Chapter 2
"My house, my rules"
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Cole was still jaw dropped as she was standing there, right in front of him.
"Is that the way to welcome your baby sister?" The girl asked sarcastically.
"Don't I even get a hug?" She added with a smile.
Cole just smiled and hugged her. It had been so long since the last time he had seen her.
"Alex…" He happily said.
"Big brother." She said and hugged him again.
Alexandra Julianne Turner was 18 years old, and was Cole's baby sister. She was a half demon as well, but her history had been different than Cole's. By the time Alex was born, Cole was so busy working with the Brotherhood to win points with the Source that he didn't get time to know her or to take care of her. He even told his mother she was crazy for being pregnant again after more than a hundred years. Then a lot of stuff happened and it had been more than four years since the last time Cole had seen his sister. It was impressive, she was now a woman, not the same teenager he had seen the last time. Alex had always been a kind of rebel teenager, trying everything to break the rules, playing the bad girl more than she already was since she was a demon. Now she was a beautiful woman, she was tall, dyed red-haired, with the same beautiful deep blue eyes that her big brother, she was wearing tight, dark and sexy clothes and she had a smile that could make everybody melt. For sure she was a Turner.
"So… what are you doing here?" He asked her as he led her inside the penthouse and helped her with the only suitcase she was carrying
"Do I need a reason to want to spend some quality time with my favorite brother?" She asked with a big smile.
"Alex... I'm your only brother." He replied, smiling back at her.
"What happened?" He asked.
"This is a nice place, I love it." She said avoiding the question as she walked around the penthouse.
"You really have a great taste, you always have"
"What happened?" Cole asked one more time.
"And everything here is so gorgeous." She kept talking and looking around.
"Don't pretend to care about the decoration… please, go straight to the point Alex." He insisted.
"OK…ok. But is a long story..." She said as she slumped on the couch and let out a sigh.
"I have time." He said as he sat on his couch next to her.
"Well... everything started after Mom's death, you already know that I was raised by-"
"Aunt Claire." He filled.
"Exactly. So I spent my life just with her and learning to be a demon and bla, bla, bla. She was my legal tutor, so she could manage my fortune. But she died a while ago-" She related.
"What?" He asked curious and also surprised.
"What happened?" He asked again.
"Another story. Anyway, now you're my only relative and I need someone to be my legal tutor till I turn 21... so I remember I had a brother, a very good looking brother who might help me with that… besides I need someone to train me and teach me how to use my powers." She said with a smile.
"Come again…" He asked. It seemed to much things for the moment.
"I need a legal-" She started but was cut off by Cole.
"You're saying you need me to represent you and to train you?" He asked.
"Yes." He just nodded.
"I see… how long ago did Aunt Claire pass away?" He asked.
"Oh…uh… not a long time ago." She lied.
But when she saw Cole's expression she gave up and said: "Alright, something like 5 or 6 months."
"Why didn't you contact me back then?" He asked.
"I… kinda…I wanted to be free, but I realized I couldn't be alone…so I decided to look for you." She told him.
"And how did you manage yourself for all these time?" He asked, he was getting upset.
"I…uh… I..." She didn't know what to say.
She knew her brother, she knew he would ask a lot of questions, but she hadn't thought about a possible version he could buy.
"I… I had problems to find you." She said nervously, "Yeah, I couldn't find you."
"Really?" He teased, "And how did you suddenly find me?" He asked.
"I looked for you on the directory." She said.
'Damn.' She thought, how could she tell him the truth. She didn't like to lie to him, even if she really didn't know him, she was feeling really close to him.
"Really? All of a sudden?? I mean you've been looking for me for months and then you just look for Turner on the directory and find me?" He said.
"Incredible, isn't it? I think it's fate." She said with a nervous smile, knowing he wouldn't buy it.
"Really?" He said, pissed now.
Alex saw his red expression and got that he was really pissed and that she shouldn't play or lie to him anymore.
"Ok. I… I can totally explain it." Alex nervously started.
Even if she was practically an adult, and she had powers and was a demon as well, she feared him, not because he was a demon, but because he was her Big brother.
"You better." He just replied.
"All right. I got in troubles." She quickly said.
"What kind of troubles?" He asked slowly, fearing the worst, knowing the reputation of his little sister.
"Why do you care?" She asked back.
"Explain it, damn it!" He almost yelled.
"Sorry." She quickly said in a tiny voice.
"I got in troubles… with… uh… with the… uh… Brotherhood." She finished.
"You what?!" He reacted.
"I was slee… I mean going out with a guy from there." She told him.
'I can't tell him I was sleeping with him' She thought.
"And he told me I could get in and have more powers, they knew that the great Belthazor was my brother and that I could be useful to them, so I got in, but they wanted me to do 'some work', and I don't like to do 'some work' for anyone." She said bitching at the work part; she really hated it.
"What happened?" He asked, he really didn't like where this was going.
"They kicked me out, I got upset and I overreacted… a little." She slowly said.
"I… uh… kinda… killed one of them and now they're after me", she continued
"One of them?", he asked suspicious
"Five", she quickly admitted. "I was a little… pissed", she confessed; "You need to protect me." She begged.
"Do you understand what you're asking me? Do you know they're after me as well?" He asked very pissed.
"I know it was stupid and it was a mistake, but you have to help me, please." She begged with puppy eyes. "Look, I know it was stupid I should have never dealt with the Brotherhood, but I… come on Cole, please, you're my only family now." She insisted with the same tone.
Cole closed his eyes and sighed.
"Alright, you can stay." He finally gave up.
"Thanks, thanks, thanks." Alex said with excitement, wrapping her hands around Cole's neck and hugging him tightly.
She pulled apart and kissed him on the cheek. Cole smiled, his sister was really cute, he was feeling like he had live with her since a long time, he was feeling close to her, that was good for the beginning. Maybe life with her wasn't going to be easy but Cole was feeling that she could definitely brighten his days, now he had someone to take care about, someone who loved him, a reason to live. Maybe that Alex was going to make him forget Phoebe and her happy life. Maybe he could start a new life with his sister.
He led her to the bedroom that was exactly right next to Cole's. It wasn't as big as the main bedroom, but it was really 'spacefull' and comfortable as well.
"This will be your room", he told her as he put her suitcase on the bed.
