Chapter Twenty Three – Abandon Ship!

Jack pulled up at the driveway Just as another white small convertible pulled up near the house. "Hurry, we haven't got much time." Jack shouted crossing the driveway as he rushed to the front door with Stella hot on his back, with her trying to rush up the stairs in her heels.

"Can't he have given us a day warning?" Stella asked strutting into the house, trying to avoid slipping in the marble flooring with her heels.

"It's a surprise. So I don't think he could give a day notice in advance." Jack said placing the keys on the table nearby the door.

"Alright, you get the DVD's and I'll get his awards." Stella said as Jack nodded, heading straight towards the large oak cabinet on the wall - which harbours the 60 inch plasma TV behind, along with Wyatt's works since the age of 16. Stella on the other hand rushed up to the large glass cabinet – near the front stairs - that held Wyatt's GAYVN awards, that's given to porn stars for their outstanding performances.

Jack grabbed the remote from the coffee table and pressed open the large oak cabinet – which slowly opened like a theatre curtains – however at the sight of large collection of Porn that stacked on either side of the large TV only made the sandy blonde porn star looked surprised.

"Doesn't he throw anything out?" Jack asked no one in particular as he grabbed a handful of DVD's from the shelf and placed them on the glass coffee table nearby. After working through the cupboards and emptying them of Wyatt's work – and creating four large pile that rose up to Jack's chest from the coffee table – the sandy blonde worked on helping his friend Stella grab all the glass & bronze awards down from the award cabinet.

"Okay now what?" Jack asked as Stella looked towards the large white corridor that leads to Kitchen – where there is a picture of semi-naked Wyatt and Cain (Rubun Photoshoot) hung on the wall. "Right grab the posters & photos!"

"I'm going to check the entertainment room, to see if there is anything there." Stella said tottering her way across the floor. She always hated Wyatt's place, mainly because she can't walk in her beautiful heels – she is likely to meet the hard floor if she wasn't careful. Jack moved around working his way to strip the walls of 'playgirl' pictures of Wyatt & other guys as Stella disappeared around the corner to the entertainment room.

"Um, Stella!" Jack shouted as the blonde porn star mounted the framed pictures on the floor. "How are we going to get this stuff out of here?"

"Stuff them in a recycling bag or something!" Stella's voice shouted back as Jack stopped to give a short nod, before rushing off into the kitchen fast as he can without slipping on the squeaky floor. Quickly looking through every cupboard he came in contact with, he found the roll of bags in the last cupboard among cleaning liquids.

"Gotcha!" Jack replied back with a triumph as he rushed back to stuff the pile of DVD's into the bags first. The Sandy blonde managed to stuff the DVD's into three large bags. "I swear he could start his own porno shop as a side business!" Jack muttered under his breath as he tied the bag before working on stuffing the glass awards carefully into the bags, ensuring that they won't rip and shatter by securing them into two bags.

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"So, What you doing this weekend?" Wyatt asked as they sat inside a posh restaurant. He brought Chris into this setting, so he can give his friends enough time to give his apartment a clean over, from a porn star hub to a normal guy place, while he catches up with Chris.

"Working in the Club as usual." Chris said with a shrug, but in honest, he is little upset because it was Bianca's birthday that weekend and they have planned a whole day out, from chilling out in Rome to going to concert together in London, but now with them not talking to the Halliwell, he feels little left out. He has seen their MySpace - and the conversation they have between each other, it seems like they are planning everything without him – they even planned out the Halloween party together. Although he knew he should be mad at them for acting like small kids, he hated them more for leaving him out.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Wyatt asked lightly concerned at the sight of Chris looking rather dull. Reaching out to give brunette's hand a light squeeze over the table, he waited for the brunette to talk to him – who in return shook his head.

"Nothing, it's just…..forget it, it's stupid." Chris said grabbing his wine glass to finish his drink in one gulp, while Wyatt watched the brunette with troubled look.

"Hey… if it's bothering you, then I'm sure it's not stupid as it may sound." Wyatt said lightly but affectionately rubbing Chris' arm with his thumb. "Talk to me Chris."

