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A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Wherever this story is going, I hope you guys find it fitting.
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"So, do we have any name's for this one?" Phoebe asked, gently tracing a circle on her stomach. Cole grimaced as he held up a soiled nappy. He hurriedly threw it into the bin beside his foot.
"Not yet." He stated.
"We're cutting it a bit fine, aren't we?" Phoebe said, watching as he skilfully adjusted the newly positioned diaper.
"Hmmm. But we figured we'd know, as soon as we saw what he looked like." Cole said, clipping on a small safety pin. He smiled as Melinda gave a small gurgle and let her play with his finger for a second.
"He?" Phoebe asked surprised. Cole looked up, smiling.
"Or she. I was hoping for a little man in the house, Lord knows we have enough women!" He said, feigning annoyance.
"Blubugh!" Melinda gurgled suddenly.
"Mmm. All the more reason for you to be considerate!" Phoebe said, an amused look on her face.
"I guess so, for my own safety." Cole joked, holding up the newly changed baby.
"Cod!" Melinda shouted, holding out her arms towards him. Phoebe laughed out.
"She can't pronounce her 'l's' yet." Cole explained. "So I guess 'Cod' will have to do for now." He held out Melinda to Phoebe, who eagerly took her and held her close.
"Wow, you're quite the expert at this. . ." Phoebe said, examining the diaper.
"What can I say, I'm a man of many talents." Cole said grinning. Phoebe raised her eyebrows and he continued, defeated, "Not to mention Piper and Leo are only too happy to let me practice on Melinda every now and again."
"Pheb!" Melinda shouted out, toying with Phoebe's finger. Phoebe smiled.
"I'm a Pheb!" She explained happily. Cole smirked as he walked towards them.
"Cod and Pheb, has a nice ring to it." He said as he leaned in to kiss Phoebe.
"Naa!" Melinda cried, waving her hands between them. Cole smiled and tickled her gently on the stomach.
"Home wrecker." He joked.
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"Are we married?" Phoebe asked suddenly, sitting up straight. Cole urged her to relax, caressing her shoulder with his left hand, while the other gently held a sleeping Melinda.
"We were going to, in a months time. But under the circumstances. . ." Cole let the sentence trail off.
"Right." Phoebe said, relaxing onto his arm again.
"Cole? Phoebe?" Piper's voice sounded from inside.
"Out here!" Cole shouted back. Piper emerged from the living room and smiled as she saw her daughter snuggled comfortably in Cole's arms.
"Any trouble?" She asked.
"None at all." Cole said truthfully.
"And what about you? How're you coping?" Piper asked Phoebe softly. Phoebe smiled at her sister.
"Good." Phoebe replied honestly. "Really good."
"Argh, I'm pooped." Paige let out breath as she orbed in, and collapsed into one of the cane chairs.
"Aren't you supposed to be helping Liz with a potion?" Piper asked.
"It was a simple potion." Paige shrugged. "Are you still you?" Paige asked, looking at Phoebe.
"I still don't belong in this time, if that's what you meant." Phoebe replied. She started to say something else, when a bright light in front of her made her squint. She held up her arm to block it. When she look back up, the Elder from the High Council, that had brought her here, was standing in front of her. "Wha--"
"Phoebe? What's going on?" Cole asked concerned. Phoebe looked at him, then to her sisters.
"You can't see him?" She asked, only getting confused looks in reply.
"Only you can see me." The Elder explained, as though it was obvious.
"What are you doing here?" Phoebe asked, standing up. Cole frowned, wondering who she was talking to.
"I have to take you back. Your wish was to view only a glimpse, not a lifetime." The Elder said firmly.
"Phoebe, what--" Piper started, but stopped as she saw Phoebe's face drop slightly.
"Give me a few minutes." Phoebe said simply. She turned to her sisters and Cole. "I have to go." She said simply.
"What, now?" Paige asked confused. "How?"
"That guy is standing right there." Phoebe explained, pointing at what looked like bare ground to the rest of them. "Cole?" Phoebe turned to him. She sat down next to him. "I need to know what happened with us. How we got back together." Cole looked at her intently.
"You took a risk, Phoebe. You took a risk and it payed off." Cole said simply.
"We have to go." The Elder said again.
"Oh! Go away!" Phoebe shouted towards the figure, who simply gave her look of non-approval. She turned back to Cole. "I took a risk?" She asked. Cole nodded.
"No more time!" The Elder shouted. He waved his hand, and things started to go slightly shaky for Phoebe. She grabbed on to Cole for support.
"I love you. . ." She whispered out to him, before everything went black.
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Well, one chapter to go, I think. Review and tell me what you thought. Oh, I watched "The importance of being Phoebe" last night. I have 3 comments. One, someone tell me why Phoebe was my favourite character, because the way she treated Cole at the end of the episode was . . .not nice, to put it mildly. Two, it's not possible for a person in the land of nod (i.e Sleeping!) to wrap their arms around someone before they even know they're about to be picked up, right? Oh, and three, was it just me or were they still putting on the Cole/Phoebe chemistry. . .what, with the kiss and the way they were bickering in the beginning. That's just me. Oh well, 6 days and one episode left till Cole leaves. . .sniff.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Wherever this story is going, I hope you guys find it fitting.