"Cool. I love it!", she said with a big smile
"There you have the bathroom, where you can find clean towels", he explained pointing at the bathroom. "And I take this is all you brought", he asked pointing at her suitcase
"This is all I could get when I had to run away", she replied, "I don't have anything else"
"Well, we'll take care of it", he stated, "Tomorrow we'll go shopping to buy you some more clothes and everything you might need", he said
"Thanks"; she nodded and smiled
"Ok, now make yourself at home. Don't get in troubles"; he advised, "We'll talk about cooking, cleaning and laundry tomorrow".
"Ok, Thank you soo much. You won't regret it", she said
'I REALLY hope so', he thought. "Good night Baby sister", he said
"Good night, Big brother".
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A WEEK LATER…
"I still think this is not a very good idea." Piper said to her sisters as all of them took the elevator that would lead them to Cole's penthouse.
"Piper, this is our last chance, we've already been dealing with this demon for over a week. We can't keep risking our lives, not mention the Baby's" Paige said with concern
Phoebe just stayed there quiet carrying Prue. It had been a few days since she had seen Cole the last time, and now all the feelings of guilt and sadness came back with those meetings. Guilt because she had never told him they had a daughter, and sadness because she realized she still loved him. She didn't say anything, but she was really nervous to see him. They reached the floor and the penthouse, but the French doors were closed, very unusual, so they just rang the doorbell. After a few seconds, he opened the door. With his shirt unbuttoned, his hair all messy and barefoot.
When she saw him, Phoebe's heart just skipped a beat, he was just like when they were making out in the past, his hair all messy, he was even more sexy this way. She tried not to think about it, the past was the past and now she had her happy life with Jonathan and their daughter.
"Hey." He said running his hand through his messy hair. His aspect was the result of what was now almost a habit. Even if her baby sister had been with him for nearly a week, they had grown closer with the days. Of course they had had their disagreements like 'You don't drive my car', 'You don't go to tease to my office' and 'You don't hear music aloud'. Truth to be told, Alex had made more disasters in a week than a normal child would do in a year. Even if he had wanted to kill her at least twice that week, first she accidentally deleted part of his files in his laptop and then she crashed his Porsche. But letting that aside, they had shared time, almost every afternoon Cole got home from work, he took off his shoes, unbuttoned his shirt and sit on the bed to watch TV with his sister. They spent hours just talking about stuff, and catching up in their lives; mostly hers than his. This afternoon, as usual Cole and Alex had been watching television together when were interrupted by the doorbell.
"Hello Cole." Piper said.
"Hey." Paige simply said as she came in as well and Phoebe who was the last in get in just managed to say a tiny, 'Hi'.
"So why do I have the honor of having all three, I mean four of you here?" He said smiling at Prue, who just replied with a giggle.
"I know it's been a long since… anyway, we need your help." Piper started, she was trying to be nice with him, but she just couldn't, not after all the pain he had caused to Phoebe and the rest of the family.
"What's going on?" He asked, not looking in Phoebe's eyes.
"This demon... We think he's from the Brotherhood, he looks like Belthazor, the problem is that we can't have some of his flesh to make the potion, he's too strong and we need a strong plan and you... to help us." Piper explained.
"Why a demon from the Brotherhood is after you, I mean, they were after you when I was living at the manor, because they were after me, but now... there is no reason. It doesn't make any sense" Cole deduced.
Piper and Paige exchanged a worry look, not knowing what to tell him. Phoebe had been clear that they couldn't tell him the truth, the three of them had agreed on that. This demon was in fact after little Prue, because she had some demonic blood, Cole's blood and Cole's powers.
"Huh... He's after the power of three, they are all against the power of three." Paige made up. 'It might sound odd', she thought
Cole looked at Phoebe and asked: "Did he hurt you or your baby?"
"No, we're both okay." Phoebe replied.
They were discussing demon's stuff when little Prue started to cry. Phoebe calmed her down, rocking her, kissing her, talking to her and smiling at her. Cole was watching the both of them. Phoebe was a good Mom maybe the best one. Cole clenched his teeth and tried to control his emotions at the view of what he had missed with Phoebe, the baby, the happiness, the joy to be a father and the feeling to be loved unconditionally.
"Cole... Cole, are you listening?" Piper told him, she had clearly noticed that he was looking at Phoebe and Prue.
"Yeah, sure." He replied.
Suddenly some one interrupted them.
"Cole, do you think-" She started to say as she was coming out from the bedroom and cut off herself when she saw all the people on the living room.
"Uh… sorry, I didn't know you had company, I was wondering what was taking so long. Hi." She said.
Piper got what was going on.
"Sorry Cole, we…I mean, we didn't know that you were... busy" She apologized.
Phoebe was feeling the same, she realized that that girl was the reason why Cole's shirt was unbuttoned, his hair was all messy and that the French doors were closed. It was disgusting, that girl looked like she was only 20, not more.
'He moved on.' Phoebe thought sadly.
"Don't worry. She's Alex." He said.
"Alex… these are Piper, Paige and Phoebe and Prue over there." He said pointing to the baby.
"Wow that's a lot of P's." Alex replied.
She looked at Prue and said to Phoebe: "She's really cute."
Phoebe smiled and thanked her.
'She's really cute.' Phoebe thought with an imitating and mocking voice.
"I'd love to have a baby. That would be so much fun". Alex said with excitement. She was all about the fun, "I mean she or he would have our same great blue eyes", she described referring to the family eyes; "And it would be so cool", she said, "what do you think Cole?" Alex teased.
'She's gone totally insane', he thought, but then thought as well that if he gave her that answer they would start an argument, so he decided to just avoid the subject. He just wanted the girls and the baby to leave. It was so hard for him to see 'them'; he didn't care about Paige or Piper, but them, Phoebe and Prue.
"We'll talk about that later." He replied.
'We'll talk about that later?', Phoebe screamed to herself mentally. 'He didn't say No. So that means he's even considering the idea. That's impossible, that can't be'. A baby? Phoebe couldn't believe it. She wanted a baby with him? With his man? And he didn't say 'No'. What about Prue? Prue was Cole's only daughter; he couldn't have another kid with another woman.
Alex got in the kitchen and a few minutes later got out.
"Try this, Cole." She said as she put a spoon with sauce in his mouth.
Phoebe was watching this with wide eyes.
