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A/N: Ahhh! Sacrilege! I was just watching "A Witches Tail Part 2", and turns out Phoebe's name is spelt 'Pheobe"! Hang on, maybe I just read it wrong. I never taped it, so anyone who did - can you check the part where she finally signs the divorce papers and see how it's spelt? Just for the record, even if it is spelt the other way, I refuse to change the way I spell it. I'm too used to it to change it now!
A/N.2: Thank you for the reviews, hope you guys like this one!
Phoebe sat up panting. It wasn't possible. Why would Cole. . ." She was broken out of her concentrated thinking by Piper and Paige's screams, before in a - few seconds, they were hugging her.
"We thought you were. . ." She paused and looked at Leo expectantly. "How is this possible?" Leo shrugged, the look on his face showing more surprise than that of Paige or Piper.
"It's not. Something must have happened that we don't know about." Leo said.
"Cole. . ." Phoebe muttered. Piper and Paige looked away, confused looks on both their faces.
"Cole? What did he do?" Paige asked. Phoebe gripped onto the chair and pulled herself into a seating position.
She frowned. "I don't know. . .but, it's like someone else's memory has been locked into my head. I was dead. . .but he did something." Phoebe said, trying to figure out what he could have done. "Where is he?" Paige glanced at Piper before they both stepped away to reveal an unconscious Cole lying on the ground. Phoebe's eyes grew wide. "Is he. . ." She stopped in mid-sentence and looked up at her sisters.
"No." Piper said softly. "He just fainted." Phoebe frowned and shook her head.
"Cole doesn't faint. Something happened." She stood and walked over to Cole's lifeless body, before kneeling down next to him. She closed her eyes and took his hand in his. "What did you do. . .?" She whispered to him.
"Phoebe. . ." Cole's eyes suddenly flung open. "You're okay." He sighed in relief. He looked at his hand enclosed in his for a second, before pulling away and sitting up. Slowly he climbed to his feet.
"You don't seem surprised. . .that she's not still. . .well, dead." Paige said, tilting her head in confusion. Cole paused, thinking of what to say. He wondered if he should tell them the truth, or just let them get on with their lives clueless to what had happened. It didn't really matter if they knew, it wasn't enough to repair everything he had put them through.
"Well, you know the Charmed Ones, never seem to die. . .do you?" He plastered on a smile.
"Cole. . ." Phoebe started, she frowned. "What did you do?" She asked him again, more firmly this time. Cole's smile wavered. He looked away from her.
"I don't know what you're talking about. . ." He said, feigning ignorance. "I'm going to get going. . .I'm sure you have better things to do. . ." With one last glance at Phoebe he turned around and made his way to the front door.
Realisation suddenly hit Phoebe. "Freeze him, Piper." She said softly. Cole turned around.
"What? Wh--" Piper started.
"Freeze him." Phoebe said firmly. Cole shook his head.
"Phoebe, wa--" Cole's sentence hung in mid-air as he froze. Piper lowered her arms.
"Why did he freeze? He's not supposed to freeze. . ." Piper stated, confused. She wasn't the only one. Paige and Leo had no clue as to what was going on.
"He doesn't have his powers anymore." Phoebe stated walking towards Cole. She circled him before stopping so she was looking straight at his face. "He gave them up. . ." She said simply.
"To save you." Paige stated nodding slowly.
"But why. . .how?" Piper asked. Phoebe shrugged and looked at Leo.
"It's not something to be taken lightly, bringing someone back to life. Either Cole had some back up plan in action. . .or someone made him an offer he had to accept." He said slowly.
"Prue. It was Prue." Phoebe said, memories that hadn't occurred for her seeped into her head.
"How is it that you know all of this?" Paige asked Phoebe. Phoebe shrugged.
"I'm not sure. It's just there." She stated.
"What I want to know is why would Cole give up his powers, if it also meant it might kill him in the process." Leo said. "His powers were so advanced, that if he lost them. . .it might destroy him."
"It's obvious isn't it? We never doubted that he loved Phoebe." Paige said softly. "He didn't care about himself. . ." She paused. Silence filled the room, before Piper's freeze wore off.
