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Chapter 19
"Will it be fine?"
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"It's going to be okay honey." Cole said to Phoebe as he was holding her. He had just shimmered the both of them at the hospital.
"I need help over here." He said as he walked out of the dark corner he had used to avoid exposure. Two nurses and a doctor ran with a stretcher towards them.
As Cole put Phoebe on the stretcher, she opened her eyes and said: "Don't leave me."
"I won't." He replied, holding her hand in his.
Phoebe was very weak but she was using all her strengh to open her eyes and it was asking her a lot to talk to him, but she needed to talk to him, to hear his voice, to know he was still here by her side.
The nurses started to push the stretcher and the doctor started to examine Phoebe. To Cole's relief, no one asked what had happened. He brushed Phoebe's hair out of her face and he said: "It's gonna be okay."
"The baby..." Phoebe mumbled.
"The baby will be fine, don't worry the doctor will fix everything." He told her.
Phoebe nodded and said: "Love you."
"I Love you too honey." He replied, smiling at her.
"Sorry sir... You have to let us do our work." One of the nurse said as they entered the emergency room.
"No... don't leave me." Phoebe complained.
"I'll be waiting right outside." Cole told her.
He kissed her on the forehead and said: "Be strong, I love you more than anything."
With that Phoebe drifted to sleep coz of the injection the nurses had gave her and Cole reluctantly left the room.
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Cole was sitting in the waiting room, he had left Phoebe since one hour already and he was really worried, it was taking too long. Paige, Piper and Leo arrived at the hospital and ran towards him.
"What happened?" Piper asked him.
Cole was shocked and almost unable to speak, in one hour he had imagined the worst, losing Phoebe, losing the baby, losing the both of them.
"I... I fought him and... and he knocked me out just like you... and... when I woke up... Phoebe was... she was bleeding and he was gone... her tummy was bleeding and I... I called you but... but you didn't wake up... I didn't know what to do... so I... I shimmered here." He explained.
Paige hugged him and said: "You did the right thing."
A doctor walked towards them and said: "Excuse me Sir."
Cole turned around and looked at him.
"When Phoebe arrived here, she was seriously hurt, we've tried everything to save her and the baby but..." He started.
As the doctor was talking, Cole's heart simply stopped beating as he listened carefully.
"We only could save the mother, you daughter couldn't survive. I'm sorry. You can see Phoebe in the room number 174." He finished and walked away.
Cole fall on his knees and started crying. Phoebe was okay and it was a really good thing but he had lost his daughter, his baby girl. The one he loved with all his heart even if she wasn't born. Both of Piper and Paige knelt down on the floor and hugged him tight. He couldn't breath, he was too shock, the world was collapsing around him, he couldn't believe it, it couldn't be true. But he realized that Phoebe was be feeling the same, even worst, he had to be by her side; he took a huge breath and closed his eyes.
He opened his eyes, got up and said: "I have to see her, she can't be alone in that moment."
Piper, Paige and Leo both nodded. Leo had tears in his eyes and the girls were both crying.
"We'll go back to the manor and take care of the kids, don't worry about them, just stay with Phoebe and tell her we all love her very much." Piper said.
Cole nodded and left them to see Phoebe.
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He slowly opened the door of the hospital room and walked towards her bed. She was sleeping, he took her hand in his and more tears rolled down his cheeks.
Phoebe woke up slowly and whispered: "Cole."
"I'm here." He said, squeezing her hand.
"Cole..." She repeated.
"Shh, don't talk honey, you're weak and you need to rest." He told her, trying to fight tears back.
"I... I don't feel the baby Cole... I don't feel the power and the magic of the baby." She said, she was deadly worried. She knew what it meant but she didn't want to believe it. It couldn't be true, her baby couldn't be gone.
"I'm sorry honey." Cole told her and he bent down to hug her tightly.
Phoebe realized that she wasn't dreaming, it wasn't a nightmare, it was real... she had lost her baby.
"I'm sorry." Cole repeated, they were both crying and even being in each others arms couldn't ease the pain.
Cole pulled apart and kissed Phoebe on the forehead.
"I'm so sorry Phoebe." He said again.
"I... I need to be alone... just for a while... please." Phoebe asked him.
