Phoebe rubbed her temples. Her and Cole had been arguing for an hour now, at least. He didn't bring Prue with him when he came over to talk to her and the only other person at home was Piper, who was not going to be meddling and stopping the arguing. Her throat hurt from all the screaming she'd done. She seemed to be screaming at him for everything he'd ever done to her. She didn't want to be yelling. Honestly, she was tired of it and she was worried that Cole would take this as a sign that they couldn't get along. Not that it bothered her that much if he thought that, she was bothered by the fact that those thoughts would mean that she wasn't going to see her daughter. She took a deep breath.

The arguing had subsided, thankfully, and they were just sitting in a silence now. Well, she was sitting on her bed, and Cole was leaning against the door. Their eyes locked when she looked up at him, but he looked away quickly.

"Look, Phoebe-" "Don't."

It was quiet for a while. She was happy to have this time to reflect on everything that she'd said. Now that she thought about it, if she was in his position, she would've never let him see their daughter. She wouldn't have done it then, and she definitely wouldn't have done it after what had just happened. She told him she'd never forgive him for robbing her of her daughter's first three and a half years, and that no matter what, nothing would ever change what he'd done in the past. He could claim to have changed all he wanted, but she told him that what he did when he was the Source, and what he'd done since their daughter's birth, was unforgivable.

She now realized that it was best not to irritate Cole in that way, because he'd pointed out that she killed him. He'd pointed out that she was the one who threatened to never allow him to see their daughter. She was the one who gave up and forced him to sign divorce papers. He also mentioned being possessed by the Source, but she didn't know if she believed that. She didn't know if she could believe that. That would make all of this her fault, and despite all the blame Cole had been trying to put on her today, she refused to think this was her fault. Yet, if he'd been possessed ... then he wouldn't have had anything to do with making her Queen or trying to kill her sisters. That would mean she'd killed him without trying to help him. She'd punished him further after he tried to come back for her and their baby. She'd given up on them and punished him for something that was beyond his control, and she refused to believe that.

"I just.. can't. I can't just put her into your life like that. She's a little girl, she needs stability. I need to know that this is all going to work out. We can't just keep arguing like this until you decide that you can't stand me again, and then she doesn't get to see you anymore. If you enter her life, that's it. You're in it for good. We're a package deal. Whenever you see her, you see me. You can't keep screaming at me and threatening me. We both know you're not going to be able to take her away from me. If you want to be in her life, you need to swallow your damn pride and do what I want. She lives with me. I'm in charge of her and you don't get to make decisions. Do you understand that? If I say no to something, you can't say yes. If I say she doesn't know about magic, you can't argue."

Phoebe stared at her ex. This all seemed very cruel to her. Why did he get to make all the choices in their daughter's life? It wasn't as if he was the one who'd carried her for nine months. Who did he think he was? Telling her to abide by his rules. Jackass. She wasn't the one who ruined them, he was. How dare he bring himself into this? She had a natural right to see her daughter, to bond with her. Despite how unfair this all seemed to her, she nodded her head. If she didn't abide by his rules, she would never get to see her daughter.

"Good. So, I think there needs to be a few more of these conversations. We need to work out all these issues. You need to forgive me." "It's not that easy. You hurt me so, so, so much." He nodded at her, "I know that, but this is a two way thing, Phoebe. You need to let it go, I did." She took a deep breath, "Cole, we can't be together. This doesn't change anything." Cole groaned and ran his hands through his hair, "Why is everything I do about getting you back? I'm not doing this for you or for us. I'm doing this for Prue." She just stared at her ex. Wasn't that the reason he was here? Had she really miscalculated? She'd thought the reason he was dragging this out by wanting to talk to her was that he wanted her back. Why else would he not simply allow her to see her own child? She blinked. In all the time she'd known Cole, he's never not wanted her. She couldn't believe it. Although, it seemed selfish to believe that he was pining for her this whole time when she hadn't been. She somehow just assumed he had been. "Look, maybe we can continue this some other time. I need to go pick up Prue before Jake decides to conclude what he wants and interrogate me about it."

She simply stared at her ex as he left.

A/N: Hey :) Okay, so another filler. I hope it was enough for now. It's just a short little chapter necessary for the story's development. I know you mat feel as though there's some Phoebe-bashing here, but trust me, I don't hate her. I love her character, I just felt like the later seasons had her as extremely selfish. And anyway, I hate how she treated him (how everyone treated him) in season five. Since season five doesn't exist in my world, they have this anger built up. Well, you'll see.