Leo rubbed his eyes, the morning sunlight making them burn. "Damn." He rolled over, trying to get away from the bright light. Leo cleared his throat and reached out for Chris. He felt nothing beside him and bolted up into a sitting position. "Damn again." Leo ran a hand through his hair and fell back onto the mattress.

"Hey." Came a muffled reply from the floor. "Keep it down. Some of us are trying to sleep off our hangovers!" Dark Leo curled up a bit more, hoping Leo would go the hell back to sleep. His head was killing him and he didn't want to hear Leo babble on about how horrible his life was.

As if on cue, Piper began pounding on the door to the "Leos' " room. She pounded with clenched fist making sure no one inside remained asleep. "Wake up, the both of you! Paige and I are leaving! We're taking baby Chris and baby Wyatt with us and by the time we get back from the park... you two better have figured out what the hell you're going to do because frankly... one drunk Leo is enough. Have a good day gentlemen!" And she walked off, baby Wyatt in her arms.

How did you ever think it was a good idea to marry her?" Dark Leo muttered and got up from his spot on the floor.

"Leave me alone. I’ve got to figure out what to do about Chris." Leo pulled the covers over his head.

"And Wyatt." Dark Leo leaned over and grabbed the covers, yanking them from Leo's body.

"Shut it. Go somewhere and sleep off your hangover." Leo winced as the sunlight was once again in his eyes.

---@---

Wyatt walked into the kitchen expecting to find it empty but that wasn't the case. His brother sat at the table with the twins in his chair, getting their breakfasts. "Good morning." Wyatt said.

"Same to you. How'd you sleep?"

"Excellent... you're children aren't normal... they don't cry."

Chris laughed at that. It was partly true. "They do... but they're usually very good. They tend to sleep through the night."

Wyatt nodded. "Which gives you and Leo plenty of time to... oh... Chris I'm sorry... I didn't..."

"Don't worry about it... it's fine. I'm allowed to miss him right? And so are they..." Chris eased Wyatt by admitting that. "I can tell they do. He's usually the first one to pick them up in the mornings."

Wyatt tried his best to go about drinking his coffee but the nostalgic look on his brother's face killed him. "Then what are we doing here Chris... we need him... he needs us... or you... let's go."

Chris shook his head in disagreement. "No."

---@---

"Don't give me that bull. I know you want to help Wyatt just as much as Chris." Dark Leo sat down on the bed, swaying for a second. "So you sent Wyatt away. Which caused Chris to get mad at you. Be a man, suck it up."

Leo interrupted his dark half. "Do you not understand the words 'shut up'?" Leo turned away from Dark Leo, and shut his eyes as he was now facing the window in the room.

"God you are such a wuss." Dark Leo hit Leo in the back. "I'd never let what Wyatt does effect me this much."

Leo chuckled. "Yeah right. Weren't you the one that kidnapped him? I'm still angry with you for that by the way, but I know how you must have felt. He- you felt lost."

"Bullshit." Dark Leo got up from the bed.

"Complete bull, you don't know anything about how I felt. You just want your normal life back."

---@---

"So what's the plan for today?" Wyatt inquired while putting away the cereal boxes.

"Plan? There is none." Chris removed the babies' bibs, which were complete messes and set them aside while he went about cleaning up the twins with baby wipes. "You'd think they would realize food is best when eaten..."

"Chris..." Wyatt said a little more stern than usual. "You're changing the subject. You can't keep the babies away from Leo forever. Why don't we go back and visit?"

"Too soon... besides... you just want to se dad."

"No... he doesn't want me around. I'm trying to get you two in the same room together." Wyatt stated calmly.

"No wonder the evil streak didn't stick... you reveal your plans to your victims."

"Chris!" Wyatt was getting upset.

"Wyatt... I have babies to bathe..." And so he picked up the babies and walked off.

---@---

"What's the matter?" Leo sat up and watched Dark Leo. "Can't handle the truth?"

"You're such a girl. Always talking about emotions and feelings." Dark Leo scowled and began picking up the blankets he'd used during the night. "You're so in touch with your inner 'bitch' or whatever, you're too busy feeling," Dark Leo tossed the blankets on the bed. "To do what's right."

"I am not going to kidnap my sons and bring them back here." Leo retorted and got up from the bed. "You're not any better. You got wasted, and ignored your problems."

"My problems?" Dark Leo chuckled. "I don't have any problems. The only problem I did have, walked out and I don't have to deal with his bullshit anymore."

