Fire and Desire
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Chapter 1: Prue's Funeral and the First Encounter
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Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed or any of the characters in the show boo!
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Author's Notes
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Sorry the prologue was so short, but it's supposed to be isn't it? =P Did you guys like it? Well, tell me with a lot of reviews then, heh. I know Paige's part was longer than Cole's, but I couldn't help it, I kinda ran out of ideas for Cole's. And now, for this fic only, (I think) I bring back . . . CHAPTER TITLES! At least I hope it's for the whole story, I'm not sure. I hope you guys like this chapter, it's gonna be preeety long, it has some dialogue and stuff taken from Charmed Again part 1, enjoy!
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Paige stood near the doorway of the mausoleum, watching the funeral with sad, yet curious eyes. After reading the obituary, and seeing that Prue Halliwell's funeral was today, she felt drawn to it, like she had to be there for some reason, some important reason.
A priestess stood before an alter, a tied silver cord lay next to a chalice, as three lit candles surrounded the chalice.
Piper, Phoebe, Cole, Leo, Darryl and Victor all sat in the front row, nearest the priestess and Prue's coffin, Piper and Phoebe sitting next to their respective partners, dabbing at their moist eyes.
The priestess began speaking, "That which belongs to fellowship and love. That which belongs to the circle, remains with us. The wheel turns. As life is a day, so our sister has passed into night. Nothing is final, and we who remain behind know that one day, we will once again share the bread and wine with our sister. O' blessed spirit, we bid you farewell, for you await a new destiny." With those words said, the priestess untied the silver cord, laid it gently into the chalice, and blew out the candles.
The Halliwell family stood, as mourners began paying their respect.
Paige watched as most of the mourners left, leaving only her and a few others. 'Here's your chance Paige, go say something' Paige gave herself a pep talk and walked up to Phoebe nervously, "I'm so sorry for your loss."
"Thank you." Phoebe replied, and Paige began leaving, "How did you know Prue? From work?" Phoebe couldn't help but ask.
Paige bit her bottom lip slightly before answering, "No. Just . . . just from around, you know."
Phoebe looked at her curiously; she felt she had met this woman before, "Have we met before?"
Paige frowned slightly, "No. I don't . . . I don't think so. Anyway, my condolences."
Phoebe gave an inaudible sigh, "Thank you." she shook Paige's hand, getting sent straight into a premonition, as it played before her eyes, Paige backed away slowly, and left the building, as Phoebe fell to the floor. Everyone ran to her and Cole helped her to her feet.
"Are you alright?" Piper asked worriedly.
"I saw him . . . the demon that-that killed Prue." Phoebe forced herself not to cry.
Leo frowned, "Shax? What was he doing?"
"He was killing that girl." Phoebe replied.
"What girl?" Piper asked confused.
"The girl I was just talking to." Phoebe looked around, but didn't see her, "We gotta save her . . ."
Two Bounty Hunters shimmered into the building and immediately threw energy balls at Cole, who dove out of the way, the energy balls hitting the alter.
Leo pulled Phoebe behind a pillar for safety as Victor looked on in disbelief. Cole rolled and dodged another energy ball, firing one of his own at one of the Bounty Hunters, vanquishing him, but the other Hunter appeared, about to kill Cole, when Phoebe jumped from behind the pillar and knocked him to the ground with a well placed kick and quickly ducked behind a statue.
Piper looked at the scene in anger, her hands balled into fists, "Stop it."
The Hunter spun to fire at Phoebe but Cole shot another energy ball at him, blowing him up in a shower of fiery sparks.
Piper let out an angry yell, "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Damn it! This is Prue's funeral for God's sake! Can't we at least bury her in peace? Is that to much to ask!" Piper screamed, and she knocked over the vase of flowers that was nearest to her, feeling a small tinge of satisfaction as the vase shattered and she stomped out of the building in tears, Leo following behind her.
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(AN: I skipped ahead to where Cole and Phoebe are at the building across from where Paige and Shane are.)
Phoebe peered out of the binoculars; she was bored, and cold. Cole handed her a thermos of coffee, "Thanks." Phoebe said, taking a sip of the hot liquid.
"I think this is the right place. But maybe we should try another one of the rooftops instead." Phoebe said after drinking some more coffee.
"Or maybe we should just trust your instincts and stay right here." Cole replied.
"Okay. But what if I'm wrong? That girl will get killed." Phoebe fretted.
"You can't save every innocent Phoebe, or stop every demon." Cole said, and pulled her into his arms.
"Yeah. Well, I have to stop this one. I just hope by me saying the vanquishing spell, it wounds him enough so you can take him out." Phoebe replied, snuggling into Cole.
"I got a better idea. How about you and me go someplace? You know? Drop off the face of the earth together, disappear." Cole knew that would be impossible, but the thought seemed pretty nice.
"Hmm, don't tempt me." Phoebe chuckled slightly.
