Piper crossed her arms. "What do you mean we can't get a divorce?!" She practically yelled.
"Piper, if we get a divorce then that'll mean we are really over." Leo said.
Piper stood up and wanted to slap Leo but restrained herself. "Things are over between us Leo. I love Cole, not you. I'm sorry." She said. She turned away from Leo and was about to walk away.
"How can you love Cole? You hardly liked him before he died." Leo stated.
Piper turned around and flicked her wrists at Leo, wanting him to blow up then remembered he was mortal. Piper started yelling. "Cole was there for me when I needed someone! He never caused me any pain unlike you! He gave me a shoulder to cry on and comforted me. I saw a side of him that I never knew…or bothered to know before. He didn't care about some damn rules or what people would do if they knew about us! He wanted to be with me no matter what! He is caring, sweet, and GOOD! He loves me for who am I and doesn't try to change that! You always wanted things your way and never cared about I wanted!" She screamed.
Leo stood there, silent and dumbfound. "Piper…" He started.
"Don't Piper me! Just leave!" She said motioning toward the door.
When Leo didn't move, Cole started moving toward him. "You know, I haven't killed anyone in almost 3 years. But I can change that." Cole said threateningly. An energy ball formed in his hand. Piper placed a hand on his arm and Cole lowered his hand.
"Don't Cole. He is human now, you can't kill him. No matter how much you want to." Piper said. The energy ball in Cole's hand disappeared. Piper turned to Leo. "You already signed the divorce papers. I am going in tomorrow to get an official divorce." Piper said.
"Piper, don't do this!" Leo pleaded. He didn't want to lose Piper.
"Out!" She screamed and pointed to the door. Suddenly, Leo flew out of the door and the door slammed shut. "Oh my god, what the hell was that?!"
Cole shrugged his shoulders. "Your powers must be growing." He suggested.
"From freezing and blowing things up to telekinesis?" She asked sarcastically. She looked down at her hands, not able to understand how she did that to Leo.
Cole pulled Piper into his arms. "I don't know. But we'll figure it out."
Piper laid her head on Cole's chest. She leaned up and kissed him. "I know who I am going to ask." She said. "Can you shimmer us to the manor?" She asked. Cole nodded and wrapped his arms around her waist and shimmered them to her house.
MANORPhoebe was out with some friends while Paige was out with her boyfriend, Drew.
Piper and Cole appeared in the living room and then she ran up to the attic. Cole followed behind her.
Piper placed out six white candles in a circle. She recited the spell she knew by heart.
Hear these wordsHear my cry
Spirit from the other side
Come to me
I summon thee
Cross now the great divide
A swirl of white lights appeared and formed into her mother.
"Piper? Cole?" Patty asked confused as to why they were together. Piper noticed this.
"I'll explain everything later. I need to ask you something though. Why is that I threw Leo out of the room when I pointed to him?" She asked.
Patty sighed, hoping she wouldn't have to ever tell Piper. "I knew you would find out eventually but I was hoping I wouldn't have to explain it."
"Why? What's going on?" Cole asked.
Patty glared at Cole. She had no clue what was going on between Piper and Cole or anything that had happened in the last 6 months. "This is between Piper and myself." Patty said menacingly. "Maybe you better go." Cole saw Patty was angry and wanted him to leave. He didn't want to go but thought he should.
"No Cole, don't leave." Piper said grabbing his hand. "I want you here." She smiled. Cole smiled back at her and decided to stay. "Mom, what is going on with my powers?"
Patty sighed. "Sweetie, when you were born an Elder came to us and said you would grow up to be the most powerful witch the world has every seen. Now I thought that was crazy because Prue was the oldest and the oldest was said to be the most powerful of witches. But while you were growing up your powers matured slower than your sisters but they were more powerful. You could freeze entire rooms when you were 3! Your Grams and I had no choice but you bind your powers for we feared how powerful you would actually become. Well, when you were about 4 I had a premonition…one where you stood on this cliff wearing a white gown, looking like a true goddess. You had powers beyond belief. I knew you could always handle it. But I didn't know how you would handle knowing the truth." Patty told her daughter.
Piper stood there in shock. "How is this possible?" She asked. "Prue was always the strongest of us."
"Your powers matured slowly while Prue's and Phoebe's developed faster. When you received molecular combustion you feared you couldn't handle it…that it was too powerful for you. But you controlled faster than most witches than witches control their powers. The same thing goes for your temporal stasis power. It took awhile but all your powers should come to you now."
Piper stared at her mother. "This can't be happening! I'm not powerful, ok! I'm a lousy witch with lousy powers! I don't want to be all-powerful super witch! I want to be normal. Not some freak with powers beyond belief, ok!" She said loudly. Her whole body shook. She didn't want this. She wanted to be normal with a normal boyfriend and a normal life. But she was anything but normal, with a non-normal boyfriend and a definite non-normal life. She felt her knees go weak and she fell to the floor.
Cole gathered Piper in his arms and stroked her hair. "Piper, you can handle this." He said into her ear.
"No, I can't. I don't want to handle this." She said crying.
Cole kissed her hair and stroked her hair. "Piper, I am going to be by your side through this, ok? You won't be going through this alone." Cole looked out the window as he heard tree branch bang off the window. It was pouring heavily and thunder was cracking in the sky. Lightning light up the sky as well. He realized the storm didn't start until Piper heard the news about her powers and she became upset…really upset. "Your sisters will be there to help you out as well."
"No, Cole. You don't understand. I don't want these powers. Take them back." She said with her head buried in Cole's chest.
"Piper, this is what you were destined for." Patty said.
"I don't care!" Piper screamed. "I can't handle this."
Cole lifted her chin up with his finger. "Piper, what is really upsetting you?" He asked gently.
"I'm scared, ok? I'm scared I can't handle this. I'm scared I won't be able to control them. I'm really scared." She admitting. She laid her head down on his shoulder and didn't want to move out of his arms. She felt so safe and calm in his arms.
Cole wrapped his arms tightly around her small body. "You don't have to be scared. I'll be here to help you through this. I promise."
Piper and Cole stayed their on the floor while she cried in his arms…hoping to get rid of some of her fears.
"Piper? Are you here?" She heard Phoebe and Paige call after her. They walked up in the attic and noticed the scene before them.
"What's going on?" Phoebe asked confused.