Cole nodded even if the last thing he wanted was to leave her, but he knew he had to. He wanted to stay with her and hold her to try to make her feel better, but if she didn't want him to be here, he wouldn't force her.
He looked at her one more time and turned back. As he was about to walk away, she called him.
He turned back and she asked: "Was it a girl?"
Cole sadly nodded and said: "Yes, it was a little baby girl." And with that, he left the room and sat down in a corner next to the door room.
Phoebe was feeling as if she just had lost a part of herself. She was feeling empty, the worst thing was that her belly was still rounded but her baby was gone. She knew it was a little girl, she was feeling it, ever since she found out she was pregnant, she knew that another little girl would joining the family soon. But now... everything was different. Well knowing that Cole wanted to stay with her, she had asked him to go away. She just wanted to be alone, she needed too, it was probably hurting him not to hold her but she couldn't help it. She remember the look in his eyes, the very same look of sadness when they had found out that Lizzie was sick when Phoebe had given birth to her and Tom.
Cole was on the floor, his head in his hands, still crying when Liz shimmered next to him.
"Daddy?" The little girl questioned.
Cole looked up and said: "Lizzie? What are you doing here? Someone could have seen you shimmering."
Liz looked down and explained: "It's just that I was missing you and... and Auntie Prue didn't want to tell me where you were so I closed my eyes and I thought about you really hard and I appeared here."
The little girl was at the verge of tears and Cole took her in his arms and held her tight.
"It's okay, I don't think anyone saw you shimmering." He said.
"Where is Mommy? Why are you sad? Why are you crying?" Liz innocently asked.
"Mommy is in this room, she is resting. And... I'm sad because..." He started to explain. How could he explain to his daughter that the baby they were all waiting for was dead?
"You remember that bad guy?" He asked.
Liz nodded, she was looking at her father with attention.
"Well... Mommy fought against that bad guy but... he hurt her and... and he hurt the little baby too. Mommy is strong so she is fine now, she only needs a lot of rest but you know the baby was really little and not very strong... and he went away." Cole explained and he was now waiting for Liz to say something.
"You mean the baby is with Grams?" She asked.
"You can say that." Cole replied.
"Why didn't you save her like you did with me?" She asked again.
"Because I couldn't." Cole answered.
"That's not fair." She said and started crying in her father's arms.
"I know baby, I know." Cole said and he started crying again, still holding his daughter tightly.
Prue had just orbed in the hallway near the hospital, she had felt that Liz was there and it wasn't really surprising. She walked in and found Liz curled in her father's arms. She sat down on a chair and let them together for a while. It was true that Prue had never really liked Cole because he was a demon, because he was putting Phoebe's life in danger every second he was near her, because of a hundred reasons. But seeing him like he was now, a wonderful father, Prue could only see his human side. She knew he was good in the inside and he had proved it many times.
After a while, she slowly got up and walked next to him, she knelt down and said: "I'm sorry Cole."
She kissed him on the temple and he whispered: "Thank you."
"I'm gonna take Liz back to the manor." She said.
He nodded, kissed his daughter on the forehead and said: "Come on Lizzie."
The little girl got up and said: "You take care of Mommy, okay?"
"Of course baby." He said before kissing her on the cheek.
"I love you Daddy." She said hugging her father tightly.
"Me too sweetie." He told her.
"Tell Phoebe I love her." Prue said.
"Yeah, tell Mommy I love her too." Liz added.
"I will, now go, Tommy is probably worried." Cole told them and with that, both of Prue and Liz went away.
Cole took a huge breath and decided to go back in Phoebe's room. He slowly opened the door and looked inside the room. As she heard the noise of the door opening, Phoebe turned her head to see Cole.
"Can I come in?" He asked. Once again, he was at the verge of tears and his throat was so tight that it was hurting to talk.
Phoebe nodded in answer and Cole walked in and closed the door behind him. He sat down on the chair next to the bed and looked down. He had so many things to tell her, but the words weren't coming out, he didn't know where to start.
"I always thought that when he would be dead, our life will be just like a dream... But he's dead and everything is just a nightmare." Phoebe said.
"If you ask me to, I'll change things, I'll go to the underworld and sell my soul so you'll have our baby back." Cole told her, not looking at her because he was crying.
