Disclaimer: I do not own, Charmed. The rights belong to CBS and CW. All plots and Annie belong to me. This is purely for entertainment purposes and no profit is being made off this.
A/N: Sorry for the long update. For some reason I couldn't get this one written. But I did! Yay! I've also been uber busy with a new job, and theatre. So My apologies once again. And Enjoy!
Cole didn't know what to say. He was frozen to his spot. He knew he should run but he couldn't.
"Hello, earth to Cole!" Piper said, waving her hand in front of his face. Cole snapped out of the trance he was in, shaking his head and focusing once again.
"Uh, hi Piper." He said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"You're supposed to be dead." She said, annoyed.
"Yeah about that, my demon half was vanquished and somehow when the world shifted back, my human half survived. I don't know how." He said with a shrug.
"You expect me to believe that?" she asked, folding her arms across her chest.
"No, which is why I've stayed away. I knew you wouldn't believe me and try to kill me again."
"At least you're smart. Cause I would have tried to blow up your sorry ass." She scoffed and pushed her cart passed him.
"Look, I'm telling the truth. You can test it if you want." He said, holding out his arm to her.
"Nice try, you know yourself that demons with human halves bleed." She said, pushing his arm away from her.
"I promise, I'm telling the truth. Don't you think if it wasn't, I would have attacked by now?" he said, raising an eyebrow at her. Piper opened her mouth to speak but shut it once more.
"Okay so you might be telling the truth. But what the hell are you doing here? Why not just leave San Francisco?" she asked.
"I couldn't leave. I have nothing. At least here I have a home. This is my home. It has been for years. It's not something I can just walk away from."
"Hmm, well, just stay away from Phoebe. She's happy now."
"I know, I want her to be. I have no intentions of ever bothering her. I know that she loved me, but she got over me very quickly. We weren't meant to be." He said and shrugged his shoulders.
"Glad to see you finally understand that. Now if you'll excuse me I need to…" she started but her world went black, and she fell to the ground.
"Oh my god, Piper! Someone call an ambulance." He called and bent down to check her. She was unresponsive.
Cole grabbed his cell phone and dialed a familiar number.
Phoebe was home and looked at the caller ID when the phone rang. She was confused when she saw the number.
"Cole?" she whispered and answered the phone.
"Hello?" she answered. Cole's heart sank when he heard her voice. He was hoping she wouldn't be the one to answer.
"Look I know you don't understand and I don't expect you too, but you need to get to the hospital. Piper's on her way. She collapsed." He quickly explained as the paramedics started their workup on her.
"What did you do to her?" she accused.
"Nothing, I swear. We were just talking and she collapsed. Just get there." He said and hung up the phone. Phoebe grabbed her purse and ran to the door.
"Paige!" she called and Paige appeared in blue orbs.
"What?" she said, her black Magic School robes, billowing around her small frame.
"Piper's in trouble. She's at the hospital." Phoebe said and rushed out the door. Paige shed her robes and walked out of the house behind her older sister.
"Piper Halliwell." Phoebe said as she reached the nurses desk in the er. The nurse behind the desk typed up the name on the computer and then nodded.
"Ah, she is in with the doctor now. You can go wait in the waiting area and the doctor will be out shortly." She said and motioned toward the chairs, where Cole was pacing back and forth, wearing a line in the carpet. Phobe walked straight to him and grabbed his collar.
"Phoebe, what are you doing!" he said and pulled her off.
"You bastard! What the hell are you doing here?" she exclaimed, lunging at him again. Paige pulled her off this time and held her.
"I vanquished you!" Paige said, confused at his presence.
"I thought you had too, and you did. Part of me anyway, my demon half was killed when you vanquished me in the other dimension. I figure that since I was tied to both, my human half survived the vanquish, leaving me completely human and powerless." He explained.
"Oh, and you want us to believe that." Phoebe spat out.
"Piper said the same thing. But test me, go ahead. I have nothing to lose anymore."
"You're just trying to get us to vanquish you again. I won't help you commit suicide."
"I'm not asking you too. I'm just asking that you believe me."
"After all you've done to me, and my family, you just want me to believe you like that? Not going to happen. Just go away and leave us alone."
