Chapter 5: An Old Flame
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Phoebe crept downstairs; she knew that she had slept late, so her sisters would be awake. She also knew that they probably had figured out that she snuck out the night before. At least they didn't know why.
"Phoebe!" Piper exclaimed seeing Phoebe try to sneak past them, "Where were you last night?"
"A bar?" Phoebe suggested, "Yeah, a bar. I wanted to drown my sorrows. You know very well how Cole told me that we couldn't see each other anymore…" her voice trailed off. She had almost let a lone tear fall from her eye, even though Cole and her had gotten back together, it still pained her to think about it.
"You got drunk over him?!" Prue asked, more like stated.
"Phoebe." Piper said more calmly, "Whenever you want to talk about something…you know I'll be here. Please, don't go and get drunk over it."
"Who said I got drunk?" Phoebe asked, "I only had a little alcohol and some water. I had to drive home." She couldn't stand lying to her sisters, but she couldn't bear to find out what they would do if she had gone to Cole (which she did) despite the dangers.
"Do you want to talk now?" Piper asked and put her hand to her mouth.
"No." Phoebe said and looked away. She knew that if she sat down to talk with Piper she would just blab everything.
"Do you want any breakfast?" Prue asked.
"No." Phoebe said again.
"Well what do you want?" Piper questioned insistently.
"To be left alone." Phoebe stated simply and walked out of the room.
She flew the door to the bathroom over and went in. She stood there and began to cry. The mixed feelings surrounded her.
Cole sat on the dirt-covered ground of the Mausoleum with his back against the wall. A song he had heard on the radio when he was with Phoebe a while ago kept running through his head. Somehow it related with him so much. He started to sing to himself, "Though my love is great, though my love is true. I'm like a bird, I only fly away, I don't know where my soul is, I don't know where my home is. And baby all I need for you to know is, I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away, I don't know where my soul is, I don't know whe-…" he stopped at the sound of footsteps behind him. He spun toward the steps into the Mausoleum. "Who's there?" he called out, "Phoebe?"
"Who's Phoebe?" the voice said. He recognized the voice and his heart sunk.
"Renheria." He stated with distaste.
"Please, call me Ren." She said as she came down the steps and into view.
"No." he hissed, his jaw clenched, "I will not call you anything. I don't want you here! Leave or I will force you to leave."
"Oh baby. Don't treat me that way." She said with a fake air of sweetness, "You know you want me. We were supposed to be together, until the triad intervened."
"That's not true!" he shouted in defense, "You wanted me-,"
"How could I not?" she interrupted, smirking.
"Ren, you're obsessed. I turned to the triad to get away from you." He stated, "Now you know. Maybe, I was attracted to you, but that's all way in the past. My feelings for you stopped when you became obsessed with me, with us. That is when I turned to them. I admit I shouldn't have done that; it just led me into more trouble. But, maybe it was destiny," he began talking to himself, "that is how I met Phoebe."
"Phoebe?" she snapped, "The one you thought I was. Who is she Belthazor?"
"She's none of your business, that's who she is." He snapped back.
"Humph!" she sighed, "Competition I see."
"Leave." He demanded.
"Sure, darling. Whatever you ask me." She smiled, "Just know that I will be back." With that the firey haired, brilliant eyed demoness left the mausoleum.
Cole sighed, mainly out of relief. She was gone.
He sat on the ground for awhile, wondering what he was going to do to stop Renherina. Then he went on to think, What if she finds Phoebe? What will happen? What if she kills her? No, I can't put Phoebe in that danger. I have to kill Ren.
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Phoebe sighed and looked at the clock hanging on the wall at P3. She sat at the bar and looked at Piper who was behind the counter fixing a drink.
"He's late." Phoebe said.
"Cole?!" Piper asked, shoked.
"No " Phoebe lied.
"Then, whom, may I ask is late?" Piper questioned, her eyebrows raised.
"This guy I know," Phoebe looked downward, she hated lying to her sister, "He's in one of my classes and was supposed to drop my notes off."
Cole had called her from a cell phone earlier and said that he wanted to see her. He had said that he would be at P3 at nine-thirty. She didn't know how he would avoid Piper or Prue seeing him, maybe that was even part of his plan. It was ten o'clock.
"Okay, why here?" Piper asked.
"Um I knew I'd be here?" Phoebe suggested.
Piper rolled her eyes and went to help a customer.
"Piper!" Phoebe said, she was about to tell her sister the truth. Although, Piper didn't hear her call, so the words of truth were never spoken.
"Phoebe." She heard from behind her.
"Cole." She said turning around, "I was worried when you didn't show up."
"I-uh-I'm sorry Phoebe." He said putting his arm around her.
"It's okay, I'm just glad you're not hurt." She told him, offering a smile.
"Let's get out of here." He spoke in a whisper and pulled her along behind him and out the door.
They walked outside to the ally way behind P3. "If you don't mind me asking," Phoebe started, "Why were you late?"
"I guess I just lost track of time." He lied, even though he knew very well he lost track of time only because of Ren's visit.
