Chapter-6 So, What Happened?
About an hour later, Kara suddenly snapped her fingers and they were done.
The time for some reason seemed distorted and it seemed like only a moment.
"That's it?" Phoebe asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, that's it. You alright Cole?" Kara asked looking at Cole who just stared into space blankly.
"Uh, huh" Cole replied.
"What's wrong with him?" Phoebe asked waving her hand in front of his face.
All of a sudden he snapped awake and looked around.
"Huh?" Cole questioned.
"Hmm.I guess it took him a little while to process the information," Kara said thinking out loud. "Okay, we're done. I'm sure you want to get out of here now," Kara said talking to Phoebe.
"Uh, yeah. I have to do a few errands anyway," she said distracted. She got up from the couch and turned towards the door.
"Um, Phoebe?" Kara said amused.
"What?" Phoebe asked as she turned back around.
"Aren't you forgetting someone?" Kara said, indicating Leo.
"Oh, God! I forgot about him! Did he fall asleep?" Phoebe asked laughing at herself.
"Well, I kind of made him go to sleep. I didn't want anyone but the witness, you, and Cole to receive the info. I just gave you" Kara said still smiling.
Phoebe noticed that Kara really smiled a lot. Usually, she would think that someone was weird if they smiled and were too perky all the time. But with Kara, it seemed natural.
"Alright, I guess we better go. Leo! C'mon, up, up!" Phoebe said patting Leo on the arm to wake him up.
"Huh? Phoebe, are we done?" Leo asked getting up.
"Yeah. We better go now. Uh, thanks Kara, for whatever you did" she said to Kara. Even though she had no idea what Kara exactly did because she couldn't really tell what happened in the past hour.
"You're welcome. Oh, and don't worry if you don't remember. When the time comes, you and Cole will remember what I just taught you" Kara said, fully knowing that Phoebe had no idea what Kara had shared with her in the hour.
Phoebe stole one more nervous glance at Cole. He had been quiet through the whole conversation with Kara. Her caution towards him had been rekindled when the comfort of Kara's conversation disappeared.
Just as Leo was about to orb the both of them out, Phoebe saw Kara go over to Cole and try to drag him to the bathroom to get ready for work. Cole struggled playfully, but eventually succumbed to Kara's constant tugging.
Phoebe smiled at this as she felt the familiar pull of Leo's orb back to the manor.
Back at the manor:
About an hour later after Leo and Phoebe left for Cole's penthouse, Piper was sitting down to relax though the baby was preventing that. Paige was constantly pacing back and forth. She was afraid of Cole. Not of Cole particularly, but of what he might do to Phoebe.
"Paige, would you quit pacing? You're going to make me hurl," Piper said, referring to the baby who seemed to make her sick and invincible at the same time.
"Oh, sorry honey. It's just you know, this whole Guardian thing. We were trying to keep ourselves distanced from Cole, and now, we're his witnesses to some crazy thing that Cole accepted to. And what was up with that little girl last night?" Paige said, starting to become infuriated just thinking about Cole.
"Did you know you ramble when you're nervous, like Phoebe?" Piper asked still trying not to throw up. It was one of those days where she felt terrible.
"Oh, sorry, I know I'm not really helping or anything, but it's just, ah! It's so frustrating having to be part of his life again. If I feel like this, imagine how Phoebe must feel!" Paige said trying to make Piper see her point.
"Well, yes. I do get what you're saying. But it's up to Phoebe. We need to let her feel what she feels. I've learned that about Phoebe. You can't affect how she feels about someone. Phoebe and only Phoebe can make or change an opinion of someone" Piper said. Paige just stared at her blankly.
"What?" Piper asked.
"Are you sure that baby isn't rubbing some of her white-lighter common sense onto you?" Paige asked as a smile broke onto her lips.
"Hey," Piper said as she threw a piece of the cracker she was nibbling on.
They both smiled at each other. It just showed how close the two half- sisters had bonded.
Bluish-white orbs began to appear that signaled Leo and Phoebe's return.
