Chapter 12.....
This was meant to just be a filler chapter, however it has kinda turned into something else and I have no idea what I don't really know what I was writing sometimes, I wanted to show how Chris' and Max' relationship has developed and that is isn't always easier and fairytales that they will have their ups and downs and disagree on some things, I also wanted to show how what happened on Chris' birthday affect the family Manly Piper and the sisters (Leo has gonna drifted out but will be back later) – hope I've done a good job on showing it.
A few weeks later Chris is wandering the halls at school with a sad expression on his face. Chris and Max have been avoiding each other since his birthday; it's been very silent during English lessons and Chris has not been eating and sleeping.
"You need to speak to him," Chris hears as he approaches his locker. Chris turns eyeing Bianca up and then continues to slam everything in his locker, with a big sigh.
"I did and look what that did," Chris whines with a pout.
"Don't pout, be a man and go and talk to him, now!" Bianca states giving Chris a big shrove in the direction of their English classroom.
Why does she make me do these things, especially at lunch...Chris thinks
Chris slowly drags his feet to his English classroom, he stands frozen no wanting to go in, however swallowing the lump in his throat he slowly opens the door and peers in.
Chris sighs in relief as it is empty, Chris makes his way in and slowly leans on the desk in front of Max'.
Right when Max gets back in here, I'm just gonna explain everything to him again and hope that he can forgive the crappy things I've done or I could just throw him down on the desk and beat in out of him.....Chris sighs
I need to, God I don't know Max might not ever speak to me again....Chris thinks now with tears spring to his eyes at the thought
"Chris?" A voice wonders. Chris looks up and sees Max standing in the doorway. Chris smiles shyly at him and then looks away as Max approaches him. Max sets his food down on and turns to Chris placing his hands on Chris' knees.
"I'm sorry," Chris whispers, Max watches as the boy in front of him crumbles and begins to cry silently. Max crushes him in a tight embrace hating to see Chris like this. Chris holds on to Max tight crying into his shoulder, after a while Chris' sobs stop and his leans up looking at Max through his red puffy eyes.
"I'm sorry I'm being a girl, I have all these things I wanna say to you to help you understand, but I just couldn't help it, having you this close again makes me think of what happened and I don't ever want to lose you again," Chris says all in one breath, after he is done he takes a long deep breath.
"Chris, you don't need to explain I've figured a few things out and the rest I don't think I want to know, I m....."
"No! You must, I need to make you understand and talk to me again," Chris cuts in his voice now stronger.
"Chris, babe," Max whispers as he begins to stroke his cheek, but Chris pulls away and moves around him to stand by the window.
"Sit," Chris orders quietly. Max sighs as he watches Chris stare out of the window, but he sits in the seat Chris was just leaning against.
"I needed your help last time; I was so screwed up over mom and everything, you saved me, brought me back to life, I love you for that and I love you even more now because you're here and not hating me, well you weren't, when Wyatt did that to you I couldn't forgive myself and I went back to save you as well as Wyatt I thought that by changing Wyatt I could have you back, I didn't realise that if I changed Wyatt's destiny I changed ours," Chris explains, still staring out of the window.
"You didn't, not really, I'm here ain't I?" Max asks wrapping his hands around Chris' waist and hugging him from behind.
"I just think that maybe we need to slow down a bit now, get to know each other again, like before, we need to go to the movies or dinner and just be around each other again, you know get used to what each other is like," Max explains slowly, not wanting to scare Chris away, he's hating the silence, but they need to take a step back and see what they actually mean to each other.
"That sounds good," Chris says quietly after a few moments silence, Chris turns and gives him a hug, pressing his face into Max' neck smelling his aftershave, Chris breaths deep his scent as he feels Max play with a piece of his hair. They spring apart when the end of lunch bell rings throughout the school.
"I better go," Chris says as he shyly leans in towards Max' mouth, but then turns at the last minute giving him a kiss on his cheek.
"Later," Chris says and makes his way out of the classroom, leaving Max to stare way him with a smiling spread across his face.
Chris wanders through the Manor doors after school with a small smile on his face.
"Chris is that you?" Piper shouts from the kitchen, Chris slowly walks into the kitchen to see Piper at the stove with Paige and Phoebe sitting at the table talking and helping Melinda with her homework.