"I…It just… it's my friend's birthday this weekend but I'm not talking to her." Chris answered as he filled the blonde with the mall incident, excluding the part where they found Wyatt and lost their marbles. "And we planned this whole day out but now…I don't know….should I even bother wishing her happy birthday? I mean she didn't even pick up when I tried calling her. I know it's partially my fault but still…I've tried you know..." Chris trailed off looking at his empty dessert plate.

"Hey, look at me," Wyatt said as Chris looked up at him. "You're a great person, more of all you're an awesome friend & a lover. Just give them some time, they'll come when they're ready, as long as you know you tried. That is all that matters." The blonde said with a smile as Chris mirrored that smile.

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"What are we going to do with these…?" Jack asked looking at the closet of Fan sent items that's located in the basement, close to the bar area. Wyatt kept this closet specifically for the items that he receives from his fans - well after being approved by his agent, of course. This closet has also featured on Boldwin Forum to show Wyatt's appreciation to his fans.

"Well there is little too much stuff in here to move." Stella said looking around the brightly lit closet – as she spotted Wyatt's life-size semi-naked cut-out that stood in the corner wearing nothing but an apron, with a huge grin and holding a large hot dog. "Maybe we can simply move everything in here and tell Wyatt not to open this one!" Stella said with a shrug as she turned around to find Jack frowning at the comment.

"I don't think that's such a good idea." Jack said as Stella raised an eyebrow. "I mean the first place I take my guests to in my place is the bar area, so it's likely Wyatt is going to do that at some point and imagine if Chris find this while they're down here…."

"Okay I see your point." Stella said with a nod as she once again looked around the shelves of dildo', photos, teddy bears, heart shaped messages & many other things. "Looks like we gonna need lot of this." Stella said grabbing the roll of recycling bag from Jack's hand.

It took both of them ten minutes to put away the items in five plastic bags. "There, done!" Stella said dragging the last bag out of the closet, before shutting it close behind her.

"Wait, shouldn't we put something else in its place." Jack said as Stella looked confused.

"Why?"

"So it wouldn't look suspicious. I mean you have a bar area and empty closet, that's very suspicious and not to mention with the lighting to this room, it's a killer of a room to leave it empty." Jack said as Stella took into her thoughts.

"You're right. Come on, I know exactly what to fill it with!" Stella replied as she dragged the bags upstairs, trying not to let the items inside the bag collide with the steps that could result in some shattered stuff.

After twenty Minutes. Front Living Room.

Stella and Jack collapsed onto the white couch looking out of breath. "I swear Wyatt owe us." Stella said glancing towards the place where Wyatt's (Rubun shoot) Photo hung now had been replaced by a meaningless art décor.

Plastic bags of Wyatt's every porn items and photos littered near the stairs, while new ornaments and photos occupied their old places. While Stella was busy sorting the closet area downstairs, Jack rushed off to the nearest shops for new items to replace the old stuff, seeing an empty show case would lead someone to wonder why they would have it in the first place if they were going to keep it empty.

Jack smiled with satisfaction at the sight of new crystal alcohol bottles & glasses inside the cabinet – which has taken the Awards place, in the cabinet near the stairs.

"So let's see….Living room…" Stella said looking around the place.

"Check!"

"The entertainment room, Check!"

"And I double checked it." Jack informed her as Stella nodded.

"Bar area."

"Check!"

"Upstairs room… Check! Cause I've checked the guest room while you checked the master room." Stella said as Jack frowned a bit.

"Huh? I didn't check the master room." Jack said sitting up in his seat.

"But I thought you went there to check Wyatt's room."

"No, I went to the bathroom because I thought you were taking the bedrooms." Jack said as Stella shook her head.

"No, I didn't…" Stella snapped back just as they heard a car pull past them into the driveway. "Oh that just great!" Stella swore as Jack scrambled to his feet and rushed to the window. "Please tell me that's not them."

"Okay!" Jack said with a nod before resorting into silence.

"Well…?"

"Well you told me not to tell you if it's them." Jack said as he saw Chris pull up in front of Wyatt's GTO, but that's all he had time to watch before Stella voice interrupted him.

"Jack!" Stella's shouted as Jack turned around to find her standing by the stairs.

"Yeah, yeah!" Jack said rushing over to Stella to help her with the bags.

"No, you go and grab the stuff in his room!" Stella said dragging all the bags across the floor towards the kitchen. For once she was happy that they were slippery.