'This is disgusting.' She thought. She hated her, she hated that girl, she was the one supposed to have the spoon in her hands, to be with Cole. She was the one supposed to mess up his hair and unbutton his shirt, to kiss him, to make love with him and to wake up by his side in the morning. She was the one supposed to be with him and their daughter. That was not fair at all, but that was fate. They just couldn't be together. That's how everything was meant to be.
"What do you think?" Alex asked.
"It's great." He simply said.
"Really, you like it?" Alex asked.
Cole nodded and she said: "Well, that's what I'll cook for dinner."
"I already love it honey." Cole replied with a smile.
'HONEY? He calls her honey?' Phoebe's voice scream inside of her.
Alex kissing him on the cheek and said: "Can we go out after dinner, I heard about a club called P3, every body says it's great, that it's magic. I've heard the place rocks!"
'Of course it rocks. It's mine', Piper thought proudly.
Cole chuckles and Alex asked: "What?!"
"Piper is the owner of P3." Cole replied as Piper waved her hand.
"Oh, great, so, can we go please?" Alex asked, looking at Cole.
"I don't think so." Cole answered.
"But... Cole... come on... We're not going to stay at home like an old couple..." Alex started.
Cole looked at the Halliwell's and said: "Excuse us."
He grabbed Alex's hand and walked in the kitchen.
'Yeah, that's it Cole, screw her in the kitchen.' Phoebe thought.
'Phoebe, you have to stop that.' She thought again.
It was driving her crazy, the fact that he was with someone else, that he was kissing and touching someone else and not her.
"Listen Alex, we're not going out tonight and that's all. Now, please let me talk to them so they'll leave." Cole told her, a little upset.
"Who are they?" Alex asked.
"It doesn't matter. Just let me talk to them", he commanded. Alex wasn't really in everything about Cole's life. In their afternoon chats, they talked a lot, but Cole always kept some things to himself, Phoebe's story with him was one of them; it just was to painful to relive it. As anyone Alex had heard it, but she didn't know everything for sure, she tried to insinuate it like twice when she was talking to him, but when he avoided it and she just didn't dare to keep asking. She had in mind that she would know it some day. So right now Alex didn't have an idea of what was going on.
Cole walked back in the living room and said: "Alright, I'll help you."
"We need a plan." Piper stated.
"I already have one." Cole said.
"Tell us what you're thinking about it." Paige told him.
"Well, we can all go to the manor, summon that demon and we'll take some of his flesh. Then you'll make you're potion, summon him again and kill him." Cole explained.
"Sounds easy." Paige said.
"It will be easy if everything goes well." Cole replied.
"But then... I don't want to see you ever again." He added.
He didn't need to explain why, Phoebe knew clearly that he had moved on and didn't wanted a Halliwell to be around him.
The reason had said that was because it was too hard for him to be around them, specially Prue and Phoebe, they were both so cute. His life was already hell before he had saved Phoebe, now it was even harder.
"When do you want to do it?" Piper asked.
"When we are all ready." Cole replied.
Paige got up as long as Piper and Phoebe and they walked towards the door.
"I'll call you." Piper told him before leaving.
"Huh huh." Was the only answered Cole had since he was watching Phoebe and her baby; they both were really cute.
Once they were gone Alex got out of the kitchen and saw her brother filling himself a drink.
"What was that all about?", she asked curious
"Nothing", he replied coldly. He was altered. It was strange he was mad but it seemed like he wanted to cry at the same time. He quickly drank the liquor and filled more.
"What are you doing? Cole what's going on?", she asked concerned. She hadn't seen him like this since she got there. This visit had affected him, because in one moment he was laughing and the next he was like crying. "Tell me why are you like this?", she asked and he didn't answer. "Their visit affected you. Why? Who are they?" she questioned
"The Charmed Ones." Cole replied and Alex jaw's dropped.
"Witches? Since when you help witches?", she asked confused and then remembered something, "Hold on…The… the Charmed Ones?", she asked shocked, "You mean… weren't they-?", she started to ask but couldn't manage to finish her questions.
"Yes", he nodded refereeing at 'Yes, they were in a hunt'
"Weren't you-?", she asked. He knew it was about the rumors about him and one of them
He nodded.
"Wasn't one of them your-?", she continued
"Yeah"
"Oh", she said shocked, "So, it was true?" she deduced, "The rumors, you are screwing a witch", she said
"Was. Past tense", he corrected. He was really depressed; it was so hard for him.
Alex comforted him by hugging him. She didn't know where that came from, she just felt like he needed it. After a while he started talking and told her a story. The story of a demon and a witch, who fell in love, and they had to make it to move on with their lives. He told her his whole story with Phoebe.
Ok, maybe you can make it better here…
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It was late at night, all was dark with the penthouse's lights off and Alex was all dressed up to go partying with leather pants, tight top and a lot of make up. Cole had already said he didn't want her to go out late, but she didn't care. Even if she was safe, and she had to admit it, she felt cared and loved because Cole cared about her and always would watch over her. But she was bored; she really needed a break. It had been more than a week, since she got to Cole's door asking for help, she was doing her best to make it right and not screw it, but this wasn't her style, she really needed some action and some fun.
'So Alex, don't screw it. You just shimmer out and then shimmer in back in the morning, and he won't know it.' She told her reflection in the mirror as she encouraged herself.
'Come on, you've done it before with Aunt Claire and it worked.' She added to her thoughts. Of course now was different, she wasn't trying to fool an old woman, she was trying to fool Cole, and damn she feared him.
So she took her purse, close her eyes, took a deep breath and shimmered out. To her surprise she didn't get anywhere, instead she was sent to the ground.
"Ouch!" She said as she tried to get up.
She had hit her back pretty hard.
"Ouch, ouch. Damn you Cole." She whispered for the pain.
'Don't worry, Alex. Just go to plan B.' She thought and tried to get to the door, when suddenly a voice interrupted her thoughts at the same time that all the lights were on.
"Hurts like hell, doesn't it?" He asked with a smile and a triumphal tone.
"Yeah." She nodded and made a face.
"Were you going somewhere?" He asked, still smiling.
"No." She lied, avoiding his look, she knew he would find out that she was lying if she was looking in his eyes.
"And why did you tried to shimmer out?" He teased.
