He pulled up at the parking lot of the school.
"Ready . . . ?" He asked, shutting off the engine.
"Ready as I'll ever be." I replied. Breathing the air in deeply.
I got out of the car and slammed the car door, accidently. Cole gave me a look. I knew he loved his 'precious' car. I grabbed my book bag from the back seat, shut that door and just waited a little before I even starting walking toward the school.
I saw Leo and Piper chatting, and laughing on the steps together of the school. Prue was with Andy and of course flirting as much as possible. My sisters knew I needed some space, so they left me alone for a while. Piper and Prue just glanced at me and they smiled, reassuring smiles. Cole put his arm around my shoulders protectively, and bend low to whisper in my ear.
"I won't let anything happen to you."
He held me close, as we walked into the school, and stopped at the bulletin board. It read, 'Nine days till HALLOWEEN!', 'Two days till HALLOWEEN DANCE!' I smiled, thinking about the dance. I really wanted to be unnoticed at the dance. Only Cole would, I want to guess me, out of all the partiers and other people in costumes that'll be there. Piper was going to dress as a Athena. Greek Goddess, her Greek mythology class was really getting to her. Prue was going as an angel. How creative that is. Me, well . . . I have a few in mind. I was thinking maybe I could go: medieval style, with a mask on. Cole wanted to go as a Roman emperor, which one. I don't know. I didn't really pay attention much in history class. My other choice, was to go as, either Nefertiri, or Neith the goddess of hunt and war. Later I decided I'd go as Neith.
"Phoebe?" Cole asked, waving a hand in front of my eyes.
"Huh? Oh, what? I mean . . . yes?" I asked, stupidly.
"Just checking if your back on earth." He responded. I smiled at him. He was teasing me, for dazing off.
We went to our lockers, unlocked them, and I took out my books. I still saw Damian's name on his locker.
"Why the hell is he still here?!" I asked furiously.
"Who?" Cole asked bewildered.
"Damian! His name is still on his locker!" I yelled, but I was furious, scared and paranoid a bit.
"Uh . . . Phoebe, I think you need to calm down, the name say's, Daniel." He told me, in a calming voice.
"When you were sleeping at the hospital, the school called to inform me that Damian had been expelled from all schools around here. And that your parents are going to handle the situation with the courts, and such."
"Oh . . . " I felt stupid, I shook my head, feeling a bit delusional.
"You okay, Phoebe?" He asked, checking my forehead and cheeks. I took a step back away from him. I didn't want him to think I was crazy.
"I'm fine." I said, grabbing his hand that was trying to feel my forehead again. "Lets go to class now, it's Math first . . . " I closed my locker and shut the combination lock. Cole did the same. Then we were off, swimming down the hall of other late, rushing students who wanted to get to their classes.
Math went pretty quickly, history too, so did drama, lunch and music, and not to forget, art as well. Finally the last bell rang, signaling the end of school. Cole and I stayed after school to help out the younger kids who used our school at night as an after school program. The kids were adorable. But couldn't pronounce my name properly.
"Hey, what's your name?" I asked a new shy girl who had just come to the after school program. She had brown hair and brown eyes, just like me a little. She looked down shyly.
"C'mon, you can tell me." I said sweetly in a little voice. I bended down to her height, and smiled at her. She seemed at least three or four.
"My name ish Julie." She said in a baby voice.
"I'm Phoebe," I told her.
"That's a pwetty[pretty] name, your pwetty too." She touched my brown hair and then my face and smiled.
"Aww, yours is too, and your cute yourself." I told her, rubbing her cheek.
She giggled and then looked over my shoulder, and started giggling again.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"There!" She pointed behind me, a bunch of six, seven and eight year old had jumped on top of someone. They were all laughing.
"Attack!" A little boy yelled. He jumped on top of the rest of them.
"Hey, Hey!" I yelled.
Someone's hand had burst out of the massive group of kids.
"Oh god..."
I got only a few kids off, but that didn't help, they just jumped back on. At the last second when I pulled off one kid, Cole bursted out.
"HAH!" He had yelled. I guess in triumph of beating the kids on getting out.
"Cole! W-What the hell?" I said shocked. I grabbed another kid off of him, and another then yelled. "Okay, everyone off him now!"
No one listened to me. The new little girl clung to my leg. Still, shy I saw.
"Listen to the nice lady guys, and get off, please. Fun's over!" Cole said loudly, freezing all the kids in their positions.
"Aww" they all said in unison.
Slowly everyone got off and sat down at the tables. I picked up Julie and walked over to Cole. He got up off the matt, and was holding a hand of a little boy.
"Who's that?" I asked shifting Julie's weight onto one side.
The little boy peaked out through, behind his legs.
'Hey there little one." I said, bending down.
"He's a little shy." Cole said, trying to move away so I could see him. The little boy took a step away from Cole.
"Hi, what's your name?" I asked, smiling. He looked four or five. "I'm Phoebe, and this here is Julie." Pointing at Julie, who I was holding on the side of me. I put Julie on the floor so she could stand next to the little boy.
"My . . . name is Luke." The little boy said.
"Why don't you and Julie get to know each other?" Cole said.
Julie had already grabbed Luke's hand, coming out of her shell, she smiled.
"Wanna pway[play] a game?" She asked cutely to Luke.
He nodded in return.
I looked at Luke once more. He looked almost like a miniature Cole. The pair looked like us. When we were young. Luke had the blue eyes which Cole had, the brownish blackish hair and the cute smile Cole had.
"Doesn't that look like me?" I asked Cole, pointing at Julie, while she was playing with Luke. They were bouncing a ball together and giggling madly.
"Hmm, I do believe so." He replied. "But if you were that cute when you were younger, than you're beautiful now." He smiled at me and pecked a kiss on my cheek.
"Hey, doesn't that look like me?" he asked, pointing to Luke.
I nodded.
"Miniature Phoebe and Cole." I said grinning at him.
I looked at my watch, and saw it was 6:30PM. Nudged Cole and pointed at the schools huge clock on the wall. He knew what I meant. Time to leave. Cassandra was taking over anyhow. Now I felt sorry for the little kids. Cassandra and little kids, did not mix. It was like pouring gasoline down and lighting it up with a match. Instant fire.
