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Summary: The younger cousins are busy getting ready for Prom which they somehow managed to rope some of the older kids into chaperoning. Paige goes to Bianca and has a heart to heart with her and reveals that she is really her mother. Meanwhile Prue dusts off her photographer skills to do something nice for her sisters. Phoebe and Coop may be up to something where Cole and Nicole are concerned but it is just too soon to tell. Ben in an effort to get his family to trust him gets them all ship back to the 1920s and of course madness ensues from there. So now the younger cousins get stuck trying to get them back in order to make it to Prom on time. Henry fed up with not being able to control his powers deicides that he is going to go on a vision quest to see if he can sort things out. Henry Jr. comes to a revelation that is going to stun him. Not to mention Andy has a surprise or two where Prue is concerned.
Chapter 1: Preparations
Bianca was sitting alone in her apartment grading papers for class. This was one hell of a way to spend her Saturday morning but she had nothing else to do Henry was busy. So she was surprised as hell when she saw blue white orbs appear in the room. And she was even more shocked when she saw who it was.
"Paige not that I mind but what are you doing here?" Bianca asked the girl again looking at her she couldn't help but think that she looked familiar. Sure she looked like Chris but there was someone else she looked like she just couldn't put her finger on it.
Paige took a deep breath she didn't want to be here doing this but she didn't have much of a choice. It had been three weeks since Mel had busted her and she had been threatened with death and a dire number of other things if she didn't tell Bianca today. " I came because we need to talk." She said biting her lip she was hardly ever nervous but she was nervous as hell right now.
Bianca sat down her pen and the paper she had been grading on the table in front of her. "Alright shoot." She said.
"You and I aren't known for messing around so I'm just going to come out and say what's on my mind." Paige said she was taking her time to collect her thoughts.
"Yeah I sensed that you're kinda like me you don't take nobody's shit and you say what you think." Bianca replied wondering what the hell it was that her future niece had to tell her.
"I just don't want you to think that I'm crazy or making things up because I'm not. And believe I don't want to tell you what I'm about to tell you but I have no other choice." Paige said she was rambling it was her nervous habit along with pacing she couldn't deny that she was a Halliwell.
Bianca looked at her and shook her head she had never met a Halliwell who didn't ramble from time to time. "Paige focus take a deep breath and then start all over."
Paige did as her mother told her and she felt better. "Ok so here goes nothing. Julie isn't my mother you are." She said.
Bianca looked stunned for a moment she didn't really know what to think about that. Hell she didn't know what to say she wasn't even sure that she had heard her right. But when she looked up at Paige and saw the way she was wringing her hands she everything made sense and she knew why she looked so familiar. " You are undoubtedly mine you didn't get that wringing your hands from your dad. That is my nervous habit." She couldn't argue with it her life was complicated so she just accepted what Paige was telling her.
"You believe me?" Paige asked in disbelief.
Bianca shrugged her shoulders "You have no reason to lie to me about being my daughter of course I believe you. I just can't see myself doing anything to hurt Hank."
"Trust me it wasn't something that you and dad chose to do. It was a demon that brainwashed you and made you two forget sleeping together. Well dad remembered somehow and you guys weren't going to tell Uncle Hank but then she found out that you were pregnant with me and Vic. Vic is Uncle Hank's son though I don't want you to have any doubts about that. And Uncle Hank understood the whole thing completely. The thing is though I didn't know any of this until about two years ago." Paige explained it was a lot easier than she thought it would be.
That did surprise Bianca she couldn't imagine just letting her child go without ever knowing that she was her mother that wasn't like her at all but she was sure that she had, had her reasons. "Paige if you need me to apologize to you I will." She offered she really didn't know what else to say.
"I don't need you to apologize to me deep down what I really need to know is if you ever wanted me." Paige said her voice barely above a whisper.
"Oh Paige you're mine of course I wanted you. I can't tell you what I was thinking at the time because it hasn't happened yet. I'm sure that your dad and I were just trying to make things easier on you. But I never want you to doubt that I wanted you or that I loved you." Bianca said.
Paige for the first time in a long time let a few stray tears roll down her face she had needed to hear that for so long. Bianca rose from her spot on the couch and pulled Paige down on her lap. "You have no idea how long I have wanted to hear those words." Paige whispered as she buried her head in Bianca's shoulder.
"I promise you that everything is going to be ok. And I can't answer for anything that might do in the future but I can tell you that right here and now that I love you and I want you." Bianca assured her daughter. It was weird that she had a child with Chris but she didn't care. She knew it was because of a demon attack but that didn't mean that she loved her any less.
"I love you too mom I have just been so mad at you and daddy for so long that I don't know what to do anymore." Paige cried into her mother's shoulder.