"Things have changed Phoebe. We can't pretend we can go on like this. It's only a matter of time before The Source finds me, which means every minute you're with me, you're in danger." Cole told her seriously.
"I've lost too much Cole, I'm not about to lose you too." Phoebe reached up and kissed him, but he looked past her and squinted, was that the girl?
"Ooh, looks like your instincts were right." Cole told her.
"We've gotta shimmer over there!" Phoebe raised her binoculars and peered over at the two people.
"And tell her what? That a demon's gonna attack? I think we should stay right here." Cole replied
Paige led Shane to the center of the heli-pad.
"Aren't you afraid were gonna get caught?" Shane asked nervously.
"I like an element of danger." Paige grinned at him, let go of his hand and spun around, her arms wide, looking up at the stars, "Oh. Look at the stars. They're so beautiful! They make me feel . . . free."
Cole frowned slightly as he saw the girl's face, was that the girl in his dreams? Cole felt a giant surge of jealously as Paige kissed Shane passionately.
Phoebe lowered the binoculars and looked away, but Cole still looked at them angrily.
"Alright, got any ideas?" Phoebe asked, oblivious to Cole's anger.
"A couple." Cole answered, thinking about ways to kill that guy.
Phoebe, thinking his ideas were sexual, smacked him, "I meant about what to do now. I mean, we can't keep watching, it's not right."
Cole pried the binoculars away from Phoebe and looked at the kissing couple, trying desperately to get a better look at the girl, "You're right, we shouldn't just keep watching." Phoebe blocked his view, annoying the hell out of him.
"Okay, very good." Phoebe replied, neither noticing the moving tornado stopping near Paige and Shane, Shax appeared and fired a blast at the couple. Paige opened her eyes at the last second and saw it over Shane's shoulder, "Shane!"
The blast hit Shane, making him go flying backwards, knocking himself out and Paige screamed, alerting Cole and Phoebe.
Shax sent another blast towards Paige, and Paige screamed and covered her eyes, orbing out and back in, avoiding the blast, not knowing she orbed, but realized that she was somehow alive.
Paige, not questioning it, turned the other way and ran to the roof access tower. Shax, surprised at her ability to orb, turned into a tornado and followed her.
"She orbed!" Phoebe screeched, "She orbed-did you see that?"
Cole ignored the question, "Come on!" he grabbed her and shimmered them to Paige.
Paige scampered down the stairs onto the catwalk, then stopped as she heard the ominous sound of the tornado approaching. She slowly turned to face Shax. 'I guess I'll never get to know if your real or not' Paige thought of her mystery stranger, thinking that her last thoughts would be of him, then he appeared, Paige watched them shimmer in, shocked, she didn't know what shocked her more, finally seeing that her dream man was real, that he was with another woman, or that he suddenly appeared before her eyes, "What the hell?"
Cole looked at Paige in shock, it was her, she was real, their eyes met briefly and Cole felt the urgent, desperate need to save her, "Get outta here! Hurry! Go! Go!" he shouted to her and threw an energy ball at Shax, but it barely fazed him.
Cole gritted his teeth and fired another one at the demon, as Paige just stared at him in shock, before shaking herself and she ran down the stairs, "Say the damn spell!" Cole shouted to the watching Phoebe, as he shot two more energy balls at Shax.
"Evil wind that blows, that which forms below. No longer may you dwell. Death takes you with this spell!" Phoebe shouted the spell. Shax just managed to throw a blast at Cole, knocking him over the railing as Shax screamed in agony and disappeared.
Cole plummeted five stories, as his thoughts focused on Paige, not Phoebe, 'Your more beautiful than I thought you would be' Cole thought, as he regained his senses and shimmered just before he hit the ground.
Cole shimmered back in next to Phoebe who hugged him tightly, "I thought I lost you!"
"It's okay, I'm alright. I'm not too sure about your innocent though." Cole replied, wishing he had got to talk to her.
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"Are you sure she orbed?" Leo asked Cole and Phoebe, as Piper washed dishes angrily.
"Leo, she disappeared. Bright white, shiny thingies came and then she reappeared. What else could it be?" Phoebe rolled her eyes.
"It just doesn't make any sense." Leo replied.
"Why not?" Cole asked curiously.
"Because why would Shax want to kill a whitelighter?" Leo asked.
"Maybe he didn't know she was a whitelighter." Cole replied.
"Right, The Source sends out his personal assassin, but doesn't know who he's after?" Leo asked sarcastically.
Piper, annoyed, clanged the pots she was washing, loudly.
"Is it possible she didn't know she was a whitelighter?" Phoebe asked Leo.
"No. Why?" Leo raised an eyebrow.
"Because she acted as if she didn't. She acted just as surprised as we were when she orbed." Cole chimed in, even though he was more shocked about whom the person was then the fact that she could orb.
"Well, that doesn't make any sense either." Leo sighed.
"Well, why don't you go up and ask the Elders what DOES make sense so we don't go risking our lives again." Phoebe rolled her eyes.
Leo looked at Piper and nodded, "I'll be right back." And he orbed out.