"You would do that?" She asked.
He nodded and finally looked at her.
"I would do everything for you and our family." He said.
"I don't care if I suffer in hell for eternity to bring our baby back, it can't be worst than seeing you suffering and not being able to do anything." He explained.
"I don't want you to leave me, I wouldn't make it without you. Maybe what happened had to happen, maybe it was mean to be and in that case... we can't do anything to change it. We have to accept it and live with it. Life has to go on, we have Tom and Liz, they need us... And maybe one day, we'll have another baby... if you want to." Phoebe said.
Cole nodded and said: "We'll have as much babies as you want."
They were both crying and Cole hugged Phoebe tight and they continue to cry in each others arms for a while.
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Once Phoebe had stopped crying, Cole pulled apart and kissed her on the forehead.
"I want to go home Cole." She told him.
"I don't think it's a good idea, you need to rest and you have everything to get better here." He explained.
"Please, I can ask Leo to heal me and I'll rest at home, in our bed, in your arms... Please." She begged, she couldn't bear hospitals, she hated it.
"Okay, I'll see what I can do with the doctor. I'll be right back, try to rest honey. I love you." He said before kissing her on the forehead once again and leaving the room.
Phoebe closed her eyes and tried to rest.
"I told you she was here." Liz said as she shimmered in the hospital room with Tom.
"Shh, she's sleeping, can't you see it?" Tom told to his sister.
"Hey my babies, come over here." Phoebe said with a smile as she opened her eyes.
Both of the kids walked towards her bed and Phoebe told them to climb on the bed which they did.
"I'm sorry Mommy, I know Daddy told me not to use my powers but Tom and I, we... we wanted to see you." Liz explained.
"Is the baby really gone?" Tom asked with tears in his eyes.
Phoebe nodded, trying to fight back tears.
Tom looked down and whispered: "That's not fair."
"It's going to be okay Tommy." Phoebe told him as she hugged him.
"Now you both are going to lay down next to me and we'll rest, okay?" Phoebe proposed them.
They both nodded and laid down next to her, each to one side and they all closed their eyes. It was good to see them and to be with them, her family was her reason for leaving, she couldn't be any better when she was with them. Even through the pain which was killing her right now, it was good to be with her family.
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Cole came back in the room some minutes later, finding the three of them cuddling up. He walked closer to the bed and Liz opened her eyes.
"You shouldn't be here, young lady." He told her.
The little girl shrugged in answer and mumbled: "Wanted to be with Mommy."
"I know, it's okay." He told her, brushing her hair.
"What did the doctor say?" Phoebe asked.
"He's not really happy about it but, if you really want to leave, it's up to you, he can't fight it."
"Thank you." She told him with a little smile.
"Can we all go home now?" Tom asked.
"Huh... Well, I think that you and Lizzie should stay at the manor to let Mommy rest for a while." Cole explained.
The kids weren't really happy about it, but they knew that their mother had to rest.
Suddenly Prue orbed in.
"I didn't even have to sense you to know you were here." She said.
"Come on, now everyone let's go back home." Prue added.
"NO!" Tom stated.
"I want to stay with Mommy." He said.
"Come on Tommy, you know Mommy has to rest." Cole told him.
"Yeah but..."
Phoebe took her son in her arms and kissed him on the cheek.
"I love you baby and I'll be okay, you don't have to worry, Daddy's here to take care about me and I swear that everyday, Auntie Prue will have to orb you to me so that we can spend some time together. Okay??" Phoebe proposed.
Tom reluctantly nodded and Phoebe kissed him on the cheek again. Liz kissed her mother as well and Prue took hers and Tom's hand and orbed out of the room.
Phoebe tried to get up but she felt a sharp of pain in her stomach, Cole immediately held her and kissed her on the head.
"Going home right now is not a good idea, you have to rest more." He told her.
"I'll be fine, just shimmer me to our bed please." She told him.
Cole nodded even if he was still thinking that it wasn't a good idea at all, but he didn't wanted to upset Phoebe, what she was going through was enough. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and shimmered in their room.