Bianca lifted her chin so that she was looking her in the eyes "Baby I promise you that we will get everything sorted out. I don't want you to worry about that. And I promise that I won't tell your dad until you're ready for him to know. I don't want you to worry about your Uncle Hank either he will understand."
"Ok I can do that mom. I just don't want you to feel like you have to have me knowing all the trouble it is going to cause." Paige replied.
"Hey now I don't want to hear that from you. Sure you're a pain in the ass but you come by it naturally. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to do everything in my power to make sure that you're born." Bianca promised her she didn't know why so was so accepting of the fact that she was her daughter but she wasn't going to question it.
"Mom it's really good to hear you say all of this." Paige replied smiling a little as she dried up her tears.
Bianca took note of how she kept calling her mom. "This is the first time you've ever called me mom isn't it?" she asked.
Paige nodded her head "Yes like I said I've been mad at you and dad for keeping this from me. In the future you and I have some issues that I'm trying not to hold against you." that was the most she had ever let slip about the future.
"Like I said don't worry about any of that. I know that I may be a bitch to you in the future but here and now I'm going to make up for that and make sure that it never happens." Bianca swore to her.
"So you don't mind if I call you mom?" Paige asked hopefully. She hated to admit that she wanted anything from anyone but she craved her mother's acceptance.
"Of course I don't mind if you call me mom I am your mom after all. I just hope I'm a better mother than I am a big sister." Bianca mused.
"Mom you told me not to worry about the future well you need to let go of the past. You and Uncle Hank both do it's going to eat you up inside if you don't I know this from experience." Paige pointed out to her.
Bianca smiled she didn't know why it sounded like good advice coming from her daughter when everyone else had been trying to tell her the same thing for years. But she was willing to give it a try because Paige wanted her to. "Ok I'll try I'm not going to be perfect but I'll give it a try."
"That is all I ask." Paige replied feeling better than she had in years.
"So are you and I good?" Bianca asked just to be sure.
"Mom right now you and I are golden that is better than we have been in a long time." Paige assured her. And it was true she felt all the anger that she had felt towards Bianca over the last two years melt a little.
Opening Credits:
Theme:
Chariot- Gavin Degraw
Starring:
Wyatt Halliwell- Wes Ramsey
Chris Halliwell- Drew Fuller
Henry Matthews Jr.- Channing Tatum
Cooper Halliwell Jr.- Paul Walker
Charles Bradford- Jonathan Rhys Meyer
Lila Nicolae- Jordana Brewster
Roman Nicolae- Ben McKenzie
Elizabeth Shane- Bethany Joy Galeotti
Parker Halliwell- Eddie Cibrian
Troy Shane- David Boreanez
Bianca Hoyt- Marisol Nichols
Calleigh Cavanaugh- Anne Hathaway
And
Prue Halliwell- Jenifer Love Hewitt
With:
Melinda Halliwell- Amanda Bynes
Valerie Halliwell- Eliza Dushku
Penny Halliwell- Daneel Harris
Carly Matthews- Sophia Bush
Patty Matthews- Rachel Bilson
Ricky Bradford- Taylor Lautner
Jack Halliwell- Jensen Ackles
Alan Halliwell- Chris Pine
Brady Halliwell- Michael Bublé
Hailey Mitchell- Amanda Seyfried
And
Emily Bradford- Hilary Burton
"Aunt Prue I'm fairly sure that what you're doing to us right now constitutes some form of torture." Wyatt bitched pulling at the tie he had knotted around his neck he felt like he was choking.
"Wyatt this isn't torture it isn't going to kill all you kids to do something nice for your mothers. Mother's Day is tomorrow but trust me this will be done by then I have nothing better to do with my time." Prue said she had they gathered in Piper's club Voodoo it made a good place to take pictures and that was what she was doing.
"Yes it is Aunt Prue it is six in the morning some of us just got off of work because someone's husband was being unreasonable and made us work last night." Chris bitched that wasn't all he had to do that day. He needed to sleep before he could go do those other things he had to do.
"Really Aunt Prue I don't mean to be pushy but we really need to be quick about this because some of us have the prom to get ready for." Mel said she still had hours but she had agreed to let Carly and Val work their magic on her.
"Yeah and some of us got roped into chaperoning the prom." Henry said crossing his arms over his chest.
"All of you need to stop whining. This isn't going to kill you and it won't take that long." Prue said rolling her eyes at them.
"Aunt Prue what I don't understand is why you dragged all of us down here." Liz bitched it wasn't only her nieces and nephews that Prue had ordered to the club.
