Chapter Five: Forgiven
Phoebe opened the front door of the Manor and walked inside. It was quiet, a little too quiet for her liking and had she her empath powers she knew that she would feel evil in the house or that something was wrong. Turning, she motioned to Paige who entered next holding Wyatt in her arms and was trailed by Piper.
Piper smiled as she walked inside and took everything in. "It's good to be home. I was getting tired of staying at Magic School all by myself."
"But you weren't all by yourself," Paige said, setting Wyatt down. "We did come and visit you."
"But it wasn't the same," Piper replied. "Either way, I'm home."
Phoebe placed her arms around Piper's shoulders. "I would rather Chris be born here than at that stuffy school anyway."
The sisters walked into the kitchen, Paige sitting at the table and Phoebe and Piper rummaging through everything to see what there was to eat. Piper's eyes narrowed as she saw that there were still things out on the counter. It was one of her pet peeves, she hated it when someone made something, but didn't bother to put anything away. Figuring it was Chris, she only smiled and told herself that she would have teach that younger son of her some manners when he got older.
After making a pot of coffee and getting a cup of juice for Wyatt, the sisters sat at the table in silence. Both Paige and Piper could feel Phoebe's uneasiness and stared at her. Phoebe just sat there and stared off into the distance and tried as hard as she could to use the powers she had had taken away from her.
"All right," Piper began, placing her coffee cup on the table so hard that she nearly smashed it, "what is the problem Phoebe? You are starting to freak me out."
Shaking her head, Phoebe faced her older sister. "I don't know. I just have this...gut feeling that either something is going to happen or that something has happened. Sounds weird, I know."
"No it doesn't, sweetie," Paige said. "I always have strange feelings and Leo says to listen to them. I guess their making up for you powers being gone."
Phoebe nodded. Maybe Paige was right. Perhaps she should listen to what her gut was telling her, but her gut wasn't telling her that much and it either had or hadn't happened. She felt lost and took a sip of her coffee as if to forget it.
Piper looked around the kitchen, then at the clock that hung on the wall. "Where are Leo and Chris? I thought they both knew that I was coming home today. Do they not want to see me or something?"
Paige sighed. "They better not orb in here telling us that there is some demon that needs vanquishing. Today is supposed to be a demon-free day."
There was silence, which was broken by each of the sisters staring at one another thinking about Phoebe's feeling.
"Oh my god, you don't think..." Phoebe trailed off. "I don't want my gut to be right. You don't think something has happened to them, do you?"
Paige and Piper got to their feet, and stood next to Phoebe trying to calm her down.
"It's okay, I bet they are both fine," Paige said, laughing.
"Fine?" Phoebe asked. "Those two can't even get along and you are saying that they are fine?"
"Phoebe, I am the one who should be panicking, not you," Piper said. "Now, this is not the time to over-react, this is the time to think. Has anyone even bothered to call for them?"
Phoebe calmed down as Paige shook her head. As the two younger sisters tried to think of what could have possibly happened to Leo and Chris, Wyatt made his way over to his mother and tugged on her hand. She looked down at him and smiled, but tried not to let him see the worry in her face.
"It's okay, little guy. We'll find your brother and your father in a minute, okay?" Piper told him in a childish voice.
Gripping her hand tight, Wyatt orbed Piper out of the kitchen and left Phoebe and Paige standing alone. They looked around the kitchen and slowly realized what had happened and sighed in relief. Both knew that Wyatt most likely knew where both Chris and Leo was and had orbed himself and his mother to them.
"I have the world's smartest nephew," Paige said. "It's like that time we lost our senses and Leo. He knew exactly where to find him."
Phoebe nodded, but her face was still grim. She knew that something had happened while they were gone, but she couldn't place her finger on it. Looking at Paige, she nodded again, and then added, "I just hope it isn't too late."
While Phoebe and Paige were discussing what could have gone wrong, Wyatt orbed himself and Piper in to the attic doorway. Piper was about to scold him, but heard talking and looked up and saw Leo sitting on the couch, laughing. Confused, and not seeing whom he was talking to, she walked further into the room, Wyatt's hand in hers. She was almost in the middle of the room when she saw whom Leo was talking to.
Chris.
"Dada," Wyatt said, breaking hold of Piper's grip and running to his father. Leo looked up and smiled as he held out his arms for Wyatt and happily welcomed the toddler into his grasp.
"Hey slugger," Leo said. "I almost forgot that your mommy was coming home today."
"Phoebe was beginning to worry when neither of you showed up downstairs," Piper said. "She had the strangest feeling, as if something happened while we were gone, but she couldn't think of what it could have been."
Leo and Chris glanced at the other, trying to decide whether or not they should tell Piper the truth about what had happened while she and the sisters were gone. Shaking their heads, they both decided against it.
