Guilty Pleasure

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Warnings: I see gore ahead captain!

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Review Answers

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charmed-fan-21: I'll keep goin, no worries! Yup! Cole IS a hunk, and Phoebe IS a cow! ^_^

Bunny: Yay! Another Bunny! Things ARE heating up, aren't they?

wAnNaBpIpEr: Yay! You reviewed ME! **dances around** I like your stories! And I'm glad you like mine! Gotta love the Hoebe! Not! **flames her, sweeps her ashes under the rug and whistles innocently**

jade: Feh, I expected a review like this. I'm GLAD the writers broke up Hoebe & Cole, though I didn't like how they messed up Cole's character! Leo was (is?) a guy isn't he? Lotsa guys cheat (no offense guys!), so why can't Leo? I'm glad you think I'm a good writer but the only Piper/Leo scenes your gonna see is when their friends, nothing more.

Marissa: Of COURSE Cole is on Leo and Paige's side! I luff Cole! **snuggles Cole** Yeah, it WAS funny when Cole kicked Phoebe out the penthouse, then blew up her laptop. Lol! I'll read your fic soon, don't worry.

waheeda rahaman: Glad you think it's great, Paige IS gonna stay with Leo. Do you want Piper with Cole?

Revul: It was fun wasn't it? Lol.

gemstar2: Everybody likes my AN's, that makes me really happy! Hmm, your right it can't end with 7 chapters! I'll make it 7 and a half! Lol, just kiddin, I'll try and make this longer than that. Piper/Cole? Never really thought of it, their gonna be friends, I know THAT, but if anybody ELSE wants Piper/Cole, then sure! School SUCKS!

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Author's Notes

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Gotta thank my beta-readers, Revul Ylloh, and Marissa-Xtreme Piper Fan! I had the first part of this typed up on my mom's comp, but it keeps freezing, so I had to start it again from scratch on my laptop, which is what I'm on now! I don't have a lot of time to write, cuz of school and all, luckily I get out early, and after I do any HW I have, I can be online til like 9, but when get back from school, I'm all tired and stuff, no fun at ALL! I hope you guys like this chapter, you'll see some Piper/Cole interaction, but nothing romantic, sorry!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Piper was curled up in her bed, staring at the ceiling, she turned over and stared at the side Leo used to sleep in, and began crying. She thought she was all out of tears, but she still had some more to cry.

Piper wiped her eyes with one and hand, got out of bed and went downstairs into the living room. She looked at the myriad of pictures on various tables and she picked up two of them.

One was of her and Leo snuggling on the couch, sleeping, the other was of her and Paige, doing each other's hair. They were two of her favorites, but not anymore. Piper slipped the pictures out of their frames and set the frames back on the table. With careful aim she flicked her finger at the logs in the fireplace, and started a fire.

(AN: I guess this is Bitter Piper and Sad Piper, k?) 'You can DO this Piper! You HAVE to, burn the pictures! There just awful memories!' Bitter Piper screamed in her head, and Piper held the pictures over the flames, then took her hand back, 'Don't do it Piper, even though they hurt you, you still love them, don't you?' Sad Piper asked, and Piper couldn't deny it. 'DO IT PIPER!' Bitter Piper shouted, and she winced. "You can't do it, can you?" A voice behind Piper stated, a voice she knew all too well, Cole.

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Paige snuggled in Leo's arms. She was still a little bit scared, but she felt better with Leo there with her.

Leo rubbed her right arm, his nose buried in her hair, and his other arm wrapped around her waist. Paige enjoyed being in his arms more than anything. "Leo, I'm still scared." Paige could feel the tears struggling to pour from her eyes.

"Paige, stop worrying, nothing is going to happen to you. I promise." Leo hugged her more tightly, offering her strength and comfort, which she accepted happily.

"I know, but I can't help but be worried, it's just a gut feeling, you know?" Paige sighed. Leo had learned long ago to trust her instincts.

"Do you want me to check with the Elders?" Leo asked gently. "Could you? That would be good, even if they only have useless information." Paige smiled a little and Leo chuckled. "Ok, don't worry, I'll be back soon." Leo kissed Paige gently and orbed out, leaving Paige alone.

