FIVE

"Leo," Piper called as they orbed into the manor. "Leo, we need you down here. It's kind of an emergency."

Leo orbed in immediately. He had a perplexed look on his face.

"I thought you were at the party. I was just about to orb there."

"We can get back to the party later," said Piper. "Right now we have kind of a problem here."

"What? Demon attack?"

"Not exactly," said Phoebe. "Cole seems to be, uh, under the weather so to speak."

"Cole? Cole is a demon. He can't be under the weather."

"Hey, Leo, how's it going? I told the girls everything was fine. They seem to think I'm sick or something but I feel great. Really great."

"He seems fine to me."

"I am fine. In fact, I'm great. Fantastic. I've never felt this good in my entire life."

"Hello, girls," said Grams materializing in the room. "I just thought I'd drop by and wish my girls a Merry Christmas."

"Hi, Grams," said Piper distractedly. "Actually, we're kind of in the middle of something right now."

"Hey, Grams," Cole sidled up to her. "Wanna wish me a Merry Christmas, too?"

"Sure, Cole," Grams looked at him with confusion on her face. "I didn't know demons celebrated Christmas."

"Half demon. Remember, I am half-human. Hey I got an idea." Cole cocked a brow lewdly and leaned in to whisper suggestively. "Let's go into the laundry room and I'll show you how demons celebrate Christmas."

"My boy, if I wasn't a spirit and you weren't a demon, you still couldn't handle it," said Grams, a sly grin on her face.

"Half demon," Cole corrected with a cocky grin.

"Grams, please, don't encourage him," said Phoebe. "We have a real problem here."

"See what we mean, Leo?" Paige asked. "He's been like that half the night. It's like he's gone into overdrive or something."

"What do you want me to do about it?"

"You're a White Lighter," said Phoebe. "Heal him or something. This isn't normal for him. He must be sick or something."

"First of all, I can only heal part of him. The human part. You know that. Second, maybe he's not sick. Maybe he's under some kind of spell. Or maybe he's having a reaction to something he ate."

"Hey, Leo. I never noticed how blonde you are. Say, did you know I kind of have a thing for blondes? Phoebe won't go blonde. Says it makes her look cheap. But you can glamour into anyone you want. Wonder how you'd look as a supermodel?"

Piper's hands came up and Cole suddenly froze in place.

"Okay, I've had enough of Casanova here."

"Piper," Phoebe protested, "why did you freeze him? He can't help himself."

"He hit on my husband. You're lucky I didn't blow up his horny little demon ass. He's really starting to get on my nerves. Leo, I don't care what you do but you need to do something. Cole is in overdrive and he's getting worse. If he keeps going like this there's no telling what's going to happen."

"I'd be happy to. But since I don't have a clue as to what is wrong, what would you suggest I do?"

"You're the White Lighter," said Piper. "Think of something."

"Or," said Paige, "you could spend the rest of the night fending off his advances."

"Point taken."

"Well?" questioned Grams, looking at Leo. "Don't just stand there. Do something."

"I'll see what I can do. I'll be back as soon as I can."

Leo orbed out as the four women turned to look at the still frozen Cole.

"So," said Paige. "Just what do we do with Rudolph Valentino until Leo gets back?"

"Paige, please," said Phoebe. "Something is obviously wrong with him. He's not acting at all like himself. We really shouldn't be making fun of him."

"Still, Paige has a point," said Piper. "We can't keep him frozen forever. What do we do with him?"

"I have an idea," said Grams. "Paige, dear, let's go upstairs. We need to make some preparations."

Paige looked to Piper and Phoebe as Grams headed for the stairs. At Piper's nod, the younger sister turned and followed their grandmother up the stairs.