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Phoebe was now sleeping peacefully, Cole was just holding her, watching her sleep and brushing her hair while being careful not to wake up her. She had fallen asleep immediately after that Leo had healed her. Her body was now completely healed, but for her mind and her soul, it was another problem. Cole didn't know how to make her feel better, she kept saying that the only fact to be in his arms was making her feel way much better but he really doubted that. He wanted to take away all her pain but he just didn't know how to do it, so for the moment, he was just staying with her and doing all she wanted, giving her what she needed. Lost in his thoughts, he didn't noticed she had woken up and was looking at him. She didn't know how much time she's been sleeping but she was sure that Cole had been watching her the whole time. She brought her hand to his cheek and smiled at him.
"Hi honey, how did you slept?" Cole asked her.
"Good, thanks." She replied with a smile.
"I think it's dinner time, what do you want me to prepare?" He asked.
"Nothing, I'm not really hungry." She told him.
"Honey, you have to eat something, even if Leo healed you, you have to eat and to rest a lot, now tell me what you want, and if we don't have it here, I'll get it for you." He said.
"Okay." Phoebe gave up.
"I'd like Sushi for the beginning, then pastas, French bread and a Crumble for dessert." She told him.
"Hey, looks like you're hungry finally." He said.
They both smiled and Phoebe told him: "Don't go for too long, I need you by my side."
Cole nodded and kissed her on the lips and shimmered away. He shimmered in all the countries where he knew he could find the best product Phoebe asked him, Japan, Italy, France... When he had found all the things he needed, he shimmered back in the kitchen and let Phoebe know he was here and preparing dinner. While he was cooking, Phoebe walked in the kitchen and without saying anything, she cuddled up in his arms, it's only when he wrapped his arms tightly around her that Cole realized that she was crying and it broke his heart.
"Shh, I'm here honey." He told her.
"Just let it go, it's okay." He added. Once again, he was at the verge of tears, he was being strong for Phoebe but he was devastated.
They both stood there, in the middle of the kitchen, in each other embrace, trying to find some comfort and to ease the pain. They were feeling good together but not good enough to feel better, not enough to forget that they had just lost one of the most precious thing on earth, their baby.
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Here comes the new chapter, I hope you'll like it, thanks to Gaby for her support and to Snow for the reviews and the mail. No more talking, please don't forget to review.
Chapter 19
"Will it be fine?"
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"It's going to be okay honey." Cole said to Phoebe as he was holding her. He had just shimmered the both of them at the hospital.
"I need help over here." He said as he walked out of the dark corner he had used to avoid exposure. Two nurses and a doctor ran with a stretcher towards them.
As Cole put Phoebe on the stretcher, she opened her eyes and said: "Don't leave me."
"I won't." He replied, holding her hand in his.
Phoebe was very weak but she was using all her strengh to open her eyes and it was asking her a lot to talk to him, but she needed to talk to him, to hear his voice, to know he was still here by her side.
The nurses started to push the stretcher and the doctor started to examine Phoebe. To Cole's relief, no one asked what had happened. He brushed Phoebe's hair out of her face and he said: "It's gonna be okay."
"The baby..." Phoebe mumbled.
"The baby will be fine, don't worry the doctor will fix everything." He told her.
Phoebe nodded and said: "Love you."
"I Love you too honey." He replied, smiling at her.
"Sorry sir... You have to let us do our work." One of the nurse said as they entered the emergency room.
"No... don't leave me." Phoebe complained.
"I'll be waiting right outside." Cole told her.
He kissed her on the forehead and said: "Be strong, I love you more than anything."
With that Phoebe drifted to sleep coz of the injection the nurses had gave her and Cole reluctantly left the room.
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Cole was sitting in the waiting room, he had left Phoebe since one hour already and he was really worried, it was taking too long. Paige, Piper and Leo arrived at the hospital and ran towards him.
"What happened?" Piper asked him.
Cole was shocked and almost unable to speak, in one hour he had imagined the worst, losing Phoebe, losing the baby, losing the both of them.
"I... I fought him and... and he knocked me out just like you... and... when I woke up... Phoebe was... she was bleeding and he was gone... her tummy was bleeding and I... I called you but... but you didn't wake up... I didn't know what to do... so I... I shimmered here." He explained.
Paige hugged him and said: "You did the right thing."
A doctor walked towards them and said: "Excuse me Sir."
