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Turning

Manor. Late afternoon.

"Can you believe that", Phoebe seethed slamming the door with a loud crush, "Elise sent me home. She said I should relax. I only kicked the mailman because he interrupted my creative mood. It's not my fault he fell so clumsy and broke his leg."

"Fun day at work?" Piper asked coming from the kitchen.

"You find that funny, ha?" Phoebe hissed staring at her sister. "What happened to you?"

"What do you mean?" Piper asked looking around.

"Black leather trousers, biker boots, tank top, spike necklace – not the regular attire for a very pregnant woman", Phoebe observed.

"Hey, I'm an ass-kicking witch who wants to show that. So be careful I don't kick your butt", Piper threatened waving a finger at Phoebe.

Phoebe wasn't sure Piper was just making fun. "So what's for dinner?" Phoebe asked to change the subject. Piper had a really bad temper today.

"I wasn't in the mood for cooking," Piper said lightly. Phoebe frowned. Normally it was bad news when Piper didn't like to cook.

"Did you and Leo have a quarrel?" Phoebe asked smirking.

"How would you know?" Piper snapped, "Did he ask you for advice? The coward orbed out when I tried to blow him up again."

"You blew him up," Phoebe snickered, "must have been a hell of a fight. What was it about?"

"First he didn't like my outfit", Piper shot a glance at Phoebe.

"Hey it's cool", Phoebe assured immediately.

"Then he complained about my mood and that I refused to unfreeze the annoying neighbors."

"What did they do to you?" Phoebe was intrigued.

"They played music much too loud. It was afternoon. A pregnant woman needs quiet. So I went there and froze them in their living room. They won't disturb us tonight." Piper smiled contentedly.

"I see. So we order in," Phoebe said. She sat down on the couch and reached for some leaflets.

Paige orbed in and let herself fall in the big armchair. Her face was slightly black, her clothes scorched.

"That was a hell of a potion," she laughed.

"You are working on your potion skills?" Phoebe asked looking up from the leaflet.

"Yeah, I thought about trying something new," Paige said excitedly, "Made potions with some innocent blood in it. They are really powerful. See", she pointed to her face, "blew right into my face, I was lucky to orb out that quickly. Could have really hurt me."

"How did you get the blood?" Piper asked severely.

"Don't get upset Piper, "Paige said easily, "I posed as nurse and took some blood form the patients at the local hospital."

"You only need innocent blood for evil potions Paige," Piper stated, "what are you doing?"

"I try to figure out how they work. As a full-time witch I have the duty to explore all options at our disposal", Paige reasoned.

"I'm proud of you" Piper praised, "you really take your witch job seriously. Never thought you would develop a likening to potions."

"There are some really hot doctors at the hospital too," Paige winked at Phoebe, "you should give it a try. I could take you there Phoebe, maybe we find a hunky doctor for you – and some more blood for my potions, I already ran out of it."

"Now that you mention men", Phoebe said thoughtfully, "I haven't seen Cole for a while. Maybe I should pay him a visit." Phoebe smiled in remembrance of their passionate lovemaking.

"What about Jason?" Piper interjected. Phoebe was having a hot affair with her boss at the moment.

Phoebe wiped Piper's objection off with a wave of her hand. "What about him? We are not married or anything and I need something else for a change. Even caviar starts to bore you if you get it every night. I'm in the mood for something a bit more raw".

Phoebe hadn't thought of Cole for a long time – at least not in that particular way. Maybe a short interlude with Cole would relax her. Elise's idea hadn't been so bad in the end.

"No Phoebe, we won't let you go to Cole. He is dangerous," Piper said firmly.

In truth she was jealous. Phoebe always got to have much more fun than her, especially lately. Leo hadn't been in the mood for lovemaking since they had discovered she was pregnant. Cuddling yes but not more. Damn uptight angels Piper thought.

"I'm a big girl, and with what I have in mind tonight, I don't need you around." Phoebe opposed, licking her lips seductively.

"Why don't we bring Cole here?" Paige suggested.

"What sense does this make?" Phoebe asked an eyebrow raised.

"I could try my potions on him," Paige explained, "He can tell me what they do exactly, because I don't know yet."

Who was better suitable for that than Cole? She could try more than one potion on him. He wouldn't die from the first if at all. With some luck she would be able to vanquish him, and that would be a favor to Phoebe.

"I think that's a good idea Paige," Piper took Paige's side. Maybe she could get to Cole alone somehow.

Phoebe shrugged her shoulders, "If you both insist. But don't spoil me the fun with him. I really need some diversion to relax, Elise ordered it and I won't lose my job".

Phoebe stretched her arms and upper body, "I don't think he will come with us voluntarily, he's avoided me since the incident at Miles' funeral. I guess he is still sulking."

"We will talk about our persuasion technique while having dinner," Paige grabbed the leaflet from Phoebe's hands, "I love Chinese."

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Penthouse. Evening.

Cole sat on his couch in a black t-shirt and blue jeans, unshaven, some folders around him. He was working on a difficult case that took most of his attention the last weeks. It was his task to prove a man's innocence in the murder of his fiancé. He had taken on the case because he needed some distraction and had heard at court that the assigned attorney was a bloody beginner. The suspect had been glad when Cole offered his help. The only problem was that Cole couldn't really represent the suspect in court, since his legal status hadn't been cleared since his return from the wasteland. So he stuck to supporting the young attorney from the background, suggesting tactics and taking part in the investigation.

