Flashbacks
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from
Charmed. Any new characters however I
do own thank you very much. Well I can't really own characters since they have
lives of their own but you get the picture right. Also to my knowledge this
story is original and of my creation any similarity to those living or dead is
purely coincidental. I always wanted to put that.
Authors note: Yes this story will be sad. It seems that my only ideas lately are
depressing. Sorry to disappoint but
what can I say. Also if you read it and
start laughing because it is so dumb…TELL ME. Same with any of my other
stories. I really like to know my readers opinions good and bad. Also before I
forget this story takes place after one of my other stories Third Time's
Charmed.
Now on with the show…
Chapter one…Paradise Lost
Cole let his fingers trace a scar
on the side of Phoebe's stomach wondering where it came from. He'd seen if before but hadn't asked
her. She had given him a classic shrug
it off and he had taken the hint that he shouldn't mention it. But still it had puzzled him.
Phoebe's
eyes fluttered open and she smiled at him and grabbed at his wandering hand.
"Morning." She whispered and he
kissed her.
"Morning to you too." He whispered
back and started to shower her with kisses.
She started to giggle and he stopped and looked at her as if he was
hurt, which made her laugh all the more.
Happily he sunk back down next to her and pulled her closer kissing the
top of her head.
"It's so good to hear you laugh
again." He mumbled. The house had been
empty of laughter since Prue had been taken from them. It was nice to hear Phoebe laugh again. It
was nice to hear anyone laugh again.
"Mmhhhhmm." She agreed. "It's nice
to laugh again." She rolled over and looked at her clock. "Damn it." She said struggling out of bed
and grabbing her robe in the process.
"Well ok not exactly the reaction I
would have liked but I'm flexible." Cole said to her back. She turned around and kissed him again.
"I was suppose to meet Piper at P3
an hour ago. I'm helping her with
inventory. She's gonna be pissed." Cole watched her grab some clothes off the
floor and run toward the bathroom.
"Let me come too." He called to her
back.
"Funny. I'm already running late.
If you join me it will be another hour at least." She yelled back laughing.
At P3…
"Phoebe where have you been? I told
you to meet me here two and a half hours ago." An angry Piper said meeting
Phoebe at the door. Phoebe tried not to
smile; she knew she shouldn't have given into Cole's request so easily.
"I got…distracted." Phoebe
offered. Boy was that true, she
thought to herself.
"Oh really, well maybe you could, I
don't know, get undistracted and start counting glasses." Piper shot out. "I'm already two hours behind!" A person from one of San Francisco's leading
newspapers was coming that night to check out the club and write a review on it
and a demon had gotten in the way of inventory earlier so they had no choice
but to spend today counting glasses and ordering supplies. Because the night was such and important one
Piper was feeling more than her fair share of frustration.
"Do you think this could count as
one of those 'charge in need' moments?" Piper asked Phoebe with frustration
clearly showing. " No you know what
forget it. It's a husband wife thing
now…Leo!" she called out.
"You can say that again." Phoebe
smirked. "What you need is definitely a
husband wife thing." Phoebe continued.
"Oh you watch it young lady or I'll
tell that boyfriend of yours what a mistake he's making by loving such a pain
in the neck sister of mine." Piper warned mischievously.
"It wouldn't matter. He thinks I'm sweet." Phoebe chimed out.
"Finally a keeper…" Piper said
sarcastically. "Where is he…LEO!" she
continued noting Phoebe's immature behavior of sticking out her tongue, but
choosing to ignore it.
Leo orbed in behind her and grabbed his
wife around the waist. Piper swiftly turned around and shook a finger in his
face.
"You. Counting. Now." Piper
demanded pointing to where she wanted him.
He tried to open his mouth in protest but she wouldn't let him. "Don't
even try it mister." Leo moved swiftly to comply.
"What, you're just gonna take
that?" Phoebe questioned testing her sister.
This time it was Piper who stuck out her tongue. "You should save that for your husband."
Phoebe shot back. Cole walked in at
that moment.
"Thank you." Piper said faking
exasperation. "You should do something with your girlfriend because she keeps
misbehaving on the job." She continued directing it at Cole. Phoebe ignored her comment and greeted Cole
with a very questionable kiss.
"Oh get a room." Piper complained.
"We had one till I remembered I had
to come help here." Phoebe gave her sister the sweetest smile she could come up
with.
"Have they been like this all day?"
Cole asked Leo.
"Ever since I got here…At least you
got a kiss though." Leo said pointedly.
"You're right. So right." Piper
said soothingly, walked over to her husband, and gave him a kiss to rival
Phoebe and Cole's. "Now go count." She said as she broke off, leaving the whole
group speechless.
The phone rang and ended the
silence. Piper answered it, took some
notes about a delivery, and hung up.
"Oh yeah Pheebs, before I forget, a
Charlie called for you earlier this morning.
He said you met in New York. I
didn't want to disturb you so I told him you'd call him back. His number
is by the phone at home." Piper informed her sister getting a rub in and
letting her sister know that she wasn't obliviously to the fact that Cole had
spent the night.
Phoebe however didn't catch
it. At the mention of Charlie's name
her face had gone white and she had missed everything that had followed it.
Leo had stopped counting. And the humor of a few moments ago disappeared.
"Are you alright?" Cole asked
wrapping his arms around his soul mate.
He had noticed her stiffen and the color drop from her face.
"Um…yeah…sure. Just surprised." She lied, snuggling closer
to Cole as if he could protect her from the inevitable.
Cole didn't believe her weak
protest. Neither did Piper.
"Are you sure your alright? You
look like you've seen a ghost or something. Maybe you should go home and lie
down." Piper offered; she had a feeling that this was only the tip of the
iceberg. Prue would know how to handle
this. Piper wasn't confident she could.
"Come on Phoebe I'll take you home."
Cole offered pulling her closer.
Leo looked on concerned. He'd known from the day Phoebe had
told him that this day would come but knowing it didn't make it any
easier. He only wished that Charlie had
picked a better time to call.
