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Chapter 7

Life, Love and Loss

One month has passed. Victor hasn't been in touch not really to anyone's surprise, especially Grams and Prue. There has been slight tension between the sisters. Prue and Phoebe apologised to each other but Prue still felt betrayed at how Phoebe was so kind to Victor and Phoebe still felt resentful at Prue's harshness to Victor, she kind of blames her for him not getting in touch. Piper as usual was being the peacemaker between them all if the tension got up a bit and Paige had been very quiet compared to her usual talkative self, she had given Grams the could shoulder and was being distant with her sisters aswell. It had been quite awkward between her and Glen so she felt like she couldn't even talk to him about it all.

"Cole, Leo, can we talk to you for a moment?" Leo's mum, Christine asked them both as they got up to clear their plates from the dinner table. Her husband and Cole's dad, Craig rested his hand on top of hers and gave it a small squeeze for support.

Cole and Leo looked at each other and then at their parents curiously, "Sure," They both sat back down setting their plates back in the spot they had been a minute ago, "Is something wrong?" Leo asked concerned.

"Well, actually something is great," Craig began, he looked at his wife who nodded, "Em, I got a job offer, it has a great pay and good hours, it's a great opportunity."

"Well, that's brilliant!" Leo said happily.

"Yeah, congrats dad," Cole smiled.

"It's in New York," Christine said quietly looking down at her own plate.

Cole and Leo froze, thinking they heard wrong but the look on both parents faces told them they hadn't.

"Say something then," Christine urged looking back up to see Cole and Leo's reactions.

"You are joking right?" Leo said hopefully, giving a small smile.

Christine and Craig both shook their heads, "Look we know how hard it will be for you two to leave San Francisco but this is such a great opportunity, we can't miss it," Craig tried to reason.

"No, it won't be hard because we're not leaving," Leo said firmly standing up from the table with his plate once again.

"Leo sit down," Christine told her son gently but firmly, he stayed standing for a second staring defiantly into his mothers eyes then reluctantly sat back down. "We're really sorry we know how much you like it here with all your friends but you'll see your old friends again in New York,"

"Those weren't friends not compared to the ones we've got now," Leo sighed, "Like Piper,"

"Or Phoebe," Cole added.

"We know you guys think the world of them but…" Christine started.

"I love Piper," Leo stood up and shouted.

"And I love Phoebe," Cole stood up too.

"You are young, it's just a crush, you'll find new girlfriends in New York," Christine replied keeping her voice calm and quiet and ignoring Leo and Cole's outburst.

"It's not a crush!" Leo shouted annoyed at his mother's lack of compassion. She raised her eyebrows at him, he calmed down, looked directly in her eye and said quietly, "I'm not leaving," And walked out the room, leaving Cole standing alone, both parents looked at him with hopeful faces but he just glared at them, "I'm not leaving either," he started to walk away to when Christine finally lost her temper, "We are leaving and that is that," She shouted after Cole, who ignored her and kept on up the stairs.

The next morning Cole and Leo walked to school in very bad moods, they hadn't spoken to either of their parents since last night and as far as they were concerned weren't planning on doing so for a very long time.

"I still can't believe this," Leo fumed.

"I know," Cole, sighed, "When are you going to tell Piper?"

Leo sighed and shook his head, "How am I supposed to say goodbye to her?"

"I feel the same about telling Phoebe but I think it would be better to do it sooner than later, the longer we leave it the harder it will get," Cole said as they approached the school grounds.

"I guess," Leo agreed, "Doesn't make it any easier though," They walked through the gates and into the school ground when they immediately saw Piper and Phoebe walk over to them.

Leo and Cole looked at each other and they both nodded as the girls came up to them and kissed each of their boyfriends on the cheek.

"Hiya," They both greeted cheerfully, oblivious that anything was wrong.

"Hi," They both said without the cheerfulness that Piper and Phoebe had though.

"We have something we have to tell you," Cole said, Piper and Phoebe looked curiously at them, Cole looked at Leo who slowly nodded, "We are leaving…" Just then the bell chose to ring.

Once it finished Piper and Phoebe waited for them to finish what they were saying.

"We are …" Cole started again, Leo looked at Piper and smiled, "leaving…" Cole continued but Leo quickly interrupted, "to go to class, yeah we are leaving to go to class," Piper and Phoebe looked unconvinced but Leo smiled, "Sure, Cole," Cole nodded and smiled too, "Well we better go see you later," Cole dragged Leo away quickly, "What happened?"

"I couldn't do it," Leo sighed and walked away to class, Cole waited a minute and looked back and caught Phoebe's eye, she smiled at him and blew him a kiss, he smiled and then understood exactly what Leo was talking about.

"Okay positions people," Mrs. Evans called out clapping her hands to get everyone to stop talking and listen.

It was after school and Phoebe was at rehearsals. She quickly went over to the centre of the stage and stood patiently while everyone around her took their places too.

"Okay whenever you are ready," Mrs. Evans told Phoebe and Lee as everyone had quietened down and were in place.

