Part 5 of

Better Safe Then Sorry

Phoebe walked around San Fransico. Or at least she thought it was San Fransico. The place looked like the getto. Seriously, she thought that she had walked into one of those movies where the kid comes back and the town is screwed up. It's not like with her life it couldn't happen.

She stopped to help a homeless woman. She was shivering and had no jacket on. It was really early and really cold. She handed her a Cole sweatshirt that she took to remind herself of him. She thanked her and asked for her name. Phoebe smiled at the woman and replied, "Phoebe. Who are you?"

"Leslie. What are you doing out so early?"

"I ran away from home." Phoebe looked at her. She looked very familiar to her and suddenly it struck her. "Leslie?"

"Yes?", she said in a sweet voice.

"Are you by any chance Cole's sister?"

"Yes! How did you know that? How do you know Cole? I'm a little surprised that he isn't dead by now."

"Cole is my boyfriend. I saw a picture of you two together..... He isn't dead. Powerless, but not dead."

"Cole is powerless? How? What happened?"

"A potion that I cooked up. I'm a Charmed One. Are you magic?"

"Yes.... I'm a hald demon also. Or at least I was until a couple months ago. I came into town to look for Cole and some witch had a problem with vanquishing. So all she did was power strip us. I was never evil."

Phoebe smiled and stood up. "I believe you. Would you like to go see your brother?"

"Yes.... I would. Please?"

Phoebe nodded her head. "I'll take you, but you have to go in yourself." Leslie quickly agreed and took off to see her brother.

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"What do you mean you can't sense her? Leo, my sister is gone! Paige! Get down here!"

Paige came down almost as if she had been waiting for her cue. She looked around and saw Cole. She looked at him with disgust and notice the look of disaprovel from Piper and muttered a "Sorry" to him. She didn't hear an acceptance from him and wished she hadn't had a fear of what would happen if she disobeyed Piper. She looked around the room and noticed a missing Phoebe and asked what was wrong.

"Phoebe had run away.", Cole answered. Paige felt embarressed at how she behaved and offered him a hug. It was then that the bell rang.

Paige looked around and said, "I'll get it." She walked to the door and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hi, is Cole here?"

"Ugh... yeah. Come on in." Paige looked at the woman and felt sorry for her. She noticed that the sweatshirt she wore was Cole and figured her to be another past victom's friend. "How do you know him?", she asked as she showed her to the room everyone was in.

"He's sorta my- Oh my god, Cole!" She ran into his arms as he yelled out, "Leslie!"

They hugged for several minutes with the rest standing around them. He broke away and asked, "Leslie? What happened?"

"Oh... I was power stripped a couple months ago and became homeless. Phoebe found me and handed me this shirt and-"

"Phoebe found you? She helped you get here? Where is she?", Cole asked frantically.

"She left. She showed me to the house and then left me behind. Why did she run away?"

Cole handed her the diary and she read it. "Well it's obvious where she went. Where's the place she use to go with the most with Prue? Or the last place she went with Prue... She misses her. Maybe she went to her grave. Something Prue related or to her best thinking place. I was at Sixth Avenue in outertown when she found me. Anywhere near that?"

"Prue's old work place. Come on.", Piper ordered. "Cole, you can stay here if you want or you can and your sister can come with. Paige had work and Leo needs to come. Bye, Paige! We'll see you later, right?"

"Yeah, of course.... Tell Pheebs I say hi." Paige left the manor slightly disapointend that she hadn't been allowed to go along.

Piper, Leo, Cole, and Leslie left to get Phoebe.