An New chapter. Thanks for the reviews I have a slight feeling that she shouldn't marry John, am I right? Lol. By the way to Luke-Gilmore I don't think I could write one of those fics to be honest. Makes me feel dirty hehe.

Disclaimer Don't own it, nope I own nothing apart from the words Cole, Paige and er well anything that appears in Charmed.

Uninvited

She had accepted. She had bloody, accepted. And now Cole was stood in the conservatory of the manor slowly arranging the champagne glasses on the table for the wedding tomorrow. At first the reception was going to be at P3 but Paige had wanted it to be at the manor, she felt more comfortable there. Piper, who had only recently learning about what had happened between Paige and Cole to cause the tension, had made him help out. Absent-mindedly he had agreed and somehow he had been roped in to sorting glasses and working with Leo and Adam to prepare the archway, which Paige would walk underneath in the morning in her dress. Everything was white and gold, Johns idea. Cole delicately ran a hand over the glasses and glanced up as Piper walked into the room, robotically he gave her a smile

"Finished" He said, Piper nodded and put down the plates she was holding. "Anything else you want me to do?" he looked at her as she narrowed her eyes in thought,

"Actually, there is Cole" She spoke harshly, and from history with her Cole knew something was bothering her. Slowly he walked around the table, "I want you to stop lying to yourself, Jenny, Paige and John" she smoothed the table cloth with her hand before turning her head to the demon,

"What do you mean?" He asked, he knew exactly what she was talking about but he just wanted to be sure it was the right thing,

"Tell Paige how you feel" Bingo! He was right. Cole shook his head and sat down on the only chair that was free from decoration, boxes, ornaments or presents from people that wouldn't be able to make it, "Why not?, She feels the same for god sake!" Cole was startled at Pipers outburst and looked at her beneath lowered eyebrows,

"She's marrying John tomorrow, besides I'm happy with Jenny. By the way she cant come tomorrow, something to do with a interview" he traced his fingers over a small candle that was laid on the table, he began to spin it within his fingers when Piper took it off him and lent forwards so she was eye-level with him.

"I don't care. I want my sister to be happy. I remember when the two of you were going to be married, she talked non-stop about what was going to happen, when and where. She beamed about how much she loved you, how excited she was and how she couldn't wait no matter how much her nerves were making her feel sick. She has done none of that with John, she smiles at us and says she's excited but a sister knows Cole, and she wants to be swept off her feet by the man she loves. By you." Piper hit her hand lightly on the table at her last sentence, frustrated that they weren't facing up to what they were feeling,

"She divorced me Piper, we fell out of love okay? We were madly in love when we got married and now she has nerves about her wedding that's all. I wanted to be with her yeah I admit that, and a few months ago when me and her nearly…when we…I wanted her then but now things have changed. She loves John, I love Jenny. Whether you or Phoebe or anyone else disagrees then tough shit, me and Paige are over. I've had to deal with it, so now it's your turn" he looked into her eyes to prove his point and as she moved away he stood up, he turned to walk out of the room but Piper grabbed his arm, he spun around.

"Without thinking, tell me the truth, do you love Paige?" Pipers grip was hard, harder than he thought, on his arm and it took Cole a while to figure out what she was saying,

"Yes, always will. We don't stand a chance though, so my love for her is worthless and is just friendship" He shook his arm away and turned, once more, to walk out of the room,

"No love is worthless Cole" He heard Piper say behind him, for a second he paused before he continued out of the room.

"Piper?" In that second Piper froze as Paige's voice penetrated her head, oh shit was all she could think. Taking a breath she turned around,

"Yeah sis?" She looked at her younger sister, her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and she was wearing her tracksuit, two earphones hung around her neck. Hardly the look to say she was going to be married the very next day.

"Why did you say all that to him?" Paige took a few steps towards her eldest sister, "Why did you tell him to say he loved me? I'm getting married tomorrow for god sake, that would complicate things!" Paige knew she wasn't actually angry, she was more confused why Piper could say all the things that she wanted to.

"Because he does Paige, cant you see it? He loves you like he did all that time ago. John was your rebound, bounce off him and go back to Cole. No-one will feel any less of you" Piper countered her, causing Paige to think for a moment for her answer,

"Me and Cole are over. He was right, were friends now. Leave it at that Piper please. And for your information I love John a lot, he isn't a rebound love. He's the one." She walked out of the room and walked upstairs, her heart pounding. Tears threatened to fall, she heard everything. She heard Cole say he still loved her, but only as a friend. She had heard him say he wanted her, but not anymore. He heard him say he loved Jenny, and she loved John. She flopped onto her bed as she got to her room and looked up at the ceiling. She had heard him say they couldn't be, and she knew it was true.

That night Paige danced through the manor, her moves followed closely by the laughs of her sisters. Her hen night was hardly the typical, it was a night in with her sisters really but in her eyes it was perfect. Girls just wanna have fun was playing in the background, full blast and Paige had worn her sisters out with her dancing. She pulled Phoebe up and immediately started dancing with her, Phoebe laughed and joined her sister pulling Piper up. As the track changed the music went dead causing Paige to pout, but a second later All I wanna do blared out from the player which sent Paige off into a dance again.

