Return of love

A/N: I'm soooo sorry for long delay, but I had a really hard time at school and I had to study a lot, so I didn't have time to write something… But, now holidays (blessed be!) came, so I can do whatever I want all day!

Chapter 6 – Peace and fight

Phoebe lay on her bed. Sunrays were shining through the window of her cabin. She thought about what happened a few days ago, with Cole. She didn't see him since than, because he closed himself in his cabin and the only ones who could get in were Max and Kimberly. He would probably let Phoebe in, too, but she didn't even try to go near his cabin, she was hurt way too much. "If only you know what you've done to me, Cole…" she whispered. But, before she could whisper anything else, she heard knocking on her door.

"Hey, Pheebs, it's me, Max, may I come in!" Phoebe heard. She quickly brushed away the tears from her face and than she yelled "Yes, of course."

"Would you say the same thing if I was Cole?" Maxim came in and closed the door.

"Please, don't remind me of that bastard…" Phoebe rolled her eyes.

"Look, Pheebs, I talked to him, and it's not his fault, really. I know that you're gonna yell now, but… he suffers more than you do, because he feels guilty, too."

Phoebe closed her eyes to prevent tears from coming out of them. "Well… that's because he locked himself in his cabin and he's not coming out all day." Phoebe said "Tell him to him to try leading a normal life, like I'm trying. I mean, he has that bitch who kissed him" she rolled her eyes, and was trying to say 'yeah, right'.

"But, Phoebe, Cole didn't kiss her, when are you gonna…" Maxim's words were interrupted by Kimberly's voice.

"May I come in?" Kim knocked on the door.

"Uh… aha." Phoebe answered.

"What's the aha?" Kimberly looked surprised.

"It means 'yes' or 'sure'" Phoebe looked at Kim… 'She looks so much like Cole' she thought 'They have the same eyes, the same deep-blue, sea-colored eyes.'

"Uh… what's up here and where's my stupid brother?" Kim turned around to see that Cole's not around.

Phoebe raised her eye-brows at Max, who mumbled something like "Oh, God, I forgot to tell you…"

"Tell me what?" Kim looked at her boyfriend.

"Well… Phoebe and Cole broke up." Maxim tried to speak as fast as he could "She caught him kissing some bitch in his cabin, so she broke up. He begged her to forgive him, but she doesn't want to, and that's why Cole didn't come out of his cabin for days."

"Wait… WHAT?!?" Kimberly yelled "Oh, my God, what bastard did Cole transformed himself into…" she said, more to herself. "Do you know what her name is?"

"He mentioned something like…Clara." Phoebe said.

"Oh no…" Kim looked terrified "Not Clara… That bitch that's working on your ship?"

"Yes, that one."

"Well… Phoebe, Clara is chasing Cole, it's no secret. He sued her once for that, but she escaped in the other country before the court has brought the legal action against her. Phoebe, I can swear that Cole didn't kiss her, I'm sure that she kissed him, and you just came in at the wrong moment."

Phoebe's eyes were wide open and she was looking at the ground. She couldn't believe that she trusted more to the bitch that kissed Cole, than to the love of her life, it seemed impossible to her. "I… I gotta go." she quickly left her cabin and closed the door behind her. She ran to Cole's cabin and knocked on it's door. "Cole, it's Phoebe. May I come in?" she yelled. She heard a noise and than Cole opened the door. He was wheat and he had only a towel around the waist. When she saw him, she laughed. "I… I was having a bath." he mumbled.

"I can clearly see that…" Phoebe still laughed. "Can you, please, get dressed; I'll attack you otherwise…"

"Phoebe, why are you here?" Cole looked at her suspiciously.

"I… Well, your sister told me everything about Clara and I… I just want to say that I'm sorry, for everything. Can you please forgive me, at least one day?"

Cole smiled. "Phoebe, I love you, for God's sake, of course I can forgive you!" he yelled and than he kissed her. She kissed him back, but when they stopped kissing, her shirt was all wheat. Cole laughed when he saw her like that.

"You just couldn't help it, could you?" Phoebe looked at him.

"No, I couldn't, and now you're going to bath with me!" Cole still laughed at her.

"Yeah, right…" Phoebe tried to say something, but Cole lifted her up and started to walk towards the bathroom. "Cole!!!" Phoebe laughed and screamed at the same time "Cole, you're crazy!!! Put me down!!! I order to you to put me down or I'll kick you out of my ship, so you'll have so swim behind us!!!"

"Forget it, I'm not putting you down!" Cole laughed, too.

