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Chapter 25
Cole's Past
"You know you are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen," Cole whispered in Phoebe's ear as they lay on top of Cole's bed together.
"I bet you say that to all the girls," Phoebe grinned.
"Yeah," Cole said bluntly.
"Huh," Phoebe said pretending to go in the huff and turning away from him.
"But I've never meant it before now," Cole added turning Phoebe back round to face him.
He kissed her making her stomach do a somersault.
"Do you believe me?" Cole asked.
"Em…yeah I think I do," Phoebe grinned.
"Good," Cole began to kiss her again.
"But, you know," Phoebe said stopping the kiss, "I'm curious to know about the other girls in Cole Turner's life, I mean you know all my ex boyfriends but you've never mentioned any old girlfriends, I mean you have had ones before me right?" Phoebe asked curiously.
""Yes, I have had girlfriends before you," Cole said.
"So what were they like, I mean do you go for long legs Linda, Sexy Susan, Plain Jane?" Phoebe asked.
Cole laughed, "I don't really have a type,"
"Oh come on everyone has a type," Phoebe said.
"Okay then, you're my type," Cole said.
Phoebe smiled, "You're a hard nut to crack Cole Turner,"
"I know," Cole smirked.
"Okay so if you can't tell me what type you like why don't you tell me about one of your old girlfriends," Phoebe was not giving up.
"Phoebe can we just drop this," Cole said a little annoyed.
"Come on Cole, why can't you tell me?" Phoebe asked, "What could possibly be so bad you can't tell me, we can tell each other anything, remember."
"Sarah Crawford," Cole said standing up off the bed.
Phoebe could sense a lot of emotion from him as he said the name but she couldn't tell what it was, pain, sadness or anger.
"An old girlfriend?" Phoebe asked.
"Yep, but she was different, at least I thought she was, we were together for 6 months, she was so different from my other girlfriends, she was beautiful, funny, smart and I was a bit of a troublemaker to be honest, I couldn't believe it when she asked me out," Cole said.
"What happened?" Phoebe asked carefully, realising it was a touchy subject for him.
Cole sighed, "It was the school dance and we went together, I went to get her some punch and when I came back she was gone, so I went outside to see if she was there and…" Cole stopped his voice breaking slightly.
"Cole it's okay you don't have to," Phoebe said comfortingly.
Cole ignored her and carried on, "And I saw her and my best friend Darren Craig kissing, touching…really just all over each other," Cole looked like he was about to be sick at the memory of it.
"Cole, I…" Phoebe didn't really know what to say.
"They were the two, well the only people I could talk to or trust, my dad was always drinking and out all the time so they were really great to have then suddenly I had no one,"
"Is that what made you turn to drugs?" Phoebe asked.
"I guess," Cole sighed.
"Cole I'm so sorry," Phoebe said.
"Don't be, that's all in the past now, once my dad was taken in to get his stomach pumped for the millionth time he met Leo's mum, a nurse and they both got on really well, she would sit with him for ages and come in on her days off and see him, then she recommend he have counselling, which he'd been offered before and refused but because she said it, he did it and it wasn't long before they were a couple and he was completely clean," Cole said a slight smile appearing on his face.
"But Cole they were together when you moved up here and you were still…you know," Phoebe said.
"Well everything was fine, we were like a proper family the three of us then Leo came onto the scene, you see he lived with his dad but he had just died so he moved in with us to be with his mum and my dad treated him so much better than me, he would always say that Leo was the son he never had, Leo was so perfect, clever, funny, well behaved, good mannered and then there was me," Cole trailed off.
Phoebe suddenly got up off the bed and threw her arms around him tightly, something she realised she should have done a while ago.
"It's okay, everything is fine now and I promise it always will be as long as we have each other,"
And it was a promise she intended to keep.
"Okay I'm off up for a shower," Paige said getting up from the dining table
"Wait you mean as you'll be using a towel…off the rack?" Piper asked nervously.
"Well I will need to dry myself," Paige answered eyeing Piper strangely.
"Well can I nip to the toilet first," Piper said quickly leaving the room.
"Okay what was that all about?" Paige asked no one in particular.
