Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you
Well I should try to be strong
But baby you're the right kind of wrong
ya, baby you're the right kind of wrong
It might be a mistake
A mistake I'm makin'
But what your givin I am happy to be takin
Cause no one's ever made me
The way I feel when I'm in your arms
Cole woke up and looked to see Piper but didn't see her beside him. 'She probably left. I was stupid to think Piper would actually stay with me.' Cole thought miserably. He swung his legs over the bed and walked out to the living room. There he was surprised to see Piper sitting on the couch eating a bowl of cereal.
"Piper? You're still here?"
Piper turned around and saw Cole standing in his boxers. She smiled. "Of course I'm still here. You didn't think I would leave did you?"
Cole sat down beside Piper after he poured himself a bowl of cereal. "Yeah, I kinda thought you did."
Piper smiled and reassured him that she wouldn't leave him. "I'm sorry you thought that. You were asleep and I didn't have the nerve to wake you up. Did you know you look very cute when you are sleeping?"
Cole blushed at Piper's compliment. "So did you ever talk to Leo?"
"Yeah I did. We agreed to stay together as long as Leo promised never to drink again."
"Piper..." Cole warned.
"What? I know Leo and I have had some problems but we fought too hard to be together to throw it all away for one stupid mistake." Piper told him.
"One stupid mistake? One stupid mistake would be if he didn't orb to you guys during an attack. But that didn't happen. He hit you at least twice. How can you be so forgiving towards him?"
"Oh believe me; I am pissed at him for hitting me. He doesn't even seem to remember what happened. He doesn't even remember that you came back. The day we ran into each other at the club. Maybe that's why I can forgive him. He doesn't know he hurt me." Piper defended her husband.
"I better be going soon. Can I take a shower here?" Piper asked. She ignored the silence from Cole since he asked about Leo. Cole nodded his head and gave her a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt to change into after her shower.
Piper came out of the shower and saw Cole was lying on his back on the couch with his eyes closed. Cole had been thinking about Piper and her situation.
Piper walked over to him and crawled on top of him so she was sitting on his chest with a leg on either side of him. Cole opened his eyes. "Piper what are you doing?"
Piper smiled down at him. "Something I should have done awhile ago." Piper leaned down and kissed him passionately. As much as Cole loved the kiss he pulled away.
"You're married to Leo. We can't Piper. I'm sorry." Cole moved away from Piper.
Hurt and disappointment shined in Piper's eyes. "I know. Can we at least be friends?"
Cole smiled at her. "Absolutely." If he couldn't be with Piper then he would settle for just being friends. Piper looked at the clock and saw it was almost 11 o'clock. "I better go now. I don't want Phoebe thinking another demon kidnapped me." Piper giggled. Cole laughed.
"Ok. I'll talk to you later then." Piper nodded and drove home to the manor.
At the Manor
Leo was sitting on the couch. He was extremely angry at Piper. He couldn't find her so he sensed her and found that she was with Cole!
Leo saw Piper walk through the door and called out to her. Piper turned around and saw the angry look on his face.
"What is it Leo?" Piper asked.
"How could you be at that half-breed's place? What were you thinking?" Leo screamed at her.
"What are you? A peeping whitelighter? Are you spying on me now?" Piper screamed back at him.
"I couldn't find you so I sensed you. I was surprised to sense you at Cole's penthouse. What are you thinking?" Leo asked furious.
"It's none of your business." Piper turned around to walk to the kitchen. Leo grabbed her arm roughly before she walked away.
"It is my business. He could hurt you Piper. I am not going to lose you." Piper pulled her arm away and stared him in his eyes.
"No one can hurt me more than you did, Leo!" Piper yelled at him. Piper ran upstairs and locked herself in her bedroom.
Leo stared at the spot where Piper was standing. He never felt more ashamed and guiltier than he did at that moment. He made a promise to himself that he would make it up to Piper. Somehow, someway, he would make it up to her.
Piper was lying on her bed. She had started crying. It seemed that all she did lately was cry.
"Piper, my darling." A voice said.
Piper looked up and saw Grams was standing at the foot of her bed. "Grams? What are you doing here? And how come you're not transparent?" Piper said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I'm a whitelighter now. I needed to talk with you." Grams explained.
Piper nodded to let Grams know to continue. "What are you thinking?!"
"What do you mean?" Piper was taken back by Grams' outburst. She hadn't heard Grams yell since she was a teenager and even then she would yell at Phoebe.
"Spending the night at Cole's. Piper, are you crazy? He could seriously hurt you. Then the power of three will be ruined!"
