Part 8 of

Phoebe and Cole- Another AU

Phoebe sat nercously with Prue waiting for the guys to show. She knew Cole had been ok with the double date idea, but she wasn't sure if A.J. was completely ok with it. She was pretty sure that he had wanted some alone time with Prue. But if the date went well, he would get what he wanted. Prue kept talking about how great A.J. seemed to be and how she wanted to see him as soon as possible.

"Prue, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yeah.", she answered too quickly. And too sure of herself.

"Tell me why you couldn't go with Leo and Piper?"

"Not exactly a normal relationship. You never know when he's going to have to pop out because of the whole job situction. So if you don't mind... Really, I won't if you don't want to. Or Cole. If he doesn't want to do this then we don't have to. I just could use some sisterly support while I'm there."

"And you think that I would be good support? Boy have you got yourself twisted in a knot. I think that Piper would be alot better at thi- " Phoebe had been interupted by the sound of the bell chiming through out the house. She guessed that A.J. would be there first so volunteered to get the door and set off to do her task. She opened the door and the man had turned around so she couldn't clearly see who it was, but he wasn't a blonde so she knew who it was. "Cole?"

He turned to face her and said, "Hey...." He kissed her quickly and then entered the house. "Please tell me Piper and Prue haven't talked today."

"Well, they had a huge fight about who got the last of the strawberry shortcake, started hitting each other and ended up in seperate rooms at the hospital so I'm guessing that Prue never heard what you said about the wicked witch of the west..."

"What?"

"Prue doesn't know." She kissed him and whispered in his ear, "Your secret is safe with us!"

"So.. where us this lovely A.J. that shall be gracing us with his presence?"

"MIA... He's late. I expected you to be late. Fashionably late... You usually have a way of doing that or just surprising me. It works very well in your favor, you know. Very, very well!"

"Ok, don't get gross!", Prue called out. "Why isn't he here?"

Phoebe rolled her eyes (I'm getting a Deja vu) and shouted, "He'll be here! Don't worry!" She pulled Cole into the living room and he sat down, pulling her onto his lap. He whispered into her ear, "By the way, you look goergous!"

He was right. Phoebe looked the way she felt; simple yet lovely. She wore a red tank top with black leather pants that were pretty tight. She had on black sandal heels and a black leather jacket. Her hair was down that night and was doing a half wavy, half crimpy type thing. Cole wore his normal atire. Not much change in his wardrobe, but the way he felt was another story....

Ever since he had started seeing Phoebe he became a happier person. And it wasn't just a vicotry happy, it was a genuine happy. When he was around her, he became very insecure and too worried about rejection. He seemed to be a completely different person around Phoebe and he knew exactly what the word was for the way he felt. Love. He had completely fallen head over heels in love in under a week with a witch. And he didn't want it to ever end....

Phoebe looked at the man she sat upon and smiled. She couldn't believe the guy that she had met. What's more, she had told him one of her biggest secrets and he wasn't leaving. He wasn't like most other guys. She felt safe lying in his arms every morning. She liked how he knew just what to say to please her and just what to do to comfort her and she had only know him for a week. She wished her sisters trusted him more, but it was only a week ago that they had their first date. She knew that she was in trouble because she had fallen in love with a guy she didn't know that well. It just seemed right.

The doorbell rang and interupted her thoughts. She looked at how nervous Prue was and got up to answer it. When she opened the door, she muttered a, "Wow..." She gathered her senses about her and remembered that she loved her boyfriend. "Please come on in! Prue hasn't been able to stop talking about you, A.J. You know, you're very late."

"I know... Sorry about that. I had car trouble. You must be Phoebe."

"Yeah... Come on, come on. Cole and Prue are waiting for us." She led him to the room that she had just left and joined her boyfriend. Cole wrapped an arm around her and knew who Prue's date was immediatly. He put on a fake smile and said, "A.J., good to see you again. How is your buieness doing?"

"Good, despite the slight set-back you placed upon us.", A.J. through back. "You still a D.A.?"

"Yeah... Quite some time ago somebody claimed abuse against his company and I represented them... Sorry, man. I didn't really have a choice."

"Whatever happened to freedom of press?", he asked jokingly. He seemed to rememeber that they had reservations at the resteraunt and suggested the go. Phoebe checked the clock and said, "Well... We missed our reservations and so we can't go there anymore. How about we see a movie?"

"Sounds great!", Prue quickly agreed. "But if we are going to do that we should invite Piper and Leo."

Phoebe ducked out of the room and up the stairs, leaving Cole feeling nervous. She appeared down the stairs with Piper in a matter of minutes, saving Cole.

"Leo had to work tonight, so it's us three girls and the two guys!", Phoebe informed.

"Ugh oh.....", Prue chimed. "Last time we did this, the night ended very badly with Phoebe being attacked!"

"Someone attacked you?", Cole asked concerned.

"Yeah, Cupid!", she said sarcastically. "He was a friend of mine and I didn't recognize him so Dan had to come to my rescue. Dan was Piper's boyfriend at the time. And I was the one dateless...."

"I find that hard to believe.", Cole complimented.

"We have to go now!", Prue informed. Everyone glared at her and silently asked how she knew what time they had to be there. "What? I had a back-up ready! This date was not going to be canceled on account of missing the reservations...." The group laughed at her as they grabbed their coats and left the house.