Twice in Two Lifetimes

Chapter VI

"Well, that's a world gone mad! You, trying to turn me from evil," Phoebe exclaimed, looking at Cole with an amused expression.

"Why is that," he asked, even as he smiled frankly for the first time of the evening.

"I did a few times…"

Phoebe traced the smile with her finger, just glad to see him happier.

"You should do that more, sweetie. And as for saving me from evil, let's just say that you were not always successful…"

"Ouch! And there I thought that I had done good."

Phoebe chuckled:

"Ok, let's say that you got brownie points for trying…"

"You are too kind," he answered, lifting his eyebrows comically." Now, however, I am very curious to know if I was successful in the past, and most of all, who was trying to kill us?"

"Oh, I'll get to that," Phoebe replied, while leaning toward him. "But are you sure that we could not do something more stimulating first?" This, as she began depositing light kisses on his neck, slowly working her way up to his lips.

"Hum, I see your point," he said, just before he pulled her on his lap.

"Can't we just go home and well, finish this there,"

She added suggestively.

"Are we ok?" He still asked, in spite of a strong urge to just forget about it.

"You know what," she whispered against his lips, "right now, I think that we are more than ok."

At this point, he did not feel like arguing this at all, as he kissed her hungrily. It had been so long already…

"Hey guys!"

Reluctantly, Phoebe pulled away from their embrace and looked at Paige with more than a little annoyance.

"Paige!"

"Oh sorry, I see that things got better," she replied with a sheepish smile. "I just came back to tell you that I mostly finished the cleaning, and I thought that I could bring Jason back home?"

"Thanks Paige, but we are not quite done here…"

Paige chuckled:

"Oh, I can see that…"

Phoebe grimaced at her.

"Anyway, Jason can still stay here for a while, it's fine. Besides, Piper said that she wanted to try her hand at babysitting some more."

"Oh well, I could not sleep, you see…"

Phoebe understood that she did not feel like being alone now, and although she would have preferred to continue their little interlude, she did not have the heart to send her away.

Casting an apologizing glance toward Cole, she reluctantly invited her sister to stay.

"Are you sure? I mean…"

"Oh, it's ok, Paige. We were just recalling another past life…"

Paige came to sit hesitantly on a chair nearby.

"Well, that looked to be pretty…Exciting."

"Paige!"

"Oh alright, I'm shutting up."

Although he felt a little frustration, Cole could not help smiling at the sisters' banter.

Phoebe sat back on the couch, and she resumed the story up till then for Paige's benefit. Then she continued where she had left off.