Eternal flame

Siamese - Yes, it will work out better if Pheebs n' Cole take it slow, but... how slow? You'll see what I mean in few chapters. Jason... well, he won't really faint. Just read this chapter and see.

sehar - I'm so glad you liked the chapter, and I'm also glad you agree with my point of view about Phoebe&Cole's relationship. I never liked any of Phoebe's boyfriends (especially MILES!) after Cole, because they were all just the cheap imitation of Cole. And, what's with Phoebe's taste? I mean - what do Jason, Miles, Drake and Leslie have in common with Cole? I wish Cole came back to stay after "Seven Year Witch", and that in season 8 there is just him with Pheebs...

Chapter 6 - The problem called Jason

11 days later, Piper and Paige were sitting in the living room and trying to convince Jason that Cole didn't kidnap Phoebe (the guy is nuts!). Jason, apparently, didn't believe it. In the middle of the conversation (which looked a lot more like the world war 3 - Paige and Jason were yelling at each other from different parts of the room), Phoebe and Cole appeared in the room.

"Phoebe!" Piper yelled, feeling a great relief. "Finally! It's so good you're back."

"It's good to be back." Phoebe said and hugged Piper. "Hi, Paige." she said and than hugged her baby sister. "Hi, Jason." she said.

"Hi, Phoebe." Jason said and tried to hug her, but she just turned around and said "Don't."

"Uh... Pheebs, are we going to tell your sisters about... us?" Cole looked at Phoebe.

"Of course. I can't really hide anything from them." Phoebe said, felling the eyes of entire room on her. "Jason, don't get angry, okay?"

"Angry?" Cole smiled at Phoebe. "He will explode from envy!"

"What are you two talking about?" Jason asked panickly.

Phoebe walked over to Cole and he pulled her into a passionate kiss. Piper and Paige stared at them, and then looked aside, because they were embarrassed. Jason, on the other hand didn't look aside. He looked straight at them. His blood began to boil. He didn't feel that anger ever before. "Stop that!" he yelled.

Phoebe and Cole stopped kissing and looked at Jason, both smiling. "Look, Jason..." Phoebe said. "It was never my intention to hurt you, or anything, but... You know that I love Cole. You knew that for awhile. I just couldn't lie to Cole and to myself anymore."

"I can see that this guy has affected you, Phoebe!" Jason said. "You don't care about anyone, but yourself anymore. Did you think for a moment how would I feel? You know I love you!"

"I have a name." Cole said. "Cole Turner, nice to meet you."

"Oh, so you're senile, too?" Jason replied sarcastically. "We already met, just in case you forgot. If you're senile, we should put you in retirement home. Yeah, that's a good idea. Than I'll maybe get the chance to fight for Phoebe's love."

"I told you he'll explode." Cole said loudly to Phoebe, knowing that Jason would hear it.

"Piper told me about your relationship in the past." Jason said to Cole. "All you did was hurting Phoebe. Now you want to hurt her again! Well, I won't allow that! You won't hurt the woman I love."

"Phoebe is not the woman you love, she is the woman you're obsessed with. There's a great difference between these two things." Cole said.

"Okay, STOP!" Phoebe yelled. "Jason, please try to calm down. Cole, from now on, you live in the Manor and sleep in my room."

"WHAT?" Jason yelled. "I don't believe this!"

"Jason, you live in the Manor, too. Cole has all the right in this world to live here. I need him here." Phoebe said, smiling at Cole. She grabbed his hand and they walked away from the living room.

"I can't believe this!" Jason furiously yelled when they left the room. "That son of a bitch!"

"Jason, try to calm down." Piper said. "I know you must be really hurt. I know how that is."

"No, you don't!" Jason yelled. "You are happy with your whitelighter! Did he ever hurt you like Phoebe just hurt me?" Piper just stared at him. "No, he didn't! He didn't! I can see it in your eyes!"

Phoebe and Cole entered her room. "Uh, Phoebe..." Cole said when she tried to kiss him. "I thought you said we'll take it slow. Maybe I shouldn't sleep here."

"Yes, you should sleep here." Phoebe caressed his face as she spoke. "Don't worry. We won' sleep together, we'll just sleep next to each other. Don't forget that the safest place I know is right next to you, so I will finally be able to sleep tranquilly."

