Post by StoryGirl83 on Nov 29, 2008 22:11:23 GMT -5
Chapter 38 - Good-Bye
It never is a happy time when beloved family must return home, but when they are going to another time, it just is harder. Piper hugged Chris hard, while Leo hugged Wyatt.
Chris wiggles a little trying to loosen his mom’s hold as it because harder to breathe. “Mom!” he gasped, sucked air into his lungs. “Let go, please.”
Piper released him, reluctantly. “I just don’t want you to leave.”
“I can’t stay,” Chris reiterated, “not me the adult.”
Wyatt let go of Leo and walked over to them. “Move over, Little Brother. I want to hug Mom.”
Chris stepped away and turned to Leo. He walked over to his dad and hugged him tight. “I love you, Dad.”
Tears grew in Leo’s eyes at those simple words, words that a year and a half ago her never would have expected. Two years ago he wouldn’t have wanted them. Now, they were a blessing he’d heard twice in less than twenty-four hours. Leo hugged him tight. “I love you, too, son.”
Chris felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned his head and then his body as Leo let him go. “Hi, Aunt Phoebe.”
Phoebe smiled. “My turned.”
Chris grinned and gave her a hug.
Several feet away Wyatt had let go of Piper. Instead of going over to Paige he was over by the playpen and had pulled baby Chris up and out. He looked across the room at adult Chris. “You were so cute at this stage. What happened?”
Chris just shook his head and went over to Paige. “Hey, Aunt Paige.”
When everyone was done hugging, the brothers stood by the triquetra. Chris looked at Wyatt. Ready?
Wyatt sighed. Not really, but let’s do this before I change my mind.
Chris pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. He offered a smile to everyone. Then, he looked down at the paper and began to chant. “My brother I have found, time must now be rewound. Return us to the time and place, that is our lives’ real base.”
When he finished the triquetra on the wall began to glow blue. He turned to Wyatt. “Come on. Let’s go before I change my mind.”
Both brother said good-bye and walked toward the wall until the triquetra on the wall shot out to meet them. When the triquetra retracted back into the wall and glowing quit, Chris was gone, but Wyatt was standing there. He turned around and looked at them bewildered. “What happened? Why am I still here?”