Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long to come up. Just started my holidays, so I'm trying to perfect lazing around and doing nothing. Thanks to those of you who reviewed. To those of you that didn't, do so!
Cole stood silently waiting for either Paige or Piper to say something. Paige looked at Piper. Piper looked at Paige. No one said anything. Piper sighed.
"Do you want to come back to the manor? Phoebe should be home soon." Piper said to Cole. Cole frowned, confused.
"You just saw-" Cole started.
"We just saw you tell your. . .wife that Phoebe is the only thing that matters to you. That counts for something." Piper said. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy that you kept your past a secret. . ."
"And you have no reason to be. If I could change things. . ." Cole started.
"That doesn't matter. Just focus on trying to make it all better. . .okay?" Paige said quickly. Cole nodded. "So lets get back home and wait for Phoebe to get back." Paige said. She grabbed Cole's arm and Piper's hand and orbed them back to the manor.
Phoebe looked at her watch. 4am. She yawned. She hadn't gone home because she didn't want to face her sisters. Not in this state. She stood up and slowly walked back home. Minutes later she stood in front of the manor, all the lights were off. She quietly opened the door and crept inside. She made her way silently up the stairs, careful to stay to the edges of each stair to prevent them from creaking. Her sisters' room doors were closed, they were asleep. Phoebe quickly opened her door and shut it behind her. She leant against it, closed her eyes and sighed deeply.
"Phoebe. . ." Phoebe's eyes fluttered open. Cole was standing in front of her.
"How did you get in here?" Phoebe asked him.
"Your sisters let me in. . .so I could wait for you to come home." He said. He stepped towards her.
"I told you I needed time alone to think." Phoebe said. She turned and opened the door, but Cole was quick to jump in between her and the exit.
"I know what you said, but we need to work this out. I'm not going anywhere till we do." Cole said, standing his ground. Phoebe frowned and crossed her arms across her chest.
"Okay. I'll give you two minutes." She said. Cole stayed silent for a second.
"I saw her today." He said.
"What?" Phoebe asked confused.
"Reyles. . .I talked to her." He said.
"Why are you telling me this?" Phoebe asked.
"Because you deserve to know." Cole said. Phoebe turned around and stepped away from him.
"What did you talk about?" She asked.
"Not much. She said I was foolish for trying to live my life here, and that eventually I would give up on this life and return to her." Cole said.
"And you said. . .?" Phoebe asked turning around.
"I said you're the only person I want to be with. . .ever." He said. "I promise you that there's nothing else that I'm keeping from you, and if you could just give me another -" Cole was cut off by Phoebe.
"You're fresh out of chances." Phoebe said.
"I know. . .but you have to understand that I kept it to myself because I wanted to keep it in the past." Cole said, realising that was his only excuse.
"Is that your only excuse?" Phoebe asked as if reading his mind. Cole stayed silent. "Tell you what Cole, if you can find some way of dissolving your marriage to Reyles, I'll think about forgiving you. Right now you're not in the position to ask me to forget everything. . ." Phoebe said. She walked past him and opened the door, indicating for him to exit. Cole looked at her once more, and they held eye contact for a few fleeting seconds, before he slowly walked out of the room.
Hope that was alright. . .review and tell me what you think. If you don't think anything, review and tell me anything! Just so I know that you exist.
A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long to come up. Just started my holidays, so I'm trying to perfect lazing around and doing nothing. Thanks to those of you who reviewed. To those of you that didn't, do so!
Cole stood silently waiting for either Paige or Piper to say something. Paige looked at Piper. Piper looked at Paige. No one said anything. Piper sighed.
"Do you want to come back to the manor? Phoebe should be home soon." Piper said to Cole. Cole frowned, confused.
"You just saw-" Cole started.
"We just saw you tell your. . .wife that Phoebe is the only thing that matters to you. That counts for something." Piper said. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy that you kept your past a secret. . ."
"And you have no reason to be. If I could change things. . ." Cole started.
"That doesn't matter. Just focus on trying to make it all better. . .okay?" Paige said quickly. Cole nodded. "So lets get back home and wait for Phoebe to get back." Paige said. She grabbed Cole's arm and Piper's hand and orbed them back to the manor.
Phoebe looked at her watch. 4am. She yawned. She hadn't gone home because she didn't want to face her sisters. Not in this state. She stood up and slowly walked back home. Minutes later she stood in front of the manor, all the lights were off. She quietly opened the door and crept inside. She made her way silently up the stairs, careful to stay to the edges of each stair to prevent them from creaking. Her sisters' room doors were closed, they were asleep. Phoebe quickly opened her door and shut it behind her. She leant against it, closed her eyes and sighed deeply.
"Phoebe. . ." Phoebe's eyes fluttered open. Cole was standing in front of her.
"How did you get in here?" Phoebe asked him.
"Your sisters let me in. . .so I could wait for you to come home." He said. He stepped towards her.
"I told you I needed time alone to think." Phoebe said. She turned and opened the door, but Cole was quick to jump in between her and the exit.
"I know what you said, but we need to work this out. I'm not going anywhere till we do." Cole said, standing his ground. Phoebe frowned and crossed her arms across her chest.
"Okay. I'll give you two minutes." She said. Cole stayed silent for a second.
"I saw her today." He said.
"What?" Phoebe asked confused.
"Reyles. . .I talked to her." He said.
"Why are you telling me this?" Phoebe asked.
"Because you deserve to know." Cole said. Phoebe turned around and stepped away from him.
"What did you talk about?" She asked.
"Not much. She said I was foolish for trying to live my life here, and that eventually I would give up on this life and return to her." Cole said.
"And you said. . .?" Phoebe asked turning around.
"I said you're the only person I want to be with. . .ever." He said. "I promise you that there's nothing else that I'm keeping from you, and if you could just give me another -" Cole was cut off by Phoebe.
"You're fresh out of chances." Phoebe said.
"I know. . .but you have to understand that I kept it to myself because I wanted to keep it in the past." Cole said, realising that was his only excuse.
"Is that your only excuse?" Phoebe asked as if reading his mind. Cole stayed silent. "Tell you what Cole, if you can find some way of dissolving your marriage to Reyles, I'll think about forgiving you. Right now you're not in the position to ask me to forget everything. . ." Phoebe said. She walked past him and opened the door, indicating for him to exit. Cole looked at her once more, and they held eye contact for a few fleeting seconds, before he slowly walked out of the room.
Hope that was alright. . .review and tell me what you think. If you don't think anything, review and tell me anything! Just so I know that you exist.