"Got it!" Jack said as he rushed up the stairs, skipping few steps at once.

"Screw this!" Stella hissed at the approaching voices near the front door – knowing she can be spotted any minute through the glass walls, she removed her heels and threw them into the kitchen - before dragging all eight bags behind her fast as she can, without slipping to break her nose.

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Wyatt smiled as he went over to his GTO to check for his keys – well that's what he told Chris as he made the brunette wait for him, but in truth he was stalling for more time, since he saw Stella's car parked near the house, which means that they're still inside. Not knowing if they had seen Chris pull up, Wyatt pretended to slip as he pressed GTO's honk to give his friends a heads up – while at the same time causing Chris to jump a bit.

"Geez!" Chris said half startled at the sudden sound that pierced the silent air around them as Wyatt laughed at him. "Ha, Ha, very funny."

"I thought so too." Wyatt answered back as he made his way to the Witch, pulling him into an warm embrace and lightly kissing him softly on the lips – well it's mostly to get rid of the guilt he was feeling deep inside. He felt as if he was deceiving Chris by not being truthful to him. Wyatt doesn't wish to lie or to deceive Chris, he gains nothing from it but it's his fear of what will happen after revealing to Chris about his job that held the blonde at bay. So for now, he wished to be normal just like Chris expects him to be and plus it provides the blonde to have a happy normal relationship.

Chris only grinned in Wyatt's embrace. The witch still can't believe that he's dating a guy like Wyatt, since the blonde is everything Chris ever expected in a guy – caring, passionate, manly yet sensitive, playful, cheeky & best of all he cares for Chris so much. Not to mention their relationship is going pretty well at the moment, so just for that, the witch is expecting something to come tumbling down around the corner like a tornado - after all there isn't one Halliwell in the family who ever had a smooth relationship with their lovers. There is always something intervening or jeopardising their relationship - either magic makes them look suspicious in their relationship as they constantly disappear and re-appear or their loves turn out to be demons or they give into evil or magic complicates things or worse their lovers die!

Being aware of this, Chris knew Wyatt isn't demon or likely to give into evil – so the witch is waiting for other things to come around the corner like a stampede. The Witchlighter is still pretty much surprised that no demons have attacked him so far with Wyatt around – then again, with him being the least powerful, he's not much on the demon's radar as others in the family – so he's happy about that in some aspects.

"Gotta say your place looks interesting from outside as I hope it will from inside." Chris said with a smirk as Wyatt chuckled.

"Well, why don't we go and check it out and see if you approve." Wyatt said with a wink as both walked, hand in hand towards the front door – only Wyatt's heart was racing hundred beats a second, in fear of getting caught. As Wyatt opened the front door – Stella shoved all the bags outside through the kitchen back door and closed it silently at the sound of Wyatt's voice filtering in through the house – only to pop back in to pull the curtains shut that will ensure she won't be spotted if Chris was to make his way down the hallway towards the kitchen, since most of the wall are Glass, that enables the person from inside to overlook the backyard.

Jack on the other hand, who used a small stool from the guest room to grab the framed signed photo of Mike from Barxon in the master bedroom, stopped dead on his tracks at the sound of Wyatt and Chris. Holding the Large framed photo carefully in his hand, he got down and tottered his way towards the door, ensuring that they weren't heading upstairs for some fun – then again those two still haven't had proper sex, Jack doubt this time would be any different.

Jack quickly made his way towards the other end of the hallway, heading for the second set of staircase that leads into the kitchen. The sandy blonde shuffled his way through the corridor like a thief in an art gallery, hiding most of his body behind the framed photo. "I so need to get a new job." Jack thought to himself as he quietly made his way down the stairs – but stopping halfway to check if he needs to backtrack or run off like a bullet, but from the distance of the voice, the sandy blonde took his chance and rushed down the stairs, dashing out towards the kitchen door like a mad man chased by a bunch of wild dogs – wincing lightly as his sneakers squeaked on the polished floor.

Meanwhile out in the front living room, Chris was looking around Wyatt's house – after all, he was stumped by Wyatt's place – it looked so expensive that he felt as if he was in a showcase. However when they heard the light squeaks, Wyatt immediately moved back to catch glimpse of the kitchen door slide shut as Chris looked at him, looking for the cause of the sound.