"Okay Piper just look at it, it's now or never," Piper told herself.
She took a deep breath and moved towards the rack.
She felt between the towels for the test and gripped it with her fingers.
And she stayed in that position for a minute.
"I bet Prue wasn't this nervous," Piper thought, "She was probably brave and looked at it straight away,"
She heard a bang on the bathroom door.
It made her jump and she lost her grip on the test and it felt onto the bathroom floor with a clatter.
Paige banged on the door again and it sprang open.
"Piper," Paige began then she looked at the test on the floor.
"Oh shit," Piper cursed.
She couldn't believe she forgot to lock the bathroom door.
"Piper, what is that?" Paige asked already knowing full well what it was.
"It's a pregnancy test," Piper admitted.
"Oh," Paige looked at Piper, "And are you?"
"I don't know, I've been to scared to look," Piper admitted again.
Paige nodded.
There was an awkward silence.
"It should have been Prue that walked in, at least she would know what to say," Paige said.
"You don't need to say anything," Piper said, "I'm just glad you're here,"
Paige smiled and went and gave Piper a hug.
"The moment of truth, eh?" Piper said pulling away from Paige after a minute.
"If you are, you know we're all here for you," Paige assured her.
"I know," Piper said bending down to pick up the test.
She looked up from the test to Paige.
Paige gave her an encouraging nod.
"It's negative," Piper said quietly.
Paige took a moment to digest what she was saying.
"Oh, well that's good then, isn't it?"
She scanned Piper's face for happiness or sadness.
"Yeah, yeah, of course it is, I mean you know Grams would go mad and what would Leo say and then there's school and…" Piper trailed off.
"Great then," Paige said.
"Great," Piper repeated then a few tears fell from her eyes.
"Oh honey, whats wrong?" Paige asked moving closer to Piper again.
"I don't know, I mean how can I be upset over something I never had?" Piper asked.
"You know you'll make a great mum someday but that day isn't today," Paige said putting her arm around Piper.
"You think?" Piper asked.
"Of course but for the time being I guess you're just going to have to make do with being an aunt," Paige smiled.
"That's not a bad job," Piper smiled too.
They hugged.
"So you going to be okay?" Paige asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Piper answered, "Oh and Paige, thanks,"
Paige smiled, "That's what sisters are for,"
"So did you have a nice birthday?" Grams asked Prue as she cleared the last plate away form the table.
"It was fine," Prue answered.
"Good, so how is my little grandchild today?" Grams cooed.
"Hmmm," Prue muttered.
"Is he or she making mummy grumpy again?" Grams asked in a babyish voice.
Prue gave a weak smile.
Grams bent down and rubbed Prue's stomach.
"Why is my stomach suddenly like public property," Prue snapped.
"Sorry," Grams said.
"No I'm sorry, I'm just sick of people, sometimes strangers even coming up and touching my stomach, it feels weird," Prue complained.
Piper walked into the kitchen looking a lot more relaxed then she had at dinnertime.
"Hi, little niece or nephew," she cooed patting Prue's stomach.
"See what I mean," Prue said.
"What did I do?" Piper asked.
"Hormones," Grams whispered to Piper.
The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it," Piper offered.
"Prue, it's Andy," Piper shouted once she opened the door.
Prue suddenly brightened up Grams noticed.
"Hi," Prue smiled at him.
"Hi, I just thought I'd pop round wish you happy birthday and see how you are," Andy said handing her an envelope.
"Thanks," Prue said," Do you want to come in?"
"Em, sure," Andy said following her into the sitting room.
She set the card on the coffee table before she sat beside Andy on the couch.
"So how's my little baby today?" Andy asked rubbing Prue's stomach.
Grams watched from the doorway, Prue didn't flinch or moan at Andy, infact she looked happy when he touched her stomach.
"Woah," Prue said.
"What?" Andy asked.
"The baby kicked," Prue said happily.
Grams watched them both smile happily at each other and she knew there was still hope for them yet.
Sorry to those of you who wanted Piper to be pregnant but it doesn't really fit into the ending of this story or the story lines in the sequel
Anyway please review and I'll try and update soon!