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48. Chapter
Some weeks after their adventure at the lake, Amy was in her new flat above the café. She was standing in front of the mirror in her bedroom and tried on the green dress, she had bought just for the opening of her café. She watched herself sceptically and decided that, she looked, more like someone, who wanted to go to a cocktail party, than the owner of a café.
Lost in thoughts, she heard that someone opened the door to her café. Rather confused, she turned around and wondered, who it could be, because she was the only person, who had the keys. She walked downstairs on the tip of her toes and looked carefully into the room of her fresh renovated café.
A man was standing on a stepladder behind the bar and put a nail into the wall. "Donald!" Amy recognized him and walked to her step father in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
When Donald Carey found out, that Edward Wingrove had helped Amy to buy the café, he had been deeply offended and sad. Amy had never seen him this way before. He couldn't understand, why she had asked Edward for help and not him. But Amy hadn't got the heart to tell him the real reason. So she told him, that he should help her with the renovation.
Donald had set to work with alacrity, he had good connections and pulled a few stings. In no time Amy got the café, she had always dreamt of. And in the first floor, Donald built a flat for her, too. Amy couldn't say how thankful she was. No matter, what idea she had, he had found a way to make it come true.
Donald Carey turned around. "Amy I thought, you wouldn't be here." He explained and walked at her. "Oh my god, you are so beautiful."
"Do you think so?" Amy looked at her new dress. "I wanted to wear it at the opening of my café. But now I don't know anymore, if it's the right dress."
"Of course it is." Donald gave her an admiring look. "You look like your mother. She always was and is such a beautiful woman."
"Thanks!"Amy smiled. She had avoided to talk about Edward Wingrove with her mother. Once Shelly had started a conversation courageously, but Amy had stopped it immediately. She didn't want to talk about him, he had never played a part in her life and that would never change. He had bought the house for her, so they were quits now. That were Amy's feelings and she could life with it. She looked at her step father again. "So what do you want here?"
Donald smiled and walked back behind the bar. "I think this belongs to your café." He explained and showed her an old wall clock made of wood. It was decorated with playful motifs and the hands were in the shape of two wooden spoons. It was a family heirloom of Donald Carey and as long as Amy could remember, it had embellished their kitchen. When she was a child, Amy had adored it, it had always been a great fascination for her to watch the hands moving forwards slowly.
"I've let it reconditioned." Donald explained and hanged it on the wall. He went down the stepladder and stepped beside Amy to watch his work proudly. "So, what do you think?"
Amy was deeply impressed. "It's perfect, but it's your family heirloom."
Donald nodded. "Yes and I don't know any better place for it."
Amy looked at him thankfully. Perhaps she had misjudged him all the years. He had taken away her mother from her, that had sealed his fate. Perhaps she had been obsessed with the idea of her real father, so that she had never given Donald a chance to become her father. For the first time in her life she felt an urge to embrace him. She hesitated to turn to him, but then she flung her arms around his neck. "Thank you!" She whispered and felt, that Donald gave her an awkward pat on her back. "Don't mention it my girl."
Hours later Amy's café was full of people. Amy had already prepared the cakes and pastries before the opening, because she didn't want to stay in the kitchen all the time. Therefore she only sold favorable opening offers, like donuts, beignets and muffins as well as different cakes and pastries.
Amy watched the run of guests rather satisfied, obviously nobody wanted to miss the opening of a new café. Attentively she looked for the people she had invited to come, when Mary, Josh's little sister, came to the bar with an empty tray.
"Another round coffee for table there." She pointed behind her and sat down on the bar stool. Mary leaned on the bar and looked at Amy rather tired. "I'd have never thought, that it would be so exhausting."
"Come on, you can do it Mary!" A small woman with very fair dyed hair, who was coming to the bar with another empty tray, encouraged her.
Mary sighed and stood up to take her tray, which was full of cups of coffee now. "Okay Mom." She said and disappeared submissively.
Josh's mother Jolene looked after her, shaking her head. "This girl! When I was her age, I already had to work even harder." She said and looked at Amy. "If you really want to ask her to help you in the café more often, you'll have to take strict measures." She advised and looked around. "But I'd advice you to engage a professional waitress."
