Chapter-11 The Witch Who Cried Wolf
Cole and Phoebe just stayed there, unmoving, not speaking. Enjoying the silence that was around them, while at the same time, feeling uncomfortable.
"Cole?" Phoebe asked. She had wanted to ask him something ever since he looked into the other reality.
"Yeah, Phoebe?" Cole asked turning his head to look at her. He could see she was having some problems inside of her.
"Why.I mean why did you look at that reality?" Phoebe asked uncertainly. She didn't know how to put it into words at the moment. Cole merely shrugged in return. After a few more minutes of silence and staring into the light blue sky, Cole broke the silence.
"I guess.guess I just wanted see if I was happy somewhere else. With you," Cole said. He was having a storm of emotions that threatened to rip him apart. To know that he was happy somewhere else brought him relief and sadness at the same time. He was asking himself why he couldn't be happy here too. He was just praying that she couldn't feel his emotions at the same time. From what she said next, his hopes came crashing down.
"I know how you feel, Cole. Did you forget that we're connected?" Phoebe asked amused. For some reason, she felt a little more at ease with him at this moment. She didn't feel wary of him at all. It reminded her of the times when she wasn't afraid of him, and she could take comfort in him.
Cole got up and took in a deep breath. Even the air felt different here, wherever here was. It smelled fresh and untainted, much different from the air of San Francisco. There, it was filled with pollution, and the scent of pain, suffering, lies, and secrets, along with the joy and happiness. Cole saw the happiness as a mask to cover up the bad.
Phoebe glanced at him and felt this set of emotions that pulled at her heart. She wasn't the one necessarily feeling them so, she knew it had to have been Cole. She probed and went through these foreign emotions while breathing in the air. She could feel a sense of release, confinement, joy, sadness. All of them were melding inside of his heart, as well as hers because they were spilling into her as well. She was nearly swept away by all of the emotions.
Now, that she was trying to get further away from him, she seemed to be closer to him than she had ever felt before. For some reason, she had the urge to get up and kiss him. Before she knew it, she was already standing, and at his side.
Cole was staring off into the dark forest that bordered the beautiful meadow. So, he didn't notice at first when Phoebe came by his side. He felt her breathing to his left and he turned. He was caught by surprise when he saw her looking up at him. She seemed to be breathing shallowly and her eyes seemed to be burning. Cole suddenly found himself breathing heavily and his heart rate increased along with his breathing.
Phoebe felt his heartbeat increase, and his breathing become shallow, as though forced. Since Phoebe could feel it as well, her heartbeat became even faster, and she needed to mentally think inhale, exhale. Cole raised his hand to her cheek, hesitantly, almost nervously. He stroked her cheek and found it a little easier to breath when she pressed her cheek against his caress.
They inched closer and came into a small kiss. Suddenly, Kara stepped from a curtain of light blue light. She saw the two who quickly broke away. She smiled inwardly, knowing that this would happen.
"So, are you two ready to go? Sorry it took so long, it's just that I had to take care of something," Kara said making up an excuse, and she was pretty good at hiding stuff so Cole and Phoebe didn't notice that she was lying.
"Um yeah, we're ready," Cole said hesitantly, stealing a glance of Phoebe. He was thoroughly confused about what just happened. He could also feel a small tug in his heart, signaling that Phoebe was also confused. Her confusion and his own melded together, and they just felt closer than ever.
Phoebe was thinking furiously. 'Why did I do that?! What possessed me to do that?!' Phoebe asked herself, cursing her weakness. 'Maybe, because, uh, you're still in love with him and you want him still?' A sarcastic voice answered in the back of her mind.
"Kara, where exactly are we?" Cole asked suddenly.
"What? You don't even know where we are?!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Well no, I just followed Kara. What, you don't trust her?" Cole shot back. That silenced her, and Cole regretted saying it.
"Well, we're sort of in the first meadow of earth. This was before the whole Adam and Eve thing," Kara answered smoothly, as though this was a coffee shop. Both Cole and Phoebe turned to her and stared.
