Chapter Three: Questions and Answers
God! The thought of seeing those *parents* there had tormented her! Sitting in her office unable to concentrate on her deadline advice column. Suddenly the phone rang and startles Phoebe.
"Hello?" She picked up the phone.
"Hey, Phoebe! How's Junior first day go?"
"Oh, hey Piper. Uh, it went ok." She rubs her hand against her forehead, as if she had a headache.
"Oh, honey, you don't sound so good. Are you all right?" Piper asked in concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just Junior..." she trails off.
"What about Junior?"
"I'm---I'm just worried he'll might ask about Cole. He starts getting curious now. Just last night he asked me, who was the man in the picture with me, and it was one of the old pictures of Cole and me. I don't know what to tell him. I couldn't tell him it was Cole, I told him it was a good friend of mine. God! I'm a such a horrible mother!"
" Aw, honey. Don't pour this all on yourself. It's not your fault..."
"But it is Piper! Don't you see? If it weren't for me to go and fall in love with a demon, my child wouldn't be left without a father!" She cuts in.
"If, it weren't for the demon you fell in love with, Junior wouldn't be here right now."
"God, Piper. I'm so screwed. If that isn't already enough, I'm screwing up another life. Not just any life. My son, God damnit!" She breaks down.
"Phoebe, honey, we need to have a serious talk. Why don't you come over?" Piper asks sweetly.
"I---I can't, I have a deadline here, and I need to get it done."
"It's almost lunch time, come down to the club and we can talk. What harm can an hour do?"
"My job." Phoebe jokes.
"C'mon."
"Ok. Fine. I'll see you in ten."
They both hung up. Phoebe saved her file, stacks her documents, grabs her purse and out the door.
The day went by slowly as high noon arrived. Junior sits quietly, tightly on his chair by himself in a corner. No one seems to want to play with him. Kids can be so cruel these days! Naptime came as everyone laid out their pillows. Looking puzzled he stands in his corner and wonders his eyes around, he doesn't know where to set down his pillow. Obviously all the space has been taken. Standing there with his head bow down, as tears wells up his eyes.
Miss Xander suddenly look up and realized Junior hasn't settled down yet. And she heard a weeper from him. After she settled the last kid down, she made her way toward Junior and gently pulled him close to her.
"Sweetie, what's wrong?" Her voice was soothing.
"I want my Mommy." He cries, wiping his tears from the back of his hand.
"Mommy won't be here till 3:30 sweetie, why don't you talk a little nap over here. It'll be 3:30 before you know it." Miss Xander walked him to the right side of the room, next to a window. Set his pillow down, as he got himself into position.
As for Phoebe, she is having a hard time talking to Piper. All they did was going back and forth on one subject they had earlier. They didn't go much further than Phoebe wasn't being a terrible mother.
"Phoebe, why don't you go straight to the problem, because this certainly isn't going anywhere, ok?" Piper now really seems to be irritated.
"I don't know what to tell Junior when the time comes, and starts asking about Cole. I'm scared, Piper. I don't' know what to tell him. I can't tell him the truth. He'll hate me!" Phoebe confessed.
"Phoebe, you didn't kill Cole. You saved him. You set him free. Free from evil." Piper pointed out.
"But, that's not the way he's going to take it."
"Maybe not now...but soon he'll see why you did what you did."
"Oh, Piper, I just hope so, I don't want him to hate me. He's the only thing I got now." She looks up at Piper. "You know what I mean."
"You just hang in there, baby, you're not alone, you have me, Paige, and Leo." Piper stood up from her stool and pulled Phoebe into comfort. "Everything is going to be all right."
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How do you like it so far? For the request from CharmingTia, I'll try to find a place in the story to put some *action* into it.
For next week, I will post Chapter Four: Realization. Peace out for now.
God! The thought of seeing those *parents* there had tormented her! Sitting in her office unable to concentrate on her deadline advice column. Suddenly the phone rang and startles Phoebe.
"Hello?" She picked up the phone.
"Hey, Phoebe! How's Junior first day go?"
"Oh, hey Piper. Uh, it went ok." She rubs her hand against her forehead, as if she had a headache.
"Oh, honey, you don't sound so good. Are you all right?" Piper asked in concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just Junior..." she trails off.
"What about Junior?"
"I'm---I'm just worried he'll might ask about Cole. He starts getting curious now. Just last night he asked me, who was the man in the picture with me, and it was one of the old pictures of Cole and me. I don't know what to tell him. I couldn't tell him it was Cole, I told him it was a good friend of mine. God! I'm a such a horrible mother!"
" Aw, honey. Don't pour this all on yourself. It's not your fault..."
"But it is Piper! Don't you see? If it weren't for me to go and fall in love with a demon, my child wouldn't be left without a father!" She cuts in.
"If, it weren't for the demon you fell in love with, Junior wouldn't be here right now."
"God, Piper. I'm so screwed. If that isn't already enough, I'm screwing up another life. Not just any life. My son, God damnit!" She breaks down.
"Phoebe, honey, we need to have a serious talk. Why don't you come over?" Piper asks sweetly.
"I---I can't, I have a deadline here, and I need to get it done."
"It's almost lunch time, come down to the club and we can talk. What harm can an hour do?"
"My job." Phoebe jokes.
"C'mon."
"Ok. Fine. I'll see you in ten."
They both hung up. Phoebe saved her file, stacks her documents, grabs her purse and out the door.
The day went by slowly as high noon arrived. Junior sits quietly, tightly on his chair by himself in a corner. No one seems to want to play with him. Kids can be so cruel these days! Naptime came as everyone laid out their pillows. Looking puzzled he stands in his corner and wonders his eyes around, he doesn't know where to set down his pillow. Obviously all the space has been taken. Standing there with his head bow down, as tears wells up his eyes.
Miss Xander suddenly look up and realized Junior hasn't settled down yet. And she heard a weeper from him. After she settled the last kid down, she made her way toward Junior and gently pulled him close to her.
"Sweetie, what's wrong?" Her voice was soothing.
"I want my Mommy." He cries, wiping his tears from the back of his hand.
"Mommy won't be here till 3:30 sweetie, why don't you talk a little nap over here. It'll be 3:30 before you know it." Miss Xander walked him to the right side of the room, next to a window. Set his pillow down, as he got himself into position.
As for Phoebe, she is having a hard time talking to Piper. All they did was going back and forth on one subject they had earlier. They didn't go much further than Phoebe wasn't being a terrible mother.
"Phoebe, why don't you go straight to the problem, because this certainly isn't going anywhere, ok?" Piper now really seems to be irritated.
"I don't know what to tell Junior when the time comes, and starts asking about Cole. I'm scared, Piper. I don't' know what to tell him. I can't tell him the truth. He'll hate me!" Phoebe confessed.
"Phoebe, you didn't kill Cole. You saved him. You set him free. Free from evil." Piper pointed out.
"But, that's not the way he's going to take it."
"Maybe not now...but soon he'll see why you did what you did."
"Oh, Piper, I just hope so, I don't want him to hate me. He's the only thing I got now." She looks up at Piper. "You know what I mean."
"You just hang in there, baby, you're not alone, you have me, Paige, and Leo." Piper stood up from her stool and pulled Phoebe into comfort. "Everything is going to be all right."
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How do you like it so far? For the request from CharmingTia, I'll try to find a place in the story to put some *action* into it.
For next week, I will post Chapter Four: Realization. Peace out for now.