"Wow, you're back earlier than we expected. We thought you'd be gone for a while. If I'd known you'd be back so soon, me or Paige would've gone for you," Piper said.
"Oh, no, I'm kind of glad that I went. I'm not sure what happened, but I'm glad" Phoebe said trying to remember exactly what happened.
"So, Phoebe, what exactly did happen?" Paige asked interested.
"Well, I actually don't remember that much," Phoebe said still trying to remember what had happened during the hour that seemed to disappear.
"Well, if you don't remember, how 'bout you Leo? Do you remember anything?" Piper asked turning towards her husband.
"Actually, I fell asleep," Leo said blushing slightly.
"You fell asleep?" Paige asked astonished.
"Okay, does anyone think something's wrong here. No one can remember what happened in that hour that passed. What did Kara say?" Piper asked Phoebe.
"Well, she seemed like she knew that I wouldn't remember it. I think she was responsible for putting Leo to sleep. She said that I would remember when the time was right. What do you think that meant?" Phoebe asked turning to Piper and Leo.
"Well, I think that when the time arrives, you'll know what to do," Leo said trying to help sort out what happened.
"I wonder what she told Cole," Phoebe said out loud. She meant only to think it to herself and didn't realize she had said it out loud until Paige spoke up.
"Why would you want to know what Cole learned?" Paige said not believing that Phoebe would want to know more than she had to when it came to Cole.
"Well, it took Cole a little longer than me to snap out of it. Kara had commented that it had taken Cole longer to process all of the info. she had given him. What kind of info. did she give him and how?" Phoebe asked. Similar questions swirled through the others as they stood in silence.
In Cole's office:
"Mr. Turner?" Cole's secretary asked as she came in, not wanting to disturb him.
"Yes, Kathryn?" he said looking up from his portfolio.
"Here's your coffee that you wanted and it's good to see you again. You didn't seem to well when you filed for that week off," she commented.
"I wasn't feeling to good. You know, my whole divorce," Cole replied.
"Oh, I know how that is. I had one like about a month ago," she said setting down his coffee.
"I'm sorry to hear that" Cole said sympathetically.
"Ah, it's alright. I'm over it," she said, waving her hand to accent that she was over the guy.
"Oh, and you have line 1 waiting for you. I believe it's your ex-wife," she said.
"Oh" Cole said simply, not knowing what to say to her.
"I'll just leave you know" she said exiting quietly. He smiled. He was glad that he knew someone that actually cared about what happened in his personal life.
"Cole Turner" he said putting the phone to his mouth.
"Cole" Phoebe answered over the receiver.
"Phoebe" he smiled. Hearing her voice was always a pleasure, though not always what she had to say.
"Cole, I only called to find out what Kara told you" Phoebe asked bluntly.
"So, no cynical remark about me being evil? No verbal boxing match?" Cole said, sighing. He really missed those days when Phoebe would just say I love you and he'd reply back.
"No. I just want to know what she told you" Phoebe said in an icy tone.
"Fine. I don't remember" Cole said exaggerating each word.
"Huh, so you don't remember either," Phoebe said to herself, though Cole heard.
"What you mean that you don't remember either?" Cole asked.
"Nope" Phoebe said curtly. After that she hung up not wanting to keep answering his questions.
Cole let out an exasperated sigh and rubbed his temples. Cole pushed a button on the intercom to Katherine.
"Katherine, I'm gonna go out, so hold my calls" he said as he got his coat off the rack.
"Sure, when do you think you'll be back?" she asked.
"I don't know, make it in about an hour" Cole answered back. With that, he blurred out.
Back in the manor:
After Phoebe had hung up the phone, she stared down at the wooden floorboards for a few minutes absorbing, trying to make sense of what she had just learned.
"Paige, Piper, Leo, I need to get some fresh air!" Phoebe yelled up the stairs to the attic.
"Okay honey! Where are you going?!" Piper yelled back down.
"I'm going out for a walk. You know, to clear my head. Is that okay?" Phoebe asked as her sister poked her head from the staircase.
"Oh, sure, just be back in about an hour, okay?" Piper asked.
"Alright. See ya," Phoebe said grabbing her purse and coat.
