Chapter 41 - "Speak of the devils."
"Do Phoebe and James seem to be acting strange lately?"
"Define strange." It was Saturday, and Prue planned on staying home with Bane.
"I don't know how. They just seem a little off, and trying to avoid others, maybe even themselves."
"Well I haven't seen too much of Phoebe, but James now that you mention it is different. Maybe we should talk to th.."
Phoebe walked through the front door, she looked tired. James walked out the back door looking blank.
"Them. Speak of the devils."
"Did I do something?" Phoebe spun around in a circle. "Is there two of me?"
"Huh? Phoebe, Prue meant you and James. There's not two of you, why would you think that, you okay?"
Phoebe rolled her eyes and pulled a chair up to the table and took a deep breath. "You know how I have premonitions."
"Wait you do? I've never noticed." Prue smirked, she tried to snap her sister out of whatever state she was in.
"Ha ha. Well, you know how I've had one in my sleep before...I think I've had another one. A few days ago." She leant forward and placed her elbows on the table, her left hand holding the right one. "I've been trying to dismiss it as a bad dream or nightmare but the feeling just wont go away, it has to be a premonition."
"So why didn't you come to us before if you were certain it was a psychic flash Pheebs?"
"Maybe because I don't want it to be true. It's about Piper, and Cole."
"Go on." Bane didn't know what it was but by the tone of Phoebe's voice it seemed bad.
"In my 'dream' Piper kills Cole, and she blames him for Leo dying."
"But Piper would never kill a human, let alone one that her sister is involved with."
"I'm not so sure now. We haven't heard from her, or Leo who we thought had things under control, and you remember before when Piper did yell at Cole when we vanquished Alec."
Prue tried to come up with a reasonable explanation for Phoebe's dream. "..Maybe the dream was just an interpretation of past feelings. Piper did yell at him, she did accuse him. This all could be just emotions that you haven't dealt with since Piper left."
"You don't know how badly I want to believe that Prue."
Paige emerged from her room. "What's going on? Were you saying Piper bailed on us?" Paige had only heard some words of the converstaion, so she was only speculating.
"She didn't say that." Bane answered for Phoebe. "But we're hoping that it isn't possible."
"Paige!" James' voice floated in from outside. "I need to talk to you."
He sounded pissed off. Paige shrugged her arms at the three at the table and made her way outside to see what was going on.
"James. What is it?"
"You. You've been playing games with me and I don't like it."
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb. I know you've been messing with my head."
"Messing with yo...I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh really? Well then how come every time I've been having this recurring dream and you are always standing over me when I wake up?"
"I've been checking on you James."
"Yes you sure have, checking on me to see if I'll go for your sister or you!"
"James I have no idea what you're saying here. I've been checking on you to see if you're okay - you keep waking up confused and I'm worried!"
"Worried that I'll choose her instead of you."
Prue, Bane and Phoebe head the yelling and listened through the window.
"Ogghh will you please explain what you are going on about, please?"
"Fine. All week I've been having these dreams about Piper...and myself. In these dreams I'm insanely sexually attracted to her. And then you appear, to wake me up before anything really happens in the dream. Are you really saying that you had nothing to do with all this and it's not a test to see if I'll admit to you how I feel?"
Paige was gobsmacked. She couldn't believe what James had been dreaming about. And even more shocked that he thought she had something to do about it. You can't be wanting her! She's taken, I'm not! Her ears pricked up when he mentioned that he felt something, but was it for Piper or her?
"Paige?"
"Uh, I'm just processing this."
"So you really had nothing to do with this then?"
"No I didn't. ..You really want Piper?"
James didn't know how to react to that question but made himself answer and get it over with. "Only in my dreams. There's someone else I want in reality."
At first, the people inside the house listening thought the dreams were part of something sinister like Phoebe's dream - but now they dismissed it as a blooming love tiff. Bane didn't feel right listening any more, and he left from the window side. Prue wanted to listen but ended up following Bane. Phoebe wanted to focus on Paige and James, instead of focusing on her gut feelings and getting some goss. Reluctantly, she went after the other two. The three back in the sun room found James' dreams sort of disturbing and really not representing what he felt - but then again, love can send your thoughts into chaos.
(Town) Cole had finished his case, and won - only just. The judge had spent a long time debating out loud what the ruling should be. Even so, Cole got the desired outcome and was ready to go home and see Phoebe. He was stopped in his tracks. The woman standing before him he hadn't seen for quite a while, and honestly he was scared of what she could do to him to get revenge for past events with her soulmate.
