Christmas Again?
Phoebe practically jumped out of bed that morning. She ran out of her room, wakeing Cole up with her enthusiasm. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, watching her walk from the hallway to her room back to the hallway. She couldn't seem to stay in one place for even a second. He watched her run with worry written on his face. He watched as she ran around and jumped screaming, "It's here! It's here! It's finally here!"
"Phoebe?", he asked worried. "What's here?'
Phoebe stopped and turned to him, jaw dropped in non-moch shock. "Christmas! Duh! And it's our first Christmas together and you're not evil and you're human and my dad is back and...." Phoebe continued her list of good things as she left the room, counting on her fingers. She ended up downstairs to find her father and Piper. She ran to the couch and jumped over the back, landing next to Victor. Piper's jaw dropped and tried to freeze her sister despite the fact that she can't.
"Phoebe! Feet off the furniture! Now, tell us what is so exciting."
Phoebe looked at her sister in disbelief. "What do you mean? It's Christmas! I love Christmas...."
"Yes and it's been like baby-sitting a five year old all week. Go get Cole and Paige. Has Paige met Dad yet?"
"No, but he's not her dad."
"But he's the closest to a dad she'll get. Not to mention they will be getting together during any and all family gatherings. I think it would be nice if they were interduced to each other. Just go get them!" Piper took off towards the kitchen and Phoebe looked at her father. After a quick hug, Phoebe set off to do her tasks.
Phoebe quickly found Cole in their room, "Cole, hunny. Dad is here... Piper said to come downstairs. I'm a little scared of her so just do as she says."
"You're scared of your sister?", he asked unbelivingly as he pulled on a shirt. "Why?"
"Well because she has power to knock me out or blow up my borfriend!"
"Oh. Well then now I'm scared of her." He kissed her lightly and then left the room, turning back to face her with a question. "Hey, one question. What happened to being five?"
"Piper said I couldn't!"
"Remind me to thank her."
Phoebe squinted her eyes at him. "That's not very nice. I'm going to get Paige. Piper told me to."
"Ok, then. I'll see you in a minute."
Cole and Phoebe went their seperate ways after the door. Cole found Victor and Piper in the parlor room type thing and joined them. Victor looked him over warrily, but then greeted him with a handshake. Cole smiled at Piper, showing her that Victor had accepted him and that Piper owed him five bucks. Phoebe had disaproved of the they bet made earlier, but let it slide because she didn't feel like arguing.
"So, Cole... Where is my other daughter?"
"Waking up Paige... Good luck to that."
Piper slapped his arm. "Be nice."
"Hey! It's her words, not mine!"
"So, dad... when are you leaving town?", Piper asked, changing the subject.
"Tomorrow. I'm lucky that I got to see you. Oh hunny, don't give me that look! I wish I could stay longer; you know I do. Bu I have work. I'll try and be back for New Year's, k? I promise! At least we have all day today to be a family!" He heard his other daughter enter the room and turned around to see her alone.
"Paige says she doesn't care what family traditions we have. She wants to sleep.", Phoebe said, gretting the room.
Piper waved her hand around impationatly. "And?'
"And she'll be down in fifteen minutes!" Phoebe smiled at her victory. She did a small high five with Piper and was cheered on with a couple of, "Yay!"'s.
Cole didn't see what was so great about getting Paige to wake up. Of course, he had learned at Thanksgiving that this was a very weird house with an even weirder family that lived inside. He simply ignored the little victory cry and turned his attention to Victor again. "So anyway.... This family you have here is very weird. Even without the supernatural factor."
"Don't I know it.... Phoebe, hunny. What are you two celebrating?"
"Well, duh!", Phoebe said. "I got somebody to wake up! Actually, two..... OOOH! Piper! Can that puh-lease count as two points?"
"That's not fair, though... One is your boyfriend! You got to use unfair tactics to wake him up!"
"You got a point for waking up Leo!"
"Fine.... Shall we start breakfast?"
"Nuh-ugh.... We have to wait for Paige. Besides? Are you afraid that maybe I will get more points before breakfast and then you'll loose?"
"NO!", Piper proteseted. "Fine, if that's what you want! We will just have to work extra hard at getting points.... Hey, Dad? Can I get you anything?"
"Ugh, yeah. I'd like a clue as to what you guys are doing!"
"Thank you!", Cole said quickly before Piper continued.
"We're playing a game. Grams use to play with us when we were little. But you don't get to know what it was on account of you aren't a Halliwell woman. Only for us girls!"
"Cole, hunny..... Let's go check on the breakfast."
