Chapter 4
"Welcome back, Mr. Turner. It's good to have you on board again." Cole shook hands with his new and old boss and left. He smiled the entire way home. So, here he was, Cole Turner, ADA again. It was almost too easy to get his job back and Cole knew why. As he told Phoebe a long time ago, he was good at what he did. And he really was. He always liked being an ADA, but now he liked it even more. Now his life had a purpose. He would be able to get rid of the bad guys. Cole almost started laughing at this thought. He felt like a cop.
On his way home, to his new apartment, he decided to stop at the grocery store to pick up some things. H was still smiling, thinking about how maybe he should go and see Phoebe, when he bumped into somebody else's shopping cart.
"Excuse me." He heard a female voice say. He looked up and was facing no other then Piper.
"OMG, Cole, I had no idea you were back." Piper almost screamed and hugged him.
"It's good to be back. I have missed you, all of you."
"So, what brought you back?" Piper had noticed that smile on Cole's face and was wondering what it was all about.
"Well, I was happiest here, so I decided to get my life back together here. I even have my old job back."
Piper almost had a heart attack when she heard that.
"You mean you are a demon again?"
Cole's smile turned into laughter.
"No, I'm an ADA again. I just had the interview."
"Oh, Cole, I'm so excited. Wait till Leo hears the news. He'll be so happy to have his buddy back in town."
Cole was just about to ask Piper how Leo was, when he noticed a bag of diapers in Piper's shopping cart.
"Oh, wow, congratulations. So you guys finally have a baby." Cole said and pointed at the diapers. He almost didn't notice Piper turning pale, had this one not started coughing.
"Piper, you all right?"
"I'm fine, thanks. Hey, why don't we go and have a coffee next door at Starbuck's and I'll tell you all about it." Piper couldn't imagine telling Cole in the cereal isle that the one he loved now had a family with somebody else. And it wasn't up to her to tell him that her and Paige thought that he was actually the father.
"So, Piper, is it a boy or a girl?" Cole asked once they had settled down in the coffee house.
"Cole, this isn't easy for me to say, but Leo and I don't have a baby. The diapers are for Phoebe's baby"
After Cole heard that he, thought that maybe his heart would stop beating, but instead he went numb. His Phoebe had a baby. A baby… Of course she would move on, he thought bitterly.
"Cole, listen, it's not like you think. She still loves you. I know she does."
"Don't worry, Piper. I'm okay." Cole had finally found his voice back and he didn't want to show Piper how much he was really hurting. "I'm happy for Phoebe, just a little surprised. Is it a boy or a girl? And who is the father?" Again Cole wasn't sure if his heart was still beating, but then he heard Piper say that it was a boy and that Cupid was the father, so he figured he was still alive.
"Oh, I didn't know. I thought it might be with another white lighter." Cole tired to joke, but Piper could tell that he was hurt.
"It isn't like you think. She still loves you. I know she does. It's just that… Well, she always liked Cupid and when you left he was there for her. She was hurting so badly. And then, next thing she was pregnant."
Cole tried to ignore the pain in his chest, but he couldn't. This was worse then he would have ever imagined. Plus he never thought that Phoebe would get over him that quickly, or better, get over him at all.
"I think I better go."
"No, Cole, wait. Don't you wanna now the babies name?"
"Not really." Cole thought but didn't say anything.
"His name is Ben. Benjamin Victor Halliwell."
Now Cole didn't know what to think. Did she name her baby after his father or did she just like the name Ben?
"That's nice." He heard himself say, still not knowing what to think or say.
"No, Cole, she named him Benjamin, after your father."
"Well, that's really great but doesn't help me. I need to go, take care." And before Piper could say another word, Cole had left.
After Piper got home she tried to find Phoebe to talk to her, but Phoebe was with Cupid so Piper talked to Leo instead, who wasn't very helpful. He thought that she should stay out of this. Cole needed time right now and Phoebe just got her life back together and after their little talk Leo was very quick in orbing out. Piper had to smile, it was obvious how much her husband had missed his friend. Sure, Leo got along great with Cupid, but it couldn't compare to the friendship that Leo had with Cole.
