Eternal flame

TrueLoveLivesForever - It's a very good idea to call the baby Julian. I'll use your idea to call Phoebe&Cole's son Julian, but not this son, another one (I'm speaking in riddles!) :) This son is called David. Thanks 4 being a loyal reviewer!

sehar - Do U really think I would kill Cole? Never. It never even crossed my mind to do it. I can't live without him. Brad Kern already killed him in the show, I won't do the same in my fics. Don't worry - Cole's alive. I didn't mention him in the last chapter 2 see if U guyz would think he's dead, that's all. Thanks 4 bein' a loyal reviewer.

Siamese - I admire your optimism. Give me some! I'll tell U something - I wrote chapter 16 especially 4 U! Really! I tried to fool U, so U'd think Cole's dead, but I couldn't. U R just 2 smart. Thnx 4 reviewing!

Silveni - I'm upd8itng a chapter daily, so you got nothing 2 worry about. Thnx 4 reviewing!

mcgirl - Thnx 4 reviewing, here's more!

Chapter 17 - Passion in control

"Phoebe, Alyssa won't stop crying. I don't know what to do." Paige called Phoebe's cell phone. "What do you do when she cries?"

"Did you feed her 20 minutes ago?" Phoebe asked

"Yes. And she went to potty like 5 minutes ago, just before I gave her a bath." Paige complained. "David's good, though. He's playing hide-and-seek with Chris. But, Alyssa just can't stop screaming her guts out. I don't know what to do!"

"She just wants to get some sleep, than." Phoebe concluded.

"Sleep." Paige repeated. "Right. That didn't cross my mind. Well, I'll but her in the cradle in your room, since Wyatt, Chris and David are baby room, and they are really noisy. Well, did you have any luck at finding a job?"

"No, not really." Phoebe sighed. "I'm filling in a form right now. I already looked at three places, but I was too late. At one, the boss told me that I should be on a maternity leave; he'd hire me otherwise."

"Well, I told you a thousand times that you don't have to work. Prue, Piper and I are working. You should take care of your kids. I mean, who's gonna watch them tomorrow?" Paige asked. "Tomorrow is Monday, which means I have to go to work. Piper will be all about 'P3' since they're having that stupid inspection coming, and Prue will have to work, too."

"I know, but still..." Phoebe started, but Paige cut her off.

"But still what?" Paige insisted. "Tell me what would Cole want you to do?"

"I have to hang up, bye." Phoebe quickly said and hung up. She just couldn't talk about Cole. She tried to find a job, to do anything, just to distract herself. She was thinking about him all the time, and the pain was killing her. It was horrible. She was alone in the hall. "Cole..." she said painfully.

Suddenly, Cole appeared in front of her. "Hey, honey." he said, looking at Phoebe, who stared back at him, her eyes wide opened. "I'm sorry I didn't come to the Manor for two weeks, but the demons were chasing me, and I couldn't lead them to you."

"Cole..." Phoebe whispered. "You... Why didn't you let me know you were alive?" she yelled. Before he could say, or do anything, she continued. "We thought you were dead! You died in front of Piper, how did you come back?"

"What are you talking about?" Cole asked. Than he noticed that she's not pregnant anymore. "What happened?" he asked worriedly, looking at her stomach.

"I gave birth. Two months earlier, though." Phoebe said, and Cole smiled. His eyes sparkled in the same way her eyes were sparkling for two weeks. "We have kids?" he whispered happily.

"Uh-huh." Phoebe nodded. "A boy and a girl. David and Alyssa."

"Oh, my God!" Cole yelled and hugged her. He didn't kiss her, though. He knew she would hate him again if he does. "How are you?" he asked.

"I'm perfect now." Phoebe said. Before she realized what she's doing, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. Cole suppressed the shock and kissed her back. His arms slipped down her back and ended up on her waist. There was so much passion in that kiss.

They pulled apart after a couple of seconds. "Phoebe..." Cole said in serious tone.

"Don't say anything." Phoebe tried to avoid his gaze, but he placed his hands on her cheeks and turned her head towards his. "It was just an impulse."

Cole laughed. "An impulse. Yeah, right. Phoebe, you love me and I love you, too. We have kids now. We have to get back together. For them."

"Don't use our kids as a persuading means, Cole." Phoebe said, looking at him. "I chose what's right for us. Nina is..."

"I don't want to hear a word about Nina, Phoebe!" Cole raised his voice. "I can't believe you gave up on me after you swore you won't give up on me ever again. Phoebe, we love each other. I'll make sure that my son has everything he needs in life, but I have to be with you. I love you."

"Mr. Turner." They heard a voice behind them and saw Mr. Johnson. "I haven't seen you around for a long time."And Mrs. Halliwell, too. What brings you two here?" he asked.

Phoebe was struggling against a desire to run away when Mr. Johnson kissed her hand like a gentleman.

"I was filling this job form. I didn't know that you were the owner of this place." Phoebe said, showing the paper in he hands.

"Well, what a pleasant surprise." Mr. Johnson smiled. "It looks like I'll have the most beautiful secretary in whole state. You don't have to fill that." he took the qualification form from her hands. "You are more than qualified with that beauty."

"Okay, is this guy seducing my wife in front of me?" Cole thought jealously. "Well, it's a real shame that I won't allow her to work." he said.

"You what?" Phoebe yelled. She didn't really want to work for Eric Johnson, but she had to; it was really hard to find job. And now, when she finally found one, Cole will not allow her to work?

"Just like you heard." Cole said. "You gave birth two weeks ago, for God's sake! You are pallid and weak, and I can see it. You need a rest. You can't work.

