Part 17 of
Virtual Heartache... Or Is It?
Piper rounded the corner coming down the stairs to the first floor of the house. She saw Prue enter when she did, obviously waiting for her. Piper quickly tried to leave the room before Prue could catch up to her, but failed miserably.
"Piper, wait. This is bigger then the fight. It's about Phoebe." Piper stopped walking and Prue knew that she had gotten to Piper. "Has Phoebe talked to you at all? I can't find her anywhere... She's missing."
"No, she's not. Well, she is, but not in the way that you think she is. That doesn't make sense, does it? Oh well... She left for a walk a couple of hours. Maybe she decided to go to a friend's house or something. I'm sure she will call." The phone rang then as if to prove her point. "See?"
Prue stared at her sister doubtly. It was like when Phoebe had just come home three years ago all of a sudden. She seemed to be staring at her sister through small whisps of bangs and had her red shirt tied around her shoulders. The glare that she sent to her seemed to be just as cruel and unbelievable and unforgiving as it use to, but looked different through the long hair that she now had. Piper weakened under the stare, as she always had. Prue picked up the phone, as only a few seconds had passed despite what Piper felt.
"Hello?", she asked in her bitchy attitude.
"Is Piper there?", a male voice asked.
"Yeah, just a second." Prue couldn't recognize the voice, which only annoyed her even more. She handed the phone over to Piper, defeated.
Piper put the phone to her ear and actually asked, "Hello?"
"Hi, ugh, Piper. It's me, Cole."
"WHAT!", Piper shouted. Her eyes widened in shock. Why was Cole calling her? "What do you want? Why are YOU calling me? Wait, what?"
"Yeah, good to talk to you, too. Look, I just wanted to call and say that Phoebe was ok. She's here at the moment, sleeping. When she got here she said that she should call you and so I thought that I should talk to you. Something about having a fight with Prue and Leo..."
"Thank you, Cole. I'll be over there to pick her up."
"Don't worry about it. I'll bring her home."
"Umm.. Ok. Just don't tell Prue I let you do this!" She hung up the phone without as much as a goodbye.
~*~*~*~
Cole hung his phone up, all the while looking at the wide awake Phoebe. "You want to tell me why I just lied to your sister?"
Phoebe avoided his eyes, knowing that she would spill everything if she looked into them. "I just.. don't want to go home at the moment. You have a problem with that?"
"Me? No, of course not. I like having you here."
"I thought so." She hugged herself again, trying to warm herself. Cole noticed this and asked, "Cole?"
"Ugh, no.. Just trying to shake a creepy feeling. You wouldn't, by any chance, have, um, some.... No, never mind." Phoebe closed her eyes tightly, trying to block out a sudden pain in her forehead.
"You ok?", Cole asked concerned. He came closer to the shaking body that huddled in the corner of his couch.
"Fine. Can you take me home now?"
"Yeah, sure..."
She looked at him, really looked, and could tell that she had hurt him. "I just suddenly feel like I see Prue's point in the argument."
"You want to make up with your sister?", Cole asked, glad that he wasn't reason she was leaving.
"Nothing odd about that..."
~*~*~*~
"Piper, Prue, Leo! I'm home!", Phoebe called out as she made her way through the manor. (Brain freeze... Can't think of where to go from here. Where's Piper when you need her?) "Where are you?" Prue was the first person to find her in the sunroom. (Does anyone atually know what the rooms are called?)
"Hunny, what is it?", Prue asked. "Something wrong?"
"Ugh, no... Something is right. I think that you are right. I think that we have to vanquish Belthazor."
Prue's expression changed immediatly. "You, ugh, you what?"
"Yeah. I'm gonna look for something in the Book Of Shadows for the spell."
"Found it already. We just need a chunk of Belthazor flesh to finish- "
"That's great. That's not the spell we're using."
"What?", Prue, now joined with Leo and Piper, screamed. "What do you mean?" She looked to Leo and even Piper for support.
"We are going to strip his powers." Phoebe smiled and headed for the stairs.
