Chapter 3

"Okay, we need to tell Piper and Leo about you, Chris," Phoebe said.

"Why?" Chris asked.

"Because they deserve to know who you are," Paige said.

"But won't it complicate things?"

"What will complicate things?" I asked.

Chris, Phoebe, and Paige were all startled by my voice.

"Hey, Piper," Phoebe said.

"Hi," I said.

Leo and I both walked over to the bar where my sisters sat. Chris stood up.

"I have to go," Chris said. He orbed out then.

I looked at my sisters. "What was that all about?" I asked.

"Nothing," Paige said. "Nothing at all." She grabbed Phoebe by the hand and orbed out herself.

I turned and looked at my husband. He looked at me. He was carrying Wyatt.

"What is up with them?" He said.

"I don't know," I replied. "It better be nothing to do with Wyatt and whoever is trying to turn him evil."

"I'm sure it isn't. Your sisters wouldn't keep anything like that from us. If Chris knows something they'd tell us."

"I sure hope so."

Chris had orbed to the Manor. Paige followed him there with Phoebe. Chris walked up and down the floor, pacing.

"Okay, that was the perfect opportunity to tell them," Phoebe said.

Chris sighed. "Don't you think I know that," He replied.

"Then why didn't you tell them. You cannot avoid the truth forever, Chris," Paige said. "You are Piper and Leo's second born son. Nine, ten months from now you are going to be born."

"How can you be so sure Piper and Leo slept together last night?" Chris asked.

"We don't know if they did. But they will eventually," Phoebe said. "They have to. They just have to. I know Piper and Leo. Those two are madly in love with each other. There has been sexual tension between them for weeks, even months. I didn't sense any sexual tension between them while we were there. I have a good sense of these things, even as an empath."

Chris sighed. "I can't tell them. I can't!"

"Why the hell not?!" Paige said.

"Because I don't want to!"

"But why?!" Phoebe said.

"Because Piper is dead in my future and I don't have the best relationship with Leo. He was never there for me when I needed him. I hate him. It has been difficult to even deal with him here."

Phoebe and Paige looked at each other. This explained a whole lot. Chris was very weird around both me and Leo. He disliked Leo a lot and he tended to ignore me every chance he could.

Chris sighed and sat down.

Meanwhile back at the club, I sat and did work for the club. I went over the books and took a look at inventory to see if I needed to order any alcohol or anything. My manager had everything up to date and stock. Leo fixed a few things while we there and he didn't even break a sweat. It was simple fixing. Wyatt had fun running around and playing. Leo and I both kept a good eye on him, but Wyatt mainly stayed out of trouble. He was a very good little boy.

After being at the club for a couple hours, the three of us headed to the park where we had some fun. We got some lunch from a hot dog vender. Then we walked around the park for a little while. Leo and I took Wyatt to the playground where we played on the swings with him. Wyatt had fun.

Leo and I were both extremely happy. It was like it was before the damn Titans, Leo becoming an Elder and leaving us. It was like old times. It was how it was supposed to be: Leo and me with our son.

After the park, Leo and I took Wyatt home. It was time for his afternoon nap. Wyatt fell asleep in the car on the way home too.

"Poor little guy is worn out," Leo said.

"He sure is," I said. "I'll put him right in his crib."

"No, let me," Leo said. "Please."

"Sure. Whatever you want, baby!"

"Thank you, sweetheart."

We both grinned at each other.

Leo took Wyatt straight up-stairs and to his own room. I went into the living room and settled down on the sofa. I smiled. I sat in the very sofa Leo and I had been on the day before. It was where we woke up and discovered we had been cuddled up.

"I have to go, Piper," Leo said, coming into the living room.

"Go?! Where?!" I said, quickly standing up.

"They're calling me. They need to see me."

"Oh…right…Them. You still are tied to Them aren't you?!"

Leo shook his head. "Think of it as me being a regular Whitelighter and not an Elder. I had to leave a lot of the time remember."