"Do you think so?" Amy looked at her asking. Josh had offered him the help of his whole family for the opening of her café. First Amy had hesitated to accept it, but Jolene, who was working as a waitress in a restaurant, had insisted on helping her on her free day. So she could assail Amy with good advices. "I don't know yet, how everything is getting on." Amy pointed out.
Jolene shook her head resolutely and gave her an encouraging pat on her back. "Don't worry, you are so talented. I'm sure you'll have to expand soon."
Amy smiled thankfully. "Thanks Jolene." She said and gave her the drinks. "I don't know, how I can thank you for your help."
"Don't mention it." Jolene gave a dismissive gesture and took the tray. "My son was so lucky to find you." She explained and looked around. "But where is he?"
Amy shrugged her shoulders and followed with her eyes, how Jolene disappeared among the crowd, when she saw another well known face.
"Soon you'll have to put up a sign on the door: Full up." Prue said and sat down on the empty bar stool.
Amy grinned. "I fear the food will run out, soon." She admitted. "But there's still something for you."
Prue smiled. "Don't worry, I'm not very hungry." She said quickly.
Amy looked at her asking, that wasn't like Prue. "Why? Is everything alright with you?"
"Yes, what makes you think of that?" Prue asked innocently and looked around searching. "Have you seen Cole yet?"
"No, but there's Zadie coming." Amy said smiling.
Prue turned around and saw the former Voodoo priestess coming up to them. It had hit her hardly, that she couldn't work as a Voodoo priestess anymore. But she had refused strictly to change her situation. If she couldn't carry out her profession anymore, it was meant to be.
After Belva has been vanished into thin air, Prue, Zadie and Cole drove to Belva's estate the next day and took a close look around in her villa. No spell had stopped them from entering the building anymore and they had found out, that Belva had become a very rich woman. Her exquisite furniture, her jewelry and the whole property showed it. Nevertheless they had a funny feeling, while they had stayed in the villa, because it wasn't a friendly house. A sinister, depressed atmosphere was lying over the property.
Zadie had taken a high amount out of Belva's safe for the reconstruction of her house. But they had left everything else untouched. They didn't want it and they were happy, when they could leave the weird house again. The next day Zadie had reported her sister missing, but nobody believed, that her dead body would ever be discovered.
After Prue had noticed Zadie, she apologized to Amy and stood up to walk towards Zadie. "Hello Zadie, I'm glad to see you." She welcomed her, when she was standing in front of her.
"I'm glad to see you, too Prue." Zadie said smiling, before she frowned. "But what's wrong with you? Have you something on your mind?"
"Well, you can say that again." Prue confessed and pointed with her head to the backdoor. "Let's talk about it out there."
Zadie nodded and they left the café through the backdoor, where already someone else was standing. "Look who's there." She said in amusement.
Josh threw his cigarette on the ground immediately and wanted to stamp it out, but when he recognized Zadie, he picked it up again. "It's just because your damn remedies are useless." he informed her and went on smoking.
Zadie sighed. "So the Mojo again didn't help you?"
Josh shrugged his shoulders and took out a small bag. "Well it doesn't work with me."
"It's so terrible, I'm not even able to do the easiest Voodoo spells." Zadie shook her head, she was absolutely frustrated.
Prue, who was standing beside her, gave her a thoughtful look. "We've already offered you the chestnut tree in our garden." She reminded Zadie. "Just try it, there's no harm in it, is it?"
"Thanks Prue, but if the Loa want it this way, it'll be my punishment." Zadie informed her firmly.
Prue understood and turned to Josh. "Well, then you'll have to try it the hard way." she explained and grinned nastily.
"You'd like to see that, wouldn't you?" Josh murmured furiously, while he opened his mouth to eat some mint drops. He gave Prue an angry look and disappeared in the café.
Prue looked after him shaking her head. "Did I say anything wrong?" She wanted to know innocently.
Zadie laughed. "No, he just likes to take the easy way." she said thoughtfully and looked at Prue. "And what do you have on your mind?"
"This one." Prue explained and held Zadie's amulet in her hand.