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"So, do we have any name's for this one?" Phoebe asked, gently tracing a circle on her stomach. Cole grimaced as he held up a soiled nappy. He hurriedly threw it into the bin beside his foot.
"Not yet." He stated.
"We're cutting it a bit fine, aren't we?" Phoebe said, watching as he skilfully adjusted the newly positioned diaper.
"Hmmm. But we figured we'd know, as soon as we saw what he looked like." Cole said, clipping on a small safety pin. He smiled as Melinda gave a small gurgle and let her play with his finger for a second.
"He?" Phoebe asked surprised. Cole looked up, smiling.
"Or she. I was hoping for a little man in the house, Lord knows we have enough women!" He said, feigning annoyance.
"Blubugh!" Melinda gurgled suddenly.
"Mmm. All the more reason for you to be considerate!" Phoebe said, an amused look on her face.
"I guess so, for my own safety." Cole joked, holding up the newly changed baby.
"Cod!" Melinda shouted, holding out her arms towards him. Phoebe laughed out.
"She can't pronounce her 'l's' yet." Cole explained. "So I guess 'Cod' will have to do for now." He held out Melinda to Phoebe, who eagerly took her and held her close.
"Wow, you're quite the expert at this. . ." Phoebe said, examining the diaper.
"What can I say, I'm a man of many talents." Cole said grinning. Phoebe raised her eyebrows and he continued, defeated, "Not to mention Piper and Leo are only too happy to let me practice on Melinda every now and again."
"Pheb!" Melinda shouted out, toying with Phoebe's finger. Phoebe smiled.
"I'm a Pheb!" She explained happily. Cole smirked as he walked towards them.
"Cod and Pheb, has a nice ring to it." He said as he leaned in to kiss Phoebe.
"Naa!" Melinda cried, waving her hands between them. Cole smiled and tickled her gently on the stomach.
"Home wrecker." He joked.
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"Are we married?" Phoebe asked suddenly, sitting up straight. Cole urged her to relax, caressing her shoulder with his left hand, while the other gently held a sleeping Melinda.
"We were going to, in a months time. But under the circumstances. . ." Cole let the sentence trail off.
"Right." Phoebe said, relaxing onto his arm again.
"Cole? Phoebe?" Piper's voice sounded from inside.
"Out here!" Cole shouted back. Piper emerged from the living room and smiled as she saw her daughter snuggled comfortably in Cole's arms.
"Any trouble?" She asked.
"None at all." Cole said truthfully.
"And what about you? How're you coping?" Piper asked Phoebe softly. Phoebe smiled at her sister.
"Good." Phoebe replied honestly. "Really good."
"Argh, I'm pooped." Paige let out breath as she orbed in, and collapsed into one of the cane chairs.
"Aren't you supposed to be helping Liz with a potion?" Piper asked.
"It was a simple potion." Paige shrugged. "Are you still you?" Paige asked, looking at Phoebe.
"I still don't belong in this time, if that's what you meant." Phoebe replied. She started to say something else, when a bright light in front of her made her squint. She held up her arm to block it. When she look back up, the Elder from the High Council, that had brought her here, was standing in front of her. "Wha--"
"Phoebe? What's going on?" Cole asked concerned. Phoebe looked at him, then to her sisters.
"You can't see him?" She asked, only getting confused looks in reply.
"Only you can see me." The Elder explained, as though it was obvious.
"What are you doing here?" Phoebe asked, standing up. Cole frowned, wondering who she was talking to.
"I have to take you back. Your wish was to view only a glimpse, not a lifetime." The Elder said firmly.
"Phoebe, what--" Piper started, but stopped as she saw Phoebe's face drop slightly.
"Give me a few minutes." Phoebe said simply. She turned to her sisters and Cole. "I have to go." She said simply.
"What, now?" Paige asked confused. "How?"
"That guy is standing right there." Phoebe explained, pointing at what looked like bare ground to the rest of them. "Cole?" Phoebe turned to him. She sat down next to him. "I need to know what happened with us. How we got back together." Cole looked at her intently.
"You took a risk, Phoebe. You took a risk and it payed off." Cole said simply.
"We have to go." The Elder said again.
"Oh! Go away!" Phoebe shouted towards the figure, who simply gave her look of non-approval. She turned back to Cole. "I took a risk?" She asked. Cole nodded.
"No more time!" The Elder shouted. He waved his hand, and things started to go slightly shaky for Phoebe. She grabbed on to Cole for support.
"I love you. . ." She whispered out to him, before everything went black.
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Well, one chapter to go, I think. Review and tell me what you thought. Oh, I watched "The importance of being Phoebe" last night. I have 3 comments. One, someone tell me why Phoebe was my favourite character, because the way she treated Cole at the end of the episode was . . .not nice, to put it mildly. Two, it's not possible for a person in the land of nod (i.e Sleeping!) to wrap their arms around someone before they even know they're about to be picked up, right? Oh, and three, was it just me or were they still putting on the Cole/Phoebe chemistry. . .what, with the kiss and the way they were bickering in the beginning. That's just me. Oh well, 6 days and one episode left till Cole leaves. . .sniff.