"But we don't know how to cook!", he protested. Phoebe sent him a look and he knew that she just wanted to tell him something. "Or perhaps we do and I didn't know."
"Hey, what do you say that tomorrow we spend the day alone?", Phoebe asked putting her arms around his neck as they reached the kitchen. "We could leave when we wake up and then spend the whole day together without any interuptions. Just you and me."
"Hmm... sounds nice. But are you sure that we can escape from your magical world?"
"Well, we are going to have to. Because if I don't get a day with you then I am going to protest! Hey! Don't give me that look! Piper did it a year ago. Because they took Leo away from her and they can't take you away from me.... sooo..."
"So, we have to stay here in case a certain someone attacks."
"Cole! Come on. Look, I love you, you know I do, but I really can't stand this side of you! Ever since your powers were taken away you worry non-stop about my safety. And while it's very sweet and cute, it's a little annoying. I can still take care of myself. I did for three and a half years before I met you, didn't I? Yeah, ok, it hurts. But Cole, I need a break from this life of mine. I'm doing it whether you join me or not. Bye." She left the room, a little angry.
~*~*~*~
Everyone sat in the living room after breakfast, talking and laughing. The sound of Christmas was heard throughout the house and everyone was having a good time. Except Phoebe. She stood next to the sink in the kitchen washing dishes, as she had so kindly offered to do the task. She had been silent the entire breakfast. Nobody seemed to notice or they just didn't comment, which was surpriesing considering that she was the one to do all the decorating.
"Looks like you're having a lot of fun.", someone said from behind her.
"Oh yeah. It's great. Pretty soon the police will show up and tell me that it is illegal to be having so much fun. Although I highly doubt that you would let them seperate me from my sisters; I might get hurt."
"Ouch. I hope you see why I am so worried, Phoebe."
"Cole, not now. I cannot do this right now. It's too painful to have this conversation today."
Cole joined his lover's side. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing.... I'm done here." Phoebe turned off the water and walked out of the room, leaving Cole by himself with his thoughts.
~*~*~*~
"Hey, Piper... Would you by any chance know why Phoebe is so upset today?", Cole asked just before opening presents that evening. "She's been a little weird lately. Just today, actually."
"I'm guessing something you did. She came out of the Christmas spirit really fast. What were you guys arguing about this morning in the kitchen?"
"Spending the day together. I didn't think it was safe."
"Cole! No wonder why! She is sick of this whole not strong enough attitude. You want to give her the perfect gift? Change the way you act." Piper stormed away and announced that it was time to open up gifts and then time for goodnight's. Cole followed her, taking a seat away from all of the sisters.
"So? Who wants to go first?", Phoebe asked. "How about you, dad?"
Victor looked at all the presents that he could choose from. He finally chose the smallest one from Leo. Opening it, he knew it was the right choice. "Thanks, Leo. A gift certificate for Barnes and Noble. At least I know I get what I want."
Leo shrugged. "I didn't really know what to get you and I wasn't going to just sign my name on the card. So.. Yeah." Leo picked up a present- on from Phoebe. It had been his expierence that she was the best with presents. Unwrapping the small gift, he laughed as he saw two airplane tickets to france. "Thanks."
Phoebe picked up a present from Paige and quickly discovered that it was a book she had wanted. Piper's present to Paige was some witchy thing that Paige pointed Piper to and Piper's present was from Victor. He get her a white snowflake diary. Piper smiled and then told Cole to open up one of hi. He chose one from Phoebe- a sweater that she thought that he would look cute in. He laughed and everyone reached for another gift. When all the presents were opened, couples said goodnight and headed up to bed as did Paige and the girls' father.
Cole kissed Phoebe goodnight. And as she began to fall asleep, he whispered into her ear, "I'm sorry. Will I be spending the day with you tomorrow?"
She smiled and said, "Of course..."
~*~*~*~
Phoebe felt Cole shaking her, pulling her out of the dream she was enjoying. He began talking and telling her things that she didn't listen to. Something about Christmas and she guessed that he was talking about the deal on Christmas for a day together.
"Phoebe! Listen to me! It's Christmas!", He said once again.
She looked at him strangly. "No, Christmas was yesterday.... Go to sleep and wake me up at 10."
"Phoebe, Piper told me to wake you up and so therefore I am. If you don't go down there I will be in trouble. And I'm sure your dad doesn't want to sit and talk with me."
Phoebe sat up. "What?"
"Yes... You remember him, don't you?"
"Yeah, of course I do. But he's away on buisness today. Remember? He left this morning?"
"Phoebe. It's Christmas.... What is wrong with you?"
~*~*~*~
TBC....