"Maybe I should, uh, go to the other side and see what I can find out." Cole offered.
Phoebe looked at him, "No."
"I'll be careful, nobody'll see me. Besides, it might be good if I go down there, confuse any Bounty Hunters that might be trying to track me." Cole kissed her cheek and shimmered away.
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Cole shimmered inside of an apartment building, what was he doing here? He realized his thoughts had been on that woman again, so instead of shimmering to the Underworld, he ended up where she was.
Cole heard soft sobbing, and somehow knew it was her crying, Cole made his way towards where he heard her crying and found her curled up on the bed, her shoulders shaking.
"Hey." Cole said quietly and Paige jumped and turned towards him.
"Another dream? I didn't even know I fell asleep." Paige stood up and wiped her eyes. Cole looked confused, what did she mean another dream? Did she . . . dream of him? Like he dreamed of her? Cole opened his mouth to speak, but Paige wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her head in his shirt, "Aren't you going to kiss me?" Paige questioned him, "You always do."
Cole found himself lowering his lips towards hers, wanting nothing more in the world then to taste her, if only once, but he stopped himself, leaving Paige looking confused, "This isn't a dream." Cole told her gently, and with extreme difficulty on his part, pried himself away from her.
"O-of course it is, what else could it be? This whole DAY has just been a dream." Paige said, she was in complete denial, but she didn't know how else to deal with all the things she saw.
Cole shook his head, "No, everything you saw tonight, has been true."
Paige began crying, "No, magic isn't real, I-I." Paige's knees buckled and Cole caught her, lowering her to the bed.
"Shh . . . It's alright." Cole comforted her, what was he doing? He should be down in the Underworld, or at home with his girlfriend, not comforting another woman, but he couldn't leave her now.
"It's not alright at all! I just saw people and-and THINGS disappear and reappear and shoot blasts at each other." Paige realized something, "Your one of those weird people!" Paige jumped up and away from Cole.
Cole looked hurt at her words, "I'm not weird, and I'm not going to hurt you."
"How do I know that?" Paige asked, pressing herself against the wall farthest from Cole.
Cole stood up and made his way towards Paige, staring down into her eyes, not knowing that that was what he did to her in her dreams, "Do you trust me?"
"Yes." Paige found herself answering, how could she trust him? She didn't even know the guy!
"Then you know I won't hurt you." Cole replied, "I better be going now."
Paige began crying again, "Don't leave, please."
Cole looked surprised, "I didn't think you'd want me to stay, you don't even know my name."
"Well, mine is Paige, Paige Matthews." Paige clutched onto his shirt, why was she being so clingy? She only knew of the man from her dreams, and even then she didn't know if those things were true about him or not.
"Cole, Cole Turner." Cole replied, he finally knew her name, and God; it was such a beautiful one.
Paige leaned into him, she needed him, if not physically, then just being there with her and talking to her was good enough.
Cole had to bring it up; he had to know, "Before, when I first came in here, you asked if it was another dream? Why did you ask that question?"
Paige blushed hotly; he had to bring that up, didn't he? "I-I um, I . . .dream . . . about you." Paige blushed more.
Now Cole was really shocked, "You do?"
Paige just nodded, "Now I bet you think I'm some crazy person." Paige felt tears stream down her cheeks, why did Cole's opinion mean the world to her?
Cole kissed her tears away, making her gasp slightly and arch her back towards him, "Not at all. I dream about you too."
"Y-you do?" Paige asked.
Cole nodded, not being able to stop the grin that crept up his face, "You look tired, you should go to sleep."
Paige pouted, "It's ONLY 10, normally I'd be-"Cole cut her off, "Partying." He finished for her.
"How'd you know?" Paige asked him.
"If you really do dream about me, then you know a lot of things about me, in my dreams, you talk to me, tell me things about you." Cole explained.
"Oh really?" A mischievous grin crept up her face, "Like what?"
"Like how damned stubborn you are, how independent you are, your strong, yet vulnerable at the same time. You don't want to get hurt anymore, so you're cautious about falling for the wrong guys, you-"Paige cut him off by placing her finger on his lips.
"You don't have to say anymore, you tell me things too. But let's not talk about that." Paige said and began nibbling on his neck.
"Paige . . ." Cole moaned, he needed this pale brunette beyond belief.
"If you need me, take me." Paige said.
"I didn't say that, I just . . . thought it." Cole looked down at Paige, his blue eyes wide.
"We can read each other's thoughts?" Paige questioned.
"Maybe. Think something." Cole told her.
Paige closed her eyes and thought about how wonderful this was.
"It IS wonderful, isn't it?" Cole smirked slightly.
"I take it that means it works." Paige smirked right back at him.
Cole sat down on the bed and pulled Paige onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist, "You know, I never thought it was possible to care about somebody so much in such a short time."
Paige smiled happily, "I feel the same way."
"I guess it was because of all those dreams, I've been dreaming of you every night for a week." Cole ran his hand through her dark hair.
