Woah it's been a while but my excuse is I've been on holiday lol. Well this is the second last chapter of this story, there will be a sequel to this though and I'll give you the summary next chapter.

Chapter 32

Speechless, Special and Surprises

"She's so gorgeous," Paige cooed at her daughter for the tenth time that morning as she bent over her crib gazing lovingly at Emma.

"Just like her mum then," Glen added a smile on his face as he moved closer to Paige.

Paige stood back up straight and smiled a little shyly at him. Glen's face became more serious as he took her hands in his. She looked at his face questioningly.

"I've been thinking about this for… well really since I found out about Emma." He explained to Paige, keeping his eyes on her. "She deserves a proper family." Paige nodded in agreement as he paused. "So I think we should get back together."

Paige had to admit she was surprised by his words. If she was being honest she had actually given it no thought which was odd because surely it was the most obvious thing to do. "Oh," was all she could manage to formulate.

"We were good together and you know if it wasn't for all of this we probably wouldn't have broken up in the first place." He reasoned after sensing her hesitation. "And now that we have a daughter together it makes sense to be together right?" He asked raising an eyebrow slightly.

A sudden image flashed across Paige's mind, making her feel so confused. She swallowed and looked up at Glen. He, noticing her less than enthusiastic response dropped her hands. He sighed, "you don't have to answer now… think about it okay?"

She slowly nodded her head, forcing a smile to show less hesitation, "Okay, " she agreed, "em do you think you could watch Emma for a while?"

Though confused and curious at her question he hid it and nodded hoping to give her space to think, "of course."

"Thanks," she offered a weak grateful smile.

"Think about it," was his parting words to her.

"I will," she assured him and gave him a quick hug before blowing a kiss to Emma and heading for the door, a particular destination in mind.

"This place is perfect," Leo commented glancing around him with admiration.

"Isn't it?" Cole piped up appearing from one of the rooms a wide smile on his face.

"And you're sure we can afford it?" Leo checked shooting Cole a pointed look.

"Yes for the last time. I spoke to mum and dad and they are more than happy to cover costs until we get ourselves sorted with jobs so don't worry bro." Cole reassured him patting his back.

"And we can move in now?" Leo asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We sure can… although we may need some furniture." Cole remarked glancing around at the bare space with a smirk.

Leo smirked back at him, "that might help."

"When you telling Piper the good news?" Cole asked.

"Tonight. When are you telling Phoebe?"

A thoughtful look crossed Cole's face, "tonight aswell," he decided, "I'll call her just now and ask her to meet me later."

Leo nodded and smiled at him as he took out his cell and went into the bedroom. A minute later he came out again with a less than happy look on his face.

"Not go well?" Leo asked sensing his mood.

Cole sadly shook his head, "she says she can't see me because she thinks it'll be harder to say goodbye then. I tried to tell her that she wouldn't have to say goodbye but no she hung up on me!"

"Don't worry we'll get Piper to bring her over tonight," Leo suggested.

"Piper won't do that if she thinks Phoebe doesn't want to." Cole pointed out sighing.

"Then you'll just have to convince her to."

"Paige?" Kyle was surprised to see her standing outside his door.

She offered a small wave, a slight smile on her face, "hi," she greeted softly.

"Hi," he greeted back, "what are you doing here? I thought you were at Glen's for the day with Emma."

"I was…" she shifted uncomfortably. "He told me that he wanted to get back together."

Kyle wasn't really that surprised, he knew that this was coming but it still hurt all the same, "that's great!" He forced excitement. "Isn't it?" He asked when he noticed she didn't seem that excited herself.

"Yeah…its just when he said it you came into my head." She bit her lip and glanced up at him to see his reaction.

"I did?"

"Yeah."

"What does that mean?" He asked tentatively drawing in a breath.

She twiddled her thumbs, "I don't know," she admitted softly.

"Oh," he nodded his head at her.

She nodded awkwardly, "I should get back…forget I came by." She turned away from him slightly flustered.

