Chapter 9

Days went by and Phoebe's condition still didn't improve. She did open her eyes, but showed no response. Cole sat with her every day. Piper cooked all of Phoebe's favorite meals, but Phoebe wouldn't take one bite. Paige would sing her their favorite songs, but Phoebe wouldn't join her.

It was Leo who got Phoebe talking. Cole had gone to take a shower and the girls were downstairs. Leo orbed into Phoebe's room and sat down on her bed.

"Phoebe, talk to me. You are safe now, you know that, don't you?"

"Leo?" Phoebe whispered and blinked, realizing for the first time that she was home.

"Leo, what happened?" she asked weakly and Leo told her everything. How they thought that she was dead, how Cole had moved in and how Cole and himself went to the underworld and brought her back, once they fond out that she was still alive.

Phoebe started to cry and then she told Leo how Demons would come and torture her and how scared she was. How dark lighters would come and kill their victims in front of her eyes and how she could do nothing against it.

Cole, who had gotten out of the shower, listened to Phoebe. He couldn't face her. All this sounded too horrible and it was all because of him. He wondered if she would ever forgive him. And then something amazing happened. She asked Leo for him, she wanted to see him. Slowly he came into her room.

"I'm right here, baby. I'm right here." he answered and looked at her. A light twinkled in her eyes for the first time in days.

"Ah, Cole, you are naked." she replied and now smiled.

Cole looked down and realized that Phoebe was right. Quickly he shimmered out, leaving Phoebe and Leo smiling at each other. Leo orbed out to see Paige and Piper and minutes later Cole shimmered back in. Dressed, this time, but still looking a little blushed.

"Cole, please hold me. " Phoebe asked and Cole went to her and hugged her.

"Cole, will you always hold me?"

"I'll never let you go, Phoebe, I'll never let you go." And this time he didn't.

The end



I want to thank all of you for the wonderful feedback. It really kept me going and thanks to you guys, I enjoyed writing this story more then I thought I would. And thank you for not complaining about my "poor" English. It isn't always easy to express everything in a language other then German.

I already started to work on a new P/C fic and will post it asap, if you guys think you can handle another one.

Shimmer forever.

Sonja