Forever

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Thanks to: Shanne, angelkat2502, ohhdarkstonedone11, History Buff 1990, Nika Dawson, Aeris (stimm, wär sogar wahrscheinlicher gewesen, dass Chris Matthew beschuldigt als andersrum, immerhin ist der Dämon bei ihm im Wohnzimmer aufgetaucht. Aber was solls, ändern wird ichs jetz auch nicht mehr. Danke für den Hinweis!)

Chapter 4

„So, everything’s okay between us, isn’t it?“ Chris asked carefully as he leaned back in the couch.

“Yeah, of course”, Matthew nodded on the other side of the couch. “Everything’s okay.”

“So you’re a witch, too?” Chris asked uneasily.

“Sort of.”

“What do you mean?”

“I can cast spells”, Matthew explained. “But I don’t have any active powers.”

“I see”, Chris nodded slowly.

“What about you? Anything else from moving things with your mind, freezing them or blowing them up?”

Chris shook his head. “Nah. But I hope I’ll get another soon.”

“Why?”

“Don’t know. Just a hope.”

“So tell me”, Matthew started looking deep in thoughts. “If you can move things by only waving your hands at it, why did I always have to get up to get the remote for the TV?”

Chris laughed. “Because otherwise you’d just get lazy. Can’t have my boyfriend getting lazy and fat, can I?”

“I suppose not.”

Both of them were silent once again.

“Maybe we should talk about what happened before?” Matthew suggested.

“The demon?”

“No, I mean before the demon.”

“Oh”, Chris nodded slowly. “Right. Guess I kind of attacked you.”

“Hey, you don’t see me complaining”, Matthew made clear. “I just kind of wanted to know if that happened before. You know, with another guy.”

Chris raised his eyebrows. “You mean, you want to know if I had sex already or if I’m still a virgin?”

Matthew nodded a bit embarressed. “I woudn’t put it that way, but yes, that’s what I want to know.”

“I guess there always comes a time when you discuss your exes with your boyfriend.” Chris took a deep breath. “My first relationship was when I was fourteen. Tamara Jacobs. She was the only girlfriend I ever had. We were together for a few months, but we didn’t sleep together.” He stopped to take a sip from his glass of water. “We seperated when I realized that I was interested in boys. In one boy specifically. Jimmy Parker. He was kind of my first everything. My first boyfriend. The first one I slept with. The first I got drunk with. The first one I thought I loved.” He stayed silent long enough for Matthew to break the monolog:

“What happened?”

“He moved away. To Europe. Never saw him again.”

“Oh! You didn’t stay in contact?”

“We tried, but it was difficult. And he soon found someone else. As did I.”

“You did?”

“Yeah, on my sixteenth birthday. My mum and her sisters had organized this huge party where I didn’t even know half of the guests. Andrew was the son of one of my mum’s friends. He was like the total opposite of Jimmy. We were together for two or three months although I would hardly call what we had a relationship. We just met at random places to make out, give each other blow-jobs or fuck.”

“Sounds like something adults would do, not sixteen-year-olds”, Matthew commented.

“We were both kind of far for our age.”

“You still are”, Matthew corrected.

“Yeah, perhaps”, Chris agreed. “Comes from hunting demons since being twelve.”

“What? Really?”, Matthew asked incredulously. “I only met demons once. In Seattle. We moved away after that. My father would throw a fit if I were out hunting demons.”

“Well, my mum did, too”, Chris admitted sheepishly. “Got me grounded for a month. But after that I went out again. Just refrained from letting me get caught.”

“Now I know why you only go to school twice a week. There’s simply no time for it between hunting demons and recovering from your parties.”

“You forget the time it takes to prepare for a demon fight, get ready for the party and the party itself.”

“How could I”, Matthew exclaimed acting shocked.

“Actually I’m quite impressed with you myself”, Chris admitted. “You acted damn fast when you thought I was a demon.”

“Ahm, yeah, sory for threatening you with a knife”, Matthew smiled embarressed.

Chris shrugged. “Don’t bother. Happened before.”

“That doesn’t surprise me!”

“Well, it shouldn’t”, Chris smiled before frowning. “But I was quite surprised to find a demon in here. Do you know what it could have wanted?”

Matthew shrugged. “No idea. We’re usually not a demon magnet. And I don’t think we have anything they could be remotely interested in.”

“Strange”, Chris muttered. As his glance caught on the clock on the wall, Chris jumped up shocked. “Shit! I have to go. Dinner’s waiting. And then I have to get ready for the party.” He grinned at Matthew who had also stood up.

“Right”, Matthew nodded. “The party. I forgot.”

“That’s why it’s good for you to have me around. I never forget a party.” Chris kissed the blonde quickly and turned around to leave. “Bye, Matt!” He stopped in the doorway and turned back to face Matthew. “Oh, and Matt? I want to know everything about you and your exes later.” He left without waiting for an answer and threw the front door closed.