"Now, we going, or what?" Kara asked.
"Uh, sure," Cole said as he held out his hand for Phoebe to take it. Phoebe hesitated, then took it. A part of her was saying, 'God, I do love him still. I wish he would just hug me'. She shook her head trying to get rid of the annoying voice, but it stuck to her like an annoying gnat. She then felt herself melt into him when he blurred. That small part of her was going, 'Yay!'
As soon as Cole began to blur, he felt Phoebe melt into him and he felt so happy. Though when he came out of the blur back at his penthouse, Phoebe quickly pushed herself away from him. This just made him even sadder than before the blur. He turned to his right, where Kara was sitting, very relaxed on the sofa.
"What took you so long?" Kara asked.
"What do you mean?" Cole asked back. He was slightly confused by her question. The answer than struck him.
"Oh. Well I'm sorry Kara, but I'm not as quick as you appear to be," Cole said, mockingly teasing her.
"Well, then, that's alright," Kara shot back playfully. She grinned after a moment, unable to keep a straight face.
"Hey, what was with that place anyway? Is there some kind of magic there?" Phoebe asked injecting herself into the conversation.
"Well, sort of. That meadow was created to allow people to express their inner emotions. Also, it gives them a little push to do what they want to do most. Why? Something happen?" Kara asked looking at Phoebe and Cole, knowing full well something did happen.
"No," Phoebe answered quickly as she remembered the kiss.
"Sure," Kara said, in a disbelieving tone. 'Talk about the witch who cried wolf. I mean she keeps telling herself she isn't in love with him, but then she finds out she still is. I'm glad I brought them to that particular meadow' Kara thought to herself, smiling at her deviousness. Hey, she may be some kind of powerful angel-type person, but when she needed to, she could just be as deceitful as the next person.
"Um I better go now," Phoebe said still trying to separate her feelings for Cole.
"Oh.Okay," Cole said.
"Yeah, sure Phoebe. I'll see you during the next lesson," Kara replied turning her back, preparing to go to the room she shared with Cole.
"Wait, when is the next lesson?" Phoebe asked, suddenly realizing she didn't have the slightest clue where or when it was going to be. "Oh. I guess I'll just call you or ask Leo to bring you," Kara replied.
"You know how to use the phone?" Phoebe asked in shock.
"Yeah, Phoebe. I'm may be a high ranking good guy, or should I say girl, but I'm not oblivious to the going-ons of this world," Kara answered, amused that Phoebe thought I wouldn't know how to use a simple telephone.
"Oh, sorry. Okay, I guess I'll see you two later than," Phoebe said blushing a rose pink at her foolishness.
"So, Kara, do you want to eat something? You must be hungry, 'cause I sure am," Cole said, heading toward the kitchen.
Kara paused to consider whether or not to eat. She then turned to Cole and said, "Yeah, sure, why not?"
Cole smiled and asked, "Do you want a sandwich, or do you want me to order Chinese or something?"
"Uh, whatever, I don't really care," Kara said, sitting back down onto the couch.
"Well, I'm too tired to make a sandwich, so, I'll just order out," Cole said coming out of the kitchen, and grabbing the phone.
"So, what you think of your first physical training session?" Kara asked, making conversation.
"It was tiring, but fun. I can't believe what I can do now that I have this gate," Cole said waiting for the Chinese place to pick up. They finally did, and he ordered for the both of them. He hung up and sat back on the couch next to her.
"You want to watch some TV while we wait for the food?" Cole asked after a moment.
"Sure, I've always wanted to see what made so many people become zombies over this TV," Kara answered.
"You've never watched TV before?" Cole asked shocked. Everyone has watched TV. At least he thought everyone did.
"No, let's just say, that I was never able to watch it when I was growing up. I was sort of taken away from my parents when I was born. So I never really got to know them and I grew up, up 'there'," she replied sadly.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I never really got to know my parents either. As you probably know, my father was human and my mother was a demon. Raynor had tricked my mother in killing my father and then I was taken care of by Raynor for some reason," Cole said, recounting his awful childhood.