"Is that all you care about? The power of three?" Piper accused.
"Of course not!" Grams defended. Piper had gotten Grams' stubborn gene. It was always tiring when they argued with each other.
"Well, if you were watching over me then you would see that Cole would never hurt me! He cares about me, Grams! He may be a demon but he isn't evil!" Piper defended Cole.
"Just like he cared about Phoebe? He loved her more than anything but yet he tried to kill her! What makes you any different?"
"He tried to kill her 2 years ago when Prue was alive! He never tried to when he was the Source or when he became invincible."
Grams didn't say anything. "He may be Balthazar again but he wouldn't hurt me. He is pure good now. There isn't an ounce of evil in him. Trust me, Grams."
Grams had been wondering something since she arrived there. "Just tell me something. Do you love him?"
Piper remained quiet for awhile. "I honestly don't know. I know I have feelings for him that go beyond friendship but I don't know if I am in love with him."
Grams hugged Piper. "I am going to watch over you. I want to make sure what you are saying abut Cole is true. I don't want anything to happen to my girls." Piper smiled. Grams orbed out.
Piper walked down to the kitchen and saw Phoebe was sitting on Jason's lap. They were locked in a kiss. Piper cleared her throat to let them know she was in the room.
"Oh hey Piper!" Phoebe said. "You're home!" Jason waved to her.
"I am just getting something to drink, and then I will leave you guys to go back to doing your thing." Piper opened the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of water. "Oh Pheebs, do you know where Paige is?"
"Yeah, she left for work. Her number is on the fridge. Why?"
Piper felt uncomfortable around Jason suddenly. She tried to be as discreet as possible. "You know that thing that happened yesterday? I think she knows who did it."
"Paige and Leo found out together. Leo then told me. It was a demon named Triton. He works for the Triad. He delivers witches to them. They then steal their powers and depending on how powerful they will turn that witch evil. Usually though, they will just kill the witch."
Piper was shocked. She then looked over at Jason. "Er...Phoebe..." Piper started.
"He knows about us being witches. He is totally fine with it." Phoebe smiled and kissed Jason.
"Yeah, my mom was into witchcraft. She wasn't a witch though. I kind of grew up around that stuff." Jason explained seeing the shocked look on Piper's face.
"So the Triad? I thought Cole vanquished them." Piper asked. She then saw Phoebe flinch at the mention at his name. "I'm sorry Phoebe." Piper apologized.
"It's ok. You're right. Cole did vanquish them. Maybe Cole coming back as Balthazar brang back the Triad."
"Who is Cole?" Jason asked.
"A mistake I made. He is a demon who I married. I don't want to talk about him." Phoebe told him.
"Well, let's focus on Triton right now. We need to check the book." Piper told them.
"Ok. Jason maybe you should go home. I don't want something to happen to you." Phoebe told him.
"Are you sure?" Phoebe nodded and Jason kissed her good-bye then left.
"Ok. BOS." Piper said. She started walking towards the attic.
"BOS? Oh! Book of Shadows!" Phoebe said to herself. She ran to the attic.
In the Attic
Piper flipped through the pages of the book. "Ah! Here he is." Phoebe stood beside her sister.
"There is a spell and a potion. Let's get to work on that potion."
Piper and Phoebe went over to their potion table that they had set up in the attic. It was more convenient than walking down to the kitchen.
After 15 minutes they finished the potion. Phoebe called Paige and told her to orb home.
Paige orbed into the attic. Piper was scrying for Triton. "I found him. Phoebe has the spell and I have the potions. Come on Paige. Orb us there."
Paige grabbed Phoebe's and Piper's hand. They appeared in a cave. They saw Triton talking with another demon. "Yo, Demon breathe!" Phoebe yelled. The two demons turned around. Piper flicked her wrists and the other demon blew up. Triton didn't even flinch.
"The big powerful Charmed Ones came to vanquish me, did they?" Triton said in a sarcastic voice.
They each threw their potion vials at him. A white smoke encircled him. "Phoebe, the spell!" Paige reminded her.
Phoebe pulled out the spell and they each chanted the words written on the page.
Take this demon,
Banish him from our sight,
Through time and space,
This evil now erase.
Triton burned up in flames and then blew up. "He's gone now." Piper said.
"Every time someone says that they tend to come back." Phoebe teased.
Paige orbed them home to the manor. They spent the rest of the afternoon demon-free.
A.N: Thanks for all the reviews! Please keep R&R! Flames are allowed!
