Cole slipped out of his room as soon as everything got quiet. Carefully, so as to avoid making any noise at all, he snuck down to the kitchen. His plan was simple: grab some things to eat, enough to get him through a few days at least, and then leave.
He knew he couldn't stay there. He never did like people telling him what to do, and when you factor in all the weird stuff that started with him meeting the Halliwell clan, he couldn't get out of there fast enough. He figured they wouldn't miss him much; after all, nobody ever did. With this thought to strengthen his resolve, he tiptoed toward the refrigerator, filling his pockets with as much as he could fit. When he'd taken as much as he could, he opened the back door, and slipped out into the dark street.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
After everyone went into their rooms, Piper tried to go to sleep, but for some odd reason she couldn't. She got up to go check on Wyatt. She looked down in the crib and stared at her son, who was sleeping peacefully.
"Well, since there is nothing I can do for you, I'll go check on Cole," Piper said quietly as she lightly rubbed Wyatt's hair.
She pulled on her robe, walked by her sleeping husband and slipped out the door and down the hall. She got to the door that led to Cole's room and stopped for a second.
'What if he wakes up while I'm in there? What will he think?' Piper thought to herself. She shook her head, thinking, 'No, I'll just tell him the truth that I'm just making sure that he is okay.'
She quietly and slowly opened the door and quietly entered Cole's room only to have her heart jump to her throat. The boy was gone.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
Cole was walking along the streets. He seemed to be doing well. He was a little cold and he was now starting to get tired.
"Boy, that bed sounds good about now," Cole mumbled to himself.
He kept walking along the dark streets until he came to his familiar alley, and sat down to take a quick break and to eat something. He was starving and the food he had crammed into his pocket was sounding delicious.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
"Leo!" Piper called out as she stood there, and just stared at the empty bed.
Leo, as well as Phoebe and Paige all ran to Piper's voice. All three were surprised to see that she was in Cole's room.
"What's wrong Piper?" Phoebe asked, worried for her sister.
"That's what's wrong," Piper told all three of them as she pointed to the bed, where Cole was nowhere to be found.
"Leo can you sense him?" Paige asked, nervous that something bad happened to the boy.
Leo closed his eyes and concentrated, then he spoke up, "I got him."
"Go get him and bring him back," Piper, said.
Leo nodded and then orbed out of the manor, leaving his wife and her sisters staring anxiously after him.
He knew he couldn't stay there. He never did like people telling him what to do, and when you factor in all the weird stuff that started with him meeting the Halliwell clan, he couldn't get out of there fast enough. He figured they wouldn't miss him much; after all, nobody ever did. With this thought to strengthen his resolve, he tiptoed toward the refrigerator, filling his pockets with as much as he could fit. When he'd taken as much as he could, he opened the back door, and slipped out into the dark street.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
After everyone went into their rooms, Piper tried to go to sleep, but for some odd reason she couldn't. She got up to go check on Wyatt. She looked down in the crib and stared at her son, who was sleeping peacefully.
"Well, since there is nothing I can do for you, I'll go check on Cole," Piper said quietly as she lightly rubbed Wyatt's hair.
She pulled on her robe, walked by her sleeping husband and slipped out the door and down the hall. She got to the door that led to Cole's room and stopped for a second.
'What if he wakes up while I'm in there? What will he think?' Piper thought to herself. She shook her head, thinking, 'No, I'll just tell him the truth that I'm just making sure that he is okay.'
She quietly and slowly opened the door and quietly entered Cole's room only to have her heart jump to her throat. The boy was gone.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
Cole was walking along the streets. He seemed to be doing well. He was a little cold and he was now starting to get tired.
"Boy, that bed sounds good about now," Cole mumbled to himself.
He kept walking along the dark streets until he came to his familiar alley, and sat down to take a quick break and to eat something. He was starving and the food he had crammed into his pocket was sounding delicious.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
"Leo!" Piper called out as she stood there, and just stared at the empty bed.
Leo, as well as Phoebe and Paige all ran to Piper's voice. All three were surprised to see that she was in Cole's room.
"What's wrong Piper?" Phoebe asked, worried for her sister.
"That's what's wrong," Piper told all three of them as she pointed to the bed, where Cole was nowhere to be found.
"Leo can you sense him?" Paige asked, nervous that something bad happened to the boy.
Leo closed his eyes and concentrated, then he spoke up, "I got him."
"Go get him and bring him back," Piper, said.
Leo nodded and then orbed out of the manor, leaving his wife and her sisters staring anxiously after him.