Chapter VI
"Where are we?" Asked an unbalanced Phoebe.
"Italy." Cole replied, holding on to her tightly. "Phoebe," He lifted her face up. "Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?"
"I just wanted to wait for the right moment." She responded, "A special moment."
"A special moment like in a middle of an argument between you and Piper kinda moment?" Cole joked.
Phoebe gave him a serious look, and then walked to the well-organized bed in the corner. Cole followed her and seated himself next to her, and wrapped his arm around her. "I'm sorry I was only joking." He apologized.
"I know," Phoebe sighed, placing her hand on his thigh, and rested her head on his shoulder. "I just, I can't stand Piper! URG!"
"Phoebe, calm down." Cole comforted her, "You just need to give it some time."
"We don't have time, Cole." Phoebe irritably claimed, "I just wish there are someway to knock some senses into my her head."
"I bet she feels the same."
"Yeah, well, she can kiss my…"
"Phoebe!" Cole yelled at her.
"What?" She briskly snapped, and then her voice softened. "Can we please not talk about this? I just---I don't want to talk about it right now."
"Ok, but you know you can't avoid this forever." Cole told her.
"I know. I just want to rest." She laid her head down onto the pillow with her palms clasped together underneath her cheek.
At home, Piper continued to yell, throwing tantrums, and shouting into the air like a maniac. While a terrifying Paige backed off every inch Piper took closer to her as if she was afraid Piper would explode any second now. Swallowed hard, she tried to utter, "Uh, Piper?" Was all she could get out right before Piper shot an eerie glare at her. Having her eyebrows slightly raised and her mouth was shaped in a form of an O when she was being cut off, she quickly continued, "I think you should calm down."
"What Paige?!" Piper spat disbelievingly. "How can you stand there and tell me to calm down? Are you taking her side now?"
"No, Piper, no." Paige assured her nervously, trying to pick a correct form of word to say. "I totally understand how you feel about this," she then got behind the counter to let the thick gap between them protect her from what she was about to say next. "Don't you think you might be a little overreacted?"
"Overreacted?" Piper shrieked. "You're saying I'm overreacted? Do you have any idea, how many times she'd pulled a stunt like this?"
"Yes, yes, I know." Paige confirmed. "I'm just saying, you should calm down before you give yourself a heart attack."
"Paige, she lied to us." Piper said. "A lie that might put us between life and death, just like she did three years ago. She betrayed us…again!"
"I know Piper…"
"No, you don't know Paige!" She interrupted, "She lied to Prue, and now she lied to you."
"What about you?" Paige asked confusingly.
"Me? Well, I just had a blast from both times."
"Maybe he really loves her." Paige said.
"Paige," Piper began, "don't you think I know?" She walked over the table and pulled a chair out. "I know he loves her, and I know she loves him, but that's not what pissed me off." She signed. "What really bugs me is just knowing he will somehow someway hurt her again. It may not be intentionally, but a lot of things Cole has caused us and just Phoebe herself weren't by his full intention but it happens."
"Well, now she's pregnant." Paige said softly.
"And that's the worst part, Paige." Piper commented sadly, "She's pregnant. For all we know, it'll be evil-spawn-taking-over-her- body all over again. I don't think she could take it again if she loses another baby, yet to the same person."
"Maybe Cole changed." Paige replied with a bit of hope in her voice.
Piper sneered, and shot a sarcastic glance at Paige. "Changed?" She shrieked, "Paige, for as long as I've known Cole, changing is the problem. He'd been human, who fooled us all, and then we discovered his other side, Belthazor. Next he became fully human, and last but not least the Source of all evil. Now, now we don't even know what he is."
"He's the love of Phoebe's life." Paige answered.
"Doesn't matter what he is, he'll always be the love of Phoebe's life. Even if he shattered her heart into a million pieces, she'll still fall for him no matter what."
"Piper, maybe you need to take this into consideration that it's Phoebe's life, you need to give her some space."
"I'm just looking out for her."
"Well, it's more like you're driving her away."
Breathe out heavily, Piper got up from the chair, and started walking off. "I'll go talk to her."
"Be considerate." Paige yelled after her.
"I'll try."
Walking off to Phoebe's room, Piper stopped by the door to collect all her thoughts before entering.
