~"I just need directions."
"To where?" he asked.
"To your heart," Phoebe said, her expression not changing.
"That's cute."
"I get cuter," she said, flashing her smile that made guys melt. "I'm Phoebe Halliwell." She offered her hand and he took it, kissing it.
"Cole Turner."
"Are you coming back tomorrow night? It's always good to know that you have a regular customer," Phoebe said.
"I'm only coming back if you're here."
"Well, I will be. So, I can count on seeing you here tomorrow, right?"
"Absolutely. And you just might get those directions you want." He smiled at her, climbed into his car, and drove away.~
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Phoebe walked up to her bedroom. Seconds later, she heard a knock at the door.
"Come in!"
"Hey, Phoebe," Piper said, opening the door. "I need to talk to you. Wait, something's different..." Piper looked around Phoebe's room, noticing that something was missing. "Where are all of your pictures of Cole?"
"I don't know anyone named Cole. Except for the guy I met last night, but..." Phoebe noticed a troubled look on Piper's face. "Something wrong?"
"Um, kind of. You might want to sit down." Piper pulled Phoebe over to the bed and made her sit down. Phoebe had a confused look on her face. "Um, see, I have been living with this for a few days, and I know you probably won't approve, bur you need to know what Prue and I did."
"What do you mean?" Phoebe still wasn't following.
"I mean, we cast a spell...on Cole. We erased his memory so that he wouldn't know who you were. We wanted to see if you guys had true love. And it has led to all of this. You working as a stripper, you being in denial over not knowing Cole--"
"I know Cole. We just met last night. But I have never been in love with him. And I never will be. I don't see him like that."
"Phoebe, I know you want to think that you don't know Cole, but you do. You're just in denial, like you were before, and that had major consequences. You were turned into a banshee, and Cole was the only one to bring you back. But he won't be here this time."
"Piper, listen to me. You and Prue keep talking about Cole like I've known him for months. We just met last night. We haven't even gone out on a date. I don't know who Cole is...seriously. You have to believe me."
"Wait, so you've never met him before?"
"No," Phoebe said, shaking her head.
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Piper ran down the stairs to find Prue.
"I think I found a consequence."
"What are you talking about?" Prue was confused and concerned at the same time.
"The spell didn't just work on Cole. It worked on Phoebe, too. I don't know how, but it did. She has never met Cole before, all of the pictures of him in her room are gone, and she hasn't even noticed. She told me that she never had pictures of Cole, but she did. You've seen them, too."
"Piper, calm down. Ok? We will figure something out. Maybe the spell worked on both of them because the Elders interfered. We never said anything about making Phoebe's memory disappear, but the fact that things are missing...like the pictures in her room. Maybe there is no trace of Cole in her mind or this house anywhere. I'll check in the Book of Shadows."
Prue returned in a few minutes with the Book in her hands. "Remember the part that Phoebe wrote about Cole in here? Well, maybe that's missing, too. I mean, if the Elders did do something, then maybe they are the ones erasing any trace of him from Phoebe's memory." Prue flipped through the Book to the 'Belthazor' page. There was nothing in there about Cole, just about his demonic half. That doesn't make any sense. Maybe we should have Leo check it out. Piper, would you?"
"Yeah." She closed her eyes, and moments later, Leo had orbed into the room. "Leo, we need your help."
"What's wrong?"
"It's Phoebe," Prue said. "Piper went up to her room and noticed that any and all traces of Cole are missing. Now, you know that we cast that spell to make Cole lose his memory, but it seems like Phoebe has, too."
"We think the Elders might have something to do with it," Piper put in. "Would you check for us?"
"I can, but even if they did have something to do with it, the only way it can be broken is if Phoebe finds true love."
"Well, what if she can't? She'll go on believing she never loved, let alone met, Cole before?"
"That's probably how it would end up. However, Cole could break his spell before Phoebe breaks hers, and he would have to try to pull her in. If he can't, Phoebe has a chance of turning over to the dark side. They've been watching, and they are very concerned with her behavior."
"Yeah, well, they're not the only ones," Prue retorted.
"So, we just have to find reversal spells for both of them, right?" Piper asked.
"No. You can't come up with reversal spells. The only way the spells can be broken is for each of them to find true love," Leo said.
"So, then what do we do?"
"We wait," Prue said.
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Cole pulled into the parking lot of Lucky's just in time to see Phoebe going in through the back door. He ran up to her, out of breath.
"Hey," he said. "Told you I'd be here."
"That's great. Just sit at table 13 again, I already told Mark that's where you should sit."
"Who's Mark?"
"The bouncer." Phoebe stopped short when Josh came out the door.
"Hey, hon, you ready?" he asked.
"Of course I am, I just have to get changed."
