A/N: And apology from me in advance: I'm sorry for this sucky chapter, it's just ever since summer started and since I've been on my vacation it seems to have appeared that my brain is getting smaller and smaller, and all of my vocabularies seems to have obviously decreased drastically. So, please pardon my writting. Also I seem to have misplaced my muse at this moment. I promise it'll get better once school starts...you know when my brain is activating on a regular basis again.Thank you for your understanding.

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Chapter 19: A Step Closer 3

Grunted in anger, she pulled herself out of bed, and marched out of the room with only a thin bed spread to cover her naked body.

"Ok, you think this is cute don't you?" Phoebe fumed.

"What are you talking about?" Cole innocently replied.

"You trying to pull this on me and then pretend that you dragged yourself away, pretending not to give in so you can be the bigger person."

"I'm not trying anything Phoebe." Cole whirled around facing her. "I'm just simply..." He trailed off.

"Simply what?" Phoebe urged, "Getting me to give in?"

"You already gave in, Phoebe." Cole simply stated.

Fuming with anger, her eyes flared up as she clenched her teeth, "You. Bastard."

"You've already said that." Cole pointed out with a smile.

"Urg! I hate you!" She shrieked and marched back to her room and slammed the door.

"Ok, I'm sorry," Cole knocked on her door, "I was just joking. Can I come in?"

"Go away." She said, hugging her pillow.

"Please."

"No."

"And I almost forgot," Cole said as he turned the door knob, "this is my room too."

"You said it wasn't anymore."

"Well, I changed my mind."

"Cole." Phoebe turned to reveal streaks of tears down her cheeks.

"Phoebe, what's wrong."

"Just get out ok?" She tried her best to steady her voice.

"No, I'm not going to get out until you tell me what wrong."

"I just..." She stopped.

"You just what?" He urged.

"I don't know." She swiped away the tears.

"What?" Cole climbed behind her, and came close to her neck, and kissed it, which caused her to shiver a bit.

"Cole," She whispered as her eyes shut lightly.

"What?" Cole placed his hands on her shoulders and kissed her neck again, then pulled her back against his chest and lightly kissed her lips.

Lost in his embrace, she let her body loose as if her spirit had left her body and let him take her away into the night. Strangled her into his embrace tightly, afraid that she might pull away.

"Phoebe." He whispered, as he laid her down and removed the sheet that separated them. Then slightly pulled himself up and looked her deeply in her eyes, and wiped her away her tears.

"I thought I would never see you again." She uttered, as tears kept building up. "I spent nights waiting for some sign that tell you still exist."

"What?" Cole asked dumb, still lying on top of her.

"I never stopped waiting for you." She continued. "I never stopped loving you."

"Phoebe..." He uttered.

"I missed you so much." She sobbed.

"I'm here now, baby." He pulled her closer, and hugged her tightly.

"I missed you so much, Cole." She sniffed. "You have no idea."

"I missed you too, baby." Cole whispered, while soothing her back. "I'm sorry."

Snuggling in his embrace, Phoebe rested her head against the nook of Cole's neck, she closed her eyes and sniffed in his scent. Closed her eyes lightly, she stayed in his arms for awhile before pulling away. She lifted her face up and looked into Cole's eyes.

"See something interesting?" Cole amused.

A gentle smile crept on her lips as she slowly parted it to say: "As a matter of fact. Yes."

"What?" He asked curiously in a playful manner.

"Me." She said, pushing him down on his back playfully and giggled.

"Oh." Cole gasped in surprised as he grabbed onto her waist and pull her along. "Oh, you're gonna get it." He declared, then pushed her down on her back as he pulled a cover over their heads.

"Cole," Phoebe uttered breathlessly as he explored her body, "Cole."

"What is it?" He pulled the cover off their heads.

"Don't we need protection?" She asked, somewhat embarrassed.

"Um, considering we had a child together, I'd go with no." Cole stated coolly.

"Yeah, and that was 5 years ago and we were married." Phoebe claimed matter-of-factly.

"And where do you suppose I go get condoms at this hour of day?" Cole asked, smartly.

"I don't know. You're a guy don't you have one on you?"

"Spending 5 years in the Wasteland with a beast, yeah I'm sure to carry one with me incase we had any kind of intimacy." Cole answered, sardonically.

"Cole," Phoebe began, annoyingly.

"Why don't you take one of your lady pills?" Cole asked.

"I've stayed abstinence since Junior was born." Phoebe replied.

"Well, just look at it this way." Cole began, "If you end up pregnant again, then it just meant to happen."

"Yeah." Phoebe looked at him with a 'yeah-right' look and said, "No thank you." She then pulled away.

"What's the worst that could happen?"

"Me end up pregnant."

"Was it that horrible with Junior?"

"No, it was a fine...a bit fast, but no that's not the point," –she paused, and then signed— "it's just I don't want to end up pregnant and alone again."

"I'm sorry Phoebe," Cole apologized. "But, I'll be here this time."

Signed heavily, she started: "Cole,"

Without saying anyway, Cole gently moved in and captured her lips and slowly pushing her back down onto her back.

Hesitated at first, she then slowly gave in as Cole gotten more aggressive...