"Hey, how was school?," Piper asks but before he can answer she continues,
" There is no need for you to work tonight honey I've got enough waiters,"
"Come on, Mom you can't keep doing this to me and I need the money, Christmas is going up you know and if I don't have any money you guys are just getting home made presents like when I was five," Chris rants at his mom. Paige looks at Piper with an I-told-you-he-would-scream-at-you face.
"You can't keep me locked up forever, I need to get out," Chris tries to plead with his mom.
"Tell her Wy," Chris says as he senses his brother and Bianca walk in behind him.
"Chris, mom just wants you safe," Wyatt says awkwardly, Chris swings around glaring at his brother.
Thanks a lot Wy.....Chris thinks fuming silently
Chris...I...Wyatt tries to think back
"Fine!" Chris screams and orbs out frustrated.
"Where do you think he went?" Piper asks everyone worriedly.
"To kill huge nasty demons," Bianca chuckles hollowly. Phoebe throws a look at her, Bianca looks down in shame.
Come kids let's let the Aunties talk some sense into Piper......She thinks, making sure Melinda can hear, who has already gather her books and began to move, Bianca pulls Wyatt out of the kitchen
"Piper, you need to stop this, it's not helping anymore, you need to let him live, you did it before," Paige starts. Piper stops and comes over to the table sitting with a frustrated sigh.
"I just don't want what happened before to happen now," Piper explains.
"We understand Piper we feel like that too, but by telling him no, Chris does the opposite and..." Paige trails off.
"And he's gonna go off and kill demons and do whatever else he does when he's out and all of us are gonna have to let him because if not he's not gonna fall in line like Wyatt does, he makes his own rules and sees who he wants to see," Phoebe explains trying to hint about Chris and Max.
"I don't want him like Wyatt, but I feel like I don't know my own son anymore or I know him too much," Piper explains.
"Maybe we need to get to know him, don't force ourselves on him just take him out somewhere the four of us and get to know him again." Phoebe suggests with a smile. Piper smiles at her sisters and nods her head agreeing.
"You two are the best," Piper says with a grin and heads back to finish cooking dinner.
"I can't look at him the same way anymore," Wyatt explains as he and Bianca lie together on his bed after a very strange and quiet dinner.
"I can," Bianca replies,
"You weren't evil in the past," Wyatt states, never noticing Bianca's down cast look.
"You just need to relax and just see him forget all the shit he's been through and just see him," She advises, giving him a kiss on his forehead.
"I got some homework to do and so do you, so I'll see you tomorrow," She says detangling herself from Wyatt and standing; shimmering out.
"You missed dinner," Wyatt states as Chris orbs into their bedroom late that night.
"I needed to let off some stream you know," Chris explains. Chris sits on his bed taking off his converse and then lies flat on his back watching Wyatt out of the corner of his eye as he does his homework.
"Don't you have any?" Wyatt asks as he notices his brother watching him.
"Nope, all done," Chris smirks, putting his head on his arm to get a better look at Wyatt, who rolls his eyes at his brother.
"Glad you're back to normal, Wy," Chris says with a smile.
"Shower time, cya," Chris says orbing out. Wyatt stares at the now empty bed, realising that was the easier conversation he has had with Chris since his birthday.
I just need to relax.....Wyatt thinks
"Are you having fun?" Phoebe asks as her and Chris sits alone at the booth in a cafe at the Mall on Saturday afternoon.
"Loads," Chris sarcastically says; he watches his mom and Paige in the queue as they argue over what to have. Phoebe watches him with a shake of her head.
"I'm sorry Aunt Phoebe I just know what you guys are trying to do and suffocating me while I shop isn't helping," He explains.
"I'm sorry I didn't see you before, we all are that's all we are trying to say," Phoebe explains
"I thought it'll be fun, but I suppose you have another person you wanted to spend today with," She adds smirking as Chris' eyes go wide.
"Chris I felt it on your birthday and so did Coop," she whispers, as Piper and Paige approach the booth.
"I think you've had too much Coffee Aunt Pheebs," Chris replies quickly and excuses himself, Piper looks worriedly after him.
"Bathroom," Phoebe says quickly as the pair sit down, Phoebe bites her lip and looks over at Paige who has a frown on her face. When Chris returns he sits down to the chatter.