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(AN: And heeeeeere's the Elder's! Ta-da!)

~*~Up in Elderland~*~

"How could this happen?" One Elder asked. She had long black hair and piercing green eyes.

"I don't know Rianna." another Elder named Jacob sighed, he had short brown hair and gray eyes.

"We have to stop this! This is FORBIDDEN, even more so than a whitelighter and a witch being together!" Adam paced in the large room, as the white mist swirled around, he had light brown hair and light blue eyes.

"M-maybe, we should just let them be together, I mean, it's their life, their destiny." Lana, the youngest Elder, said nervously, she had long blonde hair and hazel eyes.

Adam glared at her, and she sunk into her seat, she was used to being a whitelighter, not an Elder. "Lana, a whitelighter and another whitelighter CANNOT be together, you KNOW that!"

"B-but, she's only HALF whitelighter, why can't they be together? They obviously care about each other." Lana replied.

"And look what happened when Leo and Piper got together, because they CARED about each other SO much." Adam replied sarcastically.

"Maybe this is their destiny, you never know!" Jacob shrugged and Adam glared at him too.

"Maybe we should vote about this, if we agree to Paige and Leo being together, then we will leave them alone, if we don't, we'll have to find someway to bring them apart." Rianna suggested, brushing her hair out of her eyes.

"Fine." Adam grumbled angrily.

"Ok then, all in favor of Leo and Paige?" Rianna asked and Jacob, Lana, and four other Elders raised their hands.

"All who aren't in favor?" Rianna asked, and she, Adam and 3 other Elders raised their hands. "It has been decided, we will leave Leo and Paige alone."

Adam looked outraged, "NO! This is FORBIDDIN! We cannot let them BE together!"

"It has been decided Adam, there is nothing we can do." Rianna sighed and walked out of the room.

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Leo orbed up into Elderland, and looked around, looking for any Elder, he stopped one of his whitelighter friends. "Hey Jessica. Where are all the Elders?"

Jessica had shoulder-length, light brown hair, and dark green eyes. "Their all in a meeting, about you and Paige."

'Damn! I was hoping they wouldn't find out! At least not so soon!' Leo sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"How did this happen Leo? You know whitelighters aren't supposed to be together, even more so than witches and whitelighters." Jessica gave Leo a concerned stare.

"I know Jess, it just, it just happened, Piper and I, we were having marriage problems, and Paige was there, and she just, she just helped me. I'm sorry for hurting Piper, I REALLY am, but I'm NOT sorry for being with Paige." Leo sighed again.

"I just never saw you as a cheating type of guy Leo." Jessica shrugged, "But if your happy, then I guess that's all that matters. Good luck." Jessica orbed away.

Leo sighed, walked up to the giant doors, and pulled them open, walking inside.

"Leo!" Lana looked excited. Leo bowed his head slightly, to show his respect, and turned towards the short Elder, "What's up Lana?" Lana and Jacob were some of the few Elders he could talk to like friends.

Lana took Leo's hand and led him out of the room and into her office, they both sat down and Lana started to explain, "We're going to allow you and Paige to be together."

Leo grinned happily, "Really? That's great!" Leo looked a bit somber, "But the reason I came up here is because Paige had a strange dream, about Piper killing her, do you have any idea what's going on?"

Lana looked surprised, " I know Piper's in a lot of pain." Leo winced at that, "But I really doubt she would kill her own sister, she loves Paige, even after all of this. She is not the sister I'm worried about."

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Phoebe lay in his arms, relaxing, as she felt the power surge through her. Cole, Paige and Leo would pay, then she would make Piper join her, together, they would rule the Underworld, forever.

Phoebe snapped her fingers and a darklighter appeared, "Go, go and kill the pale one." The darklighter bowed and orbed out. (AN: That part was SUPPOSED to be short!)

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Paige paced in the living room, staring up at the ceiling every so often. "Come on Leo, hurry up!" Paige was growing more and more nervous, for no apparent reason. (AN: Dun, dun, dun duuuun!)

The darklighter orbed in and aimed at Paige, Paige seeing this orbed a lamp and threw the orb at the darklighter, but he dodged it and shot at Paige, she orbed out, but the darklighter shot her as soon as she orbed back in, the arrow piercing her stomach, Paige let out a scream at the pain, and the darklighter smirked and orbed away.