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Phoebe crept downstairs; she knew that she had slept late, so her sisters would be awake. She also knew that they probably had figured out that she snuck out the night before. At least they didn't know why.
"Phoebe!" Piper exclaimed seeing Phoebe try to sneak past them, "Where were you last night?"
"A bar?" Phoebe suggested, "Yeah, a bar. I wanted to drown my sorrows. You know very well how Cole told me that we couldn't see each other anymore…" her voice trailed off. She had almost let a lone tear fall from her eye, even though Cole and her had gotten back together, it still pained her to think about it.
"You got drunk over him?!" Prue asked, more like stated.
"Phoebe." Piper said more calmly, "Whenever you want to talk about something…you know I'll be here. Please, don't go and get drunk over it."
"Who said I got drunk?" Phoebe asked, "I only had a little alcohol and some water. I had to drive home." She couldn't stand lying to her sisters, but she couldn't bear to find out what they would do if she had gone to Cole (which she did) despite the dangers.
"Do you want to talk now?" Piper asked and put her hand to her mouth.
"No." Phoebe said and looked away. She knew that if she sat down to talk with Piper she would just blab everything.
"Do you want any breakfast?" Prue asked.
"No." Phoebe said again.
"Well what do you want?" Piper questioned insistently.
"To be left alone." Phoebe stated simply and walked out of the room.
She flew the door to the bathroom over and went in. She stood there and began to cry. The mixed feelings surrounded her.
Cole sat on the dirt-covered ground of the Mausoleum with his back against the wall. A song he had heard on the radio when he was with Phoebe a while ago kept running through his head. Somehow it related with him so much. He started to sing to himself, "Though my love is great, though my love is true. I'm like a bird, I only fly away, I don't know where my soul is, I don't know where my home is. And baby all I need for you to know is, I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away, I don't know where my soul is, I don't know whe-…" he stopped at the sound of footsteps behind him. He spun toward the steps into the Mausoleum. "Who's there?" he called out, "Phoebe?"
"Who's Phoebe?" the voice said. He recognized the voice and his heart sunk.
"Renheria." He stated with distaste.
"Please, call me Ren." She said as she came down the steps and into view.
"No." he hissed, his jaw clenched, "I will not call you anything. I don't want you here! Leave or I will force you to leave."
"Oh baby. Don't treat me that way." She said with a fake air of sweetness, "You know you want me. We were supposed to be together, until the triad intervened."
"That's not true!" he shouted in defense, "You wanted me-,"
"How could I not?" she interrupted, smirking.
"Ren, you're obsessed. I turned to the triad to get away from you." He stated, "Now you know. Maybe, I was attracted to you, but that's all way in the past. My feelings for you stopped when you became obsessed with me, with us. That is when I turned to them. I admit I shouldn't have done that; it just led me into more trouble. But, maybe it was destiny," he began talking to himself, "that is how I met Phoebe."
"Phoebe?" she snapped, "The one you thought I was. Who is she Belthazor?"
"She's none of your business, that's who she is." He snapped back.
"Humph!" she sighed, "Competition I see."
"Leave." He demanded.
"Sure, darling. Whatever you ask me." She smiled, "Just know that I will be back." With that the firey haired, brilliant eyed demoness left the mausoleum.
Cole sighed, mainly out of relief. She was gone.
He sat on the ground for awhile, wondering what he was going to do to stop Renherina. Then he went on to think, What if she finds Phoebe? What will happen? What if she kills her? No, I can't put Phoebe in that danger. I have to kill Ren.
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Phoebe sighed and looked at the clock hanging on the wall at P3. She sat at the bar and looked at Piper who was behind the counter fixing a drink.
"He's late." Phoebe said.
"Cole?!" Piper asked, shoked.
"No " Phoebe lied.
"Then, whom, may I ask is late?" Piper questioned, her eyebrows raised.
"This guy I know," Phoebe looked downward, she hated lying to her sister, "He's in one of my classes and was supposed to drop my notes off."
Cole had called her from a cell phone earlier and said that he wanted to see her. He had said that he would be at P3 at nine-thirty. She didn't know how he would avoid Piper or Prue seeing him, maybe that was even part of his plan. It was ten o'clock.
"Okay, why here?" Piper asked.
"Um I knew I'd be here?" Phoebe suggested.
Piper rolled her eyes and went to help a customer.
"Piper!" Phoebe said, she was about to tell her sister the truth. Although, Piper didn't hear her call, so the words of truth were never spoken.
"Phoebe." She heard from behind her.
"Cole." She said turning around, "I was worried when you didn't show up."
"I-uh-I'm sorry Phoebe." He said putting his arm around her.
"It's okay, I'm just glad you're not hurt." She told him, offering a smile.
"Let's get out of here." He spoke in a whisper and pulled her along behind him and out the door.
They walked outside to the ally way behind P3. "If you don't mind me asking," Phoebe started, "Why were you late?"
"I guess I just lost track of time." He lied, even though he knew very well he lost track of time only because of Ren's visit.