Cole turned around and looked at him.
"When Phoebe arrived here, she was seriously hurt, we've tried everything to save her and the baby but..." He started.
As the doctor was talking, Cole's heart simply stopped beating as he listened carefully.
"We only could save the mother, you daughter couldn't survive. I'm sorry. You can see Phoebe in the room number 174." He finished and walked away.
Cole fall on his knees and started crying. Phoebe was okay and it was a really good thing but he had lost his daughter, his baby girl. The one he loved with all his heart even if she wasn't born. Both of Piper and Paige knelt down on the floor and hugged him tight. He couldn't breath, he was too shock, the world was collapsing around him, he couldn't believe it, it couldn't be true. But he realized that Phoebe was be feeling the same, even worst, he had to be by her side; he took a huge breath and closed his eyes.
He opened his eyes, got up and said: "I have to see her, she can't be alone in that moment."
Piper, Paige and Leo both nodded. Leo had tears in his eyes and the girls were both crying.
"We'll go back to the manor and take care of the kids, don't worry about them, just stay with Phoebe and tell her we all love her very much." Piper said.
Cole nodded and left them to see Phoebe.
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He slowly opened the door of the hospital room and walked towards her bed. She was sleeping, he took her hand in his and more tears rolled down his cheeks.
Phoebe woke up slowly and whispered: "Cole."
"I'm here." He said, squeezing her hand.
"Cole..." She repeated.
"Shh, don't talk honey, you're weak and you need to rest." He told her, trying to fight tears back.
"I... I don't feel the baby Cole... I don't feel the power and the magic of the baby." She said, she was deadly worried. She knew what it meant but she didn't want to believe it. It couldn't be true, her baby couldn't be gone.
"I'm sorry honey." Cole told her and he bent down to hug her tightly.
Phoebe realized that she wasn't dreaming, it wasn't a nightmare, it was real... she had lost her baby.
"I'm sorry." Cole repeated, they were both crying and even being in each others arms couldn't ease the pain.
Cole pulled apart and kissed Phoebe on the forehead.
"I'm so sorry Phoebe." He said again.
"I... I need to be alone... just for a while... please." Phoebe asked him.
Cole nodded even if the last thing he wanted was to leave her, but he knew he had to. He wanted to stay with her and hold her to try to make her feel better, but if she didn't want him to be here, he wouldn't force her.
He looked at her one more time and turned back. As he was about to walk away, she called him.
He turned back and she asked: "Was it a girl?"
Cole sadly nodded and said: "Yes, it was a little baby girl." And with that, he left the room and sat down in a corner next to the door room.
Phoebe was feeling as if she just had lost a part of herself. She was feeling empty, the worst thing was that her belly was still rounded but her baby was gone. She knew it was a little girl, she was feeling it, ever since she found out she was pregnant, she knew that another little girl would joining the family soon. But now... everything was different. Well knowing that Cole wanted to stay with her, she had asked him to go away. She just wanted to be alone, she needed too, it was probably hurting him not to hold her but she couldn't help it. She remember the look in his eyes, the very same look of sadness when they had found out that Lizzie was sick when Phoebe had given birth to her and Tom.
Cole was on the floor, his head in his hands, still crying when Liz shimmered next to him.
"Daddy?" The little girl questioned.
Cole looked up and said: "Lizzie? What are you doing here? Someone could have seen you shimmering."
Liz looked down and explained: "It's just that I was missing you and... and Auntie Prue didn't want to tell me where you were so I closed my eyes and I thought about you really hard and I appeared here."
The little girl was at the verge of tears and Cole took her in his arms and held her tight.
"It's okay, I don't think anyone saw you shimmering." He said.
"Where is Mommy? Why are you sad? Why are you crying?" Liz innocently asked.
"Mommy is in this room, she is resting. And... I'm sad because..." He started to explain. How could he explain to his daughter that the baby they were all waiting for was dead?
"You remember that bad guy?" He asked.
Liz nodded, she was looking at her father with attention.
"Well... Mommy fought against that bad guy but... he hurt her and... and he hurt the little baby too. Mommy is strong so she is fine now, she only needs a lot of rest but you know the baby was really little and not very strong... and he went away." Cole explained and he was now waiting for Liz to say something.
