Say it with me now! OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just read the Julian might not be leaving the show!!!!!!!!!!!!! Darn, I guess this means I have to apologize for being a bitch...

Part 20 or

Virtual Heartache... Or Is It?

"Wait, you think it's right, either? Then why are you yelling at me for this?"

"Because I haven't had enough time to let it all settle in, yet."

"Oh, right. I need to get home. Prue is gonna get worried, soon."

"You want me to shimmer you there? Wow. Never thought I'd say that to you."

"What?"

"I never thought-"

"No... The part about shimmering."

"It's a power of mine. That's how I got in front of you. There's a lot you should know about me."

"Maybe I should stay here. We could talk about it. Talk about us."

"It's almost one. Don't you think your sisters will be a little suspisous?"

"Only if I don't tell them that we are going out for a lunch. Think about it. They wouldn't know where we were and we would be perfectly safe."

"You know that you are safe around me?"

"Well, that is what you said... Isn't it?"

Cole let out a short sound, and if it had been just a second longer, it would have been a laugh. "I guess it is. Make the call." He handed her his cordless put she refused.

"They might check the caller ID!", she simply explained. She dialed her home phone number and waited. After three rings, someone picked up. "Ugh, hey. It's me. I'm out to lunch with Cole. See ya win I get home!" She quickly hung up after her short talk.

"Machine?"

"No. Them. What? I didn't want to, well... You know. Answer their questions, and what not."

"Smart. Let's go."

"Go where?"

"To lunch?"

"I though that we were just saying that!"

"It doesn't make me any less hungry!"

"Fine. Let's go." Phoebe grabbed her jacket and left the apartment.

~*~*~*~

"Who was that?", Piper asked. She seemed to be not in on visitors of the manor lately. (Chapter.... 7? Prue answered the door and.... Yeah.)

"Phoebe. Said she's going out to lunch. With Cole.", Prue answered, aggravated.

"Ooh. That's not good. Well, at least she's in a public place."

"Yeah. I suppose..."

"You do trust her, right?", Piper asked, seeing Prue's worry.

"Well of course I do. I just don't trust him. Or the idea of them not having supervision. What if she does go back to his apartment with him. She said so herself. She has no control over what she does around him. And probably vis versa. It's just a survival instinct that I developed."

"Oh.", Piper quickly said, still confused.

"Right. I'm gonna go and wait downstairs for a call or something."

"Yeah. Try to have a little more faith in your sister!"

"Yeah, ok. Whatever."

~*~*~*~

"It's not wrong. it's right. We are each other's one chance for love."

"That may be true, but what are the odds of your sisters letting us stay together. Have you tried this cheesecake?"

Phoebe's eyes widened at the word 'cheesecake'- her all time favorite food. "No! How could I have missed you ordering cheesecake?! I love cheesecake!"

"Here, have a bite." Cole leaned across the table, feeding a bite of his dessert to Phoebe. "Good?"

"Cha-ya!", Phoebe sounded immediatly. She heard the song change to 'Crawl' by Thisway, one of her favorite songs. It was so sad and incrediably touching all at the same time. She suddenly seem to quite down and Cole noticed it.

"Something wrong?" He cringed at what he was doing; still caring for a witch.

"No. I just love this song. It's um, it's one of my favorite songs. Sad and touching at the same time. How much more realistic can you get?"

Cole smiled at her. Then, for some strange reason, he grabbed her hand and dragged her onto the dance floor. He wrapped his arms around her and she placed her arms around his neck. He felt at peace there in her arms. He felt... loved? Was it possible for a demon to be loved? By a witch? By a CHARMED witch? He shook the thought out of his head as she started kissing his neck....

Now, was this chapter REALLY bad or something? Or do you guys just not like the way I am going with things? I probably lost a lot of readers when I said that 'we were going to strip Cole's powers' and then the whole 'gotta kill him!' thing...

MKAHJ Pay NO attention to this.... Just a little reminder to me about something.