Chapter three
Phoebe awoke the next morning. The window shades were open and it made her
happy. She stretched. She looked next to her. Cole wasn't there.
"He's probably off with some Demons," She thought.
She got up and headed to the closet. She got dressed in regular old jeans
and a black T-shirt with some random word on it. She put her hair up
leaving her small amount of bangs down. Then she put on tennis shoes for no
reason in particular. She charged out of the room angry that Cole had left.
Then to her amazement the room had silly little decorations and Cole jumped
up with a party hat on.
"Surprise!" He yelled with a smile.
She laughed, "Okay, What's the occasion?"
"Um... you getting up?" He suggested.
She laughed again, "What? How late did I sleep?"
"Well, it is 11:30, and that's not too bad, but I just wanted to do
something special for you," He replied then he sarcastically said, "Is that
such a crime?"
"No," She said with a grin, "You're an angel,"
"Well I don't know about that, but I do have breakfast for you, I tried to
make something but that didn't really work," He responded, "So I went out
to get you something, and then I lost control of myself!" he gestured
around the room. "Silly Wall-Mart it just has too much stuff."
She walked up to him and said, "That's a very sill party hat,"
"Yeah, Silly Wall-Mart, it has some really stupid stuff too," He shook his
head.
"Yeah," She nodded.
Paige woke up to find the house extremely hot and with a yummy aroma, She
knew what was up. Piper was cooking to keep her mind off Phoebe. She got up
and threw on a red tank top and some jeans and sandals, and then she put
her silky black hair into a ponytail. She walked down stairs and into the
kitchen. She gasped. The room was filled to burst with cookies, muffins,
donuts, and other interesting food products. Piper's head was barely
visible over a mound of chocolate chip cookies.
"Hi Paige," a determined Piper said, "Hungry? Take some of anything,"
"Piper... what are you planning to do with this stuff, turn P3 into a
bakery?" Paige said grabbing a brownie.
"Okay I may of said anything but I meant breakfast type," She grabbed the
brownie and handed Paige a blueberry muffin.
Paige shrugged and bit into the muffin, Paige had to admit the muffin was
exquisite and that if you're going to avoid a problem baking wasn't
terribly bad. Except if it all got rotten, that would be a waste.
"I am cooking because it keeps my mind off pressing matters," Piper said
quickly.
"Cooking great, but cooking for all of China, not so good!" Paige replied,
"Well maybe if you really were going to give it to China," She added.
"So how are you Paige sleep... at all?" Piper questioned eager to change the
topic.
"A little," Paige answered, "So did Leo ever get back?"
"Yes," Piper responded quickly.
"What he find out?" Paige asked.
"That the Elders are insensitive bastards," Piper fumed while almost
throwing pieces of cake onto a plate, "They want us to go fight a demon,
and to get on track of our destiny,"
"Our destiny? But what destiny is that without Phoebe?" Paige blurted.
"I don't know," Piper said putting down a piece of cake gently.
Paige looked at Piper and saw tears coming to her face.
"Piper," Paige said getting up and going to Piper.
"I don't understand why the Elders are so useless, they just think are
lives are just about the fight, why don't they fight for once?" Piper
cried, "I lost Prue and that was they're same attitude!" Piper then began
to imitate the Elders, "Piper your sister died, hey go fight evil for us
while your trying to grieve, and while your losing another sister go fight
evil why don't ya?"
"Yeah screw the Elders!" Paige said loudly in an attempt to make Piper feel
better.
"Paige I can't do this anymore, I can't be a witch, we've lost so much!
Prue, Phoebe, Mom, I can't have a child, and" Piper quieted down when she
said the last one afraid that Paige wouldn't understand, "Cole"
"Cole?" Paige questioned, "Why him?"
"Without magic he wouldn't be a demon, and we never would have had him as a
problem," Piper told her, "Leo wouldn't be a white lighter and we could
spend more time together,"
"But he'd be dead, he was supposed to be dead in 1942, so magic helped you
be with him, and without magic we never would have met and I'd still be a
social worker without any big sister or a destiny," Paige said slowly,
"You've gained some things,"
"I know," Piper said, then she looked angrily at Paige, "I'm trying to rant
so stop proving me wrong," Piper sniffled then started to cry harder.
"Oh sorry," Paige replied, "Please Continue,"
Phoebe and Cole were sitting at the table.
"So what happened with the breakfast you were making," Phoebe questioned
with a smile.
"It turns out I can't cook," Cole admitted.