"You mean the baby is with Grams?" She asked.
"You can say that." Cole replied.
"Why didn't you save her like you did with me?" She asked again.
"Because I couldn't." Cole answered.
"That's not fair." She said and started crying in her father's arms.
"I know baby, I know." Cole said and he started crying again, still holding his daughter tightly.
Prue had just orbed in the hallway near the hospital, she had felt that Liz was there and it wasn't really surprising. She walked in and found Liz curled in her father's arms. She sat down on a chair and let them together for a while. It was true that Prue had never really liked Cole because he was a demon, because he was putting Phoebe's life in danger every second he was near her, because of a hundred reasons. But seeing him like he was now, a wonderful father, Prue could only see his human side. She knew he was good in the inside and he had proved it many times.
After a while, she slowly got up and walked next to him, she knelt down and said: "I'm sorry Cole."
She kissed him on the temple and he whispered: "Thank you."
"I'm gonna take Liz back to the manor." She said.
He nodded, kissed his daughter on the forehead and said: "Come on Lizzie."
The little girl got up and said: "You take care of Mommy, okay?"
"Of course baby." He said before kissing her on the cheek.
"I love you Daddy." She said hugging her father tightly.
"Me too sweetie." He told her.
"Tell Phoebe I love her." Prue said.
"Yeah, tell Mommy I love her too." Liz added.
"I will, now go, Tommy is probably worried." Cole told them and with that, both of Prue and Liz went away.
Cole took a huge breath and decided to go back in Phoebe's room. He slowly opened the door and looked inside the room. As she heard the noise of the door opening, Phoebe turned her head to see Cole.
"Can I come in?" He asked. Once again, he was at the verge of tears and his throat was so tight that it was hurting to talk.
Phoebe nodded in answer and Cole walked in and closed the door behind him. He sat down on the chair next to the bed and looked down. He had so many things to tell her, but the words weren't coming out, he didn't know where to start.
"I always thought that when he would be dead, our life will be just like a dream... But he's dead and everything is just a nightmare." Phoebe said.
"If you ask me to, I'll change things, I'll go to the underworld and sell my soul so you'll have our baby back." Cole told her, not looking at her because he was crying.
"You would do that?" She asked.
He nodded and finally looked at her.
"I would do everything for you and our family." He said.
"I don't care if I suffer in hell for eternity to bring our baby back, it can't be worst than seeing you suffering and not being able to do anything." He explained.
"I don't want you to leave me, I wouldn't make it without you. Maybe what happened had to happen, maybe it was mean to be and in that case... we can't do anything to change it. We have to accept it and live with it. Life has to go on, we have Tom and Liz, they need us... And maybe one day, we'll have another baby... if you want to." Phoebe said.
Cole nodded and said: "We'll have as much babies as you want."
They were both crying and Cole hugged Phoebe tight and they continue to cry in each others arms for a while.
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Once Phoebe had stopped crying, Cole pulled apart and kissed her on the forehead.
"I want to go home Cole." She told him.
"I don't think it's a good idea, you need to rest and you have everything to get better here." He explained.
"Please, I can ask Leo to heal me and I'll rest at home, in our bed, in your arms... Please." She begged, she couldn't bear hospitals, she hated it.
"Okay, I'll see what I can do with the doctor. I'll be right back, try to rest honey. I love you." He said before kissing her on the forehead once again and leaving the room.
Phoebe closed her eyes and tried to rest.
"I told you she was here." Liz said as she shimmered in the hospital room with Tom.
"Shh, she's sleeping, can't you see it?" Tom told to his sister.
"Hey my babies, come over here." Phoebe said with a smile as she opened her eyes.
Both of the kids walked towards her bed and Phoebe told them to climb on the bed which they did.
"I'm sorry Mommy, I know Daddy told me not to use my powers but Tom and I, we... we wanted to see you." Liz explained.
"Is the baby really gone?" Tom asked with tears in his eyes.
Phoebe nodded, trying to fight back tears.
Tom looked down and whispered: "That's not fair."
"It's going to be okay Tommy." Phoebe told him as she hugged him.
"Now you both are going to lay down next to me and we'll rest, okay?" Phoebe proposed them.
