DISCLAMIER: I do not own the Charmed characters. This story is for entertainment purposes only, unless you don't like Piper with anyone other than Leo.

SET: Season Four. Piper & Leo are married, Phoebe & Cole are married. Cole's not evil (just sexy)

Cole woke up the next morning to the smell of coffee. He groaned as he rolled over to look at the clock. It was almost ten. Phoebe wasn't home yet. He slipped out of bed, and made his way over to the bathroom so he could shower.

Piper was eating a bowl of cereal when Cole finally came downstairs. "Morning." he said to her, as she poured a cup of coffee.

"Morning Cole." she said softly. Piper was getting upset with Leo. He hadn't come home again last night. Piper knew it was her fault the was upset, but she wished he would talk to her instead of running from her. She didn't know what to do.

"Where is everyone?" Cole asked her.

"It's just us again. Paige and Leo didn't come home last night. And I am assuming Phoebe didn't either?"

"Nope. She didn't come home or call." Cole said, not bothering to make an excuse up for Phoebe this time.

Piper didn't know what to say to Cole, so she didn't say anything. She watched him as he began to make himself toast.

She could tell he had just come out of the shower. His hair was wet, and slightly messed up. He had on jeans and a white t-shirt. The jeans clung to his figure, accenting everything.

Piper groaned to herself. He looked so sexy, she wanted him right then and there. God, how could she have these feelings for Cole? Why couldn't she feel like this towards Leo?

Piper was feeling even stranger, because not only was she physically attracted to Cole, but she was beginning to feel even more for him. She was feeling something she couldn't really explain. She looked forward to spending time with him. She laughed with him, and felt comfortable with him. Just like when she had cried on him about Prue last night, she felt totally at ease doing it.

Piper sighed as she stood up and put her cereal bowl in the sink. She had to get over this. She had to talk to Leo and make things right. This was crazy.

"I've got to get to the club. It's stock day." she told Cole, as she grabbed her keys.

Cole was getting ready to say goodbye to her, when he noticed something gray forming beside her. "PIPER!" he yelled out, even as he jumped from his chair.

Piper gave him a weird look, not understanding why he was yelling, when a demon appeared beside her. It was gray from head to tow, and smelled like sour water.

She screamed and jumped away from it. Piper threw her hands up to blow the demon up, just as Cole was forming an energy ball. They blasted the demon at the same time, and it screamed as it collapsed in blue smoke.

"That was easy." Piper said, looking around.

"Too easy." Cole said, walking towards Piper. Before he could reach her, another demon blinked in front of Piper. It grabbed her by her hands so she couldn't flick them to use her magic. Cole formed an energy ball, and even as he raised it and let go, a third hand emerged from under the demon's long robes. The third hand was holding a large sword, which the demon was raising up to stab Piper with.

Cole flung the ball at the demon as hard as he could. The demon disappeared in a red steam as the ball hit it. Cole ran to Piper and grabbed her. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks Cole. We better call Phoebe and Paige, and get to the Book of Shadows." she said, starting for the attic.

"Piper, there's no need, I know what that was." Cole said.

"What was it?" Piper asked.

"A Sue." Cole said.

" A Sue? It was a girl?" Piper asked him.

"Yes. Sues are lower level female demons. They prey on beautiful women, and kill them to they can inherit their body. Once they inherit the body, that body becomes the demons human form." Cole said. "My guess is, she didn't even know you were a witch or Charmed One. She probably just saw you out and thought you were beautiful." Cole said.

"So she's gone, and we don't have to worry about more?" Piper asked.

"No, Sue demons travel alone. They don't get along with each other. There won't be anymore problems from them." Cole reassured her.

"Okay, if your sure. Then I am going to get to the club." Piper said. "Thanks Cole. I'm glad someone was here, if you hadn't have been, that Sue would have killed me."

"Your welcome Piper, I'm glad I was here." Cole said. He watched her leave. She was wearing blue jeans and a red shirt. Her hair was laying loose over her shoulders.

'It's no wonder the Sue wanted her body, she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.' he thought. Cole was angry that Leo hadn't been there to protect Piper. Cole thought Leo had some way to sense his wife when she was in trouble, yet Leo hadn't shown up. Damn that Wyatt. He should be protecting his wife, not leaving her as demon bait, so he could do god knows what.

Piper pulled up to the club and let herself in. It was going to be a long day. She hated stock day. She especially hated today, because she was going to find out what was going on with Leo after work. The shock of the Sue demon had made her decide she needed to get things worked out with him. She didn't know how she felt about Leo anymore, and she didn't know how Leo felt about her, and that wasn't good.

Plus, she needed to work on her crush on Cole. That was going to have to go away, and soon, it was driving her nuts.

Piper went about stocking, waiting on Tony to come in so she could leave, and find her husband.