CHAPTER 2

Phoebe was the first one to reach the door. She opened it and saw someone unexpected. Cole. Phoebe stood there, speechless, not knowing if she'd have to invite him in or not. Her sisters approached her.

Paige : Oh my God I thought he was…

Piper : He was dead, well that's what we thought.

Cole : So Phoebe can I come in ?

Phoebe : Um no. You were dead.

Cole : You're not happy to see me ?

Phoebe : I don't know. I'm a bit lost right now. By the way how do I know if you're good or evil ?

Cole : Listen to your heart !

Phoebe : Easy for you to say. You don't have one.

Cole : Phoebe I still lov-…

Phoebe : Stop it. Don't even try to say it. You don't love me. You can't love anybody. When I thought you loved me you turned me evil, remember ? Is that what you call love ? You wanted me to be as bad as you are. Now go away !

Phoebe shut the door and Cole stayed on the other side.

Piper : Wow I never thought I would see him again.

Paige : You did the right thing Phoebe. We don't know whether he's evil or not.

Phoebe : How dare he say he loves me ? What are we gonna do now ?

Piper : Wait and see what happens. See if other dead people come back.

Paige : Hope it's not because of my spell.

Piper : I told you not to use magic for personal gain.

Phoebe : It's okay Piper, we already talked about this. And it was personal gain.

Piper : Sorry girls.

When they arrived in the living room Leo and Chris appeared. From the way they looked the girls knew there was something going on. Something not good. Nothing to be happy about.

Leo : Hi guys. We have something to tell you about.

Paige : Let me guess. There's something going on ?

Chris : How do you know ?

Phoebe : Maybe because Cole came today.

Leo : Cole ! Are you sure ?

Phoebe : Um yeah. Piper and Paige were also there. He was here for a few minutes before you both came in.

Chris : It's weird.

Leo : Yes, really weird.

Piper : So what did you want to talk to us about ?

Leo : We don't know exactly but lots of weird stuff is happening out there. Did one of you cast a spell for personal gain ?

Paige looked ashamed.

Paige : Why do you say that ? Doesn't weird stuff happen all the time ?

Chris : She's got a point Leo.

Leo : Paige, you used magic for personal gain?

Paige : I think I can say I did.

Leo : Paige you know you can't.

Paige : I know but…

Phoebe : Okay guys it's too late to talk about this now so let's talk about the real problem.

Leo : Was Cole evil or good ? Was he a ghost ?

Phoebe : We don't know. He just wanted to say he still loves me and I didn't even invite him to enter. I shut the door and he left.

Chris : Leo why don't we go back up there and try to get to know more about what's going on and then we'll come back and tell the girls.

Piper : Don't you forget it's Christmas ? We have a dinner together tonight with the family, remember ?

Chris : Oh yeah I almost forgot.

Piper : Hope this means you're happy about it.

Chris : Sure.

Leo : Sure we won't forget.

Phoebe : What are we going to do now girls ?

Piper : What about shopping ?

Chris : Don't you think you have better things to do ?

Piper : No. Christmas is once a year and demons are there everyday so they can wait one more day, can't they ?

Chris : Why are you so excited about Christmas this year ?

Piper : You weren't even there last year so how can you know how excited we're used to be ?

Leo : Listen Chris, she's more excited about Christmas this year cause it's Wyatt's first Christmas.

Chris : I didn't think of that. Come on Leo we gotta go back up there.

Leo : Sure.

There were about to go when Piper stopped them.

Piper : Chris you go and Leo you stay here and look after Wyatt while we're out shopping.

Piper didn't let Leo the time to protest. The sisters took their jackets and left the manor. They went shopping to buy food and other stuff even if the manor was full of that thanks to the spell. They wanted to try to act like normal humans. They actually had fun during their shopping and they even bought several clothes. They ate at Mc Donals for lunch and they came back at the manor around 2 p.m. Once the girls were back Leo left. They prepared the food and got dressed for 6.15 p.m. The family was due for 7:00. Someone knocked at the door. The girls looked at each other.

Phoebe : Don't look at me I don't wanna go. I don't wanna see Cole again if it's him.

Piper : Okay I'll go.

Paige felt relieved about not having to answer the door. Phoebe and she decided to wait in the living room. Piper opened the door and was amazed by who she found. Several guys were there with flowers. Piper invited them to enter and they all went in the living room.

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