Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed and any of the characters... but I want, I want, I want....

Just one last day

Cole caught sight of a little boy sitting on the ground silently and came closer to him.

"Who is this sweet boy?" he picked Wyatt up and smiled at him "Hi, little buddy, what's your name?"

"Get off my son or I will kick your invincible ass, and trust me, it will hurt!"

"Ow, I don't know your name but I know without doubt who your mother is." he grimaced at Wyatt who giggled.

"Don't worry mom, his not gonna hurt him. Look, Wyatt doesn't fear him, otherwise he will use his protective shield." Chris looked at Piper "Why isn't he using his protective shield? He always uses it when he doesn't know somebody."

"But he knows me."said Cole still grimacing at Wyatt.

"What?! How did you mean it?!"

"I was the first one who played with him. Do you remember Piper? You were invincible, I was invincible... you tried to blow me up, I threw a few energy balls at you... it was fun. Sorry that I didn't help you to tidy the rooms we destroyed, but I was a little, you know, mad."

"Yeah, I always liked this 'mad' stories, they are the funniest, do you remember the guillotine?" said Chris grinning.

"What if Cole is the one who will turn Wyatt evil?" Piper turned to Chris quickly.

"Turn evil? Wyatt?" Cole smiled at Wyatt "such a cute boy and evil future?Wait, that reminds me somebody... me. I was very cute boy, but I didn't have blond hair and you don't have demonic mother."

Cole saw Piper's look that was telling 'how can you compare Wyatt to yourself, bastard', he turned to Wyatt and added "maybe you do."

"C'mon Cole, every mother is sometimes demonic."

"Hey! You were making me feel dizzy all the time, you're still kicking me inside the womb and now you are saying you have demonic mother?!"

"I... I wanted to say every mother is sometimes demonic..." Chris's brain was working hard "except for my mommy, of course, because she's the greatest mom in the world" He looked at Piper uncertainly. She was smiling.

"OK, you saved it."

"As the greatest mom in the world I have a question, Cole, because you haven't told us yet : What are you doing here? Did you just want to say 'Hello' or has your visit an another purpose?"

"Well, as I said, after the last time you vanquished me and I escaped from Wasteland, I became an Avatar. I had enough time to thing about my life, about myself, about you. I realised that everything was over, that there was no way of winning Phoebe back. You won't believed, but I visited a shrink who send me to a group therapy. It was really funny, so many ridiculous people who thought they were witches or demons. It helped me to get rid of my madness. For the first time in my life I wasn't torn between two things, you know just peace of mind. But after a few months I felt something was wrong, something I missed, I didn't know what but I felt it was important. One day I went for a walk in the park and I saw all the happy people, kids, their parents, grandpas and grandmas. I was standing there and staring at them. Then I realised what was the big hole in my heart I couldn't fill, I was missing a family." Cole tried to hold back the tears and looked at everyone in the room "I... I... I missed you." he rubbed his eyes "I'd never had a family. Then I met you. You know that I wanted to kill you, I wanted to get rid of the Charmed Ones once and for all, but I couldn't. Phoebe awakened the human in me. She showed me what it means to love and be loved. She, you all, showed me the meaning of word I'd never understood, the real meaning of family. That there always is someone who loves you. There always is someone who hates you and doesn't trust you... for example Paige and Prue. I don't remember one day they didn't want to dispose of me. And finally, there always is someone who accepts you, who tries to see the good in you." he looked at Piper and Leo "I had never have friends before, just people who were afraid of me. I found friends in you. Look at Leo, he's a Whitelighter. Do you know any demon who would co-operate with a Whitelighter? I did and not only because I had to, but because I took to him, I liked him. I liked a Whitelighter, it was freaky. I liked witches, I was saving the innocents. And that all because of you, because I was a member of your family, you made me feel something I'd never felt before, you made me feel like I belong."

When he finished he was almost crying. It was hard for him to acknowledge everything he said. He saw the people he called them family a few moments ago and the tears started to run down his face. He looked at the little boy he was still holding. Wyatt smiled and hugged him. After a while he orbed his teddy bear and gave it to Cole. Cole stopped crying. He rubbed his eyes and showed a smile.

"But this wasn't the information you wanted to know, right Piper?" She didn't answer, she was just staring at him hiding her tears.

"So what am I doing here? I came here to ask you for one last day I want to spend with you, with my family... one last day. After this day I will disappear from your lives.... forever. But if you'll need me, just call and I'd be here only for you." he gave Chris a smile then turned to 3P and Leo:

"Just one last day."