Chapter Thirteen – I'm dreaming…right?
Chris blinked couple of times to clear the haze that danced in front of his eyes. The searing pain in his shoulder where the energy ball collided made him tremble at every move he made as if he was being poked with a red hot poker. Everything around him was engulfed in dark, with the faint ghostly glow that filtered through the window lit the place was enough to provide a nice silhouette of the objects the surrounded him.
'Aw god!"Chris groaned out as he shifted his weakened body lightly from the awkward position he landed when he was thrown back from the collision of the fireball.
"What took you so long?" A voice said causing Chris to snap his eyes fully open as he took in – to his surprise another version of himself, sitting causally & comfortably on the couch in an unknown apartment, wearing a t-shirt that's obviously too big for him and looking as if he just got out of the bed.
"What the hell…." Chris shouted scrambling away from his duplicate as he backed himself against an armchair.
"Keep it down!" Chris hissed as he glanced towards the bedroom. "What you trying to do? Wake the entire flat up?"
"W-w-what the…?" Chris stammered pointing finger at his duplicate as Chris rolled his eyes.
"Yeah I know. It's all very confusing but yeah I'm you." Chris said getting up from the couch as Chris raised his hand to use his powers against his duplicate. "Relax; do you want me to heal you or what?"
"Ha ha, I can't even heal yet." Chris hissed back as Chris exhaled deeply and shook his head.
"Very clever Mr Genius, but hate to point out, you are in the future now." Chrissaid pointing towards the calendar nearby which indicated; 14/06/26.
"T-that's impossible." Chris once again stammered as Chris crouched down, hands held up to show his full intention.
"Yeah I said the same when I was in your place, but I believed it when my other-self healed my wound." Chris said as Chris looked confused."Yeah don't try to work it out or you just going to get a headache." Chris placed his hand above the wound and as the witch who travelled through time watched; his wound slowly disappeared, as the pain and numbness slowly eased out of his body.
"I don't understand…" Chris said clearly confused, since how the hell did he end up in the future, if he read the spell to take little Piper to the past.
"Well technically, you didn't read the spell to take her to the past, you read a spell to put everything back in their rightful place," Chris said getting up and giving Chris a hand to pull himself to his feet. "But when you collided into the spell, it didn't know where to place you, since you were originally from that time, so instead of taking you to the past like little Piper, it bounced you off from the fabric of time and you landed randomly here."
"Ookay!" Chris said looking around; observing the flat with interest, since three years and he's living in a hottest looking apartment. "I must be doing good to live in a place like this."
"Friend's flat and No can't tell which one since you haven't met them yet." Chris said with a smug smile as Chris just glared at his duplicate. "Here I've got the spell that will take you back to your time." Chris said handing a piece of paper to his young version of himself. "And No I can't tell you anything, because of the future consequences…well except the little fact of how we're still unemployed."
Chris opened his mouth several times, to grasp what he had just heard, but couldn't help but feel little disappointed at the news of his future version not telling him anything that could help him when he gets back to his time but darn is he still unemployed. Chris opened his mouth to ask another question but his other version interrupted him.
"Don't you have a hot date to get back to?" Chris asked as Chris once again gaped like a little fish. "Better get going if you don't want to miss it. Trust me you will regret it for rest of your life, if you do."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Chris asked as Chris shrugged.
"It means Good luck." Chris said with a smile.
"Thanks!" Chris replied back before chanting the spell that was before him.
"A Time for Everything,
And to everything it's place,
Return what has been moved
Through time and space."
No sooner he finished, gold orbs once again appeared to teleport him back to his time.
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"Mom, I'm sure nothing happened to him." Prue said to his worrying mother, as David kept trying to sense for his little brother.
Piper simply kept on flicking through the ancient volume before her, in search of a spell that will bring her youngest back to her from wherever he trapped because when the Halliwells made their way upstairs, they found the young witch's cell phone on the floor – that what made them realise that maybe he hasn't gone on his date like he was rambling on, but when David nor any of the other white lighters couldn't sense him, they knew something was wrong.
"I can't sense him." Paige said to her sister as David opened his eyes to give the same verdict on his senses.
"He can't have just disappeared…" Piper panicked just as golden orbs appeared in middle of the attic to dispose Chris.
"Yes, I've made it back." Chris said as everyone in the cramped Halliwell attic looked taken back.
"Where have you been?" Penelope asked her cousin as Chris grabbed his cell from David.
"Spell gone awry and took me to the future. Nothing bad." Chris replied back with a smile as he glanced down at the wrist watch to find the numbers indicating: 09.00 "Oh shit, I'm freaking late, explain tomorrow, gotta go now, Byeee." Chris shouted as he ran out of the attic before others can even comprehend what just happened.
"What was that?" Paige asked no one in particular, as most of them shrugged at her comment.
"I've got a date to go to, so I'll catch you guys later." Prue said to her family before disappearing in swirling orbs.
"Yeah Ditto!" Ashley said to her family before hearting out after her cousin.