"I… I don't know, I just… I was going to the kitchen to get… to get a glass of milk", she made up, "and you know I can't control my shimmer very good yet, you know it", she tried to explain
"And you always go to the kitchen all dressed up?", he asked
"Ah?", she tried to fool him
"I mean, make up, high hills a purse?." He questioned
"I… uh… what in the hell did you do here?" She almost yelled.
"I blocked the place. No magic can get in or out. You think I never lived with our mother?" He asked with a smile.
"That's… mean." She said.
"I just want to have some fun." She added.
"What do you mean by 'have some fun'?" He suspiciously asked.
Alex rolled her eyes, not wanting to explain everything about her life and she knew he was quite knowing what she meant.
"I'm sorry young lady but you won't go out, at least, not for now. And I think you might be grounded for a while." He said.
"Grounded??!! I'm not a kid!" She yelled.
"Why do you act like one then?" He questioned.
"What?! This is crazy, you know." She complained.
"What? You thought you could come and do your ways in my house?" He said dramatically. "No... you're very deadly mistaken if you ever thought that, Alexandra." He simply stated.
"So what? You're gonna make like rules?" She asked joking, and was frozen with her brother's reply.
"I hadn't thought about that. But since we're having this conversation, we'll get some things straight." He told her.
"And you'll have to respect that if you want to stay here and if you want me to train you and protect you from the Brotherhood." He added.
"What do you mean?" She asked fearing the answer.
"No summon demon into my place." He started.
"No partying, no alcohol, no smoking… no drugs." He slowly pointed.
Alex was just jaw dropped and tried to complained: "But…-"
Cole cut her off.
"Wait, it gets better." He said with a big smile.
"No motorcycles, no friends inside the rooms, no weird boyfriends, no 'having fun'" He keep talking, it was like suddenly he could write an entire book with just rules.
"No boyfriends at all…" He stated jealously.
"No dangerous spells and the most important of all no… hear this very carefully, no Dark Magic, no matter what you do, avoid it." He warned.
Alex was still in shock, her brother was turning her life in hell, it was even worst than living in the underworld.
"Am I allowed to breath?" She asked sarcastically and he reminded there with a serious expression.
"Are you kidding me?! You're insane!" She said.
"My house, my rules" He said.
"But… but… this is ridiculous, even in the underworld you can have more fun!" She almost yelled.
"Well if you have a problem with any point I just remarked we can discuss it to get it clear." He offered.
"I can't believe this, I mean you are… you are… you're not even a human... you-" She started.
"You want to discuss it or-" He stated.
"Alright, alright. I understand about the summon thing." She agreed.
"Yes, it's a security thing, no magic can get in or out of this place, I blocked the place, that's why you couldn't shimmer out, so the only way in or out is the door." He clarified and she just nodded.
"That was a good idea, you should have had a hard time with bounty hunters." She said.
"Yeah them too." He said, he remembered the fact that he did it mostly for other upper level demons bothering him and the Charmed ones.
Alex was confused by his answer, but decided to not question it and let it go.
"But I completely disagree with the rest. It's ridiculous, it's insane." She said.
"Like what exactly?" He asked innocently.
"No partying, no alcohol, no smoking, no motorcycle?" She asked.
"No drugs or friends inside the rooms." He completed.
"I'm 18. All I do is go partying, drink, smoke… and have sex." She said.
"And drugs… well I've tried them… but just a couple times just for fun." She added.
"Listen to me carefully Alexandra, you're only 18, you are too young to have sex." Cole told her.
Alex couldn't believe it, it was like she was in front of some old man born in the last century, literally.
"Oh, come on you grampa." She told him.
"I thought you had a young way of life, that you were having fun, having sex all the time, drinking, going parties, but you are totally the opposite, but you know what? this isn't going to work for me, I do want to have fun." She told him.
"Well, this is gonna be harder than I thought. Things are gonna change for you." He told her.
"Your life is pathetic. I've been watching you for over a week and you just go to work, you come home, sleep and then you repeat the same routine the next day. That's not life", she explained, "And the worst of all... No Dark magic? I mean, are you kidding me? Hello, we're demons here." She said waving her hand.
"We're also half humans." He added.
"And there's a reason for not to practice Dark Magic. It's called P.G." He stated.
"Parental Guidance?" She guessed confused.
"Personal Gain." He corrected annoyed.
"I'm talking… all dark magic is based on self-gratification. It's not like you're never going to cast a little spell or mix some potion, but I'm talking about big stuff." He said.
"I think you're crazy, what I will do then?" She asked. "I can't just sit here watching your pathetic human life all day like if it were an old movie" She complained.
"What do you prefer, the 'Brotherhood' or the 'Brotherules'?" He asked.
She sighed and said: "Fine."
"And, you know? You're right. We have to find you something to do. You can't stay at home all the time. You'll have too much free time and you might get crazy ideas; that can be pretty dangerous" He considered and thought for a couple of minutes.
"I know. You should go to college."
"What?"
"Yeah, you'll go to college." He stated not even listening to what she had to say about it.
"No way. That's crazy. I can't go to college, I've never gone to any school before." She complained, she was more convinced that her brother was definitely crazy.
"Let's try this." He started. "Where's Camberra?"
"Australia." She quickly answered.
"Wh-" She tried but he quickly cut her off.
"Two and two?" He asked.
"Four."
"Cleopathra was queen of…?"
"Egypt" She replied.
"Hola como estas?" He asked in perfect Spanish.
"Muy bien, Gracias y tu como estas?" She replied in not that perfect Spanish, but still good Spanish.
"Bonjour, comment vas-tu? He asked in a perfect French. When you live more than a hundred years you have time to learn another languages, and when you're a demon, it's necessarily.
"Très bien, Merci, et toi, comment vas-tu?" She replied in not that perfect French, but still good French.
"Romeo and Juliet was written by….?" He continued.
"William Shakespeare."
"H2O?" He kept going.
"Water."
"What's relativity about?" He asked again.
"I really don't know." She said doubtfully.
"No one knows that crap anyway." He said more to himself.
"Yeah you can go to college." He finally declared.
He kissed her on the cheek and said: "Go back to bed now, we'll find you a college tomorrow."
Alex sighed, rolled her eyes and shook her head in the same time.
"Welcome to real life sis." He added with a smile before coming back to his room.
