Part 6
"Piper!" Leo yelled.
"Cole!" Phoebe shrieked at the same time.
The two dashed towards their respective loves with Prue following at a much slower pace.
The unconscious couple stirred slightly. Leo held his hands over Piper but before the warm golden glow even touched her, she was awake and on the move. Cole wasn't far behind.
Piper and Cole seemed different, almost as if they were…possessed.
Leo, Phoebe, and a now interested Prue, followed them but could barely keep up. By the time they caught up, Cole was at the foot of the stairs and Piper was leaning on the railing near the top. Both wore dreamy masks of love.
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun!" Cole deep voice sounded odd speaking the ancient words.
The line sounded vaguely familiar to the puzzled threesome of Prue, Leo, and Phoebe.
Prue gasped and her slim hand flew to her mouth. "Romeo and Juliet! The balcony scene!" she explained excitedly.
Phoebe recognized it as soon as she heard the word "Romeo." "Oh, my, God! They must have been possessed by that play!"
Leo still looked puzzled. "But that wasn't Romeo and Juliet. You said it was a lost play."
A look of realization and confusion dawned on Phoebe's dainty features. "You're right!"
"Pheebs, go get that play," Prue ordered, beginning to worry as Piper and Cole continued to act out the balcony scene, oblivious to their spectators.
"Oh, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet!" Piper declared passionately.
Phoebe returned with the play, slightly out of breath. Her face was stricken. "P-Prue, l-look!"
Pre grabbed the play and read the title. Pulse racing, she flipped to the last scene. As she scanned the page, her own expression changed to mirror Phoebe's.
The sisters' eyes met and they both knew that they had to stop Piper and Cole. Each had a different reason, though. Prue's was so that Piper and Cole's little affair wasn't found out. Phoebe's was that Piper was pregnant.
Suddenly, Piper let out a delighted yell of excitement and leapt over the balcony, into Cole's waiting arms. His arms bulged as she swept her up close to his face. Their lips met.
Leo's stomach lurched as he watched his wife passionately kiss Cole. Even though he knew she was possessed by that play, he couldn't help but wander if this was the first time their lips had met. They seemed too familiar with each other. He cast a glance at Phoebe and saw her eyes brimming with tears. Leo knew she didn't have the same suspicions as himself, she was too blind when it came to love, but the sight still tugged at her heart as much as his.
Then, quick as a flash, the couple was out the door. A roar of a motorcycle filled the air for a moment before fading off into the distance.
"Shit," Prue swore.
The three raced down the grand staircase and out the door after the love struck duo.
The play that had caused so much chaos fell to the floor and lay open on the carpet.
The title read: "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet—Forbidden Version"