"I've been dreaming of you too, and every dream, every time I saw you, touched you, talked to you, it made me want you even more." Paige whispered, "Please Cole, I want you."
Cole's mind screamed at him to say no, to think about Phoebe, his darling girlfriend fretting at home, but his heart was doing flip-flops, telling him there was no one else but Paige, and even Cole couldn't fight his heart.
Cole gently placed Paige on the bed and kissed her on the lips gently. It was tender and sweet, so much better than in their dreams.
Paige moaned into the kiss and opened her mouth, licking Cole's bottom lip, as if she were asking to taste him, he gave her the answer by slipping his tongue into her mouth, tasting her.
'Delicious, incredibly delicious' Cole thought, there was no taste sweeter than her.
Paige's hands trembled as she pushed Cole's jacket off of him and slowly began unbuttoning his shirt.
Cole moved his lips towards her neck, making nearly invisible designs on her neck with his tongue.
Paige moaned loudly, and finally unbuttoned Cole's shirt, pushing it off of him, she ran her hands over his bare chest, God, could she want this man anymore?
Cole moved back to Paige's lips and kissed her again, their tongues intertwining to form another passionate kiss.
Paige could feel Cole's hands gently massaging her stomach, taking his time and slowly working his way upward.
Suddenly a flash of Phoebe ran through his mind, she was pacing in her bedroom, looking every so often at a picture of him and Phoebe on her nightstand.
Cole sighed inwardly, damned conscience, oh how he hated it. Using every bit of will power he had, he pulled himself away from Paige's lips and stood up, picking up his shirt; he started to put it back on.
Paige sat up and looked into his eyes, confusion, hurt and slight anger swirled in Paige's deep, melted chocolate eyes, "Cole?"
"I'm sorry Paige, so sorry." Cole's own hands shook as he finished buttoning his shirt, "This shouldn't have happened." Cole knew that was a lie, every fiber of him enjoyed the brief time he got to explore Paige, and he wished it could've lasted longer.
Paige's eyes filled with tears, as bitter anger filled her, "I thought you wanted this!"
"I did! I . . . still do." Cole sighed.
"Then what's the problem? Why say it shouldn't have happened, when you wanted this just as much me?" Paige questioned, standing up, she looked up at Cole.
'Damn it Paige, don't look at me like that, I can't stay . . .' Cole thought sadly, he wanted to stay, more than anything, but he had a girlfriend at home, waiting for him and that's exactly what he told Paige.
"Why did you make me care about you so damn much, when you weren't . . . when you weren't even planning on staying?" Paige began crying, as she sank to rest on her bed.
Cole sat next to her and pulled her into his arms, tenderly brushing stray tendrils of hair from her face, "Paige, I care about you too, you know that. I just, I just can't stay."
"Why not? I need you Cole." Paige whispered brokenly.
"I have a girlfriend at home, you've met her before, at Prue's funeral, and tonight on the roof." Cole explained gently.
Paige sucked in a sharp intake of breath, she had forgotten all about that blonde he was with, "Well, if you have a girlfriend, you really shouldn't be here, should you?" Paige stood up and stared outside the window, watching as it rained, seeming to fit her mood perfectly.
Cole stood up as well and placed his hands on her shoulders, "Don't hate me Paige, please, I NEVER meant to hurt you, never."
Still staring out the window, Paige forced herself not to cry in front of him, it would just make her look silly and over-emotional, "I could never hate you, and I know you never meant to hurt me, I guess we just got caught up. No problem, you go back to your girlfriend and I'll go back to my boyfriend, then, then we'll all be happy." Paige was lying through her teeth, she couldn't be happy now, she finally had Cole, and now she was losing him, all she wanted and needed was him.
Cole felt a pang of jealously at the mention of Paige's boyfriend, from what he saw of him; he was a weak coward, hardly worthy of Paige.
Cole suddenly heard Paige's voice in his head, 'If you're so jealous, then stay, I know you want to, I CAN hear your thoughts you know'
'You don't give up do you?' Cole thought back to her, starting to get the hang of it.
'No, not really, not when there's someone I'm after' Paige replied bluntly.
'I'm sorry Paige' Cole thought once again, turned Paige to face him and kissed her gently.
Paige closed her eyes and put all her passion into that one kiss, as tears fell from her closed eyes, she felt Cole's lips leave hers and she opened her eyes to say good-bye to him, when she noticed he was gone. Paige ran into the living room but saw no sight of him.
Paige slowly walked back into her bedroom and noticed something different, Cole's jacket still lay on the floor, Paige picked up his jacket and pulled it on, feeling the warmth of it and breathing in his scent, she curled up in her bed and began sobbing, she wanted him back.
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Phew, that was a hella long chapter wasn't it? ^_^ Did you guys like it? I did, I've always wanted to make a pa/c fic, I'm not even halfway done with this, but I'm somewhat close to finishing GP. So, next up on my list is a pr/c fic, yaysers! I'll have the next chapter up soon!
