A/n The fight begins!

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Chapter 5

"So, you definitely found out that I skipped again and you are not happy and you want to ground me and so on. Oh, I forget I'm setting a bad example for Paul… and Wyatt never behaved himself like that… Did I leave anything out? I guess not." Chris snapped. He was tired of it. He didn't want to leave with the fight but it wasn't an option.

Piper gritted her teeth, she always thought that Chris had his own view of thing but she never suspected it that way. Leo on the other hand was surprised by his second born behavior, and he couldn't let him have such attitude. So while Piper was trying to find proper words, Leo took the lead and leashed out.

"Don't you dare talk to us this way. We are your parents. You have to listen to us and while you live here you have to follow our rules. We with your mother spent so much time raising you and that is how you pay us back? What we are doing is for your own good. We sacrificed so much for you to be happy. And here you are conducting like a brat. We sure deserver better then that." Leo screamed, he was angry but the moment he stopped shouting he understood he said too much and regretted it. But he didn't get a chance to correct his mistake.

"Well, I didn't know you brought me up." Chris hissed with fire in his eyes. "You of all people have no right to tell me how I was raised and let's cut the crap you're a shitty father. And your precious wife not better as a mother at least for me. I agree that she is good for Paul and Wyatt. And for me she did nothing just like you."

Piper couldn't believe her ears. Her son didn't like her and he didn't think of her as a mother. And again she remembered the dinner where she tried to think of any good memories with the middle son and there was none. May be he was right saying that she was a bad mother. She saw Leo became red with anger and started talking:

"Chris, we are your parent, and I think in some way we weren't perfect parents to you, but we're not bad either. We make our own mistakes and quite obvious you're taking them a little bit too serious. We make mistakes with Wyatt and Paul, too. But we love all three of you the same." She tried to keep her voice calm and warm. She didn't want to agitate him further. She didn't notice that her other two sons were in the room as well. And they actually heard every word Chris said. Looked like Paul called Wyatt after he heard the beginning of the fight.

"Oh, really?" Chris laughed bitterly and continued with venom in his voice. "You love all of us the same. Then tell me Piper when is my birthday? What's my favourite subject at school? Who's my best friend and where do I like to spend my free time?"

Nobody in the room was prepared to Chris calling her by name and all their mouthing fall with the shock. 'Chris's pissed. I've never saw him like that.' Wyatt thought worriedly. He looked at his younger brother wanting to find the reason of his harsh behavior. He tried to answer these questions when something came to his mind. Chris saw that his brother eyes got big and the realization crossed his face. And next Wyatt phrase confirmed his suspicions.

"Oh, God! Tell me it's not true" the eldest of the boys begged.

"No. It's true. And I'm happy one of you finally gets it." Chris replied sarcastically.

"Get what?" Piper cried out, she already was on the edge and crying but she managed to keep her tears for herself.

"Today is Chris' Birthday. And today he turned 18. Since today he has all rights to do whatever he wants and takes responsibility for his actions." Paul whispered instead of Wyatt. And when he said it Piper couldn't keep her tears anymore and Leo's hands started to shake. They forgot their son's birthday and that broke parents' hearts.

"I guess mystery is solved. But for you to know that I still had a great birthday even if you weren't there. Because there were… no ARE people who give a damn about me. Who talks to me, who knows everything about me and who helps me come through the most difficult periods of my life. And right now they are waiting for me come to them and spoil me for today." Chris said. At the beginning of the speech he spoke softly but by the end you could hear pure adoration of those people in his voice.

"Chris, it's just one birthday. You can't be serious…" Piper whispered, trying to make herself think that it was just a nightmare.

"No, I am pretty serious. And I'm not talking about one birthday. I'm talking almost about each and every birthday I've ever had. Never here, never with you. You never took time to celebrate or just acknowledge that I live in this house. Whole my childhood I was compared with Paul and Wyatt and you didn't say a good word to me. I don't know the feeling of being hugged by you, any of you for that matter. I never heard you saying of how proud of me you were. I was always left alone at home. I was always the last one to be healed after the demon attack even if my injuries were the most severe and life threatening" Chris sighed and turned to a window. Than closed his eyes and took a deep breath facing the family again. "I had to reach everything without your support. I had to overcome myself without you. I had to almost meet the death because of your neglect."

At that his mother gasped. She couldn't understand why she didn't see it earlier. She just knew by the way her second born talked that she lost her chance to be a mother to him. She wanted to move to him and embrace him but she knew it was too late. He didn't need her as his mother. But one sentence bothered her immensely: 'I had to almost meet the death because of your neglect.'

Leo knew that these last statements didn't have anything good behind them and he was sure that if he would hear the truth it would destroy the major part of his beliefs. Also it meant he failed as a father. Because he never had time for one of those he loved the most, but found time for others and for the whole world. And right now he regretted all times when he laid the needs of his family for later.

"What do you mean?" Piper asked carefully, looking in the empty eyes of the son. She was afraid of hearing the meaning of this sentence, but she needed to hear it, either it would confirm her fears or not. It took Chris a minute to find the strength to replay to her. He knew that he had to keep his own feeling under control otherwise his wish to finish his pain would go for nothing.

"I attempted suicide." Chris answered coldly.