Phoebe practically jumped out of bed that morning. She ran out of her room, wakeing Cole up with her enthusiasm. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, watching her walk from the hallway to her room back to the hallway. She couldn't seem to stay in one place for even a second. He watched her run with worry written on his face. He watched as she ran around and jumped screaming, "It's here! It's here! It's finally here!"
"Phoebe?", he asked worried. "What's here?'
Phoebe stopped and turned to him, jaw dropped in non-moch shock. "Christmas! Duh! And it's our first Christmas together and you're not evil and you're human and my dad is back and...." Phoebe continued her list of good things as she left the room, counting on her fingers. She ended up downstairs to find her father and Piper. She ran to the couch and jumped over the back, landing next to Victor. Piper's jaw dropped and tried to freeze her sister despite the fact that she can't.
"Phoebe! Feet off the furniture! Now, tell us what is so exciting."
Phoebe looked at her sister in disbelief. "What do you mean? It's Christmas! I love Christmas...."
"Yes and it's been like baby-sitting a five year old all week. Go get Cole and Paige. Has Paige met Dad yet?"
"No, but he's not her dad."
"But he's the closest to a dad she'll get. Not to mention they will be getting together during any and all family gatherings. I think it would be nice if they were interduced to each other. Just go get them!" Piper took off towards the kitchen and Phoebe looked at her father. After a quick hug, Phoebe set off to do her tasks.
Phoebe quickly found Cole in their room, "Cole, hunny. Dad is here... Piper said to come downstairs. I'm a little scared of her so just do as she says."
"You're scared of your sister?", he asked unbelivingly as he pulled on a shirt. "Why?"
"Well because she has power to knock me out or blow up my borfriend!"
"Oh. Well then now I'm scared of her." He kissed her lightly and then left the room, turning back to face her with a question. "Hey, one question. What happened to being five?"
"Piper said I couldn't!"
"Remind me to thank her."
Phoebe squinted her eyes at him. "That's not very nice. I'm going to get Paige. Piper told me to."
"Ok, then. I'll see you in a minute."
Cole and Phoebe went their seperate ways after the door. Cole found Victor and Piper in the parlor room type thing and joined them. Victor looked him over warrily, but then greeted him with a handshake. Cole smiled at Piper, showing her that Victor had accepted him and that Piper owed him five bucks. Phoebe had disaproved of the they bet made earlier, but let it slide because she didn't feel like arguing.
"So, Cole... Where is my other daughter?"
"Waking up Paige... Good luck to that."
Piper slapped his arm. "Be nice."
"Hey! It's her words, not mine!"
"So, dad... when are you leaving town?", Piper asked, changing the subject.
"Tomorrow. I'm lucky that I got to see you. Oh hunny, don't give me that look! I wish I could stay longer; you know I do. Bu I have work. I'll try and be back for New Year's, k? I promise! At least we have all day today to be a family!" He heard his other daughter enter the room and turned around to see her alone.
"Paige says she doesn't care what family traditions we have. She wants to sleep.", Phoebe said, gretting the room.
Piper waved her hand around impationatly. "And?'
"And she'll be down in fifteen minutes!" Phoebe smiled at her victory. She did a small high five with Piper and was cheered on with a couple of, "Yay!"'s.
Cole didn't see what was so great about getting Paige to wake up. Of course, he had learned at Thanksgiving that this was a very weird house with an even weirder family that lived inside. He simply ignored the little victory cry and turned his attention to Victor again. "So anyway.... This family you have here is very weird. Even without the supernatural factor."
"Don't I know it.... Phoebe, hunny. What are you two celebrating?"
"Well, duh!", Phoebe said. "I got somebody to wake up! Actually, two..... OOOH! Piper! Can that puh-lease count as two points?"
"That's not fair, though... One is your boyfriend! You got to use unfair tactics to wake him up!"
"You got a point for waking up Leo!"
"Fine.... Shall we start breakfast?"
"Nuh-ugh.... We have to wait for Paige. Besides? Are you afraid that maybe I will get more points before breakfast and then you'll loose?"
"NO!", Piper proteseted. "Fine, if that's what you want! We will just have to work extra hard at getting points.... Hey, Dad? Can I get you anything?"
"Ugh, yeah. I'd like a clue as to what you guys are doing!"
"Thank you!", Cole said quickly before Piper continued.
"We're playing a game. Grams use to play with us when we were little. But you don't get to know what it was on account of you aren't a Halliwell woman. Only for us girls!"
"Cole, hunny..... Let's go check on the breakfast."