"Can't wait to see my favorite dancer doing what she does best," he said, flashing her his smile.
"I'll see you later, baby. And if you're good, maybe I'll give you a private show."
Josh smiled as he walked back inside. Phoebe turned back to Cole, "I have to go in and change. Remember, table 13." She flashed him the same smile she gave Josh.
Cole felt hurt. He really liked this girl, and she was already taken. "Actually," he said, "I just remembered that I have to finish something at the office. I'm sorry. I have to go."
The pain was evident in his voice, and Phoebe wanted to run after him. Every part of her mind was telling her to run after him...but she couldn't. Phoebe turned and walked into the club, unhappy.
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Cole closed the door to his apartment and walked into the bedroom. In the far corner he had hung a punching bag, and he vented all of his anger on it. Punch after punch, kick after kick, angry thoughts running through his mind.
'She didn't know that I like her? Was she too stupid to see it, or was she just blinded by Josh? Finally, the one girl I like, and she's taken. God, she's beautiful. Why can't she love me? Why does she have to love him? I love her,' he thought. 'I love her.'
He punched the bag one more time. When he pulled his hand back he saw that his knuckles were a bright red. The room suddenly emanated in a white light, and Cole was face to face with Prue and Piper.
"Cole, what are you doing here?" Piper asked.
"I don't know."
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Cole had explained the whole story to them, saying that the last place he remembered was that he was in his bedroom, punching his punching bag, thinking about how much he loved Phoebe. "But something just doesn't feel right," he said. "It's like during the past few days, I didn't know who Phoebe was. It was like I had met her all over again. And then I went to see her tonight and she was with that guy, Josh. And I ended up here. What is going on?"
"We're not sure," Prue said. "But we can explain why it feels different. It's because it is."
"What are you talking about?" Cole was confused.
"Piper and I cast a spell to make you lose your memory. We did it to see if you and Phoebe truly loved each other. The only way the spell could be broken was if you fell in love with Phoebe again. Unfortunately, we forgot to write in that you would forget all of this, sort of like it never happened. But the spell has had some...consequences. Phoebe has gotten a tattoo, she's gotten her belly button pierced, and she's a stripper. The Elders took the liberty of erasing her memory as well. They used the same spell we used on you, but they used it on Phoebe. You need to get her to fall in love with you again. Before she does anything crazy."
"How am I supposed to do that?"
"How did you do it the first time?" Piper asked.
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"To where?" he asked.
"To your heart," Phoebe said, her expression not changing.
"That's cute."
"I get cuter," she said, flashing her smile that made guys melt. "I'm Phoebe Halliwell." She offered her hand and he took it, kissing it.
"Cole Turner."
"Are you coming back tomorrow night? It's always good to know that you have a regular customer," Phoebe said.
"I'm only coming back if you're here."
"Well, I will be. So, I can count on seeing you here tomorrow, right?"
"Absolutely. And you just might get those directions you want." He smiled at her, climbed into his car, and drove away.~
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Phoebe walked up to her bedroom. Seconds later, she heard a knock at the door.
"Come in!"
"Hey, Phoebe," Piper said, opening the door. "I need to talk to you. Wait, something's different..." Piper looked around Phoebe's room, noticing that something was missing. "Where are all of your pictures of Cole?"
"I don't know anyone named Cole. Except for the guy I met last night, but..." Phoebe noticed a troubled look on Piper's face. "Something wrong?"
"Um, kind of. You might want to sit down." Piper pulled Phoebe over to the bed and made her sit down. Phoebe had a confused look on her face. "Um, see, I have been living with this for a few days, and I know you probably won't approve, bur you need to know what Prue and I did."
"What do you mean?" Phoebe still wasn't following.
"I mean, we cast a spell...on Cole. We erased his memory so that he wouldn't know who you were. We wanted to see if you guys had true love. And it has led to all of this. You working as a stripper, you being in denial over not knowing Cole--"
"I know Cole. We just met last night. But I have never been in love with him. And I never will be. I don't see him like that."
"Phoebe, I know you want to think that you don't know Cole, but you do. You're just in denial, like you were before, and that had major consequences. You were turned into a banshee, and Cole was the only one to bring you back. But he won't be here this time."
"Piper, listen to me. You and Prue keep talking about Cole like I've known him for months. We just met last night. We haven't even gone out on a date. I don't know who Cole is...seriously. You have to believe me."
"Wait, so you've never met him before?"
"No," Phoebe said, shaking her head.
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Piper ran down the stairs to find Prue.
"I think I found a consequence."
"What are you talking about?" Prue was confused and concerned at the same time.
"The spell didn't just work on Cole. It worked on Phoebe, too. I don't know how, but it did. She has never met Cole before, all of the pictures of him in her room are gone, and she hasn't even noticed. She told me that she never had pictures of Cole, but she did. You've seen them, too."
