Hey guys, we're back! And this time with a two parts Halloween special!!! Besides the usual 'Trick or Treat' we got a few surprises for you!!! So read and find out!!!
Chapter 10
"Baby's First Halloween."
Part I
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"I thought you'd stop by today." Paige commented from the kitchen's phone.
"Yeah, well, I had class in the afternoon and then I came straight home." Alex replied on the other end of the line through the cordless phone.
Both already on their Pj's while talking in a pretty confident way; they'd had become pretty close friends. They talked about everything with sort limitations; Phoebe and Cole's things to be exact, Alex would never talk about Cole's state or humor or anything related to him and Phoebe; Paige would never talk about Phoebe, or her stuff or her relationship with Jonathan, it was the only one they kept, for respect to their brother or sister, perhaps; besides that they told and shared everything like magic, guys, fashion or any other thing they got in their some way crazy minds; they went shopping together, and they went clubbing and they shared and went together to beauty issues.
"So... what did Cole say when you told him you had switched career again?" Paige asked.
"I... uh... I haven't told him about it." Alex said.
"What?!" Paige said moving around the kitchen, and somehow she managed so the cord never strangled her. "But that was last week, I thought you had told him by now."
"I know, but it's just that... he'll get mad and.." the demon friend started while sitting on her bed.
"Yeah, yeah..." Paige agreed. "I know Cole... there'll be hell to pay."
"You're not helping." Alex said.
"I know... but I also know you'll figure out a way to tell him." The witch girl replied.
"What I have to figure out is what to do about this itching... and I think it's getting swollen..." Alex said as she examined a covered spot on her hip.
"Oh god, is it that bad? Does it hurt?" Paige asked concerned.
"I think it's infected." She replied with a painful look. "I just hope it heals before the Halloween party."
"If you weren't half demon I could heal it." Paige said.
"Wouldn't that be personal gain?" Alex asked doubtfully. "I thought you witches were all about that P.G. crap."
Paige opened her mouth trying to find a way to justified, as she saw Leo stepping in the kitchen and grabbing a glass of water.
"Alex I've been waiting for over 25 minutes, please I need to use the phone." Cole yelled from outside his sister's bedroom.
"Is everything alright?" Paige asked.
"Yes, keep talking." Alex said.
"Ok... well I think, that technically your injury was caused by a demonic twisted mind." Paige said.
"Really? Who?" Alex asked clueless.
"Yourself!" Paige threw. "I knew I shouldn't have gotten involved on this." She mumbled. "Maybe you should go to see a doctor." She added.
"No, because then I'll have to use my credit card and Cole will know." Alex stated.
"Well, we'll pay with mine and then you'll pay me back." Paige offered.
"Yeah... I guess, thanks, Paigy" She replied.
"Please, do not call me Paigy."
"Alex I need to use the phone!" Cole yelled again.
Alex rolled her eyes and yelled back: "I'm talking!."
"Did you decide what to wear for the party?" Alex then asked.
"No, I'm between Pocahontas and some Mistress of the Dark outfit I found with Phoebe's stuff... it doesn't fit her anyway." Paige commented. And it was in fact true, after the whole pregnancy thing, Phoebe was now 2 sizes fatter than she used to be.
"Alex you talk to Paige everyday. How much can you gossip about?!" Cole teased madly.
"Maybe we should talk later?." Paige suggested.
"Ignore him." Alex said. "I haven't picked out my outfit either." She continued.
"Alexandra, hang the damn phone NOW!" Cole shouted hitting her bedroom's door.
"Arrchh..." Alex said furiously. "Sorry Paigy, I'll call you later." She apologized.
"Ok, take care."
"You too. Bye." Alex said and finally hung up. She stayed lying on her bed for like 20 seconds. "You're welcome!" she sarcastically yelled for her brother to hear.
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"What did Alex do to herself?" Paige jumped when Leo asked as he walked in the kitchen again.
"Excuse me?" Paige asked.
"You said you couldn't heal her, what happen to her?" Leo questioned curiously. He saw her look and sighed. "I wasn't listening to your call, it's just that you said it when I walked in and I couldn't help but over hear it." He explained.
Paige nodded. "Infected tattoo." She added.
"Auch..." Leo made a painful face. "And I take Cole doesn't know about it." Leo inferred.
"Yup." Paige said nodding.
"Wish her luck from me." Leo said and both white lighters chuckled. "By the way, could you please tell or leave Phoebe a note letting her know that Jonathan called 3 times this afternoon... and 2 this morning." Leo said.
"Gosh it's getting worse." Paige said shaking her head.
"Oh yeah." Leo nodded while grabbing a chocolate cookie and handling one to Paige.
"Thanks." She said and took a bite.
"Will be there any little tiny whit of pride left in that big head of his?" Leo commented.
"I don't think there could be any space left for pride with such arrogance." Paige added.
"You know, I don't talk about people behind their backs, but this guy it's just... I mean Cole could have been a demon and everything you want, but at least he was a straight guy." Leo said.
"You mean Jonathan is gay?" she reacted.
"No. What I mean is that Cole was a bastard right? But you could know it, he didn't hide it... and he was a good pal, he'd always offer his hand to help you if you need it." Leo said
"That's true." Paige nodded.
"But Jonathan... he tries to show someone he is not." Leo explained.
"Like a mask." She filled.
"Yes. He's a closed person and hypocrite person."
"Self centered and selfish." Paige continued. "Have you heard him talking?" Paige then brought.
"Oh... the Elders with all the cryptic and mystical thing are the highest of the coolest right next to Jonathan." Leo joked.
Paige just chuckled. "He can just talk on, on and on about the most boring and stupid things."
"And the story about how he won the campaign of the-" Leo started.
"Pet's shampoo." Paige filled lazily. "He talks about it as the most amazing thing. I totally disgust this guy." She added.
"Shh... look out, the only member of Jonathan's Fan club is coming." Leo whispered as Piper started walking in the kitchen.
"Hey, what were you guys talking about that you stopped when I came here?" Piper questioned her sister and husband as she grabbed her car keys.
"Nothing honey, just white lighters stuff..." Leo made up.
"Yes, I wanted to know why I couldn't levitate yet, so he asked the Elders-" Paige continued.
"Ok! That's great, but I have to go. It's past 10 already and I have to watch my business." Piper cut off glazing to her watch; she never really cared about the Elders stuff. She was on the door already and then she stepped back. "Ohh... almost forgot, please tell Phoebe Jonathan called her." She said smiling. "He's a great guy, isn't he?" she added with a grin and walked off.
"See?" Leo asked his sister in law. "She's the only one who likes him around." He added referring to his wife.
