Chapter 19 of
Virtual Heartache... Or Is It?
Phoebe sat at a bench, waiting for Cole. Her legs swang back and forth, back and forth, back and forth as a way to amuse herself to make time pass faster. She saw his car pull up and it made her laugh; taking your car to spend a day of walking. Although, on some level it did make some kind of twisted sense. She controlled her laugh as Cole stepped out of the car.
She stood up as he made his way over to her, sporting a smile that made him look so sexy she thought that she would melt. She smiled slightly, taking her hands out of her coat pocket to hug him. "Hey."
"Hey." He kissed her on the cheek, as if to ask for permisson to really kiss her.
She pulled out of the hug before he could even have the chance to kiss her, almost regretting what she was suppose to do.
"So how are you this morning?"
"Ugh, not to good. You?"
"Fine. What's wrong? Something happen."
"It's those conditions and that agreement that Prue and I came to. I don't really want to talk about it."
"Well, isn't that why you had me come out in the cold?"
"Yeah, sure. Why not."
"Is there something you wanna tell me?"
Phoebe looked into his eyes and could see all the concern that he felt, all the love that he had, all the pain that she was causing. It was too much for her to handle. She almost began crying because he really was human on the inside, and he really was capable of feeling and loving her without hurting her. She thought about the reason she was there, trying to get her to calm down. But it just made her cry even more.
The tears poured from her eyes as if he had died already. She wrapped her arms around herself, pretending that they were his, and began running away. She heard him calling out her name, running to catch up with her. She felt him reach out to her and pull her back. She tried to get out of his embrace, but he was much too strong for her. She remembered the demon in him and finally allowed him to save her.
"Phoebe, what has gotten into you?"
"I just... I can't do it. I love you too much to even try to do it."
"Try what?", he demanded.
"Try and kill you, Cole. I have to kill you!"
Cole let go of her and she turned around. The emotions that his face conveyed were strong and heavy, and they made Phoebe cry even more.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"But I don't believe you."
"Maybe we should go back to your place, so I can explain."
"Yeah right! You just told me that you were trying to kill me, and now you want to go up to my apartment along? You have got to be insane!"
"I promise that I won't hurt you.", she begged.
"And how can I trust you?"
Phoebe hesitated before answering. "Because, I don't have the potion to kill you yet."
~*~*~*~
"You're a witch? I can't believe this. I fell in love with a witch!"
"With a Charmed One."
"Oh, it gets better.", Cole said sarcastically.
"Will you calm down? I already promised that I wouldn't hurt you."
"And I'm suppose to believe that why?"
"Because I love you as much as you love me!", she snapped back. Cole looked at her doubtfully. "Look, I can cast the truth spell if you don't believe me. But I would have to cast it in the manor and I'm sure my sisters would not be too happy with you being there. Besides, I believe everything that you say. Why can't you trust me?"
"I'm not the one trying to kill the person that I love!"
"But at another time it could have been. Listen to me, alright. My sister is the one that wants me to kill you. Piper and I... We tried to defend you. But she is just so stubborn. And I'm not suppose to be here at all. In fact, I wasn't even suppose to lead you away from other people. Prue thinks that you're gonna hurt me. But I don't think that you ever could. Beltahzor, maybe. But not you."
"How do you know all this?"
"You told me."
"What?"
Phoebe nodded her head yes. "Yeah. When I casted the truth spell. And then I broke up with you because a demon and a witch can't be together and you know... I just, I had little faith in us ever becoming something. I never should have told you. Because now I won't be able to see you anymore for real."
"What? Every time something gets tuff you cut out? No wonder you can't find a job."
"Hey! That's not fair." Phoebe started walking towards the door, but Cole suddenly appeared in front of her, stopping her from leaving. "And that's not fair either. I don't have an active power!"
"Sorry. You're right. It wasn't fair of me to say that. But Phoebe, you can't stand there and say that you thought that there is no possible way we could be together."
"Aren't you suppose to be the demon?"
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"It would be easier if you just killed me and my sisters and got it over with."
"You really believe that I would do that? Phoebe, I still love you. What you are doesn't change anything for me-"
"-Or me!"
"- I just wish that you would have told me sooner. Like, when you found out. Were you really gonna sit back while your sisters killed me?"
"Sister and a whitelighter. Me and Piper were gonna have nothing to do with it."
"Hense the only talking to her thing."
"Yeah."
Phoebe stood there, waiting for something to happen. "So why can't we just admit what we want and get it?"
