Chapter 2: Not taking no for an answer.

All of the Halliwell's were shocked by the newcomers voice so they spun around and looked towards the end of the alley and walking towards them was a skinny teenager, with brown hair, green eyes and a black hoody on. Well that's what the majority of the Halliwell's thought. Wyatt on the other hand thought 'Oh my God who's he, he's gorgeous. How come I have never seen him before?'

Leo was thinking 'Oh my God, he must be the slayer, but he's just a boy. What are the powers that be playing at!' Needless to say that Leo was a very angry pacifist, even if he had just met this boy he has a vague idea of what his life has been like so far, I'll give you a clue: not good.

Chris however was oblivious to the thoughts running through their minds whether it is lustful or sympathetic. He was focused completely on the twelve advancing vampires behind them. Walking forward he passed the gobsmacked Halliwell's (which is saying something for the blabbermouths Phoebe and Paige) and walked straight up to the lead vampire.

The vampire in question looked momentarily startled at being approached without fear by a boy that is barely a tenth of his age. As soon as the startled expression appeared on his face Chris smirked. The vampire growled at the insolent child in front of him.

"Stupid human. How dare you come here and interrupt our meal."

"There's going to be no meal here for you, think of this as an attempted last supper." He said cockily.

Paige coughed behind him and muttered "Hey Kid, if you want to survive you might not want to piss it off and try running for your life."

Chris rolled his eyes and otherwise ignored her, causing Wyatt to chuckle at his aunts peeved off, affronted expression. Piper gave him the 'look' and he quickly shut up and watched the stranger and the vampire that had now begun to circle each other.

Everything passed in a blur. The vampire struck and backhanded Chris across the cheek, expecting his own strength to send the insolent boy flying into the wall. That however was not the case. Instead Chris used the momentum that he gave to propel himself around to return the favour and backhand the vampire. Unprepared for the attack the vamp was thrown across the alley and hit one of the many dumpsters that littered it.

Crash

Gasp

Growl

The demons all recovered from their shock quickly and all lunged at Chris. In a quickly executed escape plan Chris jumped into the air and delivered a spinning kick to three vampires in a row that all ended up on the floor next to their leader.

Now the vampires were pissed, but no matter what they did they were unable to best the slayer. In a mass of flying fists and feet Chris, the lonely boy, seemed to be coming out on top, while the vampires were dwindling in numbers with many running away in fright.

That was until the leader joined the fray again. With one almighty kick he hit Chris in the stomach and sent him flying into the nearby wall, cracking some bricks on the impact.

Impacting with a grunt of pain that he couldn't stop Chris quickly dodged the next attack and continued fighting ignoring the broken ribs and cut on his head.

Fortunately when he landed he landed next to an old broken table. Quickly snapping off the end of the leg of the table he began to stake the remaining ones easily. Now that he had the upper hand many more fled so overall he only killed five, including the leader.

When the last was a messy pile of dust on the ground Chris leant back against the wall and took a steadying breath. Resting his head on the wall he closed his eyes and tried to breathe through the pain of his ribs, now that the adrenaline rush had worn off he was beginning to feel it more.

Wyatt watched as Chris began kicking the vampires asses and whispered 'this is sooo hot' causing his eldest cousin Penny to roll her eyes. But when Chris was thrown into the wall he became furious and walked forward ready to kill the vamps with his bare hands that was until Leo and Henry both grabbed an arm to restrain him, although they both found it difficult to stop themselves from charging over there to help the poor boy.

Wyatt nearly cheered when Chris finally dusted the last vampire, with minimal injury on his part. But his relief was short lived when Chris leant heavily on the wall taking deep breaths and grabbing his side. Pushing free of his father and uncles restraints he ran towards the boy and stood next to him. He willed his hand to touch this angel that was in front of him and confirm his presence, but he now found himself so nervous in such close proximity. So his hand hovered for a second until he chickened out and pulled it back and placed it in his

pocket. He cleared his throat instead.

Chris jumped startled when the sound of someone clearing their throat came from beside him. Opening his eyes he looked into the most beautiful face that he has ever seen. Staring into the baby blue eyes and taking in the features of the angel that was in front of him with blonde hair framing his perfect face, he found that his mouth went dry. The angel spoke first.

"Are you OK?" He asked the astounded boy in front of him, his voice filled with concern.

Chris took a deep breath and answered "I'm fine."

Chris raised his eyebrows when the angel in front of him scoffed loudly. "What's that supposed to mean?" He asked affronted.