"Are you going to get back together with Glen?" he asked as she started to walk down the steps.

She stopped moving and turned to him again. "I don't know yet."

"I…I think you should. You should all be a family." He didn't know why he had said it but it had just come out. He figured that's probably what she wanted him to say to her.

She nodded smiling faintly at his words. "Bye Kyle."

As she started to walk away he couldn't help but call out her name. "Paige wait!"

Slowly she turned to face him again, her heart beat increasing and she couldn't help but hold her breath, "yeah?"

"I…I totally forgot but I have something for you…well Emma." He smiled at her and ushered with his hand for her to come inside.

She released her held breath and nodded at him, a smile on her face too as she followed him inside.

"Its nothing special," he told her modestly while bringing out a neatly wrapped present and handing it to her.

"If it's from you then its special." She told him firmly while accepting the gift with a warm smile. She tore it open to reveal a cute pink photo frame with teddy bears in each corner and inside was a photo of a very pregnant Paige who obviously by the way she was looking in the photo had no idea that a photo was being taken of her. She glared up at him, "I can't believe you took a photo of me like that. I look like a beached whale!"

"You were pregnant and you still looked nice!" He protested firmly, "and it's the only photo of you pregnant and I know just now you want to forget all that but someday you might want to have something to remind you of it." He explained.

She softened and smiled a little. "Thank you," then she added, "you do know that when I get home I'm taking this out." She gestured to the photo and then when she saw he was about to protest added, "just to put in a safe place so that no one will see it but I can find it when I want to." She smirked innocently and picked up the pink teddy bear that had also been wrapped. A smile played on her lips as she looked up at him; "it's so cute!"

"I actually bought that like two months ago." He informed her with a slight smile.

She looked at him confused, "but I wasn't…"

"Keeping the baby? Yeah I know you kept saying that but part of me just knew you would so I bought this." He gestured to the bear.

"How did you know it would be a girl?" She asked curiously referring to the pink.

"I'm psychic," he answered cheekily with a grin. She rose an eyebrow, "okay I bought a blue one aswell just incase." He admitted sheepishly.

She laughed as she looked up at him; "Emma will love it. So do I, thank you."

"No problem," he replied his eyes never leaving hers as he continued, "you know Paige even though I've only known you months I feel like I've known you my whole life," he sat down on the couch beside her.

She smiled in return, "me too," she agreed.

"When we first met in class that day… I well I didn't like you," he admitted with a grin.

"The feeling was mutual," she was quick to add with a grin.

He laughed, "right well now we're friends, really good friends, strange huh?"

"Yeah," she once again agreed wondering where he was going with all this.

"You're sure Prue won't come in here?" Andy checked with Piper and Phoebe as the three sat at the kitchen table in the manor.

"No she went out shopping with Abbie so she'll be gone for at least an hour," Piper assured him. He nodded. "So where do we stand with all the arrangements?" She asked.

"We're good, everything's pretty much organised except a few minor details." Andy informed them with a smile.

"Prue's going to be so surprised!" Phoebe squealed with excitement.

"In a good way I hope," Piper laughed a little nervously.

"Of course in a good way, she said it herself its what she wanted." Andy reassured himself at the same time.

Their conversation was interrupted by the front door slam. They all exchanged glances before Prue's voice echoed through, "I'm back!" A moment later she appeared in the kitchen with Abbie on her hip, she immediately noticed the three and shot them all a curious look, "Andy what are you doing here?"

"Me? Em well…" He stuttered never having been very good under pressure.

Luckily for him Piper was, "he called round for you. We told him you wouldn't be long so he should wait right?" She looked pointedly at Andy.

"Uh right yeah that's why I'm here," he smiled innocently at her.

Prue couldn't help but feel a little suspicious but let it go and nodded, her eyes slightly narrowed at Andy though, "okay then," she said slowly.

"Why are you back so early?" Piper piped up changing the subject.

