Chapter 10
Phoebe and Cole shimmered into her room, kissing passionately.
"Um, is your promise about a holiday somewhere far, far away still in effect?" Phoebe asked.
"No."
"No?" Phoebe seemed confused.
"No," Cole teased her. "Now I think we could disappear for at least several days. Don't you think that a day is too short time?"
Phoebe giggled. "Do you read my thoughts?" suddenly she became serious. "Cole, we have to meet my sisters. I guess they're worried. And… we have to tell them about us."
"Are you sure they won't kill me?" Cole gave her a smile.
Phoebe shrugged her shoulders. "Let's see."
~ ~ ~
"Phoebe!" Piper exclaimed, noticing that her sister and Cole come downstairs. She ran to Phoebe and embraced her tightly. "Oh, I'm so happy that you're back!"
"Are you okay, honey?" Paige hugged Phoebe. "How about this stupid mission?"
"Completed!" Phoebe smiled. "The magical coal is destroyed, the new Source is vanquished and the world is saved again."
"Great. I don't know how it worked out and I've plenty of questions," Paige said and looked at Cole. "But at first I'd like you to remove your sorry as far, far away from here!"
"Paige…" Phoebe sighed.
"You've already hurt her enough," Piper added. "If you're alive - and I'm not very happy about it - that doesn't mean that you can start to chase my sister again. Keep yourself away from Phoebe… from all of us."
"Piper…" Phoebe tried to explain.
"What are you waiting for?" Paige interrupted her, looking at Cole doubtfully. "Do we have to use our powers to clear you out of here? Or better we should…"
"Now stop, you both!" Phoebe loudly and strictly exclaimed. The tone of her voice made her surprised sisters fell silent. "Could you let me say a word?"
"Of course, honey, we have many questions… after he leaves," Paige answered.
Phoebe sighed. "He won't leave."
Paige looked at her, absolutely confused. "What?"
"WHAT?" Piper repeated.
"You heard," Phoebe held Cole's hand significantly.
"No, no, no, no…" Piper mumbled. "I can't believe it's happening. I am dreaming. Am I dreaming?"
"Phoebe, are you out of your mind?" Paige's reaction was loudly. "Are you under some kind of a spell? Or what?"
"Or what," Phoebe replied. "I love him. Actually I've never stopped love him. So simple or complicated it is."
"Oh, I'm getting a headache!" Piper winced and touched her head.
"And I'm gonna vomit!" Paige declared. "Phoebe, recover! Have you forgotten everything he constrained you to go through? Then let me remind you! He wanted to mummify you. He slept with your identical doppelganger. He kidnapped you and let us think that this stripper and shape-shifter Kaia is you. He even changed the reality, cleared me away and ruined the Power of Three! He's not normal! He's absolutely crazy! He's mad!…"
"Paige, stop it," Phoebe sighed. "It's all in the past. Yes, he was mad, I admit that, but he's not anymore. Besides, he was evil then but now he will never be evil again. Remember, how much good he did at first, trying to convince me about his love?"
"Phoebe, don't trust him," Piper winced. "Don't let him twist you again. I don't know what on the earth has he planned, but it won't work. We won't let it work. Nothing can change what he did."
"Know what," Phoebe sighed again. "Cole was right when he said that I won't be able to trust myself until I learn to trust him again."
Piper and Paige kept silence.
"I truly love him," Phoebe continued. "No one and nothing could ever change that. Amistad told us you know that the coal can be taken only by two people who sincerely and strongly love each other. And we get the coal."
Phoebe's sisters still didn't say anything.
"Damned!" she exclaimed impatiently. "Is it really so hard for you to accept my decision? Your thoughts are important, very important for me, and I really hoped you'd be able to understand me and accept my decision. I see I was wrong. Your unwillingness to understand hurts a lot, but don't think it will change something. Even if the whole world was against us, I'd still love Cole."
Cole looked at Phoebe gently. God, how much he loved this woman. She was everything to him and he was so happy that she's with him again, that this happiness seemed too big, too powerful, too great to be true.
"We're going," Phoebe coldly declared, turning away.
"Phoebe, wait," Piper slowly said. Phoebe turned back and she sighed. "I'm sorry. It seems that you love is stronger than someone of us could ever imagine."
"Yes, forgive us," Paige sighed. "Phoebe, we are your sisters and we wish all the best to you. We want you to be happy… And if you can be happy only together with Cole, we can try to accept it."
Phoebe brightened in a smile. "Thank you. You don't know how much that means to me."
All three sisters embraced each other again.
"I won't lie, it will be hard to accept Cole in our family and to learn trust him again," Piper sighed.
"I know but I want you to understand that he's good, clearly good," Phoebe said. "His evil side stayed in the hell forever. He's not neither evil, nor mad anymore."
Cole who had kept silence all the time now hawed. "Piper, Paige… I'm really sorry for everything I did, being evil. I've never wanted to hurt you or least Phoebe."
Phoebe smiled. "I'll give you some time to get accustomed. We're going on holidays," she smiled at Cole. "We'll send you a shimmer-card from somewhere. Bye!"
"Bye," Piper and Paige responded, when they shimmered away.
Then Paige sighed. "I guess we have to learn how to stop hate him now."
"Yeah," Piper agreed. "But I must admit, their love is really very strong. We thought Phoebe is over him, but actually she has loved him all the time."
"It's Phoebe's life and her decision," Paige added. "We must accept it, we want or not."
"Their love has deserved that we accept it," Piper smiled shortly. "Let's go to the kitchen and drink some hot chocolate."