Phoebe and Lee nodded before turning to each other, taking a deep breath and nodding again to each other this time to signal to start.

Phoebe turned away from Lee and started to walk away from him but he grabbed her arm, she stopped and turned back to face him, "What are you doing, you should be on the pitch, you're going to lose the game," Phoebe said pulling her arm free and looking away.

"I don't care about the game…I care about you," Lee said turning her to face him again.

Phoebe shook her head, "You could have fooled me,"

"Look I know I've been a Pratt but I didn't know what I wanted before," He said, "But I do now,"

"And what's that?" Phoebe asked quietly looking up at him.

He smiled, "You," He leant in and kissed her, it was quick and their lips barely touched.

"No, no, no," Mrs. Evans interrupted, shaking her head dramatically.

Lee sighed and turned to her, "What?" He asked.

"That kiss, well it's the big part and well…" She trailed off.

"Well what?" Lee urged impatiently.

"Well lets just say there was probably more passion in the fairytale where the princess has to kiss the frog," Mrs. Evans said causing everyone to giggle.

Lee didn't look impressed though, he turned to Phoebe who was trying to hold in a laugh herself, he didn't look impressed with her either, she bit her lip and became serious again, "Sorry," she mumbled.

He shook his head while Mrs. Evans continued, "Now I know it is awkward kissing in front of all these people watching and maybe you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend but what makes a true actor is being able to overcome personal issues to give the greatest performance they possibly can."

"Okay, okay, I'll admit maybe it needs a bit of work…" Lee began but Mrs. Evans cut him off, "Exactly so you both won't mind staying behind after to practice," It wasn't a question more an order.

"Em…" Lee looked at Phoebe; she nodded, "Okay then,"

"Great, great, right everyone else good job today, you can pack up now," Mrs. Evans instructed.

The room filled with the bustle and chat of everyone collecting their things then a few minutes later the room emptied and was quiet, awkwardly quiet.

"So…" Lee started looking really anywhere but Phoebe.

"I guess we should…kiss then," Phoebe said awkwardly.

"Em…yeah," Lee leant in slowly and nervously to her lips, he paused hesitantly about a few centimetres from them.

"Lee you don't have to be so nervous, we've known each other for years, I'm Phoebe remember, the same Phoebe you were sick all over after having too much to drink one night, the same Phoebe you carried home one night because I passed out," Lee grinned, "Well it was probably more than one night but I can't remember much about the nights when we went out…" she paused and looked at him awkwardly, "You know we've probably kissed before,"

"Huh?" Lee asked.

"Well not just you I mean, the whole gang, probably, I mean come on we were usually so drunk and I'm not proud of it but I was a kind of a slut, I probably went round you all," Phoebe looked away ashamed.

Lee looked at her and smiled, "You're not anymore and that's what matters," then he pulled her towards him and kissed her on the lips, just as Cole appeared at the stage door and unfortunately he saw them through the small window at the top of the door.

"So do you think that will do?" Lee asked smiling when they broke apart.

"Mmn, yeah that was…fine," Phoebe said slightly breathlessly.

"Good, well I'll just tidy up a bit in here and get my stuff and go," Lee said happily as he went over to his belongings.

"Do you want me to help?" Phoebe asked.

"No, no you go…thanks Phoebe for staying behind, I know you probably had better things to do," Lee said gratefully as Phoebe smiled at him before grabbing her bag and walking out the door, she saw Cole walking quickly down the corridor in front.

"Cole," She shouted, he didn't stop walking, "Cole, wait." She shouted again walking after him. He stopped and let her catch up, "Hi, what are doing here?"

He looked at her, "They were just acting, just acting, just acting," He repeated in his head trying hard to block out the image of the two of them.

"Cole?" Phoebe brought him out if his thoughts "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," He replied.

"Okay then, so what are you doing here?" Phoebe asked again.

"Em, well I came to pick you up after rehearsals but I saw you weren't finished so I just was on my way to get a drink." Cole explained.

"Right," Phoebe said slowly, "Well we're done now,"

"Good, well I'll walk you home, I actually have something important to tell you," Cole said.

"Oh, I wish I could but Grams is picking me up, I have a dentist appointment to go to," Phoebe said, "But you can tell me now,"

"Now?" Cole repeated, "Yeah okay, right, well I don't really know how to tell you this but well…" He took hold of her hand, "I'm moving…back to New York," Phoebe's eyes became wider and her mouth remained in an O shape.

"Phoebe?" Cole waved his right hand at Phoebe's face, his left one still holding Phoebe's hand, "Are you going to say something?"

"Oh," she said after a second.

"Is that all you're going to say?" Cole asked.

Phoebe looked at him and pulled her hand away, "I hope everything goes okay for you," She said unemotionally as she walked away mumbling something about Grams waiting.

Cole watched her walk away feeling empty inside.

