Chapter 4

This chapter is dedicated to Cole-Phoebe- lover, my biggest fan. Which is kinda crazy, coz I'm HER biggest fan!

Paige woke up that morning feeling very nervous. Today was the day that she was going to see Cole again. How would she cope? After all, she did hate the man.

She had a shower, pulled on some clothes and went downstairs for breakfast. Only Piper was in the kitchen.

"Morning!" she said, doing her best to sound cheerful, and not at all worried. "Where is everyone?"

"Wyatt's in bed and Leo was summoned up there earlier."

"What 'bout Pheebs?"

"Her!" laughed Piper, "Up before 11 o' clock at the very earliest! Unlikely!" Then, lowering her voice she said, "actually, I don't think she could face you. Haven't you noticed how strange she's been around you all week?"

"Well, yes."Admitted Paige. It was true. Phoebe had been avoiding her ever since they found out that she was going to be Cole' whitelighter. "But why? Just because I'm Cole's whitelighter now? I mean, I gotta admit, I'm not to happy about it either, but she seems almost MAD at me about it!"

"Oh come on Paige! Isn't it obvious! She's jealous!" seeing Paige's confused look, she explained hurriedly "I know she's supposed to be over him now, but she's obviously not. We're not allowed to mention Cole's name, Michelle Branch is banned form the house and I can't remember the last time she went on a date. And now you get to see Cole all the time, where as she's not even allowed to mention his name in case we figure out that she still has feelings for him!"

"What?! She got over him years ago! Remember? There was that whole thing where he went evil and insane? You know, mummified her, tried to open the Nexus, that sort of thing?" seeing the look on Pipers face she quickly changed tack. "Well, maybe, but surely she would talk to us about it, wouldn't she? We're her sisters!"

"Yes but neither of us are exactly great fans of Cole's are we?" She shrugged. "Maybe she thought we wouldn't understand. And anyway . . .

Piper was interrupted when Leo orbed in. He kissed Piper, and turned to face Paige. He did not look happy.

"Whoa, Leo. Did I do something wrong?" exclaimed Paige.

"Not you. The Eldars" He said thickly. He seemed to be so angry he was having trouble getting words out.

"Wait a minute! The Eldars? What the hell did the Eldars do this time?!" said Piper.

"Sorry. I'm not supposed to tell you. Paige can explain when she gets back"

Gets back? Where am I going? Okay, Leo I know you're angry, but you're gonna need to explain a little bit more cos we have no idea what you're talking about." said Paige with a confused look on her face.

"Up There. The Eldars want to see you"

"Really? Wow! But why? I mean, I've been an official whitelighter for years now, and I've never been allowed up there before." Said Paige.

"When a whitelighter is given a charge with a lot of history, The Eldars give he or she a briefing. They tell you their past and any information you might need to know in your dealings with them. Things you might not have known before." As he spoke, he seemed too angrier. Neither Paige nor Piper had ever seen him like this before.

"But that's nuts!" exclaimed Piper "Nobody knows Cole as well as we do, especially Paige. She's always been the one who could figure him out. And as for his history, well considering the fact that he was marrying my baby sister, I think I did enough researching into his past, don't you? We already know everything there is to know."

"Yes, but it's tradition." he said with difficulty.

He was obviously lying. There was another reason for this, they were sure of it. But what else was there to know about Cole? They already knew everything about him.

There was silence for a moment. Eventually it was broken by Paige.

"Well, what ever the reason is, I guess I have to go up there don't I? Are we going now?"

"Yes. Come on. I'll be back soon Piper." He kissed her again and took Paige's hand. They then orbed out.

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