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Chapter 1: Prue's Funeral and the First Encounter
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Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed or any of the characters in the show boo!
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Author's Notes
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Sorry the prologue was so short, but it's supposed to be isn't it? =P Did you guys like it? Well, tell me with a lot of reviews then, heh. I know Paige's part was longer than Cole's, but I couldn't help it, I kinda ran out of ideas for Cole's. And now, for this fic only, (I think) I bring back . . . CHAPTER TITLES! At least I hope it's for the whole story, I'm not sure. I hope you guys like this chapter, it's gonna be preeety long, it has some dialogue and stuff taken from Charmed Again part 1, enjoy!
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Paige stood near the doorway of the mausoleum, watching the funeral with sad, yet curious eyes. After reading the obituary, and seeing that Prue Halliwell's funeral was today, she felt drawn to it, like she had to be there for some reason, some important reason.
A priestess stood before an alter, a tied silver cord lay next to a chalice, as three lit candles surrounded the chalice.
Piper, Phoebe, Cole, Leo, Darryl and Victor all sat in the front row, nearest the priestess and Prue's coffin, Piper and Phoebe sitting next to their respective partners, dabbing at their moist eyes.
The priestess began speaking, "That which belongs to fellowship and love. That which belongs to the circle, remains with us. The wheel turns. As life is a day, so our sister has passed into night. Nothing is final, and we who remain behind know that one day, we will once again share the bread and wine with our sister. O' blessed spirit, we bid you farewell, for you await a new destiny." With those words said, the priestess untied the silver cord, laid it gently into the chalice, and blew out the candles.
The Halliwell family stood, as mourners began paying their respect.
Paige watched as most of the mourners left, leaving only her and a few others. 'Here's your chance Paige, go say something' Paige gave herself a pep talk and walked up to Phoebe nervously, "I'm so sorry for your loss."
"Thank you." Phoebe replied, and Paige began leaving, "How did you know Prue? From work?" Phoebe couldn't help but ask.
Paige bit her bottom lip slightly before answering, "No. Just . . . just from around, you know."
Phoebe looked at her curiously; she felt she had met this woman before, "Have we met before?"
Paige frowned slightly, "No. I don't . . . I don't think so. Anyway, my condolences."
Phoebe gave an inaudible sigh, "Thank you." she shook Paige's hand, getting sent straight into a premonition, as it played before her eyes, Paige backed away slowly, and left the building, as Phoebe fell to the floor. Everyone ran to her and Cole helped her to her feet.
"Are you alright?" Piper asked worriedly.
"I saw him . . . the demon that-that killed Prue." Phoebe forced herself not to cry.
Leo frowned, "Shax? What was he doing?"
"He was killing that girl." Phoebe replied.
"What girl?" Piper asked confused.
"The girl I was just talking to." Phoebe looked around, but didn't see her, "We gotta save her . . ."
Two Bounty Hunters shimmered into the building and immediately threw energy balls at Cole, who dove out of the way, the energy balls hitting the alter.
Leo pulled Phoebe behind a pillar for safety as Victor looked on in disbelief. Cole rolled and dodged another energy ball, firing one of his own at one of the Bounty Hunters, vanquishing him, but the other Hunter appeared, about to kill Cole, when Phoebe jumped from behind the pillar and knocked him to the ground with a well placed kick and quickly ducked behind a statue.
Piper looked at the scene in anger, her hands balled into fists, "Stop it."
The Hunter spun to fire at Phoebe but Cole shot another energy ball at him, blowing him up in a shower of fiery sparks.
Piper let out an angry yell, "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Damn it! This is Prue's funeral for God's sake! Can't we at least bury her in peace? Is that to much to ask!" Piper screamed, and she knocked over the vase of flowers that was nearest to her, feeling a small tinge of satisfaction as the vase shattered and she stomped out of the building in tears, Leo following behind her.
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(AN: I skipped ahead to where Cole and Phoebe are at the building across from where Paige and Shane are.)
Phoebe peered out of the binoculars; she was bored, and cold. Cole handed her a thermos of coffee, "Thanks." Phoebe said, taking a sip of the hot liquid.
"I think this is the right place. But maybe we should try another one of the rooftops instead." Phoebe said after drinking some more coffee.
"Or maybe we should just trust your instincts and stay right here." Cole replied.
"Okay. But what if I'm wrong? That girl will get killed." Phoebe fretted.
"You can't save every innocent Phoebe, or stop every demon." Cole said, and pulled her into his arms.
"Yeah. Well, I have to stop this one. I just hope by me saying the vanquishing spell, it wounds him enough so you can take him out." Phoebe replied, snuggling into Cole.
"I got a better idea. How about you and me go someplace? You know? Drop off the face of the earth together, disappear." Cole knew that would be impossible, but the thought seemed pretty nice.
"Hmm, don't tempt me." Phoebe chuckled slightly.
"Things have changed Phoebe. We can't pretend we can go on like this. It's only a matter of time before The Source finds me, which means every minute you're with me, you're in danger." Cole told her seriously.
