'How perfect was that meal?'

'It was perfect and I'm not just talking about the food either.'

Phoebe could feel the blush rising up her neck. Soon it would get to her cheeks and she'd look like a complete tomato. She wouldn't have minded if it was Cole sitting opposite her but this was different. It was Matt sitting there, across the table smiling at her. Why did everything have to be so hard? Why couldn't she get over him? He had killed a witch for crying out loud, that should be enough for her to start hating him but she couldn't. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't stop herself from making excuses for him.

'Phoebe…Phoebe?'

Phoebe suddenly came out of her little trance to see Matt looking at her questionally.

'Sorry, I was just…' She trailed off not knowing quite what to say. 'What is it?' she asked hoping he didn't pursue her whole dreamworld thing any further.

'I was just asking if you wanted to go someplace else, you know, get a coffee or something. We could go back to mine.'

Phoebe didn't want to do that. It wasn't that Matt wasn't perfectly nice. He was a total gentleman; any woman would love to be with him. But he wasn't Cole. And plus she wasn't sure what he meant by coffee. If it was a totally innocent comment and he just wanted some coffee then fine. If, however he meant what most people meant when they said 'you wanna come back to mine for coffee, wink wink nudge nudge' then it was a definite no. She was not prepared to take that next step so soon. I mean come on, this was only a first date. She wasn't sure if she wanted a second date let alone sex.

'Look, Matt I have an early start tomorrow so do you mind if I don't. I had a wonderful time though.'

Well it wasn't completely untrue. The food had been great and Matt had been fun to talk to. She hated Cole. Before she met and fell in love with him she would have been jumping this guys bones for sure! In a completely non-slutty way.

'Ok, maybe some other time then?'

'Yeah sure, I'd like that.'

'I'll give you a ride home then,' said Matt.

What was she doing? This guy was perfect. He didn't care that she had been really bad company all evening. He was so sweet. Why did Cole have to go and wreck everything for her? 

Just then her mobile rang.

'Excuse me for just one second,' Phoebe said as she got up from the table and walked out into the corridor of the restaurant.

'Hello'

'Hi Pheebs, we got a little bit of a demon emergency here, is it possible for you to come home?'

'Yeah Piper, I'll be there in like 20 minutes.'

'See you then. Oh yeah and Pheebs…be careful.'

'Bye.'

Phoebe put the phone back in her purse and walked back to the table.

'A new demon emergency, why does this feel like dejavu? She muttered under her breath.