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Chapter 9
"It was more than that."

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After all that had happened between them the night before, Phoebe had to do something, she couldn't just stay here in the bed while he was having his shower. She got up and wrapped the sheet around her and walked in the bathroom...
She stayed in front of the door for a while, listening to the hot water which was falling in the shower. She smiled at the thought to find Cole all naked in the shower.
She slowly walked in and was surprised to find Cole in front of her.
"I knew you would come here." He said.
At the moment she didn't really know what to said.
'Come on Phoebe, you can't stay jaw drop like this.' She told to herself.
"Were you waiting for me?" She asked seductively.
"Not really." Cole coldly replied.
He had to push her away; otherwise, he would have made love to her once again.
"You know, I thought about last night again and in fact it wasn't really a big deal. I mean it was great but nothing more." She lied.
"And maybe you were right, it was just a one-nighter. We really never had an extra night…you know, one last night with just sex and not commitments, regrets or feelings." She added.
Cole was wondering what was wrong with her.
"You're right. There so many things between us that keeps us for… I was thinking that we could be together again, but I realized I was wrong, we both have to move on... You have Sara and I'll find a guy, there's already Stan from the paper who asked me out, first I said no because of you but, if you don't want me back then I'll call him and tell him that I'm ready to go out tonight." She explained.
Phoebe was changing her game, no more 'I want you, I need you' now she'll be the one pushing him away and making him jealous.
"So now, I'll leave. I had a wonderful night, thank you... Good luck with Sara." She added before kissing him on the lips and walking out of the bathroom. She then walked in the bedroom and got dressed, hoping that her new plan to get him back will work.
Cole was standing shocked in the bathroom.
'Great, now she's leaving, she thinks you don't want her anymore, you're stupid Turner.' He thought.
He didn't know what to do, does he have to run after her to tell her he loves her or will he just stay here and probably loose her?
Cole ran in the bedroom and grabbed Phoebe's arm. She was already dressed and he kissed her passionately. Phoebe moaned and Cole pushed her away.
"What the hell are you doing?" She asked angrily.
Cole shrugged and said: "I wanted to make sure there wasn't any feelings between us and there're not, I didn't feel anything when I kissed you. Last night was just about sex like you said."
Of course he was lying and again, it was part of his plan.
Phoebe avoided his look and took her purse.
'I do have feelings.' Both though at the same time.
Without looking at him she walked out of the room.
Cole was feeling guilty now, he knew what he said hurt her, he knew they both have feelings for each other but their damn pride was more important for them.
Phoebe stood behind the door for a while. So was sad, sad because once again Cole was rejecting her, because he wasn't in love with her anymore, because maybe she pushed the game too far... she sighed and walked away, wiping her tears away...

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It was Saturday morning, it couldn't be later than ten o'clock. Sara and Alex were still sleeping in each other arms, since they had spent the night together after the birthday's party was over. The comfortable and deep sleep was interrupted by Sara's cell phone ringing in the nightstand. At first she didn't figure out what the hell had interrupted her dream. Alex still sounded full asleep, when the phone rang one more time, Sara lazily extended her hand to reach the phone and said a very sleepily: "Yeah?"
"Sara?" The voice in the other end of the line said.
"Yeah." She said softly and sleepy.
"I need you to come to my place, now. Please." Cole asked.
"What?" She said.
"What happened?" She asked half awake this time.
"I need to talk to someone." He simply told her.
For the tone of his voice, she could know he was going through an emotional crisis right now.
She sighed.
"Alright. I'll be there in twenty minutes." She agreed and hung up.
Then she turned to Alex.
"Alex, honey, I gotta go." She said and he moaned still slept.
She kissed him on the cheek and he opened his eyes.
"Hey." He said. "Where are you going?"
"To help a friend." She simply said with a smile and got off bed. In fact that was the truth, Cole was more a friend than a boss for her.
She was feeling that they were very close friends now, she was his confident, she felt like his confident. She liked talking with him and spending time with him, she loved to hear him laugh. She hated when he was sad, like right now, she knew he was feeling really bad and he needed her. She also knew she could count on him if she needed him. One day she'll have to present him to Alex, she was sure they were going to like each others.

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"Great party, wasn't it?" A sarcastic Piper asked her as she was entering in the Manor.
"Why do you say it?" Phoebe innocently asked.
"I guess is because you're coming back at nine in the morning." Paige said pointing to her watch. "And it's obvious you didn't come last night since you're still wearing the same dress." She added.