Virtual Heartache... Or Is It?
Piper rounded the corner coming down the stairs to the first floor of the house. She saw Prue enter when she did, obviously waiting for her. Piper quickly tried to leave the room before Prue could catch up to her, but failed miserably.
"Piper, wait. This is bigger then the fight. It's about Phoebe." Piper stopped walking and Prue knew that she had gotten to Piper. "Has Phoebe talked to you at all? I can't find her anywhere... She's missing."
"No, she's not. Well, she is, but not in the way that you think she is. That doesn't make sense, does it? Oh well... She left for a walk a couple of hours. Maybe she decided to go to a friend's house or something. I'm sure she will call." The phone rang then as if to prove her point. "See?"
Prue stared at her sister doubtly. It was like when Phoebe had just come home three years ago all of a sudden. She seemed to be staring at her sister through small whisps of bangs and had her red shirt tied around her shoulders. The glare that she sent to her seemed to be just as cruel and unbelievable and unforgiving as it use to, but looked different through the long hair that she now had. Piper weakened under the stare, as she always had. Prue picked up the phone, as only a few seconds had passed despite what Piper felt.
"Hello?", she asked in her bitchy attitude.
"Is Piper there?", a male voice asked.
"Yeah, just a second." Prue couldn't recognize the voice, which only annoyed her even more. She handed the phone over to Piper, defeated.
Piper put the phone to her ear and actually asked, "Hello?"
"Hi, ugh, Piper. It's me, Cole."
"WHAT!", Piper shouted. Her eyes widened in shock. Why was Cole calling her? "What do you want? Why are YOU calling me? Wait, what?"
"Yeah, good to talk to you, too. Look, I just wanted to call and say that Phoebe was ok. She's here at the moment, sleeping. When she got here she said that she should call you and so I thought that I should talk to you. Something about having a fight with Prue and Leo..."
"Thank you, Cole. I'll be over there to pick her up."
"Don't worry about it. I'll bring her home."
"Umm.. Ok. Just don't tell Prue I let you do this!" She hung up the phone without as much as a goodbye.
~*~*~*~
Cole hung his phone up, all the while looking at the wide awake Phoebe. "You want to tell me why I just lied to your sister?"
Phoebe avoided his eyes, knowing that she would spill everything if she looked into them. "I just.. don't want to go home at the moment. You have a problem with that?"
"Me? No, of course not. I like having you here."
"I thought so." She hugged herself again, trying to warm herself. Cole noticed this and asked, "Cole?"
"Ugh, no.. Just trying to shake a creepy feeling. You wouldn't, by any chance, have, um, some.... No, never mind." Phoebe closed her eyes tightly, trying to block out a sudden pain in her forehead.
"You ok?", Cole asked concerned. He came closer to the shaking body that huddled in the corner of his couch.
"Fine. Can you take me home now?"
"Yeah, sure..."
She looked at him, really looked, and could tell that she had hurt him. "I just suddenly feel like I see Prue's point in the argument."
"You want to make up with your sister?", Cole asked, glad that he wasn't reason she was leaving.
"Nothing odd about that..."
~*~*~*~
"Piper, Prue, Leo! I'm home!", Phoebe called out as she made her way through the manor. (Brain freeze... Can't think of where to go from here. Where's Piper when you need her?) "Where are you?" Prue was the first person to find her in the sunroom. (Does anyone atually know what the rooms are called?)
"Hunny, what is it?", Prue asked. "Something wrong?"
"Ugh, no... Something is right. I think that you are right. I think that we have to vanquish Belthazor."
Prue's expression changed immediatly. "You, ugh, you what?"
"Yeah. I'm gonna look for something in the Book Of Shadows for the spell."
"Found it already. We just need a chunk of Belthazor flesh to finish- "
"That's great. That's not the spell we're using."
"What?", Prue, now joined with Leo and Piper, screamed. "What do you mean?" She looked to Leo and even Piper for support.
"We are going to strip his powers." Phoebe smiled and headed for the stairs.