"True," I said. I sighed. "If you have to go, then you have to go."

"I'll be back! I promise!"

"Do you?!"

"Yes!" Leo said. "I'm not leaving you, Piper. I refuse. They can't make me leave you!"

"How can you be sure?! They tried it a lot of times."

"Because I'm going to tell then I'm back with my wife. I intent to stay with her and our son. I intent on getting her pregnant again as well!"

I chuckled. "Do you really?!"

"Yes," Leo said.

"Hmm…sounds like a good plan."

Leo smiled. He kissed me passionately on the lips. "I promise to me back as soon as I can."

"I'll hold you to that."

Leo smiled again. He gave me one last kiss and then orbed out.

I sighed once he was gone. I sat down on the sofa again.

"Piper, are you down here?" Paige said.

"I'm in the living room."

Paige came into the living room them. "Hi."

"Hi," I said.

"Where's Leo?" She sat down next to me.

"The Elders called him."

"Is that a bad thing?"

"Not anymore. Not after what he said to me before he left."

"And what was that?"

I smiled. "That he plans on telling them that he is back with me and has every intent on staying with me and Wyatt."

"That's good. That's very good," Paige said. "I'm very happy that you two are back together. So is Phoebe. We are all happy, including Chris."

"Yeah, so what was up with the orbing out at the club earlier today?" I asked.

Paige shrugged. "It was nothing. Nothing at all."

I glared at my youngest sister. "You know something," I said. "Something is up and you are not telling me it. Spill!"

Paige shrugged. "It's not my secret to spill."

"But you do know something?!"

"Yes, I do. But I can't tell you. This particular person has to tell you what it is."

"It's something about Chris, isn't it?"

"Maybe."

"It is! I know it. That was why he orbed out when Leo and I were there. Does it have something to do with Wyatt and whoever is turning him evil?"

"No, but it has something to do with Wyatt."

"Okay, then you really need to tell me what it is!"

"No, Chris can tell you what it is! It has to do with him, you, and Leo."

"What about us?!" I said

"Ask CHRIS," Paige said, shouting Chris.

There was swirl of orbs then. It formed into Chris Perry, the kid from the future who said he was back to stop Wyatt from turning evil.

"What is it?" Chris asked.

"Tell her," Paige said, getting up from the sofa. "Tell her now!"

"Yes, tell me now!" I demanded. "If there is something that has to do with you, me, and Leo, I deserve to know."

Chris sighed. "Okay, fine," He said. "I'm not who you think I am. I'm not just some guy from the future…I'm your…I'm your…"

"You're my what?!" I shouted.

"SON!" Paige said. "He's your son!"

I looked at my sister in disbelieve. "You have got to be kidding me."

Chris shook his head. "No, I'm not. I'm your son, Piper. I'm your second born child and son. I'm Wyatt's little brother from the future."

I was shocked. I couldn't believe it.

"LEO!" I shouted.

Leo did not appear for several minutes. We were all silent as we waited for him.

"LEO!" I shouted again.

There was a swirl of orbs then.

"What is it, Piper?! I was with the Elders, telling them about us," Leo said.

"Forget about the Elders," I said. "You need to hear this."

Leo looked over at Paige and Chris. Chris did not look pleased. He looked irritated.

"What's going on?" He asked looking at me.

"I was just told some very shocking news," I said. "Apparently, we do have more kids in the future."

"How do you know this? Did Chris tell you?"

"I'm one of them," Chris said. Leo looked at him. "I'm Wyatt's little brother. I'm your second born son and child. That's why I've come. I came to stop him from turning evil. He turns evil before I am born."

"And how much time is that?" Leo asked

"Nine, ten months. Piper needs to be pregnant with me within the next week or I won't exist."

My eyes widened. I needed to be pregnant within the next week or Chris won't exist?! "You have got to be kidding me," I said.