Both white lighters walked to the living room to watch some T.V. for a while. Then while they were on the couch eating pop corn after they caught a late movie on Tv, the doorbell rang.
"Who could be at this hour of the night?" Leo questioned as she went to the door.
"A demon?" Paige asked as she got up as well and went to the window and took a look. "Not a demon, something worse, the Dork is here." Paige said.
Leo opened the door. "Hi."
"Hello Leo, Paige." Jonathan greeted.
"Hey." Paige said.
"You won't believe what happened to me today." He started. Oh no, another long, stupid and boring story was coming.
"Ah... I 'd love to hear to your story right now, but I have to go to the kitchen to...uh ... to turn a rabbit in a duck." Paige quickly said as she prepared to walk off. Leo gave her a look, because now he was left with him.
Jonathan laughed strong. So strong that it scared. "That's funny, it's because of all the Bugs and Daffy competition, right?" he asked still laughing.
Paige just nodded and walked out to the kitchen.
"I have to help Paige with that... you know..." Leo excused himself. "I think Phoebe's upstairs." He went to the kitchen as well.
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Cole was in the living room, typing on his laptop while receiving and making work calls related to the case he was working on. He was acting like normal or at least he was trying; only that he filled his day with other stuff like work, mostly work to keep him from think about the whole Phoebe and Prue thing... it hurt too much, so he focused on his work to not think about it, of course that he always ended up thinking about it, but he couldn't help it.... The phone interrupted his thoughts.
"Cole Turner." He picked up.
"Hi, is Alex home?" a male voice replied.
"Who's calling?" Cole asked coldly.
"It's Bob. Is she home?" the voice asked again.
'Bob? Bob...' Cole mentally searched. 'Bob?... oh yeah!.' He remembered. Blonde, weird mustache, totally looser; he was Alex's 'Love of her Life' of the Week; he had met him a couple of days ago when he came back home from work and they were, they said 'studying', but this Bob guy didn't look like a lawyer type for Cole. He didn't like this guy for his sister. "No! She's not home and never call her again." Cole said and hung up as he sighed. He had an issue to solve. He got up and went to his sister bedroom. He opened the door without knocking.
"What the hell are you doing?! You're supposed to knock!" Alex yelled. Trying to hide what she was doing. She used as an excuse that he had to knock because she was undressed, but true she was trying to clean up the tattoo.
"This is my house, I don't have to knock to get into any room!." Cole threw.
Alex just turned her back to him, casually trying to cover the injury in her hip with her hand.
"Turn around I need to talk to you." Cole demanded.
"Why don't you go to the living and I'll be there with you in a minute?" she asked.
"Why?" Cole asked annoyed.
"Because I'm undressed." She said, with an almost shaking voice. "So let me get dressed and I-" she started.
"I've seen you undressed." He realized. "What the hell is going on?" he raised his voice. "Why are you covering your hip?" he questioned.
"I... uh... I..." she tried, but he was faster and grabbed her hand. "Auch!"
"What the hell?" he questioned. "You're bleeding. Why are you bleeding?"
"Is that time of the month?" Alex tried nervously.
"On you hip?" he questioned.
"Ok, ok I got a tattoo." She said.
"Are you insane?! Why did you do that?" he asked shocked.
"Does it bother you?" she asked.
"Yes!." He stated.
"How come your ex- lover has many of them?" she questioned.
"You mean Phoebe?" he asked and she nodded. He didn't know what to say, so he walked out of the bedroom, then he comes back and said: "That's not the same."
"Of course it's not the same because you don't sleep with me." She said.
"It's not the same." He repeated.
"How's not the same?" she questioned.
"She's not my baby sister." He replied.
"You married her." She threw in.
"That's not the same." He repeated.
She smiled because she had somehow won the argument.
"That doesn't look pretty good. We're going to see a doctor first thing in the morning." He stated.
"Fine." She agreed. "I need it to heal before Halloween." She commented.
"What with Halloween?" he asked.
"I'm going to a custom party." She said.
"Where?" he questioned.
"At the Halliwell Manor." She lied. In fact it was at a new club, not even P3, but a new club she was going with Paige.
"What did you want to talk about?" She asked, she wanted to avoid the party subject because she knew Cole would ask lots of questions about it.
"Bob called, I hate this guy, I told him not to call again and if you have something to argue about it, you'll be grounded for a month, which include no Halloween party at the Manor." He said.
"Now you get to choose my dates?" she asked.
"He's such a looser, why do you have to hang out with such losers?" he questioned. Alex was about to talk but she quickly closed her mouth thinking that a Halloween party such as the one Paige and her were planning was only happening once in a year, 'Bob guys' were as much as ants on earth. She thought.
"Now sleep." Cole added before leaving and closing the door behind him.
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He stepped at the doorframe for a while and watched her sleep. Phoebe was deep asleep in her bed, under the covers. She was really tired; around her bed there was papers, books and some letters; she had been working and then she fell asleep. It was hard for her, she had to watch Prue and take care of her; she had to keep it up in her work, because Elise had already talked to her about it; and she had to keep her up with the weekly demon fighting, by this hour of the night, she was exhausted.
The situation between Jonathan and Phoebe was the same; she kept pushing him away and rejected him. He was getting obsessed about her. He called her and went to see her all the time, but she just ignored him. She thought that by now he had got the message, but she was mistaken, because he was still there. He wanted to spend time with her, and to touch her and to sleep with her, but she pushed him away. She didn't want anything to do with him anymore. It bothered her every time he called her, it disgusted her when he tried to touch her and she totally wanted to kill him when he tried to get her in the bed. She just didn't want to see his pathetic face anymore. She realized how mistaken she had been about Jonathan; she had thought he was a good guy, and that he would parent Prue, but she was mistaken, and she hated herself for that.
Jonathan on the other hand, he was sick and tired of Phoebe's rejections. He started to think it wasn't just because she was tired or because of the baby, he was almost sure she was still yearning for the other guy; the one she said she had loved but was not coming back. She never told him his name. He knew he was the brat's father, but he didn't know him. 'Oh the Brat...' he thought. Phoebe was totally obsessed with that girl; everything was all about the baby, nothing more important than the baby... the baby, the baby... he was tired of hearing about the baby...at first he accepted the baby, because of Phoebe, but she had changed a lot since that time... he had to do something.
He got in the room and closed the door behind him. Then he sat next to Phoebe and watched her asleep. He had to have her. Somehow, he had to...
He moved the books and placed them on the floor. He then laid next to her; he started caressing her hair and her neck, then he came closer and started kissing her neck. He had to have her, even if she was asleep. He was licking her neck while moving his hands inside her shirt.
