Chapter IX

Morning soon arrived, as Cole tried to wake Phoebe up.

"Phoebe. It's morning honey. We got to go."

Knowing exactly what time it was she kept her eyes closed and stubbornly wrestled out of Cole's grasp.

It was time to face her sisters, and she had no idea what to say.

But, why does she have to face them. She wasn't the one that started to fight. She was just standing up for herself, Cole and her unborn child…somewhat.

"Screw them." She told herself.

"Phoebe, c'mon. You promised." Cole continued.

"No I didn't." She snapped her eyes opened.

"Yes, you did."

"No, I didn't." Phoebe argued. "I said, I would. Never said, 'I promise to.'"

"Fine. Whatever." Cole said irritably. "But, will you be a grown up and please live to your word?"

"I tired of fighting, Cole." She sat up rubbing her eyes. "I'm tired of fighting ever time you come back. It just doesn't seem forth it anymore. It's just the same ole same ole."

"Are you saying I'm the one that's causing all the fights?" Cole questioned offensively.

"No, not at all. I love you, Cole. I'm just tired of fighting. They should know by now that I love you, and to stay out of our business."

"Why are you telling me this?" Cole sat on the bed. "Tell them that. They're the ones that need to know." He pulled her closer to him and kissed her forehead. "C'mon, get washed up, and we'll go."

Signed deeply she got up and walked into the bathroom.

"Fine. But, I hope you know that I'm not happy with this." Phoebe assured him

"Yes. I kinda figured that out for myself already."

"Are you getting smart with me, mister?" Phoebe poked her head out of the bathroom.

"No, no. Never."

It was a typical autumn day at the manor. Paige hoped down the stairs in her jammies, and Piper in the kitchen making breakfast.

"Good morning my lovely sister." Paige chimed, entering the kitchen.

"Phoebe still not home." Piper informed twirling around.

"Geez, don't you know how to break a mood." Paige sarcastically replied.

"Paige, now I'm really worried."

"Don't be, it'll gives you wrinkles."

"Paige, I'm serious." Piper demanded.

"So am I." Paige insisted. "Piper, the less you worry about Phoebe, the less pressure you put on yourself. You can worry all you want, but it won't help. Phoebe will come around in her own time. You just got to let it go."

"Paige, I asked Leo to sense her and there are no signs of her anywhere."

"Maybe she asked Cole to block out the signal." Paige casually said. "She wants to be alone, she needs time to sore things out."

Just as she informed Piper, a squiggle of fog formed, and appeared Cole and Phoebe.

"Phoebe." Piper uttered surprised to see her baby sister.

"Piper, before you say anything." Phoebe stopped her. "I just want to say: This is all my decision, my choice. I love Cole, and I want to be with him."

"But, Phoebe." She uttered again.

"Wait Piper." Phoebe insisted on continuing to talk again. "This is my life, let me live it."

"I'm just looking out for you, Phoebe. I don't want to see you get burned by love again. Once was too many." Piper calmly stated, in a sincere tone of voice.

"I appreciate you looking out for me, but I am capable of looking out for myself." Phoebe said, "Can you just be happy for me? Have a little faith that I can manage on my own. I mean God, I'm having a baby."

"I am happy for you. I am. Really." Piper took a step closer. "Have I told you congratulation yet?"

"I think you just have?" Phoebe came over and hugged her sister.

"Congratulation, baby." Piper patted her on her back.

"Now, see, this is how it suppose to be." Paige joked, who was leaning against the table.

"C'mon here." Phoebe commanded and waved Paige over.

She then hurried over for a group hug.

"Now, this is a Kodak moment." Cole looked adoringly at the sisters.


"Don't be so sure." Piper pulled away and shot a hateful look at Cole.

"Piper!" Phoebe nagged.

"You may won my sister's heart, but you'll be do some timing before you can win my trust."

"I hear ya, and I'll can guarantee you Phoebe is in good hand." Cole assured her.

"I'm not so sure about that." Piper bitterly replied.

"Piper!" Phoebe nagged again.

"It's ok sweetie." He wrapped his arms around Phoebe. " I'll admit I do deserve that. I know it will take a lot of time before I can gain your and Paige's trusts again."

Piper slightly nodded her head in approval of Cole's state, and then gave Phoebe another hug.

The End

A/N: I'm sorry if this seem rushed, but I'm trying to get this out of the way so I can work on Forever Yours, and Kiss of Betrayal, and many more of my unfinished stories.
Don't expect to see Forever Yours to be up anytime soon. My laptop broke down, because I screwed it up somehow, smart huh? However, I'll try to work as much as I can on my dad's computer like I did on this. *Thank God I saved my stories into a disk.*
So what do you think of this story or chapter? Good, bad, ok? Review! Any feeback is good feeback.