"It was just a feeling," Leo said as Wyatt climbed out of his grasp and walked around the attic. "Some times feelings can be wrong."
Piper nodded, not knowing what else to say. She turned and looked at Chris. Her eyes narrowed, concerned. "Chris, honey, are you okay? You look a little pale."
"Yeah, I'm fine," he answered quickly. A little too quickly. "I think I might be coming down with something, so I think I'll take some medicine a little lat...Wyatt, no!"
Standing, Chris flung out his arm and pulled Wyatt violently toward him with his powers, which he had had returned to him after he had come back to life. Wyatt landed with a thud at Piper's feet and immediately his eyes welled up and he began to cry. Had Piper been able to, she would have picked him up and hushed him, but she was too far along to be picking anyone up.
Slowly, Chris stood and stumbled toward Wyatt and picked him up. The baby did not put up his force field as he normally did and let his younger brother hold him and hush his crying. As Chris quieted his brother, Piper looked over to where Wyatt had been walking. Making her way over there herself, she found the remnants of a Darklighter arrow and picking it up, showed it to Leo and Chris.
"Does someone want to explain this to me?" she asked, somewhat angrily.
"It's a long story," Leo said.
"Uh-huh," Piper said, shaking her head. "What happened while we were gone? Was Phoebe right, did something happen?"
It was as Chris set Wyatt down that she saw the hole in his shirt and knew that he had been stuck with the arrow.
"Chris...this is why..."
"Don't worry about it mom," he told her. "Dad healed me."
Both Piper and Leo were taken aback by what he said and announced at the same time, "Dad?"
Chris smiled. "Yeah, dad. You know, Leo. Is there a problem with calling him that?"
Leo shook his head. "Never."
Piper smiled. It finally seemed as if everything was going to be all right between the two of them. Taking Wyatt's hand, she told the two that she was going to go and put Wyatt down for a nap and that she would be back in a minute. Nodding, they watched her go, and then turned to the other.
"I never got a chance to say thank you," Chris said.
"For what?" Leo asked.
"For saving my life. You found the trigger."
"Took me long enough."
"But you found it. If you hadn't...I wouldn't be standing here. It's thanks to you that I am still alive," Chris told him. "Thank you."
"Thank you," Leo replied.
It was then Chris' turn to ask. "For what?"
"For forgiving me," Leo answered.
Chris smiled. "You too."
The End
Phoebe opened the front door of the Manor and walked inside. It was quiet, a little too quiet for her liking and had she her empath powers she knew that she would feel evil in the house or that something was wrong. Turning, she motioned to Paige who entered next holding Wyatt in her arms and was trailed by Piper.
Piper smiled as she walked inside and took everything in. "It's good to be home. I was getting tired of staying at Magic School all by myself."
"But you weren't all by yourself," Paige said, setting Wyatt down. "We did come and visit you."
"But it wasn't the same," Piper replied. "Either way, I'm home."
Phoebe placed her arms around Piper's shoulders. "I would rather Chris be born here than at that stuffy school anyway."
The sisters walked into the kitchen, Paige sitting at the table and Phoebe and Piper rummaging through everything to see what there was to eat. Piper's eyes narrowed as she saw that there were still things out on the counter. It was one of her pet peeves, she hated it when someone made something, but didn't bother to put anything away. Figuring it was Chris, she only smiled and told herself that she would have teach that younger son of her some manners when he got older.
After making a pot of coffee and getting a cup of juice for Wyatt, the sisters sat at the table in silence. Both Paige and Piper could feel Phoebe's uneasiness and stared at her. Phoebe just sat there and stared off into the distance and tried as hard as she could to use the powers she had had taken away from her.
"All right," Piper began, placing her coffee cup on the table so hard that she nearly smashed it, "what is the problem Phoebe? You are starting to freak me out."
Shaking her head, Phoebe faced her older sister. "I don't know. I just have this...gut feeling that either something is going to happen or that something has happened. Sounds weird, I know."
"No it doesn't, sweetie," Paige said. "I always have strange feelings and Leo says to listen to them. I guess their making up for you powers being gone."
Phoebe nodded. Maybe Paige was right. Perhaps she should listen to what her gut was telling her, but her gut wasn't telling her that much and it either had or hadn't happened. She felt lost and took a sip of her coffee as if to forget it.
Piper looked around the kitchen, then at the clock that hung on the wall. "Where are Leo and Chris? I thought they both knew that I was coming home today. Do they not want to see me or something?"
Paige sighed. "They better not orb in here telling us that there is some demon that needs vanquishing. Today is supposed to be a demon-free day."
There was silence, which was broken by each of the sisters staring at one another thinking about Phoebe's feeling.
