This story begins a couple of months after Centennial Charmed (I really hated that epsiode). I've written this story especially for Phoebe/ Cole fans.
I know that this chapter is a bit short and not very detailed, but I'm just getting started. I'm sorry if I've made some spelling errors, but my first language isn't English...I appreciate every review and yes, I will finally shut up now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed...(like anyone really thought I did own it)
"What were you thinking?"
"He's human, not a demon."
"Well, we thought that before."
"Why did you even talk to him?"
Phoebe and Paige were sitting in the kitchen, eating their breakfast. They vaguely could hear Piper and Leo's voices coming closer. Piper and Leo were obviously arguing about something and that wasn't a rare event that occured in the manor. Especially now Piper was pregnant and she could explode by the smallest things.
Phoebe took a bite of her sandwich, while Paige tried to suppress a yawn.
"What do you say? Piper's hormones or did Leo do something stupid?" Phoebe asked.
"I'll go for Leo this time. Twenty bucks?"
"You're on."
Piper stormed into the kitchen as first, followed by Leo.
"I just bumped into him," Leo tried to explain.
Piper only gave an angry look as answer and walked to the refrigerator. She took some yogurt out of it and sat next to Paige and Phoebe, while Leo still was standing at the same place.
"And a goodmorning to you too," Paige said with a friendly smile to Piper and Leo.
After a moment of silence and some few other angry looks between Leo and Piper, Phoebe was the first one to say something.
"What's wrong?"
"I...," Leo began to speak, but he cut out his sentence when he saw Piper's piercing look.
"Leo was at the market today," Piper gave as explanation.
Paige and Phoebe exchanged a confused look.
"...Okay, I have to go to work. I'll hear later how you will work out this big problem, right?" Phoebe said to Piper and Leo, while she got up from her seat. She put her plate by the dishes and grabbed her bag.
"I'll see you lovebirds...," Phoebe pointed to Piper and Leo, who gave a fake smile as return.
"...and your 20 bucks later," Phoebe pointed with a smile to Paige, before she left the kitchen.
Again there was an akward silence in the kitchen. Piper ate her yogurt, Leo finally sat down on a chair and Paige tapped with her fingers at the table.
"So...the market," Paige mumbled.
"Don't look at me like I'm insane. He was at the market with Cole," Piper bursted.
Paige looked shocked at Leo, who was making an apoligizing gesture.
"It was a coincidene I met him. I was really surprised to see him...so alive. I was just talking to him."
"Yes, like you were friends or something," Piper added.
"What else was I supposed to do? Fight him with all those people at the market who could see us?"
Piper and Paige kept silent, because Paige still was shocked and Piper was too mad to think of any comment.
"He's been human for 4 weeks now and he doesn't want to have anything to do with magic ever again."
"And that's why he's talking to you?" Paige asked suspicious.
"It was just a coincidence we met. I don't think I'll ever meet him again."
"But how...we vanquished him. How can he be alive and human?" Paige asked, while Piper's angry look at Leo didn't seem to dissapear at all.
"Cole didn't seem to know it as well. He was in hell and suddenly he was here again with no magical powers again," Leo ignored Piper.
"Hell just isn't anymore what it used to be," Paige mumbled.
"Yeah, that's what Cole says...and you believe that?" Piper asked Leo, ignoring Paige's comment.
Leo looked above himself.
"They're calling me," Leo said.
"Oh no, mister, you're not going anywhere now...," Piper shouted, but there were already only blue sparkles to be seen at the place where Leo had been standing.
"I hate it when he does that," she said to Paige.
Piper and Paige were both silent for a moment. They thought what this was going to mean now Cole returned again. Could he truly be good? Could he be just human without powers who wouldn't interfere their lifes...the life of their sister this time?
"Are we going to tell her?" Piper asked.
Paige didn't know what to answer. Telling Phoebe about Cole would probably hurt Phoebe and bring back everything that happened in the past, but not telling meant keeping a secret for her sister.
"What? That her demon ex escaped from hell again?"
"You think it's best to tell nothing?"
"I think Phoebe owes me 20 bucks."
Some days laterThe doorbell rang. Leo opened the door and looked at the tall guy, who had a wounded woman in his hands. Leo scratched his forehead and looked for a moment in the direction of the kitchen, where the three Halliwel sisters were. He wondered what kind of abusives words Piper would say to him today, before he asked the ex-demon:
"Cole, what happened?"
