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Day 2 of Mission: Touch & Go
Monday, May 30, 2005: Memorial Day
No one has seen Chris since the night before. Andy came back with an application for Beckley Police department. Recommendation included. They told Andy what had happened and he called Phoebe imminently. She had told them about Chris, but no one could get his attention. Not even Wyatt's "Kwisss!" could get him. Now it's morning and everyone but Leo is there.
Piper - Come on Chris! We know you're in there!
The elevator opens. Leo walks out.
Leo - Got it.
Leo takes off the hinges of Chris's door. When they see him he looks pitiful. He hadn't had an ounce of relaxation, or sleep for that matter.
Chris - hateful - Haven't you ever heard of leaving people the hell alone?
Piper - Don't you talk to me with that kind of tone mister.
Chris - Why, your not my Mom, well my real Mom.
Piper, obviously offended by that, is taken a back.
Leo - Son, we heard what happened, it's not your fault.
Chris - Sure it is. Everything is Chris's fault.
Everyone - looks at each other - What now?
Paige - C'mon Chris. You didn't mean to. We all know it.
Chris - Yeah, but I did it anyway. I'm at blame.
Prue - Young man. I've had it with your attitude.
Chris - whispering - Too bad. - chipper - So sad!
Andy - Chris.
Chris - mocking - Andy.
Cole - Christopher, that's enough. No one blames you, besides, she wasn't hurt. We even had the doctor to check her.
Chris - See, you had to make sure.
Richard - Chris, why are you doing this?
Chris - None-of-your-business.
Piper - Sweetie, I know you are having a difficult time…
Chris - No, you know crap about me, my life and sure as hell my feelings. Now OUT!
Leo - No, you're under our roof, you're also under our laws.
Chris - I didn't want to be. And I can leave just easy.
Chris gets up to leave. Leo gets in his way.
Leo - Go, go. Get on that elevator stat!
Piper - Your coming, right?
Leo - Where else would I go?
Piper - Right. Go, go.
The girls rush to the elevator.
Leo - Close the door.
Piper - What?
Leo -You have to trust me, oh and leave me room to squeeze in.
Chris - If you want me to, move!
Prue pushes the close door. Leo makes a break for it. He barely squeezes in. But Chris can't. He's stuck.
Chris - Damnit!
They go on down. When they arrive, Leo starts to talk.
Leo - What we need to do is lock him in there. At least till he can cool down. We can send up his food on the elevator or I can take it up, but he can't leave now.
Time Lapse
Chris sits in his room thinking. He feels so guilty. Not only for Phoebe, but everyone else. He did them wrong and he knows that. He walks over to the window and looks out. It's starting to rain and he sees Leo coming up the elevators. Afraid for his Dad, Chris runs to the elevator and presses up, down, up, down, up, down. After about 20 times of this game, the computer over rides and sends the elevator hurling down the tracks… just in time to. Movements later, a strike of lighting hits a tree and it fell to where Leo would have been. Chris rushes back to the window and saw the damage and was happy to see Leo's wide eyes on the other side. Chris rushes in his room and calls Piper's cell phone: no signal. So he dials Phoebe's hospital room number.
Chris - Phoebe, look, I don't have time, call Mom and tell her to go outside to Dad. She'll know what I mean. Thank you, goodbye.
He hangs up before Phoebe can protest. A few minutes later, Piper comes out the door and sees the elevator and a scared-out-of-his-wit's Leo. Piper and Leo exchange some words and Piper looks up at Chris room. Chris opens his window.
Chris - yelling - Is he ok?
Piper - yelling - Yeah, just scared out of his mind.
Chris - yelling - Sorry Dad!
Leo - yelling back with a weak voice - Oh no - he loses his voice -Problem.
Piper - to Leo - What are we gonna do? He's stuck.
Chris - yelling - Speak up! I can't hear ya!
Piper - yelling - I said what are we gonna do! Your stuck.
Chris - yelling - That is no problem! I can get down!
Piper - yelling - How?
Chris - yelling - Watch and learn!
Chris walks away from the window.
Piper - What is he up to?
Leo - I don't know, but it can't be good.
Chris steps back into seeing range. He has something in his hand.
Piper - What's that?
Leo - A rope?
Piper - yelling - OH NO!
She takes off running towards the house. Chris drops the rope, rain still peppering down. Leo realizes.
Leo - yelling - CHRIS! DON'T!
Chris - yelling - Don't worry Dad, I'll be fine. - he situates himself on the rope and starts down -
Leo - He's dead!
Chris slowly climbs down the rope.
Leo - trying again; yelling - Please, Chris, we'll get you down.
Chris - yelling back; still climing down - Not if I get myself down first.
Leo - yelling - Chris, c'mon! We didn't save your ass for you to splatter!
Chris - yelling - Oh, don't be ridiculous! I'm not very - he looks down; in a high, squeaky voice - high.
Leo - yelling - CHRIS! Don't look down.
Chris - yelling - Uh, a little too late to do the right thing now, Dad!
Leo - yelling - Damn, stay right there.
