Disclaimer: The Charmed Characters are the property of Aaron Spelling and Constance Burge. I just borrow them for your enjoyment and my writing addiction.
Its not much just thought it was something missing at the end of the episode when Cole never made it to P3 for Phoebes graduation
Both Prue and Piper watched helplessly as Phoebe walked up the steps to the Manor. Her head hung slightly down and the mascara lines on her face gave evidence of the tears she had shed during the night.
Piper looked over at Prue though neither one saying a word, before they both followed Phoebe up the steps and inside.
Prue closed the door behind them as they both heard the door closing upstairs.
"Now what?"
"We leave her for a bit." Prue answered as she went up the stairs to change into more comfortable clothes.
Piper looked at Leo for any kind of guidance.
"I don't know Piper, but Prue is right. Cole has been at the demon game to long to get caught so easily. Maybe he just found it harder to get away then he planned."
"Maybe." Piper wasn't sure to believe Leo or not. But deep inside she knew something had gone terribly wrong with Cole's plan. She just hoped it wasn't to the point where they turned him back and the next time they saw him was to kill them.
Phoebe sat on the edge of her bed looking down at the picture in her hands, her and Cole down at the water. She remembered asking an elderly couple to take a few pictures for them. She remembered the smile that played on their faces as the gentleman took the camera from her hand and started snapping off photos. The one she had saved was when Cole had lifted her up in his arms and was running through the water. The end result was the two of them sitting in the water laughing so hard.
"Cole no, put me down!" Phoebes laughs echoed across the waters. The slight breeze giving to the waves that lapped gently along the shoreline. They sat there laughing as the older couple approached the edge of the water. "You two ok?" the lady asked as she smiled to them. The gentleman handed Cole the camera, "Hang on to that one Mr." He smiled up at Cole and gave him slight wink. Phoebe turned her head up and looked up as Cole was looking down. She felt the gentle hand on her arm, "Same for you missy. Don't let this one go." Phoebe looked at the older woman in front of her. "I won't thank you for taking the pictures for us."
"Oh Phoebe it won't be that bad." He said as he scooped her up in his arms, as she wrapped her arms around his neck tight.
"This is Prue's sweatshirt, she'll kill us both!" Phoebe tried anything now to get him to put her down as he took another step in the water. Though it was her sisters' sweatshirt.
"Nope sorry. You're going in." he laughed but as he pried her arms from around his neck and went to toss her in, she ended up getting one last grip on his shirt and she pulled him after her.
"Oh yeah great. Though my boyfriend is going to get vanquished by my oldest sister, but its all good." Phoebe laughed as they pulled themselves from the water and wrapped the blanket they had around themselves.
Cole looked down at Phoebe in his arms, "I will."
"You're welcome deary. You remind us of ourseves when we were your age."
"Cole where are you?" she didn't even bother to brush away the tear that was running down her face. But she melted in the arms that she felt around her body drawing her into a loving embrace.
"He'll come back sweetie."
"How do you know? What if they found out what he had done? What if they turn him back?"
Prue pulled Phoebe close as she eased herself and her sister onto the bed, "Because this is Cole. He'll find away to get back to you. He loves you to much to let anything get in his way now."
"I hope so. I'm scared Prue. I don't know what I'd do without him."
Prue ran her hand over the top of her sister head as she tried to lull her to sleep.
Out of pure instinct Phoebe found herself curled up and giving into the gentle rubbing motion Prue had on her back. "Don't let me go." She said as she snuggled up to her older sister.
"I won't. Now go to sleep. I'll be right here when you wake up sweetie. And then tomorrow we can look for him."
"I love him so much."
"I know." Prue didn't know what else to say. So she just held her sister letting her know that for now she was there for her.