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"My house, my rules"
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Cole was still jaw dropped as she was standing there, right in front of him.
"Is that the way to welcome your baby sister?" The girl asked sarcastically.
"Don't I even get a hug?" She added with a smile.
Cole just smiled and hugged her. It had been so long since the last time he had seen her.
"Alex…" He happily said.
"Big brother." She said and hugged him again.
Alexandra Julianne Turner was 18 years old, and was Cole's baby sister. She was a half demon as well, but her history had been different than Cole's. By the time Alex was born, Cole was so busy working with the Brotherhood to win points with the Source that he didn't get time to know her or to take care of her. He even told his mother she was crazy for being pregnant again after more than a hundred years. Then a lot of stuff happened and it had been more than four years since the last time Cole had seen his sister. It was impressive, she was now a woman, not the same teenager he had seen the last time. Alex had always been a kind of rebel teenager, trying everything to break the rules, playing the bad girl more than she already was since she was a demon. Now she was a beautiful woman, she was tall, dyed red-haired, with the same beautiful deep blue eyes that her big brother, she was wearing tight, dark and sexy clothes and she had a smile that could make everybody melt. For sure she was a Turner.
"So… what are you doing here?" He asked her as he led her inside the penthouse and helped her with the only suitcase she was carrying
"Do I need a reason to want to spend some quality time with my favorite brother?" She asked with a big smile.
"Alex... I'm your only brother." He replied, smiling back at her.
"What happened?" He asked.
"This is a nice place, I love it." She said avoiding the question as she walked around the penthouse.
"You really have a great taste, you always have"
"What happened?" Cole asked one more time.
"And everything here is so gorgeous." She kept talking and looking around.
"Don't pretend to care about the decoration… please, go straight to the point Alex." He insisted.
"OK…ok. But is a long story..." She said as she slumped on the couch and let out a sigh.
"I have time." He said as he sat on his couch next to her.
"Well... everything started after Mom's death, you already know that I was raised by-"
"Aunt Claire." He filled.
"Exactly. So I spent my life just with her and learning to be a demon and bla, bla, bla. She was my legal tutor, so she could manage my fortune. But she died a while ago-" She related.
"What?" He asked curious and also surprised.
"What happened?" He asked again.
"Another story. Anyway, now you're my only relative and I need someone to be my legal tutor till I turn 21... so I remember I had a brother, a very good looking brother who might help me with that… besides I need someone to train me and teach me how to use my powers." She said with a smile.
"Come again…" He asked. It seemed to much things for the moment.
"I need a legal-" She started but was cut off by Cole.
"You're saying you need me to represent you and to train you?" He asked.
"Yes." He just nodded.
"I see… how long ago did Aunt Claire pass away?" He asked.
"Oh…uh… not a long time ago." She lied.
But when she saw Cole's expression she gave up and said: "Alright, something like 5 or 6 months."
"Why didn't you contact me back then?" He asked.
"I… kinda…I wanted to be free, but I realized I couldn't be alone…so I decided to look for you." She told him.
"And how did you manage yourself for all these time?" He asked, he was getting upset.
"I…uh… I..." She didn't know what to say.
She knew her brother, she knew he would ask a lot of questions, but she hadn't thought about a possible version he could buy.
"I… I had problems to find you." She said nervously, "Yeah, I couldn't find you."
"Really?" He teased, "And how did you suddenly find me?" He asked.
"I looked for you on the directory." She said.
'Damn.' She thought, how could she tell him the truth. She didn't like to lie to him, even if she really didn't know him, she was feeling really close to him.
"Really? All of a sudden?? I mean you've been looking for me for months and then you just look for Turner on the directory and find me?" He said.
"Incredible, isn't it? I think it's fate." She said with a nervous smile, knowing he wouldn't buy it.
"Really?" He said, pissed now.
Alex saw his red expression and got that he was really pissed and that she shouldn't play or lie to him anymore.
"Ok. I… I can totally explain it." Alex nervously started.
Even if she was practically an adult, and she had powers and was a demon as well, she feared him, not because he was a demon, but because he was her Big brother.
"You better." He just replied.
"All right. I got in troubles." She quickly said.
"What kind of troubles?" He asked slowly, fearing the worst, knowing the reputation of his little sister.
"Why do you care?" She asked back.
"Explain it, damn it!" He almost yelled.
"Sorry." She quickly said in a tiny voice.
"I got in troubles… with… uh… with the… uh… Brotherhood." She finished.
"You what?!" He reacted.
"I was slee… I mean going out with a guy from there." She told him.
'I can't tell him I was sleeping with him' She thought.
"And he told me I could get in and have more powers, they knew that the great Belthazor was my brother and that I could be useful to them, so I got in, but they wanted me to do 'some work', and I don't like to do 'some work' for anyone." She said bitching at the work part; she really hated it.
"What happened?" He asked, he really didn't like where this was going.
"They kicked me out, I got upset and I overreacted… a little." She slowly said.
"I… uh… kinda… killed one of them and now they're after me", she continued
"One of them?", he asked suspicious
"Five", she quickly admitted. "I was a little… pissed", she confessed; "You need to protect me." She begged.
"Do you understand what you're asking me? Do you know they're after me as well?" He asked very pissed.
"I know it was stupid and it was a mistake, but you have to help me, please." She begged with puppy eyes. "Look, I know it was stupid I should have never dealt with the Brotherhood, but I… come on Cole, please, you're my only family now." She insisted with the same tone.
Cole closed his eyes and sighed.
"Alright, you can stay." He finally gave up.
"Thanks, thanks, thanks." Alex said with excitement, wrapping her hands around Cole's neck and hugging him tightly.
She pulled apart and kissed him on the cheek. Cole smiled, his sister was really cute, he was feeling like he had live with her since a long time, he was feeling close to her, that was good for the beginning. Maybe life with her wasn't going to be easy but Cole was feeling that she could definitely brighten his days, now he had someone to take care about, someone who loved him, a reason to live. Maybe that Alex was going to make him forget Phoebe and her happy life. Maybe he could start a new life with his sister.
He led her to the bedroom that was exactly right next to Cole's. It wasn't as big as the main bedroom, but it was really 'spacefull' and comfortable as well.
"This will be your room", he told her as he put her suitcase on the bed.
