightly.

"You still getting into trouble?" Wyatt questioned his baby brother, just as Elizabeth started to cry. The eldest Halliwell son picked her up as Parker smiled.

"When do I not get into trouble?"

Chris just watched the two brothers interact, while Wyatt tried to figure out what was wrong with his daughter. Wyatt looked over to Chris for some help.

"I have no idea what I'm doing here."

Chris rolled his eyes and shook his head with a smile.

"Does she need changing?"

"How am I meant to know?"

The Perry took the baby from Wyatt and went through the motions to find out what was wrong with her, amazing Wyatt at how natural he was with her. After deciding it was probably hunger, Chris made his way to the kitchen, to find Piper already heating a bottle up in the microwave and Leo sat at the table, drinking some coffee. Wyatt was not far behind, as he watched Chris hand the baby over to Leo.

"That's her hungry cry." Piper pointed out to her son, who was still amazed at what was going on.

"She has different cries?"

"All babies have different cries," Chris pointed out, "You pick it up."

"I haven't been around. And how the hell do you know?"

"I told you, I'm good with kids." Chris pointed out with a smile on his face, as he sat down at the table. Wyatt looked around the room as Piper checked the heat of the milk.

"Ok, I have no idea what to do," Wyatt sighed, "It's not all about how cute she is, is it?" Piper and Leo laughed lightly, as Wyatt sat down and watched his mother take his daughter and start to feed her.

"You'll pick it up, Wyatt," Leo stated, "Just like I did."

"So you didn't become the best dad in the world over night?" As Leo shook his head, Wyatt sighed, understanding slightly, "Will I ever be as good as you?"

"Some day you just might." Leo winked and then looked at Chris, who he could tell straight away was having some issues, involving Elizabeth, the frown on his face told many stories. Making a mental note to talk to him later, he turned his attention back to Wyatt, who was still watching Piper.

"Can I have a go at feeding her?"

"How about I make a deal and you can feed her next time," Piper smiled, "This time you can burp her, so I can get a start on dinner."

"I need to burp her?" Wyatt asked, confused at it all a little. He looked over at Chris, who was smiling slightly, but had now drifted back into his own little world.

"Yes sweetie, but it's easy," Piper explained to her son, "Don't worry, I'll help you with all this, ok. You don't have to do any of this on your own. And I'm sure Chris will help you, he seems to know what he's doing."

Chris felt everybody's eyes on him, but if he was honest he had no idea why. Had they just asked him something?

"I need some help with what I'm doing with Lilabet." His lover said to him, and all Chris could do was nod.

"So, want to tell me what's bothering you?" Leo asked, as he sat on one of the garden chairs next to Chris. Chris had come outside for a smoke, and even though Leo was not so happy about it, he still figured Chris would be calm enough to talk to him.

"I did want to talk to you actually," Chris nodded his head towards the step-father, "About 'Lizabeth."

The doctor nodded his head, it was what both he and Piper thought it was, well, so far anyway.

"I had an idea."

"Well," Chris frowned, sitting forward on the chair and looking into Leo's green-blue eyes, "Is it wrong for me to feel detached from her, you know, slightly jealous that Wyatt's so…I don't know…excited about her?"

"Not completely," Leo shook his head, "You love Wyatt thought, don't you?"

"Yeah, I love him," Chris nodded, "But at the moment, I'm just…I don't know…I've spoken to Wyatt about it but nothing seems to have changed."

"So why don't you tell me everything," Leo offered, "I've been in this position, raising a child that isn't my own, wondering if I could do a good enough job."

"But you couldn't do much worse that what Wyatt's real dad did though, right?" Chris put out, "I mean, he was never going to have to witness anything like he had done back then."

"No," Leo agreed, "But I still wondered whether he would accept me. Seeing your father hit your mother stays with you, even at four, and I had to gain Wyatt's trust, so I could be in his life. At least you won't have that with Lizzie."

"It's not just that, Leo," Chris shook his head, "I'm not worried about that, I mean, yeah doesn't every parent worry about whether they can raise their kids well, but that's not it. It's more off…It's just me being stupid and petty."

"If it's got you smoking again, when I know at Easter you had quit, then it can't be that stupid."

Chris sighed and looked at the cigarette in his hand. Maybe Leo was right, it could not be that stupid.

"It's just that, I'll never had this," Chris finally said, "What Wyatt has. A daughter of my own."

"You mean biologically?" as he saw the 18-year-old nod his head, Leo sighed, "You know, if you and Wyatt decide you want another child, you could always do the surrogate thing."

"Wyatt's already said that."

"But that's not it, is it?"