About an hour later, Kara suddenly snapped her fingers and they were done.
The time for some reason seemed distorted and it seemed like only a moment.
"That's it?" Phoebe asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, that's it. You alright Cole?" Kara asked looking at Cole who just stared into space blankly.
"Uh, huh" Cole replied.
"What's wrong with him?" Phoebe asked waving her hand in front of his face.
All of a sudden he snapped awake and looked around.
"Huh?" Cole questioned.
"Hmm.I guess it took him a little while to process the information," Kara said thinking out loud. "Okay, we're done. I'm sure you want to get out of here now," Kara said talking to Phoebe.
"Uh, yeah. I have to do a few errands anyway," she said distracted. She got up from the couch and turned towards the door.
"Um, Phoebe?" Kara said amused.
"What?" Phoebe asked as she turned back around.
"Aren't you forgetting someone?" Kara said, indicating Leo.
"Oh, God! I forgot about him! Did he fall asleep?" Phoebe asked laughing at herself.
"Well, I kind of made him go to sleep. I didn't want anyone but the witness, you, and Cole to receive the info. I just gave you" Kara said still smiling.
Phoebe noticed that Kara really smiled a lot. Usually, she would think that someone was weird if they smiled and were too perky all the time. But with Kara, it seemed natural.
"Alright, I guess we better go. Leo! C'mon, up, up!" Phoebe said patting Leo on the arm to wake him up.
"Huh? Phoebe, are we done?" Leo asked getting up.
"Yeah. We better go now. Uh, thanks Kara, for whatever you did" she said to Kara. Even though she had no idea what Kara exactly did because she couldn't really tell what happened in the past hour.
"You're welcome. Oh, and don't worry if you don't remember. When the time comes, you and Cole will remember what I just taught you" Kara said, fully knowing that Phoebe had no idea what Kara had shared with her in the hour.
Phoebe stole one more nervous glance at Cole. He had been quiet through the whole conversation with Kara. Her caution towards him had been rekindled when the comfort of Kara's conversation disappeared.
Just as Leo was about to orb the both of them out, Phoebe saw Kara go over to Cole and try to drag him to the bathroom to get ready for work. Cole struggled playfully, but eventually succumbed to Kara's constant tugging.
Phoebe smiled at this as she felt the familiar pull of Leo's orb back to the manor.
Back at the manor:
About an hour later after Leo and Phoebe left for Cole's penthouse, Piper was sitting down to relax though the baby was preventing that. Paige was constantly pacing back and forth. She was afraid of Cole. Not of Cole particularly, but of what he might do to Phoebe.
"Paige, would you quit pacing? You're going to make me hurl," Piper said, referring to the baby who seemed to make her sick and invincible at the same time.
"Oh, sorry honey. It's just you know, this whole Guardian thing. We were trying to keep ourselves distanced from Cole, and now, we're his witnesses to some crazy thing that Cole accepted to. And what was up with that little girl last night?" Paige said, starting to become infuriated just thinking about Cole.
"Did you know you ramble when you're nervous, like Phoebe?" Piper asked still trying not to throw up. It was one of those days where she felt terrible.
"Oh, sorry, I know I'm not really helping or anything, but it's just, ah! It's so frustrating having to be part of his life again. If I feel like this, imagine how Phoebe must feel!" Paige said trying to make Piper see her point.
"Well, yes. I do get what you're saying. But it's up to Phoebe. We need to let her feel what she feels. I've learned that about Phoebe. You can't affect how she feels about someone. Phoebe and only Phoebe can make or change an opinion of someone" Piper said. Paige just stared at her blankly.
"What?" Piper asked.
"Are you sure that baby isn't rubbing some of her white-lighter common sense onto you?" Paige asked as a smile broke onto her lips.
"Hey," Piper said as she threw a piece of the cracker she was nibbling on.
They both smiled at each other. It just showed how close the two half- sisters had bonded.
Bluish-white orbs began to appear that signaled Leo and Phoebe's return.
"Wow, you're back earlier than we expected. We thought you'd be gone for a while. If I'd known you'd be back so soon, me or Paige would've gone for you," Piper said.