A smile formed on his lips when she moaned, still asleep. He continued working on his neck, then going to her ear... he couldn't be more pleased, because she was responding to him, but everything changed when her subconscious betrayed her when still in her sleep she moaned one word loud and clear. "Cole..."
Jonathan stopped. Anger and Rage started to built inside of him. 'Of course, that was the guy... Cole.' He thought. 'Now, he remembered, she had lied to him, this friend of hers that watched Prue... he was the other guy.'
His thoughts were interrupted when she whispered, but loud enough. "Cole... don't leave me." She said.
This was the last one. He couldn't contain it and suddenly he slapped her hard on the face and she jumped awake.
"What the hell?" she said and then she gasped when she saw him there close to her. "What the hell were you doing to me?!" she yelled with her hand on her eye, where he had hit her hard. "Apparently what you wanted this Cole guy to do to you!" he yelled.
"You bastard! You hit me." She shouted.
"You bitch were dreaming of him when I was with you! But I'm gonna show you what a real man is!" he said as he came over her and was going to slap her, but she was faster and kicked him on the stomach, then she jumped out of the bed. He tried to come over her again, but she kicked his groin, ankle him on his back and push him against the wall. Luckily for her she had such an experience kicking sorry asses. He was now on the floor, coughing. She kicked him on the stomach again and hit him on the face harder than he had hit her, that hard that his nose was bleeding. "If you dare to even try to touch me again, I swear you'll need a straw to get your food." She threatened him. "Now get the hell out of here! Now!" she shouted to him. "Go!"
He just got up and walked off. Phoebe immediately ran to Prue who was crying and held her in her arms protectively. "It's Ok, baby. Everything will be Ok." She said rocking her baby. She then went to the bed with her in her arms and rocked her till she fell asleep again.
She touched her eye, it was swollen, it would certainly be a huge bruise. 'Why guys always have to hit on the face?' she thought as she sighed. At least he had ended up worse than herself, the thought made her laugh a little.
In fact, she wanted to call Cole, she didn't know why, she was just feeling this way, she wanted him to be there with her, to comfort her, even if there was nothing to be comforted about, but somehow, she needed to feel his arms around her. She wanted to be held by him until she fell asleep. She got up and put Prue back in her crib, after that, she went back in bed and closed her eyes. She imagined Cole coming in and lying beside her, holding her tightly, kissing her neck lightly, not licking like the other bastard. She shook Jonathan out of her head and went back to Cole, she focused on him and on how it could be good to be with him again. Deep inside she knew it was impossible but it was feeling good just to think about it. The worst thing would be when the next morning she'd realize that she's alone in bed and that the guy she loved so much was not there to hold her and to kiss her good morning. She thought about him lying in bed and holding Prue in his arms, only wearing a boxer, waiting for her to wake up. She thought about them being a family and drifted off to sleep.
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The next morning, Phoebe prepared herself for work, she tried to hide the big bruise in her eye with make up, but it was still very obvious. She put on big sunglasses, to try to hide it. She came down the stairs, after feeding Prue, to take breakfast with the rest of the family. She didn't want to tell them about it, because it was embarrassing and humiliating for her. While she was on the living room, the doorbell rang, she went to answer and her jaw dropped when she saw Jonathan standing there.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" she reclaimed angrily.
"Phoebe, we need to talk." He said holding flowers.
"There's nothing to talk about!" she yelled and Piper came to the living room. "What's going on in here?" she questioned. "Hey Jonathan, please come in." she invited him.
"No, he's not coming inside." Phoebe said.
"Phoebe, what the hell are you doing? You can treat him like this." Piper threw. Paige and Leo entered as well and witnessed the scene from the dinning room.
"Phoebe, just listen to me. I'm really sorry about what I did last night. I wasn't myself and I can't forgive myself to what I tried to do to you." Jonathan explained.
"Shut up! I don't care about what you have to say, I don't want to see you ever again." Phoebe shouted him madly.
Then Piper came closer. "Jonathan, what the hell happened to you?" she asked shocked pointing to his very hurt face.
Jonathan just ignored her and kept talking. "I want to start over, make it up to you. I want you to marry me!" he said.
"What?!!" Phoebe yelled. "Get out!" she ordered. "Come on, get out now!!!" she yelled closing the door on his face. He pushed the door open.
"Phoebe!!!" Piper called her. "The man just proposed to you!"
"He hit me and tried to rape me last night!" she yelled to her sister.
"She called me Cole." Jonathan directed to Piper.
"Phoebe, how could you?!" Piper Threw.
At this Paige and Leo intervened. "Get out." Paige said.
"You shut up, this is between Phoebe and me." He said.
"Look, get out of here and never come back." Phoebe repeated.
"I can't believe you're doing this to me." He shook his head. "After all I've done for you?" he said to Phoebe.
"What?!" Phoebe reacted. She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
"I supported you... I wanted to make you my wife so-" he started.
"Your wife?" Phoebe asked. "Are you insane? You're such a immature person to have any notions of what a marriage is!" she yelled.
"Immature? I accepted your brat till you turned your back at me and started to ignore me!" he reclaimed.
"Did you just call my daughter a brat? You bastard!" she got to hit him, but Paige stopped her by grabbing her by her shoulders.
"Phoebe, don't waste your time on this. Let him go." Paige advised.
"Shut up bitch!" Jonathan yelled Paige.
"Ok, you bastard, get out now!" Leo came and quickly grabbed him by his lapel.
"Ok, buddy, relax." Jonathan said fearfully.
"Hold on..." Phoebe called and went to Jonathan. "If I ever hear from you or see your pathetic face around again, I swear I'll kill you. And believe me, I can do it." She threatened him.
"You're gonna regret this Phoebe!" he said as he got out of sight.
Then Paige came to Phoebe and took out her glasses. "Oh, Phoebe, this is pretty bad, why didn't you say the bastard had done this to you?" Paige asked concerned.
Leo came to heal her. "No." Phoebe shook her head. "Don't do it, this wasn't caused by Evil."
"But Phoebe you-" Leo tried.
"I'll be fine!" she cut off.
"I can not believe you called him Cole!" Piper confronted Phoebe.
"What? You're on his side? You're my sister!" Phoebe couldn't believe this.
"Phoebe, who else do you think is gonna marry you??? You have other guys' daughter! And he was minded to accept you." Piper said. "How could you screwed it like this?"
"Piper..." Leo called his wife.
"Not Leo, it's always like this." Piper said.
"Oh really? And what about me?? And my feelings?? Don't I have the right to decide?? I don't want that man as my daughter's father. I don't want to marry that bastard!" Phoebe yelled.
"But I take screwing the demon is just fine." Piper added.