"I was trying, but Piper and I ran into each other at the market. She just collapsed. I called 911 then you." He explained and sat down on an empty seat. He placed his face in his hands and sighed. Paige let go of Phoebe, felling that she was no longer a threat. She studied Cole for a bit and sat down across from him. She motioned for Phoebe to join her. When Phoebe sat down, Paige leaned over to whisper to her.
"I think he's telling the truth. You know how much of a gut feeling I always get with him. Now it's not so much there. I just sense that he's lonely and depressed." She whispered.
"That could be some new power he's gained once more." Phoebe stated and stared at Cole. She didn't want to believe he was still alive. He was never going to get out of her life. She was pulled out of her disgust for Cole when the doctor came out. He didn't look worried, which calmed her down.
"Miss Halliwell?" he called and Phoebe grabbed Paiges hand and pulled her with her to meet up with the doctor.
"Is Piper okay?" she asked.
"Your sister is perfectly fine. She just had a fainting episode."
"What made her passout?"
"I'll let her tell you that. It's not my place. You can go see her now." He said and waved his hand for them to pass by. The girls walked by him. Cole stood back and watched them walk by. He wanted to know what was wrong with her, but it wasn't his place to pry into their business.
"Sir, aren't you going to see your wife?" the doctor asked. Cole chuckled.
"She's not my wife."
"My apology. I just assumed. She was wearing a wedding band."
"She's married but he's no longer around."
"That's too bad. She's going to need support."
"What's wrong with her?"
"As I said, I can't say but you seem like a friend. You did bring her in. She's pregnant, Mr. Uhh, I'm sorry I didn't catch your name"
"Turner, Cole Turner. And she's pregnant? Are you sure?"
"Positive, Mr. Turner." He said, his tone serious. Cole gave him a curt nod and ran his hand through his hair.
"Thank you. I should be going now. " he said and left the hospital without a word. Meanwhile in Piper's room, the girls stumbled in to find Piper sitting up in the bed, tears staining her face. Both girls rushed to her and sat down on the bed. Phoebe picked up her head and rubbed circles on the back of it.
"Honey, what's wrong?" she asked. Piper looked up at both of them and sighed.
"This is all wrong. I can't do this. Not without Leo." She cried. Phoebe looked over at Paige. Paige nodded.
"You can tell us. Cause if you're dying we kinda should know."
"Paige!"
"What? I would like to know if she's really sick, and not just find her dead on the bathroom floor, ya know?" she said, defending herself. Piper just chuckled and wiped her tears away.
"I'm not dying. I'm pregnant." Both Phoebe and Paige quickly turned their heads to face her.
"Whoa!" they said in unison.
"I know. But it doesn't make sense. I mean this has to be Annie, right? But it doesn't add up." She said, placing her hand on her lower abdomen. Just then Chris orbed in.
"That's because it's not Annie." He said, keeping his distance from them.
"That makes more sense. But why would she show up the day I find out I'm pregnant."
"That wasn't supposed to happen. She's not supposed to be here."
"Chris you know that everything happens for a reason in our world." Phoebe chimed in.
"I know, but she's really not supposed to be here. She could ruin everything by being here."
"What exactly can she ruin? She's a child." Piper said, adjusting her position on the bed.
"You don't get it mom! "
"Mom?" All three girls said at once. Piper's hand jerked away from her stomach then she placed it back, looking down at it then back up Chris.
"This, this is you?" she asked, her voice soft.
"Yes. I couldn't tell you guys. It risked everything. I came so close to not even existing, because of what I did." He said, and began to pace in front of the bed.
"The ghostly plane." Piper whispered.
"Yeah. "
"Whoa, back up here. You mean that Piper and Leo got it on in the ghostly plane and conceived you?" Paige asked.
"Yeah."
"Explain why you're so neurotic. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Phoebe said, looking to Piper.
"So wait a minute. Let me get this straight. I'm pregnant but with you and not the little girl at the manor claiming to be mine. I knew she wasn't Leo's."
"You knew?" Chris asked.
"Of course I did. She has green eyes, vibrant green eyes. Mine are brown and Leo's are blue, like yours and Wyatt's. I knew that something was off." Question is, whose eyes are they?" she asked, folding her arms in front of her.
"I can't tell you that."
"You're already risked everything by being here. So you might as well tell me."
"I can't. Not now. It would ruin everything. But just know that he's a good man. He raised me from the moment I was born. Wyatt loves him too. And little Annie, she's his world." He said and orbed out, leaving all three of the girls confused.