"Polished floor always squeak. " Wyatt said moving his flip-flops to make squeaking noise. "So, What do you think?" Wyatt asked with a smile, mentally thanking his friends to back them forever as he took in the sight of his Award cabinet – which is now merely an alcohol crystal cabinet – Photos of him with others are now replaced by some whacky pictures.

"Gotta say that assistant job yours is paying pretty well." Chris said with a smug smile as Wyatt chuckled with a shrug.

"What can I say; I'm good at my job." Wyatt said to the brunette with a smirk, as Chris nodded, looking around the place - but stopped near the TV cabinet which harbours some new pile of DVD's – although Wyatt wasn't aware of this, the mere sight of the DVD's, made the blonde's heart jump to his throat, thinking that maybe Jack forgot to remove everything.

Chris stopped to grab the top DVD with a frown, while Wyatt found himself unable to swallow as if something lodged between his windpipes while the air around him stopped still. "How to Grow supermassive Tomatoes in your own back garden." Chris read the DVD cover with an arched eyebrow. "Didn't know you were into gardening Wyatt."

"Oh, just trying out my green thumb that's all." Wyatt said with a relieved sign, before grinning like a cheeky cat as he held his thumbs up to show it to the brunette – to indicate his green thumb.

"Gotta say you got quite a collection here…" Chris said looking at the list. "Almost pretty random!" the witch thought to himself as he took in the geography channel DVD's, DIY, Gardening collection that sat before him.

"Yeah but I don't really have time to watch TV or anything." Wyatt informed the brunette as Chris nodded with a smile.

"That explains the random choice of DVD collection." Chris thought to himself as Wyatt smiled at him.

"Come on, I'll show you around the place." Wyatt said little interested on what he will find himself as he took the brunette around the place.

Chris had to admit at end of the tour – which lead them to Wyatt's bar downstairs – made him little jealous, actually he was lot jealous mainly because it only fuelled his desire to get a pad just like that for himself – compared to his place, Wyatt's place is a luxury house – especially the closet full of champagnes & Wines – with those brightly lit lights only made them sparkle in their glass shelves.

Wyatt gotta admit, Jack and Stella have made a great deal of effort to pull this place off for him, and in every room they have done a great job of replacing his work stuff with normal things – he knew he got a huge making up to do when they see each other.

"How about a drink?" Wyatt asked going over to the bar to grab the cocktail shaker. "What would you like to drink?"

"Surprise me." Chris said with a grin as he took a seat in front of the bar. "Gotta say you got a nice view here." The brunette said as he glanced outside through the glass walls – where the sun is slowly going down.

"And now it makes it a great view that I get to share it with you." Wyatt said pouring the multi coloured drink into a highball glass & handed it over to Chris, while pressing a kiss on his lips. However Chris on the other hand….didn't feel the romance in Wyatt's words, instead he only saw the cheesy line that the blonde could've pulled countless times on his previous lovers – and this only made him more confused.

Chris smiled lightly as he shifted his gaze from the smiling blonde to the sunset. What is he doing with his guy? Obviously Chris can't have the type of relationship he wants, at least not from this guy – who could simply move on if they were to break up for any incident and the young witch could see plenty of those incidents in mind – what Chris really wants is the type of love his mother and father have between each other. The never ending fight for each other's love, he has grown up hearing so much stories about his mother and father from his deceased aunt Prue - who comes by to read stories to him when he was little – now that he's grown, he wants something like that…and he doesn't know if he can get that from Wyatt…but then again, he doesn't know Wyatt fully, so he can't let his jealous nature stop him from being with Wyatt – after all the blonde chose to be with him, didn't he?

But the small voice, that always questions people's thoughts, the one that makes people doubt themselves - asked 'Why? For his looks he could do so much better than you.' Chris lightly shook his head – clearly he needs to speak to one of his cousins about this – after all they're the cupids in the family.

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"Aww Chris, you know you can't think like that!" Brianna said as they sat in Newbern Park, L.A. Recently created Park to preserve Nature by the Green Group. The Park is pretty big, although it's not big as Central Park: it's still big enough to connect to the nearest county – San Bernadino! Chris merely shrugged from the Park bench as Brianna looked at him with a raised eyebrow. The witch has told his blonde lover that he has to meet a friend that he'll be back for lunch – but Wyatt insisted that Chris takes his time and that they meet later on in the evening since he has business & errands to run anyway – this bugged Chris even more.