"Because Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Nicole, and Eva were all bitching about how they can get none of you together anymore long enough to have updated pictures of you. So it got me to thinking I am a photographer after all I can help them out." Prue answered sarcastically.
"Prue I seriously hope that you're not going to take too long. Because Piper has a shipment coming in that I'm supposed to get." Parker said he was standing behind the bar.
"I won't if I can ever get all of them to stop complaining." Prue answered her only brother.
"Aunt Prue I swear we're ready now and everyone is going to keep their mouths shut." Patty said eyeing her siblings and her cousins up and down.
"Good we'll do this the easy way Wyatt, Chris, and Mel you're up first." Prue said.
"You mean I have to act like I like the two of them?" Chris asked in mock seriousness.
"No you have to act like you love us. Now come here and let me fix your tie." Mel said as she went to her brother and fixed the knot in his tie.
"Ok Aunt Prue where the hell do you want us?" Wyatt asked he had his hands jammed deep in the pockets of his dress pants. Liz had dressed him because what he was going to wear was not suitable at all.
"Mel I want you to sit on the chair and then I want you two boys to stand on either side of her." Prue ordered them. She waited for them to do as she asked before she spoke again. "Now try to act like you're happy to be here." she took a couple of shots with them like that.
"Are we done now Aunt Prue?" Wyatt asked.
"No we're not done yet. I want one of you and Chris, you and Mel, and then Chris and Mel." Prue said and Wyatt groaned. But she got her pictures of them before she moved on to Phoebe's kids.
"Prudence and Cooper all I'm asking you two for is a few minutes without you fighting it's not too much to ask so don't start with each other." Prue warned them when it looked like they were going to start in on each other.
"Fine just don't call me Prudence anymore my mom doesn't even call me that when I'm in trouble. Me and Cookie Dough are just making up for lost time that is all." Prue replied to her aunt.
"And don't call me Cooper you can call me Coop or Jake but never Cooper. It makes me sound like a used car salesman." Jake said very rarely did anyone call him Cooper.
Prue rolled her eyes those two were the biggest pain in her ass sometimes because they acted just like their mother. "Ok I won't call either of you by your given names. And I guess I won't bother with Val and Penny either. Jake grab that other chair and Val park your ass in that chair once he gets it. Jake I want you and Prue to stand behind your sisters. And I want you to act like you like each other."
"Aunt Prue I don't actually like either one of my older siblings so would it be wrong of me to just pretend I don't hate them?" Val asked her oldest Aunt sweetly.
Prue grinned "Val that would be wonderful. God knows that what your mom and I did for years."
"Hey you don't hate me you love me Val don't even act like you don't." Prue said to her sister Val was her girl and she knew she was just like Penny was Jake's.
"Val I love you and Prue but I wish you would both shut up I don't want to be stuck here all day long." Penny bitched at her two older sisters.
"Thank you Butterfly had I said it I would have got yelled at." Jake said eyeballing his older sister because she was the one who would have been doing all the yelling.
Prue looked at the four of them and shook her head "Now if you four are done I'm more than ready."
"Yeah we're good." Prue answered for her brother and her sisters.
Prue did a couple of shots with them in that pose before she took pictures of Jake and Prue, Jake and Penny, Jake and Val, Prue and Penny, Prue and Val, and Val and Penny together.
"Hank, Carly, Charlie it's your turn." Prue said jerking her thumb in the direction of the stage.
Henry being too tired to bitch helped both of his sisters up on the stage. "Ok Aunt Prue where do you want us?" he asked he had to get some sleep before he fell out.
"I want those two to sit in those chairs and I want you to stand behind them." Prue said after giving it a moment's thought.
"Alright Aunt Prue you've got it." Henry replied giving her the thumbs up sign.
Prue couldn't help but laugh at how cooperative Hank was being normally he would have been the first one giving her a hard time. She finished with those three pretty quickly. "Liz you and Troy get up there and don't give me any problems." She ordered them.
"Aunt Prue I only have to say one thing I don't want him touching me he is being a jerk today he is color blind in addition to being stupid and I had to dress him along with Wy." Liz bitched while glaring daggers at her brother.
"Please I dressed myself. You just didn't like what I put on so then you made me go change. As it stands I borrowed these from Wyatt." Troy replied.
"Enough of that arguing you two. Troy I want you to stand behind your sister and I just want you to act like you enjoy each other's company right now." Prue said sighing she had no idea it would such a chore to take pictures of people who were supposed to be young adults.
"Ok Aunt Prue sorry for my outburst. We're ready to get on with this now." Liz swore to her.
Prue didn't pay any attention to Liz's offered apology she just took the pictures that she needed to take. She also snapped a few of each of them alone. "Alright Chuck I need you and your Crew now." she said when she had finished with Liz and Troy.