"Piper, calm down. Ok? We will figure something out. Maybe the spell worked on both of them because the Elders interfered. We never said anything about making Phoebe's memory disappear, but the fact that things are missing...like the pictures in her room. Maybe there is no trace of Cole in her mind or this house anywhere. I'll check in the Book of Shadows."
Prue returned in a few minutes with the Book in her hands. "Remember the part that Phoebe wrote about Cole in here? Well, maybe that's missing, too. I mean, if the Elders did do something, then maybe they are the ones erasing any trace of him from Phoebe's memory." Prue flipped through the Book to the 'Belthazor' page. There was nothing in there about Cole, just about his demonic half. That doesn't make any sense. Maybe we should have Leo check it out. Piper, would you?"
"Yeah." She closed her eyes, and moments later, Leo had orbed into the room. "Leo, we need your help."
"What's wrong?"
"It's Phoebe," Prue said. "Piper went up to her room and noticed that any and all traces of Cole are missing. Now, you know that we cast that spell to make Cole lose his memory, but it seems like Phoebe has, too."
"We think the Elders might have something to do with it," Piper put in. "Would you check for us?"
"I can, but even if they did have something to do with it, the only way it can be broken is if Phoebe finds true love."
"Well, what if she can't? She'll go on believing she never loved, let alone met, Cole before?"
"That's probably how it would end up. However, Cole could break his spell before Phoebe breaks hers, and he would have to try to pull her in. If he can't, Phoebe has a chance of turning over to the dark side. They've been watching, and they are very concerned with her behavior."
"Yeah, well, they're not the only ones," Prue retorted.
"So, we just have to find reversal spells for both of them, right?" Piper asked.
"No. You can't come up with reversal spells. The only way the spells can be broken is for each of them to find true love," Leo said.
"So, then what do we do?"
"We wait," Prue said.
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Cole pulled into the parking lot of Lucky's just in time to see Phoebe going in through the back door. He ran up to her, out of breath.
"Hey," he said. "Told you I'd be here."
"That's great. Just sit at table 13 again, I already told Mark that's where you should sit."
"Who's Mark?"
"The bouncer." Phoebe stopped short when Josh came out the door.
"Hey, hon, you ready?" he asked.
"Of course I am, I just have to get changed."
"Can't wait to see my favorite dancer doing what she does best," he said, flashing her his smile.
"I'll see you later, baby. And if you're good, maybe I'll give you a private show."
Josh smiled as he walked back inside. Phoebe turned back to Cole, "I have to go in and change. Remember, table 13." She flashed him the same smile she gave Josh.
Cole felt hurt. He really liked this girl, and she was already taken. "Actually," he said, "I just remembered that I have to finish something at the office. I'm sorry. I have to go."
The pain was evident in his voice, and Phoebe wanted to run after him. Every part of her mind was telling her to run after him...but she couldn't. Phoebe turned and walked into the club, unhappy.
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Cole closed the door to his apartment and walked into the bedroom. In the far corner he had hung a punching bag, and he vented all of his anger on it. Punch after punch, kick after kick, angry thoughts running through his mind.
'She didn't know that I like her? Was she too stupid to see it, or was she just blinded by Josh? Finally, the one girl I like, and she's taken. God, she's beautiful. Why can't she love me? Why does she have to love him? I love her,' he thought. 'I love her.'
He punched the bag one more time. When he pulled his hand back he saw that his knuckles were a bright red. The room suddenly emanated in a white light, and Cole was face to face with Prue and Piper.
"Cole, what are you doing here?" Piper asked.
"I don't know."
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Cole had explained the whole story to them, saying that the last place he remembered was that he was in his bedroom, punching his punching bag, thinking about how much he loved Phoebe. "But something just doesn't feel right," he said. "It's like during the past few days, I didn't know who Phoebe was. It was like I had met her all over again. And then I went to see her tonight and she was with that guy, Josh. And I ended up here. What is going on?"
"We're not sure," Prue said. "But we can explain why it feels different. It's because it is."
"What are you talking about?" Cole was confused.
"Piper and I cast a spell to make you lose your memory. We did it to see if you and Phoebe truly loved each other. The only way the spell could be broken was if you fell in love with Phoebe again. Unfortunately, we forgot to write in that you would forget all of this, sort of like it never happened. But the spell has had some...consequences. Phoebe has gotten a tattoo, she's gotten her belly button pierced, and she's a stripper. The Elders took the liberty of erasing her memory as well. They used the same spell we used on you, but they used it on Phoebe. You need to get her to fall in love with you again. Before she does anything crazy."
"How am I supposed to do that?"
"How did you do it the first time?" Piper asked.
*~* Part 7 will be up sometime soon!!*~*