"I've lost too much Cole, I'm not about to lose you too." Phoebe reached up and kissed him, but he looked past her and squinted, was that the girl?
"Ooh, looks like your instincts were right." Cole told her.
"We've gotta shimmer over there!" Phoebe raised her binoculars and peered over at the two people.
"And tell her what? That a demon's gonna attack? I think we should stay right here." Cole replied
Paige led Shane to the center of the heli-pad.
"Aren't you afraid were gonna get caught?" Shane asked nervously.
"I like an element of danger." Paige grinned at him, let go of his hand and spun around, her arms wide, looking up at the stars, "Oh. Look at the stars. They're so beautiful! They make me feel . . . free."
Cole frowned slightly as he saw the girl's face, was that the girl in his dreams? Cole felt a giant surge of jealously as Paige kissed Shane passionately.
Phoebe lowered the binoculars and looked away, but Cole still looked at them angrily.
"Alright, got any ideas?" Phoebe asked, oblivious to Cole's anger.
"A couple." Cole answered, thinking about ways to kill that guy.
Phoebe, thinking his ideas were sexual, smacked him, "I meant about what to do now. I mean, we can't keep watching, it's not right."
Cole pried the binoculars away from Phoebe and looked at the kissing couple, trying desperately to get a better look at the girl, "You're right, we shouldn't just keep watching." Phoebe blocked his view, annoying the hell out of him.
"Okay, very good." Phoebe replied, neither noticing the moving tornado stopping near Paige and Shane, Shax appeared and fired a blast at the couple. Paige opened her eyes at the last second and saw it over Shane's shoulder, "Shane!"
The blast hit Shane, making him go flying backwards, knocking himself out and Paige screamed, alerting Cole and Phoebe.
Shax sent another blast towards Paige, and Paige screamed and covered her eyes, orbing out and back in, avoiding the blast, not knowing she orbed, but realized that she was somehow alive.
Paige, not questioning it, turned the other way and ran to the roof access tower. Shax, surprised at her ability to orb, turned into a tornado and followed her.
"She orbed!" Phoebe screeched, "She orbed-did you see that?"
Cole ignored the question, "Come on!" he grabbed her and shimmered them to Paige.
Paige scampered down the stairs onto the catwalk, then stopped as she heard the ominous sound of the tornado approaching. She slowly turned to face Shax. 'I guess I'll never get to know if your real or not' Paige thought of her mystery stranger, thinking that her last thoughts would be of him, then he appeared, Paige watched them shimmer in, shocked, she didn't know what shocked her more, finally seeing that her dream man was real, that he was with another woman, or that he suddenly appeared before her eyes, "What the hell?"
Cole looked at Paige in shock, it was her, she was real, their eyes met briefly and Cole felt the urgent, desperate need to save her, "Get outta here! Hurry! Go! Go!" he shouted to her and threw an energy ball at Shax, but it barely fazed him.
Cole gritted his teeth and fired another one at the demon, as Paige just stared at him in shock, before shaking herself and she ran down the stairs, "Say the damn spell!" Cole shouted to the watching Phoebe, as he shot two more energy balls at Shax.
"Evil wind that blows, that which forms below. No longer may you dwell. Death takes you with this spell!" Phoebe shouted the spell. Shax just managed to throw a blast at Cole, knocking him over the railing as Shax screamed in agony and disappeared.
Cole plummeted five stories, as his thoughts focused on Paige, not Phoebe, 'Your more beautiful than I thought you would be' Cole thought, as he regained his senses and shimmered just before he hit the ground.
Cole shimmered back in next to Phoebe who hugged him tightly, "I thought I lost you!"
"It's okay, I'm alright. I'm not too sure about your innocent though." Cole replied, wishing he had got to talk to her.
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"Are you sure she orbed?" Leo asked Cole and Phoebe, as Piper washed dishes angrily.
"Leo, she disappeared. Bright white, shiny thingies came and then she reappeared. What else could it be?" Phoebe rolled her eyes.
"It just doesn't make any sense." Leo replied.
"Why not?" Cole asked curiously.
"Because why would Shax want to kill a whitelighter?" Leo asked.
"Maybe he didn't know she was a whitelighter." Cole replied.
"Right, The Source sends out his personal assassin, but doesn't know who he's after?" Leo asked sarcastically.
Piper, annoyed, clanged the pots she was washing, loudly.
"Is it possible she didn't know she was a whitelighter?" Phoebe asked Leo.
"No. Why?" Leo raised an eyebrow.
"Because she acted as if she didn't. She acted just as surprised as we were when she orbed." Cole chimed in, even though he was more shocked about whom the person was then the fact that she could orb.
"Well, that doesn't make any sense either." Leo sighed.
"Well, why don't you go up and ask the Elders what DOES make sense so we don't go risking our lives again." Phoebe rolled her eyes.
Leo looked at Piper and nodded, "I'll be right back." And he orbed out.
