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A/N: Thanks for the reviews. I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with a storyline. . .so this might end up turning into a really bad story. . .
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Phoebe excused herself and headed to the bathroom. She had reached a point of confusion, not knowing what to believe anymore. "This isn't real. This isn't real. . ." Phoebe muttered to herself, as the gazed into the bathroom mirror. If she convinced herself that it wasn't real, she wouldn't feel so terrible for not hating Cole. In truth, she found herself comfortable with him, and that wasn't how she was supposed to feel. At least, she didn't think so.
"Honey? Are you alright?" Cole's voice sounded from behind the door. Phoebe needed to know what was going on. Was all this a dream? Was she dreaming about a life that she could have had? Or was this reality, and was the life with Cole as the Source just imagined? She ran her hands over her face and tried to hold back tears. "Phoebe?" Cole called out again. "I'm coming in. . ." Cole stepped into the bathroom to find Phoebe, obviously upset about something. He immediately crossed the room the where she stood and took her in his arms. Phoebe wanted to pull away but she couldn't help leaning into his chest. Her tears soon began falling freely, and she did nothing to stop them. Cole gently rubbed her back, wondering what could have gotten Phoebe so upset. "What's going on?" He asked softly. Phoebe pulled back and looked away from him.
"I can't. . ." She whispered, wiping the tears from her face with her hand. "It's not real. . ." Cole frowned, confused.
"What isn't real?" He asked worriedly.
"This. . .or everything else. I don't know what to do, Cole." Phoebe let out. Cole stepped forward and caressed her cheek with his hand.
"What happened?" He asked gently, urging her on. Phoebe looked at him, before raising her hand to his and pulling it away from her cheek.
"I don't know what's real. . .don't know who to trust." She said, tears threatening to spill again. Cole frowned with realisation.
"You don't trust me. . ." He said softly.
"I don't know what I feel anymore. I was so sure before, it was right to let you go. Now my whole family seems to trust you. . .I don't know what to believe anymore." She felt fresh tears fall down her cheek.
"I would never hurt you, you know that don't you?" Cole asked, suddenly worried. Phoebe looked up at him unsure. There was a time when she believed that. Cole noticed her hesitation and inhaled deeply. "I don't understand Phoebe. I thought we were past this." Phoebe frowned.
"Past what?" She asked.
"This whole 'mistrust' thing." Cole said. "I thought we had decided to move on with our lives." Phoebe nodded slightly.
"Cole. . .the wasteland. . ." She whispered. Cole looked up, confused that she would bring up something that happened so long ago.
"That was a long time ago." He said simply.
"No, it wasn't. Not for me." She said truthfully. Cole shook his head.
"Phoebe, tell me what's going on, because I truly have no idea." Cole said helplessly.
"I find myself loving you again. . ." Phoebe said softly.
"Why is that such a bad thing?" He asked her.
"Because Cole, I promised myself I'd move on. I promised myself that I wouldn't fall for you again, because you were a risk I couldn't afford to take." She finally let out. Cole was taken aback by her confession.
"A risk? I don't understand any of this. We've been the happiest we've ever been. . .with our baby so close to arriving. . .then out of no where you decide that you don't trust me?" Cole seemed shocked. Phoebe shook her head.
"It's possible that I did trust you. . .or not me. . .another me?" She was confusing herself now.
"What are you talking about?" Cole asked again. Phoebe clenched her teeth. If this was her wish, then there was no going back.
"I don't belong here, in this world." She said softly. Cole raised his eyebrows. "I came from somewhere else. . .an alternate reality maybe. And I keep expecting to wake up. . .and I have no idea what's real anymore. . ." She said, her eyes stinging.
"This is all real. . .you and me. Our baby." Cole said quietly, as he ran a hand across her cheek.
"Is it? Or is this just some dream I'm living out?" She asked him.
"What do you remember? Where did you come from?" Cole asked suddenly. Phoebe looked at him and replied truthfully.
"We weren't even near being this close." She said. "You were. . .invincible." Cole's eyes grew wide at her last statement.
"That was a long time ago. . .years ago." Cole said slowly.
"What? What does that mean?" She asked, confused.
"It means you haven't just switched realities, you've switched times. You're in a possible future. . ."