"I should go and get Henry and Leo." Paige said to her sister before orbing out.
"I'm late for my band practise," Henry Jnr said to the rest before looking towards his twice blessed cousin. "David you still coming?"
"Definitely Man." David said before glancing towards his mother. "Catch you later mom." With that both boys disappeared in swirling orbs.
"You girls got anything planned for the night?" Piper asked her four nieces as they all nodded with a smile.
"Girls night in." Patricia the eldest twin said as the others laughed.
"Wanna join us?" Penelope asked the two eldest charmed ones. "We've got some nice red, and couple of, all time romantic movies."
"I don't know guys…" Piper began unsure of whether to crash their plans.
"We've got dirty dancing." Charlotte said with a wink as both Piper and Phoebe glanced at each other.
"We're in." Phoebe said to her daughter and nieces as Piper nodded in agreement.
"And I'll make us some nice treats." Piper said to the girls as she made her way downstairs, with her sister and her nieces following her behind with the young girls giggling like school girls.
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Chris jumped the stone steps two at a time as he made his way towards the car that parked opposite side of the road. He hasn't got a clue of what he was going to say to Wyatt for making him wait this long but he hoped that he hasn't put the blonde off for good. The moment Chris approached the vehicle, it headlights and the car came alive, with its engine reviving with life.
"I'm so, so, so, so sorry for making you wait so long." Chris apologised to the blonde as he settled himself in the passenger's seat but in response, Wyatt only smiled it off.
"Don't worry about it, it's cool." Wyatt said flashing a hundred watts smile to the apologising brunette. "I just hope you haven't had your dinner in there...or have you?
"No! No, no I haven't had my dinner," Chris said to Wyatt who chuckled lightly. "But speaking of which, I'm starving."
"I was hoping you would say that." Wyatt said to the brunette as he pulled out into the street, leaving Chris to look at the mortal with curiosity.
The first few minutes of the drive went in silence but after which, it was Chris' voice that filled the vehicle as he babbled his way through about everything that's relevant and random. Wyatt, who never came across a chatterbox like Chris found his topic amusing as well as little hilarious – especially the topics where he and his friends were thrown out of numerous places, from the mall to the club for creating chaos. The topic also went to family as Chris told the blonde about his cousins and aunts – which, the mortal envied deeply about the brunette since Chris had everything he ever wanted, a big family, parents, and cousins. It also made Wyatt feel bad about himself, wondering if Chris would ever date a guy like him, after all without his looks, Wyatt has got nothing - no degree, no family, no qualifications, nothing he can to show or has he got to be so proud off like Chris – who has got a college degree – Wyatt hasn't got – Chris got a job he can proudly talk about since he does help run one of the famous club in San Francisco – whereas everything that revolves around Wyatt, his entire life, his job, not one thing can he pin-point to show that he was proud of doing it.
The only thing the blonde has got his nana, other than that, he has got nothing. His body and looks are nothing and he was seriously beginning to wonder, what a guy like Chris would do when he finds out about Wyatt – maybe Stella is right, he is with Wyatt for his looks and body and maybe once they are past that, Chris might find Wyatt to be empty and hollow.
"Hey, it's everything alright?" Chris' voice interrupted his thoughts as Wyatt snapped back to reality to flash him another smile that he has worked very well to master in the porn industry. This smile is often used everywhere to hide his true feelings; it's the only way to get through his every day job.
"I'm fine." Wyatt said realising he must've dazed off into thoughts, while Chris gave him a little unconvinced look, at the reply but nevertheless didn't press upon the issue. "We're here." Wyatt said pulling up in front of a restaurant, happy to change the topic as Chris looked out of the window to see that they have pulled up in front of 'Rozetta'
"Pretty expensive place..." Chris thought to himself as he unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car. "Oh well, once in a while wouldn't hurt my wallet." Chris smiled at Wyatt as he followed the blonde towards the attendant in the front, who smiled at them widely.
Chris hates these kinda places, mainly because the food is crap, the price is expensive and nothing really fills him up – everything they give is miniaturised in the name of art, all you be eating is two asparagus, one baby carrot, and a quarter of salmon for the price for two salmon. He prefer to dine out in his mother's restaurant, it's great, its filling and the price are reasonable but it's a date, so Chris is not going to complain, instead he promised himself to enjoy despite how ridiculous the price may seem – and not start a food fight with the chef, like he did the last time he went to 'Garmont' with Bianca and Tom.
"Table for two." Wyatt said to the girl, who looked at Chris and then gave Wyatt an all knowing smile – which Chris frowned upon - in fact he was tempted to ask her, why she smiled at them like that but stopped himself when Wyatt smiled at him, so reluctantly he followed both of them inside.
"There you go sir." She said pointing to a very cheesy looking romantic table, that's located near the wall – the table had a lone candle, vase of two red rose, gold plated cutlery and plates. Chris gave a quick glance around the rest of the restaurant to find that most of the table doesn't even have a vase of red flower, so why stick them to a table that has…what is she, stereotyping them? Nevertheless he took a seat on the located table silently. "Hope you two have a lovely meal." She said with another huge wide smile which Chris returned as if he has swallowed a mouthful of bees.