"Maybe I should, uh, go to the other side and see what I can find out." Cole offered.
Phoebe looked at him, "No."
"I'll be careful, nobody'll see me. Besides, it might be good if I go down there, confuse any Bounty Hunters that might be trying to track me." Cole kissed her cheek and shimmered away.
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Cole shimmered inside of an apartment building, what was he doing here? He realized his thoughts had been on that woman again, so instead of shimmering to the Underworld, he ended up where she was.
Cole heard soft sobbing, and somehow knew it was her crying, Cole made his way towards where he heard her crying and found her curled up on the bed, her shoulders shaking.
"Hey." Cole said quietly and Paige jumped and turned towards him.
"Another dream? I didn't even know I fell asleep." Paige stood up and wiped her eyes. Cole looked confused, what did she mean another dream? Did she . . . dream of him? Like he dreamed of her? Cole opened his mouth to speak, but Paige wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her head in his shirt, "Aren't you going to kiss me?" Paige questioned him, "You always do."
Cole found himself lowering his lips towards hers, wanting nothing more in the world then to taste her, if only once, but he stopped himself, leaving Paige looking confused, "This isn't a dream." Cole told her gently, and with extreme difficulty on his part, pried himself away from her.
"O-of course it is, what else could it be? This whole DAY has just been a dream." Paige said, she was in complete denial, but she didn't know how else to deal with all the things she saw.
Cole shook his head, "No, everything you saw tonight, has been true."
Paige began crying, "No, magic isn't real, I-I." Paige's knees buckled and Cole caught her, lowering her to the bed.
"Shh . . . It's alright." Cole comforted her, what was he doing? He should be down in the Underworld, or at home with his girlfriend, not comforting another woman, but he couldn't leave her now.
"It's not alright at all! I just saw people and-and THINGS disappear and reappear and shoot blasts at each other." Paige realized something, "Your one of those weird people!" Paige jumped up and away from Cole.
Cole looked hurt at her words, "I'm not weird, and I'm not going to hurt you."
"How do I know that?" Paige asked, pressing herself against the wall farthest from Cole.
Cole stood up and made his way towards Paige, staring down into her eyes, not knowing that that was what he did to her in her dreams, "Do you trust me?"
"Yes." Paige found herself answering, how could she trust him? She didn't even know the guy!
"Then you know I won't hurt you." Cole replied, "I better be going now."
Paige began crying again, "Don't leave, please."
Cole looked surprised, "I didn't think you'd want me to stay, you don't even know my name."
"Well, mine is Paige, Paige Matthews." Paige clutched onto his shirt, why was she being so clingy? She only knew of the man from her dreams, and even then she didn't know if those things were true about him or not.
"Cole, Cole Turner." Cole replied, he finally knew her name, and God; it was such a beautiful one.
Paige leaned into him, she needed him, if not physically, then just being there with her and talking to her was good enough.
Cole had to bring it up; he had to know, "Before, when I first came in here, you asked if it was another dream? Why did you ask that question?"
Paige blushed hotly; he had to bring that up, didn't he? "I-I um, I . . .dream . . . about you." Paige blushed more.
Now Cole was really shocked, "You do?"
Paige just nodded, "Now I bet you think I'm some crazy person." Paige felt tears stream down her cheeks, why did Cole's opinion mean the world to her?
Cole kissed her tears away, making her gasp slightly and arch her back towards him, "Not at all. I dream about you too."
"Y-you do?" Paige asked.
Cole nodded, not being able to stop the grin that crept up his face, "You look tired, you should go to sleep."
Paige pouted, "It's ONLY 10, normally I'd be-"Cole cut her off, "Partying." He finished for her.
"How'd you know?" Paige asked him.
"If you really do dream about me, then you know a lot of things about me, in my dreams, you talk to me, tell me things about you." Cole explained.
"Oh really?" A mischievous grin crept up her face, "Like what?"
"Like how damned stubborn you are, how independent you are, your strong, yet vulnerable at the same time. You don't want to get hurt anymore, so you're cautious about falling for the wrong guys, you-"Paige cut him off by placing her finger on his lips.
"You don't have to say anymore, you tell me things too. But let's not talk about that." Paige said and began nibbling on his neck.
"Paige . . ." Cole moaned, he needed this pale brunette beyond belief.
"If you need me, take me." Paige said.
"I didn't say that, I just . . . thought it." Cole looked down at Paige, his blue eyes wide.
"We can read each other's thoughts?" Paige questioned.
"Maybe. Think something." Cole told her.
Paige closed her eyes and thought about how wonderful this was.
"It IS wonderful, isn't it?" Cole smirked slightly.
"I take it that means it works." Paige smirked right back at him.
Cole sat down on the bed and pulled Paige onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist, "You know, I never thought it was possible to care about somebody so much in such a short time."
Paige smiled happily, "I feel the same way."
"I guess it was because of all those dreams, I've been dreaming of you every night for a week." Cole ran his hand through her dark hair.