"Cool. I love it!", she said with a big smile
"There you have the bathroom, where you can find clean towels", he explained pointing at the bathroom. "And I take this is all you brought", he asked pointing at her suitcase
"This is all I could get when I had to run away", she replied, "I don't have anything else"
"Well, we'll take care of it", he stated, "Tomorrow we'll go shopping to buy you some more clothes and everything you might need", he said
"Thanks"; she nodded and smiled
"Ok, now make yourself at home. Don't get in troubles"; he advised, "We'll talk about cooking, cleaning and laundry tomorrow".
"Ok, Thank you soo much. You won't regret it", she said
'I REALLY hope so', he thought. "Good night Baby sister", he said
"Good night, Big brother".
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A WEEK LATER…
"I still think this is not a very good idea." Piper said to her sisters as all of them took the elevator that would lead them to Cole's penthouse.
"Piper, this is our last chance, we've already been dealing with this demon for over a week. We can't keep risking our lives, not mention the Baby's" Paige said with concern
Phoebe just stayed there quiet carrying Prue. It had been a few days since she had seen Cole the last time, and now all the feelings of guilt and sadness came back with those meetings. Guilt because she had never told him they had a daughter, and sadness because she realized she still loved him. She didn't say anything, but she was really nervous to see him. They reached the floor and the penthouse, but the French doors were closed, very unusual, so they just rang the doorbell. After a few seconds, he opened the door. With his shirt unbuttoned, his hair all messy and barefoot.
When she saw him, Phoebe's heart just skipped a beat, he was just like when they were making out in the past, his hair all messy, he was even more sexy this way. She tried not to think about it, the past was the past and now she had her happy life with Jonathan and their daughter.
"Hey." He said running his hand through his messy hair. His aspect was the result of what was now almost a habit. Even if her baby sister had been with him for nearly a week, they had grown closer with the days. Of course they had had their disagreements like 'You don't drive my car', 'You don't go to tease to my office' and 'You don't hear music aloud'. Truth to be told, Alex had made more disasters in a week than a normal child would do in a year. Even if he had wanted to kill her at least twice that week, first she accidentally deleted part of his files in his laptop and then she crashed his Porsche. But letting that aside, they had shared time, almost every afternoon Cole got home from work, he took off his shoes, unbuttoned his shirt and sit on the bed to watch TV with his sister. They spent hours just talking about stuff, and catching up in their lives; mostly hers than his. This afternoon, as usual Cole and Alex had been watching television together when were interrupted by the doorbell.
"Hello Cole." Piper said.
"Hey." Paige simply said as she came in as well and Phoebe who was the last in get in just managed to say a tiny, 'Hi'.
"So why do I have the honor of having all three, I mean four of you here?" He said smiling at Prue, who just replied with a giggle.
"I know it's been a long since… anyway, we need your help." Piper started, she was trying to be nice with him, but she just couldn't, not after all the pain he had caused to Phoebe and the rest of the family.
"What's going on?" He asked, not looking in Phoebe's eyes.
"This demon... We think he's from the Brotherhood, he looks like Belthazor, the problem is that we can't have some of his flesh to make the potion, he's too strong and we need a strong plan and you... to help us." Piper explained.
"Why a demon from the Brotherhood is after you, I mean, they were after you when I was living at the manor, because they were after me, but now... there is no reason. It doesn't make any sense" Cole deduced.
Piper and Paige exchanged a worry look, not knowing what to tell him. Phoebe had been clear that they couldn't tell him the truth, the three of them had agreed on that. This demon was in fact after little Prue, because she had some demonic blood, Cole's blood and Cole's powers.
"Huh... He's after the power of three, they are all against the power of three." Paige made up. 'It might sound odd', she thought
Cole looked at Phoebe and asked: "Did he hurt you or your baby?"
"No, we're both okay." Phoebe replied.
They were discussing demon's stuff when little Prue started to cry. Phoebe calmed her down, rocking her, kissing her, talking to her and smiling at her. Cole was watching the both of them. Phoebe was a good Mom maybe the best one. Cole clenched his teeth and tried to control his emotions at the view of what he had missed with Phoebe, the baby, the happiness, the joy to be a father and the feeling to be loved unconditionally.
"Cole... Cole, are you listening?" Piper told him, she had clearly noticed that he was looking at Phoebe and Prue.
"Yeah, sure." He replied.
Suddenly some one interrupted them.
"Cole, do you think-" She started to say as she was coming out from the bedroom and cut off herself when she saw all the people on the living room.
"Uh… sorry, I didn't know you had company, I was wondering what was taking so long. Hi." She said.
Piper got what was going on.
"Sorry Cole, we…I mean, we didn't know that you were... busy" She apologized.
Phoebe was feeling the same, she realized that that girl was the reason why Cole's shirt was unbuttoned, his hair was all messy and that the French doors were closed. It was disgusting, that girl looked like she was only 20, not more.
'He moved on.' Phoebe thought sadly.
"Don't worry. She's Alex." He said.
"Alex… these are Piper, Paige and Phoebe and Prue over there." He said pointing to the baby.
"Wow that's a lot of P's." Alex replied.
She looked at Prue and said to Phoebe: "She's really cute."
Phoebe smiled and thanked her.
'She's really cute.' Phoebe thought with an imitating and mocking voice.
"I'd love to have a baby. That would be so much fun". Alex said with excitement. She was all about the fun, "I mean she or he would have our same great blue eyes", she described referring to the family eyes; "And it would be so cool", she said, "what do you think Cole?" Alex teased.
'She's gone totally insane', he thought, but then thought as well that if he gave her that answer they would start an argument, so he decided to just avoid the subject. He just wanted the girls and the baby to leave. It was so hard for him to see 'them'; he didn't care about Paige or Piper, but them, Phoebe and Prue.
"We'll talk about that later." He replied.
'We'll talk about that later?', Phoebe screamed to herself mentally. 'He didn't say No. So that means he's even considering the idea. That's impossible, that can't be'. A baby? Phoebe couldn't believe it. She wanted a baby with him? With his man? And he didn't say 'No'. What about Prue? Prue was Cole's only daughter; he couldn't have another kid with another woman.
Alex got in the kitchen and a few minutes later got out.
"Try this, Cole." She said as she put a spoon with sauce in his mouth.
Phoebe was watching this with wide eyes.