Phoebe wanted to cry, how could Piper be talking to her like this, how dare she say such things, it was so unfair, as if Prue was just a burden, she was a gift, and Piper was talking about her niece as if is was a weight which were pushing men away. And even if Cole was a demon, he was the best father on earth and the best lover, not to mention it.
"Piper!" Paige yelled, she was out of control.
"I can't believe this!" Phoebe said heading up the stairs.
"I am not done yet!" Piper shouted. "Phoebe! Phoebe!"
Paige was heading upstairs as well, but Leo stopped her. "Don't." he advised. "Let them talk."
Paige nodded. And they both stayed quite for a couple of minutes.
"Hey, does this mean what I think it means?" Paige asked cheerfully.
Leo smiled as well and then both white lighter hugged and started jumping and singing happily.
"We won't get to see the bastard around ever again!!" Paige said happily.
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"Where do you think you're going all dressed up like that?!" Cole coldly questioned as she passed him.
"I told you I was going to a Halloween Party tonight." Alex rolled her eyes as she replied.
"Couldn't you find an actual outfit? Something that covers you?" he questioned eyeing her. "Besides, what are you supposed to be?"
"I'm a gypsy." She replied with a smile.
"A whore gypsy?" he asked referring to her very 'skin-off' outfit. It was a pretty great outfit. It was a very low long skirt with splits, so you could see her tights and her hips; and the top barely covered her chest, all with a lot of bracelets, necklaces and rings with coins... she was wearing a long black curly wig.
"Ha-ha. That's a good one." She grinned. "I'm a new millennium gypsy." She said.
"Ok, I want you to go in there..." he said pointing to her bedroom. "And find something decent to wear, otherwise, you're not going anywhere." He ordered.
"That's not fair! I'm 18, remember??" she complained. He didn't reply anything. "You should find yourself a girl so you wouldn't be making my life hell the whole time." She mumbled as she walked in her room. Then she asked him: "And what are you supposed to be anyway?"
"I'm ex-demon Cole Turner. Attorney at Law, parent of his very crazy 18-year-old sister." He replied.
"Aren't you going to any party?" she questioned.
"I don't go to Halloween parties nor wear stupid customs." He replied.
"You need to find yourself a girl." She mumbled and went to change.
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"Paige! Piper! Leo!" Phoebe excitedly called for them.
"What is it?" Piper asked as she entered Phoebe's room.
"Ahhh..." Paige said tenderly.
"Isn't she the cutest little thing ever?" Phoebe proudly asked she took Prue in her arms. The little 4-months baby was wearing a cute Butterfly outfit; the custom was formed by a pink sweater, with little glow in every colors, a matching pink pants, the little wings. She was soo cute.
"Yes, she's really cute." Piper said smiling, and then she walked off. Piper wasn't as bonded to Prue as Paige was. It wasn't like she didn't like or love the little baby; she loved her niece, but in some point, deep inside, she always felt jealous because Phoebe got to be a mother and she had tried for so long herself and she hadn't been able to get pregnant. Sometimes it hurt her to see Phoebe so happy with her daughter, it was moments like this one that made her eyes wet.
Phoebe assumed Piper was still mad at her because of what had happened with Jonathan, but at this moment she didn't even care, because she was so happy for her daughter's first Halloween and because now she was free from that bastard, that she didn't care.
"I still can't believe it." Phoebe said proudly. "My baby's first Halloween." She said looking at Prue. "Ok, Paige, please hold her while I get my camera." She handled her the baby, and started looking inside her drawers. "Got it!"
"I love your outfit." Paige said.
"Thank you." Phoebe nodded. She was dressed like a Fairy. She was wearing a long white dress with a lot of glow and golden things. She had curled her hair and was wearing a little plastic tiara that matched her magic stick. She was wearing transparent sandals, and she had made an amazing work with her make up. She had worn a lot of glow and glittery, and she had managed to do a design on her face, so she could cover the big bruise... with so many glittery and stuff she managed to hide what that bastard had done to her. And of course, she had her transparent wings with a lot of glittery that it could shine in the dark. It was a really beautiful outfit. It was pretty different from what Phoebe was used to, but Phoebe was different now. Besides, the gown was loose, she insisted in wear something loose. It was true, she was 2 sizes fatter now, and she didn't look bad, just that you could see that her hips were wider and her butt and breasts bigger. But she had this obsession that she was totally fat. So she insisted in nothing tight, nothing sexy or nothing 'skin off' for her this year. But still she was happy with it, because she had her baby, and she was Free from the Dork. Oh god... she was soo happy that she couldn't help but smile the whole time. "Hey... Paige I didn't know you liked Cher. It's a great outfit." She complimented her sister.
"I'm not Cher, I'm dressed as Cleopatra." Paige corrected.
"Oh... sorry, it's just that the hair and the style you know.." Phoebe tried to explain.
"Yeah, yeah."
"Ok, now let's put this gorgeous on my bed to take her a picture." Phoebe said.
Paige nodded and sat the baby on the bed. Prue started to take off her wings.
"No, baby, don't take it off. First a nice picture for mommy." Phoebe said in baby voice and Prue babbled.
"Phoebe, she must be feeling stupid." Paige said.
"She doesn't know what stupid means." Her sister replied. "Now, help me to get the photo."
"Ok." Paige stood right next to Phoebe and start making funny faces at Prue. "Look at your Auntie." She said.
Finally after five minutes they got Prue to smile for 3 seconds and that was long enough to take the picture.
"What a cutie little girl!" another baby talking voice said.
"Hey!" Paige asked.
"Hi Alex." Phoebe greeted.
"Hey guys." She said. "Say Hi to your Auntie Alex." She said to Prue and kissed her on the head.
"You're late. I was going to go by myself." Paige complained. They had agreed that Alex would pick Paige so they'd go to the party.
"Well, yeah, I didn't pass the 'Big Brother's inspection'. I had to change at the last minute." She said.
"But you look great." Phoebe insisted. Alex had almost kept the same outfit, just that put on a bigger, or an actual top that covered her.
"Thanks." Alex said.
"How's the tattoo?" Phoebe asked.
"I did what you told me, and it's not swollen anymore." She replied.
"You'll be fine in some days, you'll see."
"Ok, we have to go." Paige said. "Bye!" she waved.
"Bye, girls, have fun!!" Phoebe said.
"See ya!" Alex said.
"Aren't you forgetting a little butterfly?" Phoebe asked.
Both friends ran back and got all over Prue. "Bye my little niece!." "Have fun, beautiful." They both said to the baby while kissing her.
"Ok, Now, you're exaggerating. I want her to live for her next Halloween." Phoebe said.
"Bye Phoebs!" they said and left.