Chuck, Ricky, and Roman stood beside each other behind Lilly and Emily.
"Ro I need you to stand between Chuck and Ricky." Prue said it made him look shorter when he stood on the end. He did as he was told and Prue took her pictures along with various combinations of them all together.
"Are we done yet?" Wyatt asked they had been at this for a solid hour.
"Oh Just about." Prue answered him coyly before she turned to Parker. "Parks I left you some clothes in the storeroom go change real fast. I'm sick of looking at pictures of you from your teenage years."
"Aw Prue do I have to?" Parker asked his oldest sister his words coming out sounding whinny.
"You bet your ass that you have to now I don't want to hear any arguments from you go." Prue said pointing her finger in the direction of the storeroom.
" Aunt Prue I would very much appreciate it if you didn't take credit for the things that Carly and I do." Val said putting her hands on her hips all the females in her generation had gotten that from Piper.
"Oh I'm sorry my assistants picked out his wardrobe just like my assistants are going to be the ones who take pictures of him and their male family members." Prue corrected herself.
"Only one of your assistants is actually a photographer thank you very much. The other is a very skilled designer slash model." Carly reminded her aunt.
"Skills go and the body fades. I know that you can photograph things pretty damn well Carly and you will learn how to do it even better so you have a backup plan." Prue said giving her niece a lecture.
"Ok fine I'll do it." Carly said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Aunt Prue I can't believe that you are encouraging those two. We have been trying to get them to do something practical for years." Henry said shaking his head.
"And I have been trying for years to get you and Chris to stop being cops but that hasn't worked so well for me. And now you both have my sweet innocent baby sister following in your footsteps." Wyatt raved at both Henry and Chris. He was not happy at all that Mel was going to be a cop. He hated like hell that Chris and Henry were cops they had to take enough risks with magic they didn't need that at work too.
"No one tried to stop you from going in the navy Doc. As a matter of fact I was the one who didn't tell mom that you had enlisted until after you left. I got grounded for that not that I stayed grounded but it is still the point I took one for the team. You can't even support me in this one little thing." Chris shot back at his brother the over protective act was getting old in a hurry.
"Not when it can get the both of you killed and it almost has numerous times. I know I don't have to remind you of Hen's latest brush with death." Wyatt tried to reason with his little brother.
Mel looked between both her big brother's their eyes locked in a silent battle like the sea meeting the sky. The younger sibling in her made her side with Chris on this one. "Wyatt they are big boys that know how to take care of themselves and I know how to take care of myself too so give it a rest. No one is going to make you quit being a doctor. Just like no one is ever going to be able to talk the three of us out of being cops. So just stop." She said putting her foot down.
"Spoken like a true younger sister Mel. We are always going to worry about you guys. But some of us can keep it under control unlike Wyatt." Jake said solemnly being in the same room as Lilly was about to kill him.
"Oh please Jakie you slept on my floor for months because you were afraid something was going to happen to me if you weren't right there." Penny replied rolling her eyes at her older brother. She was glad that he was back to annoy the hell out of her though.
"Penny it was for your own good it was my fault you got your ass kidnapped to begin with I should have been keeping a better eye on you." Jake argued with her.
"Ok enough arguing I put this damn monkey suit on so now Prue is going to take my picture so I can be done in time to get my shipment. So my other darling sister Piper doesn't kill me." Parker said coming back into the room knotting the tie around his neck.
"I love you too Parks. I can't believe I'm just Prue. While Piper is your darling sister." Prue said crossing her arms over her chest. All her nieces and nephews had gotten that from her.
Parker rolled his brown eyes at his sister "I was being sarcastic Prue I only meant to imply that Piper is a nag when I don't do what she tells me to do and she will fire my ass."
Prue smirked at him "College has done wonders for your vocabulary Parker. And I knew what you meant. But I'm not going to take your picture your darling trouble making nieces are I want to see if they have what it takes.
Parker threw his hands up in the air "Wonderful I'm down for it though lets do this."
"Good sit your ass in the chair your other three sisters want a good picture of you for reasons that I can't imagine I'm only doing this for Andy and Brody. I get enough of your ugly mug when I have to see you during the day." Prue joked with him.
Parker raised an eyebrow at her and she couldn't help but think that, that kid got more and more like Piper every day. "It's nice to know that my big sister loves me so much." He said putting his hand over his heart pretending to be hurt.
"Parker just sit your ass still and don't move or I swear I will kill you. And give me one of those smiles that shows your dimples." Val ordered him from behind the camera.
"Yes Ma'am." Parker replied sarcastically saluting her before he smiled.