"Cheers." Wyatt said grabbing the menu cards from her as she once again flashed a smile at him before walking away. Chris could've sworn that she showed her teeth much more to Wyatt than him, which he didn't mind at all but he still found it bit creepy. "So have you been here before?" Wyatt asked as Chris nodded.
"Nope, this is my first time here." Chris admitted to the blonde mortal, who looked pleased for some reason.
"It's good to know there are still some places in San Francisco, I can take you around to without boring you out." Wyatt said with a smile as Chris nodded, for a brief second both their eyes met – the candle light enhanced their orbs illuminating to glow like a soft gem stones.
"Ah hem!" A voice said as Chris and Wyatt looked away to find a very flamboyant guy standing before them with a wide smile. "Hey guys, what can I get you two today?"
"Few more minutes?" Chris said as the guy looked little confused before bursting into a laughter.
"That's funny, so I take it you guys are not ready to order then?" He asked as Chris nodded with Wyatt. "Alright just wave me over, when you guys are ready."
"Will do!" Chris said looking at his menu as the guy laughed once again.
"You're so funny." He said as Chris just smiled at him. Wyatt, on the other hand chuckled at Chris' troubled face as the brunette buried his face beneath the menu card.
"Why do people have to talk like that?" Chris asked Wyatt, who shrugged. "No offence but I can't stand it when guys act like that, he too…"
"Gayish?" Wyatt asked filling in the blanks as Chris shook his head.
"I was going for girlish but hey, gayish works fine too." Chris said with a shrug as Wyatt shook his head with a smile.
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Dinner went great as both boys got to know bit more about each other about their lives, but each hiding big part of their lives from each other. Chris avoiding the subject of him being a witch and Wyatt avoiding the subject of him being a porn star, at least he doesn't have worry about Chris finding out about him on the website, since the young brunette doesn't watch gay porn online or any kind, since he claimed its degrading sort of thing to do….how much of its true, Wyatt doesn't know, but for some reason he believes Chris.
After dinner, Wyatt was expecting the brunette to bid him goodnight – a usual thing you would expect in a date, however the brunette surprised him by suggesting to go out to a club to dance all the food away, which the blonde happily obliged. They ended up going to 'Galaxy' – a pretty nifty club that's designed to look like an outer space – with holographic images and light weight air propelling floorboards, gives the guests the authentic weightless feeling – despite the fact only people under 90 kg are allowed on that specified dance floor – while dancing. People who are larger than 90kg are given more powerful dancer floor that has a built in trampoline beneath with the added effects of air – so they too can enjoy the experience of the outer space – but how Wyatt got entry to the club, Chris doesn't even know, all he saw was Wyatt going up to the bouncer, saying something and the next minute, they are given a VIP access into it – which isn't much since the VIP pass only gives access to their own mini moon cove, a couple of Milky way shots, Mars & Venus punch & Shooting star cocktail – with Saturn hat as an accessory.
Both boys went through various classic club tunes, drinking shots and cocktails one after another, but both remaining relatively sober – well they were tipsy, mainly because Wyatt knew he had to drive them back, whereas Chris didn't get drunk cause he was trying to present a good image of himself to the blonde hunk whose with him – however dancing away not only burns the energy away but also de-hydrates you – so with more cocktails going down both boys gullet, it was only matter of time, before they were bordering on the line of getting drunk.
"I think we should take off!" Wyatt shouted to Chris, over 'On the Floor by Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull' Song as the young witch nodded.
The blonde was certain that if they were to stay any longer, then he won't be in any condition to drive them back, well he's likely to crash the car since he has got his GTO – not the automobile like his Viseo, which would take them home even without having to control it.
"Come on!" Wyatt shouted grabbing the jumping brunette's arm to lead him outside through the crowd.
"Oh my God!" Chris panted the moment the cold fresh air ruffled through his hot, sweat slicked skin. Chris involuntarily leaned against the metal walls behind him as if he was going to be sick.
"You okay?" Wyatt asked as Chris looked at him. For a second both their eyes met, right before Chris burst into fits of laughter's causing Wyatt to laugh, while the music still echoed in the background.
Chris without a warning ran up to Wyatt and shouted. "Piggyback!" with that he jumped the blonde hunk - who buckled under the sudden weight of the young witch but managed to keep himself up straight in his drunken condition.
"You weigh a ton!" Wyatt laughed as Chris held on to him.
"Cum on runnn!" Chris urged the blonde. "Run, horsey, run." Wyatt only laughed as he jogged to the car with Chris making cowboy noises from his back.
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Thanks to all my readers, hope you all enjoyed this Chapter…I know isn't that cute, I wrote that piggyback in, cause I actually once did that on my first date, hahaha…lol. Next chapter we have another *wink, wink*
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