"Hello Cole."
"Do Phoebe and James seem to be acting strange lately?"
"Define strange." It was Saturday, and Prue planned on staying home with Bane.
"I don't know how. They just seem a little off, and trying to avoid others, maybe even themselves."
"Well I haven't seen too much of Phoebe, but James now that you mention it is different. Maybe we should talk to th.."
Phoebe walked through the front door, she looked tired. James walked out the back door looking blank.
"Them. Speak of the devils."
"Did I do something?" Phoebe spun around in a circle. "Is there two of me?"
"Huh? Phoebe, Prue meant you and James. There's not two of you, why would you think that, you okay?"
Phoebe rolled her eyes and pulled a chair up to the table and took a deep breath. "You know how I have premonitions."
"Wait you do? I've never noticed." Prue smirked, she tried to snap her sister out of whatever state she was in.
"Ha ha. Well, you know how I've had one in my sleep before...I think I've had another one. A few days ago." She leant forward and placed her elbows on the table, her left hand holding the right one. "I've been trying to dismiss it as a bad dream or nightmare but the feeling just wont go away, it has to be a premonition."
"So why didn't you come to us before if you were certain it was a psychic flash Pheebs?"
"Maybe because I don't want it to be true. It's about Piper, and Cole."
"Go on." Bane didn't know what it was but by the tone of Phoebe's voice it seemed bad.
"In my 'dream' Piper kills Cole, and she blames him for Leo dying."
"But Piper would never kill a human, let alone one that her sister is involved with."
"I'm not so sure now. We haven't heard from her, or Leo who we thought had things under control, and you remember before when Piper did yell at Cole when we vanquished Alec."
Prue tried to come up with a reasonable explanation for Phoebe's dream. "..Maybe the dream was just an interpretation of past feelings. Piper did yell at him, she did accuse him. This all could be just emotions that you haven't dealt with since Piper left."
"You don't know how badly I want to believe that Prue."
Paige emerged from her room. "What's going on? Were you saying Piper bailed on us?" Paige had only heard some words of the converstaion, so she was only speculating.
"She didn't say that." Bane answered for Phoebe. "But we're hoping that it isn't possible."
"Paige!" James' voice floated in from outside. "I need to talk to you."
He sounded pissed off. Paige shrugged her arms at the three at the table and made her way outside to see what was going on.
"James. What is it?"
"You. You've been playing games with me and I don't like it."
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb. I know you've been messing with my head."
"Messing with yo...I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh really? Well then how come every time I've been having this recurring dream and you are always standing over me when I wake up?"
"I've been checking on you James."
"Yes you sure have, checking on me to see if I'll go for your sister or you!"
"James I have no idea what you're saying here. I've been checking on you to see if you're okay - you keep waking up confused and I'm worried!"
"Worried that I'll choose her instead of you."
Prue, Bane and Phoebe head the yelling and listened through the window.
"Ogghh will you please explain what you are going on about, please?"
"Fine. All week I've been having these dreams about Piper...and myself. In these dreams I'm insanely sexually attracted to her. And then you appear, to wake me up before anything really happens in the dream. Are you really saying that you had nothing to do with all this and it's not a test to see if I'll admit to you how I feel?"
Paige was gobsmacked. She couldn't believe what James had been dreaming about. And even more shocked that he thought she had something to do about it. You can't be wanting her! She's taken, I'm not! Her ears pricked up when he mentioned that he felt something, but was it for Piper or her?
"Paige?"
"Uh, I'm just processing this."
"So you really had nothing to do with this then?"
"No I didn't. ..You really want Piper?"
James didn't know how to react to that question but made himself answer and get it over with. "Only in my dreams. There's someone else I want in reality."
At first, the people inside the house listening thought the dreams were part of something sinister like Phoebe's dream - but now they dismissed it as a blooming love tiff. Bane didn't feel right listening any more, and he left from the window side. Prue wanted to listen but ended up following Bane. Phoebe wanted to focus on Paige and James, instead of focusing on her gut feelings and getting some goss. Reluctantly, she went after the other two. The three back in the sun room found James' dreams sort of disturbing and really not representing what he felt - but then again, love can send your thoughts into chaos.
(Town) Cole had finished his case, and won - only just. The judge had spent a long time debating out loud what the ruling should be. Even so, Cole got the desired outcome and was ready to go home and see Phoebe. He was stopped in his tracks. The woman standing before him he hadn't seen for quite a while, and honestly he was scared of what she could do to him to get revenge for past events with her soulmate.
"Hello Cole."