"Oh Abbie got fussy in the shop so I decided to just come back." Prue explained with a sigh, she looked at Andy, "I think she needs a sleep. You want to come for a walk with us?"

"Sure," Andy agreed getting to his feet.

"We'll see you later," Phoebe smiled at them. Prue waved at them and Piper and Phoebe discreetly sent Andy a wink as he followed Prue out.

As soon as they heard the front door close they started to laugh, "Andy doesn't do good under pressure," Piper noted with a grin.

"No he can't," Phoebe agreed, "Me? Em well…" She mocked Andy as she got to her feet taking their empty cups up to the sink with her.

"What are you doing?" Piper asked as she watched Phoebe.

"What's it look like?" Phoebe raised an eyebrow at the question.

"Well it looks like you're washing up but that can't be right, 'cause Phoebe I don't think you ever done that before." Piper teased.

"That's not true I've done it…before… " She protested weakly.

Piper laughed, "well if you had you'd know we have a dishwasher to do that," She teased again.

"I knew that," she rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue, "I just… prefer the old fashioned way."

"Okay so this sudden desire to do the washing up doesn't have anything to do with keeping busy so you don't have time to think about Lee or Cole?"

Phoebe stopped and looked at Piper, "no," she answered defiantly.

"Pheebs come on I know you broke up with Lee but it's okay to miss him still," Piper pointed out putting her hand on Phoebe's shoulder.

Phoebe sighed, "okay I miss him as a friend though. He was good to me and we had fun and we promised to still be friends but I don't know how long you leave it before putting that into action. And then sometimes I just wish I was in love with Lee instead because then it would be so much simpler because he actually lives here…"

"And Cole doesn't." Piper finished with a sympathetic smile. Phoebe nodded weakly. "Sometimes Pheebs infact a lot of the time the heart wants what it can't have."

Phoebe shook her head, "love sucks," she concluded with a slight grin.

"It sure does," Piper agreed thinking about how Leo was leaving but then she thought about how happy he made her and added with a smile, "but it can also be really great."

Phoebe nodded in agreement just as the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," Piper offered making her way to the door She was surprised when she saw Cole standing on the other side, "Cole, hi…"

"Shh," he hushed her, "Phoebe can't know I'm here, she'll freak."

Piper obeyed feeling confused, she glanced behind her making sure Phoebe was still in the kitchen. When she was sure she was she looked back at Cole with a raised eyebrow.

"I need you to do something for me…"

"Who was it?" Phoebe asked minutes later when Piper reappeared in the kitchen.

"Oh someone trying to sell something…" She waved it off. "Hey listen you feel like going out with me tonight?"

"Sure where were you thinking?"

"It's a surprise."

"I don't let a lot of people in but I let you in and I know you've got a lot going on in your life right now but I don't want to lose you as a friend," he explained softly.

She smiled, "you won't," she promised, "I care about you a lot Kyle Brody." She told him lightly nudging him.

"Well I care about you too Paige Halliwell," he nudged her back and they both laughed at themselves.

"Well I should get going," she stood up and picked up the present, "thanks again for this."

He smiled in response and got to his feet too disappointed that she was leaving. "I'll walk you to the door," he offered taking her hand and leading her downstairs.

Once at the front door he looked at her, "you know what you're doing about Glen yet?"

"I don't know I think I'm going to leave it up to fate. Maybe wait for some kind of sign." She laughed at her own plan.

He nodded feeling his heart thump in his chest as words came to the tip of his tongue; he swallowed them back down. She oblivious to what was going on in his head gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. "See you later."

He nodded numbly her closeness only increasing his heart rate. Before he could react she was out the door waving at him from the bottom of the pathway in his garden.

He opened his mouth to say bye but something else came out entirely, "I think I'm falling in love with you." As soon as the words left his mouth he froze in utter shock.

She froze also; looking startled, her mouth hanging open in shock. "Excuse me," she managed to say.

"I… uh… I," he stammered his brain failing to from words.