"Welcome back, Mr. Turner. It's good to have you on board again." Cole shook hands with his new and old boss and left. He smiled the entire way home. So, here he was, Cole Turner, ADA again. It was almost too easy to get his job back and Cole knew why. As he told Phoebe a long time ago, he was good at what he did. And he really was. He always liked being an ADA, but now he liked it even more. Now his life had a purpose. He would be able to get rid of the bad guys. Cole almost started laughing at this thought. He felt like a cop.
On his way home, to his new apartment, he decided to stop at the grocery store to pick up some things. H was still smiling, thinking about how maybe he should go and see Phoebe, when he bumped into somebody else's shopping cart.
"Excuse me." He heard a female voice say. He looked up and was facing no other then Piper.
"OMG, Cole, I had no idea you were back." Piper almost screamed and hugged him.
"It's good to be back. I have missed you, all of you."
"So, what brought you back?" Piper had noticed that smile on Cole's face and was wondering what it was all about.
"Well, I was happiest here, so I decided to get my life back together here. I even have my old job back."
Piper almost had a heart attack when she heard that.
"You mean you are a demon again?"
Cole's smile turned into laughter.
"No, I'm an ADA again. I just had the interview."
"Oh, Cole, I'm so excited. Wait till Leo hears the news. He'll be so happy to have his buddy back in town."
Cole was just about to ask Piper how Leo was, when he noticed a bag of diapers in Piper's shopping cart.
"Oh, wow, congratulations. So you guys finally have a baby." Cole said and pointed at the diapers. He almost didn't notice Piper turning pale, had this one not started coughing.
"Piper, you all right?"
"I'm fine, thanks. Hey, why don't we go and have a coffee next door at Starbuck's and I'll tell you all about it." Piper couldn't imagine telling Cole in the cereal isle that the one he loved now had a family with somebody else. And it wasn't up to her to tell him that her and Paige thought that he was actually the father.
"So, Piper, is it a boy or a girl?" Cole asked once they had settled down in the coffee house.
"Cole, this isn't easy for me to say, but Leo and I don't have a baby. The diapers are for Phoebe's baby"
After Cole heard that he, thought that maybe his heart would stop beating, but instead he went numb. His Phoebe had a baby. A baby… Of course she would move on, he thought bitterly.
"Cole, listen, it's not like you think. She still loves you. I know she does."
"Don't worry, Piper. I'm okay." Cole had finally found his voice back and he didn't want to show Piper how much he was really hurting. "I'm happy for Phoebe, just a little surprised. Is it a boy or a girl? And who is the father?" Again Cole wasn't sure if his heart was still beating, but then he heard Piper say that it was a boy and that Cupid was the father, so he figured he was still alive.
"Oh, I didn't know. I thought it might be with another white lighter." Cole tired to joke, but Piper could tell that he was hurt.
"It isn't like you think. She still loves you. I know she does. It's just that… Well, she always liked Cupid and when you left he was there for her. She was hurting so badly. And then, next thing she was pregnant."
Cole tried to ignore the pain in his chest, but he couldn't. This was worse then he would have ever imagined. Plus he never thought that Phoebe would get over him that quickly, or better, get over him at all.
"I think I better go."
"No, Cole, wait. Don't you wanna now the babies name?"
"Not really." Cole thought but didn't say anything.
"His name is Ben. Benjamin Victor Halliwell."
Now Cole didn't know what to think. Did she name her baby after his father or did she just like the name Ben?
"That's nice." He heard himself say, still not knowing what to think or say.
"No, Cole, she named him Benjamin, after your father."
"Well, that's really great but doesn't help me. I need to go, take care." And before Piper could say another word, Cole had left.
After Piper got home she tried to find Phoebe to talk to her, but Phoebe was with Cupid so Piper talked to Leo instead, who wasn't very helpful. He thought that she should stay out of this. Cole needed time right now and Phoebe just got her life back together and after their little talk Leo was very quick in orbing out. Piper had to smile, it was obvious how much her husband had missed his friend. Sure, Leo got along great with Cupid, but it couldn't compare to the friendship that Leo had with Cole.