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Piper stiffened, "Cole, what are you doing here?"

"To warn you, help you." Cole replied, his hands in his jacket pockets.

"Warn me? Help me? With what?" Piper turned around.

"Something big is going down in the Underworld, I mean BIGGER than big, I, I uh, think it has something to do with Phoebe." Cole shifted nervously.

"Bastard! Phoebe would NEVER turn evil, if THAT'S what you're suggesting!" Piper shouted, and looked like she wanted to blow him to pieces.

"She's been evil before hasn't she?" Cole retorted.

"That was different! That wasn't Phoebe, she was just possessed." Piper defended her little sister.

"Multiple times, and she couldn't even fight it off by herself! That was the only reason she was attracted to me! Because I was evil! You know evil can seduce her so easily. Let me help you Piper, you need all the help you can get." Cole took Piper's shaking hands into his.

Piper sighed, thought for a few moments, then nodded, "Ok, but I hope you don't expect me to work w-with THEM." "You might just have to Piper, you might just have to."

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~*~Up in Elderland~*~

Leo winced, "I've got to go Lana."

"What's wrong?" Lana asked concerned.

"Paige is in trouble, I'll be back later." Leo stood up, and even though he knew Lana hated it when anybody bowed to her, he did it anyway, then orbed away, leaving Lana to her thoughts.

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~*~On Paige's Island~*~

Leo orbed into the living, and gasped. Paige was lying on the floor, blood seeping from her shirt, an arrow stuck in her stomach. She was sweating and whimpering.

"Damn!" Leo ran to Paige, kneeled on the floor and lifted Paige's head into his lap.

"L-Leo, I was so worried about you." Paige opened her big brown eyes and stared into Leo's dark blue ones.

"Don't be worried about me, let me worry about you. I need to get this out of you, I'm calling Cole." Leo brushed some of Paige's hair from her forehead, and Paige closed her eyes and whimpered again.

"COLE!!" Leo shouted, and a few minutes later Cole shimmered into the living room, "Hey, what's going on Leo? Where is this place? Oh shit." Cole exclaimed when he saw Paige.

"You're the only one who can get the arrow out of her, and then I can heal her." Leo held Paige close to him.

"Right." Cole walked over to them, kneeled on the floor, and reached for the arrow, but Paige grabbed his wrist before he could touch the arrow, "No, don't, please!" Paige began crying, she knew it would hurt, it hurt when she got shot, she knew it would hurt worse when it was yanked out.

Cole hated to see Paige sad and hurt, and he had an eerie feeling this was all Phoebe's doing. "Cole has to take it out Paige, I know it'll hurt, trust me, I know, but I'm here, Cole's here, we're both here for you, ok?" Leo kissed her forehead.

Paige looked into both of their eyes, whimpered once more, nodded and let Cole's wrist go. "Ready?" Cole asked, and without waiting for an answer, yanked the arrow out of her stomach in one swift move, Paige screamed loudly, her eyes squeezed shut, and Cole and Leo both winced.

"You're ok, you're ok, I'm going to heal you now, ok?" Leo lowered Paige back to the ground gently, and held his hands over the wound, as Cole held her hand, a few minutes later, Cole was getting impatient, "What's TAKING so long?"

"She almost died, it took me longer to heal her arm when Piper blew it off." Leo replied, still healing Paige.

Cole's eyes widened, "Paige didn't tell me Piper blew her arm off!"

"Yeah." Leo replied absently, a few more minutes and Paige's wound was healed.

Paige groaned and sat up, "God, my head hurts! I'm gonna hurt that darklighter BADLY if I ever see him again!" Cole and Leo chuckled and were glad Paige was ok.

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So, how was that chapter? Good? I hope so! Heh, Hoebe turned evil! Heheh! Cole is helping Piper, see? I put a lil Piper/Cole, hoped you guys/gals liked it! On word it says this was 9 pages, Whoo-hoo! I hope I get a lot of reviews! If you have any suggestions or anything, send me an e- mail or a review or something. Remember, in with the good reviews, out with the bad! See ya later!