"You don't mean that." Leo stopped; he'd been walking towards the closest to get some new clothes out.

"You don't know me." Dark Leo snapped. "Just get your fucking ass to them and get them back you pussy."

Leo stared at Dark Leo for a moment. "You should take your own advice."

"Fuck you." Dark Leo glared at Leo and then left, planning on going back home and terrorizing some people.

---@---

Wyatt stormed up the stairs, following the trail of his brother. "Chris... Chris..."

"In the bathroom!" He shouted from inside the bathroom.

"Are you decent? May I come in?" Wyatt asked.

"I'm bathing the children, not myself."

Wyatt walked in to find the babies in separate plastic baby tubs that lay inside the bathtub and Chris sitting on the floor beside the tub, washing them. "What is it?" Chris asked.

Wyatt was mesmerized by the scene in front of him for a second but soon snapped out of it. "Uh... never mind... it can wait." He decided not to confront Chris about Leo again... not right now.

---@---

Leo knew it was useless to try and talk to his dark half now, so he let the other man leave. He got dressed, and made his way down to the kitchen to get some food. Leo thought about what he should do. Dark Leo was right, he needed to talk with his sons, but Leo didn't want to push Chris. "This sucks."

The white lighter kept his eyes half closed in hopes that it would help keep out the sunlight, and blindly stumbled through the kitchen getting himself some breakfast. ~Whatever I do... I can't hurt them again. Chris thinks I was trying to get rid of Wyatt. Who knows what the hell Wyatt thinks.~

Leo ate his breakfast thinking about what he had to do, and what he was actually going to do.

---@---

Wyatt sat in the attic; book in hand... but not the usual one. He was thumbing through, but not really reading, a book entitled "What To Expect When You're Expecting."

"Ew... okay that's gross!" Wyatt made a face and closed the book quickly. "Demon guts, not gross... labor, very gross."

---@---

"We should just start mass producing these things." Leo stared at the potion in his hand. After eating something, and barfing it right back up, he'd decided that he didn't want any more morning like the one he was having. So now Leo was just trying to screw up the courage to actually throw the potion and face the music.

~Damn, why can't he just come back here. Though he does have the boys that would be difficult for him. But hey! He's the one who took them to the future.~

Leo threw the potion at the wall, knowing he couldn't go too much longer without seeing his sons, all of them. ~He's right, I am a wuss.~

Wyatt was startled as he saw the portal open on his wall in the attic. Someone was about to come through. He stood up and casually kicked the pregnancy book under the couch. ~Great... look tough and menacing in your PJ's Wyatt.~

Leo stepped from the portal and into the attic. He knew his first step should be getting Chris and Wyatt to actually hear him out. As Leo planned what he was going to say in his head, he looked up, surprised that someone else was in the attic this early. Wyatt's stance was a defensive one, and Leo wondered if there was some rogue demon trying to attack his sons. "Wyatt? Is something wrong?"

"No..." Wyatt slumped a bit, letting his guard down. "Can never be too safe, you know. This house is a magnet for demons and with two babies in the house now and... well you know the deal. Good morning by the way." ~Even smoother Wyatt... now you're rambling in your PJ's.~

"Oh, okay." Leo stood still, feeling awkward. He had planned on talking to Wyatt and Chris together, and now all his prepared words were wrong.

"How did you sleep?" Leo tried to ask casually, even though he really wanted to know if something had been keeping Wyatt up. Sometimes Chris would wake up restless during the night when he was pregnant, and Leo wondered if Wyatt was going to have the same experiences.

"Pretty well... what little I did manage to sleep... the babies slept right through the night so they didn't wake me... may bladder did... my cravings did.. my fears of being a horrible parent did... but not the babies."

Leo pushed his hands into his jeans pockets, feeling a bit sad and very guilty.  "I'm uh, I know you'll make a good father. Don't worry about it too much, everyone has doubts at first. Chris had doubts all the way up to the delivery." Leo smiled at the memory, but it quickly went away as he remembered that Chris was angry with him. "Is there, uh anything I can do to help you feel better?"

Wyatt sighed and looked away for a moment. It meant a lot to him that Leo was trying so hard to be there... more than Leo could know. "Nah..." He looked back at Leo. "I think this is something only I can fix. You looking for Chris?"

"The both of you actually." Leo removed his hands from his pockets, trying to psyche himself up for the talk they all needed to have. "I'm sure Chris told you what happened between us. I think we all should talk about that."

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