Chapter 2:
It was around an hour and a half later that Wyatt was beginning to feel his son lean against his leg whilst walking through the continuous line of shops in the mall. Looking down he found his son had wrapped an arm around his leg and was leaning sleepily against them whilst trying to keep up with the wide awake adults. Smiling fondly down at his sleepy son, he bent down and scooped his precious bundle into his arms. Chris jerked startled a little until he noticed that it was his father holding him. Smiling sleepily and yawning he lay his head down on his father shoulders, he turned his head slightly so that he could look at his grandma Piper at his fathers' side.
Piper notices the scrutiny that she is under and brushes her fingers through her grandson's hair, smiling as his eyes droop even further at this movement. The whole of the Halliwell females 'ahhed' when Chris popped his thumb into his mouth, snuggled further into his father and promptly fell asleep. It was such an adorable sight that even Leo, Henry and Cole had a hard time not 'ahhing', after all they had their macho reputation to protect. Little did they know that their wives already knew that their husbands were big softies.
For hours they walked around the stores buying clothes, toys and more clothes. Still Chris never stirred. Wyatt had never been so glad for his years of playing football then at that moment, if he was not as strong as he was he would not be able to carry his son around for as long as he had. But he wouldn't relinquish his hold for all the money in the world.
Two hours later was when Chris first showed signs of waking. He mumbled around the finger in his mouth then fluttered his eyes. Piper was the first one to notice the signs and so she walked over and began to run her fingers through the brunette locks so like her own. "Chris sweetie?" She said, prompting Wyatt to find the nearest cafe to sit and hold his son closer.
"Mmmph." Was their answer as Chris turned his head into his father's neck and snuggled in as far as he could go. Everyone smiled at his antics and joined Wyatt around the large table. All the husbands rose to go and buy the refreshments for everyone. Wyatt saw Cole offer him a wink and instantly became suspicious about what his uncle will return with for him. He shrugged it off when he heard his son yawn and then sit up straighter from his position in his lap.
Sleepily Chris rubbed at his eyes and then blinked repeatedly as he looked around trying to see where he was. "Rise and Shine sleepy head." Piper muttered as she leaned into the side of Wyatt and began running her hands through her grandsons ruffled locks.
"Grammie?" Chris muttered sleepily as he yawned and stretched his arms out to greet Piper with a hug. Piper was all too willing to grab her grandson into a huge hug. Wyatt smiled at his mother and son then began to rotate his shoulder, trying and failing to get the feeling back in all of his appendages. It was at this time that the husbands came back carrying trays with many many coffees on them. Cole smirked at Wyatt again and then produced two very large chocolate sundaes and presented them with a flourish to the youngest among them.
"Tada! Here you go kid, a large chocolate ice-cream. One for you and one for me!" Chris's eyes widened and then he started bouncing slightly on his grandmother's lap.
"Yum yum." He said as he eyed the treat with large eyes. Wyatt glared at Cole for providing his son with so much ice-cream and then smiled as his son began eating the ice-cream heartily.
The Halliwells all talked and enjoyed their peaceful time together in the cafe, at all times there was at least three pairs of eyes fondly watching the youngest struggling to eat all of the ice-cream that he was provided.
Eventually Chris gave up, too full to possibly be capable of eating the rest of the ice-cream. He put his spoon down then crawled down off his grandmother's lap. All of the Halliwells looked down at him unwilling to let him out of their sights. All Chris did was walk around the table looking around the cafe and shops surrounding it. Unfortunately for Wyatt he spotted the Pet Store.
Chris squealed. "Daddy! Puppies!" He shouted as he bounced on the spot and pointed to the store. Sure enough when Wyatt looked over there was a selection of puppies yapping excitedly in the window. Wyatt groaned aloud. He just knew that if his son looked at him with those puppy dog eyes he would be a goner and would buy the whole store just to make him happy. The sisters smile at him in amusement, whilst the husband roared in laughter.
"This is payback for all the time that you wanted a puppy as a kid!" Henry exclaimed in glee as he tried to control his laughter with little success. Wyatt stands and walks over to his son. Taking his hand he begins leading him over to the store whilst simultaneously flipping off his laughing family when his sons back was turned.
"Okay, Chrissie, let's go see those puppies."
"Yay!" Chris said as he began dragging his father through the crowd.
'Oh God what have I gotten myself into?' Wyatt thought to himself as he followed the hyperactive child. 'How am I gonna get him away from those damn puppies!'
A/N Sorry it took so long.
But hey, heres the next chapter please let me know what you think, I love feedback.