"There now that wasn't so hard." Val said when she had finished with her task.
"Now I want all the Halliwell males up there. Jake and Parker I want you in front of the other three." Prue ordered them and then she gestured that it was ok for Val to start snapping pictures. They kept up like that for a little while taking pictures of them in various combinations and poses. "Ricky, Chuck, Roman, Troy now I want you to get your asses up there with them." This time Carly was behind the camera.
"Are we done now?" Wyatt asked again he just wanted to be through with this torture.
"Almost I just have to do the girls and then I want a couple more and we will be done I promise. I have work to do after this." Prue said she got the girls in place with less trouble than she had the guys and she started shooting away. "Liz, Lilly, Em you guys are up now." she again did various combinations with them.
"Now what Aunt Prue?" Chris asked he was trying to be an adult about the whole thing which was more than he could say for his brother.
"Now Wy and Liz are up these are just for my amusement." Prue answered him.
"How do you want us Aunt Prue?" Liz asked she knew that if she just went along with what Prue wanted then they could get out of there faster.
"I have an idea Wy sit in the chair and Liz you sit on his lap. That is nothing new for the two of you." Patty answered sarcastically for her aunt.
"Actually that's a good idea go with that." Prue replied before she began snapping pictures. "Prudence, Charles now get your asses up there." She ordered them.
"What do you want us to do?" Chuck asked he just wanted to have this over and done with.
"Here with you two I've got just the thing." Val said as she walked up to her sister and Chuck. She posed them so that Chuck had his left arm around Prue's waist. Prue had her left hand rested on Chuck's right shoulder so that her engagement ring showed. And her head was on his left shoulder.
"You didn't do too bad Val there might be hope for you yet." Prue said as she began shooting away again. "Mel, Roman I want you two to give this a shot for me."
That presented a problem Mel was taller than Roman and the shoes she had on weren't helping any. "Melinda take off your shoes you're taller than he is anyway those make it look worse than it actually is." Carly said taking charge of the situation.
"I actually know how to fix that. Mel sit down in the chair Ro get down on one knee. Now all you have to do is act like you don't fight every five minutes." Val said admiring her handy work.
"We only fight when he pisses me off and then we aren't fighting. Because you know he doesn't argue with me and that only pisses me off more." Mel replied giving her cousin that finger.
"Just shush all of you I'm almost done." Prue said snapping more pictures.
"Oh Ricky, Charlie this means it's your turn." Carly taunted them she loved giving them a hard time about dating.
Ricky stood behind Patty and wrapped his arms around her waist she rested her hands on top of his. "How is this?" he asked Prue.
"That is perfect." Prue replied and she took their picture several times. "Now I want everyone up there and I want all you girls in front. Ro stand behind Emily you won't look so short then." She instructed them before taking another series of pictures. "Now we are done Wyatt. You guys can go about any business you have but I have things to do today.
"Thank God come on guys you can call up the rest of your group me and Ro will make breakfast. Aunt Prue don't forget mom wants you there to take pictures before we go to prom." Mel reminded her aunt.
"Don't worry I have a few hours of work to do on this stuff but I will be there." Prue assured them.
"Ok then we'll see you later." Carly said they had serious work to do on Mel and only a matter of hours to do it in.
Cole was standing at the stove in his kitchen making himself some breakfast. He was an early riser even on Saturdays he was used to it from the schedule he kept for work. He was humming a little tune to himself when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist. He turned his head so that he could kiss the woman standing behind him. "Good morning I didn't mean to wake you I thought I was being quiet.
"You didn't wake me I'm always up early I guess it's because I keep lawyer's hours. You know it never is too early in the day to start crusading for the law." Nicole Shane replied kissing him again.
"Or to chase ambulances." Cole added with a smug smirk on his face he thought he was pretty damn funny.
Nicole slapped him in the center of his bare chest. "I don't think you're very funny mister you're a lawyer too. I'm supposed to be able to count on you not to make jokes like that. You keep up with me and I won't spend the night with you anymore." She warned him in the early mornings or late at night when she was tired the southern accent she had was more pronounced it had been a great source of amusement for her children.
Cole chuckled because she hadn't hurt him when she had hit him and he found her accent very sexy. "Ok Tex I'll keep that in mind." He said trying hard to contain a grin.
"That is it I am leaving Cole I'm not even from Texas I'm from Georgia and you know it." Nicole huffed crossing her arms over her chest. She was clad only in one his shirts and a pair of his boxers.
Cole turned from the stove and wrapped his arms around her "You know that you're not going anywhere you like it when I tease you. Besides that I don't make breakfast for just anyone consider yourself lucky." He was openly mocking her accent now.