"But we don't know how to cook!", he protested. Phoebe sent him a look and he knew that she just wanted to tell him something. "Or perhaps we do and I didn't know."
"Hey, what do you say that tomorrow we spend the day alone?", Phoebe asked putting her arms around his neck as they reached the kitchen. "We could leave when we wake up and then spend the whole day together without any interuptions. Just you and me."
"Hmm... sounds nice. But are you sure that we can escape from your magical world?"
"Well, we are going to have to. Because if I don't get a day with you then I am going to protest! Hey! Don't give me that look! Piper did it a year ago. Because they took Leo away from her and they can't take you away from me.... sooo..."
"So, we have to stay here in case a certain someone attacks."
"Cole! Come on. Look, I love you, you know I do, but I really can't stand this side of you! Ever since your powers were taken away you worry non-stop about my safety. And while it's very sweet and cute, it's a little annoying. I can still take care of myself. I did for three and a half years before I met you, didn't I? Yeah, ok, it hurts. But Cole, I need a break from this life of mine. I'm doing it whether you join me or not. Bye." She left the room, a little angry.
~*~*~*~
Everyone sat in the living room after breakfast, talking and laughing. The sound of Christmas was heard throughout the house and everyone was having a good time. Except Phoebe. She stood next to the sink in the kitchen washing dishes, as she had so kindly offered to do the task. She had been silent the entire breakfast. Nobody seemed to notice or they just didn't comment, which was surpriesing considering that she was the one to do all the decorating.
"Looks like you're having a lot of fun.", someone said from behind her.
"Oh yeah. It's great. Pretty soon the police will show up and tell me that it is illegal to be having so much fun. Although I highly doubt that you would let them seperate me from my sisters; I might get hurt."
"Ouch. I hope you see why I am so worried, Phoebe."
"Cole, not now. I cannot do this right now. It's too painful to have this conversation today."
Cole joined his lover's side. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing.... I'm done here." Phoebe turned off the water and walked out of the room, leaving Cole by himself with his thoughts.
~*~*~*~
"Hey, Piper... Would you by any chance know why Phoebe is so upset today?", Cole asked just before opening presents that evening. "She's been a little weird lately. Just today, actually."
"I'm guessing something you did. She came out of the Christmas spirit really fast. What were you guys arguing about this morning in the kitchen?"
"Spending the day together. I didn't think it was safe."
"Cole! No wonder why! She is sick of this whole not strong enough attitude. You want to give her the perfect gift? Change the way you act." Piper stormed away and announced that it was time to open up gifts and then time for goodnight's. Cole followed her, taking a seat away from all of the sisters.
"So? Who wants to go first?", Phoebe asked. "How about you, dad?"
Victor looked at all the presents that he could choose from. He finally chose the smallest one from Leo. Opening it, he knew it was the right choice. "Thanks, Leo. A gift certificate for Barnes and Noble. At least I know I get what I want."
Leo shrugged. "I didn't really know what to get you and I wasn't going to just sign my name on the card. So.. Yeah." Leo picked up a present- on from Phoebe. It had been his expierence that she was the best with presents. Unwrapping the small gift, he laughed as he saw two airplane tickets to france. "Thanks."
Phoebe picked up a present from Paige and quickly discovered that it was a book she had wanted. Piper's present to Paige was some witchy thing that Paige pointed Piper to and Piper's present was from Victor. He get her a white snowflake diary. Piper smiled and then told Cole to open up one of hi. He chose one from Phoebe- a sweater that she thought that he would look cute in. He laughed and everyone reached for another gift. When all the presents were opened, couples said goodnight and headed up to bed as did Paige and the girls' father.
Cole kissed Phoebe goodnight. And as she began to fall asleep, he whispered into her ear, "I'm sorry. Will I be spending the day with you tomorrow?"
She smiled and said, "Of course..."
~*~*~*~
Phoebe felt Cole shaking her, pulling her out of the dream she was enjoying. He began talking and telling her things that she didn't listen to. Something about Christmas and she guessed that he was talking about the deal on Christmas for a day together.
"Phoebe! Listen to me! It's Christmas!", He said once again.
She looked at him strangly. "No, Christmas was yesterday.... Go to sleep and wake me up at 10."
"Phoebe, Piper told me to wake you up and so therefore I am. If you don't go down there I will be in trouble. And I'm sure your dad doesn't want to sit and talk with me."
Phoebe sat up. "What?"
"Yes... You remember him, don't you?"
"Yeah, of course I do. But he's away on buisness today. Remember? He left this morning?"
"Phoebe. It's Christmas.... What is wrong with you?"
~*~*~*~
TBC....