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"Piper, are you sure you want to talk to her right now?" Cole asked walked downstairs.

"Cole, I have to. She's my sister. I love her. I don't want this bitterness between us. Plus, I have to think about the greater good, the power of three is at stake if me and Phoebe can't get along" Piper responded

They found Paige & Phoebe in the living room. Phoebe was sitting on the couch, Paige was in one of the chairs. Piper sat down beside Phoebe and Cole took the other chair.

Nobody said anything for a couple of moments. Finally, Phoebe looked over at Piper, tears were running down her face. "How could you do this to Leo?" she asked her sister.

"Phoebe, I never meant to hurt Leo. I never meant for any of this to happen. I thought with my heart and not my head last night. I didn't want to hurt Leo. I still love him, just not the way I should." Piper said, tears falling down her own face.

"But Cole? Why Cole?" Phoebe asked.

"I honestly don't know how it happened, I just know it did. I don't want to lose you Phoebe, I need my sister, my best friend. I'm so sorry I have caused you pain. I wanted to follow my heart and I did, I love him Phoebe. I want him in my life. I want you and Paige there to." Piper extended her hand to Phoebe.

Phoebe accepted her hand. "I'm sorry I called you a bitch Piper. It's just that I will always have feelings for Cole, and to see him happy and in love with someone else hurts, especially when that someone is my sister."

"I'm sorry Phoebe." Piper said again.

"I know. And I do love you. You're my sister. But I need some time to think. I am ashamed of you because of what you have done to Leo. Paige might accept it easier, but she is newer to the family. I've known Leo since he first entered our lives, and I know how much he loves you. Give me sometime to think about this and work on accepting it. Piper, don't rush me" Phoebe told Piper.

Phoebe stood up. "I'm going back to Dale's for a couple of days. If you need me for anything call." She hugged Piper and Paige. As Phoebe walked by the chair Cole was still sitting in, she looked down at him.

"If you hurt my sister or break her heart, I will break you in half" She said to him, before turning and leaving.

"That when better than I thought it would." Paige said.

"I think Phoebe is slowly growing up." Cole responded.

Paige stood up. "I have to go to. Steve is meeting me for a picnic, and I don't want to be late." She gave Piper a hug. "To think, of all us Halliwell sisters, Piper is the one who has an affair." she said smiling. "Just don't lie to Leo when he comes home, you be honest with him."

After Paige left the manor Piper started crying. Cole moved over to the couch and gathered her in his arms.

"I've hurt Leo so much. I can't even imagine the pain I have caused him." she said as she sobbed.

Cole bit his lip to keep from saying something that would express the jealousy he was feeling. Instead he laid back on the couch, pulling her along side of him, and held her as she cried.

After a little bit, Piper had fallen asleep. Cole ran his hands through her hair, until he feel asleep to.

Piper woke up to find it was almost dark outside. Had she been asleep that long? She snuggled back into Cole's embrace. What a mess she had made. She had betrayed Leo, hurt Phoebe, hurt Cole. Cole was the innocent. He had walked away from her. He had been willing to let her go because she was married. Piper was the one who had went to him last night. She sighed.

Cole felt Piper sigh. He had been awake awhile, watching her sleeping and enjoying the feel of her lying so close to him, like a dream that had come true.

"Piper?" he said softly. "Are you okay baby?"

She nodded. "I'm sorry I've hurt you and drug you into this mess." she whispered to him.

"No Piper, you haven't hurt me. I'm willing to walk through hell all over again to be with you." he told her.

Piper sat up on the couch, Cole sat up beside her. "Cole I've betrayed Leo. I love you, but I can't destroy him. I'm going to tell him it's over as soon as he comes home, and me and you can be together. But, I don't think we should continue to see each other until I break it off with him. I don't want to continue to betray him"

"I understand Piper. I hate seeing you hurting like this. If staying away from me until you tell him is what you want, then we should do it. It's the right thing to do anyways." he said, gathering her in a hug.

"Piper?" he whispered softly into her hair.

She pulled away and looked up at him. She was surprised to see tears in his eyes. "Yes?" she said.

"Promise me you'll come back to me. I don't want to lose you now that I have found you." Cole said.

Piper reached up and touched the side of his face. "I promise Cole. I love you, I'm not going to let you go. I just have to do what's right."

Cole stood up and pulled Piper up with him. He leaned down and kissed her. "I'll miss you my love" he whispered against her lips.

"I'll miss you to." she breathed back. He kissed her again, before shimmering away.