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Chapter 4-Telling Her Sister
Pheobe walked up the steps to the Halliwell Manor, the house she had grown up in. She was playing a scene in her head about how her sisters would react to Cole being alive and Bennett being her son. She knew on some level that Cole was right, that her sisters would have some reservations about a child with demonic powers and the fact that he was Cole's son didn't help the situation.
She opened the door and called for her sisters. She had been holding off on telling them for a week. They needed to know that they had a nephew, that Wyatt and Chris had a cousin. She had just been telling them that she was working late at the paper everyday and she couldn't handle lying to them anymore. She loved Ben and she was proud that he was her son. She wanted to share her joy with her sisters and hopefully they would accept him...and his father.
"What is it?" Piper asked, walking down the stairs holding Chris.
"Where's Paige?" Pheobe asked, wanting to tell them both at the same time.
"Magic school," Piper replied putting Chris in his playpen with a few toys.
"I have something to tell you. You probably need to sit down," Pheobe told her sister.
"Okay, Pheobe, you're scaring me. What's wrong?" Piper asked, fearing the worst.
"It's a good thing. Actually it's a great thing. Don't be mad," Pheobe started.
"Why would I be mad? You said it was good, right?" Piper said, confused by her baby sister.
"Right. Um...I have a son," Pheobe said.
"What do you mean? Are you pregnant?" Piper asked.
"No, he's three years old," Pheobe said, a smile on her face.
"I don't understand. Did you adopt him?" Piper had no idea what was happening.
"Do you remember when the Seer took my baby? I thought that he was dead, but he wasn't. A demon was raising him evil until his father rescued him when he was a year old," Pheobe explained, afraid to say his name.
"Cole," Piper said. "He's dead."
Pheobe lowered her head, unable to look her sister in the eye.
"He's dead, right?" Piper practically demanded.
"No," Pheobe told her sister, looking like a scolded child.
"What?" Piper screamed causing Chris to cry.
Pheobe picked up the child and comforted him.
"Piper, please don't do this. Cole isn't the crazed, desperate man he was. He's the same man I knew, the one I loved. He's a father now. He has Bennett, our son, and three little girls. Don't do anything without thinking it through. His kids need him. I thought you would understand that," Pheobe tried to rationalize the situation. "Cole never died. He moved on, realized that we couldn't be together, and left us alone. He got married and had kids."
"Is he still a demon?" Piper asked.
"He still has demonic powers but he's not evil. He doesn't use his powers for evil," Pheobe said.
"If he has demonic powers, he's evil," Piper told her.
"That's not what you told Tyler, the firestarter that you helped. You told him that it was how he used his powers, not whether they were demonic or not," Pheobe said, hoping that her sister would see it her way.
Piper couldn't say anything.
"My son has demonic powers. Are you going to disown him?" Pheobe asked.
"Of course not. He's a Halliwell," Piper said.
"He's also a Turner," Pheobe informed her. "I'm gonna go get him and let you meet your nephew."
Pheobe knew that Piper wouldn't say anything in front of Ben so this was the best thing.
She arrived at Cole's house and found Cole hurriedly trying to get the kids dressed.
"Hey," Cole said seeing Pheobe which was now a normal thing. "A client just decided that they needed to talk to me. Is there any way that you can watch the kids?"
"Yeah, is it okay if I take them to see Piper? I want her to meet her nephew," Pheobe asked.
Cole had to think for a minute. He didn't want to subject his children to someone that didn't accept them for who they were.
"Fine," Cole said. "If anyone starts fighting, get them out of there."
"I will," Pheobe told him starting to get the children dressed. "I got them, Cole, go before you're late."
"Thanks," he said grabbing his suit jacket. "Bye, I love you," he told the children.
"Cole, leave their car seats," Pheobe told him.
"I'll shimmer them to your car. I'm running late," he said.
"Okay, that's fine," she told him holding the twins. "Bennett," she said walking into his bedroom.
"Yes, mommy?" he asked looking up from his piece of paper.
She loved hearing that word. It held so much power. 'Mommy'
"We're gonna go meet someone. My sister who is your auntie," Pheobe told the little boy. "And she has two little boys, Wyatt and Chris. They're your cousins. They're smaller than you, though."
His face lit up. He was used to being the youngest boy and being picked on by the older ones.
"Let's go," he said, standing up.
"We're going. I gotta pack the twins' diaper bag," she told him.
A few minutes later, Pheobe had all four kids in their car seats and they were on their way.
A hectic twenty minutes later, they pulled into the driveway of the manor. Pheobe got Bennett and Jaclynn out and carried the twins making sure that Bennett and Jaclynn went straight to the house and didn't try to run into the street.
Walking into the house, she saw Piper playing with Wyatt and Chris in the conservatory.
"Hey," Pheobe said. "Bennett, this is your auntie Piper."
"Hey, Bennett," Piper said smiling.
She couldn't help it. He was adorable. He had Pheobe's eyes and natural hair color.
"And this is Wyatt and Chris is over there," Pheobe said. "Why don't yougo play with Wyatt for a little while."
The little boy sat down next to his cousin and started playing with him, glad that he was older.
Pheobe put the twins in the playpen with Chris.
"Do you have something else you want to tell me?" Piper asked looking at the girls.
"This is Jaclynn and those are the twins, Jadynn and Jalynn, Ben's little sisters," Pheobe explained. "Go play with Ben, sweetie," Pheobe told the little girl who was standing alone.
"When did you become a babysitter?" Piper asked.
Pheobe pulled her sister into the next room.
"Cole needed me to watch the kids. He had a meeting. I don't want you to say anything bad about their father in front of him...or me," Pheobe said before walking back to the children.
After a couple of hours of letting the kids play, Pheobe packed them up and then headed back to Cole's. She fed the kids and was sitting in the living room playing with all four of them.
"Wow! That is a beautiful picture," Pheobe exclaimed as Ben held up a picture he drew.
Cole walked in but no one seemed to notice, too involved in their activities.
"This is me, and that's you and daddy and Jaclynn and Jadynn and Jalynn too," he explained.
Pheobe was playing with the twins and Jaclynn tugged on her arm. She was holding a piece of paper and seemed to be very excited to share it.
"Ma," she said and Pheobe looked at her, shocked.
Cole, too, stood, taken back at his daughter's words. Pheobe had only been in their lives for a week and she was already calling her that. He realized that she was probably copying her brother.
"Hey," Cole said.
"Hey, she just said...," Pheobe started.
"I know. I heard her," he said with a small smile.
"What are we supposed to do?" she asked.
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