"Ooh, that must have been really horrible. At least I was in the hands of good. You, ugh. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean."Kara said realizing what she just said.
"No, it's okay. I've dealt with my past. It doesn't really bother me anymore," Cole replied. He found the remote and turned on the TV. The news was on and he was wondering if he should change the channel or not.
"Do you want to watch something else?" Cole asked turning to Kara.
"Uh, sure. I have no idea what is on the TV, so, I don't care," Kara replied looking at the TV curiously.
'Wow, she really hasn't watched TV before' Cole thought changing the channel to Disney.
After about 20 minutes of watching TV, the doorbell rang, and Cole got up, grabbing his wallet. He came back with a paper bag filled with food.
Kara and Cole had filled themselves and were watching some more TV. Kara had started to become cold and she snuggled next to Cole like a little girl. For some reason, Cole felt like this was right, again. He didn't want to disturb her, so he ignored it and went back to watching the TV.
Soon, Kara had fallen asleep, and he carried her to the bed and tucked her in. He found himself kissing her on her forehead and whispering good-night. She smiled and rolled over to her side. He had no idea why he just did that, but it felt right, like when he held her. He pondered about that for a few seconds, and then decided to drown himself in the mindless world of the television.
Back at the manor
Phoebe shut the door as she entered the manor. She decided against calling her sisters to pick her up. Mainly because she didn't want to stay at Cole's longer than she had to. Also because she wanted time to herself to think about what happened. She didn't even know why it happened. Then, there was the problem of her sisters.
Should she tell her sisters that she had kissed the man that they feared the most? No, that she couldn't do. The shame that she felt herself was enough, add that to the shame that her sisters would place upon her would be too much. She walked towards the stairs, wanting to go to her room. Her sisters wouldn't barge in, would they? Wait, they did like, last week after Miles had died
Phoebe let out a sigh of frustration, trying to think of where she could go to have some privacy. Her thoughts though were thoroughly disrupted when Paige spotted her from the kitchen.
"Phoebe, where've you been?" Paige asked, her voice tinted with worry.
"I've been training with Kara and Cole. Why?" Phoebe asked confused. Not for the first time that day.
"Why? You'd been gone for nearly 24 hrs. We were going out of our minds wondering where you were!" Paige exclaimed.
"24, hours?" Phoebe breathed out. She didn't think that it had been nearly a full day. Where Cole and she had been, it hadn't even gotten dark, let alone full night.
Piper had heard Paige exclaimed and came running, thinking a demon had come. When she saw Phoebe though, she ran to her and swept her into a deep hug.
"Phoebe! Oh my God! Where were you? We were about to call Darryl!" Piper exclaimed.
"Yeah, well, it's nice to see you too Piper, but I'd like to keep on seeing you. If you don't let go, I think I'm going to pass out," Phoebe answered, trying to get some air into her lungs.
"Oh sorry honey," Piper apologized, not realizing she was choking her sister.
"Just where were you?!" Piper exclaimed, with mock anger. She had gotten over her excitement, and was now going to chastise her younger sister for worrying her.
"Oh, well hold on, where was I again?" Phoebe asked herself, trying to remember where she just was.
"Oh, now I remember. I was in the first meadow that was ever on Earth," Phoebe answered.
Her two sisters just stared at her.(They seem to be doing that a lot lately) They continued to stare at her, until Leo walked down the stairs.
"Piper, I'm going to try and sense her.Phoebe!" Leo exclaimed, seeing her standing in front of her sisters. Seeing the look on Piper and Paige, he turned to Phoebe.
"Okay, what's wrong?" Leo asked suspiciously, glancing from the three sisters in turn.
"Oh, nothing. It's just that they're a little stunned from where I've been for the past 24 hrs. Odd though, it didn't really seem like 24 hrs." Phoebe be said, trying to assure Leo. Piper broke from her state of shock.
"Leo, honey, guess what? Phoebe's been in the first meadow that was ever on Earth," Piper said.