"Okay." Cole said and kissed her gently.

"You know, I'll have to talk to Jason tomorrow." Phoebe said. "He didn't deserve this. I mean, he is the first man that I cared about after you. I know that he actually hoped I will choose him."

"Okay, do that. Talk to him." Cole said. "I don't have a problem with that. You love me, and by the way you said 'I cared about him', it's clear that you never loved him. Trust me, if I ever get jealous, it won't be Jason's fault."

"I'll never give you a pretext to be jealous." Phoebe said. Cole whispered something like "I hope so." and than pulled her into a passionate kiss. "For how long have I dreamed about this day..." she smiled.

"Me too. But I always thought it's just a dream. Well, it was natural, when I though you hate me." Cole said and looked at her. "Phoebe, I want you to promise me one thing - never, ever lie to me about your feelings. Promise?"

"Promise." Phoebe said, and then lay down on the bed. Cole lay right next to her. They cuddled and Phoebe placed her head on his chest. "I fell so safe with you, Cole."

"I know." Cole said and kissed the top of her head. "And I feel so blessed. I never thought I'd lay right here in your room and hold you in my arms. I never thought I'd hear 'I love you' from you."

Phoebe just smiled and soon, they both fell asleep. Phoebe had a weird dream. She dreamed that Cole and her were standing in front of the altar and suddenly, the demons shimmered in. She screamed and Cole started fighting them, but it turned out that they're invincible. Three of them grabbed Cole and shimmered out. She woke up and screamed.

Cole woke up when he heard her screaming. He looked around to see if there were demons in the room, but since there weren't any, he concluded that she just had a nightmare. "Shhhh..." he hugged her gently and confronted her. "Shhhh... Don't worry, honey. It was just a dream. It's alright. Shhh... It's okay." he whipped her tears away.

"Cole... I love you. Don't leave me... Ever." Phoebe whispered and hugged him back.

In that moment, the light turned on and they saw Jason, Piper, Leo and Paige standing in the room. "What happened?" Piper asked panicly when she saw Phoebe crying and Cole hugging her.

"Don't worry." Cole said. "It's nothing. She just had a bad dream. You guys go back to bed. She calmed down already."

"Oh, thank God!" Paige yelled. "I was scared to death!"

"Why were you?" Cole asked. "She is with me, is she? You all know that I'm willing to give up my life for Phoebe. I would never let the demon to harm her." Phoebe looked up at him with a smile and he placed a light kiss on her lips. "She is safe with me." he finished.

"Yeah, right!" Jason yelled sarcastically. "She's safe with a demon!" he stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him.

"Oh, he really needs a brake." Paige rolled her eyes. "Well, sleep well, you guys." she said. Than she turned off the light and Leo, Piper and her left the room, leaving Phoebe in Cole's arms.

"It's all right, honey." he whispered and lay back in bad. Phoebe lay back, placing her head on his chest once again. He hugged her and she immediately fell asleep...

"Where are they?" it was 10 A.M. and Piper was serving breakfast and everyone was at the table, but Phoebe and Cole. "Phoebe never sleeps this long."

"Neither does Cole." Paige said. "They're probably still sleeping because of her nightmare. Gosh, she really did seem scared. It looks like Cole calmed her down before we got there, because that scream sounded pretty... disturbing."

"Yes, it seems like he did." Piper said and then looked at her husband. "Uh... Leo, could you and Jason leave us alone for a second?" Leo nodded and he and Jason left the room. "Thanks!" she yelled. "Paige, I want to talk to you."

"About?" Paige asked.

"Cole. When I saw him hugging Phoebe, I actually realized how much he means to her. And when he said all those wonderful things, I concluded that it's obvious he'd die for her. They love each other. I know it's against the rules, but... Screw the rules."

"You point is..." Paige didn't realize what was her sister trying to say.

"I think we should give Cole another chance. He deserves it. I never saw Phoebe looking so... safe, before tonight. She is finally happy. And who are we to destroy that happiness with not trusting Cole?"

"I agree." Paige said. "He deserves a chance. I was thinking about that last night, too. You see, even when Phoebe told him to go back to hell and that he came back to ruin her life, it never even crossed his mind to become evil again. That proves that he's good. And that proves that he really loves Pheebs."

