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Growing Up Troubles

Chapter 14

"What do you mean she found out?" Chris asked, as he walked into the hallway, to pick up the telephone. Wyatt had called him at work to get home as soon as possible. Of course, thinking that it was Jack, he raced home to find out that Elizabeth had found out that he had a son and that she had ran out of the house, mentioning something about her dad keeping something from her. Neither of them had any idea of where she could be, after trying to call her on her cell phone and trying the friends that they had a number for. Of course, the majority of her friends were in school, except the odd one that was skipping class, so there was no way she was going to be with them. Chris had one thought and picked up the telephone to call for his ex-girlfriend.

"Bianca won't know."

"No, but Josh might."

"He'll be in school," Wyatt shouted, panicked that he had no idea where his daughter could be, "He won't know."

"It's worth a try," Chris sighed as he dialled the woman's number, but she knew nothing either, "Ok, think, where would she go to escape you?"

Wyatt tried to think, but nothing, all he could think about was the fact that keeping something from his 16-year-old daughter had done them more harm than good.

"I don't know!"

"Ok," Chris sighed, trying to think, but the thought of their eldest daughter out there with Jack still in the city made him worry, "You go out and drive around, looking for her. I'll call the family and Speedy and let them know that she's out there so to keep an eye out."

The Halliwell nodded his head and glanced at his cousin, who was now off the couch and had joined them in the hallway.

"I'm coming with you, Wyatt." Holly decided and she was not going to take a no for an answer. The two of them made their way out of the house, picking up car keys on the way out, while Chris went through the list of family members. Hopefully, with members of the family in the police force, they could use them to find the 16-year-old before somebody else did.

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Elizabeth strolled down the street alone, she could not believe her dad and Chris had lied to her. Chris had a son. How could the man do that to her father? He had turned Wyatt gay and taken him from her mother, and now he had slept with some woman and made her pregnant. Sure, she had not stuck around to find out the details, but that was what she assumed. She had not yet found out that this son was her 16-year-old boyfriend.

Walking down the street, she heard a car behind her, and from the sounds of it, it was slowing down. Great, her family had found her. She knew it would happen, since there were so many of them and she was not too far away from her home. She closed her eyes, as the car began to drive slowly next to her.

"Elizabeth?" she frowned when she did not recognise the voice, and looked into the car window, to see the driver. He was fairly old, but something about him seemed familiar, "What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be in school?"

So, her dad had not sent him out looking for her then.

"I'm suspended from school," she shrugged her shoulders, causing the man to laugh slightly, "What?"

"You sound just like your father," the man answered, "Jump in, I'll give you a lift to wherever you're going."

"I'm not going anywhere," Elizabeth shook her head, "Just away from home for a bit."

"You and your dad had a fight?" when then 16-year-old shrugged her shoulders, "Well, jump in, I know somewhere, where your dad won't think of looking for you for a while. Just while things calm down."

The 16-year-old girl was slightly suspicious, but because of the familiarity of the man, she decided to take him up on his offer anyway and climbed into the passenger side.

"I'm Jack by the way," the man offered his hand, for the teenager to shake, "I'm an old friend of your grandpa's and your grandma's before she died."

"You look familiar," Elizabeth frowned slightly, "Have I met you before."

"No, I've just returned to San Francisco, after a long time of being away," Jack explained to the young girl, "Actually, I'm your dad's real dad."

Elizabeth suddenly shot the man a strange look, as she realised that there were more lies her dad had not told her, he was adopted?

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"Chris, sweetie, you have to calm down," Phoebe said as she watched the blonde haired man walk back and forth in front of her, "Worrying won't help anyone."

"I am calm," Chris sighed, "I'm just trying to think where she could be, that's all. She's not stupid, she won't go off with anybody, who knows what lunitics are out there. The person I'm more worried about is Jack."

"Jack?" Phoebe questioned, looking towards her youngest sister, Paige, who was just walking out of the kitchen, with a mug of tea for the brunette. The two were here, while Prue, Andy, Leo, Patty, Charlie, Parker, Speedy, Holly and Wyatt were out looking for her. They had decided to split up into groups and go where Elizabeth was most likely to be, while Chris stayed at the house in case she came back, and for when Jennifer and Scott were back from school which would be soon.

"Piper's ex-husband."

Instantly, Phoebe and Paige's eyes grew wide as they looked at the Perry, getting closer to him.