"-ait." Cole stumbled backwards as he unfroze. He looked at everyone, their eyes all locked on him, and he realised that they knew the truth. How? He didn't know. But one look at Phoebe and he knew she knew everything. He shook his head. "I don't want to use this as an excuse for you to forgive me." He stated simply.
"Why not? You saved my life." Phoebe said softly.
"And almost destroyed it in the past." Cole said. "I only did what I had to do. It's no secret that I love you Phoebe. Even after a year, you're the one thing that has kept me going, even if I never saw you again. If you died. . ." He left the sentence hanging. "I did what I had to do." He stated again.
"Well, we're grateful for it." Piper said, after Phoebe said nothing. Cole looked at Piper and nodded.
"I never had the chance to apologise. For everything. The hell I must have put you through. If I could ever undo it, I'd do it in a heartbeat." He said slowly. He frowned as a flash of pain crossed his torso. He raised a hand to his chest.
"We app---" Paige started, but was cut off as Cole collapsed to the floor, clutching his chest. Phoebe was quickly crouching next to him.
"Cole. . .what is it?" She asked, her words coated with concern.
"I don't. . .know." Cole said through gritted teeth. "It burns-arrghh. . ." He groaned in pain. Phoebe quickly looked up at Leo.
"Do something." She pleaded with him. Leo nodded and knelt down next to Cole. He held his hands above his chest, but frowned and shook his head.
"It's not something I can heal. I think losing his powers did something to him." Leo explained. Phoebe looked at Cole, who was gasping for breath. She put her hand on his chest.
"Take him upstairs, you can take him to my room." She said to Leo. She looked at Piper and Paige, expecting some arguments, but to her surprise they nodded.
"We'll go check the Book." Piper said, Paige nodded. Phoebe frowned, before she smiled gratefully. She turned to look at Leo and raised an eyebrow. Leo nodded, and placed one hand on Cole's shoulder, and the other on Phoebe's arm, before orbing them upstairs.
Just when you think it gets better, something has to ruin everything! Alrighty, probably just a couple more chapters to go. Review! I accept flames. Oh, don't forget the "Phoebe" "Pheobe" crisis.
A/N: Ahhh! Sacrilege! I was just watching "A Witches Tail Part 2", and turns out Phoebe's name is spelt 'Pheobe"! Hang on, maybe I just read it wrong. I never taped it, so anyone who did - can you check the part where she finally signs the divorce papers and see how it's spelt? Just for the record, even if it is spelt the other way, I refuse to change the way I spell it. I'm too used to it to change it now!
A/N.2: Thank you for the reviews, hope you guys like this one!
Phoebe sat up panting. It wasn't possible. Why would Cole. . ." She was broken out of her concentrated thinking by Piper and Paige's screams, before in a - few seconds, they were hugging her.
"We thought you were. . ." She paused and looked at Leo expectantly. "How is this possible?" Leo shrugged, the look on his face showing more surprise than that of Paige or Piper.
"It's not. Something must have happened that we don't know about." Leo said.
"Cole. . ." Phoebe muttered. Piper and Paige looked away, confused looks on both their faces.
"Cole? What did he do?" Paige asked. Phoebe gripped onto the chair and pulled herself into a seating position.
She frowned. "I don't know. . .but, it's like someone else's memory has been locked into my head. I was dead. . .but he did something." Phoebe said, trying to figure out what he could have done. "Where is he?" Paige glanced at Piper before they both stepped away to reveal an unconscious Cole lying on the ground. Phoebe's eyes grew wide. "Is he. . ." She stopped in mid-sentence and looked up at her sisters.
"No." Piper said softly. "He just fainted." Phoebe frowned and shook her head.
"Cole doesn't faint. Something happened." She stood and walked over to Cole's lifeless body, before kneeling down next to him. She closed her eyes and took his hand in his. "What did you do. . .?" She whispered to him.
"Phoebe. . ." Cole's eyes suddenly flung open. "You're okay." He sighed in relief. He looked at his hand enclosed in his for a second, before pulling away and sitting up. Slowly he climbed to his feet.
"You don't seem surprised. . .that she's not still. . .well, dead." Paige said, tilting her head in confusion. Cole paused, thinking of what to say. He wondered if he should tell them the truth, or just let them get on with their lives clueless to what had happened. It didn't really matter if they knew, it wasn't enough to repair everything he had put them through.