Paige sat on the grass down by the river, where she had come quite often recently. It was quiet and private. Barely anyone really knew about the little patch of grass as the trees hid it, on the other side of the trees was a children's play park but it was far enough away that you couldn't hear any noise.

Paige picked up a small stone and threw it across the water and sighed.

"Hi," She turned to see Kyle Brody behind her.

"What are you doing here?" She asked uninterested, turning her attention back to the water.

"Well I come here a lot…mostly to think," Kyle answered sitting beside down on the grass beside her, "What about you?"

"Like you care," Paige said coolly as she chucked another stone into the river.

"That was quite pathetic," Kyle commented, "Here let me show you how it is done," He picked up a stone and threw it quite a bit further than Paige's.

"I guess that wasn't bad," Paige admitted.

"So then Pasty…" She looked at him and shook her head before turning away again, "What brings you here?"

"Why do you ant to know? I thought you didn't like me," Paige muttered.

"How do you think that?" Kyle asked.

"Em let me see, well maybe because you are horrible to me," Paige said sarcastically.

"I'm like that with everyone," Kyle retorted.

"Why?" Paige asked suddenly curious.

Kyle didn't answer for a moment and looked off into the river, "I never used but ever since…my mum and dad died…"

"Say no more," Paige stopped him, "I lost my mum too and I changed a lot then, me and my sisters drifted apart to the point where all we said to each other was insults,"

"No way," Kyle looked surprised, "The four inseparable sisters I can't believe that,"

"Well, its true," Paige said smiling.

"So what did you change into?" Kyle asked curiously.

"Well I fell in with a bad crowd, the school troublemakers…I was getting detention everyday," Paige admitted, "We did pull off some of the biggest pranks the school has ever seen though," She grinned.

"Yeah at my old school we pulled pranks the whole time," Kyle grinned too.

Paige became serious again, "Yeah well those days are in the past now, everything is okay now,"

Kyle looked at her, "So why are you down here alone then?"

"You don't want to know," Paige sighed and she started to get up, "I don't even know why I'm here telling you my life story," She smiled.

"No, really, I want to hear it, stops me thinking of my messy life for a while," Kyle smiled as she slowly sat back down.

"Why is your life so messy?" Paige asked.

"Hey, I asked first," Kyle, grinned.

"Okay," Paige gave in, "Well our dad walked out on us when we were really young, I wasn't even born then my mum died a week after she had me but now I have just found out that the man I though was my dad all these years isn't, he is only my sisters and now I just feel a bit like an outsider, I'm only their half sister and they keep telling me that they love me the same but I can't help the way I feel," She sighed.

"That is quite messy," Kyle grinned but then noticed Paige wasn't, he added, "I'm sorry, it must be hard," Paige nodded. "Although I don't see why you are here talking to someone you don't even like about it,"

"Hey, I never said I didn't like you," Paige lied.

"Yes you did," Kyle argued.

"Okay," Paige admitted, Kyle looked away, "But I'm allowed to change my mind," Kyle looked back at her, "Your not as bad as I thought," He smiled at her.

"Well neither are you…Paige" Kyle told her, she smiled at him.

Cole lay awake in his bed that night, not able to sleep. He kept thinking about Phoebe and how she reacted to the news or her kissing Lee.

He sighed loudly.

Leo who was awake too, tried to ignore him.

Cole sighed again louder this time.

Leo sighed too and sat up, "So I'm guessing you want to talk,"

"If you are awake," Cole sat up.

Leo rolled his eyes, "So what's wrong?"

"I told Phoebe today," Cole said simply.

Leo understood now, "Oh, right, how did she take it, was she really upset?"

"That's just it, she wasn't not even a little bit," Cole told him.

"Huh? What did she say?" Leo asked surprised.

"Oh," Cole said.

"That's it?" Leo asked.

"No, then she wished me good luck," Cole sighed.

"Oh, well maybe she was in shock," Leo suggested.

"Or maybe she doesn't love me anymore," Cole mumbled but Leo heard.

"That's ridiculous, of course she loves you," Leo told him.

"Oh yeah well how come I saw her kissing Lee today," Cole argued.

"What? When?" Leo exclaimed.

"Well at rehearsals," Cole muttered.

"Oh right, well then they were just acting then," Leo said lying back down thinking the conversation was over.

"Yeah that's what I told myself at first too but then the more I think about it, the kiss was very passionate, too passionate maybe and plus they were the only ones in the room," Cole added.

"Maybe they are good actors," Leo said tiredly.

"What about the fact that they were in the room alone?" Cole asked.

"Well maybe they are such good actors because they practice after rehearsals aswell," Leo suggested.

"Hmm, maybe but I'm going to keep and eye on them," Cole said.

"And how do you suppose you are going to do that?" Leo asked.

"By getting a part in that play," Cole answered after a second then lying back on his pillow happy with his plan.

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Next chapter- Cole gets a part in the school play. Lindsay lets slip to Chris that he is the real father of her baby, what will he do?

Chapter 8- Schoolkid9, Sam and Suspicion should be up soon!