"Oh." Zadie took the amulet and looked at it thoughtfully. "Well I don't think that it's powerful anymore." She said and sighed.
Prue shrugged her shoulders. "It did it's job."
"Oh, really?" Zadie asked with a satisfied smile. "So did it turn your bad energy into good energy?"
"If you want to call it this way." Prue mocked. "Because I don't know, how it could happen otherwise."
"So you'd like to blame the amulet for it? Perhaps it was you?" Zadie said in amusement.
"No!" Prue shook her head resolutely. "Definitely not."
Zadie smiled even more and looked back into the café. "Well some people don't know what's good for them."
Prue followed her eyes and saw Cole standing at the bar. "Perhaps you are right." She admitted with a smile.
When Cole had entered the room, he immediately saw Amy, standing behind the bar preparing some drinks, and walked to her. "Hey, I hope I'm not too late." He explained and sat down on the popular bar stool.
Amy grinned and turned around to him. "What are you thinking?" She asked indignantly. "I've hidden your favourite donuts, just for you." She explained and took out a plate to place it in front of Cole.
"Thanks Amy." Cole said smiling and looked around. "Have you already seen Prue?"
Amy nodded. "Yes, she sat on this stool not long ago, searching for you." She informed him. "I'm sure she'll come back again soon."
"Great." Cole said, while he ate his first donut. "I'd like to invite her for tonight." He explained.
Amy stopped working and gave him a surprised look. After everything what had happened to Danny, Cole had never let him out of his eyes. "Oh and Danny?"
Cole shrugged his shoulders. "I'll ask Zadie, if she can look after him." He explained firmly, but when he noticed Amy's sceptical look, he added. "I think you'll have better plans for tonight."
Amy shook her head. "No!" She explained. "I just want to try out a few new recipes."
Cole grinned, Amy had served them countless dishes lately and they had to tell her, if they were good enough for her café. After that she had changed her menu again and again, but she wasn't satisfied, yet. "And Josh will help you?" He wanted to know.
"Perhaps." Amy said shrugging her shoulders, while she wiped the bar table forcefully. Josh had already invited her to celebrate tonight, but she couldn't bring herself to agree. "I want to do everything right." She said hesitating.
"Then you should go out with him tonight." Cole suggested her.
Amy shook her head. "I have to test some recipes." She confirmed, when Josh was coming to the bar and put a tray with dirty dishes on the table.
"Hello!" He greeted Cole quickly, before he looked at Amy. "When we'll close the café, you'll have enough time to prepare your new recipes." he explained firmly.
"And who will wash up?" Amy asked.
"Well Mary, mom and me are here, too." Josh pointed out. "Come on, let's go out tonight." He looked at her begging. "I'll invite you."
Amy sighed, she couldn't resist his eyes. "But who'll test my new dishes?"
"We!" Cole offered immediately. "I'd like to invite Prue for a picnic, so I won't have to buy everything and I'm sure your food is much better."
With a satisfied grin Josh took the filled tray again. "Then everything is alright and I promise you, we'll have a great night." He explained and walked away.
Amy looked after him shaking her head. "I don't know. And if cakes are the right food for a picnic at night?" She wondered and immediately she started to think about all the different recipes, she didn't try out, yet. She could modify the little pies, oh there were several possibilities in her mind, what she could prepare for Prue and Cole.
Cole smiled, when he saw Amy standing behind the bar, miles away. He left her along and turned around, when he suddenly saw Prue, walking to him. "Hey, I was already looking for you." He said.
Prue kissed Cole for welcome and sat down beside him. "Zadie and me wanted to get some fresh air." she explained.
"I'm sure, you finally would like to eat something." Amy explained and put a piece of cheesecake in front of her. "Although ... Perhaps you shouldn't eat too much." She suggested and looked at Cole with a conspiring smile.
Prue didn't notice it, because she looked at the plate in front of her. Sighing she looked up and saw the kitchen clock hanging at the wall behind the bar. "Where did you get that from?" She asked in surprise.
"What?" Amy had been lost in thoughts about the preparation for the picnic at night, but now she looked up and turned around. "Oh you mean the clock. My father gave it to me as a present."
Cole was surprised to hear this. "Edward Wingrove was here?" He wondered.