"Chris, you do know it's your insecurity that's making you think this way right?" Brianna asked the witch, who raised an eyebrow in return.

"And what exactly am I insecure of?" Chris asked with in a sarcastic tone & tilted head. "Because I don't feel insecure about anything Orrrr anyone!"

"Maybe, but there is always a first time for everything, right." Brianna said as Chris shook his head.

"Come on, I'm not insecure." Chris said with an eye roll as Brianna folded her arms in her chest. "What?" Chris asked at the stern look, he received form his cousin.

"Chris, you are a stubborn ass," Brianna said to her cousin.

"What! Why? Because I'm not agreeing with you in this matter?" Chris asked as Brianna nodded. "Alright give me one good reason why I should feel insecure then I'll agree with you."

"You're afraid that this guy could break your heart & move on to others like many others do." Brianna said as Chris glared at her for few seconds – which Brianna matched with her own, before her cousin gave up with a sigh. "And you're afraid he might leave you for someone, you think that's better than you."

For a second, Chris simply glared at her, before throwing his hands up in the air. "Fine, when you put it in that way!" Chris lightly shrugged. "Yeah, I guess I am little insecure." Chris said letting out a sigh as sad look graced his features. "I don't know what to do Bree, I mean I know he's with me and he chose me, blah, blah, blah, blah…but for some reason I'm worried that I'm going to lose him."

"Don't worry Chris, it's completely normal for people to feel that way, when they're dateing someone beyond their league." Brianna said as Chris looked at her as if she slapped him on the face. However Brianna on the other hand, watching her cousin pull the perfect imitation of Aunt Piper's 'repeat that so I can blow you up' expression, The Cupid-Witch added hastily. "But what you gotta remember is, looks come and go, but it's the personality that's last and you gotta remember, he chose you because he loves you for who you are, not because you're the best looking guy in the city."

"You know, I don't know whether that's comforting or insulting." Chris said to Brianna as the cupid witch lazily shrugged.

"Who cares! I mean… Just remember, he may have the package but he may not have the brains. After all you know what they say, brain over brawns." Brianna said with a smirk as Chris looked confused.

"Yeah but how is that helping?" Chris asked her cousin, who frowned at the comment.

"That everyone is flawed, no one is perfect." Brianna said waving her hand in a dismissal. "So stop worrying so much about him dumping you, because if he wanted to do that, he could've done it ages ago, considering you guys have been together this long."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Chris asked as Brianna looked little sheepish.

"Okay fine, you see as cupids, we can see people's aura's right?" Brianna said as Chris lightly nodded. "And a person' aura can tell you so much about them. For example kids emanate white streaks of aura to represent their innocence – which changes colour as they lose their innocence in their adult age."

"uh huh!"

"Although they change colour, you still have white streaks to represent you second innocence." Brianna said dragging out, watching her cousin's face carefully. "But this changes colour among men in relationship with other men…but yours is still white."

"Huh? What is that supposed to mean?"

"Forget it." Brianna said throwing her hand up in air but at the sight of Chris tapping his feet with his arms folded in his chest, she knows he isn't going to quit until he finds out. "Alright! I know you and Wyatt haven't slept together because he hasn't plucked your cherry yet." At this, Chris' mouth dropped open like Piper's shocked face.

"That's not true!" Chris squeaked as he shifted, hoping to hide his aura.

"Clearly." Brianna said in a lazy tone. "Anyways Chris, for some weird reason this guy likes you, so be happy with it."

"Easy for you to say, you're not dating a hot guy like Wyatt." Chris mumbled under his breath as Brianna shot him a look.

"I heard that." Brianna snapped as Chris gave her a plastic grin in return.

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Thank You All so Much for those lovely Reviews. Hope You All enjoyed this continuous long chapter. Looks like Jack & Stella pulled it off huh? Imagine having friends like them...Life would be entertaining every day. Hahaha. But Poor Chris, he's already feeling little insecure, I can only wonder what he's going to do when he finds out about Wy's Job. But glad to know everyone loves Bianca.

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