"What? Wow, why'd you go there?" Leo asked surprised. It was a great pleasure and honor to go there. You were allowed there only if you were first of all powerful enough, because the person would need to time travel. Also, because not many people had the authority to go there.
"Well, Kara, Cole, and I had gone there for training," Phoebe replied. She let out a yawn because she was really tired still from the training.
"Honey, what's so special about that meadow?" Piper asked her husband.
"Well, first of all, it's found in the past. So Kara had to time travel. Second, it allows you to express yourself freely and it's a magical convergence. So magic would be amplified. Wait, she brought Cole with you to the meadow?" Leo asked suddenly realizing that Cole had gone to such a sacred place.
"Yeah. Now if you don't mind, I'm still very tired. I'll be in my room, and try not to disturb me," Phoebe said as she climbed the stairs.
She left her sisters and Leo to think about what had just happened. In her room, she flopped down onto the bed and let out a sigh of relief. It was nice to just relax in her own room, on her own bed. Her emotions that she had been feeling came rushing back to her from the back of her mind.
"Ugh!" Phoebe grumbled as she rolled over onto her stomach. She just wanted to relax and rest from the training she had. She began going over what she had learned. She began thinking about all she could do now. She had always wanted an active power like her sisters. True, she was the 'innocent yellow pages' but she wanted to be able to kick ass too. That was the main reason why she took up different styles of martial arts.
She let out a sigh as she rolled back over onto her back. She stared back up at the ceiling and drifted off into her thoughts. Those thoughts soon turned to Cole and that small kiss. Why did she do that? Then something what Kara and Leo said to her came flooding into her mind.
"That meadow allowed you to express your desires and emotions," Phoebe recalled. Did that mean she wanted Cole?
'Duh, of course you still want him. Technically, I'm part of you, so I should be talking in first person. Ah, whatever. Thing is, we still love him. We need him. Would you stop having this stupid denial thing and admit it already?!' a voice shouted angrily at her.
'Whoa, I don't know where that came from' Phoebe thought.
'Arrrrrgh!!!' the voice yelled in frustration.
'Am I getting a split personality here?' Phoebe asked herself.
'I guess so, because by the looks of it, you need another you to yell at you at your stupid blindness!' the voice yelled again.
"Ugh!" Phoebe grumbled and rolled onto her side. She pulled the blanket to cover herself, because she was starting to get cold. She didn't even care that she hadn't changed, she just wanted to go to sleep. And sleep she did, when an interesting dream took over:
She was back in that meadow that Kara and Cole had brought her to. She was lying on her back and staring up into the blue sky dreamily. She looked to her left and there was Cole, also staring into the deep blue sky. He turned towards her and smiled, and he seemed so content and happy for the first time in so long. That made her happy for some reason. She didn't understand it because ever since he came back, she's been trying to keep away from him and didn't really care if he felt happy or not.
He reached over and caressed her cheek, in the very same manner he had done earlier that day. She liked the feeling she got from him, even if it was only his hand. She turned her head into his hand and reveled in it's warmth. Suddenly, there was Kara, who was in between them. Phoebe looked at her curiously, and then shrugged it off, as though she belonged there with them.
Their peace however shattered when a demon came and picked Kara up by the shirt of her collar. The demon grinned maliciously and stabbed her in the back with an athame. Phoebe was crying furiously as the demon faded away leaving Kara there, lifeless and cold. Phoebe turned to Cole and saw him crying also, as he picked her up and held her rocking back and forth.
All of a sudden the dream ended with Phoebe sitting up sweating, heart racing, and breathing shallowly.
At Cole's Penthouse:
Kara sat up abruptly from her peaceful sleep. She too was sweating and breathing heavily as her heart raced. She held her head, reviewing her dream. She remembered the events, and knew that they would soon come to pass and sighed sadly. She knew that this was one premonition that she could not stop.
Kara knew that Phoebe had probably seen the same dream and she was awfully saddened by what she was probably feeling. Though, Kara held one aspect of the dream that Phoebe probably hadn't seen. Kara's saddened face, turned into a small smile, as she remembered that Phoebe would soon have a daughter.