You like you've just been kissed senseless.....Paige thinks
Chris looks down at his food trying to stop himself from going red.
"So Halloween custom shopping next, I can come with you guys to P3 right?" Chris asks looking at Piper.
"Yes of course, the entire bar staff have already been told not to serve you," Piper says with a smirk as Chris looks annoyed at her, but smiles at the thought of going out for Halloween.
Wyatt and Bianca stalk down the stairs dressed as Robin Hood and Maid Marion. Leo and Melinda who are at the bottom of the stairs begin to laugh at Wyatt in green tights.
"Camera," Melinda laughs out and grabs it off the side.
"No! You have to wait till you see Chris," Wyatt instructs, however Melinda doesn't bother to listen and takes a photo of them.
"We made a bet and Chris lost, badly," Wyatt laughs as he senses Chris at the top of the stairs.
"You're being Mean," Bianca says glaring at Wyatt, but she can't help but laugh as Chris descends the stairs dressed in a corset, spenders, high heels and dark make up and topped with a black curly wig. Leo and Melinda crack up again, she begins to take photos when Chris orbs into in his hand.
"No photos! Losing that bet was torture enough." Chris says.
"Oh My!" Piper gasps as she and the rest of the extended family minus the younger ones who went trick or treating earlier with Chris stop in shock as they eye Chris up. Henry and Paige cover their mouths to sop any sound coming out, where as Phoebe can be heard chuckling.
"Could you guys stop, if it'll gone the way I planned it would of been him in this," Chris points at Wyatt. Wyatt looks down in shame.
"Come on, let's go," Chris says and walks towards the door, his heels clicking behind him.
"Chris, you have a great pair of legs," Bianca states with as they follow him out, Chris throws her a dirty look over his shoulder but continues into the cold October night.
Chris looks around the decorated P3 with sparkling eyes. He smiles as he sees all the other customers dressed up and senses Max down on the dance floor, Chris glides through the crowd and stops in front of a bad angel costume.
"Are you really a bad angel?" Chris leans in and asks as he wraps his hands around the person's waist. The person stops dancing and smiles down at Chris, leaning in and giving him a peck on his neck. Chris shivers as a pair of strong hands encircles him grinding up and down making him dance. As the song ends Chris leads the bad angel off the dance floor and into a small private booth.
"Nice wig by the way," Chris laughs as he feels the material in his hands.
"If we had to go down, I thought I better do it in style," the bad angel replies. Chris looks at the tight fitted deep blue dress that clings to its owner's body and smirks.
"I think we need better...." Chris gets cut off when Bianca and Wyatt push him out the way and hug the bad angel.
"Max, that looks....." Bianca trails off.
"Come on Frank photo time," Bianca insists, Chris rolls his eyes and hands her the camera, She instructs them to get closer and with Max' arm across Chris' back and dangling down his naked arm, he pulls Chris closer and with a smile on bother their faces Bianca hits the button taking the photo.
"Come on, Wy lets dance," She demands shooting a smirk at Chris and drags Wyatt off. Chris turns to Max with a shy look. However, it's Max who leans in and kisses Chris fully on the lips, pulling Chris to straggle his lap, Max runs a hand up and down Chris thigh, then pulls away with a frown.
"You shaved you legs?" Max asks with a laugh.
"You didn't," Chris replies seriously and then begins to laugh at himself. Chris wraps his arms around Max' neck being carefully of his shoulder length brown wig and sharp black angel wings, Chris leans in and pecks at his lips.
"I did a spell the wig won't fall off," Max states. Chris runs his hands through the wig chuckling to himself.
This is what it would be like with a girl...he thinks
Max pushes Chris off him; moving his hands out of his wig, Max smiles down at Chris who has landed on the floor and begins to laugh at Chris who is shaking with laughter.
"That was rude, you shouldn't treat a lady like that," Max sneers as he pulls Chris back up to sit next to him, Chris puts his head on his shoulder and mutters a sorry, before his starts to suck on the naked skin, making Max flop his head on the back of the seat.
"You're defiantly not a lady," Chris whispers as his hand travels to his thigh and over his crotch making Max jump and saying something about drinks before he disappears into the crowd. Chris smiles at himself and looks over at the dance floor where Wyatt and Bianca are dancing, Chris also spies Paige and Phoebe, Chris closes his eyes and senses the whereabouts of the rest of his family; Piper, Leo Henry and Coop are at their usually table talking, Melinda is talking to a person in a Batman costume. Chris' eyes shoot open and he springs to his feet. He searches the places he can see for his sister.