"Nice moves Paige" A deep masculine voice said from the other side of the room, Paige's heart stopped and started again too many times in a second to be healthy. She turned around and looked at Cole, he was lent on the doorframe holding something rectangular in his hand. Piper walked slowly and turned the music off,

"Join us if you think you can do better then" Phoebe mocked, Cole let out a gentle laugh and shook his head,

"I cant dance to save my life" He flashed them a smile as he walked towards them, Paige watched him

"What are you doing here Cole?" she asked, Cole raised an eyebrow and gave her another secret smile.

"Now is that any way to speak to somebody bearing gifts?" Paige rolled her eyes and looked at him, he held up the gold foil present in his hand "From me and Jenny, we cant make it tomorrow but I thought it would be appropriate to give you a present at least" Piper nudged Phoebe with her elbow and without a word the two eldest females made their way out of the room. Carefully and slowly Paige took the present from Cole, their fingers grazing lightly, and put it on the table. She pulled at the top she was wearing,

"Why cant you come?" She asked, Cole gave her a look with his eyes to say 'you're my ex wife, and your asking why I cant come to your second wedding?'

"Because Jenny has an interview and I want to be there for her" He replied looking down at the present on the table, "I chose it so it's not that good" Paige shrugged and looked around the room, deeply disappointed that he wasn't going to be there. The again why would he come? It was her wedding, and if what he said about loving her was true then…

"Do you still love me?" Cole seemed to stumble backwards at her question, he was struck with shock and he wasn't sure if it was a trick question or not. He decided to go with the lie he had been telling himself for the past year,

"Course I do, you're one of my closest friends Paige" He watched her reaction and realized that wasn't the answer she wanted,

"No Cole dammit why do you have to complicate things. You know I dont mean a friendship love, I mean how we used to" She took a step towards him, "I still love you" She paused with a intake of breath "Okay that I didn't mean to say"

"Why are you marrying John then Paige? For god sake you cant be getting married to somebody and tell your ex you love them the night before" Paige could tell she had upset him. Why is it that three simple words like that could cause so many emotions from a single person? Paige blinked a few times,

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say it Cole" She looked away, her gaze after wandering finally settled on the couch. It was a long silence before any movement was made, and that movement made Paige feel as though she was floating. She moved her head into his cupped hand,

"Look at me Paige" Slowly she moved her hazel eyes from focusing on the floor to meet his blue ones, "I love you too, I mean I still do. Haven't stopped if I'm being honest. But you know we cant work, so marry John be happy. He can give you things I cant" Cole spoke in his low voice that made her feel like she was lifting from the ground, the voice that could break a thousand hearts.

"He can give me things yeah Cole, but he cant give me the love you did" She whispered, shocking herself how honest she was being. Cole watched her, it was tearing him apart seeing her so confused, so lost.

"Don't do this Paige, your just hurting yourself. You know I hate to see you like this" His thumb lightly grazed her cheek a moment longer before he let go of her, he head stayed tilted to the side. Gently she put her hands onto his chest, holding his shirt in her pale hands,

"Then make me feel something else Cole. Just…" Okay I'm begging for him to sleep with me, yeah - time to shut up. Cole paused, he knew what she had been wanting to ask before she stopped herself. Problem was, he was considering it.

"It's the night before your wedding Paige" He was fighting something he wanted and he knew it. Carefully she let go of his shirt, her hands trailing down his chest,

"I know" she licked her dry lips, Cole watched her lips for a moment wanting to be able to kiss them "Thanks for bringing the present…I guess since I wont see you tomorrow I'll -" Her sentence was cut short by the heavy feeling of Cole's lips on hers. Confused she wrapped her arms around his neck before pulling away, her lips still close to his "I'll see you when you…come and…see Ben" She couldn't get her words out, Coles eyes were looking right into hers,

"Yeah" He said quietly, his lips making their way to her neck. He gently kissed the soft skin and waited for a response from Paige which he got immediately from contact. A sharp gasp and he was pulled closer.

"Cole…we cant I mean I want to but…Cole stop kissing me and listen" her breath was becoming deeper and more strained but he moved his lips from her weak spot and looked at her,

"I know. Just one last time?" Paige was shocked for a moment. Was he really suggesting this? She paused for a long time causing Cole to pull away from her, "I'm sorry Paige, I wasn't thinking. Ignore me hun" He smiled at her, not that she noticed she still seemed to be in a dream like state. Thinking purely of what had just happened in the last five minutes, "Look I should go you need your sleep" He took a step back from her but was prevented from shimmering out when Paige grabbed his arm again and turned her eyes to him,

"One last time" She spoke softly as she pulled him closer, crashing her lips against his and orbing them both upstairs.

Piper and Phoebe stood frozen as they watched the blue lights die away. The eldest turning to her sister, the same look on her face as she had when she walked in on Phoebe in the shower. Pure shock.

"Should we..?" Worry was in the voice of the eldest sister.

"No" Stubborn reply. Piper rolled her eyes, why was she always the sensible one

"What if..?" Phoebe didnt give her time to finish and cut her off by putting her hand against Pipers mouth

"No" Piper removed her sisters hand, narrowing her eyes

"Phoebe…"

"She's a big girl now. All we need to do is stay quiet and make sure John doesn't come home early" Phoebe tugged on her sisters arm making her move,

"Told you she loved him more than John" Piper grinned, bathing in the glow of being right.

AN Oooooh there ya go. You wanted it, you got it. Read, review, be nice and come back soon. Lol I feel all posh saying that. Review.