Prue, who enjoyed total attention, was still giggling and ready to start the celebration of her first Halloween.
To Be Continued...
Chapter 10
"Baby's First Halloween."
Part I
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"I thought you'd stop by today." Paige commented from the kitchen's phone.
"Yeah, well, I had class in the afternoon and then I came straight home." Alex replied on the other end of the line through the cordless phone.
Both already on their Pj's while talking in a pretty confident way; they'd had become pretty close friends. They talked about everything with sort limitations; Phoebe and Cole's things to be exact, Alex would never talk about Cole's state or humor or anything related to him and Phoebe; Paige would never talk about Phoebe, or her stuff or her relationship with Jonathan, it was the only one they kept, for respect to their brother or sister, perhaps; besides that they told and shared everything like magic, guys, fashion or any other thing they got in their some way crazy minds; they went shopping together, and they went clubbing and they shared and went together to beauty issues.
"So... what did Cole say when you told him you had switched career again?" Paige asked.
"I... uh... I haven't told him about it." Alex said.
"What?!" Paige said moving around the kitchen, and somehow she managed so the cord never strangled her. "But that was last week, I thought you had told him by now."
"I know, but it's just that... he'll get mad and.." the demon friend started while sitting on her bed.
"Yeah, yeah..." Paige agreed. "I know Cole... there'll be hell to pay."
"You're not helping." Alex said.
"I know... but I also know you'll figure out a way to tell him." The witch girl replied.
"What I have to figure out is what to do about this itching... and I think it's getting swollen..." Alex said as she examined a covered spot on her hip.
"Oh god, is it that bad? Does it hurt?" Paige asked concerned.
"I think it's infected." She replied with a painful look. "I just hope it heals before the Halloween party."
"If you weren't half demon I could heal it." Paige said.
"Wouldn't that be personal gain?" Alex asked doubtfully. "I thought you witches were all about that P.G. crap."
Paige opened her mouth trying to find a way to justified, as she saw Leo stepping in the kitchen and grabbing a glass of water.
"Alex I've been waiting for over 25 minutes, please I need to use the phone." Cole yelled from outside his sister's bedroom.
"Is everything alright?" Paige asked.
"Yes, keep talking." Alex said.
"Ok... well I think, that technically your injury was caused by a demonic twisted mind." Paige said.
"Really? Who?" Alex asked clueless.
"Yourself!" Paige threw. "I knew I shouldn't have gotten involved on this." She mumbled. "Maybe you should go to see a doctor." She added.
"No, because then I'll have to use my credit card and Cole will know." Alex stated.
"Well, we'll pay with mine and then you'll pay me back." Paige offered.
"Yeah... I guess, thanks, Paigy" She replied.
"Please, do not call me Paigy."
"Alex I need to use the phone!" Cole yelled again.
Alex rolled her eyes and yelled back: "I'm talking!."
"Did you decide what to wear for the party?" Alex then asked.
"No, I'm between Pocahontas and some Mistress of the Dark outfit I found with Phoebe's stuff... it doesn't fit her anyway." Paige commented. And it was in fact true, after the whole pregnancy thing, Phoebe was now 2 sizes fatter than she used to be.
"Alex you talk to Paige everyday. How much can you gossip about?!" Cole teased madly.
"Maybe we should talk later?." Paige suggested.
"Ignore him." Alex said. "I haven't picked out my outfit either." She continued.
"Alexandra, hang the damn phone NOW!" Cole shouted hitting her bedroom's door.
"Arrchh..." Alex said furiously. "Sorry Paigy, I'll call you later." She apologized.
"Ok, take care."
"You too. Bye." Alex said and finally hung up. She stayed lying on her bed for like 20 seconds. "You're welcome!" she sarcastically yelled for her brother to hear.
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"What did Alex do to herself?" Paige jumped when Leo asked as he walked in the kitchen again.
"Excuse me?" Paige asked.
"You said you couldn't heal her, what happen to her?" Leo questioned curiously. He saw her look and sighed. "I wasn't listening to your call, it's just that you said it when I walked in and I couldn't help but over hear it." He explained.
Paige nodded. "Infected tattoo." She added.
"Auch..." Leo made a painful face. "And I take Cole doesn't know about it." Leo inferred.
"Yup." Paige said nodding.
"Wish her luck from me." Leo said and both white lighters chuckled. "By the way, could you please tell or leave Phoebe a note letting her know that Jonathan called 3 times this afternoon... and 2 this morning." Leo said.
"Gosh it's getting worse." Paige said shaking her head.
"Oh yeah." Leo nodded while grabbing a chocolate cookie and handling one to Paige.
"Thanks." She said and took a bite.
"Will be there any little tiny whit of pride left in that big head of his?" Leo commented.
"I don't think there could be any space left for pride with such arrogance." Paige added.
"You know, I don't talk about people behind their backs, but this guy it's just... I mean Cole could have been a demon and everything you want, but at least he was a straight guy." Leo said.
"You mean Jonathan is gay?" she reacted.
"No. What I mean is that Cole was a bastard right? But you could know it, he didn't hide it... and he was a good pal, he'd always offer his hand to help you if you need it." Leo said
"That's true." Paige nodded.
"But Jonathan... he tries to show someone he is not." Leo explained.
"Like a mask." She filled.
"Yes. He's a closed person and hypocrite person."
"Self centered and selfish." Paige continued. "Have you heard him talking?" Paige then brought.
"Oh... the Elders with all the cryptic and mystical thing are the highest of the coolest right next to Jonathan." Leo joked.
Paige just chuckled. "He can just talk on, on and on about the most boring and stupid things."
"And the story about how he won the campaign of the-" Leo started.
"Pet's shampoo." Paige filled lazily. "He talks about it as the most amazing thing. I totally disgust this guy." She added.
"Shh... look out, the only member of Jonathan's Fan club is coming." Leo whispered as Piper started walking in the kitchen.
"Hey, what were you guys talking about that you stopped when I came here?" Piper questioned her sister and husband as she grabbed her car keys.
"Nothing honey, just white lighters stuff..." Leo made up.
"Yes, I wanted to know why I couldn't levitate yet, so he asked the Elders-" Paige continued.
"Ok! That's great, but I have to go. It's past 10 already and I have to watch my business." Piper cut off glazing to her watch; she never really cared about the Elders stuff. She was on the door already and then she stepped back. "Ohh... almost forgot, please tell Phoebe Jonathan called her." She said smiling. "He's a great guy, isn't he?" she added with a grin and walked off.
"See?" Leo asked his sister in law. "She's the only one who likes him around." He added referring to his wife.
Both white lighters walked to the living room to watch some T.V. for a while. Then while they were on the couch eating pop corn after they caught a late movie on Tv, the doorbell rang.
