Chapter 13…In which Christopher Chant gets the telling off he truly deserves. xD. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.

Chapter 13

The next day, in magic lessons, Chrestomanci was seriously getting irritated by the way the Goddess kept glaring at him and sighing, quite obviously not listening to a word he said. "Is there a problem, Kitty?"

"Yes. You."

"I beg your pardon?"

"You're acting like a bloody five year old. Actually, some five year olds are way more mature." Kitty replied bluntly.

Cat looked at her uneasily.

Chrestomanci just looked politely bewildered. "What are you talking about, may I ask?"

"Your wife. Remember her?"

Cat decided to intervene. "What Kitty's trying to say is that you've really upset Millie." he explained.

"Upset Millie in what way?" Chrestomanci asked.

"Don't pretend you don't know what we're talking about. You're ignoring her. Now, I don't know why you're so against this baby, whether it's the shock, or whether it's because you already have two children, but to tell you the truth I don't particularly care." The Goddess said.

Chrestomanci opened his mouth.

"Let me talk," she continued. "And I advise you to listen. Millie's pregnant. Live with it. It's your fault anyway."

Cat looked away pointedly.

"My fault?" Chrestomanci asked, politely incredulous.

"How'd you she got pregnant in the first place? Anyway, that's beside the point. The point is that you need to talk to Millie and get this sorted out. The baby isn't gonna wait for you, you know. You need to spend time with her from now until it's born."

Chrestomanci blinked. "I'm not ignoring her. I'm just…"

"Busy?" Cat suggested. "Doing what, exactly?"

"Well, I have to find out exactly what is going on in Series Seven…"

"That's why Conrad's here" The Goddess pointed out. "And he's got Cat, Rodger, Julia, Janet and me to help, not to mention the rest of the Castle staff.

"Teaching you two magic…"

"There's always Michael. He wouldn't mind for a few months, and we could put up with the basics." Cat replied.

"And I have to help the Temple get back their Goddess."

"No, you don't. Firstly, she isn't the Goddess anymore anyway. And secondly, she's - I'm right here. And don't look so surprised, you knew ages ago, didn't you?"

Chrestomanci nodded. "I had my suspicions. You do realise that I'll have to-"

"Stop trying to change the subject!" the Goddess ordered. "Right, that's it, if you aren't going to spend time with Millie because of your stupid excuses, then…Cat?"

Cat nodded, then, quick as a flash, a silver watch was around Chrestomanci's wrist.

"Don't worry. It's 12A silver. It won't harm you, but it will certainly stop you doing magic. I put it on so only Kitty, Conrad or me can take it off of you, so don't even try getting Rodger or Julia to." Cat informed him. "It was Conrad's idea." he added as an afterthought. "Quite clever, don't you think?"

"Oh, and something else." The Goddess said sweetly. "We're going to be calling you 'Christopher' from now on, until you've redeemed yourself. Now go and find Millie.

And Chrestomanci was shoved out of the room, and wasn't very happy about being bossed about by two thirteen year olds.

He was so going to kill Conrad.

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"Conrad" Chrestomanci said later that day.

"Can I help you, Christopher?"

"Get this thing off of me."

"No can do."

"What?"

"I promised the kids I wouldn't. Unless you've talked to Millie already and sorted it all out?" Conrad asked.

"You know, Conrad Tesdinic, I liked you better when you were an insecure, under confident, twelve year old convinced you had an evil fate." Chrestomanci replied, glaring.

"That's what this Castle does to you." Conrad shrugged. "My suggestion is that you go and find your wife before she or Kitty kills you. Au revoir, mon ami."

And with that, he left the hall.

Chrestomanci sighed. Conrad could've at least stayed as a witness to his murder twice over.

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"You did what?!" Rodger cried. "He'd have killed me or Julia!"

"We did what we had to." The Goddess shrugged from where she was reading on the small sofa beside Janet. "If Cat ever ignored me like that, I'd certainly tell him to get lost."

This took a moment to sink in.

"Wait, what?" Janet asked her. "Are you and Cat…?"

"Since when?" Rodger demanded of his best friend. "And why didn't I know?"

Cat looked utterly confused. "Err…I would've told you if I'd known." he replied.

"Hang on. Did you just ask Cat to go out with you?" Julia wanted to know.

"I might've done." The Goddess replied, not embarrassed in the least.

"I…" Cat started, evidently a lot more self-conscious than she was.

But just then, Conrad came in. "Right, I just met Christopher in the hallway. He's going to talk to Millie now. Are you coming?"

He looked at the disappointed looks on Janet and Julia's faces and then at the blush on Cat's. "Interrupting, am I?" he asked the Goddess.

"Not a bit." The Goddess replied, smirking. "Nothing we can't put off. Right, Rodger. You help Janet. Let's go spy on your parents."

"And I'll bring you back here if they decide to make up." Conrad replied.

"Stop making jokes like that!" Julia insisted.

Conrad, Janet and the Goddess all just laughed. Rodger looked just as sick and Cat…

…Cat was still confused.

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"Millie?" Chrestomanci knocked on the door hesitantly.

"Come in." his wife's voice replied stiffly.

He opened the door hesitantly. "Eh…I've come to apologise."

"For what, Christopher?"

Now here Chrestomanci was stuck. Being perfect in everyway (well, so he thought), he wasn't exactly sure how to reply to this.

"That's what I thought." Millie replied, still not looking at him.

"Look, I'm really sorry Millie. You just surprised me and I…"

Millie sat and listened as he rambled on, apologising profoundly, and then when he said

"…and I really won't mind getting more suits dirty, honest…"

She burst into laughter. "Alright, alright Christopher, you win. I'll talk to you. But first you have to admit you were in the wrong."

"What?"

"Go on."

"I…I was…wr…I was…wro…Millie, don't make me." Chrestomanci pleaded, sounding about five years old.

Millie just blinked and continued to stare.

"Alright then. Iwaswrong. Happy?" he mumbled.

"Didn't quite hear that, Christopher."

"I was wrong, alright?" Chrestomanci replied, annoyed.

Millie laughed. "That's all I wanted to hear." She replied, then stood up and put her arms around him. "You idiot."

"And this is where we leave, children." Conrad's voice came loudly through the door. "You shouldn't be seeing this."

"Conrad!" Rodger and Julia both shrieked.

Cat and Janet tried to contain their laughter for the other Chants sakes.

The Goddess, yet again, didn't bother.

"How long have you been there?" Chrestomanci asked them, walking to the door and opening it.

"Long enough to hear you say that you were wrong and make it a cherished memory in our hearts forever, Christopher." The Goddess replied

Chrestomanci said, "and may I inquire as to why you're still calling me Christopher?"

"Just apologising isn't redeeming yourself." The Goddess shrugged. "We told you. Spend time with her, we'll think about taking that thing off then. Adios, Christopher." She said. "Come, children of the Castle, we have a playroom to get to." And with that, she and the other children vanished.

Chrestomanci turned to face Conrad. "Is she your daughter or something?" he demanded.

"Me and Fay." Conrad replied. "I'm kidding." he added quickly, seeing the look on his best friends face.

"So it took five teenagers and Conrad to make you come to your senses, did it?" Millie demanded of Chrestomanci.

"And that's my cue to leave. Good luck mate." Conrad smirked and then he was off.

Chrestomanci really didn't like that man right now.

I just love the way Kitty talks to Christopher, don't you? Review, please and thank you.