She blinked a few times, "you think you're falling in love with me?" She asked quietly.

His mouth opened several times but made no more than an "Uh" So he decided to nod his head instead.

"Wow," she mumbled in awe and stood in silence for a moment in deep thought. "Are you going to say anything?" She asked Kyle expectantly.

"I… uh… "

"No you can't just say something like what you just did and then not say anything else!" She burst out with exasperation.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you. I shouldn't have said anything," he finally found his voice.

She closed her eyes, "don't apologise. I'm actually… glad you said it." She admitted quietly opening her eyes to look at him.

"You are?" He asked surprised.

"Yeah 'cause… I feel the same." She told him shyly.

"You do?" His eyes widened.

"Could you maybe say something other than questioning me?" She requested.

"Right sorry em well I've wanted to tell you that since you arrived on my doorstep today, actually I've wanted to tell you that for ages now. And incase you didn't realise from my lack of speech I don't do this a lot well actually I never do this but there's a first time for everything right? So I'm going to say it again 'cause I messed up before. So here goes. Paige I think… no wait I know … infact I've fallen… Let's start again I messed this up aswell." He sighed in annoyance with himself while she held back a grin. He walked towards her so they were no longer metres apart and took her hands and smiled softly at her. "Paige I've fallen for you… really hard."

She bit her lip; "this is so messy. I just had my ex boyfriend who is also my best friend's baby and so we should be together…"

"That makes sense."

"It does," she agreed with a sigh.

"Does everything always have to make sense though?" He asked.

"None of this makes sense," she said then smiled, "but I don't care." She whispered.

"Neither do I," he cupped her face with his hands and stared at her for a few moments.

"Isn't this the part where you kiss me?" She asked in a voice that he couldn't tell whether she was going to cry or laugh.

"I think this is the part where someone gags 'cause this is so cheesy." He remarked with a grin.

She whacked him; "you just had to ruin it with one of your witty comments."

"It's one of the things I do best," he defended.

"What else do you do best then?"

"I'll show you," she saw a slight flash of his grin again before her view was blocked. His lips had collided with hers but she could imagine his grin had only got bigger she knew hers had.

And in that moment she realised she had just gotthe sign she was waiting for.

"Piper where the hell are we?" Phoebe asked confused as she looked around her not recognising the place. "I thought we were going for dinner." She whined.

"We are… we just have a pit stop to make." Piper answered avoiding her sister's eye.

"What kind of pit stop?" She asked curiously.

"You'll see," Piper answered cryptically and stopped outside an apartment, she opened the door and pulled a protesting Phoebe in with her.

"Piper what's going on?" Phoebe asked feeling confused but before Piper could answer Cole had appeared. Piper smiled at Phoebe and let herself out. Phoebe just glared at her.

"Cole…" she sighed once they were left alone.

"Phoebe just hear me out okay?" She reluctantly nodded, he smiled satisfied, "I love you and I always will. Even when we were so far apart I still loved you and all I did was think about you and so if that's not love I don't know what is. I just as cheesy as this sounds can't live without you."

"Cole I love you too but we can't keep doing this… its too hard. I hate saying goodbye to you but I have to keep doing because I live here and you live in New York…"

"What if I didn't live in New York?"

"Then we'd still be together right now," she said with certainty.

He stepped forward and took her hands in his a smile on his face. "Then guess what," he began lowering his voice to a husky whisper, his eyes twinkling with excitement as he pulled her closer to him.

She wanted to struggle, she wanted to pull away but she just couldn't bring herself to. So instead she allowed herself to be close to him and tried to ignore her racing heart or the fact that she could easily smell his familiar cologne. "What?" She questioned keeping her voice at least distant and rolling her eyes.

He leant in even closer, his lips millimetres from her right ear and whispered, "I don't live in New York anymore," he told her bringing his face into her view, a grin in place.

It took her a moment to process the information then she suddenly pushed him away from her, "what do you mean?" She demanded to know, confusion lacing her words.