"I don't know, Leo," Chris sighed, "Just, Lizzie is going to grow up with nothing there that's me, you know, she's never going to be my daughter, she's always going to be Wyatt and Caitlin's, nothing will ever change that fact, and that's something I'm never going to have. Did you ever feel that when taking on the responsibility of Wyatt and Parker?"

"Honestly?" Leo looked to Chris, "And don't tell Piper this, but yes I did. To be honest, after I talked Piper into kicking Jack out and began helping her raise the boys, I thought we would never have a child together. I honestly thought that all I would have was Wyatt and Parker. And, ok, so that did bother me a little, but I loved Piper and knew how much she loved me, and knew we could get through anything. And let me tell you something, even though I never thought I would have my own child, the way Wyatt and Parker would come to me made me feel like they were my own. They didn't have to call me dad, Piper never made them, but they did it because they wanted to and even though they weren't mine, it made me feel like they were."

"But then you had Matthew."

"But it never changed how I felt about Wyatt and Parker. I love all three of them the same and nothing will change that. You'll find that you'll push aside the fact that Lizzie isn't your own as she grows up. Just because she doesn't come from you, doesn't mean she won't pick up any of your habits, you're the one that would be teaching her the right from the wrong, not Caitlin. Just try and keep her away from that habit you have right there."

Chris could not help but chuckle at the last comment.

"You sound just like Wyatt." The comment causing them both to laugh.

"Anything else that's bothering you?"

"It's just mainly that, I think," Chris replied, "Oh and what its going to be like with Caitlin around all the time."

"Well, actually, she wants to talk to you," Leo knew Chris needed to know in advance, "About adoption rights and things," but Leo could see Chris take a deep breath as he heard about adoption, "You don't want to adopt her?"

"I'm not too sure," Chris honestly replied, "Not at the moment anyway. I mean, things between me and Wyatt are still early and if something happens between us and…I don't know. What would you do, Leo?"

"In your situation, I'd talk to Wyatt about it," Leo advised, "You can't go into this if you're not sure, but if you're both living together and Caitlin will do this, I suggest you do, that way there isn't any backfire from Caitlin or her parents at least. You don't want Lizzie to be caught in the middle of a custody battle a few years down the line when Caitlin decides she made a mistake letting Wyatt keep her."

Chris understood, but he would need to talk to Wyatt about this fully. It was not the fact that he did not want to adopt the baby, as long as Caitlin gave the rights, it was jus the fact that he was scared if something happened between them.

"Chris, if something happens to Wyatt, God forbid," Leo started again, "A fews years down the line say, if you don't have legal rights over Lizzie, you'd have no leg to stand on, she'd go to Caitlin, just have that in the back of your mind."

"Thanks Leo." Chris smiled, just as Wyatt stepped through the doors to see them.

"Hey, I've just got Lizzie down for her nap," Wyatt said, wondering silently if he was interrupting something, "You wanna go over what I'm gonna have to do?" Knowing that Leo had gone through something similar, Chris' feelings over everything were beginning to change, he was starting to see a light over the whole situation. Maybe Elizabeth was not biologically his, but that never shaped who she was going to be, it was those who taught her the right from wrong, and that was going to be Chris and Wyatt, "Or am I interrupting something?" Wyatt added, seeing Leo looking at Chris.

"I think we're finished, son," Leo turned his attention to Wyatt and then looked back at the brunette, "Chris?"

"Yeah, thanks Leo," Chris smiled as Leo left the backyard and Wyatt sat down in his place, "I love you."

"Ok, where did that just come from?"

"Do I have to have a reason to tell you I love you?" Chris asked.

"You've changed your tune since earlier," the Halliwell stated, "That must have been one hell of a talk you had with my dad."

"It was," the 18-year-old brunette nodded, "And it's made me see sense. I love you and I was being petty and stupid about this whole you getting excited over 'Lizabeth. She's your daughter, you have a right to be like that, but what I missed on was that I'm the one that's gonna help you raise her and teach her things, not her mom."

"So…"

"So, I'm gonna stop being petty and help you," Chris smiled, "Oh, and actually quit smoking, so it's not one habit she's going to pick up."

"Ok, who are you and what have you done to my Chris?" Wyatt asked, laughing as the Perry playfully hit him. The two stood up and embraced in a kiss, "You got all that from my dad?"

"Your dad's one hell of a talker," Chris answered, "And it helps when its from someone who's been in a similar position to me."

The first night with the baby in their room was nothing they could have planned for. Both of them were up and down like yo-yos as she woke up every few hours. Was it going to be like this forever now? Well, they were over exaggerating on the 'forever' bit, but both realised they were NOT going to be getting any rest for the next week until they got back to school.