"I don't know why I put up with you Cole. But you're too cute for me to stay mad at you for long." Nicole replied snuggling into him closer. It had been a long time since she had been with a man too long as a matter of fact.
Cole stared deeply into her brown eyes before he kissed her "It's all part of my charm stick around long enough and you'll see."
"I don't know after sharing a bed with you I'm not too sure I want to stick around you snore really bad." Nicole said fighting hard to suppress a grin.
Cole put his hand over his heart in mock indignation "I may snore not that I'm admitting to anything but it is better than talking in my sleep like someone else I know."
"I do not talk in my sleep thank you very much." Nicole defended herself.
Cole smiled down at her "You're right you don't talk in your sleep you yell at your daughter in your sleep."
"That is because Lizzie is a pain in the ass and I have to yell at her so much when I'm awake it's like second nature to me. So it is only natural that I would yell at her in my sleep." Nicole replied like it was the most normal thing in that world.
"Right I'm sure that she would be happy to hear that. I think you might want to avoid saying that in front of her boyfriend he just might kill you." Cole joked but Wyatt was pretty bad about Liz.
"I'm not scared of Wyatt I know how to handle him and if nothing else I will just tell his mommy on him he is terrified of Piper to this day." Nicole said and it made sense everyone knew the only thing Wyatt was scared of was Piper.
"Yeah that isn't funny Piper is crazy that is not something you should unleash on anyone. I love her she is one of my best friends but she is a hard ass when she wants to be." Cole said cringing at the thought. He knew that he had better toe the line or she would find a way to vanquish him.
Nicole poked him in the chest with her index finger "All you have to remember is don't piss me off because she was kind enough to give Eva and me lessons. Since our children all seem to get into trouble together."
Cole wanted to rubbed the spot where she poked him that had hurt like a bitch but he wasn't going to let her know that. "And here I thought that trouble making Halliwell group was the younger girls."
"Oh no they took lessons from Wyatt, Liz, Troy, and Chuck no one is as bad as those four were as teenagers." Nicole assured him. They had been holy terrors they made the things that Val, Carly, Penny, Emily, and Huck did look tame.
"I will keep that in mind it could be useful at a later date like when they are yelling at me to do something stupid." Cole replied.
Nicole looked up at Cole with a question in her eyes "Hey Cole can I ask you something?" she asked laying her head on his chest.
Cole smiled down at her showing off his perfect teeth. "You can ask me anything Nic."
"What made you ask me out that day?" Nicole asked him she was curious as to why he had asked her out three weeks before.
"I felt compelled to like if I didn't I would regret it. I won't lie to you Nic I thought you were sexy as hell." Cole replied he really didn't know why he had asked her out but he was glad that he had.
"And I felt compelled to tell you yes not that I regret it because these have been some of the best weeks of my life. It just seems like it happened really suddenly like we were under a spell or something." Nicole said looking thoughtful for a moment.
"Nah demons don't deal in making people fall for each other. It's too soft and cuddly. Now if we were acting like we hated each other I would say sure." Cole answered after giving it a moment's thought.
In that moment realization dawned on her face she was going to kill them dead for not being able to mind their own damn business. "No but I know a couple of people who would do something like this."
Cole looked confused he had no clue what she was talking about. "I don't think I follow you're going to have to explain that to me."
"How many ex-wives do you have?" Nicole asked but when she saw he still looked confused she decided to rephrase the question. "How many ex-wives do you have that are currently married to a cupid?"
"No way Phoebe and Coop wouldn't do this to us there is nothing in it for them." Cole denied.
Nicole snorted at that comment he sure didn't know shit about Phoebe and Coop then. "Cole their oldest daughter got her meddling ways from someone. Those two are all about love. I wouldn't be surprised in the least bit if Pheebs let her nosiness override her common sense yet again and it wouldn't have been that hard for her to talk Coop into it. This is that kind of shit that he does he is a cupid after all."
Cole nodded his head in acceptance of that "Well it makes sense because truth be told I was scared to ask you out." He admitted.
"Oh Cole that is so cute. Of course those two had something to do with this they can't mind their own damn business for five seconds I think it would kill them." Nicole said shaking her head she was furious with the both of them.
Cole looked deep in thought for a moment "So are you saying that you regret going out with me?"
"No of course not I like spending time with you Cole. It's just that sometimes I would like to be able to express my feelings in my own time." Nicole replied and she kissed him for good measure.
"Well not that I am plan on telling them this but it's a good thing that they couldn't mind their own business. Or I would still be sitting around with my thumb up my ass trying to think up ways to ask you out." Cole admitted.
"Oh we are so not telling them that they helped they will only do things like this more often." Nicole agreed with him.