"Who could be at this hour of the night?" Leo questioned as she went to the door.
"A demon?" Paige asked as she got up as well and went to the window and took a look. "Not a demon, something worse, the Dork is here." Paige said.
Leo opened the door. "Hi."
"Hello Leo, Paige." Jonathan greeted.
"Hey." Paige said.
"You won't believe what happened to me today." He started. Oh no, another long, stupid and boring story was coming.
"Ah... I 'd love to hear to your story right now, but I have to go to the kitchen to...uh ... to turn a rabbit in a duck." Paige quickly said as she prepared to walk off. Leo gave her a look, because now he was left with him.
Jonathan laughed strong. So strong that it scared. "That's funny, it's because of all the Bugs and Daffy competition, right?" he asked still laughing.
Paige just nodded and walked out to the kitchen.
"I have to help Paige with that... you know..." Leo excused himself. "I think Phoebe's upstairs." He went to the kitchen as well.
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Cole was in the living room, typing on his laptop while receiving and making work calls related to the case he was working on. He was acting like normal or at least he was trying; only that he filled his day with other stuff like work, mostly work to keep him from think about the whole Phoebe and Prue thing... it hurt too much, so he focused on his work to not think about it, of course that he always ended up thinking about it, but he couldn't help it.... The phone interrupted his thoughts.
"Cole Turner." He picked up.
"Hi, is Alex home?" a male voice replied.
"Who's calling?" Cole asked coldly.
"It's Bob. Is she home?" the voice asked again.
'Bob? Bob...' Cole mentally searched. 'Bob?... oh yeah!.' He remembered. Blonde, weird mustache, totally looser; he was Alex's 'Love of her Life' of the Week; he had met him a couple of days ago when he came back home from work and they were, they said 'studying', but this Bob guy didn't look like a lawyer type for Cole. He didn't like this guy for his sister. "No! She's not home and never call her again." Cole said and hung up as he sighed. He had an issue to solve. He got up and went to his sister bedroom. He opened the door without knocking.
"What the hell are you doing?! You're supposed to knock!" Alex yelled. Trying to hide what she was doing. She used as an excuse that he had to knock because she was undressed, but true she was trying to clean up the tattoo.
"This is my house, I don't have to knock to get into any room!." Cole threw.
Alex just turned her back to him, casually trying to cover the injury in her hip with her hand.
"Turn around I need to talk to you." Cole demanded.
"Why don't you go to the living and I'll be there with you in a minute?" she asked.
"Why?" Cole asked annoyed.
"Because I'm undressed." She said, with an almost shaking voice. "So let me get dressed and I-" she started.
"I've seen you undressed." He realized. "What the hell is going on?" he raised his voice. "Why are you covering your hip?" he questioned.
"I... uh... I..." she tried, but he was faster and grabbed her hand. "Auch!"
"What the hell?" he questioned. "You're bleeding. Why are you bleeding?"
"Is that time of the month?" Alex tried nervously.
"On you hip?" he questioned.
"Ok, ok I got a tattoo." She said.
"Are you insane?! Why did you do that?" he asked shocked.
"Does it bother you?" she asked.
"Yes!." He stated.
"How come your ex- lover has many of them?" she questioned.
"You mean Phoebe?" he asked and she nodded. He didn't know what to say, so he walked out of the bedroom, then he comes back and said: "That's not the same."
"Of course it's not the same because you don't sleep with me." She said.
"It's not the same." He repeated.
"How's not the same?" she questioned.
"She's not my baby sister." He replied.
"You married her." She threw in.
"That's not the same." He repeated.
She smiled because she had somehow won the argument.
"That doesn't look pretty good. We're going to see a doctor first thing in the morning." He stated.
"Fine." She agreed. "I need it to heal before Halloween." She commented.
"What with Halloween?" he asked.
"I'm going to a custom party." She said.
"Where?" he questioned.
"At the Halliwell Manor." She lied. In fact it was at a new club, not even P3, but a new club she was going with Paige.
"What did you want to talk about?" She asked, she wanted to avoid the party subject because she knew Cole would ask lots of questions about it.
"Bob called, I hate this guy, I told him not to call again and if you have something to argue about it, you'll be grounded for a month, which include no Halloween party at the Manor." He said.
"Now you get to choose my dates?" she asked.
"He's such a looser, why do you have to hang out with such losers?" he questioned. Alex was about to talk but she quickly closed her mouth thinking that a Halloween party such as the one Paige and her were planning was only happening once in a year, 'Bob guys' were as much as ants on earth. She thought.
"Now sleep." Cole added before leaving and closing the door behind him.
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He stepped at the doorframe for a while and watched her sleep. Phoebe was deep asleep in her bed, under the covers. She was really tired; around her bed there was papers, books and some letters; she had been working and then she fell asleep. It was hard for her, she had to watch Prue and take care of her; she had to keep it up in her work, because Elise had already talked to her about it; and she had to keep her up with the weekly demon fighting, by this hour of the night, she was exhausted.
The situation between Jonathan and Phoebe was the same; she kept pushing him away and rejected him. He was getting obsessed about her. He called her and went to see her all the time, but she just ignored him. She thought that by now he had got the message, but she was mistaken, because he was still there. He wanted to spend time with her, and to touch her and to sleep with her, but she pushed him away. She didn't want anything to do with him anymore. It bothered her every time he called her, it disgusted her when he tried to touch her and she totally wanted to kill him when he tried to get her in the bed. She just didn't want to see his pathetic face anymore. She realized how mistaken she had been about Jonathan; she had thought he was a good guy, and that he would parent Prue, but she was mistaken, and she hated herself for that.
Jonathan on the other hand, he was sick and tired of Phoebe's rejections. He started to think it wasn't just because she was tired or because of the baby, he was almost sure she was still yearning for the other guy; the one she said she had loved but was not coming back. She never told him his name. He knew he was the brat's father, but he didn't know him. 'Oh the Brat...' he thought. Phoebe was totally obsessed with that girl; everything was all about the baby, nothing more important than the baby... the baby, the baby... he was tired of hearing about the baby...at first he accepted the baby, because of Phoebe, but she had changed a lot since that time... he had to do something.
He got in the room and closed the door behind him. Then he sat next to Phoebe and watched her asleep. He had to have her. Somehow, he had to...
He moved the books and placed them on the floor. He then laid next to her; he started caressing her hair and her neck, then he came closer and started kissing her neck. He had to have her, even if she was asleep. He was licking her neck while moving his hands inside her shirt.
A smile formed on his lips when she moaned, still asleep. He continued working on his neck, then going to her ear... he couldn't be more pleased, because she was responding to him, but everything changed when her subconscious betrayed her when still in her sleep she moaned one word loud and clear. "Cole..."