Amy laughed sadly. "No, of course not. I mean Donald." She explained calmly. "It's the old clock, that was hanging in our kitchen all the years. I've always admired it."
"Oh, I see." Cole said knowing and looked around. "Are your parents here, too?"
Amy nodded. "Yes, they are sitting there." She explained with a nod of her head. "After mom saw, that Jolene helps me, she wanted to help me, too. But luckily, I could keep her from doing it. I want her to enjoy it."
"I'm sure, they are proud of you." Prue said and looked at Amy's mother, who watched her daughter admiring.
When Cole and Prue left the café together to go home later, Cole told her about his plans to go out this night.
Prue gave him a surprised look. "And Danny?" She wanted to know sceptically.
"Zadie will look after Danny." He explained firmly.
Prue was still rather surprised. "And you don't care?"
Cole shook his head. "No, I know, that I exaggerated lately. He's safe with Zadie."
"You're right. Okay." Prue nodded. "Where will we go?"
Cole grinned. "I won't tell you." He explained. "But so much I can tell you, I'll fulfil a wish for you."
"Okay, if that's true." Prue said sceptically. They had already arrived at home and Prue went upstairs immediately. She feared the worst. Okay, she had always dreamt of an idyllic night, when she could swim in a beautiful lake, but after everything what had happened with Belva and the snakes, she had enough of the pure nature.
Sighing she walked into her room, which wasn't her own room anymore. She had to admit, that it had been easier to give up her freedom, than she had ever thought. Whether Cole's clothes nor his permanent presence disturbed her.
She opened her wardrobe and looked into it. Great, even if she was not in the mood for night swimming, she wouldn't spoil his fun. And perhaps she was wrong, nevertheless she took out her underwear looking like a bikini and put it on as a precaution.
Soon later Amy was coming to the house to bring Cole a filled picnic basket with her new creations. "The muffins and the small pasties are new." She explained and smiled. "I'd like to know what you are thinking about them. But I thought, that it wouldn't be enough for an evening picnic, so I also prepared something else for you."
"Thanks Amy, I'll give you a detailed assessment tomorrow." Cole promised her with a smile and took the basket thankfully. He wished Amy and Josh a nice evening, before he sat down to wait for Zadie.
Soon later it was ringing at the door again and Cole led Zadie into Danny's room. "I'm so glad, that you've asked me." Zadie said with a serious face. "After everything what happened ..."
Cole nodded and looked at her thoughtfully. "You weren't responsible." He finally told her in a firm voice.
"No, I know." Zadie picked up the little boy smiling. "And it won't happen ever again, I promise you."
"Well I hope so." Cole replied, but he couldn't bring himself to leave the room.
"So go! Have a nice evening!" Zadie encouraged him and added with a deceitful smile. "And perhaps you should ask Prue, what I've told her, when you visited me the first time."
Cole looked at her asking, when Prue entered the room and greeted Zadie. They said good night to Danny and together they finally left the room.
When they entered the car, Prue wasn't pleased, when she noticed the picnic basket on the back seat. And when Cole passed the center and drove to the outskirts, her suspicion turned out to be right. Well, she put on a brave face, she owed it to him, she decided.
But before they left town, Cole turned into a street to a chic residential area. He stopped the car in front of an entrance and opened the gate. Then he drove onto the property, parked the car and got off.
Prue followed him and looked around curiously, there was a well-groomed lawn in front of them and a huge villa was standing behind, covering the view to the back part of the garden. "So, what are we doing here?" Prue finally wanted to know.
Cole took the basket and grinned. "The villa is for sale. And I visited it yesterday?"
"What?" Prue frowned and looked at the villa again. "Do you plan to buy it? From what? Wingrove didn't give you so much money."
After everything what had happened, Edward Wingrove had offered Cole a generous redundancy pay. Cole had kept him on tenterhooks for a while and Edward Wingrove had raised the sum once again. In the end he had even given Cole an excellent letter of recommendation, so that every lawyer society would accept him as a new partner with pleasure. Finally Cole had accepted and it didn't bother him in the slightest. They had no chance to prove Wingrove's guilt, but Cole had never planned to work for him ever again, so the money suited him very fine.
