I LOVE YOU, COLE
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CHAPTER 1 : PAST-LIVED LOVE.
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Part 8.
Phoebe and Paige orbed in Piper's room seeing Cole sitting next to her bed and her hand was gripping his tightly.
"What's going on?" – asked Paige.
"The Dreamer's unbound one of her pre-existances' memories. She's stuck in there." – explained Cole, he took his hand out, but Piper grasped it back, he stopped.
"Why?" – asked Phoebe.
"I think they want to catch her, but she's invincible in real life. So they opened the bad, maybe the worst, memories among all of her memories in previous lives to weaken her, when her past self ends up, they catch her right in there."
"Check the book." – suggested Phoebe.
"Find if it has a spell to bring her back to real life." – agreed Cole – "She shouldn't be there longer."
Paige left for the book. Phoebe came to look at Piper.
"Baby, why is she holding your hand?"
"She's suffering. I think she need a support."
Phoebe kissed quickly on his lips, Paige orbed back.
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Cole and Piper had spent a long trip together. They were hunted everywhere. His father had renounced him after failing in calling him back. People knew clearly their faces from search warrant, she was assumed as a witch and he's under her charm willing to scatter misunfortunes to everywhere they're passing through. They had passed a month of fleeing and hiding. She found herself she wouldn't live long. She got pregnant, but she became weaker day by day.
It's in January, everywhere was choked with snow. But they're just wearing their ragged clothes and a feeble fire was all they got to warm up.
"Cole!"
"I'm here!"
"I'm sorry. It's my fault you have to live such a wretched life." – said her with a quiver voice.
"I love you, Piper. It's worth everything."
She was lying on his thigh and holding his arm on her belly.
"I think you can't see your baby. I'm. . . I'm dying."
"No. Wait me here, I'll find something for you to eat." – he's about to stand up.
"No." – she gripped his arm – "Please stay with me. I don't want to be alone in my last minute."
"Piper!" – his eyes traced of tears.
"After my death, come back to your family. Your fate is there. You're supposed to be in the lap of luxury."
He stroked her long hair tenderly and looked into her brown eyes:
"When I've met you the first time, I knew you're my fate. You're all I really have in this life, Piper."
"Keep our belief, Cole!" – whispered her – "We'll have the other lifetimes, we'll have our children"
She lifted her hand up to reach his face, he pressed it against his cheek, her lips flashed a smile weakly:
"Keep our belief!" – she closed her eyes in peace.
"Piper!. . .
Piper!. . .
No, Piper! Please answer me!
. . . Piper!"
He held her and rested his head on her, being numbed with grief.
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"Nothing in the book." – said Paige after searching it.
"So write it by yourself." – suggested Cole.
"OK." – Phoebe took a pad and a pen.
Twenty minutes later, Phoebe completed the spell. Paige came to hold Piper's free hand, Phoebe held the hand Cole's keeping. The sisters started to chant.
Leave the shadows in old views
Back to right light this present time
Hear what your heart calling for
Your love real waiting you here
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"Option Giver! Option Giver!" – shouted Cole.
The Avatar appeared in front of him, smiling:
"I knew you'd call me."
"Turn the time back. I want her to be alive."
"It's a little late now. She's dead. If I turn the time back, one of you still has to die. You want her to be alive, it'll mean. . ."
Cole looked her lying on the ground lifelessly.
"Do it." – he knew what the Avatar implying. He stroked her long hair.
"Will she find someone to love her truly?" – asked him.
"No, she'll mourn for you all this life. But yes, she'll be happy in her next lives." – answered the Avatar straight away, he saw Cole smiling slightly - "I know what you're thinking Cole. You think your love's strong, and you'll find each other in the next lives. But as I told, to be together or not isn't what you have a right to choose."
Cole gazed at him, he said that he knew Piper would be happy in her next lives, but his following sentence hinted that she wouldn't be happy with Cole. It seemed the Avatar answered all his questions clearly and honestly so that he could pick the right option without regret.