What's up?...Max asks from the bar
Demon....Chris thinks back, he makes his way carefully through the crowd to Max at the bar, he puts his hand on his arm to get his attention however unnecessary it maybe, it will keep Chris from tearing the demon apart for talking to his sister.
"We'll find it," Max reassures leaning to the side to whisper in Chris' ear, Chris rubs Max' arm as he tries to concentrate again.
He feels Melinda back at the table arguing with Piper over the person is was talking to.....
"Mel, you're underage and way too young for that jerk of a man,"
"I was just talking to him," Mel huffs, sitting next to Uncle Henry
"Can you believe her?" Mel asks him; Henry just laughs at her and pats her leg.
She's safe....
Now let's find us a demon......Chris thinks with a smirk
Max rolls his eyes, but nudges him when he sees a Batman costume across the bar.
"Come on," Max whispers, grabbing Chris hand and leading him away from the bar to follow the demon.
Unbeknown to the pair Coop is standing a few feet a away and has saw Chris and a brunette getting very close and walk off, he raises his eyebrow and reminders himself to tell Phoebe when she finishes dancing.
Chris and Max follow the demon out into the alleyway, the demon throws the girl against the wall, she hits her head and slides down, Chris and Max watch as the Batman costume rips and an ugly red scaly demon is left in his wake. Chris flicks his wrist as the demon goes for the girl. The demon turns and glares at Chris, as he strides over to Chris; Max shoots his hand out and pulls Chris behind him, frying the demon to ash.
"Well you've improved," Chris comments smiling at his boyfriend in front of him, Max spins to Chris a little unsteady on his heel, Chris laughs quietly at this and quickly remembers the girl and goes over and heals her.
"You just had a little too much to drink, why don't you go back inside and find your friends there're worried," Chris explains sensing her friends, She quickly knows and smiles shyly back, but goes quickly back inside when she sees the other person standing in a tight dress, wings and heels.
Damn he has a girlfriend...she thinks grumbling her way back inside
"I really look like a girl?" Max asks astonished. Chris turns to him eyeing him feverishly and pounces at Max twisting his body and slamming him into the way to the left.
"You're a hot girl," Chris breathes and attaches his lips, Chris pins Max to the wall grinding his hips against his, then suddenly stops.
"Sorry," Chris mumbles looking ashamed.
"Just cos' I said we should take it slow doesn't mean I don't want you," Max says with a growl. Chris eyes meet his and he can see the heat and desire in them, which Max can see reflected in Chris'. Chris drives at Max' mouth sliding in his tongue and roaming around expertly, Max grips at Chris back slipping his hands under his corset and feeling the muscles in his back. They orb away mid kiss.
"So you had a good night, Chris?" Paige asks as Chris sneaks through the back door into the kitchen looking very tired. Chris' head shoots around to see her sitting by the island with a large cup of coffee. Chris tries to splutter out a respond.
Why are you so tired....she thinks, with a raised eyebrow, but asks
"Why didn't you introduce us to her?" Paige asks putting on an innocent voice, knowing that when Chris is tired his telepathy gets a bit shot. Chris goes red and quickly orbs out leaving his Paige to say skyward,
"As long as you're safe."
"Chrissie's got a girlfriend!" Melinda chants over as she enters the kitchen on Monday morning, everyone freezes at hearing her chant.
Since when?.....Bianca asks
I don't have one you know girls don't do anything for me and M....Chris stops his reply abruptly
Max would kill you.....She cheekily thinks back
Don't worry I won't say anything....She thinks quickly seeing Chris go pale
"I didn't say anything, only to Phoebe," Paige injects, seeing Chris go pale Paige moves off her stool by the island and stands next to him putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Since when?" Piper asks curiously.
Good question...he thinks to himself
"I...erm....."
"Maybe she should come to dinner?" Piper prods.
"Morning!" a loud voice cuts Chris' answer off, Chris looks up and smiles seeing Max, Chris stands and goes to the fridge.