Jonathan stopped. Anger and Rage started to built inside of him. 'Of course, that was the guy... Cole.' He thought. 'Now, he remembered, she had lied to him, this friend of hers that watched Prue... he was the other guy.'
His thoughts were interrupted when she whispered, but loud enough. "Cole... don't leave me." She said.
This was the last one. He couldn't contain it and suddenly he slapped her hard on the face and she jumped awake.
"What the hell?" she said and then she gasped when she saw him there close to her. "What the hell were you doing to me?!" she yelled with her hand on her eye, where he had hit her hard. "Apparently what you wanted this Cole guy to do to you!" he yelled.
"You bastard! You hit me." She shouted.
"You bitch were dreaming of him when I was with you! But I'm gonna show you what a real man is!" he said as he came over her and was going to slap her, but she was faster and kicked him on the stomach, then she jumped out of the bed. He tried to come over her again, but she kicked his groin, ankle him on his back and push him against the wall. Luckily for her she had such an experience kicking sorry asses. He was now on the floor, coughing. She kicked him on the stomach again and hit him on the face harder than he had hit her, that hard that his nose was bleeding. "If you dare to even try to touch me again, I swear you'll need a straw to get your food." She threatened him. "Now get the hell out of here! Now!" she shouted to him. "Go!"
He just got up and walked off. Phoebe immediately ran to Prue who was crying and held her in her arms protectively. "It's Ok, baby. Everything will be Ok." She said rocking her baby. She then went to the bed with her in her arms and rocked her till she fell asleep again.
She touched her eye, it was swollen, it would certainly be a huge bruise. 'Why guys always have to hit on the face?' she thought as she sighed. At least he had ended up worse than herself, the thought made her laugh a little.
In fact, she wanted to call Cole, she didn't know why, she was just feeling this way, she wanted him to be there with her, to comfort her, even if there was nothing to be comforted about, but somehow, she needed to feel his arms around her. She wanted to be held by him until she fell asleep. She got up and put Prue back in her crib, after that, she went back in bed and closed her eyes. She imagined Cole coming in and lying beside her, holding her tightly, kissing her neck lightly, not licking like the other bastard. She shook Jonathan out of her head and went back to Cole, she focused on him and on how it could be good to be with him again. Deep inside she knew it was impossible but it was feeling good just to think about it. The worst thing would be when the next morning she'd realize that she's alone in bed and that the guy she loved so much was not there to hold her and to kiss her good morning. She thought about him lying in bed and holding Prue in his arms, only wearing a boxer, waiting for her to wake up. She thought about them being a family and drifted off to sleep.
*-*-*-*-*
The next morning, Phoebe prepared herself for work, she tried to hide the big bruise in her eye with make up, but it was still very obvious. She put on big sunglasses, to try to hide it. She came down the stairs, after feeding Prue, to take breakfast with the rest of the family. She didn't want to tell them about it, because it was embarrassing and humiliating for her. While she was on the living room, the doorbell rang, she went to answer and her jaw dropped when she saw Jonathan standing there.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" she reclaimed angrily.
"Phoebe, we need to talk." He said holding flowers.
"There's nothing to talk about!" she yelled and Piper came to the living room. "What's going on in here?" she questioned. "Hey Jonathan, please come in." she invited him.
"No, he's not coming inside." Phoebe said.
"Phoebe, what the hell are you doing? You can treat him like this." Piper threw. Paige and Leo entered as well and witnessed the scene from the dinning room.
"Phoebe, just listen to me. I'm really sorry about what I did last night. I wasn't myself and I can't forgive myself to what I tried to do to you." Jonathan explained.
"Shut up! I don't care about what you have to say, I don't want to see you ever again." Phoebe shouted him madly.
Then Piper came closer. "Jonathan, what the hell happened to you?" she asked shocked pointing to his very hurt face.
Jonathan just ignored her and kept talking. "I want to start over, make it up to you. I want you to marry me!" he said.
"What?!!" Phoebe yelled. "Get out!" she ordered. "Come on, get out now!!!" she yelled closing the door on his face. He pushed the door open.
"Phoebe!!!" Piper called her. "The man just proposed to you!"
"He hit me and tried to rape me last night!" she yelled to her sister.
"She called me Cole." Jonathan directed to Piper.
"Phoebe, how could you?!" Piper Threw.
At this Paige and Leo intervened. "Get out." Paige said.
"You shut up, this is between Phoebe and me." He said.
"Look, get out of here and never come back." Phoebe repeated.
"I can't believe you're doing this to me." He shook his head. "After all I've done for you?" he said to Phoebe.
"What?!" Phoebe reacted. She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
"I supported you... I wanted to make you my wife so-" he started.
"Your wife?" Phoebe asked. "Are you insane? You're such a immature person to have any notions of what a marriage is!" she yelled.
"Immature? I accepted your brat till you turned your back at me and started to ignore me!" he reclaimed.
"Did you just call my daughter a brat? You bastard!" she got to hit him, but Paige stopped her by grabbing her by her shoulders.
"Phoebe, don't waste your time on this. Let him go." Paige advised.
"Shut up bitch!" Jonathan yelled Paige.
"Ok, you bastard, get out now!" Leo came and quickly grabbed him by his lapel.
"Ok, buddy, relax." Jonathan said fearfully.
"Hold on..." Phoebe called and went to Jonathan. "If I ever hear from you or see your pathetic face around again, I swear I'll kill you. And believe me, I can do it." She threatened him.
"You're gonna regret this Phoebe!" he said as he got out of sight.
Then Paige came to Phoebe and took out her glasses. "Oh, Phoebe, this is pretty bad, why didn't you say the bastard had done this to you?" Paige asked concerned.
Leo came to heal her. "No." Phoebe shook her head. "Don't do it, this wasn't caused by Evil."
"But Phoebe you-" Leo tried.
"I'll be fine!" she cut off.
"I can not believe you called him Cole!" Piper confronted Phoebe.
"What? You're on his side? You're my sister!" Phoebe couldn't believe this.
"Phoebe, who else do you think is gonna marry you??? You have other guys' daughter! And he was minded to accept you." Piper said. "How could you screwed it like this?"
"Piper..." Leo called his wife.
"Not Leo, it's always like this." Piper said.
"Oh really? And what about me?? And my feelings?? Don't I have the right to decide?? I don't want that man as my daughter's father. I don't want to marry that bastard!" Phoebe yelled.
"But I take screwing the demon is just fine." Piper added.