'This is disgusting.' She thought. She hated her, she hated that girl, she was the one supposed to have the spoon in her hands, to be with Cole. She was the one supposed to mess up his hair and unbutton his shirt, to kiss him, to make love with him and to wake up by his side in the morning. She was the one supposed to be with him and their daughter. That was not fair at all, but that was fate. They just couldn't be together. That's how everything was meant to be.
"What do you think?" Alex asked.
"It's great." He simply said.
"Really, you like it?" Alex asked.
Cole nodded and she said: "Well, that's what I'll cook for dinner."
"I already love it honey." Cole replied with a smile.
'HONEY? He calls her honey?' Phoebe's voice scream inside of her.
Alex kissing him on the cheek and said: "Can we go out after dinner, I heard about a club called P3, every body says it's great, that it's magic. I've heard the place rocks!"
'Of course it rocks. It's mine', Piper thought proudly.
Cole chuckles and Alex asked: "What?!"
"Piper is the owner of P3." Cole replied as Piper waved her hand.
"Oh, great, so, can we go please?" Alex asked, looking at Cole.
"I don't think so." Cole answered.
"But... Cole... come on... We're not going to stay at home like an old couple..." Alex started.
Cole looked at the Halliwell's and said: "Excuse us."
He grabbed Alex's hand and walked in the kitchen.
'Yeah, that's it Cole, screw her in the kitchen.' Phoebe thought.
'Phoebe, you have to stop that.' She thought again.
It was driving her crazy, the fact that he was with someone else, that he was kissing and touching someone else and not her.
"Listen Alex, we're not going out tonight and that's all. Now, please let me talk to them so they'll leave." Cole told her, a little upset.
"Who are they?" Alex asked.
"It doesn't matter. Just let me talk to them", he commanded. Alex wasn't really in everything about Cole's life. In their afternoon chats, they talked a lot, but Cole always kept some things to himself, Phoebe's story with him was one of them; it just was to painful to relive it. As anyone Alex had heard it, but she didn't know everything for sure, she tried to insinuate it like twice when she was talking to him, but when he avoided it and she just didn't dare to keep asking. She had in mind that she would know it some day. So right now Alex didn't have an idea of what was going on.
Cole walked back in the living room and said: "Alright, I'll help you."
"We need a plan." Piper stated.
"I already have one." Cole said.
"Tell us what you're thinking about it." Paige told him.
"Well, we can all go to the manor, summon that demon and we'll take some of his flesh. Then you'll make you're potion, summon him again and kill him." Cole explained.
"Sounds easy." Paige said.
"It will be easy if everything goes well." Cole replied.
"But then... I don't want to see you ever again." He added.
He didn't need to explain why, Phoebe knew clearly that he had moved on and didn't wanted a Halliwell to be around him.
The reason had said that was because it was too hard for him to be around them, specially Prue and Phoebe, they were both so cute. His life was already hell before he had saved Phoebe, now it was even harder.
"When do you want to do it?" Piper asked.
"When we are all ready." Cole replied.
Paige got up as long as Piper and Phoebe and they walked towards the door.
"I'll call you." Piper told him before leaving.
"Huh huh." Was the only answered Cole had since he was watching Phoebe and her baby; they both were really cute.
Once they were gone Alex got out of the kitchen and saw her brother filling himself a drink.
"What was that all about?", she asked curious
"Nothing", he replied coldly. He was altered. It was strange he was mad but it seemed like he wanted to cry at the same time. He quickly drank the liquor and filled more.
"What are you doing? Cole what's going on?", she asked concerned. She hadn't seen him like this since she got there. This visit had affected him, because in one moment he was laughing and the next he was like crying. "Tell me why are you like this?", she asked and he didn't answer. "Their visit affected you. Why? Who are they?" she questioned
"The Charmed Ones." Cole replied and Alex jaw's dropped.
"Witches? Since when you help witches?", she asked confused and then remembered something, "Hold on…The… the Charmed Ones?", she asked shocked, "You mean… weren't they-?", she started to ask but couldn't manage to finish her questions.
"Yes", he nodded refereeing at 'Yes, they were in a hunt'
"Weren't you-?", she asked. He knew it was about the rumors about him and one of them
He nodded.
"Wasn't one of them your-?", she continued
"Yeah"
"Oh", she said shocked, "So, it was true?" she deduced, "The rumors, you are screwing a witch", she said
"Was. Past tense", he corrected. He was really depressed; it was so hard for him.
Alex comforted him by hugging him. She didn't know where that came from, she just felt like he needed it. After a while he started talking and told her a story. The story of a demon and a witch, who fell in love, and they had to make it to move on with their lives. He told her his whole story with Phoebe.
Ok, maybe you can make it better here…
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It was late at night, all was dark with the penthouse's lights off and Alex was all dressed up to go partying with leather pants, tight top and a lot of make up. Cole had already said he didn't want her to go out late, but she didn't care. Even if she was safe, and she had to admit it, she felt cared and loved because Cole cared about her and always would watch over her. But she was bored; she really needed a break. It had been more than a week, since she got to Cole's door asking for help, she was doing her best to make it right and not screw it, but this wasn't her style, she really needed some action and some fun.
'So Alex, don't screw it. You just shimmer out and then shimmer in back in the morning, and he won't know it.' She told her reflection in the mirror as she encouraged herself.
'Come on, you've done it before with Aunt Claire and it worked.' She added to her thoughts. Of course now was different, she wasn't trying to fool an old woman, she was trying to fool Cole, and damn she feared him.
So she took her purse, close her eyes, took a deep breath and shimmered out. To her surprise she didn't get anywhere, instead she was sent to the ground.
"Ouch!" She said as she tried to get up.
She had hit her back pretty hard.
"Ouch, ouch. Damn you Cole." She whispered for the pain.
'Don't worry, Alex. Just go to plan B.' She thought and tried to get to the door, when suddenly a voice interrupted her thoughts at the same time that all the lights were on.
"Hurts like hell, doesn't it?" He asked with a smile and a triumphal tone.
"Yeah." She nodded and made a face.
"Were you going somewhere?" He asked, still smiling.
"No." She lied, avoiding his look, she knew he would find out that she was lying if she was looking in his eyes.
"And why did you tried to shimmer out?" He teased.