"No, I just told the real estate agent, that I'm interested in this villa." Cole explained and ushered Prue along the house to the garden on the back side. "I only wanted to take a look on the terrain and when I noticed, that it's just perfect, I lent the keys for a while."
Prue cast a him sceptical look. "Lend?"
"She'll get it back tomorrow. I've told her, that I'd like to see the terrain in the evening." He told Prue.
"Did she really buy that?" Prue hesitated.
"I can be rather convincing." Cole said shrugging his shoulders.
They walked to the villa and Prue had a look at the imposing building. "How does it look like inside?" She wanted to know.
"Not bad, huge rooms with a great view and four bath rooms." Cole explained grinning. "Perhaps I should have tried to get more money out of Wingrove."
"Mm!" Prue wondered undecided. "Did you already decide what you'd like to do in future?"
Cole shrugged his shoulders. "No I don't know." He said hesitating and gave her a thoughtful look. "Do you already wonder, if we came back from the thunder stone correctly?"
"What do you mean?" Prue asked a little bit confused. So far they had avoided to talk about their common experience in the thunder stone. It had been so unique that none of them wanted to ruin it with a single word.
"Well, somehow I have a funny feeling, that I should use my profession to help people." He explained, obviously dissatisfied. "This feeling can only come from you."
Prue laughed. "You should be happy about it. There's nothing to be said against sympathy." She explained firmly.
"Great, then I can forget about ever buying such a villa." He explained with a nod to the Maison behind him. "And this, too." he said with a sigh and pointed at the gardens in front of them. "So what do you think of it?"
Prue saw a garden which was built like an artificial lake district. A beautiful curved pool took nearly the whole area. The ground and the sides of the basin were made of light brown stones covered with shells and starfishes. The water was shimmering in midnight blue in the dim garden lights. "Not bad!" Prue let out in surprise, she had been prepared for everything, but not for this.
"After our last night swimming, I thought, that you wouldn't like to swim in a slimy lake with countless aquatic animals." Cole explained. He put the picnic basket down and laid the blankets on the ground. "But if it was your dream, then it should fulfil somehow."
Prue turned to him and shook her head, she still tended to underestimate him, although she should finally know it much better. "Honestly, I expected something else."
"But you like it?" Cole wanted to know.
"Absolutely." Prue looked over the beautiful lake district. There were several palm trees, which were illuminated by small lamps. She couldn't compare it with her former dream, it was different, but nevertheless breathtaking. She took off her dress quickly and walked to the inviting water. She was keen on a cooling. Because although the sun has set hours ago, it was still incredible hot in this summer time.
Immediately Cole stood beside her. "Why do you wear a bikini?" He wanted to know and grinned. "I imagined something else."
Prue looked at him with a satisfied smile on her face. "It's my dream, Cole." She explained and jumped into the water.
"Okay, then we'll wear underwear." Cole said with a shrug and took off his clothes. But before he followed Prue, he walked to a small switch at the edge of the pool. "But there's something else." He shouted, because Prue had nearly arrived in the middle of the pool. To her surprise she noticed, that the water wasn't so deep there anymore, the ground was getting higher.
She could stand in the water and looked at Cole, who switched on a lever, suddenly a fountain shot into the air beside her. The lighting of the pool let it shine in green, red and yellow colours. Fascinated Prue held her hand under the jet and watched little drops whirling in the air, while her hand was shining green. She stepped through the jet into the middle of the fountain, several fountains were splashing into the night sky in a circle around her.
She watched the colourful spectacle with fascination and didn't notice that Cole was suddenly standing behind her. He whispered into her ear. "How do you like it?"
"I think you should better look for financially strong clients." She joked. "It's breathtaking."
Cole embraced her from behind. "I knew, that you'd like it."
"I could even bear the summer here." Prue looked up into the sky and laid her head on his shoulder. "It's just perfect."
"Unfortunately there's no music." Cole admitted and kissed her on the collarbone.
"No!" Prue explained and shook her head. She listened to the sound of the fountains, that was the only sound she wanted to hear. "Music is part of my former dream, this is a new one." She explained and turned to him.
