As she opened her eyes, she was in the manor with her sisters, but everything seemed darker than usual.

"Where are we?" Paige asked.

They all looked around. Waiting. Listening.

But everything was quiet.

"Why don't we ask her?" Piper said menacingly and quietly. She had spotted Billie hiding in a doorframe.

The young blond got huge eyes, then she started to run out of the front door.

A blue bright light was in front of it and sucked each of them into it.

Phoebe was all at once standing in the headquarters of the Bay Mirror, but she was surrounded by children.

"What is this?" She murmured.

"We need more space for 'Ask Phoebe'!" A little girl behind a huge desk decided.

"I have the article on the San Francisco environment issue right here."

"Good! Do you have the pictures?"

"There you go!"

"Very well! Now here goes the column."

"Mommy, look at this, what do you think?" A cute little girl asked, looking at Phoebe who couldn't believe her ears.

"What?" She had to catch her breath. "Did you call me 'mommy'?"

The young girl smiled at something behind Phoebe.

"Baby!"

She turned around staring at Coop who stood on the threshold to her office, holding out his hand to her.

"What? 'Baby'?"

"Honey, come on!" He urged her to come inside, so she did.

He closed the door behind her and stepped up to her.

Phoebe suddenly had to catch her breath as his appearance and smell somehow overwhelmed her.

She took a step backwards, but Coop followed.

"Are you okay honey?"

"I…" Phoebe panted. "I am not sure."

Phoebe felt his sweet breath on her face as he lowered his face to hers.

"I…Coop! Is this a good idea?" He tried to kiss her and whispered in his deep breathy voice.

"We don't have much time!"

Her knees suddenly buckled. "Time?" She whispered, not really able to concentrate.

"You want to start a family, don't you?"

Her guts warmed as her core started pulsing.

"I…But Coop…" She panted, eyes half closed. "We can't…"

"Shhh." He put his finger onto her lips to silence her. "This is your dream Phoebe, anything is possible."

"My dream?" She frowned. Coop's lips came closer and Phoebe's heart was about to burst, but suddenly something clicked and she opened her eyes. A dream!

"Coop stop! No! No! I can't!"

She practically ran out of the office passing all the children.

"Piper!" She called as she'd entered the manor again.

"Right here!"

"Where's Paige?"

"I haven't seen her! Am I right assuming that we're dreaming?"

"I guess so."

Piper blew her cheeks.

"What did you dream about?"

Piper told Phoebe about the club, Leo and Billie. "What about you?" She asked as soon as she had finished.

"Oh you know, nothing important really…" Phoebe said stalling. Piper watched her. "Just me and…er, Coop uhm… doing stuff…"

"What?" Her sister cried! "You're having sex dreams while I have guilt issues?"

Phoebe cleared her throat looking at the floor.

Piper rolled her eyes. After a while she asked: "Do you think Paige found out?"

"I hope so."

"What do you think we have to do? You're the psycho major after all."

"Well, I'd guess we have to follow our dreams. You know, practically go to the end and finish them."

Piper bit her lip, thinking about it as Phoebe suddenly heard something.

"Did you hear that?"

"Mommy!"

"There again!"

"Er, no I didn't."

"That's for me then. Try to focus on Leo. I'll see you outside."

Phoebe stood up and walked into the kitchen.

The little girl was sitting on the floor, crying.

Phoebe drew a deep breath. "Okay, here we go." She mumbled.

"Hey honey, what's wrong?" She kneeled down next to her.

"Mum, I wanted to have some cookies, but I fell." She cried.

"Phoebe caressed her hair. "Don't worry sweetheart!"

"But you were almost too late! Don't you want me?" The kid looked so sad it almost broke Phoebe's heart.

"Of course I do honey! More than anything else!" Phoebe pulled her girl into her arms while the little one sniffed quietly.

"Where's daddy?" Phoebe's heart clenched.

"I…I don't know."

Tears ran down her cheeks.

"I'll find him! I promise!"

"I thought you did…"

The next thing Phoebe knew was that she woke up simultaneously with Piper on the floor of their house.

Paige wasn't there, but Billie and Christy.

Phoebe feared that something had happened to Paige.

All at once the other two witches vanished in a grey fog.

"Phoebe, quick!" Piper ordered.

They used a spell that would bring them to their lost sister.

Phoebe's heart beat faster as she saw Paige lifelessly lying on the floor, an arrow pointing out of her back.

"Oh no!"

Her sister immediately blew the demon up that was kneeling in front of Paige's dead charge.

"How are you feeling?" Piper asked Paige.

"Alive again."

"Thank god Mikelle became a white lighter and healed you!"

Paige took another sip of her tea. "Yes, I think I've done something right, haven't I?"

Phoebe smiled patting her sister's shoulder.

"I'm going home. I'll see you tomorrow!"

The condo was empty, but that was just right. Phoebe needed a hot shower and some time alone to arrange her thoughts.

She reflected what she had seen in her dream.

That little girl…and Coop.

When she closed her eyes she could still feel the presence of his body next to hers.

Was he really what she wanted''?

Her glance caught the chocolate that was still lying on the table. It lingered her for some time while she remembered what she had learned.

"So, Michael, I am really impressed. You asked me out again after I had turned you down before."

"Well, yeah, somehow I'd knew you'd say yes this time."

"How so?"

Michael had shrugged. "Just a feeling, but anyway, do you want another drink?"

"Are you trying to get me drunk?" Phoebe had joked.

"Maybe." His eyes were sparkling with mischief.

"That was really sweet of you the other day, what you said."

Michael had frowned. "What I said?"

"Yes…" Phoebe had looked at him waiting for the penny to drop. "As you brought me the roses? …in front of my window?"

And it dropped.

"Oh, that, yeah. I thought it was a little embarrassing."

Phoebe had almost chocked on her wine, but managed a smile. "So, why did you do it then in the first place? If you think it was embarrassing?"

Michael had eyed her and known he had just made a mistake.

"Er, I just got a tip that I should try it with more romance, so well, I impressed you, didn't I?" He said flirtatiously.

Phoebe had laughed half heartedly. "Mh…yes, yes you did…"

Then later as he'd brought her home and he had started kissing her:

"Want me to come upstairs with you?"

"Uh, I think you should always finish on a high note, right?"

"You sure?" He had mumbled into her neck, grazing her soft skin.

"Yes, Michael, I think that's a little too rush!"

He had pulled back and looked into her eyes, probably trying to figure out if she really meant it.

"Mh, yeah, probably." He had said, never the less trying to kiss her again.

Phoebe had been quicker though. She had put her hand in front of his mouth to stop him.

"Good night, Michael."

And the next day Coop had showed up with that poem and Phoebe knew it couldn't have been from Michael, though Coop didn't seem to suspect anything.

Phoebe laughed dryly.

So it was probably him all along…but what did that mean?

"Follow your heart." He would say.

And as Phoebe was lying in bed later all alone with a rough wind raging outside, she realised that she wished he was there to fill the emptiness.