Cole and Phoebe just stayed there, unmoving, not speaking. Enjoying the silence that was around them, while at the same time, feeling uncomfortable.
"Cole?" Phoebe asked. She had wanted to ask him something ever since he looked into the other reality.
"Yeah, Phoebe?" Cole asked turning his head to look at her. He could see she was having some problems inside of her.
"Why.I mean why did you look at that reality?" Phoebe asked uncertainly. She didn't know how to put it into words at the moment. Cole merely shrugged in return. After a few more minutes of silence and staring into the light blue sky, Cole broke the silence.
"I guess.guess I just wanted see if I was happy somewhere else. With you," Cole said. He was having a storm of emotions that threatened to rip him apart. To know that he was happy somewhere else brought him relief and sadness at the same time. He was asking himself why he couldn't be happy here too. He was just praying that she couldn't feel his emotions at the same time. From what she said next, his hopes came crashing down.
"I know how you feel, Cole. Did you forget that we're connected?" Phoebe asked amused. For some reason, she felt a little more at ease with him at this moment. She didn't feel wary of him at all. It reminded her of the times when she wasn't afraid of him, and she could take comfort in him.
Cole got up and took in a deep breath. Even the air felt different here, wherever here was. It smelled fresh and untainted, much different from the air of San Francisco. There, it was filled with pollution, and the scent of pain, suffering, lies, and secrets, along with the joy and happiness. Cole saw the happiness as a mask to cover up the bad.
Phoebe glanced at him and felt this set of emotions that pulled at her heart. She wasn't the one necessarily feeling them so, she knew it had to have been Cole. She probed and went through these foreign emotions while breathing in the air. She could feel a sense of release, confinement, joy, sadness. All of them were melding inside of his heart, as well as hers because they were spilling into her as well. She was nearly swept away by all of the emotions.
Now, that she was trying to get further away from him, she seemed to be closer to him than she had ever felt before. For some reason, she had the urge to get up and kiss him. Before she knew it, she was already standing, and at his side.
Cole was staring off into the dark forest that bordered the beautiful meadow. So, he didn't notice at first when Phoebe came by his side. He felt her breathing to his left and he turned. He was caught by surprise when he saw her looking up at him. She seemed to be breathing shallowly and her eyes seemed to be burning. Cole suddenly found himself breathing heavily and his heart rate increased along with his breathing.
Phoebe felt his heartbeat increase, and his breathing become shallow, as though forced. Since Phoebe could feel it as well, her heartbeat became even faster, and she needed to mentally think inhale, exhale. Cole raised his hand to her cheek, hesitantly, almost nervously. He stroked her cheek and found it a little easier to breath when she pressed her cheek against his caress.
They inched closer and came into a small kiss. Suddenly, Kara stepped from a curtain of light blue light. She saw the two who quickly broke away. She smiled inwardly, knowing that this would happen.
"So, are you two ready to go? Sorry it took so long, it's just that I had to take care of something," Kara said making up an excuse, and she was pretty good at hiding stuff so Cole and Phoebe didn't notice that she was lying.
"Um yeah, we're ready," Cole said hesitantly, stealing a glance of Phoebe. He was thoroughly confused about what just happened. He could also feel a small tug in his heart, signaling that Phoebe was also confused. Her confusion and his own melded together, and they just felt closer than ever.
Phoebe was thinking furiously. 'Why did I do that?! What possessed me to do that?!' Phoebe asked herself, cursing her weakness. 'Maybe, because, uh, you're still in love with him and you want him still?' A sarcastic voice answered in the back of her mind.
"Kara, where exactly are we?" Cole asked suddenly.
"What? You don't even know where we are?!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Well no, I just followed Kara. What, you don't trust her?" Cole shot back. That silenced her, and Cole regretted saying it.
"Well, we're sort of in the first meadow of earth. This was before the whole Adam and Eve thing," Kara answered smoothly, as though this was a coffee shop. Both Cole and Phoebe turned to her and stared.
"Now, we going, or what?" Kara asked.