Phoebe just laugh, she was a little nervous, she was still thinking about Cole, about last night and about what he told her.
"You catch me." She admitted.
"So… where were you?" Piper asked curious.
"I…uh…I spent the night with a guy" She said avoiding look at them.
'Having amazing sex with Cole...' She added to her thoughts.
"Oh..." Paige smiled and wicked at her.
"Who is he?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow.
'Damn it!' Phoebe cursed mentally, 'Why sisters have to know everything?'
"Phoebe?" Piper called for her pulling her out of her thoughts.
"Wow... Daydreaming, I'm sure he drove you to seventh heaven, looks like he was really great." Paige commented.
'More than you could even imagine.' Phoebe added to herself.
"Ah?… he's someone I've known for awhile. Just… you know… a one night thing..." She said, choosing to ignore Paige's last comment. And then, she quickly made her way to her room.
That was all that came to her mind. She had to say it was a one-nighter, otherwise they would ask about him… and details and she wasn't in the mood to create complete stories with details to her sisters.
She fell on her bed and looked at the ceiling.
"Why?" She asked out loud.
Why couldn't she be happy with Cole? Why was he always pushing her away and then wanting her back, was she only a toy to his eyes? If last night was just a game, then she liked to be a toy. His toy. But she wanted something more, she wanted to be with him all the time, everyday and every night. Was it impossible for them to be together? What was wrong between them? Why did she start this stupid game? She was regretting it now, but she wasn't regretting all the good things that happened between them.
Tears started to fall down her cheeks as all those questions were fusing in her head. Why was life so harsh? She didn't want to wake up one more morning without him by her side. But what about her sisters? Cole was evil for them, she couldn't told them that she was back with him and in love with him...
She sighed and wiped away her tears, she finally got up, she had to get ready for work... Elise would kill her if she didn't finish her column in time, even if it was Saturday, she had to go to work. And she didn't really want to stay at the manor with her sisters asking questions about this mysterious guy. She took some clothes in her closet and walked in the bathroom.

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Wearing Levi's jeans, a pink sweater, a blue jeans' overcoat and sky blue and gray skechers, Sara got in the penthouse from the elevator, showing with her outfit and non-make up-but-lipstick face, that it was Saturday morning.
"So… what was the emergency?" She asked Cole who was in the couch with a bottle in front of him, still wearing the clothes of the night before.
'This is worse than I thought' She thought.
"What happened to 'After all I've done I think I deserve the privilege of the exclusive news'?" He asked imitating her tone, so she would remember what she had said to him the night before.
"What happened?" She questioned as she put her Kipling handbag in the couch.
"The emergency is that I'm an idiot, a stupid idiot." He replied sarcastically.
"I'm an idiot." She repeated loud and slowly, and nodded.
"Good, and how did you get that high and very positive opinion of yourself?" She questioned but he just stared at her without any reply.
"Ok." She determinate, took off her overcoat and threw it on the couch.
She gathered her blond hair up in a ponytail. She knew this wouldn't be easy.
"While you decide to talk, do you mind if I use your kitchen?" She asked.
"Go ahead. Why?" Cole asked confused.
"I could use some breakfast, I'm starving, you know." She told him and headed to the kitchen and he followed her.
"And be careful when you walk." She indicated when he got up the couch.
"I don't want you slip and fall with your own self-esteem." She said referring at the state Cole was. Cole just sighed in frustration, sometimes she could be cranky and bitchy, sometimes he hated her sense of humor, of course that before he realized that it was similar at his own one.
She didn't say anything, she knew he needed time to think, so she didn't push him. She knew he wanted to talk, but he would do it when he felt ready.
They both were in the kitchen, Sara was looking the way to cook something, she was really hungry. Cole just sat in one of the kitchen's stools and stayed quiet.
"Wow, look at this..." Sara commented when she saw the items in the cabinet and in the refrigerator.
"Colombian coffee, German Beer, French bread, Dutch cheese, Swiss chocolate. What are you, Superman?" She asked.
"And all the tags are in their own languages which means you don't buy them here. This is definitely not imported." She added.
The fact of have a transportation power allowed him to go to any where around the globe to buy something. He used to be cranky with some products, so he preferred to go straight to any country to get them.
"What? Do you just go to any place in the earth and get them?" She asked joking and he laughed.
"I… uh… I got them by mail. You know I buy them by the Internet and they send them to me." He lied.