"Oh come on even Leo knows how to cook," She said, then her smile faded at
the mention of Leo, she looked down trying to avoid eye contact with Cole.
"Phoebe?" He said trying to lean so he could see her face in full, "What's
wrong?"
"Nothing... Just Leo, I miss him," Then she looked at Cole, "Sorry, I just
can't help it," she looked down again.
"Well of course you miss him, what do you think I wouldn't know that? It's
okay, truth is I kinda miss him too," Cole admitted.
"Really?" She questioned looking up with a tiny grin.
"Really," he replied.
She got up and walked over to him and gave him a hug. She sat in his lap,
and he held her, then he began to spin the Chair around in circles.
She giggled and said in her childish voice, "Your sillier then Wall-Mart,"
"Really?" He questioned.
"Really," She replied softly.
They looked at each other lovingly, then they slowly kissed. Then she
rested her head on his shoulder. He closed his eyes and spun from side to
side contently. Within moments a small familiar sound came into the room.
Cole frowned and opened his eyes a demon had shimmered into the room.
Cole's look was filled with disappointment. Phoebe looked at the Demon,
then she was disappointed too.
"Sir, we need you in the underworld," The Demon said bluntly.
Cole didn't answer but instead looked to Phoebe, she nodded regretfully.
They stood up. Cole ignored the Demon still and ran over to grab yet
another thing he'd gotten from Wall-Mart.
"I saw this and I thought of you," he said with a little sad grin, "Well,
everything reminds me of you but still, it's for you,"
She took it with a return sad grin, then she hugged him and said, "Your
wonderful, Now go,"
Cole flamed out of the room. The demon lingered for a moment gave Phoebe a
look of disgust mixed with a look of desire. Then he too disappeared.
Phoebe looked at the small box in her hand. She sat down and opened it A
locket, a beautiful locket. She smiled, She loved Cole and she knew that
would never change, but she knew she had to do something, if not for her
then for her child. She wanted them to grow up with both parents but that
didn't seem to be a possibility unless she accepted him killing people.
Flashes of what her child would be like scared her. She got up and walked a
side table and grabbed a pen and paper in the drawer. She scribbled down a
message about how she loved the gift and she be back soon she just went
some where. Then she grabbed her purse and headed out. She hoped she be
back before Cole got home. She grabbed her cell from her purse and dialed
Darryl's number.
Phoebe awoke the next morning. The window shades were open and it made her
happy. She stretched. She looked next to her. Cole wasn't there.
"He's probably off with some Demons," She thought.
She got up and headed to the closet. She got dressed in regular old jeans
and a black T-shirt with some random word on it. She put her hair up
leaving her small amount of bangs down. Then she put on tennis shoes for no
reason in particular. She charged out of the room angry that Cole had left.
Then to her amazement the room had silly little decorations and Cole jumped
up with a party hat on.
"Surprise!" He yelled with a smile.
She laughed, "Okay, What's the occasion?"
"Um... you getting up?" He suggested.
She laughed again, "What? How late did I sleep?"
"Well, it is 11:30, and that's not too bad, but I just wanted to do
something special for you," He replied then he sarcastically said, "Is that
such a crime?"
"No," She said with a grin, "You're an angel,"
"Well I don't know about that, but I do have breakfast for you, I tried to
make something but that didn't really work," He responded, "So I went out
to get you something, and then I lost control of myself!" he gestured
around the room. "Silly Wall-Mart it just has too much stuff."
She walked up to him and said, "That's a very sill party hat,"
"Yeah, Silly Wall-Mart, it has some really stupid stuff too," He shook his
head.
"Yeah," She nodded.
Paige woke up to find the house extremely hot and with a yummy aroma, She
knew what was up. Piper was cooking to keep her mind off Phoebe. She got up
and threw on a red tank top and some jeans and sandals, and then she put
her silky black hair into a ponytail. She walked down stairs and into the
kitchen. She gasped. The room was filled to burst with cookies, muffins,
donuts, and other interesting food products. Piper's head was barely
visible over a mound of chocolate chip cookies.
"Hi Paige," a determined Piper said, "Hungry? Take some of anything,"
"Piper... what are you planning to do with this stuff, turn P3 into a
bakery?" Paige said grabbing a brownie.
"Okay I may of said anything but I meant breakfast type," She grabbed the
brownie and handed Paige a blueberry muffin.
Paige shrugged and bit into the muffin, Paige had to admit the muffin was
exquisite and that if you're going to avoid a problem baking wasn't
terribly bad. Except if it all got rotten, that would be a waste.
"I am cooking because it keeps my mind off pressing matters," Piper said
quickly.
