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A/N: This is my first Charmed fanfic. So let me know how I did and what you think. ^_^
She found out purely by accident. A simple brush of her fingers across the back of his hand and her world crashed down around her. She couldn't breathe, couldn't see, nothing but his face. Why hadn't she known? She should have known.
"Phoebe?" Piper questioned her gently. "Are you ok?" She tried to smile at her eldest sister but she couldn't. She couldn't even pretend this time.
"No." she whispered tearfully.
"Aw, Sweetie…What did you see?" Piper asked pulling her sister into her arms holding her close as they sat on Piper's bed. It was like a dam had broke loose and all Phoebe could do was sob into her sister's shoulder. "It's ok. Sshhh…" Piper tried to soothe.
"No…it's not Piper…I…he…" She tried to tell her but couldn't. She heard the door to the bedroom creak open.
"Me and Henry were about to go." She heard Paige's voice drift towards her. She felt her younger sister sit on her other side placing a comforting hand on her back rubbing in small circles. "Is she going to be ok? She's been like this ever since she accidentally touched Wyatt's friend. Was it a premonition?" she asked Piper worriedly.
"I honestly don't know Paige. She won't say. More like she can't say. She just keeps crying." Piper answered back. "Do you want us to get Coop up here?" she directed the last question at the silently crying woman. Phoebe shook her head no and tried to speak again.
"He's my…" She took a deep breath. She needed to get this out. "He's my son."
"What?" was the exclaimed reaction from both her sisters.
"I saw it, I felt it, when I touched his hand." Phoebe pulled away from Piper so that she could look at both of her sisters. "It wasn't a premonition, more like a memory. His memory."
"Are you absolutely sure?" Paige had to ask. "I mean, how, why? It just doesn't make sense."
"I really don't know." Phoebe sighed and wiped the tears from her face. She had finally stopped crying and now her head hurt. "All I know is that he knew as soon as I touched him that I knew. That's why he left in such a hurry. I can't explain it Paige. I just know."
"Ok." Paige nodded in agreement. "I believe you."
"I need to find him!" Phoebe exclaimed standing from the bed. "I need to know…"
"Well, there is nothing we can do about it at this moment, Phoebe. Take your family home and try to not to think about it for now. We will discuss it later. Perhaps have Wyatt invite him over again? It's entirely up to you how you want to handle this." Piper stated.
"Exactly. Don't worry Phoebe we are all behind you no matter what." Paige assured. "Ok, well, I'm going to go. See you both later." She kissed both her sisters in farewell backing through the doorway and out of site.
"Thanks, Piper." Phoebe manages a smile at her elder sister. "I'll try my best to sleep." She said quietly leaving the eldest alone as she found her husband, Coop, and went home with her girls.
His face haunted Phoebe's dreams for weeks after coming into contact with him at Wyatt's sixteenth birthday party. Coop realizing something was wrong managed to pry the truth from her.
"Are you sure?" He asked concerned. "How? He's the same age as Wyatt."
"I really don't know how he is my son I just know that he is. I saw it, I felt it, when I touched him that time." Phoebe tried to make him understand. Coop smiled and kissed her forehead pulling her close as they settled down further into the covers of the bed.
"I believe you. What do you want to do about it?"
"I…want to know him. He knows. I could tell. Maybe he even knows how and why he is here." She sighed relaxing in to her husband's hold. "I managed to convince Wyatt to give me his contact information. Perhaps he has a family, perhaps not, but either way I want to be a part of his life as well. If he allows it that is." She smiled apologetically up at Coop. "Sorry, I know this must be hard to hear that your wife has another child. Are you ok?" she asked worriedly.
"I love you, Phoebe, more than anything. I also know that you love me too and you connecting with a child that you didn't know you had isn't going to change that." He kissed her gently. "Besides, now the girls have an older brother if he's willing to be one." All the pressure that she had been feeling suddenly lifted and she thanked the elders once again for sending her Coop. He was always so understanding, so caring, and not to mention excellent with the girls. She smiled as she drifted off to sleep.
It was at least another week before Phoebe managed the courage to call him and even still she had to take several deep breaths before she could dial the number. Her heart seemed to pound harder and louder with each ring. Finally the rings were replaced by a voice.
"Hello?" a male voice answered. She almost lost her nerve right then and there. She took another breath.
"Hi…Garrett, this is Phoebe. Wyatt gave me your number." She started. She heard a sharp intake of breath.
"Oh." he murmured quietly.
"I was wondering if…you would like to have lunch with me some time?" She asked holding her breath waiting for an answer. Her heart started pounding again the longer he was silent on the phone. Then, after what seemed an eternity he spoke.
"I would like that. I would like that very much." She was filled with so much relief. She knew in that moment that everything was going to turn out just fine and she didn't need a premonition to tell her that.