Cole looked at her knowing. "Yes, dreams can change." He said in a silent voice.
"And the man of your dreams, too." Prue said thoughtfully.
Cole looked at her asking. "Is it a question or a statement?" He wanted to know.
"Oh, you don't know?" Prue replied with a smile.
"I just want a confirmation." Cole said calmly and embraced her even tighter.
Prue put her head on his shoulder. "You know, there are some people in my life, who thought, that they would know me." She explained slowly. "But they didn't. They have just seen, what I wanted them to see."
Cole nodded. "I know exactly, what you mean. But there was no need for you to do it." He stated firmly. "There's nothing you have to hide."
"Mm." Prue said and watched the garden thoughtfully through a reddish shining fountain. It was a funny feeling to know, that somebody had seen her, like she really was and that nobody had ever seen her or had ever been so close to her before. Wether she liked it or not, she knew that this would never happen again.
"I feared, that you wouldn't like what you could see." Cole finally confessed and ran his fingers through his wet hair.
"No!" Prue replied calmly and looked at him. "Now I can understand it much better."
Cole nodded. "I'm glad, that you were in the thunder stone with me." he explained firmly.
"Yes, me too." Prue flung her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
Suddenly wind sprang up and sprayed the water of the fountain against them. They jumped apart laughing and swam back to the edge of the pool. They left the water and fell on the blankets on the ground.
Cole opened the picnic basket and started to take out the food. "Wow, Amy had excelled herself once again." he noticed, when he saw all the different bowls and packets.
"How could you bring her to fill this picnic basket with all this wonderful food today?" Prue asked shaking her head.
"How was I to know, that she'd overdo?" Cole explained immediately and gave Prue a small pie. "I just wanted to do her a favour and try her new recipes."
"Mm, it's delicious, as every time." Prue said with great relish and reached out for the bottle of wine, searched for some glasses, Cole hadn't forgotten this time, and poured themselves some wine.
"Prue I have something else for you." Cole explained after he was ready with spreading out the food on the blanket. He searched for something among his clothes and finally he took out a small bottle. "I'd like to give it to you." He said in a serious voice.
Prue gave him a confused look and finally took the phial. It looked shadowy familiar to her, but she couldn't say, what it was. "What is it?" She wanted to know.
"The last drop of the truth potion." Cole told her firmly. "I want you to get it."
Prue frowned. "Why? What should I need it for?" She wondered.
Cole shrugged his shoulders. "You can never know, what will happen in future." He explained calmly. "Perhaps you'll need it one day."
Prue shook her head softly. "No!" She explained absolutely convinced about it. She knew, what he alluded to, but she'd never need a potion to know if he told the truth. "I don't need it, I know you much better than you think. I've seen everything." She knew that she had to convince herself a little bit, too and therefore she opened the bottle to drop the last drop into the green grass.
Cole looked at her thoughtfully. "Why did you do it?"
"Because I won't need it, okay?" Prue explained resolutely and looked at him forcefully.
Cole leaned forward to kiss her softly. "Thanks for your confidence."
"Don't mention it." Prue said smiling and turned to the delicious food in front of her. "So and now I'm hungry."
They had no problems to eat nearly the whole food, Amy had prepared for them. When they were satisfied, they laid back on the blanket together.
Cole put his arm around Prue and they watched the starlit sky. "What did Zadie tell you the first time, when we were there?" Cole finally asked.
Prue gave him a surprised look. "Why do you ask?"
"Mm, you acted rather strangely at that time." He shrugged his shoulders. "And Zadie dropped a hint here and there today."
"Oh, I see." Prue said thoughtfully. She leaned back and looked into the stars. "She predicted my future." She finally said.
"Oh!" that was interesting. "What did she say?"
"Mm, I think I shouldn't tell you about it, otherwise it won't come true." Prue said firmly.
Cole leaned on his arm and looked at her intently. "Would you like, if it came true? Well at that night you were rather mad about her."
"Yes, at that time." Prue said and couldn't help smiling, when she remembered her shock about the perception. "But meanwhile some things have happened and I'm not so unwilling anymore." Prue admitted and looked at him with a satisfied smile.