"Give me your decision. Leave you here or turn the time back?"
"The latter." – answered Cole.
"Good. You choose it and you'll live with it." – said the Avatar.
Cole turned to Piper and caress her lips trembly.
The Avatar began his spell and the couple disappeared.
"Enjoy your fates!" – said him.
He had told the truth that lovers on the world couldn't choose to be together in their other lives, but if their love were strong enough, if they kept their belief in each other, they were able to find each other again. He did know Cole and Piper would continue their permanent love forever if he didn't break it in that life. The fact that Cole's next life would be the most powerful demon, and Piper's next life would be the most powerful witch. If they reunite together, they'll upset the magic world. While his task as an Avatar was to keep the balance between good and evil, he had to do what he'd done.
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Piper found out she's standing in the palace. She thought she was dead, but she's absolutely fine, and alive now. She looked around and realised she had seen that place before in her dream. Piper Marricombs and Piper Halliwell had been merged into one. She thought about Cole and she knew the path led to him. She's starting to run along the corridor going downstairs. She ran through the rooms that she had already ran several times in her dream, and stopped at that room. She pushed the door out seeing Cole really lying on the ground with a big wound on his left chest.
"Cole!" – shouted Piper.
She rushed to him and lifted his head in her lap.
"Cole!" – called her.
He opened his eyes blurrily and tried to smile:
"Piper!" – whispered him.
He raised his hand and she grabbed it immediately, his hand's cold but holding her tightly.
"Why?" – cried her. She knew he'd asked the Avatar for turning time back. But they'd promised they would find each other in the next lives. Why had he done that?
"I can't stand. . . seeing you die." – his voice became heavy.
"Neither can I. You're selfish." – cried her – "You make me grieve at you."
"I'm sorry, Piper. Forget me. . ., please. . .!"– murmured him.
He's losing his consciousness in her embrace.
"Don't leave us, Cole! Our baby and I need you!" – sobbed Piper - "Don't leave us! Do you hear me? Cole!"
He tried to open his eyes for the last time.
"I think you haven't got pregnant yet. Wilkes was just here. . . I. . . lost." – he's talking about his wound, in that timeline the duel hadn't happened yet, Wilkes came to after he'd been back from the pub for a while, and he failed.
"What will I live for?" – cried her.
"If we're meant to be, we'll meet again. I can't just see you're dying right in front of me. I can't, Piper!" – he's speaking in a very low whisper – "I can't. . ."
Her face's dimmed by tears, she remembered he'd held her in his embrace and called her name in desperation. The last word she'd heard was her name called by him. Now she's keeping his limb body in her arms, she didn't want an exchange like that, she wanted to live with him, and die with him. However, she believed in their strong love, it would exist through timeline, it would be forever. . .
"Keep our belief, Cole! We belong together in this life, in our after-lives, and everlasting." – whispered her.
She lifted his sword up.
Leave the shadows in old views
Back to right light this present time
Hear what your heart calling for
Your love real waiting you here
She was pulled out of the view and many visions were passing by. She saw her next life being with her husband – Dan, and Prue, Phoebe were her cousins. Then she saw her current life, the day she first met Leo, and loved each other gradually, when they're sad, when they're happy, the wedding day. . . Suddenly she saw herself was in a bookstore with Phoebe, and Cole's walking toward them, smiling. . .
"Hi!" – greeted Phoebe.
"Phoebe. . . and. . .?" – asked him.
"Piper." – said Piper.
"Cole!" – Piper opened her eyes, Paige and Phoebe was right next to her. She lifted her hand and found it was in his one, she pulled it out, looking into his eyes, but turning away immediately.
"Are you ok, Piper?" – asked Paige.
She rubbed her belly and realised she's still pregnant with her current husband, Leo.
"Piper!" – smiled Phoebe – "Welcome back to real life!"
The next chapter: MURDER IN BED
Summary: Phoebe finds out Cole's secret weak-point and uses it for killing him. How will Piper choose between present love and past-lived love? And Chris who comes from the future…
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