"He's in town?"

"Yeah, I thought Prue would have said something to you," Chris bit his bottom lip as he realised Wyatt's youngest aunts did not know about the return of the biological father. The door opened though, saving Chris from anymore questions about the man as everybody looked at who it was. Right on time, it was Chris' youngest two children, who looked shocked to find Phoebe and Paige both stood with Chris in the hallway.

"Hi Auntie Phoebe," Scott smiled at one of his great-aunts and then looked at the other, "Auntie Paige! What are you two doing here?"

"They came to see your dad, but he's not here yet," Chris answered, covering for the two women, knowing how bad Phoebe was at keeping secrets. Now they had to act as normal as possible, they could not tell Scott what had happened yet, of course Jen would be a little more suspicious, "How was school?"

"Good, I got to cut up a worm," the eight-year-old smiled, excitedly as he took his coat off and passed it to his 15-year-old sister, who hung it up for him, "Where's Ben?"

"Ben is with Frank," Chris replied, the easiest answer to give, since it was the truth, now he just had to figure out what to do with his youngest child, "Scott, can you go and do your homework now, please?"

"Why? I want to play my video game."

"The one in your room?" Chris asked, and sighed as he saw Scott nod, if he was out of the way that was good, no matter what he was doing. The only problem was, Scott also as a portable game console too, which he seemed to like more lately and playedin the living room, "Ok, you go and play the one in your room."

Once the eight-year-old was out of the way, Jennifer looked at her dad and tilted her head, "What's going on? Has Lizzie done something again?"

Paige could not help but smirk as she heard her great-niece comment on what her eldest sister was like. It was true though, if Chris or Wyatt were worried about something, usually it had something to do with Elizabeth.

"Well, you could say that," Chris nodded his head, "She's out there somewhere, your dad's looking for her. It's partly our fault though."

"Why? You can't say you're too hard on her, its her own fault she gets into trouble." The black haired teen shrugged her shoulders, causing her 34-year-old father to sigh again.

"Can you do me a huge favour and do your homework?" Chris questioned, "And keep an eye on Scott for me?"

"Sure, dad," Jennifer nodded her head and started to make her way up the stairs, "Will you tell me if it gets worse?"

"I promise I will." Chris nodded his head with a smile and watched his 15-year-old girl walk up the stairs, now he turned back to the two women, waiting for them to say something about Jack and him not telling them sooner. Before he could, however, the telephone rang.

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Patty sat in her car and looked across at the hotel that she had seen Elizabeth walk into. She could not believe her eyes when she realised who she was with. She had been warned the man was back in town, but she never expected to see Jack again, especially not with her 16-year-old second cousin.

"Hey Chris," she said into her cell phone, as she kept an eye on the hotel, just in case they walked back out and she had to follow them again, "I've found her."

"That's great, Patty, can you bring her back and I'll phone the others?"

"There's a problem, Chris," the eldest daughter of Prue Halliwell spoke, biting her bottom lip slightly, "She's with Jack."

Moving the phone away from her ear, she waited for Chris to stop shouting. He was not shouting at her, just at the situation.

"Chris, I'll call Wyatt, ok," the 36-year-old offered, "Just come to the Robertson Hotel on Main." With that, Patty hung up on Chris before he could say anything else and dialled her eldest cousin's number, and waited for him to answer. This was going to be a worse conversation that it was with Chris.

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As soon as Wyatt found out where his daughter was, he speeded to the hotel, ignoring all speed limit signs and rules of the road. When he got to her, he was going to kill Jack. He should have known Jack would wait for her to be on her own and then pick her up. Then he wondered why the 16-year-old had gotten into the car with him, was she stupid? He could have been anyone.

Speeding around the corner, he glanced at Holly. He completely forgot that she was in the car with him, as he drove down the road as fast as he could. Maybe her coming with him was not a good idea, but at the time, he had no time to argue with anybody about who was coming to look for Elizabeth. As he turned another corner, he saw his brother's car coming towards him. Quickly stopping in the middle of the road, and getting Parker to do the same thing, he explained what Patty had just called about. Now it was three against one, well really two since he did not expect Holly to get into the fight, but he knew Chris would be meeting them there. There would be enough to convince Elizabeth to not listen to the man, or rescue her from him, which ever way round it was.

Yes, I have plans to add drama...but you'll have to wait for the next chapter for it.

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