Authors Note: well, I'm real sorry about how long it took me to get to the next chapter, but after the accident I wasn't fully recovered, in fact, I wasn't at all recovered, my right side still seemed to freeze up, so I had to undergo some more therapy, and than I went back to school and had to finish up on my thesis or else I wouldn't graduate.
But, thank god, I'm better now, I can almost fully move and I am graduated, so now I have more time. Thank you for all the get well mail I've been getting, you guys rock!!!!
Well, anyway, the show must go on, Hope you like this chapter! (please, ignore all the grammar errors, I didn't proof read it, please, just ignore them)
Barb, this is juts for you J
"ummm, how much do I owe you?" Cole asked, as he parted his lips from hers, "nah, it's on the house" she said. "so, I um, I have a little surprise for Ben here" Cole said as he rustled Ben's hair. "yay!!" Ben yelled, "what did you get him?" Phoebe asked, "you'll see" he said, "well, you aren't going anywhere until you take a bath young man" Phoebe said as she scooped Ben from Cole's arms and began walking out of the kitchen, Cole just watched them. He felt so happy, he really did, despite the fact that he had recently killed a witch, it all seemed to have disappeared, that pain of having killed another human being. The pain in the witches eyes, her struggle and screams seemed all to have vanished when he saw Phoebe and their son. "you coming?" Phoebe asked from the door, Cole looked at her and nodded and ran after them.
David watched the scene in his crystal ball, loathing every minute of it. He hated how Cole's hand curved around Phoebe's waist as they made their way upstairs, he hated how Ben laughed happily at Cole's goofy faces, he hated that Cole was Ben's father. It was unfair to him, Cole hadn't been around for the last four years, and David had been his from the first moment he was born, and he loved the child, he absolutely adored him. It wasn't fair that Cole, having showed up two days ago got all the attention from both Ben and Phoebe.
Phoebe walked into the room where both Ben and Cole were sitting on the bed, she smiled at Cole and grabbed Ben, taking him to the bathroom. Cole quickly followed, as he arrived at the bathroom, Ben was already in the bath tub, while Phoebe began grabbing soaps and shampoos from the cabinets. Cole just watched the scene, silently. She was so good at this whole mother thing, he was amazed at her natural talent. "so, what is it you want to show him?" Phoebe asked as she lathered Ben's hair. Cole looked at her and smiled, "well, I kind of had a free time after work and decided to make a little room for him, at my house" he said happily, he quickly noticed Phoebe's change of mood. "what?" he asked, as he tried to analyze why the sudden frown? "nothing" she quickly said, "something's wrong, tell me" he said, almost afraid of what she was going to say. "tell me" he said, "I just, I think you might be rushing into this" she said, as she poured water on Ben's head, washing out the shampoo. "I don't understand" he said, "nothing, just forget it… can you pass me that towel?" she asked, pointing to the one behind Cole. Cole passed her the towel, but persisted. "I won't forget it, tell me" Cole said. "It's nothing, Cole, it's just, well, you just came back like 3 days ago, I mean, it's a bit fast for you to start setting up rooms for him and stuff" Phoebe said. She couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious, not suspicious, apprehensive was the word. She was frightened really, frightened that he might just want to take him away. "I'm not going away if that's what you're afraid of" Cole said, as he watched Phoebe pick Ben out of the bathtub and carry him out of the bathroom wrapped in the towel. "It's not that Cole, I mean, well, yeah, it is that, what if you leave again?" Phoebe asked. Cole's face contorted into some kind of hurt expression, how could Phoebe think that he would leave, again? "I won't leave" he said as he walked to her and hugged her. Ben watched from the bed happily, his feet dangling from the bed and the towel wrapped around him. Phoebe squirmed and tried to get out of his embrace, "Cole… Not here" she said, but Cole held her tighter, "I won't leave" he said again, kissing her squirming forehead. "Cole…" she said, "I WON'T LEAVE" he said once more, until Phoebe finally surrendered to his embrace, and kept still under his arms. She let out a large sigh and looked up at him. She saw it there, he wasn't going to leave, in his eyes she could only see devotion and commitment, nothing more. She smiled and pecked his lips, he smiled and they both turned to Ben who was now giggling happily. Cole smiled at him and Phoebe quickly separated herself from, embarrassed of the spectacle that had been created in front of Ben. Cole on the other hand wasn't embarrassed at all, and he grabbed her arm, pulling her to him and kissing her deeply. She hesitated at first, but than lost herself in Cole's lips. While Ben giggled happily as he watched his parent's contentment.
David watched the whole scene, he seethed internally, and his hand quickly knocked the crystal ball down, making it shatter. Damn him, damn him to hell! He couldn't believe this was happening to him, he had been there for four whole years, and now Phoebe was trading him in for a man that had abandoned her, a man that hurt so much more that anybody could understand. He paced around the room, only to find himself face to face with his father. "dad! You startled me" he said, as Jim walked into the room. "son, I think we have a situation" he said. "yeah?" David asked, "we might be on to something about Ben" Jim said. "you do? What is it?" David asked worriedly. "we did some investigations, we sent come angels and archangels to check up on what was going on, they found out that somebody did some sort of black magic and found out about Ben, well, by a hunch" Jim explained, "a hunch?" David asked, confused. "somebody, we think it was probably the source, got a hunch that something was going on, and he did his homework" Jim said, alerted. "who could have led him to this "hunch"?" David asked, Jim bowed his head, and nodded, "our prime suspect is… Cole" Jim said. David looked surprised at him, "you think?" he asked, Jim than nodded, "well, it is quite a coincidence that Cole came back ad the boy started having these dreams, and you and I both know, there is no such thing as coincidence" Jim explained. David appeared to be sad, but inside, h was rejoicing, he knew it had to be Cole, he just knew it. "So, do you think that he's still working for the source?" David asked, "we don't know, it might have been some sort of slip up on Cole's behalf, but that's very unlikely, but we're still on it, let's no give any f the Halliwells any information, yet, until we have something concise" Jim explained, as he walked out of David's room. David was gleaming, he was so happy. Happy that Cole might be vanquished, and that Phoebe was probably going to dump him, he was just, so amazingly Happy.