They both nodded and laid down next to her, each to one side and they all closed their eyes. It was good to see them and to be with them, her family was her reason for leaving, she couldn't be any better when she was with them. Even through the pain which was killing her right now, it was good to be with her family.
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Cole came back in the room some minutes later, finding the three of them cuddling up. He walked closer to the bed and Liz opened her eyes.
"You shouldn't be here, young lady." He told her.
The little girl shrugged in answer and mumbled: "Wanted to be with Mommy."
"I know, it's okay." He told her, brushing her hair.
"What did the doctor say?" Phoebe asked.
"He's not really happy about it but, if you really want to leave, it's up to you, he can't fight it."
"Thank you." She told him with a little smile.
"Can we all go home now?" Tom asked.
"Huh... Well, I think that you and Lizzie should stay at the manor to let Mommy rest for a while." Cole explained.
The kids weren't really happy about it, but they knew that their mother had to rest.
Suddenly Prue orbed in.
"I didn't even have to sense you to know you were here." She said.
"Come on, now everyone let's go back home." Prue added.
"NO!" Tom stated.
"I want to stay with Mommy." He said.
"Come on Tommy, you know Mommy has to rest." Cole told him.
"Yeah but..."
Phoebe took her son in her arms and kissed him on the cheek.
"I love you baby and I'll be okay, you don't have to worry, Daddy's here to take care about me and I swear that everyday, Auntie Prue will have to orb you to me so that we can spend some time together. Okay??" Phoebe proposed.
Tom reluctantly nodded and Phoebe kissed him on the cheek again. Liz kissed her mother as well and Prue took hers and Tom's hand and orbed out of the room.
Phoebe tried to get up but she felt a sharp of pain in her stomach, Cole immediately held her and kissed her on the head.
"Going home right now is not a good idea, you have to rest more." He told her.
"I'll be fine, just shimmer me to our bed please." She told him.
Cole nodded even if he was still thinking that it wasn't a good idea at all, but he didn't wanted to upset Phoebe, what she was going through was enough. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and shimmered in their room.
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Phoebe was now sleeping peacefully, Cole was just holding her, watching her sleep and brushing her hair while being careful not to wake up her. She had fallen asleep immediately after that Leo had healed her. Her body was now completely healed, but for her mind and her soul, it was another problem. Cole didn't know how to make her feel better, she kept saying that the only fact to be in his arms was making her feel way much better but he really doubted that. He wanted to take away all her pain but he just didn't know how to do it, so for the moment, he was just staying with her and doing all she wanted, giving her what she needed. Lost in his thoughts, he didn't noticed she had woken up and was looking at him. She didn't know how much time she's been sleeping but she was sure that Cole had been watching her the whole time. She brought her hand to his cheek and smiled at him.
"Hi honey, how did you slept?" Cole asked her.
"Good, thanks." She replied with a smile.
"I think it's dinner time, what do you want me to prepare?" He asked.
"Nothing, I'm not really hungry." She told him.
"Honey, you have to eat something, even if Leo healed you, you have to eat and to rest a lot, now tell me what you want, and if we don't have it here, I'll get it for you." He said.
"Okay." Phoebe gave up.
"I'd like Sushi for the beginning, then pastas, French bread and a Crumble for dessert." She told him.
"Hey, looks like you're hungry finally." He said.
They both smiled and Phoebe told him: "Don't go for too long, I need you by my side."
Cole nodded and kissed her on the lips and shimmered away. He shimmered in all the countries where he knew he could find the best product Phoebe asked him, Japan, Italy, France... When he had found all the things he needed, he shimmered back in the kitchen and let Phoebe know he was here and preparing dinner. While he was cooking, Phoebe walked in the kitchen and without saying anything, she cuddled up in his arms, it's only when he wrapped his arms tightly around her that Cole realized that she was crying and it broke his heart.
"Shh, I'm here honey." He told her.
"Just let it go, it's okay." He added. Once again, he was at the verge of tears, he was being strong for Phoebe but he was devastated.
They both stood there, in the middle of the kitchen, in each other embrace, trying to find some comfort and to ease the pain. They were feeling good together but not good enough to feel better, not enough to forget that they had just lost one of the most precious thing on earth, their baby.
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