Twisting the Truth

Chapter 7

Family problems

Author's notes/Disclaimer: I don't own anything with the exception of my OC's(Prue's children and grandchildren).

Leo was stunned into silence, still trying to process everything that Chris said. Chris was his...son?

God, how could they have been so blind? He had Piper's hair color, but Leo's eyes. He was half witch/ half whitelighter. They should have seen it. They should have known. After all who would risk everything for them except family?

"Chris I-"

"Save it." He snapped at his biological father. "I don't want to hear it." With that the young witch/whitelighter orbed away leaving Leo staring at the place where he had been a moment earlier.

Leo knew one thing in that moment Chris hated him. And what was worse he was his son not his nephew. They way that they had treated him, was terrible. Leo wouldn't be surprised if Chris never forgave them. They had accused him of being evil, of trying to hurt Wyatt, or turn him evil... They had even thrown him out the house he had grown up in.

Leo himself had told Chris that he wasn't family. His own son hated him. He couldn't say that he blamed him. After all they had done, Chris had the right to hate them. Leo hated himself in that moment. He had treated Chris the worst out of all of the family. He had attacked him for God's sake, His own son. Guilt welled up inside of Leo. His second son hated him and he had no idea how to fix it.

Chris reappeared in the manor of the Halliwell attic. Where it had been bursting with life and activity previously, it was now dead and silent. All of his family members both past and present were gone. Chris quickly began to sense for them. He sighed with relief. They were all right. They were just downstairs in the kitchen catching up with Prue, Purity, and her daughters.

"Hey, I was wondering when you'd come back." Chris turned to see his older cousin Benjamin leaning against the attic doorway.

He sighed, "Not now Ben."

"Chris, we have to talk about this."

"No we don't."

"Chris."

"Just forget it okay? They hate me and nothing will ever change that."

"What happened between you and Leo?"

"What?" Chris said confused.

"Tonight when Leo went to get you, What happened?" Ben crossed his arms staring at his cousin.

Another sigh came from the witchlighter. "We just had another argument. It's nothing new."

"Christopher," Ben said warningly.

"What?!" Chris snapped.

"Please, I can't help you if you don't tell me what happened." The Demon/Witch Hybrid said.

"I don't need any help." He responded quickly. Ben raised an eyebrow at his cousins' statement. "I yelled at him, and I kind of let it slip that he and Piper were my parents and not Prue and Andy." He relented.

"And, what happened after that."

"He tried to start apologizing but I wouldn't give him the chance." Chris responded.

"Maybe you should have tried to hear him out." Ben suggested.

"Maybe you should just butt out of my business." Chris replied.

"Ow, that hurt Chris." Ben said actually looking a little sad. "I'm just trying to help."

"Well, stop trying, okay?" Chris turned away, "It's not like it would have made any difference."

"You don't know that."

"It won't erase all the years that he's been absent from my life or all the times he wasn't there when I needed him."

"Maybe you should give him another chance."

"I gave him plently of chances in the future and he never not once, did he take them." Chris said bitterly.

"In the future maybe, but maybe you should give him a chance in the past." Ben pointed out.

"It won't make a difference."

"Maybe, Maybe not," Ben walked towards him putting a hand on his shoulder. "But you'll never know unless you try."

"Where's Chris?" Paige asked suddenly.

"He's upstairs talking to Ben." Phoebe replied.

"And you know this how?" Paige countered.

"Ben told me." The sisters stared at her blankly. "He had telepathy."

"Oh." Paige said simply.

"Do you think that he'll ever forgive us?" Piper blurted out worriedly, turning to her older sister.

"I think you all just need to give him a chance to calm down and to think." Prue said. "Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go check up on my sleeping Granddaughter's and daughter." Prue stood up, leaving the room.

"Prue." She turned at the sound of her name.

"Leo." She responded. "What do you want?"

"I need to talk to you." Leo confessed, "It's about Chris."

"What about him?" Prue demanded.

"Why does he hate me?"

"Excuse me?"

"Why does he hate me?" the Elder repeated.

Prue sighed, "He told you didn't he?"

"Only because he was angry." Leo said, "I don't think he would have told me otherwise."

"Look Leo, Chris has a complicated past." Prue said, "You and Piper were never around for him. He never got the love he needed and desperately craved. So he would always orb over to mine and Andy's house. He would play with our children. his cousins, and he would stay with us for a while. He could stay there for weeks and neither of you would have even noticed his disappearance if not for Wyatt. Wyatt was the only one that seemed to care about him, besides Andy, our children, and myself."

"So that's why he hates me? I was never there?"

"No and yes," Prue said, "It's complicated."

"But-"

"Look Leo," Prue suddenly snapped. "You and Piper were never his parents, not in his eyes and certainly not in Andy's or mine. We were his parents. We were there for him. Not you, not Piper, Andy and I! If it were up to me none of you would ever be around Chris again. But it's not, It's his choice. Whether he decides to forgive all of you and give you another chance is up to him." With that the eldest Charmed ones turned and walked away leaving Leo to think on her words.

Author's notes: I hope you all enjoy this. I hope you all forgive me now! (*puppy dog eyes*)