"Uh, sure," Cole said as he held out his hand for Phoebe to take it. Phoebe hesitated, then took it. A part of her was saying, 'God, I do love him still. I wish he would just hug me'. She shook her head trying to get rid of the annoying voice, but it stuck to her like an annoying gnat. She then felt herself melt into him when he blurred. That small part of her was going, 'Yay!'
As soon as Cole began to blur, he felt Phoebe melt into him and he felt so happy. Though when he came out of the blur back at his penthouse, Phoebe quickly pushed herself away from him. This just made him even sadder than before the blur. He turned to his right, where Kara was sitting, very relaxed on the sofa.
"What took you so long?" Kara asked.
"What do you mean?" Cole asked back. He was slightly confused by her question. The answer than struck him.
"Oh. Well I'm sorry Kara, but I'm not as quick as you appear to be," Cole said, mockingly teasing her.
"Well, then, that's alright," Kara shot back playfully. She grinned after a moment, unable to keep a straight face.
"Hey, what was with that place anyway? Is there some kind of magic there?" Phoebe asked injecting herself into the conversation.
"Well, sort of. That meadow was created to allow people to express their inner emotions. Also, it gives them a little push to do what they want to do most. Why? Something happen?" Kara asked looking at Phoebe and Cole, knowing full well something did happen.
"No," Phoebe answered quickly as she remembered the kiss.
"Sure," Kara said, in a disbelieving tone. 'Talk about the witch who cried wolf. I mean she keeps telling herself she isn't in love with him, but then she finds out she still is. I'm glad I brought them to that particular meadow' Kara thought to herself, smiling at her deviousness. Hey, she may be some kind of powerful angel-type person, but when she needed to, she could just be as deceitful as the next person.
"Um I better go now," Phoebe said still trying to separate her feelings for Cole.
"Oh.Okay," Cole said.
"Yeah, sure Phoebe. I'll see you during the next lesson," Kara replied turning her back, preparing to go to the room she shared with Cole.
"Wait, when is the next lesson?" Phoebe asked, suddenly realizing she didn't have the slightest clue where or when it was going to be. "Oh. I guess I'll just call you or ask Leo to bring you," Kara replied.
"You know how to use the phone?" Phoebe asked in shock.
"Yeah, Phoebe. I'm may be a high ranking good guy, or should I say girl, but I'm not oblivious to the going-ons of this world," Kara answered, amused that Phoebe thought I wouldn't know how to use a simple telephone.
"Oh, sorry. Okay, I guess I'll see you two later than," Phoebe said blushing a rose pink at her foolishness.
"So, Kara, do you want to eat something? You must be hungry, 'cause I sure am," Cole said, heading toward the kitchen.
Kara paused to consider whether or not to eat. She then turned to Cole and said, "Yeah, sure, why not?"
Cole smiled and asked, "Do you want a sandwich, or do you want me to order Chinese or something?"
"Uh, whatever, I don't really care," Kara said, sitting back down onto the couch.
"Well, I'm too tired to make a sandwich, so, I'll just order out," Cole said coming out of the kitchen, and grabbing the phone.
"So, what you think of your first physical training session?" Kara asked, making conversation.
"It was tiring, but fun. I can't believe what I can do now that I have this gate," Cole said waiting for the Chinese place to pick up. They finally did, and he ordered for the both of them. He hung up and sat back on the couch next to her.
"You want to watch some TV while we wait for the food?" Cole asked after a moment.
"Sure, I've always wanted to see what made so many people become zombies over this TV," Kara answered.
"You've never watched TV before?" Cole asked shocked. Everyone has watched TV. At least he thought everyone did.
"No, let's just say, that I was never able to watch it when I was growing up. I was sort of taken away from my parents when I was born. So I never really got to know them and I grew up, up 'there'," she replied sadly.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I never really got to know my parents either. As you probably know, my father was human and my mother was a demon. Raynor had tricked my mother in killing my father and then I was taken care of by Raynor for some reason," Cole said, recounting his awful childhood.