"Because it's not right."
Virtual Heartache... Or Is It?
Phoebe sat at a bench, waiting for Cole. Her legs swang back and forth, back and forth, back and forth as a way to amuse herself to make time pass faster. She saw his car pull up and it made her laugh; taking your car to spend a day of walking. Although, on some level it did make some kind of twisted sense. She controlled her laugh as Cole stepped out of the car.
She stood up as he made his way over to her, sporting a smile that made him look so sexy she thought that she would melt. She smiled slightly, taking her hands out of her coat pocket to hug him. "Hey."
"Hey." He kissed her on the cheek, as if to ask for permisson to really kiss her.
She pulled out of the hug before he could even have the chance to kiss her, almost regretting what she was suppose to do.
"So how are you this morning?"
"Ugh, not to good. You?"
"Fine. What's wrong? Something happen."
"It's those conditions and that agreement that Prue and I came to. I don't really want to talk about it."
"Well, isn't that why you had me come out in the cold?"
"Yeah, sure. Why not."
"Is there something you wanna tell me?"
Phoebe looked into his eyes and could see all the concern that he felt, all the love that he had, all the pain that she was causing. It was too much for her to handle. She almost began crying because he really was human on the inside, and he really was capable of feeling and loving her without hurting her. She thought about the reason she was there, trying to get her to calm down. But it just made her cry even more.
The tears poured from her eyes as if he had died already. She wrapped her arms around herself, pretending that they were his, and began running away. She heard him calling out her name, running to catch up with her. She felt him reach out to her and pull her back. She tried to get out of his embrace, but he was much too strong for her. She remembered the demon in him and finally allowed him to save her.
"Phoebe, what has gotten into you?"
"I just... I can't do it. I love you too much to even try to do it."
"Try what?", he demanded.
"Try and kill you, Cole. I have to kill you!"
Cole let go of her and she turned around. The emotions that his face conveyed were strong and heavy, and they made Phoebe cry even more.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"But I don't believe you."
"Maybe we should go back to your place, so I can explain."
"Yeah right! You just told me that you were trying to kill me, and now you want to go up to my apartment along? You have got to be insane!"
"I promise that I won't hurt you.", she begged.
"And how can I trust you?"
Phoebe hesitated before answering. "Because, I don't have the potion to kill you yet."
~*~*~*~
"You're a witch? I can't believe this. I fell in love with a witch!"
"With a Charmed One."
"Oh, it gets better.", Cole said sarcastically.
"Will you calm down? I already promised that I wouldn't hurt you."
"And I'm suppose to believe that why?"
"Because I love you as much as you love me!", she snapped back. Cole looked at her doubtfully. "Look, I can cast the truth spell if you don't believe me. But I would have to cast it in the manor and I'm sure my sisters would not be too happy with you being there. Besides, I believe everything that you say. Why can't you trust me?"
"I'm not the one trying to kill the person that I love!"
"But at another time it could have been. Listen to me, alright. My sister is the one that wants me to kill you. Piper and I... We tried to defend you. But she is just so stubborn. And I'm not suppose to be here at all. In fact, I wasn't even suppose to lead you away from other people. Prue thinks that you're gonna hurt me. But I don't think that you ever could. Beltahzor, maybe. But not you."
"How do you know all this?"
"You told me."
"What?"
Phoebe nodded her head yes. "Yeah. When I casted the truth spell. And then I broke up with you because a demon and a witch can't be together and you know... I just, I had little faith in us ever becoming something. I never should have told you. Because now I won't be able to see you anymore for real."
"What? Every time something gets tuff you cut out? No wonder you can't find a job."
"Hey! That's not fair." Phoebe started walking towards the door, but Cole suddenly appeared in front of her, stopping her from leaving. "And that's not fair either. I don't have an active power!"
"Sorry. You're right. It wasn't fair of me to say that. But Phoebe, you can't stand there and say that you thought that there is no possible way we could be together."
"Aren't you suppose to be the demon?"
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"It would be easier if you just killed me and my sisters and got it over with."
"You really believe that I would do that? Phoebe, I still love you. What you are doesn't change anything for me-"
"-Or me!"
"- I just wish that you would have told me sooner. Like, when you found out. Were you really gonna sit back while your sisters killed me?"
"Sister and a whitelighter. Me and Piper were gonna have nothing to do with it."
"Hense the only talking to her thing."
"Yeah."
Phoebe stood there, waiting for something to happen. "So why can't we just admit what we want and get it?"
"Because it's not right."