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Okay, that chapter's done. Review, tell me what you thought.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews. I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with a storyline. . .so this might end up turning into a really bad story. . .
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Phoebe excused herself and headed to the bathroom. She had reached a point of confusion, not knowing what to believe anymore. "This isn't real. This isn't real. . ." Phoebe muttered to herself, as the gazed into the bathroom mirror. If she convinced herself that it wasn't real, she wouldn't feel so terrible for not hating Cole. In truth, she found herself comfortable with him, and that wasn't how she was supposed to feel. At least, she didn't think so.
"Honey? Are you alright?" Cole's voice sounded from behind the door. Phoebe needed to know what was going on. Was all this a dream? Was she dreaming about a life that she could have had? Or was this reality, and was the life with Cole as the Source just imagined? She ran her hands over her face and tried to hold back tears. "Phoebe?" Cole called out again. "I'm coming in. . ." Cole stepped into the bathroom to find Phoebe, obviously upset about something. He immediately crossed the room the where she stood and took her in his arms. Phoebe wanted to pull away but she couldn't help leaning into his chest. Her tears soon began falling freely, and she did nothing to stop them. Cole gently rubbed her back, wondering what could have gotten Phoebe so upset. "What's going on?" He asked softly. Phoebe pulled back and looked away from him.
"I can't. . ." She whispered, wiping the tears from her face with her hand. "It's not real. . ." Cole frowned, confused.
"What isn't real?" He asked worriedly.
"This. . .or everything else. I don't know what to do, Cole." Phoebe let out. Cole stepped forward and caressed her cheek with his hand.
"What happened?" He asked gently, urging her on. Phoebe looked at him, before raising her hand to his and pulling it away from her cheek.
"I don't know what's real. . .don't know who to trust." She said, tears threatening to spill again. Cole frowned with realisation.
"You don't trust me. . ." He said softly.
"I don't know what I feel anymore. I was so sure before, it was right to let you go. Now my whole family seems to trust you. . .I don't know what to believe anymore." She felt fresh tears fall down her cheek.
"I would never hurt you, you know that don't you?" Cole asked, suddenly worried. Phoebe looked up at him unsure. There was a time when she believed that. Cole noticed her hesitation and inhaled deeply. "I don't understand Phoebe. I thought we were past this." Phoebe frowned.
"Past what?" She asked.
"This whole 'mistrust' thing." Cole said. "I thought we had decided to move on with our lives." Phoebe nodded slightly.
"Cole. . .the wasteland. . ." She whispered. Cole looked up, confused that she would bring up something that happened so long ago.
"That was a long time ago." He said simply.
"No, it wasn't. Not for me." She said truthfully. Cole shook his head.
"Phoebe, tell me what's going on, because I truly have no idea." Cole said helplessly.
"I find myself loving you again. . ." Phoebe said softly.
"Why is that such a bad thing?" He asked her.
"Because Cole, I promised myself I'd move on. I promised myself that I wouldn't fall for you again, because you were a risk I couldn't afford to take." She finally let out. Cole was taken aback by her confession.
"A risk? I don't understand any of this. We've been the happiest we've ever been. . .with our baby so close to arriving. . .then out of no where you decide that you don't trust me?" Cole seemed shocked. Phoebe shook her head.
"It's possible that I did trust you. . .or not me. . .another me?" She was confusing herself now.
"What are you talking about?" Cole asked again. Phoebe clenched her teeth. If this was her wish, then there was no going back.
"I don't belong here, in this world." She said softly. Cole raised his eyebrows. "I came from somewhere else. . .an alternate reality maybe. And I keep expecting to wake up. . .and I have no idea what's real anymore. . ." She said, her eyes stinging.
"This is all real. . .you and me. Our baby." Cole said quietly, as he ran a hand across her cheek.
"Is it? Or is this just some dream I'm living out?" She asked him.
"What do you remember? Where did you come from?" Cole asked suddenly. Phoebe looked at him and replied truthfully.
"We weren't even near being this close." She said. "You were. . .invincible." Cole's eyes grew wide at her last statement.
"That was a long time ago. . .years ago." Cole said slowly.
"What? What does that mean?" She asked, confused.
"It means you haven't just switched realities, you've switched times. You're in a possible future. . ."
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Okay, that chapter's done. Review, tell me what you thought.