"Ooh, that must have been really horrible. At least I was in the hands of good. You, ugh. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean."Kara said realizing what she just said.
"No, it's okay. I've dealt with my past. It doesn't really bother me anymore," Cole replied. He found the remote and turned on the TV. The news was on and he was wondering if he should change the channel or not.
"Do you want to watch something else?" Cole asked turning to Kara.
"Uh, sure. I have no idea what is on the TV, so, I don't care," Kara replied looking at the TV curiously.
'Wow, she really hasn't watched TV before' Cole thought changing the channel to Disney.
After about 20 minutes of watching TV, the doorbell rang, and Cole got up, grabbing his wallet. He came back with a paper bag filled with food.
Kara and Cole had filled themselves and were watching some more TV. Kara had started to become cold and she snuggled next to Cole like a little girl. For some reason, Cole felt like this was right, again. He didn't want to disturb her, so he ignored it and went back to watching the TV.
Soon, Kara had fallen asleep, and he carried her to the bed and tucked her in. He found himself kissing her on her forehead and whispering good-night. She smiled and rolled over to her side. He had no idea why he just did that, but it felt right, like when he held her. He pondered about that for a few seconds, and then decided to drown himself in the mindless world of the television.
Back at the manor
Phoebe shut the door as she entered the manor. She decided against calling her sisters to pick her up. Mainly because she didn't want to stay at Cole's longer than she had to. Also because she wanted time to herself to think about what happened. She didn't even know why it happened. Then, there was the problem of her sisters.
Should she tell her sisters that she had kissed the man that they feared the most? No, that she couldn't do. The shame that she felt herself was enough, add that to the shame that her sisters would place upon her would be too much. She walked towards the stairs, wanting to go to her room. Her sisters wouldn't barge in, would they? Wait, they did like, last week after Miles had died
Phoebe let out a sigh of frustration, trying to think of where she could go to have some privacy. Her thoughts though were thoroughly disrupted when Paige spotted her from the kitchen.
"Phoebe, where've you been?" Paige asked, her voice tinted with worry.
"I've been training with Kara and Cole. Why?" Phoebe asked confused. Not for the first time that day.
"Why? You'd been gone for nearly 24 hrs. We were going out of our minds wondering where you were!" Paige exclaimed.
"24, hours?" Phoebe breathed out. She didn't think that it had been nearly a full day. Where Cole and she had been, it hadn't even gotten dark, let alone full night.
Piper had heard Paige exclaimed and came running, thinking a demon had come. When she saw Phoebe though, she ran to her and swept her into a deep hug.
"Phoebe! Oh my God! Where were you? We were about to call Darryl!" Piper exclaimed.
"Yeah, well, it's nice to see you too Piper, but I'd like to keep on seeing you. If you don't let go, I think I'm going to pass out," Phoebe answered, trying to get some air into her lungs.
"Oh sorry honey," Piper apologized, not realizing she was choking her sister.
"Just where were you?!" Piper exclaimed, with mock anger. She had gotten over her excitement, and was now going to chastise her younger sister for worrying her.
"Oh, well hold on, where was I again?" Phoebe asked herself, trying to remember where she just was.
"Oh, now I remember. I was in the first meadow that was ever on Earth," Phoebe answered.
Her two sisters just stared at her.(They seem to be doing that a lot lately) They continued to stare at her, until Leo walked down the stairs.
"Piper, I'm going to try and sense her.Phoebe!" Leo exclaimed, seeing her standing in front of her sisters. Seeing the look on Piper and Paige, he turned to Phoebe.
"Okay, what's wrong?" Leo asked suspiciously, glancing from the three sisters in turn.
"Oh, nothing. It's just that they're a little stunned from where I've been for the past 24 hrs. Odd though, it didn't really seem like 24 hrs." Phoebe be said, trying to assure Leo. Piper broke from her state of shock.
"Leo, honey, guess what? Phoebe's been in the first meadow that was ever on Earth," Piper said.