Cole couldn't help but notice that her accent became less pronounce the more alert she got. " Let me tell you something Tex the longer you have been awake the less I hear that accent coming out."
Nicole punched him playfully on the arm "I just told you not to call me Tex."
"Well I didn't think that you would respond well to being called Peach." Cole replied chuckling.
Nicole whirled around on her heels to stare daggers at him "I swear to you Cole if you ever think about calling me Peach I will make you sorry that you're a man."
Cole backed up a step "Heard and dully noted I will not be calling you that any time soon. You weren't kidding when you said Piper gave you lessons I think you were a very good student."
"Damn right I was they don't me, Piper, and Derek the triple threat for nothing." Nicole replied sounding very proud of the title.
"Personally I rather deal with Derek than with the two of you." Cole said and he wasn't joking either.
"That only reaffirms my snap decision that you are a smart man." Nicole said cuddling up to him once again.
"So what are we going to do about this Phoebe and Coop thing. If I know one thing about Phoebe I know that she doesn't give up easily. If she thinks that her first attempt didn't work she will only try again." Cole said thoughtfully after thinking it over for a moment.
Nicole shrugged her shoulders "I say that we should just take that chance for right now. Because I'm just not ready for anyone else to know about us yet I much rather have you to myself for a little while."
"I think I can live with that I wouldn't mind having you all to myself for a little while longer. But if this works out the way I hope it does we won't be able to keep it a secret for much longer." Cole replied. He hadn't felt this content to just be with another person for the longest time.
"And when we get to that point like I know that we will then we will do something about it but until then lets just live in the moment." Nicole replied letting out a contented sigh when Cole kissed her.
"I like living in the moment we can do that." Cole said giving her a reassuring smile.
"Good because in this moment right now the breakfast you're making is about to burn if you don't do something about it." Nicole said giving him an impish grin.
"Oh damn I can't have that I don't want you to think that I can't cook." Cole replied turning some of his attention back to the food he had on the stove.
"Cole you don't have to worry about that bothering me. My son almost burned the house down numerous times trying to cook." Nicole laughed.
"I had moments like that before I really learned how to cook. But never fear I don't do things like that anymore unless I get distracted by beautiful women now have a seat you are about to be the first person other than me to sample my cooking." Cole said pouring on the charm.
"I don't know whether I should be sacred or excited. But since you haven't given yourself food poisoning I guess you can't be that bad." Nicole said like she was unsure about whether or not she wanted to eat anything he cooked.
"I used to be a very, very powerful demon if I wanted to poison you I could think of better ways to do it than with my cooking." Cole said seductively.
"Oh yeah that is just what every woman wants to hear Cole." Nicole rolled her eyes at him. But she couldn't help but think how cute he looked with the face he was making now.
"Wait a minute now let me see if I've got this right. You told B that she is your mother? You miss say nothing about the future that you don't have to?" Jack asked his niece incredulously.
"Jack I told you Aunt Mel left me with no other choice and that was something she needed to hear from me not your bossy ass sister." Paige explained to him.
"Oh no this has nothing to do with us being mad that you told her. This however has everything to do with us thinking this is funny." Alan said grabbing his side in laughter.
"I don't think that my mother issues are funny Al. You know what kind of hell I have been going through." Paige said smacking him on the back of the head.
"That's not what Jackie and Al think is funny Paige. They think it is funny because you're always telling them not to give away too much about the future. And you went and had a heart to heart with B." Brady explained for his two cousins before Paige blew their asses to kingdom come for laughing at her.
"You guys know me so you know that I didn't do this by choice besides in the grand scheme of things it changes nothing. I mean they got us to spill our guts about Uncle Jake being evil so there isn't much more we can tell them that they don't know." Paige reasoned.
"There is a lot we could tell them that they don't need to now Paige. Not that I have to worry about that with you. We have to worry about that more with Brady. Now that Aunt Phoebe knows that she is his mom she is going to try to get all kind of things out of him." Dom pointed out.
Brady looked down at the floor a minute before he looked back up at his family "Look guys we're running out of time here. I really love my big brother so I would love it if he wasn't evil."
"Phil we're doing the best we know how here and if this doesn't work you know as well as I do that we can count on the others to fix this from their end I just hope it doesn't come to that." Paige assured him.
"I wish we had more time to figure this out. But then again sometimes I wish we didn't have to go back at all." Jack grumbled he had a bad case of puppy love when it came to Emily.
Alan rolled his eyes at his cousin. "Damn it all to hell Jack I wish you had never done something as stupid as getting involved with Emily. Both of you are going to wind up having your hearts broken."
