Well guys, I know you're gonna totally hate for me for starting a new fic without finishing the other...20 thousand I have uncompleted, but I guess this is my way to cope with the loss of Cole. I have to say, I'm utterly dissapointed the writers couldn't keep him, but, well...I guess that's life... L
This fic takes place after "Centennial Charmed", in which Cole dies, but with the magic of fics, he doesn't die. He lives on to become and avatar (granted, I don't know very well what that is, but...if anybody has a clear idea, can you pleaseeeeee tell me?? Pleaseeeee!). It takes place a rather long 6 months after Cole "dies". Piper had her baby and it was in fact a boy, Paige is still single as is Phoebe....
Hope you guys like it!
Cole pulled up to his New York penthouse, he parked his car and fiddled with his suitcase while he got in elevator. He looked at his watch, another loooooonnngggg night at the office, the uh...avatar office actually...
It was weird that he was still on this earth, he had gotten so many chances, and he had blown them all except this one. It seemed it had all worked out the moment he left San Francisco, it had all worked out when he left Phoebe. It took him a long time to realize he had destroyed his life countless times just to be with her and destroyed hers as well...
The elevator opened and he quickly undid his tie as he set his briefcase on the table. It had been 6 months since he had "died". The avatars took him in, and brought him back and made him one of the best avatars ever. He thanked god everyday he had gotten his second chance, even if it was without Phoebe
It wasn't really that bad, he was so busy with work that he really didn't have time for woman. It seemed almost weird, he had always been a lady's man, but now...Cole was pulled out of his train of thought by a familiar voice, he turned around and smiled.
"how many times have I told you about sneaking up on me like that?" he asked the man.
The man merely smiled, "I'm sorry Cole, you know how sneaky we are" he said, Cole chuckled and smiled, "so, Mike, what've you got for me today? Another mission?" he asked as he took off his coat. Mike smiled and nodded, "I think you might just like this mission..." he said, he gave him some papers and Cole took them. He read them carefully and his heart plummeted. "I don't want to do it..." he said throwing the papers on the table.
Mike grabbed the papers and looked at Cole, "Cole, you don't have a say in this..." he explained. Cole looked at him angrily, "yes I do!! I won't go back there!!" he screamed, "I've tried so hard Mike, I can't be in the same city as her, it kills me to be near her, why do you think I moved here in the first place?" he barked. Mike sighed and put a hand on his shoulder, "You won't have to see her" he explained, "look, you're the best one we've got who's not on duty, I can't do anything for you..." Mike explained.
"Mike, please.. don't do this to me..." he begged, "I finally got my life back, without her...being in the same city, having to know I might run into her..." he said, on the verge of tears. Mike looked at him and smiled, "Cole...you're gonna have to do it sometime" he explained, "she's a charmed one, we're gonna have to work for or with them sometime..." he said, "wait...I have to work with them?" he asked alarmed. Mike nodded, "no" he said, "not this time, the mission is on the paper" he said, "we already got you an apartment in San Francisco, all you have to do is get this over with and come back here" he said, "it's a fast thing..." Mike continued, trying to chide him into doing his job.
Cole breathed a sigh of defeat and nodded, "fine..." he said, "let me get my stuff together..." he said as he turned away from Mike and disappeared into his room. Mike sighed, he didn't want to set this up, Cole was his best Friend, but he knew that the only way to get him there was if he told him he didn't have to work with the charmed ones, even if he did.....
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Phoebe, Paige and Piper walked into the manor, tired, hurt and extremely touchy. "well, I could've done something if you had moved out of the way!" Paige screamed at Piper. "well, I'm sorry, I was trying to freeze the thing!" she screamed. Phoebe sighed and looked at her sisters, "would you please be quiet, Parker is asleep..." she said as she made her way up the stairs.
"Phoebe!! We have to talk about this!!!" Paige screamed, "tomorrow, I'm tired, I'm defeated, we'll look through the book tomorrow..."Phoebe said as she walked up to her room. She closed the door and slithered into her pajamas and then skidded under the covers, she was so tired, so...drained...
And to make matters worse, she had to work tomorrow. She looked up at the ceiling, and sighed, when had living become so difficult? She used to enjoy this and now, it was a burden to her, it was so hard just to stand up straight. To look somebody in the eyes without showing the small wrinkles that had developed around her face, or without showing the emotional distress inside of her.
6 months everything was fine, it was bad, but it was better. She still carried around the burden of having killed Cole, she didn't actually want to do it. She had loved him, and then she had to kill him, and they didn't even get closure...
She sighed and turned on her side. For some reason she hated being in this house, in this room, she felt uncomfortable around her sisters, she no longer liked her job, it was like everything went out the window when she killed Cole. It didn't happen like that the last time she had killed him, because last time he came back, and this time...he didn't...he was actually dead...
She pushed her thoughts out of her head, she had to get up early tomorrow. Early enough not to run into any of her sisters, she rolled over and quickly fell asleep, and in no time, her alarm clock was buzzing crazily. She turned it off and quickly took a shower, got dressed and sped out the door. She would get coffee on the way....
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Cole rolled over in the oversized bed in the oversize apartment the avatars had given him for his stay. He knew he had to do this quick, for his own sanity. He had studied the case thoroughly last night. A demon by the name of Aklar had found a way out of the underworld and was wreaking havoc all over, and as and Avatar, Cole had to preserve the order between good and evil, and this evil was definitely not supposed to be there...
He got up and grabbed his files, he took a quick shower, shaved and put on a pair of jeans and black v-neck sweater. He grabbed the keys and walked down to the coffee shop around the corner, he couldn't possibly ever run into anybody there, this was completely across town, completely away from Phoebe...so he thought....
He entered the coffee shop and ordered a tall mocha latte and sat down on one of those overly small coffee tables. It seemed like everything was either to small or to big, including his coffee...
He looked up slightly and caught a glimpse of a young woman, that looked exactly like Phoebe, only...different...He looked at her more intently, and it was her!!! No...he thought, it couldn't be, she seemed older...
He was debating whether or not this woman was her or not, and the only thing he could come up with was running...
He quickly got up and fled toward the door, and accidentally bumped into the woman on his way out, and when she turned to him, he knew it was her, and she was staring at him like she couldn't believe it, and somehow, fate had made them run each other...yet again...