He couldn't tell her the truth. Sara started to prepare eggs and Cole suddenly started to talk. She knew that in any moment he would do it.
"Last night, after you left. Phoebe came to me again, we danced… we kept with the same. Her with her game and me with mine...." He said.
She stayed in silence and he continued: "I couldn't resist it in the end. So… we were together last night..." he said slowly.
"You mean you slept with her?" She asked and he nodded.
"How did you feel?" He looked questionably at her, then she thought about what she just asked.
"Hey, don't get wrong. That's not what I meant. I mean emotionally."
"I felt in heaven." He replied.
He meant it at both emotionally and physically.
"I hadn't felt more alive in a long time." He said.
'I quivered with her body, it was like the relief of something I always wanted, something I needed, something I couldn't wait anymore, it was magical.' He thought.
"So, you should be happy. That's great you're together again, but I don't understand why you're so depressed." She said.
"It's not that simple." He replied.
"Why?" Sara asked as she took two plates and put eggs and bacon on their plates.
"Uh… I kinda rejected her again..." He said almost ashamed.
"How come? Didn't you sleep together? I don't think she had to force you." She said with a light smile.
Cole didn't give any importance to her reaction
"After." He started softly.
"I told her it meant nothing that it was just a one-nighter"
Sara's jaw dropped and she said: "What? How rude is that?"
"Cole Turner I thought you worth better than this, better than a jerk who defend himself with one-nighter." She added.
"Mmmm… this is great. It's delicious." Cole said complimenting the good food.
The truth, Sara seemed to have the touch to this. She naturally came to the kitchen took eggs, onion, tomato, bacon and started to cut and move here and there and made an excellent and delicious breakfast.
"Do not play the fool with me trying to avoid the subject. Why did you say it?" She asked with command tone, although she was the type of person who loved to be complement, actually she had to be complement since she always was obsessed to do her stuff the best way possible, but this wasn't the moment for compliments.
"I didn't mean it." Cole said.
"Why did you say that?" She asked.
"I don't know." He said. He was feeling like a little boy in front of her, like if she was his mother lecturing him.
"That really explains everything." She said.
"Why aren't you guys together?" Sara questioned and they continued eating.
"We can't be together." Cole replied.
"But you started all this game to win her back, so you would be together." She reminded him.
"We're not in that place." He quickly told her.
"Did you realize this doesn't make any sense?" She stated and he looked at her confused and she continued: "She comes after you but you reject her, but at the same time you go after her and for what you're telling me it's obvious she doesn't say no. Turns out that you two are looking for each other, but you're not together. Now I ask, **Why**?" She questioned him.
"We can't be together." He said one more time: "We've gone through too much."
"Why did you get divorce?" She asked.
It was crazy since it was for sure they loved each other
"Reasons I can't talk about right now." He answered.
What would he say? We got divorce because I became the Source of all evil? He couldn't tell her he was a demon, although he really trust her, he couldn't tell her that, unless not yet.
"Alright, I can live with that. But whatever it happened doesn't explain what you're doing now."
"I'm suffering for her!" He threw.
"Oh, really? Let's see, 'Sara, please left lipstick on my face', 'Sara, come with me to the cocktail', 'Sara pretend like we're having an affair'." She remarked sarcastically, remanding him of his behaving in the last few days.
"What's your point?" He asked.
"The point is, stop acting like a victim, because you are not." She said.
"What is that suppose to mean?" He said.
"That means that you could be together, but..." She started and he cut her off.
"Oh, not. I should have known you would lecture me, but thank you very much, I'm not interested..." He said and stood up, but Sara pushed him to the stool again, making him sat again.
"Now you're gonna hear me." She said and Cole just got kinda scared for the tone she was using.
"I don't know why you separated and actually I don't care, but if you're not together is because of you and your stupid pride." She said and he stared at her quite.
"How old are you? Because you're acting like some teenager…" Then she retracted herself: "No, not even a teenager. Teenagers just follow their feelings without think, and you my friend are just doing the second part. Because you're not thinking, but you're not following your feelings either. Well, in some way." She came to that conclusion based in that he hadn't been sincere with Phoebe, but he let give in impulsively sleeping with her.
"What should I do?" He asked softly.
"I've told you like a zillion times before. You know what you have to do. You have to be straight with yourself unless once in your life." She said slowly.
"Stop playing games, be sincere with her and with yourself."
He just listened to each word she was saying. It was true, the rest was up to him.