"That's not a problem." Mr. Johnson said. "I'll give her a few weeks off, as a maternity leave and hire someone else while she's not working. She can rest as long as she wants to. You don't have to worry about this job, Mr. Turner. I can tell that your couple issues are more than enough."

Cole grabbed Phoebe's hand, muttered something like "Thanks. Goodbye." to Eric Johnson and left the building. As soon as they left, he shimmered to the Manor with Phoebe. They shimmered in her room.

"Okay, are you crazy or something?" Phoebe yelled. "You have no idea how hard it is to find a job, Cole! And now when I found one, I almost lost it because of you! Are you out of your mind?"

"Are you out of your mind?" Cole yelled back. "That bastard is seducing you in front of my very eyes! If he did that while I was there, imagine what will he do while I'm not there! The guy is obsessed with you! I have to protect you!"

"To me, that looked like jealous, not protecting!" Phoebe provoked Cole. She knew she was playing with fire, but she didn't care. "If you're worried that I'm gonna fell in love with him, or sleep with him, you're wrong!"

"You don't have to sleep with him willingly!" Cole kept yelling. "What if the guy's a maniac, like Jason? What if he attacks you? Phoebe, he is obsessed with you." he tried to make her understand. It hurt him that he had to yell, but that was the only way. "And yeah, I'm jealous. I'm jealous, because I love you! I LOVE YOU! I don't want to love you, but I do! I'm crazy about you!"

Phoebe looked at him in the eyes. The passion took control over her. She jumped in his arms and kissed him with all the passion she felt in that moment. In the matter of seconds, she took off his shirt.

Cole, who expected to get slapped, got really surprised when she did that. He decided to leave surprisement behind and kissed her back.

"Phoebe, are you sure at this." he asked, pulling away. He was truly hoping she'd say 'yes'.

"No, but who cares." Phoebe kissed him again, and than pulled away. "Let's deal with everything later, okay?" she asked, taking off her shirt.

Instead of response, Cole kissed her and than they both fell down on the bed...

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Phoebe woke up in Cole's embrace next morning. He was still asleep. She was lying in his arms, and he was hugging her tightly. She kissed his chest. "Damn it, Cole." she whispered in his ear. "How do we always end up like this?" She slowly moved his arm from her waist and got up from the bed quietly. She took some clothes from her closet and left the room.

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Two hours later, Cole woke up. He saw that Phoebe is gone and jumped from the bed. Than he saw the note on her night table. He took it and started reading.

"I went to take a walk. I really need to think about everything. Last night was a mistake. I let the passion take over me. I'm sorry. Please, don't look for me. I need to be alone. Phoebe"

He stuck his head in his hands as he sat back on the bed. "Phoebe..." he whispered. She really knew how to hurt him. He knew that she's trying to forget him, but this wasn't the way. "She's runnin' away" he thought. That note really hurt him. She thought that last night was a mistake, and that passion took control over her. "It's not passion." he whispered again "It's love."

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"Halliwell Manor." Piper picked up the phone.

"Piper? It's me, Phoebe. I'm at the park and now it crossed my mind that maybe you can come over and bring Wyatt, Chris, David and Alyssa with you. They'll have a great time here. The weather's great, too."

"Okay, but I can't bring four of them all by myself." Piper complained. "Could you come over and help me? Paige and Prue are working."

"No, I mustn't return to the Manor." Phoebe replied quickly. "Cole will find me there."

"Who? Cole?" Piper got really surprised.

"I'll explain everything when you come over." Phoebe said. "Take my car and bring the kids, okay?"

"Okay. We'll be there in like 15 minutes. I love you. Bye!" she said and hung up.

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In half an hour, (Piper had a trouble with Chris, who didn't want to stop watching cartoons and kept orbing in front of the TV whenever Piper raised him and put him in the car) Piper and the kids were in the park. Wyatt and Chris were chasing pigeons, giggling. Phoebe was holding Alyssa in her arms, and Piper was holding David.

"So, why did you mention Cole?" Piper asked her sister. They sat on the bench and she glared at Phoebe.

"He isn't dead, Piper." Phoebe said and Piper's jaw dropped "He shimmered into the hall yesterday while I was looking for a job. He was all normal and alive."

"But... how?" Piper asked and than looked at Phoebe suspiciously. "Are you sure it was him?" she asked. "Are you sure it wasn't a shapeshifter of something like that?"

"It was him. I'm sure." Phoebe said. "Don't ask." she quickly added when Piper glared at her.

"But, I saw him die. Besides, if he just reconstructed, he would ask for help again. What happened? Did he tell you?"

"No, we didn't really talk about that." Phoebe said. "He started going on my nerves immediately. I got a job and he told my boss that he won't let me accept it!"

"So, that was all that yelling about yesterday!" Piper concluded. "Your couple issues."

"Ha, ha. Very funny." Phoebe sarcastically said. "It wasn't nice at all. It turned out that he thinks I'll sleep with my boss." Piper's jaw dropped again. "Well, he thought he'll rape me, but that's one and the same thing." she added.

"What did you do?" Piper asked, already imagining scenes of Phoebe 'practicing' her martial arts on Cole.

"I slept with him." Phoebe quickly said.

"You what?"

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I hope U guys liked this chap. The chapter title sucks, but I didn't know what 2 do. Please, review. U guyz R really the best reviewers that a person can have! I never wrote the story that had 68 reviews before. But, that's maybe because I never wrote a story with 17 chapters, either. Besides, I'm a fanfiction member for only 11 months. Well, please, review!