The next morning, Wyatt laid in bed, he felt like he had only just gotten to sleep, and rolled over to cuddle up to his lover as he realised Chris was not there. Wyatt opened one heavy eyelid, to find Chris was not in the bed, and then sat up, opening both eyes to realise not only was Chris not in the bed, or in the room, Elizabeth was not in her cot.

Frowning, completely confused, Wyatt climbed out of bed and made his way out of his room, glancing at the clock as he went past it. It was only seven in the morning, where could the two of them be? He made his way downstairs as he heard laughter coming from the kitchen.

"Hey, there you two are." The Halliwell moaned, as he saw Chris sat at the table, with his daughter in his arms, feeding her, and Piper stood at the stove with her back to them.

"Morning sweetie," Piper smiled, "Eggs or pancakes?"

"Eggs please," Wyatt was still a little confused as he sat at the table, "What are you doing up?"

"You didn't hear your daughter crying?" Chris asked, with an amused look on his face. He was still only in a pair of PJ bottoms, just like Wyatt, even though he had been up for the past hour or so. Elizabeth had woken him up with her crying, and he had decided to stay up since then with her, since he knew she would be getting hungry soon after she woke him.

"When?"

"An hour or so ago."

"Chris was already up when I got up," Piper looked at her son, they both looked tired, and she knew it was to do with Elizabeth, this had been the first night where she was getting up out of bed five or six times at night, "Wyatt why don't you take over so Chris can get a couple of extra hours in bed."

"It's ok, Piper," Chris shook his head, "I'm fine." Even though he was not, but he would not admit to it.

Wyatt watched as Chris continued to feed the baby girl her bottle.

"You know you should have woken me."

"What was the point?" Chris shrugged, "Then both of us would have been up, and you'd have been all grouchy, and then you'd have gotten all bitchy at my tonight."

"Chris, language in front of the baby." Piper warned the 18-year-old without turning around, so Chris just rolled his eyes. Wyatt laughed slightly at his lover's actions, just as an empty bottle was put on the table.

"Do you want me to burp her?"

Wyatt took the baby and did as he was told last night. He still had no idea how Chris knew how to do all this and never really thought about asking, just as long as one of them had an idea of what they were doing. This was going to take a while for Wyatt to get into the whole 'dad' thing.

"Chris, sweetie," Piper turned around, "Go back to bed, you look really tired."

"You do." Wyatt nodded his head, causing Chris to sigh.

"Fine, I'm going," Chris said over-dramatically, "Wake me up in a couple of hours if I'm not down?"

"Course I will."

And with that, Chris left the kitchen, to leave Piper and her son to talk.

"Chris was telling me last night was bad."

"Yeah, mom," Wyatt nodded, "Does it get easier?"

"Not before it gets harder, I'm afraid to say," Piper sighed as she put a plate of eggs and bacon in front of her son and sat down, "Give me Lizzie while you eat." As Wyatt did as he was told, he watched Piper rock his daughter.

"I'm gonna mess this up."

"No you're not," Piper refused to believe that, "Oh, Caitlin called last night, I forgot to say, she's coming over tomorrow to talk to Chris, can you warn him?"

"Warn him about what? He doesn't want to adopt her?"

"Are you sure Wyatt?"

Wyatt rolled his eyes and started playing with his food, as he thought about the conversation he had last week.

"He told me," Wyatt nodded, "He said he was too worried if something happened between us that we couldn't fix." Piper sighed, understanding his thinking, but also understanding why Wyatt was upset.

"You know Leo thought the same way about you and Parker," she told him, "He worried about if something happened between us, and that you would hate him, you know for what Jack did to me, in case you thought all men would do that to me."

"I never thought that," Wyatt shook his head, "I also saw the fight dad had with Jack, you know, that one over the adoption."

"You saw that?"

"You guys thought I was in bed, but yeah I saw it," Wyatt nodded, "And I don't want it to get like that later on with Elizabeth. I don't want Chris to finally see that he wants to have legal rights over her and then Caitlin throw it back at him."

"Have you spoken to him?"

"No."

"You two really need to talk about things," Piper sighed, "You'll never make this work if you hide so much from each other." In a way, Wyatt felt stupid, why had he not spoken to Chris about this? "But don't push him. He needs to come to a decision in his own time, not with you looking over his shoulder every step of the way. Remember this is a big thing for him too."

"I know mom," Wyatt smiled at her understanding, "I love you, mom."

"I love you too sweetie."

so, please review even if it was a filler chapter, the talk with Leo was very very important, considering its going to change Chris' attitude around the baby...