"No, Cole, listen to me!!! Cole!!! Listen: Why don't you get dressed and than we can talk, okay?!?" Phoebe tried to trick Cole to put her down, but her laugh made it sound like a trick, so Cole didn't even care about her words. "Cole, if you love me, put me down!" On those words, Cole immediately put her down, but he still laughed.

"Okay, you win" He said "I'm going to get dressed, and then…" He laughed and went to get his clothes. He returned in a minute, but now he was wearing his boxers… only his boxers. He saw Phoebe who was trying to sneak out of his cabin.

"Oh, no you won't!!!" He yelled and they both started to run. Phoebe ran out of his cabin and right onto the main deck, laughing loudly, and Cole followed her. When the crew saw Cole in his boxers only, they all looked at them and stopped working. Every female in Phoebe's crew stopped breathing, looking at Cole's butt and the mussels. Cole ran to Phoebe, and she ran in the opposite direction as quick as she could, but than she ran to the end of the deck. She looked at the sea when somebody pushed her and she fell over the fence, right into the blue sea.

"PHOEBE!!!" Maxim and Cole screamed and they ran to the fence. Without thinking 'bout what he was doing, Cole jumped after her. He grabbed her around the waist and Max threw them a ladder. Cole climbed, holding Phoebe in the other hand. He coughed, but Phoebe was without conscience. They put her on the floor of the deck and Max yelled "Call a doctor!!!"

"Why does she need a doctor, when she has Mr. Turner? I'm afraid that he won't be happy if doctor gives her mouth-to-mouth, will he?" one crewman said and all the crew laughed.

"No, he wouldn't, but I would like to know who pushed me down!" Phoebe woke up and now she was looking at her crew. "Go on, answer me!"

"It was… Clara." Kimberly said furiously. "That… bitch!!! I swear that I'll kill her one day, I swear!!!"

"Well… At least we did have a bath together. Not very comfortable bath, though…" Cole whispered at Phoebe's ear. She just smiled, but than her smile faded away.

"Cole… I got something to tell you." she whispered. "Follow me, okay?" Phoebe got up and, followed by Cole, she left the main deck and entered her cabin. "Look… Thank you very much for saving my life, but... I still have something bad to tell you…" Phoebe kept looking at the ground.

"What… You have a boyfriend or something?" Cole looked at her. She laughed, so he felt easier…

"Exactly." Phoebe looked at him and his heart froze. "He… Well, Mark was with me when I was broken, he helped me to forget you, to forget all my concerns and that's why I think that… I mean, I know that I won't leave him. The part of my heart loves you, but the other part loves him. I'm sorry, but… Don't expect any kind of relationship with me. He is waiting for me at Rancune, and we… We're getting married. Sorry…" Phoebe turned around and left the cabin. Cole just remained in there, staring at the wall, not believing in what he just heard…

The other part of the trip to "La Rancune" was very uncomfortable: Phoebe&Cole didn't speak (again), Cole was broken, and Phoebe just felt relief for telling him the truth. Kimberly didn't want to speak to Phoebe, either, and Max spent most of the time with Phoebe, so Max&Kim separated, too. The crew was feeling like they have so many things to gossip about, so there were 20 gossips in one day that, of course, got to Phoebe&Cole&Kim&Max, so they were all desperate. When they got to Rancune, everything was ready for Phoebe&Mark's wedding. It was very special day for Phoebe, because she had to make a very important decision…

"Pheebs, are you happy? We're finally getting married! We're going to have lots of kids, right?" Mark looked at his girlfriend.

"Oh, I am happy, honey, but the kids… they come later." Phoebe smiled.

"Of course." Mark agreed. "They come after our honeymoon. The Bahamas, right. And, I almost forgot to tell you this: we're staying two months."

"That long?!?" Phoebe was shocked.

"Well, we both need a brake from our duties. It's a good way for us to relax." Max smiled.

"Oh, well, okay."

Five hours later…

"After you two confess to these people and to our God that you'll love each other forever, you're creating an unbreakable connection that no person is able to separate. So, I'm asking now if anyone has anything about this marriage, because if he does, he must say it now, or he will have to shut his mouth forever…" the priest looked around. "So, if nobody is having anything against your marriage, I'm asking you, Mark Dawson, do you accept to take Phoebe Halliwell as your lawfully wedded wife? Do you promise to love and respect her in good and bad, in sickness and health, in poorness and richness, until the death splits you two apart?"

"I do."

"And do you, Phoebe Halliwell, take Mark Dawson to be your lawfully wedded husband? Do you promise to love and respect him in good and bad, in sickness and health, in poorness and richness, until the death splits you two apart?"…

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So, what do you guys think? What will Phoebe say? I already know, but do you know? Well… you can always guess and, of course, R&R!!!