"Well, you know the Charmed Ones, never seem to die. . .do you?" He plastered on a smile.
"Cole. . ." Phoebe started, she frowned. "What did you do?" She asked him again, more firmly this time. Cole's smile wavered. He looked away from her.
"I don't know what you're talking about. . ." He said, feigning ignorance. "I'm going to get going. . .I'm sure you have better things to do. . ." With one last glance at Phoebe he turned around and made his way to the front door.
Realisation suddenly hit Phoebe. "Freeze him, Piper." She said softly. Cole turned around.
"What? Wh--" Piper started.
"Freeze him." Phoebe said firmly. Cole shook his head.
"Phoebe, wa--" Cole's sentence hung in mid-air as he froze. Piper lowered her arms.
"Why did he freeze? He's not supposed to freeze. . ." Piper stated, confused. She wasn't the only one. Paige and Leo had no clue as to what was going on.
"He doesn't have his powers anymore." Phoebe stated walking towards Cole. She circled him before stopping so she was looking straight at his face. "He gave them up. . ." She said simply.
"To save you." Paige stated nodding slowly.
"But why. . .how?" Piper asked. Phoebe shrugged and looked at Leo.
"It's not something to be taken lightly, bringing someone back to life. Either Cole had some back up plan in action. . .or someone made him an offer he had to accept." He said slowly.
"Prue. It was Prue." Phoebe said, memories that hadn't occurred for her seeped into her head.
"How is it that you know all of this?" Paige asked Phoebe. Phoebe shrugged.
"I'm not sure. It's just there." She stated.
"What I want to know is why would Cole give up his powers, if it also meant it might kill him in the process." Leo said. "His powers were so advanced, that if he lost them. . .it might destroy him."
"It's obvious isn't it? We never doubted that he loved Phoebe." Paige said softly. "He didn't care about himself. . ." She paused. Silence filled the room, before Piper's freeze wore off.
"-ait." Cole stumbled backwards as he unfroze. He looked at everyone, their eyes all locked on him, and he realised that they knew the truth. How? He didn't know. But one look at Phoebe and he knew she knew everything. He shook his head. "I don't want to use this as an excuse for you to forgive me." He stated simply.
"Why not? You saved my life." Phoebe said softly.
"And almost destroyed it in the past." Cole said. "I only did what I had to do. It's no secret that I love you Phoebe. Even after a year, you're the one thing that has kept me going, even if I never saw you again. If you died. . ." He left the sentence hanging. "I did what I had to do." He stated again.
"Well, we're grateful for it." Piper said, after Phoebe said nothing. Cole looked at Piper and nodded.
"I never had the chance to apologise. For everything. The hell I must have put you through. If I could ever undo it, I'd do it in a heartbeat." He said slowly. He frowned as a flash of pain crossed his torso. He raised a hand to his chest.
"We app---" Paige started, but was cut off as Cole collapsed to the floor, clutching his chest. Phoebe was quickly crouching next to him.
"Cole. . .what is it?" She asked, her words coated with concern.
"I don't. . .know." Cole said through gritted teeth. "It burns-arrghh. . ." He groaned in pain. Phoebe quickly looked up at Leo.
"Do something." She pleaded with him. Leo nodded and knelt down next to Cole. He held his hands above his chest, but frowned and shook his head.
"It's not something I can heal. I think losing his powers did something to him." Leo explained. Phoebe looked at Cole, who was gasping for breath. She put her hand on his chest.
"Take him upstairs, you can take him to my room." She said to Leo. She looked at Piper and Paige, expecting some arguments, but to her surprise they nodded.
"We'll go check the Book." Piper said, Paige nodded. Phoebe frowned, before she smiled gratefully. She turned to look at Leo and raised an eyebrow. Leo nodded, and placed one hand on Cole's shoulder, and the other on Phoebe's arm, before orbing them upstairs.
Just when you think it gets better, something has to ruin everything! Alrighty, probably just a couple more chapters to go. Review! I accept flames. Oh, don't forget the "Phoebe" "Pheobe" crisis.