---__---

The house was filled with noise as Chris entered it through the front door. He entered the living-room with a sigh and was greeted with his cousins screaming his name.

“Hey, girls”, Chris welcomed them and hugged the four daughters of Paige and Henry, who came running to him, at once.

“How’s school”, he wanted to know from thirteen-year-old Sarah while sitting down on the couch.

“It’s okay”, the girl replied. “I learn a lot. That’s really cool.”

“That’s great”, Chris nodded before turning around to Paige, who was standing behind him. “She thinks school is cool?” he whispered. “What’s wrong with her?”

Paige chuckled. “Nothing. I personally think it’s quite refreshing to have a girl who goes to school regularly and likes it.”

Chris snorted. “The importance of going to school is totally exaggerated.”

“Don’t listen to him”, Piper, who just entered the room, told the girls. “By the way, Chris, the principal called again.”

“What?” Chris looked up surprised. “I didn’t do anything.”

“Yeah”, Piper nodded. “That’s why he called. He told me that you came to school everyday for the last few weeks and you only had detention three times.”

“Wow”, Paige exclaimed. “Your behaviour is improving, isn’t it?”

“No, it isn’t”, Chris contradicted vehemently. “It’s just a phase.”

Sarah and Penelope, who was also in the room sitting on the floor, giggled.

Chris rolled with his eyes and grinned at Chloe, who was the youngest of his cousins being five years old. “Hey sweetie. You won’t laugh at me right?”

“No, Chris. Cause not.”

“Yeah”, the brunette smiled happily and took Chloe up to sit on his lap. “That’s why I like you best.”

The little one chuckled at her cousin.

Piper rolled with her eyes and left the room again with Paige, Sarah and Kate, the ten-year-old, following her.

“Don’t spoil her by telling her things like that”, Henry, who was one of the few left in the room, demanded.

“Why shouldn’t I?” Chris asked rubbing his nose to Chloe’s cheek causing the five-year-old to chuckle.

“Because we have to listen to her asking for “cousin Chris” the whole day”, Henry explained.

Chris grinned and looked at the last one of Paige’s daughter, Emily, who was sitting on the couch next to him watching TV. “Hey, pup. You okay?”

Emily didn’t look up from the TV. “Sure.”

“What’re you watching?”

“Stuff.”

Chris raised an eyebrow at her amused. “You’re really talkative today, aren’t you?”

Chloe chuckled at Chris’s lap. “She’s in love.”

“What?” Emily turned around to her sister in shock. “No, I’m not.”

“Yes, you are”, Chloe gave back giggling.

“No, I’m not.”

“Yes, you are.”

“No, I’m not.”

“Yes, you are.”

“No, I’m not.”

“Yes, you are.”
“Girls”, Henry interrupted the discussion in annoyance. “Stop this nonsense.”

Emily continued glaring at Chloe but shut up.

“So, who’s the happy guy?” Chris asked his cousin.

“There is no guy”, Emily contradicted immediately while Chloe laughed.

“His name is Mark. He goes to school with her.”

“Chloe”, Emily accused her little sister.

“Don’t fight”, Henry could be heard again and Chris had to smile at his uncle’s antics.

The brunette gave Chloe a quick kiss on her cheek, put her of his lap and stood up. “Doesn’t matter”, he told Emily and gave her a small kiss, too. “Because you won’t go out with any guy until you’re at least twenty.”

Henry agreed immediately. “That’s right.” He clapped hands with Chris happily. “That’s probably the first intelligent thing you said in a long time.”

Chris rolled with his eyes once again. “Gee, thanks. I feel so loved right now.”

“Dinner will be ready in about twenty minutes”, Paige explained coming back into the room.

Chris nodded. “Okay. I have to check something out anyway.”

“Something in the book?” Paige wanted to know with raised eyebrows.

“Well, yeah”, Chris admitted. “I met a demon on my way home. But he’s already vanquished. Just wanted to make sure there aren’t any surprises gonna follow.”

“That’s surprisingly thoughtful of you”, Henry commented. “What’s the matter with you?”

Chris rolled his eyes and turned to leave. “The faith you seem to have in me really boosts my self-confidence.”

“That’s what we’re here for”, Paige called after him as he went upstairs.

---__---

Matthew answered the ringing phone after it had rang for nearly a minute. “Hello?”

“Hey, it’s me”, Chris’s voice came back sounding happy. “What took you so long?”

“I have my meal cooking on the stove. I had to save it from boiling over first”, Matthew explained. “So what’s up? I thought we would meet at the party later.”

“We will, but I found out a few things about that demon that showed up in your living-room.”

“Great, fire away”, Matthew asked while stirring the noodles in the pot on the stove.

“His name was Stax. He usually kills on orders which means that there may still be another demon on your back.”

“Oh, great”, Matthew replied sarcastically.

“Yes”, Chris nodded although Matthew couldn’t see it. “That’s means, in order to guarantee your safety, that I have to stick around you as often and as long as I can.”

