Then And Again
"Are there any more Egg Rolls?", Phoebe asked, a smile on her face. Hours later, the lights had been dimmed and Phoebe and Cole were on the floor, a blanket draped over them. Boxes of Chinease food were scattered all around them, most of it gone and all of it cold. It was about eleven, and each had told the other various stories from the past and various current likes and dislikes. Phoebe had to admit that Cole was a good guy.
"I don't think so, actually.. I think I had the last one forty-five minutes ago. Sorry..." He paused. There was something he wanted to discuss with her, something that he wanted to know about her. He just wasn't sure how to bring it up. "Phoebe.. If we could be serious for a minute.. I want to ask you something.."
She sat up straight, listening to his every word.
"I feel like.. there's something you're not telling me.. Like there's a reason other than you were scared that you ran away from the picnic.. Like there's a reason that you won't talk about how your sister died. That it's all connected.."
She looked away, at her covered feet. She couldn't tell him.. Not yet..
"There is.."
"And..?"
She sighed. "I know things that other people don't.. I see things that other people can't.. I sense things, I touch things.. I do things.", she paused, searching for the right words. "I'm not like other people, Cole. I'm different. I'm special. And so is my cousin and Paige.. and so was my sister.." Stopping again, Phoebe looked up at Cole. "I can't tell you how, but it's what caused me to dream about you for a week.. probably longer before I met you. It's also what caused my sister to die and what caused Paige's finding us. None of this probably makes sense.. but.."
He put a finger to her lips, silencing her. "Shhh.. It's ok.. I understand. It's too hard for you to talk about.." He smiled at her, slowly at first. He leaned forward, gently placing his lips around his finger and onto Phoebe's. He slid his hand down to her waist, pulling her closer to him. He felt her mouth open for him, and he gladly accepted the invitation. His tounge gently lifted hers into his as he brought his hand up to her neck, holding her head and messing up her hair. She placed her hands on each side of his cheek, letting all shyness melt away into his kiss. He pulled away, resting his forehead on hers. "I dreamed about you, too.."
"Wow.. You're getting back pretty late, cuz..", Piper said as Phoebe sat down next to Paige. "What happened..?"
"Nothing like that.", Phoebe answered as she glared. "We just talked.. and kissed.. And talked some more."
"You guys kissed?", Paige asked. "Is he a good kisser?"
Phoebe nodded while Piper questioned something else.
"What did you guys talk about?"
"About us.. Well, him and I.. And about me. I told him a lot of things."
"Like..?", Paige inquired.
Again, Phoebe just shrugged it off. "I told him about myself."
"Phoebe what did you tell him?", Piper demanded, becoming frantic.
"I told him the truth.", she replied simply. She acted as though she hadn't a care in the world.
"About what?", Paige asked. She was just as frantic as Piper, but she was very angry.
"About myself."
"Did you tell him about us?"
Phoebe glared at her cousin. "Are you kidding me? I just met him a week ago! I had trouble kissing him the way I did.. He understood that I couldn't tell him, and you guys should have trusted me to keep our secret." She picked up her purse and stood. "I'm going home. Bye."
Piper and Paige exchanged glances, both feeling equally guilty. They sat there for a couple of minutes, thinking about what had just happened. Each replayed the scene, and each listened to what they had said over and over again. Each time it just seemed to get harsher. Especially in Paige's mind. She wasn't afraid at all to say what she thought, to demand what she wanted to know.
"She's right you know..", Piper interupted the silence. "We should have trusted her not to tell him.. She didn't even want to go out with him."
"I wonder how good of a kisser he is..", Paige said.
The two looked at each other, thinking the same thing. They laughed despite the situation.
"We'll have to apologize later, you know..", Piper pointed out the obvious.
Phoebe sat in her room, on her bed. She thought about what had happened that night. Thought about how she didn't have her older sister any more. Thought about how she should be telling Prue what had happened, should be telling her all of this. Prue should be alive, she should be there. Paige, how ever appreciative Phoebe was, should still be back where she was before she was there. It wasn't fair. Wasn't fair. She wanted to do something about it.