Chris - yelling - I AM not complaining. - a strike of lighting and a loud clap of thunder sounds - Damn, uh, I'm complaining! I'm complaining!
Leo - Hold on son, your Mom will be right there.
Piper opens the window.
Chris - Thank god!
Piper - Hold on.
Chris -Ya know, when I usually do this, there's no storm.
Piper - I know sweetie. Ok, lets get you inside.
Chris - I'm not complaining.
Piper - Ok, swing your body towards the window.
Chris - What?
Piper - You're too far over.
Chris - But, I can't.
Piper - Chris, it's ok, I know your scared.
Chris - No I'm not. - a clap of thunder sound - Ok, just a little.
Piper - Then why?
Chris - I didn't tie the rope very tight. It's loose.
Piper - Why?
Chris - I'd have to move it later, so I tied it lose.
Piper - Why would you have to move it.
Chris - Well, they don't make five story ropes and if they do, I don't keep them handy.
Piper - And why not?
Chris - Would you?!
Piper - Uh, no.
Chris - End of story. - a strike of lighting flashes - Stand back!
Piper - What?
Chris - Stand back, I'm jumping.
Piper - No your not.
Chris - Uh, uh, uh, watch me.
Piper- Chris! - Chris position his self and jumps - CHRIS!!!
He makes it to the window seal and grabs on.
Leo - yelling - CHRIS!!!
Piper - trying to help him in - What are you doing?!
Chris - struggling - Just hanging.
Piper pulls him all the way in.
Piper - If you EVER do that again…
Chris - I will ground myself and kick my own ass.
Piper - Then I will.
Paige comes running out of the elevator.
Paige - What is going on?
Piper - Chris got stuck and decided to climb down.
Chris - I got scared out of my wits and jumped - pointing to a rope - from there to the window seal.
Paige - How did you get inside?
Piper - Me.
Chris - My lovely Mom.
Leo comes dashing out of the stairwell.
Leo - out of breath - CHRIS!
Chris - I'm ok, for gods sake, people, I'm ok.
Leo - If you EVER…
Chris - I ALREADY had that lecture.
Piper - Well, your father needs his turn.
Chris - Then Dad needs to preach another sermon!
Paige - Chris! You could've been killed. Does that mean anything to you?
Chris - Well, sure, but…
Paige - No buts mister!
Chris - Do you really think I meant to get stuck. Dad was coming up on the elevator in an electrical storm.
Paige - What?
Chris - So I started to push up and down and confused the elevator and the computer over ridded it. Moments latter, a strike of lightning hit a branch AND the branch landed where the elevator would have!
Paige - Oh my god.
Chris - I saved his life and I wanted to save mine, is that so much!
Leo - Of course not.
Chris - Good! Now, if you don't mind, I'm gonna get that tree out of the way so I can go to bed!
Leo - Not in this storm!
Chris - Well, do you have any ideas!
Piper - Yes, you can sleep on my floor until we can call a CONTRACTOR!
Chris - No, I can do it.
Paige - How do you know this stuff?
Chris - Jeremy. He told me all about this stuff.
Piper - Your god-uncle?
Chris - Yes.
Piper - Alright. So, then you can do it tomorrow.
Chris - Alright. I can settle with that.
Piper - Where do you want to sleep? Which floor?
Chris - It doesn't matter. I can sleep on the couch.
Paige - You will do no such thing. How 'bout my floor!
Piper - No, he'll stay on my floor! He's my son!
Chris - Ladies, if you're gonna fight, I'll climb back up the rope!
Leo - Why don't you stay on Phoebe's floor?
Chris - What about Cole, Courtney and Collin?
Leo - Their staying at Motel 8 until Phoebe is released. Faster to her.
Piper - Right! He can stay there!
Chris - Are you sure?
Paige - It's just an empty floor. No one is there.
Chris - Ok, since no one is there. I'll stay there.
Leo - Alright. Well, let's go eat.
Chris - Nah. I'm not hungry. You guys go on. I might get something later.
Piper - Ok, if you put that way.
Chris - Goodnight.
Leo - kissing his forehead - Goodnight, son.
Chris swats at Leo.
Chris - Hey! I'm not dying! You can't do that.
Leo - I'm your father! That gives me the right.
Chris - Whatever. Your gonna do what you want to anyway.
Leo - rubbing Chris' hair - That's right.
Chris swats him again.
Chris - But that doesn't mean I can't defend myself.
Paige - Later Chris.
Chris - dully - Yeah, later. Haven't I heard that enough?
Piper - kissing his cheek - No, but yes.
Chris - Huh?
Piper - walking away - No because you haven't heard it; yes because Chris Perry heard it plenty.
Chris smirks.
Chris - Well, if you put it that way.
Piper - smiling - Your dinner will be in the microwave.
Chris - Ok. Night.
Piper - at the same time as Leo and Paige - Goodnight.
Leo - at the same time as Piper and Paige - Sleep tight.
Paige - at the same time as Piper and Leo - Sleep well.
Chris - Well, whatever way you put it, goodnight.
Piper, Leo, and Paige - Goodnight.
