sORRY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG GUYS!!!

my life has been all over the place lately and i am finding it hard to write, and get the insperation but after listening to CREED - one last breath i wrote this. So it is not the muse you have to thanks today...because she totally deserted me lately - but the song that holds so much emotion.

Thanks to all who are taken the time to read this and i hope to have more posts soon...Thanks for been tolerent of myrandom posts and i promise to give you more soon. Please tell me what you think and i'll talk and answer any questions along with my long overdue thankyous to you guys who have rviewed soon. THANKS FOR THE CO-OPeration ToTEm.

Oh Brother – Totally intoxicated

Now it was at last three months since they had met and Rick was a brother to the Halliwell's as well as Paige. He ate there food, shopped for them, slept over there many nights and just about lived there. They didn't mind accept when he ate all of Phoebe's cereal or drank all of the coffee in the morning. But what was a brother for if not to get on your nerves. The truth was to one of them he was more than a brother; they were trying to get away from it. They tried to hide it from them selves but the truth was that it was not working.

Rick came through the bathroom door, a towel hooked around his neck with a pair of jeans and a brown belt. As he walked through the hallway absently humming he walked into the younger Halliwell. Steeping back after the initial shock of colliding with her he noticed that she had red rings around her eyes and her hand was shaking. "P...Phoebe are you okay?"

Phoebe took a step back and was instantly struck by his muscular body, his rouged handsomeness, his charm. She looked up from his tone body into his eyes. She hared in speak but was torn from her mind. "Phoebe? What's wrong?" He asked again genuinely worried about her.

"We...its over, Jason and I have broke up." She explained, "I..." She stopped, they once again made eye contact. Both saw the truth but once again tried to hide from it.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, seeing Phoebe's sadness.

"Yeah, I...we talked, on the phone, the e-mail...but it wasn't enough. We did love each other but...lately we..." Phoebe was lost in her thoughts as she looked at Rick's piercing eyes, his body, his loving face. Stepping back she leant against the wall, "he was in Hong Kong...he, cheated on me...with the personal assistant."

"Phoebe...I'm...sorry! What a loser...he's no good for you Phoebe. You deserve better" Rick took a step towards her, he didn't know that he was doing it...it just happened. He was looking into her eyes. "You deserve someone who truly loves you..."

'Jesus' he thought, 'what the hell is wrong with me, it's like a disease' it had been like this since the night they had gone to the club, Jason had stood her up then and he had been there to comfort her. Ever since then this had happened often, he had found himself been drawn into Phoebe. The same was happening to her.

She stopped, the pain, the tears it all stopped...at one point she thought that her heart had stopped as she looked at him. "I...I think some where, some where inside I wanted it to end. It was too much; I knew that he was with someone else...I just..."

Rick lifted up his hand and as it touched her skin on the side of her face, as his hand touched her skin she fell silent. They just looked into each others eyes for what felt like a lifetime, it was something passed between them. Phoebe lifted a hand and placed it on his chest. He moved his thumb under her eye and wiped away the tear.

"I'm sorry" He whispered,

"What, sorry he slept with another woman and hurt me or sorry it's over between us?" She was so serious; she didn't have sadness in her eyes any longer she had confusion and something else...love.

"Sorry he hurt you. But I am not sorry that it is over...he treated you like you were nothing Phoebe...he didn't deserve you...you are too good for him" he spoke softly,

"What about you? Am I too good for you?" She asked, also quietly. Both were intoxicated by each other, unable to pull away. This time it was too much.

"Yes, you are...you're too good for anyone Pheebs... depends if you trust me? If you think I am good enough for you?" Now they were inches apart from each other. His hand on her face, her hand on his chest...looking into each others eyes, there was something there, something deep there...there was...

"RICK" A voice bellowed through the manor from the bottom of the stairs. Rick stepped back from Phoebe as if been broken from a trance, he lost his trail of thought and his head was all over the place much like hers. What ever it was between them was intoxicating.

"Err...y...yeah!" HE called back still looking into Phoebe's eyes, deep into them.

"Rick, can you come down here and help me bring the shopping in?" Piper called,

"Err...I, yeah I'll be right down, just a sec..." He called back, then he looked at Phoebe again, neither spoke not a word, just looked at each other then he turned around and headed down the stairs of the manor. Phoebe watched him leave, watched him walk away and sighed. She pushed her hands through her hair and walked into the bathroom.

