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Thank you very much to all of you who reviewed my story, thanks for the support. I really appreciate it. Reviews truly inspire writers and I'll try my best not to disappoint you guys. I wanted to update sooner, but I got a bit discouraged by a certain review (which I deleted). I know I shouldn't let those things go to my head, but it's hard not to. But I got my inspiration back and here are the personal responses:
Badgirl21: Thanks for the review. I'm glad you liked it. Here's more.
fanmania: Glad you liked it. Here's another chapter.
phoebe turner: I have too many ideas (PC - mostly AU's) to write all of them down. This is just one of them. Unfortunately I am a slow writer, so my chapters won't be very long, though I'll try to update frequently.
ColePhoebe4eva: I am a huge Phoebe/Cole fan as well. And yes, it will be smoother for the two of them thanks to not trying to kill them from the beginning. But there will still be problems, after all she's gonna find out eventually that he was a demon.
Flower3: Happy you liked it. I'll try to update as soon as I can, but school is coming up unfortunately and that's gonna take most of my time.
katbaby: I'm glad you liked the beginning. I also liked Cole/Darryl scenes on the show, but there weren't many, especially where they would have a friendly conversation. Unfortunately, I am not planning many scenes for them, but they will have some and I'll try to make more for you. Thanks for reviewing.
Honeymoon Is Where It Begins
By: true love lives forever
Chapter 2: Meet Your Husband, Phoebe
Phoebe, along with Prue on her heels, finally reached the door and Phoebe opened it just to be greeted by their friend Darryl, formally known as Inspector Morris, and another man whom neither Prue nor Phoebe recognized. Actually, it was a very handsome man that stood next to Darryl.
Phoebe froze, and not because of Piper's power, not that she could freeze a witch anyway. She couldn't move an inch from where she stood because she just stared at him, barely noticing Darryl anymore, as she took in his beautiful sea blue eyes, his broad shoulders, his well built body, and last but not least, his charming smile. There was something about this man, something different and interesting, something that attracted Phoebe to him from her first sight. She couldn't quite figure out what it was that attracted her to him, well of course there were the looks and all that, but there was something else, something that went much deeper than just the outer shell. She didn't know what it was, but she was determined to find out.
Even though only a couple of seconds passed by, Prue was surprised that Phoebe was quiet. Usually her sister would greet whoever it was at the door and once Prue looked at her sister, she realized that Phoebe was in a trance, so she did what she thought she should before Phoebe got into an embarrassing situation from too much staring – she shook her out of it by lightly tapping on her back to pull her sister out of her reverie while also accomplishing it secretly so that the two men won't see her actions. Then, she welcomed both men into the house, quite curious what they wanted since Darryl usually came because of supernatural problems.
Darryl was the first one to speak since he knew all of the people surrounding him while coming inside as his partner seemed to be a bit uncomfortable, "Hi, Prue, Phoebe. This is my new partner at the force, Inspector Cole Turner." Just as he was saying the last sentence, Darryl pointed to his new partner, who was already extending his hand to shake it with the sisters, starting with Prue. Darryl continued, "Turner, this is Prue Halliwell and Phoebe Halliwell," he said as he pointed to each of the sisters. Prue shook the outstretched hand lightly and said, "Nice to meet you. Come on in into the living room." Cole also shook hands with a self-conscious Phoebe was trying very hard to get over the embarrassment of staring at him like a tiger at its prey.
All four of them eventually walked into the living room as Prue led them and Phoebe walked behind the group. She sincerely hoped that this new partner of Darryl's didn't notice her staring at him. And if he did, what would he think of her? She certainly didn't want him to think nastily about her.
But against Phoebe's wishes, Cole did catch her on her little secret; after all, he is an inspector and should pay attention to details – that's a huge part of his job. But what she didn't know was that he also did a bit of staring himself, though he snapped out of it before anybody had the chance to catch him. Now he was trying not to be obvious as he shot looks at her here and there whenever he thought he could. She was definitely a beauty despite being a blonde at the same time. Blondes were not for his taste, it just seemed to him that women dyed their heir to make it blonde so that they would attract attention from men, and it worked too, but not on him. Though despite all that, he had to admit, it worked for this so called Phoebe Halliwell. It outlined her face and her brown eyes, making her look even more beautiful and desirable.
That was the moment that he realized what he was thinking and tried to snap back to reality. He had an important task at hand and he had to concentrate on it, otherwise he could get himself killed as well as whoever would go with him – that is if Darryl and himself could convince one of the sisters, preferably the youngest Halliwell.
Prue and Phoebe sat on a smaller couch while the men sat opposite them on another sofa, both were quite comfortable.
Finally, Prue spoke her thoughts, "I'm a bit confused, what are you two doing here? Can we somehow help you with something?"
Darryl took a deep breath, knowing he had a long conversation ahead of him and that his partner probably won't be talking much since he doesn't know the sisters. And in addition to that, he knew that Turner didn't like the idea much so he wouldn't try to convince the sisters to go with him much since he was against it in the first place. Finally he started, "Where's Piper? I would rather say this once when all of you are here. I know I should have called to say I was coming, but I didn't want to talk about this over the phone." There, the very first part was done with, now he only had the whole undercover idea to talk about which would take forever, also depending on how the sisters took it.
