Post by StoryGirl83 on Nov 10, 2008 0:50:04 GMT -5
Chapter Thirty-Six – Nice Little Family Breakfast
Everyone was seated around the dining room table. The food was mostly gone. Wyatt sat on one side of the table surrounded on both sides by Chris, the adult to his left and the baby to his right. He turned to his left and commented, “I’ve heard of younger siblings ganging up on a guy, but this is ridiculous. I’m surrounded by one person.”
Chris laughed. “Yeah, well deal.”
“Chris, be nice to your brother,” Piper instructed him.
The two brothers looked at each other and then at Piper. In amazement they asked almost as one, “You think this is mean?”
Phoebe laughed. “Are you wound too tight, Piper?”
“They’re leaving soon,” Piper commented. “I’ll miss them.”
Sure you don’t want to reconsider? Wyatt asked, an eyebrow raised at his brother.
Chris smiled. Sorry, Wy. We have to go. We don’t want to change things. You don’t, do you?
Wyatt sighed. No.
“Hey,” Phoebe scolded, “quite that. Mental communication is annoying to those not involved be it two nephews or two sisters.”
“Sorry, Aunt Phoebe,” Wyatt gave her a wry look.
“My fault,” Chris admitted. “I cast the spell.”
“My idea,” Wyatt argued.
Chris glared at him. We are not discussing the spell you wrote to find me.
No, but you did get the idea from me.
Chris shook his head smiling.
“I said, quit that,” Phoebe scolded, again.
“I thought you didn’t remember than,” Piper commented, remembering suddenly that the collectors had erased her memory of it.
Phoebe shrugged. “Not at first, but a couple of years ago I ran into Jack, you know the guy Prue was not quite dating, and managed to accidentally get one of those weird backward premonitions off him.”
“But Jack wasn’t there,” Piper protested, “not when Prue and I were thinking in front of you.”
Phoebe shrugged. “And yet whatever that conversation was about, it must have included him.”
“It did,” Piper admitted.
“Who’s Jack?” Wyatt asked. “I was under the impression that the guy she . . . ow!” He turned and glared at Chris, who had kicked him under the table. Not nice.
Chris ignored him.
I’m talking to you, mister.
Not technically, Chris pointed out.
Why’d you kick me?
Because Andy is not the subject to bring up right now, Chris informed him. Besides Andy’s not the only guy Aunt Prue ever dated. She was even engaged once.
“Wyatt, Chris,” Phoebe called out. “Would you be so kind as to include the rest of us in the conversation?”
“This is of limited duration, right,” Piper tried to confirm.
“It’s a spell,” Chris agreed. “I didn’t actually put a time on it, so I don’t know it’s duration. I do know it’s not permanent.” Looking down at his plate for another bite, he realized he had finished eating. He glanced over at Wyatt and noticed the same. He sighed. I think it’s time we got ready to leave.
“No,” Wyatt protested aloud.
“No what?” Piper asked. “Is something wrong?”
“Chris wants to leave,” Wyatt informed her.
“Not want,” Chris corrected. No, he wanted to stay, at least for a little longer, but the longer they stayed the more they risked ruining everything and he couldn’t risk that. “We need to. I’m sorry.”
Piper turned to Leo. “Can’t we make them stay?”
Leo shook his head. “No. I’m afraid he’s right. They can’t stay here forever. Their goal is accomplished. They have to leave.”
“It’s not as if you’re losing us,” Chris reminded them. “As long as you don’t change our past while building your future, we’ll be there waiting when you get to our time.”
“No pressure, right?” Paige teased.
“No pressure,” Chris agreed, a twinkle in his eye as he looked across the table at his aunt.