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The sun was setting in San Francisco, and the reddened sky highlighted the land. Piper was taking two more bags from the car when she saw Rick running down the steps, bear feet, bear backed just his worn jeans and belt. "Catch you at a bad time?" she joked as he passed her by. "I swear to god, you better have just had a shower and if it was anything else you better not have done it on my bed."

Rick smiled, taking the three last bags of shopping he slammed the boot to the car and looked at her, "You are one sick lady Pipe, I had a shower...that's all. And now I wish that I hadn't cooked you lot dinner...I'm not appreciated." He smiled

"Hay, I'm only messing you know that. So how was your day?"

'well apart from the last ten, fifteen minuets normal' s mind screamed, "Okay" He spoke, "You?"

"Well could have been worse, Rick I wanted to ask you something...are you still looking for a job?"

"Yeah, it hasn't been going to well though" He explained,

"Well I was just wondering, do you maybe want to work behind my bar, on the stage in P3. Just something to...keep, keep you going?"

"Piper, are you kidding that sounds great, thanks you." He beamed, "I'd hug you but it'll have to wait till I put these down"

"It's no problem" She smiled, "Come on lets go put these away." With this they both headed into the manor.

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That night those in the manor had just finished up with the meal that Rick had cooked, they were sat at the table plates in front of them empty.

"Well Piper looks like you have some competition" Paige spoke as she lent back on the chair.

"Yeah tell me about it, that was great Rick" Rick was somewhere else as was Phoebe who was sat in front of him, both staring at their plates, "you guys is everything okay...you have hardly spoken all night. Rick Phoebe?" Piper asked

"Oh...err...yeah, I'm good. Just...a bit tired that's all" He lied really he was thinking about Phoebe, about earlier that day. About earlier through the months they first met.

"Yeah I'm fine" Phoebe added,

she looked up and caught eye contact with him, they held if for a second the Rick broke it, "Now you four go, sit down stick on the fire and rest...I am going to clean this lot up"

"No Rick, look you have cooked it us and all that...you go and rest I'll..."

"Prue I said rest, relax... just do anything but lift a finger to help me that goes for you all"

"Who are we to argue" Paige said putting her hands up, "I'm off, thanks for this Rick" She smiled at him across the table. Then stood up

"Are you sure?" Piper asked

"Yes I am, now go..." He smiled, Piper and Prue then both stood, "Thanks Rick" Prue called

"No problem..." He called back,

"Pheebs are you coming?" Piper asked,

Phoebe and Rick shared another look and then she stood up and followed "Yeah" and with that he began to tide up.

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An hour had past; Phoebe was lost in her thoughts. She hared as Piper, Prue and Paige spoke but didn't listen it was just there distant voices that she hared. She couldn't stop thinking about him, over and over it replayed...earlier that day.

Standing to her feet Phoebe walked towards the door, "Pheebs, you okay?" Paige asked, "What's he done now?" She asked, referring to her brother's latest antics. His practical jokes were not uncommon on a regular basis.

"Err...no...erm...nothing...I just...tired I think I just need to go up to bed" The three sisters accepted this as an answer and watched as Phoebe walked away.

She was stood in the doorway of the kitchen watching as he stood, drying up the dishes that he just washed, she watched him for a few minuets before preceding up the stairs of the manor and to her room.

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Walking slowly down the steps of the manor, Phoebe came to the bottom stood in the foyer she continued towards where the living room was; as she looked in she was relived to find that the moonlight fell upon a figure that of the person she hoped. Not saying a word she walked over and sat next to him softly. He opened his eyes when he felt the weight shift on the sofa. That's when he saw her, sat the moonlights silver glow catching her features he instantly woke up, "Phoe..."

She stopped him from speaking, "Yes I do and yes you are" She spoke softly, he looked perplexed, she answered his silent question, "Rick, I do trust you and I think that you are too good for me."

Once again he was overcome with the same feeling of been totally intoxicated this time he was unable to stop himself. Both moved towards each other and their lips met. Softly, they kissed. Emotion and feelings so strong it was over powering. After a lengthy kiss they pulled apart, they looked into each others eyes for the longest of times. He moved his hand down her shoulder and onto her waist. Pulling back the covers he guided her to lie down and he put his arm around her. Her head was rested on his shoulder as he put the blanket back over them. Not a word was spoken apart from that of Phoebe's whisper as both drifted of to sleep, "I trust you!" In response he pulled her closer and put his free arm across her stomach, both hers rested against his chest they fell asleep in each others arms, so close...so comforted. Feeling complete.