What's with you...Max thinks while greeting everyone,
Nothing....Chris thinks back, bumping his shoulder with Max' as he passes
"Okay, School time later," Chris says after he puts a bottle of water into his bag, walking out leaving the chatter behind him and a curious Max following.
Max spins Chris to face him when they reach the foyer, before anyone can speak Chris rests his head on Max' chest and breathes in his scent.
"I have a girlfriend," Chris mumbles in his chest, Max chuckles back in response, Max smiles at him shaking his head and says,
"As long as she's not as pretty as me,"
"Of course not," Chris replies with a smile, Max leans down placing a tender kiss on Chris' forehead.
Bianca watches the moment with a smile on her lips as she comes out of the kitchen having stopped Wyatt from going first,
He may know something is happening, but if he sees it, it may just kill him....she thinks knowing that Chris won't be tuned into anyone's thoughts but Max'.
"Why didn't I just say no, now mom's gonna want to meet her and see what she's like and do or the usually mothering stuff, Oh Crap," Chris rants as him and Max sit in the unmoving car in the car park of the school, Chris bang his head repeatedly against the steering wheel in frustration, Max sighs watching him and begins to rub his shoulder blades, which easies his worries for a moment.
As the school day comes to an end Chris is in overdrive trying to find himself a girlfriend, he sighs as he sits down on the couch with a big thump in the living room once back at the Manor, thinking over his earlier conversation with Bianca,
"Chris, you're too gay, even if everyone doesn't know, they know subconsciously and don't want you as a boyfriend, but you're fine to go shopping with,"
"I could get a girl if I wanted too, I used to have girls swarming around me," Chris retorted.
"Yer, when you were thirteen," Bianca smirked back; Chris rolled his eyes at her and he slammed in head against the post under the bleachers where they were standing talking.
"I need a girlfriend though, B," Chris whined.
"Well let's find you a girlfriend," Bianca said with a cheer and dragged him off to the lunch room to pick out a girl.
Chris sighs thinking over her rules, can't be too pretty, too smart or she may figure you're gay, can't be a Senior you can't go there again and so can't be someone we know, you won't have to hang with her at school
Chris rubs head temples angrily and lies back flat on the couch.
"Oh hey," a timid voice says, Chris looks up and sees Chloe.
Melinda's friend...he remembers
"Is Mel in we were gonna study for our math test tomorrow," Chloe explains, smiling a little as Chris sits up on one side of the couch.
"No she isn't home yet, but I could help," Chris offers, needing to take his thoughts away from girlfriends for a while.
Half an hour later, Piper and Melinda enter the house and hear laughter, they find Chris and Chloe sitting close together on the couch with books and notebooks open, Chloe smiles as Chris leans over and points to something in her math book, she nods her head turning slightly to look at him and then she looks down writing in her notebook.
"That's Chris' girlfriend isn't it, no wonder he didn't want to tell us," Piper whispers, Melinda looks a bit puzzled but Piper continues in a hush,
"I suppose you didn't know," all Mel can do is shake her head in agreement.
"Hey guys!" Piper says loudly, she watches as they pull away from each other.
"There you are thank God you're brothers a nightmare to do math with," Chloe says when she spots Mel, Melinda chuckles a little and watches Piper move away with a chuckle of her own.
Oh Chris you're so dead....Melinda thinks, not caring if Chris hears or not
"So why am I dead?" Chris asks as he silently enters Melinda's room and closes the door, She smiles as he approaches the bed and lies across it squashing her feet. Mel slaps him, making him lean up so she can move her feet and once she is in a crossed legged position she can begin.
"Mom thinks Chloe's you're girlfriend and that's impossible cos you're gay and I don't know how mom can't see it you have more shoes..." She stops when she sees Chris worried face.
"I won't say anything, come on Chris, I'm your favourite sister," Mel says sweetly. She rolls on top of Chris who propped his head on his arm while she spoke, Mel crushes herself into him, hoping that he realises she won't say a word.
It's not my secret to tell...she thinks
Chris smiles slightly at this.
"Beside a straight guy would not love shopping the way that you do," she jokes, Chris laughs with her.
"How many other secrets do you know?" Chris asks curiously, Mel just smirks back at him.
"We have one problem, how do I get Chloe to be my girlfriend?" Chris enquires his know it all sister.
Okay so good or bad? What you think did I get my relationships points across?
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