Phoebe and Cole shimmered into her room, kissing passionately.
"Um, is your promise about a holiday somewhere far, far away still in effect?" Phoebe asked.
"No."
"No?" Phoebe seemed confused.
"No," Cole teased her. "Now I think we could disappear for at least several days. Don't you think that a day is too short time?"
Phoebe giggled. "Do you read my thoughts?" suddenly she became serious. "Cole, we have to meet my sisters. I guess they're worried. And… we have to tell them about us."
"Are you sure they won't kill me?" Cole gave her a smile.
Phoebe shrugged her shoulders. "Let's see."
~ ~ ~
"Phoebe!" Piper exclaimed, noticing that her sister and Cole come downstairs. She ran to Phoebe and embraced her tightly. "Oh, I'm so happy that you're back!"
"Are you okay, honey?" Paige hugged Phoebe. "How about this stupid mission?"
"Completed!" Phoebe smiled. "The magical coal is destroyed, the new Source is vanquished and the world is saved again."
"Great. I don't know how it worked out and I've plenty of questions," Paige said and looked at Cole. "But at first I'd like you to remove your sorry as far, far away from here!"
"Paige…" Phoebe sighed.
"You've already hurt her enough," Piper added. "If you're alive - and I'm not very happy about it - that doesn't mean that you can start to chase my sister again. Keep yourself away from Phoebe… from all of us."
"Piper…" Phoebe tried to explain.
"What are you waiting for?" Paige interrupted her, looking at Cole doubtfully. "Do we have to use our powers to clear you out of here? Or better we should…"
"Now stop, you both!" Phoebe loudly and strictly exclaimed. The tone of her voice made her surprised sisters fell silent. "Could you let me say a word?"
"Of course, honey, we have many questions… after he leaves," Paige answered.
Phoebe sighed. "He won't leave."
Paige looked at her, absolutely confused. "What?"
"WHAT?" Piper repeated.
"You heard," Phoebe held Cole's hand significantly.
"No, no, no, no…" Piper mumbled. "I can't believe it's happening. I am dreaming. Am I dreaming?"
"Phoebe, are you out of your mind?" Paige's reaction was loudly. "Are you under some kind of a spell? Or what?"
"Or what," Phoebe replied. "I love him. Actually I've never stopped love him. So simple or complicated it is."
"Oh, I'm getting a headache!" Piper winced and touched her head.
"And I'm gonna vomit!" Paige declared. "Phoebe, recover! Have you forgotten everything he constrained you to go through? Then let me remind you! He wanted to mummify you. He slept with your identical doppelganger. He kidnapped you and let us think that this stripper and shape-shifter Kaia is you. He even changed the reality, cleared me away and ruined the Power of Three! He's not normal! He's absolutely crazy! He's mad!…"
"Paige, stop it," Phoebe sighed. "It's all in the past. Yes, he was mad, I admit that, but he's not anymore. Besides, he was evil then but now he will never be evil again. Remember, how much good he did at first, trying to convince me about his love?"
"Phoebe, don't trust him," Piper winced. "Don't let him twist you again. I don't know what on the earth has he planned, but it won't work. We won't let it work. Nothing can change what he did."
"Know what," Phoebe sighed again. "Cole was right when he said that I won't be able to trust myself until I learn to trust him again."
Piper and Paige kept silence.
"I truly love him," Phoebe continued. "No one and nothing could ever change that. Amistad told us you know that the coal can be taken only by two people who sincerely and strongly love each other. And we get the coal."
Phoebe's sisters still didn't say anything.
"Damned!" she exclaimed impatiently. "Is it really so hard for you to accept my decision? Your thoughts are important, very important for me, and I really hoped you'd be able to understand me and accept my decision. I see I was wrong. Your unwillingness to understand hurts a lot, but don't think it will change something. Even if the whole world was against us, I'd still love Cole."
Cole looked at Phoebe gently. God, how much he loved this woman. She was everything to him and he was so happy that she's with him again, that this happiness seemed too big, too powerful, too great to be true.
"We're going," Phoebe coldly declared, turning away.
"Phoebe, wait," Piper slowly said. Phoebe turned back and she sighed. "I'm sorry. It seems that you love is stronger than someone of us could ever imagine."
"Yes, forgive us," Paige sighed. "Phoebe, we are your sisters and we wish all the best to you. We want you to be happy… And if you can be happy only together with Cole, we can try to accept it."
Phoebe brightened in a smile. "Thank you. You don't know how much that means to me."
All three sisters embraced each other again.
"I won't lie, it will be hard to accept Cole in our family and to learn trust him again," Piper sighed.
"I know but I want you to understand that he's good, clearly good," Phoebe said. "His evil side stayed in the hell forever. He's not neither evil, nor mad anymore."
Cole who had kept silence all the time now hawed. "Piper, Paige… I'm really sorry for everything I did, being evil. I've never wanted to hurt you or least Phoebe."
Phoebe smiled. "I'll give you some time to get accustomed. We're going on holidays," she smiled at Cole. "We'll send you a shimmer-card from somewhere. Bye!"
"Bye," Piper and Paige responded, when they shimmered away.
Then Paige sighed. "I guess we have to learn how to stop hate him now."
"Yeah," Piper agreed. "But I must admit, their love is really very strong. We thought Phoebe is over him, but actually she has loved him all the time."
"It's Phoebe's life and her decision," Paige added. "We must accept it, we want or not."
"Their love has deserved that we accept it," Piper smiled shortly. "Let's go to the kitchen and drink some hot chocolate."