"Oh my god, you don't think..." Phoebe trailed off. "I don't want my gut to be right. You don't think something has happened to them, do you?"
Paige and Piper got to their feet, and stood next to Phoebe trying to calm her down.
"It's okay, I bet they are both fine," Paige said, laughing.
"Fine?" Phoebe asked. "Those two can't even get along and you are saying that they are fine?"
"Phoebe, I am the one who should be panicking, not you," Piper said. "Now, this is not the time to over-react, this is the time to think. Has anyone even bothered to call for them?"
Phoebe calmed down as Paige shook her head. As the two younger sisters tried to think of what could have possibly happened to Leo and Chris, Wyatt made his way over to his mother and tugged on her hand. She looked down at him and smiled, but tried not to let him see the worry in her face.
"It's okay, little guy. We'll find your brother and your father in a minute, okay?" Piper told him in a childish voice.
Gripping her hand tight, Wyatt orbed Piper out of the kitchen and left Phoebe and Paige standing alone. They looked around the kitchen and slowly realized what had happened and sighed in relief. Both knew that Wyatt most likely knew where both Chris and Leo was and had orbed himself and his mother to them.
"I have the world's smartest nephew," Paige said. "It's like that time we lost our senses and Leo. He knew exactly where to find him."
Phoebe nodded, but her face was still grim. She knew that something had happened while they were gone, but she couldn't place her finger on it. Looking at Paige, she nodded again, and then added, "I just hope it isn't too late."
While Phoebe and Paige were discussing what could have gone wrong, Wyatt orbed himself and Piper in to the attic doorway. Piper was about to scold him, but heard talking and looked up and saw Leo sitting on the couch, laughing. Confused, and not seeing whom he was talking to, she walked further into the room, Wyatt's hand in hers. She was almost in the middle of the room when she saw whom Leo was talking to.
Chris.
"Dada," Wyatt said, breaking hold of Piper's grip and running to his father. Leo looked up and smiled as he held out his arms for Wyatt and happily welcomed the toddler into his grasp.
"Hey slugger," Leo said. "I almost forgot that your mommy was coming home today."
"Phoebe was beginning to worry when neither of you showed up downstairs," Piper said. "She had the strangest feeling, as if something happened while we were gone, but she couldn't think of what it could have been."
Leo and Chris glanced at the other, trying to decide whether or not they should tell Piper the truth about what had happened while she and the sisters were gone. Shaking their heads, they both decided against it.
"It was just a feeling," Leo said as Wyatt climbed out of his grasp and walked around the attic. "Some times feelings can be wrong."
Piper nodded, not knowing what else to say. She turned and looked at Chris. Her eyes narrowed, concerned. "Chris, honey, are you okay? You look a little pale."
"Yeah, I'm fine," he answered quickly. A little too quickly. "I think I might be coming down with something, so I think I'll take some medicine a little lat...Wyatt, no!"
Standing, Chris flung out his arm and pulled Wyatt violently toward him with his powers, which he had had returned to him after he had come back to life. Wyatt landed with a thud at Piper's feet and immediately his eyes welled up and he began to cry. Had Piper been able to, she would have picked him up and hushed him, but she was too far along to be picking anyone up.
Slowly, Chris stood and stumbled toward Wyatt and picked him up. The baby did not put up his force field as he normally did and let his younger brother hold him and hush his crying. As Chris quieted his brother, Piper looked over to where Wyatt had been walking. Making her way over there herself, she found the remnants of a Darklighter arrow and picking it up, showed it to Leo and Chris.
"Does someone want to explain this to me?" she asked, somewhat angrily.
"It's a long story," Leo said.
"Uh-huh," Piper said, shaking her head. "What happened while we were gone? Was Phoebe right, did something happen?"
It was as Chris set Wyatt down that she saw the hole in his shirt and knew that he had been stuck with the arrow.
"Chris...this is why..."
"Don't worry about it mom," he told her. "Dad healed me."
Both Piper and Leo were taken aback by what he said and announced at the same time, "Dad?"
Chris smiled. "Yeah, dad. You know, Leo. Is there a problem with calling him that?"
Leo shook his head. "Never."
Piper smiled. It finally seemed as if everything was going to be all right between the two of them. Taking Wyatt's hand, she told the two that she was going to go and put Wyatt down for a nap and that she would be back in a minute. Nodding, they watched her go, and then turned to the other.
"I never got a chance to say thank you," Chris said.
"For what?" Leo asked.
"For saving my life. You found the trigger."
"Took me long enough."
"But you found it. If you hadn't...I wouldn't be standing here. It's thanks to you that I am still alive," Chris told him. "Thank you."
"Thank you," Leo replied.
It was then Chris' turn to ask. "For what?"
"For forgiving me," Leo answered.
Chris smiled. "You too."
The End