Well I should try to be strong
But baby you're the right kind of wrong
ya, baby you're the right kind of wrong
It might be a mistake
A mistake I'm makin'
But what your givin I am happy to be takin
Cause no one's ever made me
The way I feel when I'm in your arms
Cole woke up and looked to see Piper but didn't see her beside him. 'She probably left. I was stupid to think Piper would actually stay with me.' Cole thought miserably. He swung his legs over the bed and walked out to the living room. There he was surprised to see Piper sitting on the couch eating a bowl of cereal.
"Piper? You're still here?"
Piper turned around and saw Cole standing in his boxers. She smiled. "Of course I'm still here. You didn't think I would leave did you?"
Cole sat down beside Piper after he poured himself a bowl of cereal. "Yeah, I kinda thought you did."
Piper smiled and reassured him that she wouldn't leave him. "I'm sorry you thought that. You were asleep and I didn't have the nerve to wake you up. Did you know you look very cute when you are sleeping?"
Cole blushed at Piper's compliment. "So did you ever talk to Leo?"
"Yeah I did. We agreed to stay together as long as Leo promised never to drink again."
"Piper..." Cole warned.
"What? I know Leo and I have had some problems but we fought too hard to be together to throw it all away for one stupid mistake." Piper told him.
"One stupid mistake? One stupid mistake would be if he didn't orb to you guys during an attack. But that didn't happen. He hit you at least twice. How can you be so forgiving towards him?"
"Oh believe me; I am pissed at him for hitting me. He doesn't even seem to remember what happened. He doesn't even remember that you came back. The day we ran into each other at the club. Maybe that's why I can forgive him. He doesn't know he hurt me." Piper defended her husband.
"I better be going soon. Can I take a shower here?" Piper asked. She ignored the silence from Cole since he asked about Leo. Cole nodded his head and gave her a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt to change into after her shower.
Piper came out of the shower and saw Cole was lying on his back on the couch with his eyes closed. Cole had been thinking about Piper and her situation.
Piper walked over to him and crawled on top of him so she was sitting on his chest with a leg on either side of him. Cole opened his eyes. "Piper what are you doing?"
Piper smiled down at him. "Something I should have done awhile ago." Piper leaned down and kissed him passionately. As much as Cole loved the kiss he pulled away.
"You're married to Leo. We can't Piper. I'm sorry." Cole moved away from Piper.
Hurt and disappointment shined in Piper's eyes. "I know. Can we at least be friends?"
Cole smiled at her. "Absolutely." If he couldn't be with Piper then he would settle for just being friends. Piper looked at the clock and saw it was almost 11 o'clock. "I better go now. I don't want Phoebe thinking another demon kidnapped me." Piper giggled. Cole laughed.
"Ok. I'll talk to you later then." Piper nodded and drove home to the manor.
At the Manor
Leo was sitting on the couch. He was extremely angry at Piper. He couldn't find her so he sensed her and found that she was with Cole!
Leo saw Piper walk through the door and called out to her. Piper turned around and saw the angry look on his face.
"What is it Leo?" Piper asked.
"How could you be at that half-breed's place? What were you thinking?" Leo screamed at her.
"What are you? A peeping whitelighter? Are you spying on me now?" Piper screamed back at him.
"I couldn't find you so I sensed you. I was surprised to sense you at Cole's penthouse. What are you thinking?" Leo asked furious.
"It's none of your business." Piper turned around to walk to the kitchen. Leo grabbed her arm roughly before she walked away.
"It is my business. He could hurt you Piper. I am not going to lose you." Piper pulled her arm away and stared him in his eyes.
"No one can hurt me more than you did, Leo!" Piper yelled at him. Piper ran upstairs and locked herself in her bedroom.
Leo stared at the spot where Piper was standing. He never felt more ashamed and guiltier than he did at that moment. He made a promise to himself that he would make it up to Piper. Somehow, someway, he would make it up to her.
Piper was lying on her bed. She had started crying. It seemed that all she did lately was cry.
"Piper, my darling." A voice said.
Piper looked up and saw Grams was standing at the foot of her bed. "Grams? What are you doing here? And how come you're not transparent?" Piper said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I'm a whitelighter now. I needed to talk with you." Grams explained.
Piper nodded to let Grams know to continue. "What are you thinking?!"
"What do you mean?" Piper was taken back by Grams' outburst. She hadn't heard Grams yell since she was a teenager and even then she would yell at Phoebe.
"Spending the night at Cole's. Piper, are you crazy? He could seriously hurt you. Then the power of three will be ruined!"