"Where are we?" Asked an unbalanced Phoebe.
"Italy." Cole replied, holding on to her tightly. "Phoebe," He lifted her face up. "Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?"
"I just wanted to wait for the right moment." She responded, "A special moment."
"A special moment like in a middle of an argument between you and Piper kinda moment?" Cole joked.
Phoebe gave him a serious look, and then walked to the well-organized bed in the corner. Cole followed her and seated himself next to her, and wrapped his arm around her. "I'm sorry I was only joking." He apologized.
"I know," Phoebe sighed, placing her hand on his thigh, and rested her head on his shoulder. "I just, I can't stand Piper! URG!"
"Phoebe, calm down." Cole comforted her, "You just need to give it some time."
"We don't have time, Cole." Phoebe irritably claimed, "I just wish there are someway to knock some senses into my her head."
"I bet she feels the same."
"Yeah, well, she can kiss my…"
"Phoebe!" Cole yelled at her.
"What?" She briskly snapped, and then her voice softened. "Can we please not talk about this? I just---I don't want to talk about it right now."
"Ok, but you know you can't avoid this forever." Cole told her.
"I know. I just want to rest." She laid her head down onto the pillow with her palms clasped together underneath her cheek.
At home, Piper continued to yell, throwing tantrums, and shouting into the air like a maniac. While a terrifying Paige backed off every inch Piper took closer to her as if she was afraid Piper would explode any second now. Swallowed hard, she tried to utter, "Uh, Piper?" Was all she could get out right before Piper shot an eerie glare at her. Having her eyebrows slightly raised and her mouth was shaped in a form of an O when she was being cut off, she quickly continued, "I think you should calm down."
"What Paige?!" Piper spat disbelievingly. "How can you stand there and tell me to calm down? Are you taking her side now?"
"No, Piper, no." Paige assured her nervously, trying to pick a correct form of word to say. "I totally understand how you feel about this," she then got behind the counter to let the thick gap between them protect her from what she was about to say next. "Don't you think you might be a little overreacted?"
"Overreacted?" Piper shrieked. "You're saying I'm overreacted? Do you have any idea, how many times she'd pulled a stunt like this?"
"Yes, yes, I know." Paige confirmed. "I'm just saying, you should calm down before you give yourself a heart attack."
"Paige, she lied to us." Piper said. "A lie that might put us between life and death, just like she did three years ago. She betrayed us…again!"
"I know Piper…"
"No, you don't know Paige!" She interrupted, "She lied to Prue, and now she lied to you."
"What about you?" Paige asked confusingly.
"Me? Well, I just had a blast from both times."
"Maybe he really loves her." Paige said.
"Paige," Piper began, "don't you think I know?" She walked over the table and pulled a chair out. "I know he loves her, and I know she loves him, but that's not what pissed me off." She signed. "What really bugs me is just knowing he will somehow someway hurt her again. It may not be intentionally, but a lot of things Cole has caused us and just Phoebe herself weren't by his full intention but it happens."
"Well, now she's pregnant." Paige said softly.
"And that's the worst part, Paige." Piper commented sadly, "She's pregnant. For all we know, it'll be evil-spawn-taking-over-her- body all over again. I don't think she could take it again if she loses another baby, yet to the same person."
"Maybe Cole changed." Paige replied with a bit of hope in her voice.
Piper sneered, and shot a sarcastic glance at Paige. "Changed?" She shrieked, "Paige, for as long as I've known Cole, changing is the problem. He'd been human, who fooled us all, and then we discovered his other side, Belthazor. Next he became fully human, and last but not least the Source of all evil. Now, now we don't even know what he is."
"He's the love of Phoebe's life." Paige answered.
"Doesn't matter what he is, he'll always be the love of Phoebe's life. Even if he shattered her heart into a million pieces, she'll still fall for him no matter what."
"Piper, maybe you need to take this into consideration that it's Phoebe's life, you need to give her some space."
"I'm just looking out for her."
"Well, it's more like you're driving her away."
Breathe out heavily, Piper got up from the chair, and started walking off. "I'll go talk to her."
"Be considerate." Paige yelled after her.
"I'll try."
Walking off to Phoebe's room, Piper stopped by the door to collect all her thoughts before entering.