"Don't act the idiot." Wyatt said smiling at the boy in front of him "We all saw you get thrown in the wall." A thoughtful expression crossed his face "How are you not unconscious right now or in complete agony?"

Chris stiffened "I have thick skin." He said before he straightened up ready to walk away.

Wyatt panicked, he didn't want Chris to walk away just yet; he just met him.

Coop being the insightful cupid that he is smiled feeling the love emanating from both boys, when he noticed Wyatt panicking he decided to interject.

"You must be in quite a bit of pain, why don't you come with us and we will see to that cut on your forehead."

Chris looked at him confused before he lifted a hand to his forehead when he touched the cut he pulled his hand away quickly and said "Ouch!"

That sound snapped the sisters out of their confused gazes and Piper insisted "Yes, come with us to the restaurant we will get your cut cleaned and then get some food into you." Her mother instincts taking over, she isn't blind enough to realise that the boy in front of her was very skinny.

Immediately Chris started to protest. "No thank you I'm..."

He was cut off by Piper "Don't say your fine, you are losing a lot of blood from that cut on your head and I won't let you disappear and have guilt eating away at me thinking that your passed out somewhere and you are hurt. And besides the least that we can do for you saving our lives is to fatten you up a bit, no offence but you are far too skinny."

Halfway through Piper's speech Chris's mouth dropped open in shock, no-one, Repeat No-one has ever cared about him as much as these strangers in front of him have.

Phoebe the resident empath read these feelings and instantly felt tears welling in her eyes but she forced them back so that she could help this boy any way that she could. "Yeah, never mind Piper she gets a little over protective sometimes, but still why don't you join us." Just as Chris was about to protest that he doesn't have any money Leo said.

"Don't worry about the money, it's on us. Piper here owns the restaurant that we are going to so it's no skin off our noses, right Wyatt."

At the mention of his name Wyatt stopped staring at the beautiful face in front of him and snapped his head around to meet the eyes of his amused family members who seem to have caught his staring. "Umm yeah." He finally said when his sister Mel telepathically repeated the question his father asked. "Come on we owe you."

"I was just doing my job." Chris answered sadly as he looked back into Wyatt's eyes.

Now it was Paige's turn to speak, "But your just a boy." She muttered sadly, her social worker background kicking in letting her know that this boy has been alone for a long time.

Chris broke gazes with Wyatt and looked to the floor muttering quietly "That's what I keep saying."

The children at the back of the group didn't hear him because he was so quiet but the adults did and it broke their hearts. "Ok that's it!" Piper said "Come on, I am not taking no for an answer you are coming with us and we are going to feed you until you feel ready to explode." She was now in mother hen overload. Without waiting for an answer she turned around and ushered the children out of the alley expecting the rest of the family to follow.

Chris looked at her sceptically. Coop motioned for Wyatt to do something fearing that he was about to bolt.

"Hey." He said soothingly. "Don't worry we aren't a bunch of serial killers or anything, my mum's just weird because she has a tendency to overreact and fuss."

"I heard that!" Piper screamed from the end of the ally and Wyatt gulped. Chris chuckled and actually smiled. A sight that warmed everyone's hears especially Wyatt 'Oh he has dimples, he is just so gorgeous'.

Wyatt took a risk. Holding out his hand for the boy to take he spoke softly "Let's go." He said in the most comforting voice that he can muster.

Chris looked apprehensively at the hand for a moment and then reached out and grabbed it.

Coop's smile widened when he felt the jolt of love that came from both boys from the contact.

Wyatt slowly led Chris out of the alley and after his mother and the kids. The rest of the adults followed behind them. Wyatt smiled brightly as he felt the warm hand in his. 'So this is what love feels like' he thought to himself as he stole a quick glance in Chris's direction. Chris seemed oblivious to his stares. He was too busy staring each individual in the group

trying to decide if he could trust them or not.

It was strange to Chris, he has just met these people and yet he feels like he can trust them completely. Albeit apprehensively. Feeling the reassuring squeeze of his hand he turned his head to face the angel again. Looking into those hypnotising eyes he realised that he could trust them completely. 'Oh my God he is so handsome'. He thought, 'maybe I am coming down with something, it feels like I have butterflies in my stomach'

'Poor naive boy' Coop thought shaking his head slightly 'the poor kid doesn't even know what love feels like. Wyatt will fix that' He finished with a smile as they arrived at Charmed.

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