"I… I don't know, I just… I was going to the kitchen to get… to get a glass of milk", she made up, "and you know I can't control my shimmer very good yet, you know it", she tried to explain
"And you always go to the kitchen all dressed up?", he asked
"Ah?", she tried to fool him
"I mean, make up, high hills a purse?." He questioned
"I… uh… what in the hell did you do here?" She almost yelled.
"I blocked the place. No magic can get in or out. You think I never lived with our mother?" He asked with a smile.
"That's… mean." She said.
"I just want to have some fun." She added.
"What do you mean by 'have some fun'?" He suspiciously asked.
Alex rolled her eyes, not wanting to explain everything about her life and she knew he was quite knowing what she meant.
"I'm sorry young lady but you won't go out, at least, not for now. And I think you might be grounded for a while." He said.
"Grounded??!! I'm not a kid!" She yelled.
"Why do you act like one then?" He questioned.
"What?! This is crazy, you know." She complained.
"What? You thought you could come and do your ways in my house?" He said dramatically. "No... you're very deadly mistaken if you ever thought that, Alexandra." He simply stated.
"So what? You're gonna make like rules?" She asked joking, and was frozen with her brother's reply.
"I hadn't thought about that. But since we're having this conversation, we'll get some things straight." He told her.
"And you'll have to respect that if you want to stay here and if you want me to train you and protect you from the Brotherhood." He added.
"What do you mean?" She asked fearing the answer.
"No summon demon into my place." He started.
"No partying, no alcohol, no smoking… no drugs." He slowly pointed.
Alex was just jaw dropped and tried to complained: "But…-"
Cole cut her off.
"Wait, it gets better." He said with a big smile.
"No motorcycles, no friends inside the rooms, no weird boyfriends, no 'having fun'" He keep talking, it was like suddenly he could write an entire book with just rules.
"No boyfriends at all…" He stated jealously.
"No dangerous spells and the most important of all no… hear this very carefully, no Dark Magic, no matter what you do, avoid it." He warned.
Alex was still in shock, her brother was turning her life in hell, it was even worst than living in the underworld.
"Am I allowed to breath?" She asked sarcastically and he reminded there with a serious expression.
"Are you kidding me?! You're insane!" She said.
"My house, my rules" He said.
"But… but… this is ridiculous, even in the underworld you can have more fun!" She almost yelled.
"Well if you have a problem with any point I just remarked we can discuss it to get it clear." He offered.
"I can't believe this, I mean you are… you are… you're not even a human... you-" She started.
"You want to discuss it or-" He stated.
"Alright, alright. I understand about the summon thing." She agreed.
"Yes, it's a security thing, no magic can get in or out of this place, I blocked the place, that's why you couldn't shimmer out, so the only way in or out is the door." He clarified and she just nodded.
"That was a good idea, you should have had a hard time with bounty hunters." She said.
"Yeah them too." He said, he remembered the fact that he did it mostly for other upper level demons bothering him and the Charmed ones.
Alex was confused by his answer, but decided to not question it and let it go.
"But I completely disagree with the rest. It's ridiculous, it's insane." She said.
"Like what exactly?" He asked innocently.
"No partying, no alcohol, no smoking, no motorcycle?" She asked.
"No drugs or friends inside the rooms." He completed.
"I'm 18. All I do is go partying, drink, smoke… and have sex." She said.
"And drugs… well I've tried them… but just a couple times just for fun." She added.
"Listen to me carefully Alexandra, you're only 18, you are too young to have sex." Cole told her.
Alex couldn't believe it, it was like she was in front of some old man born in the last century, literally.
"Oh, come on you grampa." She told him.
"I thought you had a young way of life, that you were having fun, having sex all the time, drinking, going parties, but you are totally the opposite, but you know what? this isn't going to work for me, I do want to have fun." She told him.
"Well, this is gonna be harder than I thought. Things are gonna change for you." He told her.
"Your life is pathetic. I've been watching you for over a week and you just go to work, you come home, sleep and then you repeat the same routine the next day. That's not life", she explained, "And the worst of all... No Dark magic? I mean, are you kidding me? Hello, we're demons here." She said waving her hand.
"We're also half humans." He added.
"And there's a reason for not to practice Dark Magic. It's called P.G." He stated.
"Parental Guidance?" She guessed confused.
"Personal Gain." He corrected annoyed.
"I'm talking… all dark magic is based on self-gratification. It's not like you're never going to cast a little spell or mix some potion, but I'm talking about big stuff." He said.
"I think you're crazy, what I will do then?" She asked. "I can't just sit here watching your pathetic human life all day like if it were an old movie" She complained.
"What do you prefer, the 'Brotherhood' or the 'Brotherules'?" He asked.
She sighed and said: "Fine."
"And, you know? You're right. We have to find you something to do. You can't stay at home all the time. You'll have too much free time and you might get crazy ideas; that can be pretty dangerous" He considered and thought for a couple of minutes.
"I know. You should go to college."
"What?"
"Yeah, you'll go to college." He stated not even listening to what she had to say about it.
"No way. That's crazy. I can't go to college, I've never gone to any school before." She complained, she was more convinced that her brother was definitely crazy.
"Let's try this." He started. "Where's Camberra?"
"Australia." She quickly answered.
"Wh-" She tried but he quickly cut her off.
"Two and two?" He asked.
"Four."
"Cleopathra was queen of…?"
"Egypt" She replied.
"Hola como estas?" He asked in perfect Spanish.
"Muy bien, Gracias y tu como estas?" She replied in not that perfect Spanish, but still good Spanish.
"Bonjour, comment vas-tu? He asked in a perfect French. When you live more than a hundred years you have time to learn another languages, and when you're a demon, it's necessarily.
"Très bien, Merci, et toi, comment vas-tu?" She replied in not that perfect French, but still good French.
"Romeo and Juliet was written by….?" He continued.
"William Shakespeare."
"H2O?" He kept going.
"Water."
"What's relativity about?" He asked again.
"I really don't know." She said doubtfully.
"No one knows that crap anyway." He said more to himself.
"Yeah you can go to college." He finally declared.
He kissed her on the cheek and said: "Go back to bed now, we'll find you a college tomorrow."
Alex sighed, rolled her eyes and shook her head in the same time.
"Welcome to real life sis." He added with a smile before coming back to his room.
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