Phoebe wanted to cry, how could Piper be talking to her like this, how dare she say such things, it was so unfair, as if Prue was just a burden, she was a gift, and Piper was talking about her niece as if is was a weight which were pushing men away. And even if Cole was a demon, he was the best father on earth and the best lover, not to mention it.
"Piper!" Paige yelled, she was out of control.
"I can't believe this!" Phoebe said heading up the stairs.
"I am not done yet!" Piper shouted. "Phoebe! Phoebe!"
Paige was heading upstairs as well, but Leo stopped her. "Don't." he advised. "Let them talk."
Paige nodded. And they both stayed quite for a couple of minutes.
"Hey, does this mean what I think it means?" Paige asked cheerfully.
Leo smiled as well and then both white lighter hugged and started jumping and singing happily.
"We won't get to see the bastard around ever again!!" Paige said happily.
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"Where do you think you're going all dressed up like that?!" Cole coldly questioned as she passed him.
"I told you I was going to a Halloween Party tonight." Alex rolled her eyes as she replied.
"Couldn't you find an actual outfit? Something that covers you?" he questioned eyeing her. "Besides, what are you supposed to be?"
"I'm a gypsy." She replied with a smile.
"A whore gypsy?" he asked referring to her very 'skin-off' outfit. It was a pretty great outfit. It was a very low long skirt with splits, so you could see her tights and her hips; and the top barely covered her chest, all with a lot of bracelets, necklaces and rings with coins... she was wearing a long black curly wig.
"Ha-ha. That's a good one." She grinned. "I'm a new millennium gypsy." She said.
"Ok, I want you to go in there..." he said pointing to her bedroom. "And find something decent to wear, otherwise, you're not going anywhere." He ordered.
"That's not fair! I'm 18, remember??" she complained. He didn't reply anything. "You should find yourself a girl so you wouldn't be making my life hell the whole time." She mumbled as she walked in her room. Then she asked him: "And what are you supposed to be anyway?"
"I'm ex-demon Cole Turner. Attorney at Law, parent of his very crazy 18-year-old sister." He replied.
"Aren't you going to any party?" she questioned.
"I don't go to Halloween parties nor wear stupid customs." He replied.
"You need to find yourself a girl." She mumbled and went to change.
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"Paige! Piper! Leo!" Phoebe excitedly called for them.
"What is it?" Piper asked as she entered Phoebe's room.
"Ahhh..." Paige said tenderly.
"Isn't she the cutest little thing ever?" Phoebe proudly asked she took Prue in her arms. The little 4-months baby was wearing a cute Butterfly outfit; the custom was formed by a pink sweater, with little glow in every colors, a matching pink pants, the little wings. She was soo cute.
"Yes, she's really cute." Piper said smiling, and then she walked off. Piper wasn't as bonded to Prue as Paige was. It wasn't like she didn't like or love the little baby; she loved her niece, but in some point, deep inside, she always felt jealous because Phoebe got to be a mother and she had tried for so long herself and she hadn't been able to get pregnant. Sometimes it hurt her to see Phoebe so happy with her daughter, it was moments like this one that made her eyes wet.
Phoebe assumed Piper was still mad at her because of what had happened with Jonathan, but at this moment she didn't even care, because she was so happy for her daughter's first Halloween and because now she was free from that bastard, that she didn't care.
"I still can't believe it." Phoebe said proudly. "My baby's first Halloween." She said looking at Prue. "Ok, Paige, please hold her while I get my camera." She handled her the baby, and started looking inside her drawers. "Got it!"
"I love your outfit." Paige said.
"Thank you." Phoebe nodded. She was dressed like a Fairy. She was wearing a long white dress with a lot of glow and golden things. She had curled her hair and was wearing a little plastic tiara that matched her magic stick. She was wearing transparent sandals, and she had made an amazing work with her make up. She had worn a lot of glow and glittery, and she had managed to do a design on her face, so she could cover the big bruise... with so many glittery and stuff she managed to hide what that bastard had done to her. And of course, she had her transparent wings with a lot of glittery that it could shine in the dark. It was a really beautiful outfit. It was pretty different from what Phoebe was used to, but Phoebe was different now. Besides, the gown was loose, she insisted in wear something loose. It was true, she was 2 sizes fatter now, and she didn't look bad, just that you could see that her hips were wider and her butt and breasts bigger. But she had this obsession that she was totally fat. So she insisted in nothing tight, nothing sexy or nothing 'skin off' for her this year. But still she was happy with it, because she had her baby, and she was Free from the Dork. Oh god... she was soo happy that she couldn't help but smile the whole time. "Hey... Paige I didn't know you liked Cher. It's a great outfit." She complimented her sister.
"I'm not Cher, I'm dressed as Cleopatra." Paige corrected.
"Oh... sorry, it's just that the hair and the style you know.." Phoebe tried to explain.
"Yeah, yeah."
"Ok, now let's put this gorgeous on my bed to take her a picture." Phoebe said.
Paige nodded and sat the baby on the bed. Prue started to take off her wings.
"No, baby, don't take it off. First a nice picture for mommy." Phoebe said in baby voice and Prue babbled.
"Phoebe, she must be feeling stupid." Paige said.
"She doesn't know what stupid means." Her sister replied. "Now, help me to get the photo."
"Ok." Paige stood right next to Phoebe and start making funny faces at Prue. "Look at your Auntie." She said.
Finally after five minutes they got Prue to smile for 3 seconds and that was long enough to take the picture.
"What a cutie little girl!" another baby talking voice said.
"Hey!" Paige asked.
"Hi Alex." Phoebe greeted.
"Hey guys." She said. "Say Hi to your Auntie Alex." She said to Prue and kissed her on the head.
"You're late. I was going to go by myself." Paige complained. They had agreed that Alex would pick Paige so they'd go to the party.
"Well, yeah, I didn't pass the 'Big Brother's inspection'. I had to change at the last minute." She said.
"But you look great." Phoebe insisted. Alex had almost kept the same outfit, just that put on a bigger, or an actual top that covered her.
"Thanks." Alex said.
"How's the tattoo?" Phoebe asked.
"I did what you told me, and it's not swollen anymore." She replied.
"You'll be fine in some days, you'll see."
"Ok, we have to go." Paige said. "Bye!" she waved.
"Bye, girls, have fun!!" Phoebe said.
"See ya!" Alex said.
"Aren't you forgetting a little butterfly?" Phoebe asked.
Both friends ran back and got all over Prue. "Bye my little niece!." "Have fun, beautiful." They both said to the baby while kissing her.
"Ok, Now, you're exaggerating. I want her to live for her next Halloween." Phoebe said.
"Bye Phoebs!" they said and left.
Prue, who enjoyed total attention, was still giggling and ready to start the celebration of her first Halloween.
To Be Continued...