Cole nodded knowing. "So I am a part of it." He tried to find out more.
"I already told you, that I won't tell you." Prue informed him again.
Cole came closer and kissed her softly. "But will you tell me at least, when it comes true?"
Prue nodded. ""It's a possibility!" She said calmly and looked at him carefully. "You'll probably get the first hint in seven months."
Cole frowned. "In seven months?" he replied a little confused, did he get her right or did he only wish that she meant it, as it sounded?
"Yes." Prue told him calmly, but when Cole kept looking at her rather confused and didn't say a word, she added. "I think we can blame Zadie's damn necklace for it."
"Zadie's necklace?" He must have got her wrong.
"Well I was always carefully." She said cooly. "It's a mystery to me, so it must be the amulet." She looked at him asking, well he didn't look rather happy. "So what?"
"I just try to understand, what you are getting at?" He said hesitatingly. "If I got you right."
"How can you get me wrong?" She asked irritated.
"Are you pregnant?" Cole wanted to know and when she nodded, he asked. "Is it okay for you?"
"Do you really think, you have to ask?" Prue looked at him forcefully.
He smiled and shook his head. "No!" He didn't have to ask.
"Of course I want her." Prue got it straight nevertheless and looked into the night sky again.
"Her?" Cole asked with a wide smile and bent over Prue. "Did Zadie predict a girl?"
"No, I don't need Zadie to know it." She informed him.
Cole brushed his wet hair out of his face and looked at her intently. "You can't imagine, how lucky I am." He said in a low voice and kissed her passionately. "I love you."
"I love you, too." She explained with a satisfied grin. Probably he was right that there had been complications when they came back from the thunder stone. Because it was so easy for her to say it. Passionately she flung her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"But there's something left." Cole said after a while. He looked at her forcefully. "Will you marry me?"
Prue turned her eyes away from him and sighed. "Mm..." She answered thoughtfully. "I'd say it isn't necessary nowadays."
"It's not the question if it's necessary but if we'd like to do it." Cole explained. "And I'd like to do it or are you against a marriage in general?"
"No." Prue shook her head. "Of course not. I've always dreamt of my wedding, how it should look like." She admitted. A lavish celebration with her family. "But I only had a black wedding, yet." She explained dissatisfied.
Cole nodded knowing. "Yes, that's something else we have in common."
"What?" Prue gave him a sceptical look. "You have always dreamt of your wedding?" She asked in disbelief.
Cole laughed. "No of course not. I meant the black wedding." He explained calmly.
"Oh!" Prue said thoughtfully and looked at the fountain. "Well, after we found out, that a black wedding doesn't work so well, we should try a white one, I suppose." She finally explained.
"Does that mean 'Yes'?" Cole asked with a satisfied smile.
Prue nodded and stood up. She reached out for him to help him to stand up. "But on one condition only, Mr. Halliwell." She explained rather amused and pulled him along with herself into the water.
They fell into the pool with a splash and kissed each other under the water. When they came up again, Cole embraced her and gave her a forceful look. "We'll see Mrs. Turner." He told her happily, before they fell kissing into the water again.
The End!
Okay, I hope you liked my fanfiction. I know a lot of you'd like to see a meeting with Prue's sisters. I hope you aren't too disappointed, but I thought, what could really happen if they met. And I'm sure that it would only destroy Cole's and Prue's relationship at the moment, especially Phoebe would never accept it. So I decided against it.
But of course it would be nice if the sisters met Prue's happy family sometime in future. Year, I'd like to see that, too, but unfortunately I'm not in the mood to write something like that at the moment.
Lastly, I'd like to say that I've choosen New Orleans for my fanfiction because I thought it's such an interesting city. I was rather shocked, when I saw what happened last week. What shall I write, everything sounds so banal. It's a disaster for the town and its people, but I hope that with a lot of help and support, they'll go through it and survive.
Tinzi
P.S.
Jean Griffin asked me, if a thunderstone really exists. Yes, they do and they are highly revered for their magical powers. But of course they aren't used like they are in my story.
All rites and voodoo Gods really exist, too, but I've changed them in a way that it matchs in my fanfiction. Hope nobody will mind that.