"Since when did you become my therapist?" He asked.
"Since when did you become my patient?" She asked back.
"OK, I got breakfast and I think my work here is done."
"Bye." He said looking at the grown.
"Oh-oh, Sara, wait." He said as he walked next to her.
She stopped and looked at him intrigued. He hugged her tightly and said: "Thank you."
"Hey, I'll send you the bill by e-mail." She said joking.
He couldn't help but chuckle. When she was about to leave, he called for her.
"Sara?"
"Yeah?" She answered.
"Thank you…again." He told her. She nodded, smiled and was about to leave.
"By the way, you have to teach me how to cook the eggs in that way, it's delicious."
"I can't reveal the family's secret. Although I might do an exception." She said smiling and left.
After Sara left, Cole tried to think about where Phoebe could be. Certainly not at the manor, he knew she would try to avoid her sisters. Where goes Phoebe when she's not at the manor or at the penthouse? The Bay Mirror.
Cole shimmered into her office.
"Come with me." He said before she could realize that he was standing in from of her in her office.
Phoebe gasped as he took her hand and shimmered them to the penthouse.
"Please, sit down." He said.
"Cole was are you doing?" She asked angrily as she did what she was told.
"I… uh… I" He didn't know what to say.
Phoebe sighed.
"Is this one of your plans to hurt me once again? So what are you going to do next? You're probably going to kiss me, then you'll make love to me and once you'll get what you want you'll push me away, telling me it was just a one-nighter, without feelings?" She asked as she got up, she was furious, this was too much for her to handle. She really was pissed because of what he said to her about the night before.
"Phoebe..." Cole almost whispered.
"No, Cole, it's not working this time, I'm not your good dog who comes when you call him and whom you give a sugar and then put him in the garden when you are bored." She said, she was feeling tears coming to her eyes.
"I'm sorry." He whispered, he was looking down like a little boy who was punished.
He sat on the couch and put his head in his hands. Phoebe sat down next to him.
"Why do we always end up hurting each other?" She asked, she was at the verge of tears.
"Cole... I know... I know I hurt you in the past, I know all the things I have done, all you have to go through because of me and I'm sorry about it, I'm really, really sorry. I wish all those things never happened, I wish we could go back in time before you became the Source to save me and my sisters, before every thing turned bad. I wish I could change things, I wish you never became the Source, I wish I had saved you from the wasteland..." She said, she was now crying and Cole was looking down, he couldn't stand to see her crying.
"I wish...I wish...We could be happy together, I wish The Seer had never taken our son." She added sadly.
"Hadn't we paid enough for our mistakes? Hadn't we suffered enough? Why do we always have to live in pain?" She asked him.
He looked at her and she noticed he was also crying, it broke her heart to see him like this.
She took his hand and said: "I love you. I'm so sorry I hurt you."
"I-I... I never talked to anybody about the baby." He whispered.
"Even if I was the Source, I was so proud to be a father, you can't imagine how much I wanted him." He added.
"I know how it feels, I know how much it hurts..." Phoebe simply said as she looked down.
Cole brushed her hair and said: "I'm sorry."
Phoebe shook her head and said: "Millions sorry will never bring him back."
She burst into cries and said: "I lost my baby, I let her take him."
Cole wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
"Shh..." He whispered. It was so good for him to have her in his arms.
Suddenly she got up and said: "No."
"I can't do this." She added.
Cole was shocked.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I don't want you to leave me one more time." She said.
He slowly walked towards her and said: "I'm sorry I pushed you away and last night was wonderful, it wasn't a one-nighter, it was more than this, it...it was love."
He wrapped again his arms around her and looked deep in her eyes and then he kissed her.
At first this kiss was a simple kiss on the lips, until it became more passionate. Phoebe put her arms around Cole's neck and pressed her body against his. His tongue started to explore her mouth, slowly and deeply, with love and passion, like if it was for the first time. Then he played with her tongue, enjoying the warmth feeling it was giving to him. His hands feel slowly down on her hips and slide under her blouse, caressing her sides.
Phoebe shivered at his touched, it was feeling so good, she was remembering about the night they had, when Cole was drawing her body's form with his fingertips while she was about to fall asleep. She didn't want this kiss to end, she wanted to be stuck in a loop time like this with him forever, she didn't wanted this perfect moment to end up.
Cole moved his hands out from Phoebe's blouse and started to unbutton it slowly. It was a very different feelings than the night before, the night from the cocktail was dominated by lust, love was at the second plan, here, love was dominating lust...
