Chapter 7

"How did I find them? Darrel come over here and I'll tell you how I found them." Piper said, balancing the phoebe on her shoulder with her head. She hung up with Darrel, and gave Melinda the sandwich she had been making.

"Mommy who are dose two girls?" Melinda asked, sitting down at the table. Piper smiled.

"Well why don't you ask them?" Piper asked. Melinda looked up thoughtfully and shrugged.

"Otay. But where did dey come fum?" Melinda asked, this time taking a bit out of her sandwich. Piper paused.

"Well, remember that bad guy that took Tori?" Piper asked, trying to put this gently.

"You mean da demon?" Melinda asked. Piper cleaned off the counter with a rag, and walked over to the table.

"Uh hu. And He took those other two girls too, so they are going to stay here until we find they're mommies and daddies." Piper said. Melinda smiled and nodded.

Meanwhile, Phoebe was in Tori's room. It was panted a light, sunny yellow, and her bed had cream sheets. Many stuffed animals were lying around, and Tori sat on her bed, leaning towards Phoebe who had her cradled in one of her arms.

"Mommy I was scared." Tori exclaimed, clutching her stuffed animal white dog that wasn't actually white anymore. Phoebe nodded. She tried to hold in the tears.

"I know honey, I know. I was very worried about you. That's why I got a special friend to help me find you. But you know what?" Phoebe asked, pulling her daughter closer. Tori laughed with delight, and turned towards her.

"What?" Tori asked. Phoebe smiled,

"You were very brave! I could barely tell you were scared of that man!" Phoebe exclaimed, starting to tickle her daughter. Unknown to both of them, Cole watched from the doorway. Tori resembled Phoebe so much. The hair color and eye color you could tell came from another gene pool, but they're face shapes were identical. They had the same noses, and the same chins, and Tori had the same glow as Phoebe. The little girl's eyes were full of energy and excitement. Cole hadn't seen that since he left the world.

"So, when are you going back?" Paige asked, startling Cole. Cole broke out of his calm mode, and shrugged.

"I'm not sure. I didn't even know I was supposed to come down here. When we got Tori back I thought that I'd go back." Cole replied. Paige smiled and nodded.

"Your still in love with her aren't you?" Paige bluntly asked. Cole laughed and looked down, and then their conversation was stopped by Phoebe appearing at the door, with Tori in her arms.

"Paige, can you take Tori down stairs? I need to talk to Cole." Phoebe requested. Paige smiled and grabbed Tori. Phoebe signaled for Cole to come with her, and when he looked up, to his surprise Tori was smiling back at him. He smiled at her, and followed Phoebe to her room.

"We need to talk." Phoebe said, sitting on her bed. Cole nodded, and put his hands in his pockets.

"Yeah." Cole replied. He hoped she wasn't going to say it wasn't going to work out, but truthfully that was what he expected.

"Do you know when you going back? Are you going back?" Phoebe asked, hoping that he would have an answer. Cole shook his head.

"I didn't even know I was coming. If I was going to go back, I would have imagined me going back when we got Tori." Cole replied. Phoebe nodded.

"My sisters don't know. And Leo doesn't know. And Tori doesn't know." Phoebe blurted. Cole nodded.

"I thought so. But would they react so badly if you told them? Phoebe it's not a mistake. I mean why else would I come here if-"

"I know, Cole. I just don't want to get hurt again. I guess, when you came back, I knew it was from well, up, and maybe that reassured me or something. But, Matt, it was like that was the last straw. I don't know if Piper and Paige will say 'yeah good great.' Or, 'are you kidding me? Once a demon always a demon." Phoebe explained. Cole nodded. He understood. He had hurt Phoebe a lot, and by doing so he hurt himself a lot too.

"And Tori, she's used to, used to what it was like. Me getting her ready in the morning, taking her to pre-school, me going to work. Piper picking her up, going to the club while Piper worked. And Paige decided to go back to school, so she picked the kids up at like four and then took them home and waited for Piper to come home and cook diner. And then Leo being where ever." Phoebe said, beginning to pour out her concerns. Cole looked down.

"Phoebe, I love you more than anything. I always have, and I always will. Your sisters will support you on pretty much anything, you know that. And Tori, I'll spend some time with her and get to know her. She seems to be a lot like you." Cole comforted, sitting on the bed next to her. Phoebe smiled.

"I know. But even if you stay, how? Why?" Phoebe asked. Cole shrugged.

"I've learned a few things from being up there. First of all, you never truly die. Second, they do sometimes the most out of place things for really good, but sometimes invisible reasons." Cole answered. Phoebe smiled, and leaned into him.

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"Chelsea Kathryn Miller. Yeah, her father's address is, what?" Darrel exclaimed, his laptop was sitting on the coffee table, while Leo held Chelsea and the other girl on his lap.

"What? Is there a problem?" Leo asked. Darrel shook his head.

"No wonder why there wasn't a report. She address is 3421 Hollister Drive Keauhou Hawaii." Darrel said. Leo fell back against the couch.

"What's her parents names?" Leo asked. Darrel scrolled down.

"Tony Miller and Elizabeth died a year ago. Can't you orb down there and deliver the kid to the police station? That's going to be a lot of questioning." Darrel exclaimed Leo nodded.

"What about Nikki?" Leo asked. He wanted everything to be settled down, and run like it was supposed to run. Darrel typed his computer.

"Her it is. Nicole Angel Trieber. 2143 Pacific Circle. She's adopted by, Mr. Brent Losh, and Mrs. Lauren Pierce Losh." Darrel said. Leo smiled.

"Losh? I know who they are. I can return Nikki." Leo said. Darrel nodded.

"Are they white lighters?" Darrel asked. Leo nodded.

"How'd you know?" Leo asked. Darrel shrugged.

"Things happen at that place." Darrel replied.
A/N: I'm going to leave you guys there. Everything is settled down enough. This story was kinda like a pre-story to my fic that I'm writing right now. Please review, and watch for my next story about Tori, Chelsea and Nikki when they are around 14/15. Thanks and hope you enjoyed!!