They leave. Chris finds a room and enters it. He kicks back, turns on CMT and watches Top Twenty Countdown. After it goes off, he decides to take a shower, which he does. When he finishes, he sits back down on the recliner. He sees the phone sitting there and decides to pay Phoebe a phone visit. He dials the number and waits for Phoebe to pick up.
Chris - Hey… it's me…
Phoebe - over the phone - CHRIS! Thank god! How are you? What happened?
Chris - Hold up! I'm ok, just a little situation, that's all.
Phoebe - over the phone - Tell, tell, tell…
Chris - Ok, I will. Gosh, it's storming here…
Phoebe - over the phone - Yeah, it is here too…
Chris - AND Dad was bringing up my supper. I got a bad felling, so I over ridded the elevator… well, I had the computer to, anyhow, after that happened, a flash of lighting broke a tree branch in half and it landed where Dad was. He was ok; see, no biggie.
Phoebe - over the phone - Good Leo wasn't hurt, are you ok… wait, he was coming up to you! You're stuck. I'll call someone right now. - she starts to hang up the phone -
Chris - PHOEBE, NO! I'm out! I'm out! Please don't hang up that phone!
Phoebe puts it back to her ear.
Phoebe - over the phone - What?
Chris - I climbed and jumped. I'm ok.
Phoebe - over the phone - You climbed AND jumped.
Chris - Please, not this lecture. I already got it one and a half times.
Phoebe - over the phone; confused - One and a half times?
Chris - Yeah, I stopped Dad.
Phoebe - over the phone - Oh.
Chris - I had already gotten it from Mom, why should I have to get it from Dad.
Phoebe - over the phone - Because, he has a right.
Chris - That's just about what Mom said.
Phoebe - over the phone - How is Cole, Collin and Courtney?
Chris - You don't know?
Phoebe - over the phone - Know what?
Chris - Cole's staying at Motel 8.
Phoebe - over the phone - What?
Chris - They told me, I thought they had told you.
Phoebe - over the phone - No, but I will have a little conversation with Cole.
Chris - Don't say it was me.
Phoebe - over the phone; cocky - It wasn't, a little birdie told me.
Chris - Thanks.
Phoebe - over the phone - Anytime, sleep tight.
Chris - You too. Bye.
Phoebe - over the phone - Bye… hey, wait, can you find out what room he's in?
Chris - I can see.
Phoebe - over the phone - Nah, I'll just call and ask.
Chris - Good luck.
Phoebe - over the phone - Thanks.
They hang up.
Chris - Now, to explore WV TV!
He starts to flip through the channels.
Time Lapse
Chris has feel asleep watching an old movie and when he awoke, he realized something:
Chris - Man, I'm hungry. Well, the stomach has spoken.
He gets up off the couch and leaves.
Kitchen
Piper is washing dishes. It actually felt good to let it slide. She had always been a neat freak, but now she can put it off till later. Chris suddenly walks in, startling Piper.
Piper - placing a hand over her chest - Oh Chris, you scared me.
Chris - Sorry. I didn't realize anyone was up. I just thought you left the light on. Sorry.
Piper - No, it's ok. It's just… I thought you were asleep.
Chris - How about we both say sorry and forget it.
Piper - Ok, deal.
Piper and Chris - Sorry.
They laugh.
Chris - I didn't expect for us both to say it at the same time.
Piper - But, we did. Hungry?
Chris - Yep, that's why I'm here. Where is it at?
Piper - Like I said, it's in the microwave.
Chris walks over to the microwave and turns it on.
Chris - I thought maybe you would've put it in the fridge.
Piper - Nope.
Chris - Are you washing dishes or am I still sleepy?
Piper - laughing - No, I'm washing dishes.
Chris - In all my 23 years, I never saw an unwashed dish after seven. If we dirtied them. We cleaned them. And if we didn't… - he whistles - Oh boy.
Piper - Yeah, but in San Francisco I had visitors. Now, it's just us. I don't have to kill myself.
Chris - kissing her forehead and hugging her - You don't have to at all. I will clean if you want me to.
Piper - No, it's my house…
Chris - Our. I might have came last, but I still help, right.
Piper - Right, but I put us in this mess…
Chris - Actually, I did.
Piper - sarcastically - You right. You're even the cause of Global Warming.
Chris - Yep, sure am.
Piper - Chris, this is ridiculous. Can you name one thing you're not 'responsible' for?
Chris - Nope.
Piper - Well, can you name one thing you are responsible for?
Chris - Sure can: everything.
Piper - Chris. You aren't responsible for every little thing or Tom, Dick and Harry.
Chris - getting his plate out of the microwave - Take your advice every once and a while, will ya.- he nods - Thanks.
Piper - just starting into space - Your welcome.
Chris - Mom, you ok?
Piper - snapping out of it - Yeah… yeah, it's just…
Chris - It's just what?
Piper - What kind of life did you have to make you feel responsible for everything.
Chris - With all due respect, it must have been like yours.
Piper - Why?
Chris - Because, I'm just like you. Goodnight.
He walks out of the kitchen and into the elevator.
Piper - He is so sad.
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