"Son?" Leo spat out. "He's your son!" Leo was angry, his happy eyes now clouded over with rage. Piper shrunk back in fear. Cole noticed this and stepped towards Piper defensively.

"Leo, I know that you're angry." Piper said.

"Angry! I'm angry, I'm…well, pissed!" Leo screamed. "We were married for 3 years, dating for 4 years. And you never thought to mention that you have a son. With this half-breed of all people!" Leo shouted. Now, instead of being afraid and ashamed, Piper grew angry.

"How dare you." She said calmly, but with clenched teeth. "How dare you talk about Cole that way. He has done nothing to you, nothing at all. How dare you ever say anything about him." Piper's voice got louder with each word she spoke.

Leo opened his mouth, ready to say something, then closed it when he realized he had pushed it to far with Piper.

"Get out." Piper said, venom dripping from her voice.

"What?" Leo asked, flabbergasted.

"I said to get out." Piper repeated.

"But Piper I…" Leo started to say, but Piper cut him off.

"You went to far. You insulted Cole. You insulted me and you insulted my son. Get out." Piper said. Leo cast a look at Phoebe and Paige, but all he received was cold glares. He looked at Stock, who was shaking his head in disbelief. He looked at Shane, Colin and Shea; Shea's arm draped around Ian's reassuringly. He didn't meet Cole's eyes, afraid he would see death in them. He sighed and orbed out.

"Bye." He said as his blue orbs faded.

Piper collapsed against Cole, his arms surrounding her in support. Ian rushed to his mother, grabbing her hand. Piper whispered she was fine.

"Can everyone go in the living room and I will explain?" Piper asked as she walked into the room, dropping down into one of the armchairs. Cole stood behind her, his hand on her shoulders looking like he was posing for a portrait. Ian sat on the ground in front of her, his head resting on Piper's knees. Phoebe plopped down on the couch, Chris sitting next to her. Phoebe laid her head on his shoulder in exhaustion. Shane sat next to them. Stock sat in the other armchair, Paige sitting on the armrest.

No one noticed Shea and Colin. Shea merely whispered goodbye softly and walked quietly out the front door. Not even bothering to close it, she left it wide open, her house keys on the hall table.

Piper opened her mouth and began to tell the story.

"When I was 19, I started my first year of college. I went somewhere out of state, but it doesn't matter now. Anyway, in one of my classes, I sat next to this guy." Piper said, referring to Cole. "I had a boyfriend while I was up there too. Do you remember that Phoebe?" Piper asked.

Phoebe thought for a minute before responding. "Yea. He was that Journalism major?" Phoebe asked.

"His name was Brady." Cole spoke up. "And he was a jerk. He was out every other night with a different girl, and then told Piper he was studying." Cole said with hatred in his voice.

Piper smiled. "Cole never liked Brady. But anyway. Cole was in my English class, and I got to know him pretty well. And then, one night I went out with some friends, just to celebrate a major test we had all aced. And that's when I saw Brady, kissing another girl. It was disgusting to watch. He looked like he was sucking the intestines out of her." Paige gave Piper a look.

"He was mortal, don't worry." Piper said. "And then I realized it was Brady. Cole, who was part of out study group, was there too. When he saw me crying and then saw me run to the bathroom, he figured out what was wrong." Piper explained.

"But then, Brady disappeared. I couldn't find him. I had turned around to see where Piper had run off too, and found out that Brady had left too. Well, I was pretty ticked, so I went outside to get some air. That's when I saw them." Cole said, his voice still filled with hatred and growing with every word.

"Brady was hurting me. Physically. He hit me across the face and when I went down, he hit me in the stomach. He kicked me and hit me, telling me I was useless. Then he reeled back to kick me again, but his foot never came. I looked up and saw Cole, beating the crap out of Brady, just like he did to Stock." Piper said.

"Sorry about that." Cole said, directing it at Stock.

Stock smiled. "That's alright." He said simply.

Then, Piper continued with her story. "Cole took me home that night, after the cops had taken Brady away. I spent the night there, crying by the way. I kept Cole up all night.." Piper smiled. "After that, we were together forever. Wherever I went, Cole went, and visa versa."

"But what about…how I…how I came to be?" Ian said, clearly uncomfortable. Everyone laughed at him and his face turned red. Piper reached down and tousled his hair. He smiled at her.

"It was, what a good 6 months after Brady?" Piper asked, directing it a Cole. Cole thought about it and nodded.

"6 or 7 months, yea." Cole agreed.

"That was the first time we slept together. Then, a couple of weeks later, I found out I was pregnant. Then we got nervous. I didn't come back for my sophomore year of college, and neither did Cole. We dropped out, and Grams was furious. But we knew that we were in love and this kid was going to know love. And then, Grams came to our small apartment and forced me to come home. Cole tried to follow, but he couldn't. He was devastated. He had given his whole life up for his kid and Grams wouldn't even let him be a father. After Ian was born, he was given up for adoption." Piper looked at Cole.

"That sounds like Prue and I." Stock said, a momentary smile on his face. "I would have done anything for my kids, and I still will." He said, looking at Shane. That's when he realized something was missing.

"Where's Shea?" He asked.