Cole noticed that tears were still streaming down Phoebe's cheeks and as her blouse was now fully unbuttoned, he bought his hands to his face and wiped them away, without breaking their kiss.
He went back to her shoulders and slowly pushed her blouse away from her and it fell on the floor. He slowly caressed her shoulders with his fingertips like if he didn't want to hurt her. All his moves were very careful.
Suddenly Phoebe broke the kiss and looked at him.
"What?" He asked with a hoarse voice.
"Are you sober? Because if we're doing this, I want you to remember." She said and he just kissed her in answer.
He bought his hands to her shoulders and caressed her again.
Phoebe's eyes were closed, she wasn't even thinking, she was just enjoying what Cole was doing to her, his tender kisses, it was just him and her at the moment, just them.
He broke their kiss and trailed kissed from her cheek to her neck. She ran her fingers in his hair and moaned when he teased her with his tongue, she loved that, he knew it and was using it perfectly. She took off his sweater and threw it on the floor, she caressed his bare chest and his shoulders and finally his upper back.
"Cole..." She managed to say.
"Humm." He replied, not stopping his wet kisses in her neck.
"After this..." Her breathing was short.
"God Cole, you're making me crazy." She said, she couldn't talk because his kisses were damn good. What she was feeling right now was much like what she was feeling when she was having fantasies about him, when she wasn't able to concentrate at work, it was the same here, she wasn't able to concentrate about what she wanted to say.
"I know." He said as he started to nibble her earlobe and Phoebe moaned again.
"You're...you're...You're not going to reject me after this, are you?" She finally asked, eyes closed.
"Depends if you're getting the job done." He said.
She pushed him away and slapped him on the arm.
Cole smiled, she was getting angry.
"Just kidding." He said smiling even more.
She sighed.
"Did I ever tell you that you are really sexy when you are angry?" He asked her as he walked towards her with his more seductive voice, smile, look and walk. He wrapped his arms around her waist and said: "It makes me wanna...do this..."
He pressed her body against his and kissed her hungrily.
She quickly responded to his kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her body against his even more. They both loved to feel the other's body close to them and desire was growing inside of them.
Cole parted his lips from hers and asked: "Where do you want to do it?"
"Bed." Phoebe quickly replied and then she put her hands on his cheeks and forced him to kiss her again.
He nodded and lifted her up and she squeezed his waist with her legs.
It was her time to break the kiss.
She said: "Try not to hit the wall this time, my back still remember it."
Cole smiled and said: "Sorry."
He walked in his room and gently put her on the bed.
"Is it okay like this?" He asked.
She nodded and said: "It could be better without your pants on."
They slightly laughed and Cole took away his pants.
"Nice boxer." Phoebe commented.
He smiled and laid down on top of her and kissed her again.
Phoebe pushed him on his back and came on top of him. She smiled for once she was in control. It was her time to tease. She trailed kissed to his lips down to his neck and his chest, in the same time she was running her hands on his sides, making him moan few times.
Her attention came back to his lips and he gently pushed her on her back and came back on top of her, caressing her belly, her side...
They look in each other eyes and smiled.
"Are you sure you're not going to regret it?" Cole asked, with a hoarse and deep voice, he was breathless and so was Phoebe.
"Never." She replied.
Cole loved the answer, he kissed her and they made love.

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She was dreamily looking at him, while he sounded full asleep. It had been great as always, but she still had doubts. Now more than before because although every kiss, every touch, every caress was, intense, caring and.... with such passion. She wasn't sure anymore if it was for her or it was just that, for the moment. After this she was more confused than ever… Did he still care about her? Did he still love her? Or it was just for the moment and the sex. She couldn't take it if he would reject her again… She couldn't face it, not again, not now, not ever. She then came closer to him and kissed him softly in the lips and trying to not wake him, she got dressed and left. She felt like she couldn't bear another rejection. What turned her more confused was the fact that even when they shared sweet, caring and loving words, she, in any moment heard from him the three words she most needed to hear from him.
Some minutes later, Cole still asleep looked for hug Phoebe, who he thought was laying beside him, but then he realized she wasn't there anymore. He sadly sighed.
'She left.' He told himself.
'Why?' It was so confusing for him.
Didn't she care anymore? Or it was just for the moment?
The true is that right now, it was a double game, but it was hard to say who was wining since both had the same confusions and doubts towards the other.

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