"I'm sorry I couldn't help myself Al and kills me knowing that I'm going to hurt her when I don't want to do that." Jack replied he was not in a good mood the closer it came to time for him to be born the crabbier he got.
"Yeah I know Jack. Because this in no way has anything to do with the affair you two had." Alan replied sarcastically.
"Hey I'm not proud of it and you know I'm not. Besides lets not forget that she chose her husband over me so it's not an issue anymore." Jack maintained.
"Sure it's not an issue anymore Jackie that's why you still carry that damn picture around in your wallet. I guess you didn't tell her about him when you were busy seducing her." Alan said hotly crossing his arms over his chest.
"Shut up Al you have got this all wrong man. I won't even sleep with her because I don't trust myself. If I do that I won't ever be able to leave." Jack yelled back at him.
Paige looked between both of them knowing that if she didn't stop them now they would end up having a full blown fight. "Hey first of all knock it off now is not the time for you two to be having this fight. I know you don't want to wake grandma and grandpa up. Like we said there are just some things they are better off not knowing."
"That is easy for you to say Paige no matter what time period we're in you get to be with Dom. I don't have that luxury I know that I messed up but I just couldn't help myself." Jack replied a little sadly.
"Jack let me ask you a question how often do you torture yourself by looking at that picture?" Brady asked him.
"A lot you guys know how bad this is tearing me up inside. But when we change the future we won't have to worry about that ever happening so just give it a rest. It doesn't make it any easier on me though I'm going to have to remember all of this along with the new memories that we get. Just give me some time and I will be fine." Jack replied he really didn't want to talk about this anymore.
Thankfully he was saved by his older siblings and his older cousins coming into the kitchen.
"Hey baby girl what are you doing up so early?" Chris asked Paige going to her so he could slip his arm around her.
"Nothing daddy I just couldn't sleep so we were up talking. It wasn't anything important and we don't have any leads sorry." Paige replied noticing the look that Bianca was giving her she just smiled at her mother.
"Well it was a good thing that you guys couldn't sleep because me and Ro are about to make breakfast for everyone you guys are more than welcome to stick around." Mel said as she began pulling the things out she would need to cook.
"Don't be ridiculous Aunt Mel if you're cooking we're not going anywhere. That is like turning down food when Aunt Piper decides she is going to cook for us it just doesn't happen." Dom said like she was crazy for suggesting such a thing.
" Mel he has us there we should have known that he wasn't going to turn down food. I think it has to be the fact he is half demon. Coop and Chuck never turn down a meal either." Roman said while shaking his head and laughing.
"Damn right little brother you will do well to remember that in the future I'm never going to turn down the offer of food that is just crazy talk and if there is one thing I'm not it's crazy." Chuck replied.
"That is debatable you are the one who is going to willingly marry Prue I think you have to have something wrong with you." Jake cracked knowing just how to get his sister started.
"Cookie Dough I say this with the utmost love and affection but go fuck yourself. Oh wait a minute I forgot you probably already did that since that is the only way you're getting any these days." Prue retorted he should have known better than to start in with her she was only going to come up with something good to burn him with.
"Damn Prue I've got to say that I like this version of you a lot better than that whinny little bitch you turn into sometimes I am very impressed that is something I would have said." Val said looking at her sister with something close to awe in her eyes.
"Just remember that you learned from the best kiddo. I get them so flustered with me sometimes that they don't know how to reply to some of the things I say." Prue reported proudly.
"Are you sure that this is going to work?" Ben asked someone standing in the shadows of his living room.
"Of course it is going to work my liege. There is no better way to get them to trust you. You're just going to have to trust me on this one." The person said handing him something.
"Mark my words this better work or it will be your head." Ben said looking the item over.
"Oh it will work I promise you that. And I thought that you would like to know that things with the coronation or coming along just fine." The man assured him.
"Very well you may go now. I have work to do I expect you to keep things in order while I'm away." Ben replied with a dismissive wave of his hand.
"As you wish my liege." The man said before shimmering out.
A/N: So Paige came out and told Bianca that she was her mother I think she took it very well. It is pretty easy to see where Prue got all her meddling ways from her parents are just as bad as she ever dared to be when it comes to messing with people's love lives. Cole and Nicole all I can say is wow I think that they both deserved someone to make them happy. Ben just worries me more and more everyday I would really love to know who it is he is talking to all the time with him it can't be good at all. Prue is trying to get Carly and Val to follow in her footsteps she may have bit off more than she can chew with those two. Oh God I don't even know what to say about Jack and his fixation with Emily that is probably not going to end well at all. There is no telling what the hell happened between those two in the future and I'm not really sure that I want to know what kind of picture he carries around with him. Until next time please review.