"Phoebe! Can you please hand me that Christmas bulb?" Piper said as she hung up the last strand of lights. "Yeah, hold on!" Phoebe said as she picked up the same bulb as this morning. "Here ya' go." She handed the bulb to Piper, "Phoebe, is there something wrong?" Piper asked stepping down from the ladder. "Um, no, nothing is wrong." Phoebe said as she sat on the couch. "Hello? Anyone home?" Daryl yelled from the foyer, "Come on-" but before Piper could finish Phoebe cut in, "Sure, come in. We are just hanging Christmas decorations." Piper knitted her brow in concern. "Honey, did you and Cole get into a fight? Is that why you are so sad?" Piper sat next to her sister. "No Piper. It is nothing, really." "Hey you guys. I am not gonna be here till the 3rd of January. So, I figured I would stop by, and say Merry Christmas and give you some presents." Phoebe realized that wasn't what Daryl had said the last time, than she remembered that she wasn't even in the living room when Daryl had come in. "I wonder where Prue is?" Piper said walking into the kitchen. "Oh, Prue. Prue told me that she was going to be doing some last minute shopping." Phoebe quoted as she sat on one of the stools. "Oh, all right." Piper said looking in the cabinets. "Piper has Cole called today?" Phoebe asked realizing that she had asked Piper that last time. "No." Piper said dryly. "Oh." Phoebe said picking up the phone, and dialed Cole's number. "Hey baby. You want to come over tonight?" Phoebe poured herself a glass of juice, "Why not?" Phoebe suddenly realized that before she had called him at 6:00pm and now it was 8:00pm. 'Oh well. Now we can use our powers to save Piper.' "Ok, call you tomorrow?" "Bye." Phoebe hung up the phone. "Ok, well I put the presents under the tree. Have a Merry Christmas, and tell Prue I said Merry Christmas will you?" They shook their heads as Daryl went out side. "Ok, Phebb's will you help me put the cookies and tea out?" Piper said grabbing the pot of tea and some teacups. "Sure." Phoebe's reply was icy and dull. She grabbed the plate of freshly baked, crisp cinnamon and oatmeal cookies and followed Piper. "So no Cole today?" Piper asked as she sat down, "No, you don't have a problem setting an extra place at the dinner table on Christmas Eve do you?" Phoebe put the plate down and than grabbed a warm cookie and sat next to Piper. "Why?" Piper cocked her head over toward her little sister trying to snatch a bit off the cookie. Phoebe let her sister have a bite and than she gobbled the rest down. "I kinda wanted Cole to come over, I mean. He has NO family to spend Christmas with. And I don't want him to spend it alone." Phoebe grabbed a cup and poured some of Piper's delicious homemade Irish Morning Tea. "Phebb's I don't think he-" Piper was about to finish when Phoebe put her hand up, "It is not fair at all! Your boyfriend gets to live here and come to Christmas!" Piper frowned "Hon, it's just-" Phoebe gulped down the rest of her tea and got up, "I'm out of here!" Phoebe grabbed her coat, purse and Piper's keys and walked out the door.