Post by StoryGirl83 on Jan 9, 2009 18:36:35 GMT -5
Chapter Forty-Three – The Promise
Baby Chris was snuggly secured in the crook of Wyatt’s left arm. On the arm of the chair, Wyatt sat in was a pad of paper with various lines scribbled on it, spells written and crossed out. Wyatt looked to the middle of the room where his toddler version was sitting on the floor hugging Wuvey in one hand and coloring what appeared to be a misshapen dragon with the other.
Wyatt felt a sudden thankfulness that the ability to make drawings come to life wasn’t one of his myriad abilities. From what he’d heard he’d caused enough dragon problems when he pulled a dragon out of the TV at only a few months old. He didn’t want to imagine what he might be able to do with a dragon at the age of two-and-a-half.
Nearby Piper stood with her own pad of paper in her hands. Like Wyatt’s lines and spells were scribbled on it. At the top her original spell was written in neat letters. Leo stood next to her, his hand resting on her shoulder as he silently read her latest attempt at a spell.
Wyatt picked up the pad and looked down at Piper’s original spell, also at the top of his paper, a smile growing on his face. That’s perfect. He scribbled down several lines and held it up for his sleepy eyed baby brother to examine. “What do you think, Chris?”
Baby Chris looked up at Wyatt, his eyes uninterested before he reached out and grabbed the paper to gnaw on.
“Hey!” Wyatt exclaimed, pulling the paper away from his brother. Once he had it safely away he sighed. “No wondered I’ve heard so many stories of you swallowing things. Paper is not for eating, Chris.”
Hearing Wyatt’s words, Piper grabbed Chris out of Wyatt’s arms. “Did he swallow anything?”
Wyatt looked at the pad. “No. He didn’t have it more than half a second. I was showing him an idea for a spell I had. Would you like to give me an opinion, Mom?”
Piper looked down at Chris before answering. “I think Chris needs to be changed. Why don’t you show your father?”
As Piper left the room with Chris, Wyatt stood and handed the pad over to Leo. “What do you think, Dad?”
Leo smiled as he handed the pad back to Wyatt. “I think if you switched these words around and changed this to match this, then you have a spell that works,” Leo told him pointing to each word as he mentioned it.
Wyatt grinned. “Thanks, Dad.” A slight frown formed on his lips. “You understand why I have to go, right? You under why I now want to go, right?”
Leo nodded. “Yes, I understand. I was the younger sibling, but I remember a party where my fun ended the minute I realized no one knew where my sister was. It’s not that I want you to go, but I understand why your attitude changed when you didn’t know why Chris went through the triquetra and not you, when you didn’t know for absolute certain that he’s in your time. I understand that neither of you can stay here in this time, but we have to wait all those many years to know for sure that you made it, so do me a favor and call me when you do. Don’t let me wonder longer than needed.
Wyatt frowned. “Surely you’ll have forgotten by then.”
Leo shook his head. “I’m a father, Wyatt. I will never forget.”
Wyatt grinned at that. “Okay, Dad. I love you.” He wrapped his arms around him.
Leo smiled as he hugged his son tight. “I love you more.”