"Talking about me?" Phoebe asked as she came into the dinning room with Cole.

"No, more about Cole." Piper said. "Cole... Paige and I decided to give you another chance."

"Thanks." Cole said, smiling.

"Oh, thank you so much." Phoebe said and hugged Paige and Piper. "You are the best sisters that a person can have."

"Well, we saw you so... protected last night. And Cole said the thing that only a man who is truly in love would be able to say, so..." Paige said.

"But, Phoebe, you will have to talk to Jason, you know." Piper looked at Phoebe seriously. "He is in a really bad mood lately."

"I know and I will." Phoebe said. "But, breakfast comes first!" she laughed as she sat at the table. Cole sat next to her. "Bon appetite." she laughed again...

Phoebe walked into the Jason's room. "Jason, can we talk." she said.

"Phoebe!" Jason smiled and got up from bed. "Of course we can talk. What about?"

"Uh... About future and... About Cole." Phoebe said and Jason immediately became angry.

"I don't want to talk about him, Phoebe." he turned around. "I wonder when will you realize you'll never be happy with him. He will only hurt you."

"Well, that's just the point, Jason." Phoebe said worriedly. "You are trying to be blind. Everyone but you noticed that I'm already happy with Cole. I am finally happy, Jason. I've never been this happy for a long, long time. Ever since Cole and I split up, and that was three years ago..."

"What? You'll tell me that you weren't happy?" Jason looked at Phoebe in disbelief. "Yes, you were. You were happy with me. We had the great time. That's why I could never forget you. You loved me, Phoebe."

"Actually... I didn't." Phoebe said and Jason's jaw dropped. "I'm an empath, Jason. I was an Empath even there. So, I could feel what you feel. And, all that time when we were together, I felt your love, so I thought I love you back, but I didn't. I'm sorry."

"Yeah, right. You really thought I'm gonna fall for it?" Jason laughed. He obviously thought that Phoebe was joking.

"I'm serious, Jason." Phoebe said. "And, even if I loved you, that's not the point. The point is I love Cole now. And you have to accept it, because you just can't live with so much rage. Open your eyes, Jason. There are so many girls in the world. I'm sure you'll find the perfect one for you."

"I already did." Jason said. "But that bastard stole her from me. It is you, Phoebe. You are the perfect girl. You loved me just the way that I am. You weren't interested in my money, like every other girl. You weren't interested in fame, either. You were only interested in me."

"I know, Jason. But, that's the past. You have to face that you are just the part of my past."

"No, I'm not. If I was the part of the past, I wouldn't be here right now. You wouldn't be talking to me, if I was the part of the past." he grabbed her and kissed her.

Picking the wrong moment to do it, Cole shimmered in the room. He saw Jason and Phoebe kiss, and that really hurt him. Deciding not to disturb them, he just shimmered back to the living room.

Phoebe finally escaped Jason's grasp and slapped him. "You'll regret for doing that!" Phoebe yelled and stormed out.

"Maybe, but it was worth it." Jason smiled and lay back on the bed.

...
Phoebe came downstairs to the living room and saw Cole looking straight in her eyes. Would you explain that kiss to me?" he asked.

"What?" Phoebe asked, not realizing what was he talking about.

"I just saw you kissing Jason." Cole tried to sound perfectly calm, though he was more than jealous. "Explanation, please."

"Well, just in case you failed to notice, he kissed me." Phoebe said.

"Right." Cole rolled his eyes and turned around.

"Cole!" Phoebe reached out for his hand as he turned around. He turned back and raised his eyebrows. "Cole, you know I love you and you also know I don't love Jason. He kissed me. I need you to trust me, Cole. I need you to trust me, like I trusted you so many times. Please, Cole."

Cole looked at Phoebe's eyes. He knew she was telling the truth, he could see it. "I trust you, honey." he said. "I really do."

"Thank you, Cole." Phoebe said and hugged him tightly.

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So, guys, how was this chapter? I truly hope you liked it, because I didn't sleep until 5 A.M. just to finish it. You were loyal reviewers, and I decided to pay you back now. I hope you review... I'm going to sleep :) :) :)