He was a little taken aback by her pushing him away but brushed it off, "exactly what I just said. I don't live in New York anymore."

She laughed in disbelief, "then where do you live?"

He smiled and glanced around him gesturing with his arms. She looked around properly from where she was standing for the first time since arriving.

"I live here." He stated happily.

"No," she shook her head. He looked at her feeling puzzled. "No," she repeated louder this time, "no you can't just come back here and expect everything to go back to the way it was. I moved on Cole!"

"Did you?" He challenged with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes!" She exclaimed, "what do you think I was doing with Lee?"

"So what you moved on to Lee?"

"Yes!"

"Then how come you broke up with him?"

"Because I realised I wasn't over you!" She shouted in frustration with all his questions. Then she calmed down and spoke quietly, "but I need to get over you."

He shook his head slowly, "no you don't. I'm here now."

"But what if you leave again… I just couldn't take it…" her voice cracked.

"I'm not leaving again. Not without you. I love you." He reassured her moving a step forward.

And then a few tears started to spill from her eyes, "why are you doing this…"

"The only thing I'm doing is telling you I love you and I'm going to fight for you, I'm not giving up on us 'cause I want to be with you…"

He was cut off by her body suddenly being pressed against his and her lips crashing into his.

"Leo look they're kissing!" Piper stated happily as she glanced through the window.

"Maybe we should follow their example," Leo suggested with a grin as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"I'm so glad you're not going," she told him seriously.

"Me too," he smiled.

"You know this has all worked out for the best in a way."

"Completely," he agreed as she leant back against his shoulder sighing contentedly.

A smile crept up on Cole's face as they broke apart; "does this mean…?"

"What do you think?" She asked softly with a sly grin.

He smiled at her and hugged her tightly kissing the top of her head affectionately, "I'm not losing you again," he promised.

"Good 'cause I don't want to be lost," she replied seriously but wore a soft smile on her face. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed contentedly.

"So have you thought about what I said earlier?" Glen asked a little apprehensively.

Paige looked up from Emma. She had arrived back nearly half an hour ago and she was wondering when he was going to bring that up. She wasn't looking forward to telling him about her and Kyle. She bit her lip and sighed, "yeah," she began.

"And?" He prompted her.

"I… " She hesitated, "I just… I love you… as my best friend but… "

"But Kyle right?" Glen interrupted with a sigh.

She looked at him surprised, "how did you think that?"

"I'm not stupid Paige. I've seen you two together. Am I right?"

She nodded softly.

"Are you two together now?" He asked quietly.

"Yeah," Paige answered softly, "I'm really sorry Glen."

"Don't be. If you're happy then I'm happy for you."

"I am happy," she replied with a bright smile.

"Come here," he commanded as he hugged her, "you deserve to be happy."

"Thanks for understanding. And you know you'll always be my best friend no matter what and now we have a baby together too but that doesn't mean we have to be together." She explained softly.

He nodded, "you'll always be my best friend too," he then hugged her again.

"Hey Grams how are you today?" Prue asked as she entered Grams hospital room followed by her three sisters.

Grams sat herself upright and smiled brightly at the sight of her granddaughters, "I wish they'd let me out of this place I feel great!"

They all laughed, "well they will soon Grams, they are just keeping an eye on you, you did have a heart attack remember?"

"I know," Grams relented with a sigh but quickly brightened again, "how's everything with you girls?"

They all beamed which Grams noticed; "good I take it. Tell me all and don't leave anything out!" She demanded.

They all laughed again.

"Well Leo and Cole are moving here." Piper began first.

"They are?"

"Yes and so me and Cole are back together." Phoebe added with a smile.

"You are?"

"And me and Kyle are together now?" Paige added too.

"You are?" Wow a lot sure happens in a day!" Grams commented.

With bright smiles the sisters all agreed, "it sure does."

Next is the last chapter and I'm going to try really hard to update by the sixth because then it'll be exactly a year since I started this story lol