Wanting to do something is different than actually doing something. Phoebe needed to learn this. But she couldn't learn it fast enough, because before I could even start this sentance, she had already gotten off her bed and walked towards the locked walk-in closet where they kept their Book of Shadows. She flipped through the pages, searching for a spell she had seen once or twice. She found it almost instantly, having some sort of connection to the book because of her psycic power. Upon finding the page with the beautifully written rhymes, she started reciting them.
"The bond which was not to be done,
Give me the power to see it undone,
And turn back time,
to whence it begun."
Immediatly engolfed in a swirl of white balls, which left behind white trails, Phoebe stared at the walls in confusion. The next thing she saw not the least bit hazy, was her room. She looked around, seeing her room exactly the way she had just left it a few minutes ago. She laughed- chuckled, really. She should have known it wouldn't have worked- it would be personal gain..
She walked to the door, opening and stepping into the hallway. She immediatly froze: This wasn't her house.
She walked down the hallway, about to break into a run, and into a bedroom. What she saw amazed her, struck her with a lack of voice. She couldn't think of anything to say or do but could feel tears welling in her eyes. Salty, fresh tears. It had worked. There she was.. Prue, she thought..
"Prue..", she repeated her thoughts. "You're alive.."
The young woman that Phoebe was speaking about looked up from the photograph she was examining. The sun was caught in her hair and outlined her structured cheek bones, like an angel or something. The scene seemed to happen in slow motion and multiple times to Phoebe, her breath caught in her throat each time. She had missed this woman so much in the past couple of months, and now.. There she was. Alive.. breathing.. living..
"Oh my god, Prue.. You're alive!", Phoebe said, louder this time. "Oh my god, you're actually.. You're.." She stopped speaking and ran to her older sister, hugging her tight. "Oh my god, I missed you.. So much.."
Prue pulled away, confused. "Pheebs, you feeling ok?"
Tears had fallen onto her cheeks, and she wiped them away, nodding furiously. "It's just.. I.."
"Wait a minute..", Prue started. "Did you cast a spell?"
Phoebe nodded her head, then stopped. "I did.. or.. I will.."
"What?"
"I came here from the future.. I'm not sure how far, but you're dead where I came from.. And I missed you, so.."
"What year is it where you come from?", she asked.
"Um.. 2029."
"Wow..", Prue whispered. "Hunny.. I'm afraid that you've come.. to your past life.", Prue said, nodding.
"What!?!?!?!", Phoebe screamed. Just then, she fainted.
"Phoebe.. Phoebe..", a voice said, gently tapping her cheeks to wake up the girl. Getting no results, the person tried again. "Phoebe!", the person said, more harsh this time.
She started to stir, to wake. She looked around and realized that she was in her room again. Whether she was in the past or the present, she wasn't sure. Her eyes focused on the person who was trying to wake her up. Leo. She had known that she had known him in his past life. He was no surprise to her.
"Phoebe, do you realize what you did?", he asked harshly. She looked up at him, knowing that she was in trouble.
"Yeah, I got myself a lecture coming, don't I?"
He simply nodded.
TBC..
[Scene: Phoebe's Room. She's waking up and Cole's there.]
"Cole, what the hell are you doing her?"
"I'm here to see you.."
"I meant 'here' as in this time era.."
[Scene: Leo and Phoebe are talking in the Sun Room. He's explaining the differences between the two lifes.]
"In your past life, Cole was a demon.. A half demon.. He was sent to kill you, but he couldn't because he fell in love with you.."
[Flashback of Cole trying to kill Phoebe as they kiss in Power Outage as Leo continues.]
"And you fell in love with him.. He's your soulmate, Phoebe.."
[Scene: Season three flashback: Phoebe's kissing Cole at his apartment before they first sleep together]
[Voice Over]"I love you very much, Phoebe.. I swear I do.."
[Scene: Phoebe's standing at the front door, running to him because she's confused.]
[Conversation Continued]"But I don't love you.."