“Wow, what a sacrafice!”

“You tell me!” Chris went on while walking a circle on the attic. “So it probably would be the best if I came by to pick you up for the party!”

“That would be great”, Matthew agreed sounding serious. “Because I’m just afraid if I’m alone in the darkness.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure to safe the damsell in distress.”

“Okay, now that is just offending. Cut the crap!”

Chris giggled. “I’ll see you later.”

“Okay. You’ll be over around eight?”

“Yeah, your dad’s not home tonight, right?”

“Are you implying anything?”

“I’ll see you at eight.” Chris hang up with a grin on his face before Wyatt could answer.

A chuckle behind him caused Chris to turn around. “You’re in love”, Chloe giggled.

Chris sighed and held a curse back. “What’re you doing up here?”

“Mam sent me to get you. I heard what you said. You’re in love.”

Chris sighed once again. “What makes you say that?”

Chloe giggled once again. “You look like you love her.”

“Who?”

“The girl on the phone.”

Chris looked at his cousin and contemplated for a second what to tell the little girl. He had realized on a few occasions that Chloe seemed to have a talent for other people’s feelings. Or maybe she was just developing empathy. Either way Chris would have to tell her something.

“Yeah, sweetie, maybe I love her”, he kneeled down so he could look her in the eyes.

“How can you not know that?” Chloe asked slowly.

Chris thought about it for a moment. “Sometimes you meet someone and it takes time to get to know him. And when you finally know that one you realize that you love him. But while you get to know him you can’t be really sure if you love this one or not, right?”

“Yeah, I guess.”

“So at the moment I get to know the person I spoke with on the phone. And maybe I will realize that I love her someday. But until then I want you to keep everything you just heard and everything I told you up here a secret. Can you do that for me, sweetie?”

Chloe nodded eagerly. “Sure, Chris.”

The older one smiled. “Great. We’ll just not talk about it if anyone is near. Especially your mom and your dad, okay?”

Chloe nodded again. “Okay.”

“So now, let’s go to eat, shall we?”

Chris took the little girl’s hand and led her down from the attic very pleased with himself for having cleared the situation without a problem.

---__---

Matthew sat on the kitchen table with loads of papers and books spread out in front of him. He was chewing on his pencil and tried to concentrate on one of his math books when the door bell rang.

Matthew sighed and stood up to open the door. He was greeted with the sight of a smirking Chris dressed in blue jeans, a brown shirt and a black leather jacket.

“Hey”, he kissed Matthew and walked into the house without waiting for his friend to say something. “What’re you doing?”

“Trying to catch up on some homework.”

“Why do you need to catch up?” Chris asked while going into the kitchen and looking over the paper. “I thought you were doing your homework everyday after school like a good school boy?”

Matthew rolled with his eyes. “I did. Until I started to hang out with you everyday after school.”

Chris grinned. “But I bet you prefer our activities to homework, don’t you?” He pushed Matthew lightly so he had to sit down on the couch.

“Well, actually, yes. I think, I do.”

“Good to know.” Chris sat down on Matthew’s lap, their faces near together. He teased his friend for a few seconds by drawing away from Matthew’s searching lips before letting himself get caught by his mouth.

Matthew thrust his tongue into Chris’s mouth and started to explore it while he put one of his hands under Chris’s shirt and stroked his back lightly.

Chris moaned quietly and started to unbutton Matthew’s shirt. He touched the skin on the blonde’s chest and let his fingertips linger there.

Matthew kissed his way down Chris’s jaw to his neck and started to lick at it before teasing the skin with his teeth. Chris let another moan out and let his fingers travel up and down Matthew’s chest. When he reached Matthew’s jeans he pulled at the band to stroke along the older one’s waist.

Chris was caught into liplock again as he travelled farther down with his hand when a sudden ringing disturbed them.

“Ignore it”, Matthew whispered wandering once again with his lips along Chris’s neck.

“I can’t”, the Halliwell answered irritated. “If it’s my mom and I don’t answer, she will freak.” He stayed on Matt’s lap but leaned back slightly to get his mobile from his jacket that was thorn off next to him. When he looked at the display he sighed. “It’s Kat.” He pressed a button to answer the phone. “Hey Kat, what’s the matter?” He listened for a second while Matt kept on pressing light kisses on the brunette’s neck. “Yeah, we’ll be right there”, Chris ended the call. “Bye.” He threw the phone to the jacket with a sigh.

“What’s going on?” Matthew asked lightly.

“She’s at the party. Sounds pretty wasted already. I should probably make sure she doesn’t do something she’ll regret.” He stood up from Matthew’s lap and hold out a hand to his friend.

Matthew sighed as he rightened his clothes again and took Chris’s hand is his. “I swear there’s a conspiracy against us having some time alone.”

Chris just grinned back at him while drawing him to the door. “Maybe we can make up for what we missed later?”

“Maybe”, Matthew nodded and followed his boyfriend out of the house.

TBC...