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A/N- This is my very first Charmed fic so please be gentle. Please? ^___^

Mirrors


I'm watching her again. It seems to be all I ever do any more. Every time she looks in the mirror she sees me. At first, I know it scared her, seeing me there. For a while she thought she was going crazy, but now she knows I really am here.

It was only a little at first. I would watch her while she fought and leave her alone while she was with her sisters or her friends. When I first started this it hurt too much to watch for long. When I looked at her, I saw what I knew I could never have, and the pain of that knowledge tore at me relentlessly.

Now I can watch and be happy in the part I can play in her life.
Every time our eyes meet in the mirror, I see a smile in them that I know is only for me. Everyone else thinks she is being vain when she opens her mirror, but I know the truth. I know she is looking at me. I know that she, like me, is making the most of the only semblance of a connection that we have left anymore.

There are times when I feel that I should just leave, let her forget. But then I see the sparkle in her eyes that only ever revealed itself to me, and I remember everything we had and everything we have been promised. I know I will continue to watch over her. And she knows it to.

Every night before she settles down to sleep, she whispers a quiet goodnight, just loud enough for me to hear.
Goodnight Cole. I still love you.

And those words are what tide me over until she wakes, and I can see us both in the mirror once more, together, as we are meant to be.

As we were.

As we will be again.