"What? Wow, why'd you go there?" Leo asked surprised. It was a great pleasure and honor to go there. You were allowed there only if you were first of all powerful enough, because the person would need to time travel. Also, because not many people had the authority to go there.
"Well, Kara, Cole, and I had gone there for training," Phoebe replied. She let out a yawn because she was really tired still from the training.
"Honey, what's so special about that meadow?" Piper asked her husband.
"Well, first of all, it's found in the past. So Kara had to time travel. Second, it allows you to express yourself freely and it's a magical convergence. So magic would be amplified. Wait, she brought Cole with you to the meadow?" Leo asked suddenly realizing that Cole had gone to such a sacred place.
"Yeah. Now if you don't mind, I'm still very tired. I'll be in my room, and try not to disturb me," Phoebe said as she climbed the stairs.
She left her sisters and Leo to think about what had just happened. In her room, she flopped down onto the bed and let out a sigh of relief. It was nice to just relax in her own room, on her own bed. Her emotions that she had been feeling came rushing back to her from the back of her mind.
"Ugh!" Phoebe grumbled as she rolled over onto her stomach. She just wanted to relax and rest from the training she had. She began going over what she had learned. She began thinking about all she could do now. She had always wanted an active power like her sisters. True, she was the 'innocent yellow pages' but she wanted to be able to kick ass too. That was the main reason why she took up different styles of martial arts.
She let out a sigh as she rolled back over onto her back. She stared back up at the ceiling and drifted off into her thoughts. Those thoughts soon turned to Cole and that small kiss. Why did she do that? Then something what Kara and Leo said to her came flooding into her mind.
"That meadow allowed you to express your desires and emotions," Phoebe recalled. Did that mean she wanted Cole?
'Duh, of course you still want him. Technically, I'm part of you, so I should be talking in first person. Ah, whatever. Thing is, we still love him. We need him. Would you stop having this stupid denial thing and admit it already?!' a voice shouted angrily at her.
'Whoa, I don't know where that came from' Phoebe thought.
'Arrrrrgh!!!' the voice yelled in frustration.
'Am I getting a split personality here?' Phoebe asked herself.
'I guess so, because by the looks of it, you need another you to yell at you at your stupid blindness!' the voice yelled again.
"Ugh!" Phoebe grumbled and rolled onto her side. She pulled the blanket to cover herself, because she was starting to get cold. She didn't even care that she hadn't changed, she just wanted to go to sleep. And sleep she did, when an interesting dream took over:
She was back in that meadow that Kara and Cole had brought her to. She was lying on her back and staring up into the blue sky dreamily. She looked to her left and there was Cole, also staring into the deep blue sky. He turned towards her and smiled, and he seemed so content and happy for the first time in so long. That made her happy for some reason. She didn't understand it because ever since he came back, she's been trying to keep away from him and didn't really care if he felt happy or not.
He reached over and caressed her cheek, in the very same manner he had done earlier that day. She liked the feeling she got from him, even if it was only his hand. She turned her head into his hand and reveled in it's warmth. Suddenly, there was Kara, who was in between them. Phoebe looked at her curiously, and then shrugged it off, as though she belonged there with them.
Their peace however shattered when a demon came and picked Kara up by the shirt of her collar. The demon grinned maliciously and stabbed her in the back with an athame. Phoebe was crying furiously as the demon faded away leaving Kara there, lifeless and cold. Phoebe turned to Cole and saw him crying also, as he picked her up and held her rocking back and forth.
All of a sudden the dream ended with Phoebe sitting up sweating, heart racing, and breathing shallowly.
At Cole's Penthouse:
Kara sat up abruptly from her peaceful sleep. She too was sweating and breathing heavily as her heart raced. She held her head, reviewing her dream. She remembered the events, and knew that they would soon come to pass and sighed sadly. She knew that this was one premonition that she could not stop.
Kara knew that Phoebe had probably seen the same dream and she was awfully saddened by what she was probably feeling. Though, Kara held one aspect of the dream that Phoebe probably hadn't seen. Kara's saddened face, turned into a small smile, as she remembered that Phoebe would soon have a daughter.