Right after hearing the name Piper, Phoebe nearly snorted in response. "Where's Piper?" she repeated what Darryl said just a few seconds ago, "That's a very good question. We're not quite sure. She…"
That's when Prue interrupted her, too afraid that she would say more than she should right in front of the new mortal whom they didn't know. If only she knew that he wasn't just mortal now, but that's a different story, "What Phoebe means is that Piper's not home right now."
That response confused Darryl so much that he raised his eyebrows in confusion, "What do you mean she's not here? Is she at P3 or something? Did she go shopping? Where is she?" He eagerly waited for a response, mostly because he seriously didn't want to tell everything to Piper separately.
Prue didn't know how to answer and neither did Phoebe without saying too much and exposing magic to Inspector Turner, who just looked curiously from sister to sister also wanting an answer so that they could move on with the conversation. Prue took a deep breath the way Darryl did just a couple of minutes ago and said, "No, she's not at P3. You see, um, we're not quite sure where she is right now. She went with Leo 2 weeks ago. You know, the way he usually leaves," she emphasized, trying to get her friend to understand what she meant without going much further, then continued, "We're not quite sure when she's coming home either."
By the look on Darryl's face, both sisters thought that he understood their meaning. But Cole, on the other hand, didn't. He didn't even expect these sisters to know anything about magic. "The way he usually leaves? You made it sound as if this Leo just disappears into the thin air or something."
Just as he said it, Cole saw as the sisters paled and looked at each other. He can't know about magic, Prue thought, was I that obvious that he figured it out. She tried to calm down not to show her fear to the new Inspector. She quickly glanced at Phoebe and figured that she thought the exact same thing. That's when Cole interrupted both of their thoughts, "Hey, I wasn't that serious," he said as put his arms up as if to show that he surrenders, "Come on, lets get this over with." He motioned Darryl to continue.
But before Darryl could begin again, Phoebe said a bit nervously while also attempting to fake a laugh, "Of course Leo doesn't disappear into the thin air. That's just plain impossible."
After a couple of seconds, the tension in the room seemed to go back to normal and Darryl continued, "Well, here's the thing. Cole and I came here to ask for your help, though it might seem quite weird." The sisters shared a look of confusion with each other and Darryl went on trying to clear things up for them. "You see, the police have been after a rich and powerful man with lots of connections by the name of Michael Banmer for about 3 years now, but we can't prove a thing about him. The only way to prove he's a criminal is to catch him and to do that someone has to go undercover."
He glanced at his partner, who was staring into space, then seemed to pull back and continued after Darryl, so he must have paid attention after all, "I am going to be one of the undercover agents, however because of the place I am going to, I need a partner and preferably not from the force. It would be too easy for Banmer to figure us out thanks to his connections, which are basically spread around the whole country, even most of the world." The sisters paid close attention to the Inspectors' story and suddenly started to understand what was going on. "The reason why I am going undercover is because I am new to the force and my profile hasn't even been downloaded to the computer showing that I am an Inspector. Now I had to get myself a partner and Darryl proposed to talk to you three, or rather two of you as it is now." That was the first time that he talked to them about anything. He just wanted to get this over with and it seemed that Darryl didn't quite know how to approach the sisters to get one of them to go with him. Now most of it was over with.
"Well, that's just about it. Though there's just one little detail that I didn't tell you yet," Darryl said a bit uncomfortably after they had discussed the issue for almost an hour. Prue wasn't very eager to go herself or let Phoebe go on this undercover mission, but he finally persuaded the sisters to let Phoebe go with his partner, however he still didn't tell them one detail, a huge detail even though he said 'little' just a few seconds ago. And he didn't know how he should let them know about it either.
"Well? What was it?" asked the impatient Phoebe when Darryl just froze in place, not feeling like he should continue.
"Um… Okay, here it goes…Um, Phoebe, meet your husband," Darryl finally replied to the sisters as he pointed at his partner. Silence spread over the manor, until Phoebe broke the silence as her mind wrapped around the news Darryl told her. She was attracted to Cole, yes, definitely. But she had decided to let that wait for a while until their mission was over and done with so that they wouldn't get into trouble because of it, but this was way too much for her to handle.
"What?" That was the only thing she could manage to utter. It's not everyday you find out that you are staring at your supposed husband. Whoa, whoa, wait. Husband – she wasn't married, so she said the only thing she could think of, "Uh, what's going on here, Darryl?"
"What a way to tell her, Morris. You seriously have a gift," Cole Turner told his partner sarcastically as he rolled his eyes and managed to avert Darryl's gaze.
"Hey! How did you expect me to tell her this anyway? Besides, they took it better than I thought they would." Darryl wasn't quite sure what the sisters' reaction was going to be, but he knew that if he told them any sooner, Phoebe probably wouldn't agree to go through with it. Though now he knew that he had some explaining to do and he was a bit angry at Cole for his sarcasm. If he was so smart, why didn't he say it to the sisters instead?
In the meantime, the only thing Prue could do was stare at the two men in front of her with her mouth open, not even being able to repeat what her sister said – you know that little word 'what' with a question mark in the end.
TBC
Author Notes: I hope you all liked this chapter. Phoebe and Cole are married but Phoebe doesn't know about it? Interesting, isn't it? Please review, but if you want to send flames, don't bother. Don't waste both your and my time.
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