"Oh, no, I'm kind of glad that I went. I'm not sure what happened, but I'm glad" Phoebe said trying to remember exactly what happened.
"So, Phoebe, what exactly did happen?" Paige asked interested.
"Well, I actually don't remember that much," Phoebe said still trying to remember what had happened during the hour that seemed to disappear.
"Well, if you don't remember, how 'bout you Leo? Do you remember anything?" Piper asked turning towards her husband.
"Actually, I fell asleep," Leo said blushing slightly.
"You fell asleep?" Paige asked astonished.
"Okay, does anyone think something's wrong here. No one can remember what happened in that hour that passed. What did Kara say?" Piper asked Phoebe.
"Well, she seemed like she knew that I wouldn't remember it. I think she was responsible for putting Leo to sleep. She said that I would remember when the time was right. What do you think that meant?" Phoebe asked turning to Piper and Leo.
"Well, I think that when the time arrives, you'll know what to do," Leo said trying to help sort out what happened.
"I wonder what she told Cole," Phoebe said out loud. She meant only to think it to herself and didn't realize she had said it out loud until Paige spoke up.
"Why would you want to know what Cole learned?" Paige said not believing that Phoebe would want to know more than she had to when it came to Cole.
"Well, it took Cole a little longer than me to snap out of it. Kara had commented that it had taken Cole longer to process all of the info. she had given him. What kind of info. did she give him and how?" Phoebe asked. Similar questions swirled through the others as they stood in silence.
In Cole's office:
"Mr. Turner?" Cole's secretary asked as she came in, not wanting to disturb him.
"Yes, Kathryn?" he said looking up from his portfolio.
"Here's your coffee that you wanted and it's good to see you again. You didn't seem to well when you filed for that week off," she commented.
"I wasn't feeling to good. You know, my whole divorce," Cole replied.
"Oh, I know how that is. I had one like about a month ago," she said setting down his coffee.
"I'm sorry to hear that" Cole said sympathetically.
"Ah, it's alright. I'm over it," she said, waving her hand to accent that she was over the guy.
"Oh, and you have line 1 waiting for you. I believe it's your ex-wife," she said.
"Oh" Cole said simply, not knowing what to say to her.
"I'll just leave you know" she said exiting quietly. He smiled. He was glad that he knew someone that actually cared about what happened in his personal life.
"Cole Turner" he said putting the phone to his mouth.
"Cole" Phoebe answered over the receiver.
"Phoebe" he smiled. Hearing her voice was always a pleasure, though not always what she had to say.
"Cole, I only called to find out what Kara told you" Phoebe asked bluntly.
"So, no cynical remark about me being evil? No verbal boxing match?" Cole said, sighing. He really missed those days when Phoebe would just say I love you and he'd reply back.
"No. I just want to know what she told you" Phoebe said in an icy tone.
"Fine. I don't remember" Cole said exaggerating each word.
"Huh, so you don't remember either," Phoebe said to herself, though Cole heard.
"What you mean that you don't remember either?" Cole asked.
"Nope" Phoebe said curtly. After that she hung up not wanting to keep answering his questions.
Cole let out an exasperated sigh and rubbed his temples. Cole pushed a button on the intercom to Katherine.
"Katherine, I'm gonna go out, so hold my calls" he said as he got his coat off the rack.
"Sure, when do you think you'll be back?" she asked.
"I don't know, make it in about an hour" Cole answered back. With that, he blurred out.
Back in the manor:
After Phoebe had hung up the phone, she stared down at the wooden floorboards for a few minutes absorbing, trying to make sense of what she had just learned.
"Paige, Piper, Leo, I need to get some fresh air!" Phoebe yelled up the stairs to the attic.
"Okay honey! Where are you going?!" Piper yelled back down.
"I'm going out for a walk. You know, to clear my head. Is that okay?" Phoebe asked as her sister poked her head from the staircase.
"Oh, sure, just be back in about an hour, okay?" Piper asked.
"Alright. See ya," Phoebe said grabbing her purse and coat.