Phoebe arrived at the manor and silently crept upstairs, she layed down on the bed and sighed heavily. Was it possible to be in love with two men at the same time? She asked herself. Was it possible that she had just made a mistake? How could she have made love with Cole? She was with someone. The thoughts in her head only confused her more, because she had enjoyed it. She had enjoyed being in his arms, she enjoyed having his lips explore her body, touching her, loving her. She never got tired of Cole inside her, it was different every time, but it was always passionate, and it was always as if it were the first time.
She snuggled under the covers and with passionate thoughts of Cole fell asleep. She had slept so well, when morning came, it was a big clash. She sat up to the sound of her alarm, thank god none of her sisters where up yet. The manor was as quiet as a...something quiet, she thought.
She took a shower and got dressed, she left a note on the fridge for her sisters, "Piper, Paige, I had to go to work early, I came home really late last night, I had some stuff to do at the office, don't worry, I'm ok" it said. She put it on the fridge with a magnet and got in her car and sped off to work.
When she arrived at her office, Miles was sitting casually in the chair opposite from hers, fiddling with a paper clip. She smiled and kissed his cheek. "hey you..." she said softly, not wanting to look him in the eye. He was rather startled but smiled and stood up, giving her a more personal kiss, which she accepted. "I missed you last night...my bed was cold and lonely.." he said, hugging her close to him.
She smiled up at him, somebody's wasn't, she thought, thinking of Cole...She shook the thought away and looked at him, "I'm sorry...I came here after I finished at the bar..." she lied. Miles shrugged, "that's ok..." he said kissing her, "so, I was thinking since we spent no time together last night...maybe we could have a cup of coffee and one of those blueberry muffins you like so much..." he said, pulling at her hand. She smiled willingly, "hmm...a muffin from a muffin...how can I pass that?" she said, as she grabbed her purse and crossed the street to with him into the coffee shop. When she got in, she gasped silently, not believing what she was seeing...
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Cole had woken up to a very early phone call, which was actually a good thing given that he had to go to work. He answered it kind of groggily, expecting his secretary, or even Phoebe, but it was neither, it was Sarah...
"Good morning..." she said, he immediately recognized her voice and a smile crept onto his lips, "hey.." he said. "are you feeling better?" she asked, referring to the sickness he had faked. He stuttered uneasily, "I'm better..." he said, rubbing his eyes, while he picked out his suit for the day
"well good...because since we didn't get to finish our date...I was wondering if you had time for a quick coffee?" she asked sweetly. Cole smiled, you had to admire the drive...
"there's a coffee shop pretty close from work...I don't know if you've heard of it, it's across the street from the Bay Mirror..." she said into the phone. The smile on Cole's face widened considerably, "yeah...I'm familiar with it" he said, I've stalked my ex-wife countless times there, he thought to himself with a light chuckle.
"so, we're on?" she asked. Cole examined the tie in his hand and matched it up to the shirt, perfect he thought, "perfect..." he said into the phone, "I'll see you there in..10 minutes.." he said before hanging up. Cole quickly stepped into the shower, it seemed like every where he went, signs pointed to Phoebe, it was uncanny...well, not uncanny, it was destiny...
Cole quickly showered, and drove to the coffee shop. As he stepped in he saw Sarah across the room, sitting at a table with the paper and a blueberry muffin...Phoebe loved Blueberry muffins he thought...He walked up to Sarah and greeted her with a small peck, and joined her at the table. He raised his hand for the waiter and everything seemed to blur out when Phoebe stepped in the coffee shop. It was like nothing else mattered, he forgot his name, his reason, his only reason was to please her....
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Phoebe saw him raise his hand for the waiter, and turned to Mile, who hadn't noticed Cole was there, she swallowed hard, her hands were sweating, she felt the color drain out of her face, she felt like...running to Cole...but he was with that blonde girl, she thought angrily...
Miles pulled Phoebe to a table in the back, pretty far away from Cole, but not far enough, she could never be far enough away from him. She sat uncomfortably at the table, not knowing what to do, what if Cole came over to the table? What if he told Miles she had slept with him? What if she destroyed the on stable relationship she had? She sighed, would that be such a bad thing? Would that be so terrible? Is Miles what I really want? She asked herself, and she knew the answer, no...
Phoebe snapped out of her thoughts when Miles asked her what she wanted, "coffee..." she said sadly. Miles looked at her and sat down next to her, "honey, are you alright?" he asked concerned. She smiled, Miles was really sweet, he was always so concerned and so attentive...Cole used to be like that...well, he was like that...She sighed and nodded, "I'm good sweetie, just...I'm kinda hungry..." she said, "oh...well, let me get you something" he said, he kissed her temple and walked away...
She watched him leave, and looked over at Cole's table. He was sitting in
front of that girl, pointing stuff out in the paper, making her laugh. She couldn't help but feel the immense feeling of sadness that overcame her. That could be her, if she would just gather the balls to go to him, but she couldn't help but feel scared...after everything that had happened, he had turned her evil, she couldn't just walk away from that...
She never realized she was staring at them, she only did when their eyes met, and his eyes softened, he felt her sadness. She could see he got a little uncomfortable and turned to the girl, and than gently pointed at Phoebe, and her heart skipped when he walked toward her.
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Cole had actually managed to forget that Phoebe walked in hand in hand with "Miles". He was actually having a good time with Sarah, pointing out different aspects in the paper, she had a pretty laugh...Very perky...Much like Phoebe...
He gently stole a couple of glances at Phoebe, not letting Sarah notice. Until their eyes met, and his heart plummeted when he saw her sad, she seemed crushed. Was it possible she had broken up with him? And if she did, why was he so sad? It was a good thing...
He turned to Sarah, who had noticed he was a little distressed, "are you ok?" she asked, setting a hand on her shoulder, he turned to her and smiled "yeah, yeah, I'm good...I just...that's one of my colleagues from work..." he said, "I'm gonna go say hi.." he said, Sarah smiled and looked at the girl, "ok..." she said, as she gave him a quick peck on the lips. He smiled and got up, and walked to Phoebe....
"why so sad?" he asked as he arrived at the table, he didn't want to sit down, he just tapped his fingers on the table patiently. "Cole.." she said, "what are you doing with her?" she asked him, "the same reason you're with Miles..." he said angrily, but at the same time, his words were tainted with pain and sorrow. "Cole..." she said, "No...don't Cole me" he said, "you know how this is gonna work...while you're with Miles I'm with Sarah" he said angrily.
Phoebe looked at him, hurt. "I love you.." she said, in a futile attempt to make him come to his senses, "did you break up with him?" he asked, trying not to let her I Love you's get to him. "Cole, get me out of here, I wanna be with you..." she said desperately, "did you break with him?" he asked again, this time a little more quickly and with a bit more oomph...
Phoebe looked up at him and nodded no. Cole looked down, his heart shattering into a million pieces. "ok..." he said angrily, as he walked away from her. He gently tapped Sarah on the shoulder, whispered something in her ear, she nodded and they both walked out. Phoebe stared at her, tears welling up in her eyes, she loved him so much, and he had walked out with another woman, the same way she was gonna walk out with another man....