"I wish I was, Mom."

My eyes widened even more. I was completely shocked by what Chris had just said. I was only used to being called "Mama" by my sweet baby boy, my first born. Now I was being called "Mom" by a full grown adult male, who was not Wyatt.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, Mom," Chris said.

I just looked at Chris.

"I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner," Paige said.

"You knew and didn't tell me?!" I said. "Why?!"

"Because it wasn't Phoebe's or my secret to tell."

"OH, Phoebe knows too. That witch is luck she's at work right now," I said.

"I know, Piper," Paige said. "We're all sorry."

"Yeah," Chris said.

"You should have told us sooner," Leo said.

"Spoken like a true father." Chris looked at Leo with disgust. "It's a damn shame I don't give a crap what you think!"

"Chris!" Paige said.

Chris just looked at his aunt.

"What's going on here?" I asked.

Chris shook his head. "Nothing. Nothing at all. Now you and Leo know the truth. I'm happy you two are back together. The fate of my existence depends on it. Just know that."

Chris orbed out then.

I looked at Paige. "What was that all about?!"

Paige sighed. She sat back down on the sofa. "Apparently, in the future, Leo isn't there for Chris when he needs his dad."

"Why wouldn't I be?" Leo asked.

"I don't know. You have to ask him yourself."

"I think I will. Come on, Piper." Leo held his hand out to me. I took it.

"Watch Wyatt," I said.

"Gladly," Paige said.

Leo then orbed himself and me to the club. The club was where Chris stayed.

Chris was in the back room. That was where he stayed.

"What do you two want?" Chris sobbed. It seems he was had been crying.

"Talk to us, Chris," I said. "Or at least talk to me."

Chris just looked at me. "Please don't make me."

"Tell us what happens in the future," Leo said. "Why am I not there for you? Why do you hate me so much?"

Chris shook his head. "I hate you, because it's your fault they die."

"Who's they?" I asked.

"You and my sister," Chris said.

"Sister?!" Leo and I chorused.

"Yes, I have…had a sister in the future."

Leo and I looked at each other.

"What happens?" I asked looking back at Chris.

"Please don't make me talk about it," Chris said. "I can't live through it again. She was my whole world."

"Your sister?"

"Yes. I made it my duty to make sure nothing happened would hurt her, but I failed her, I was fourteen years old. I had promised to make sure no evil person hurt her, but I failed her," Chris cried. "It's your fault their dead in the future, Leo! That is why I can't look at you here. I am disgusted by your presents."

"Why would it be my fault your mom and sister are dead?" Leo asked.

"Because you were too busy being an Elder. You became an Elder before Melinda was born. You had done some heroic thing like you had during the time of the Titans this past year. Wyatt was influenced by evil. He was always practicing dark magic. Mom yelled at him for it. No one told me why he was influenced by evil. I never knew not even to this day.

"You were always able to control Wyatt. Wyatt behaved whenever you were around, Leo. But the one time you weren't around, Wyatt was practicing dark magic. He used some dark magic that went wrong and killed Mom and Melinda. He killed them. He killed them!"

I could not believe what I was hearing. Wyatt killed me and my daughter, his sister.

"It was an accident, but I always blamed you for it," Chris said.

Leo looked at me and I looked at him.

Chris cried. "God, damn it," He cursed. "I promised that someday I would go back to the future and set things right. I made a promise to Melinda as I held her dead body in my arms. She was only eleven years old when she died. She was a gifted witch, Whitelighter herself. She was as beautiful as mom is. She even looked like her."

Tears streamed down my cheeks.

"I'm sorry, Chris," Leo said. "I'm very sorry. We're going to make this right. We're going to make sure whoever influences Wyatt doesn't it. We're going to save him and change the fate of your mother and sister."

"Promise me," Chris sobbed. "Make that promise to me as a father."

"I promise you, Chris. I will not fail you. I will protect my children and their future."