"Cooking great, but cooking for all of China, not so good!" Paige replied,
"Well maybe if you really were going to give it to China," She added.
"So how are you Paige sleep... at all?" Piper questioned eager to change the
topic.
"A little," Paige answered, "So did Leo ever get back?"
"Yes," Piper responded quickly.
"What he find out?" Paige asked.
"That the Elders are insensitive bastards," Piper fumed while almost
throwing pieces of cake onto a plate, "They want us to go fight a demon,
and to get on track of our destiny,"
"Our destiny? But what destiny is that without Phoebe?" Paige blurted.
"I don't know," Piper said putting down a piece of cake gently.
Paige looked at Piper and saw tears coming to her face.
"Piper," Paige said getting up and going to Piper.
"I don't understand why the Elders are so useless, they just think are
lives are just about the fight, why don't they fight for once?" Piper
cried, "I lost Prue and that was they're same attitude!" Piper then began
to imitate the Elders, "Piper your sister died, hey go fight evil for us
while your trying to grieve, and while your losing another sister go fight
evil why don't ya?"
"Yeah screw the Elders!" Paige said loudly in an attempt to make Piper feel
better.
"Paige I can't do this anymore, I can't be a witch, we've lost so much!
Prue, Phoebe, Mom, I can't have a child, and" Piper quieted down when she
said the last one afraid that Paige wouldn't understand, "Cole"
"Cole?" Paige questioned, "Why him?"
"Without magic he wouldn't be a demon, and we never would have had him as a
problem," Piper told her, "Leo wouldn't be a white lighter and we could
spend more time together,"
"But he'd be dead, he was supposed to be dead in 1942, so magic helped you
be with him, and without magic we never would have met and I'd still be a
social worker without any big sister or a destiny," Paige said slowly,
"You've gained some things,"
"I know," Piper said, then she looked angrily at Paige, "I'm trying to rant
so stop proving me wrong," Piper sniffled then started to cry harder.
"Oh sorry," Paige replied, "Please Continue,"
Phoebe and Cole were sitting at the table.
"So what happened with the breakfast you were making," Phoebe questioned
with a smile.
"It turns out I can't cook," Cole admitted.
"Oh come on even Leo knows how to cook," She said, then her smile faded at
the mention of Leo, she looked down trying to avoid eye contact with Cole.
"Phoebe?" He said trying to lean so he could see her face in full, "What's
wrong?"
"Nothing... Just Leo, I miss him," Then she looked at Cole, "Sorry, I just
can't help it," she looked down again.
"Well of course you miss him, what do you think I wouldn't know that? It's
okay, truth is I kinda miss him too," Cole admitted.
"Really?" She questioned looking up with a tiny grin.
"Really," he replied.
She got up and walked over to him and gave him a hug. She sat in his lap,
and he held her, then he began to spin the Chair around in circles.
She giggled and said in her childish voice, "Your sillier then Wall-Mart,"
"Really?" He questioned.
"Really," She replied softly.
They looked at each other lovingly, then they slowly kissed. Then she
rested her head on his shoulder. He closed his eyes and spun from side to
side contently. Within moments a small familiar sound came into the room.
Cole frowned and opened his eyes a demon had shimmered into the room.
Cole's look was filled with disappointment. Phoebe looked at the Demon,
then she was disappointed too.
"Sir, we need you in the underworld," The Demon said bluntly.
Cole didn't answer but instead looked to Phoebe, she nodded regretfully.
They stood up. Cole ignored the Demon still and ran over to grab yet
another thing he'd gotten from Wall-Mart.
"I saw this and I thought of you," he said with a little sad grin, "Well,
everything reminds me of you but still, it's for you,"
She took it with a return sad grin, then she hugged him and said, "Your
wonderful, Now go,"
Cole flamed out of the room. The demon lingered for a moment gave Phoebe a
look of disgust mixed with a look of desire. Then he too disappeared.
Phoebe looked at the small box in her hand. She sat down and opened it A
locket, a beautiful locket. She smiled, She loved Cole and she knew that
would never change, but she knew she had to do something, if not for her
then for her child. She wanted them to grow up with both parents but that
didn't seem to be a possibility unless she accepted him killing people.
Flashes of what her child would be like scared her. She got up and walked a
side table and grabbed a pen and paper in the drawer. She scribbled down a
message about how she loved the gift and she be back soon she just went
some where. Then she grabbed her purse and headed out. She hoped she be
back before Cole got home. She grabbed her cell from her purse and dialed
Darryl's number.