"I've been dreaming of you too, and every dream, every time I saw you, touched you, talked to you, it made me want you even more." Paige whispered, "Please Cole, I want you."
Cole's mind screamed at him to say no, to think about Phoebe, his darling girlfriend fretting at home, but his heart was doing flip-flops, telling him there was no one else but Paige, and even Cole couldn't fight his heart.
Cole gently placed Paige on the bed and kissed her on the lips gently. It was tender and sweet, so much better than in their dreams.
Paige moaned into the kiss and opened her mouth, licking Cole's bottom lip, as if she were asking to taste him, he gave her the answer by slipping his tongue into her mouth, tasting her.
'Delicious, incredibly delicious' Cole thought, there was no taste sweeter than her.
Paige's hands trembled as she pushed Cole's jacket off of him and slowly began unbuttoning his shirt.
Cole moved his lips towards her neck, making nearly invisible designs on her neck with his tongue.
Paige moaned loudly, and finally unbuttoned Cole's shirt, pushing it off of him, she ran her hands over his bare chest, God, could she want this man anymore?
Cole moved back to Paige's lips and kissed her again, their tongues intertwining to form another passionate kiss.
Paige could feel Cole's hands gently massaging her stomach, taking his time and slowly working his way upward.
Suddenly a flash of Phoebe ran through his mind, she was pacing in her bedroom, looking every so often at a picture of him and Phoebe on her nightstand.
Cole sighed inwardly, damned conscience, oh how he hated it. Using every bit of will power he had, he pulled himself away from Paige's lips and stood up, picking up his shirt; he started to put it back on.
Paige sat up and looked into his eyes, confusion, hurt and slight anger swirled in Paige's deep, melted chocolate eyes, "Cole?"
"I'm sorry Paige, so sorry." Cole's own hands shook as he finished buttoning his shirt, "This shouldn't have happened." Cole knew that was a lie, every fiber of him enjoyed the brief time he got to explore Paige, and he wished it could've lasted longer.
Paige's eyes filled with tears, as bitter anger filled her, "I thought you wanted this!"
"I did! I . . . still do." Cole sighed.
"Then what's the problem? Why say it shouldn't have happened, when you wanted this just as much me?" Paige questioned, standing up, she looked up at Cole.
'Damn it Paige, don't look at me like that, I can't stay . . .' Cole thought sadly, he wanted to stay, more than anything, but he had a girlfriend at home, waiting for him and that's exactly what he told Paige.
"Why did you make me care about you so damn much, when you weren't . . . when you weren't even planning on staying?" Paige began crying, as she sank to rest on her bed.
Cole sat next to her and pulled her into his arms, tenderly brushing stray tendrils of hair from her face, "Paige, I care about you too, you know that. I just, I just can't stay."
"Why not? I need you Cole." Paige whispered brokenly.
"I have a girlfriend at home, you've met her before, at Prue's funeral, and tonight on the roof." Cole explained gently.
Paige sucked in a sharp intake of breath, she had forgotten all about that blonde he was with, "Well, if you have a girlfriend, you really shouldn't be here, should you?" Paige stood up and stared outside the window, watching as it rained, seeming to fit her mood perfectly.
Cole stood up as well and placed his hands on her shoulders, "Don't hate me Paige, please, I NEVER meant to hurt you, never."
Still staring out the window, Paige forced herself not to cry in front of him, it would just make her look silly and over-emotional, "I could never hate you, and I know you never meant to hurt me, I guess we just got caught up. No problem, you go back to your girlfriend and I'll go back to my boyfriend, then, then we'll all be happy." Paige was lying through her teeth, she couldn't be happy now, she finally had Cole, and now she was losing him, all she wanted and needed was him.
Cole felt a pang of jealously at the mention of Paige's boyfriend, from what he saw of him; he was a weak coward, hardly worthy of Paige.
Cole suddenly heard Paige's voice in his head, 'If you're so jealous, then stay, I know you want to, I CAN hear your thoughts you know'
'You don't give up do you?' Cole thought back to her, starting to get the hang of it.
'No, not really, not when there's someone I'm after' Paige replied bluntly.
'I'm sorry Paige' Cole thought once again, turned Paige to face him and kissed her gently.
Paige closed her eyes and put all her passion into that one kiss, as tears fell from her closed eyes, she felt Cole's lips leave hers and she opened her eyes to say good-bye to him, when she noticed he was gone. Paige ran into the living room but saw no sight of him.
Paige slowly walked back into her bedroom and noticed something different, Cole's jacket still lay on the floor, Paige picked up his jacket and pulled it on, feeling the warmth of it and breathing in his scent, she curled up in her bed and began sobbing, she wanted him back.
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Phew, that was a hella long chapter wasn't it? ^_^ Did you guys like it? I did, I've always wanted to make a pa/c fic, I'm not even halfway done with this, but I'm somewhat close to finishing GP. So, next up on my list is a pr/c fic, yaysers! I'll have the next chapter up soon!