"Is that all you care about? The power of three?" Piper accused.
"Of course not!" Grams defended. Piper had gotten Grams' stubborn gene. It was always tiring when they argued with each other.
"Well, if you were watching over me then you would see that Cole would never hurt me! He cares about me, Grams! He may be a demon but he isn't evil!" Piper defended Cole.
"Just like he cared about Phoebe? He loved her more than anything but yet he tried to kill her! What makes you any different?"
"He tried to kill her 2 years ago when Prue was alive! He never tried to when he was the Source or when he became invincible."
Grams didn't say anything. "He may be Balthazar again but he wouldn't hurt me. He is pure good now. There isn't an ounce of evil in him. Trust me, Grams."
Grams had been wondering something since she arrived there. "Just tell me something. Do you love him?"
Piper remained quiet for awhile. "I honestly don't know. I know I have feelings for him that go beyond friendship but I don't know if I am in love with him."
Grams hugged Piper. "I am going to watch over you. I want to make sure what you are saying abut Cole is true. I don't want anything to happen to my girls." Piper smiled. Grams orbed out.
Piper walked down to the kitchen and saw Phoebe was sitting on Jason's lap. They were locked in a kiss. Piper cleared her throat to let them know she was in the room.
"Oh hey Piper!" Phoebe said. "You're home!" Jason waved to her.
"I am just getting something to drink, and then I will leave you guys to go back to doing your thing." Piper opened the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of water. "Oh Pheebs, do you know where Paige is?"
"Yeah, she left for work. Her number is on the fridge. Why?"
Piper felt uncomfortable around Jason suddenly. She tried to be as discreet as possible. "You know that thing that happened yesterday? I think she knows who did it."
"Paige and Leo found out together. Leo then told me. It was a demon named Triton. He works for the Triad. He delivers witches to them. They then steal their powers and depending on how powerful they will turn that witch evil. Usually though, they will just kill the witch."
Piper was shocked. She then looked over at Jason. "Er...Phoebe..." Piper started.
"He knows about us being witches. He is totally fine with it." Phoebe smiled and kissed Jason.
"Yeah, my mom was into witchcraft. She wasn't a witch though. I kind of grew up around that stuff." Jason explained seeing the shocked look on Piper's face.
"So the Triad? I thought Cole vanquished them." Piper asked. She then saw Phoebe flinch at the mention at his name. "I'm sorry Phoebe." Piper apologized.
"It's ok. You're right. Cole did vanquish them. Maybe Cole coming back as Balthazar brang back the Triad."
"Who is Cole?" Jason asked.
"A mistake I made. He is a demon who I married. I don't want to talk about him." Phoebe told him.
"Well, let's focus on Triton right now. We need to check the book." Piper told them.
"Ok. Jason maybe you should go home. I don't want something to happen to you." Phoebe told him.
"Are you sure?" Phoebe nodded and Jason kissed her good-bye then left.
"Ok. BOS." Piper said. She started walking towards the attic.
"BOS? Oh! Book of Shadows!" Phoebe said to herself. She ran to the attic.
In the Attic
Piper flipped through the pages of the book. "Ah! Here he is." Phoebe stood beside her sister.
"There is a spell and a potion. Let's get to work on that potion."
Piper and Phoebe went over to their potion table that they had set up in the attic. It was more convenient than walking down to the kitchen.
After 15 minutes they finished the potion. Phoebe called Paige and told her to orb home.
Paige orbed into the attic. Piper was scrying for Triton. "I found him. Phoebe has the spell and I have the potions. Come on Paige. Orb us there."
Paige grabbed Phoebe's and Piper's hand. They appeared in a cave. They saw Triton talking with another demon. "Yo, Demon breathe!" Phoebe yelled. The two demons turned around. Piper flicked her wrists and the other demon blew up. Triton didn't even flinch.
"The big powerful Charmed Ones came to vanquish me, did they?" Triton said in a sarcastic voice.
They each threw their potion vials at him. A white smoke encircled him. "Phoebe, the spell!" Paige reminded her.
Phoebe pulled out the spell and they each chanted the words written on the page.
Take this demon,
Banish him from our sight,
Through time and space,
This evil now erase.
Triton burned up in flames and then blew up. "He's gone now." Piper said.
"Every time someone says that they tend to come back." Phoebe teased.
Paige orbed them home to the manor. They spent the rest of the afternoon demon-free.
A.N: Thanks for all the reviews! Please keep R&R! Flames are allowed!