It happened that it was enough to distract his thoughts from Phoebe more and more.

Of course he had been thinking of Phoebe very often, but with something challenging occupying his mind and time, it wasn't so hard for him to keep his distance from her. Besides her finding out about him doing good couldn't harm his reputation with her.

When he heard the chiming of the elevator he looked up surprised. No one visited him at home. His surprise turned into astonishment when Phoebe stepped out of the elevator. Alone. No sisters in sight. She had her long grey coat open, so he could see her wearing a short sexy black dress under it.

"Hi Cole," she greeted him friendly, smiling at him. She stepped in to his apartment self-confidently, like she still belonged there.

"Phoebe", he asked tentatively standing up, "what are you doing here?"

"I wondered what you were doing. We haven't seen each other lately", she said approaching him. She stopped right in front of him, invading his personal space and almost touching him.

Cole hadn't been near to Phoebe for a long time. He hadn't touched her since he had tried to strangle her because of the siren. The smell of her sweet perfume made him a little befuddled. He brushed his hand through his hair and tried to get himself together, without showing his confusion to her. He shouldn't get his hopes up. Phoebe surely had a magical reason to come here. She probably suspected him for having done something evil again.

"Want something to drink?" he asked her. Phoebe hadn't yelled at him yet, so he played along, waiting for her to divulge what she wanted.

She nodded and he went over to the bar and poured her some Martini. For himself he took vodka. Double. He gave her the glass with a smile and with his free hand collected the folders and put them on the floor.

"Please sit down," Cole offered, seating himself on the couch after she had done it.

He wondered what she wanted from him. He speculated it had to be a huge favor from his side, since she was nice to him.

"As you see", Cole pointed at the folders, "I'm working as lawyer again. Have a pretty complicated case to deal with at the moment."

He tried not to concentrate on the fact that she sat only inches next to him, or that she looked at him steadily with those big brown eyes of hers.

"What is it about?" Phoebe asked curiously bending towards the files brushing his knee slightly with her breasts. Cole almost jerked up but managed to stay where he was. He was not sure if she did it on purpose. He eyed her closely and decided to ignore it.

"Ahem", Cole cleared his throat, "I'm defending an innocent sued for murder". He reached for his vodka and downed it in one gulp.

"You are doing good, I'm impressed," she praised putting her hand on his knee and looking directly into his eyes.

Now this couldn't be unintentional at all. "Why are you doing this?" he breathed to her face, searching her eyes.

As an answer her hand reached up to his face to stroke his jaw line and she bent forward and kissed him slightly on the lips.

Cole's inside was in turmoil. He couldn't believe that she wanted to kiss him again. He hesitated a moment, because he still didn't know why she did it, but finally gave into his long suppressed feelings and kissed her back passionately.

"I need you", she whispered when they parted, locking eyes with him.

"When did you discover that", Cole asked out of breath. His hands fidgeted in his lap. He hadn't dared to touch her yet afraid she would run away.

"Today, in the afternoon," Phoebe answered and reached with her hands for his.

She lent towards Cole kissing him again and he responded eagerly. He felt her hands stroking his and then heard a sharp metal click and felt something cold around both of his wrists. Phoebe broke their kiss and started giggling.

"What..", Cole looked at her confused then at his hands. She had handcuffed him.

"What game is this," Cole growled angrily.

Something was not right here, he was sure of it now. He should have listened to his gut feeling before. He got up and held his hands into Phoebe's face. She sat lazily on his couch looking up at him with feigned innocence.

"Open them. Now", he demanded. His happy mood was gone.

"No", Phoebe refused grinning at him, "you are mine and I take you wherever I want."

"You don't need to tie me up, Phoebe. You know that I would go with you wherever you want me to", Cole said confused. What she did made no sense at all to him. He tried to break the handcuffs, which should have been easy for him, but they wouldn't shatter. He tried to blur out of them, he couldn't do it. He tried to conjure an energy ball. It wasn't working either.

"They are magical", it was a statement not a question.

"Mmh," Phoebe murmured contentedly, sprawled on the couch, eyeing her catch pleasurably , "I wasn't sure the handcuffs would hold you. Looks like Paige did a great job on them with her potion."

"What do you want from me?" Cole asked annoyed. Why would the Halliwells capture him, he had no idea. He would have helped them with any issue if they just asked him to.

Phoebe got up gracefully and grabbed the handcuffs on the middle chain. "You come with me now Cole. My sisters want to see you too." she told him.

"Paige!" Phoebe yelled.

Paige orbed in immediately. "Good job", she smirked on seeing a speechless Cole in handcuffs, "you caught him."

"It was easy, really," Phoebe said disparagingly, pulling Cole after her without effort. "Your potion detains him. To tell the truth, I wasn't convinced of that."

Paige walked over to them and took Phoebe's hand. "I told you, potions with innocent blood do the trick". She smiled maliciously at Cole's shocked face and orbed them out of the penthouse.

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