Thanx for the reviews!
Nathy1000000: you always have something nice to say!! im very flattered!
Badgirl21: thanx! well, as im following what happened in the show there's not gonna be a happy ending for Phoebe and Cole together but they will find peace with themselves.
Sorry I didnt update for a while but i was in the middle of exams.
lotsa luv

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Chapter 2: The First Whispers Of Love

"You do good work." acknowledged one of the Triad.

"To get close to the Halliwell's with no suspicion... splendid." agreed another.

"And we were pleased that you informed us of the witch's nuptials." continued the third.

Cole smiled coldly, "The pleasure was mine."

"And the pleasure was theirs when the information was shared." the second replied evilly.

"You've got useful knowledge of the Charmed Ones, now you must gain their trust. Others have failed." warned the first.

Cole raised his head confidently "Others weren't me."

"So, what is next?" enquired the third.

"The wedding was child's play, a perk if you will." began Cole dismissively "I'm focusing my attentions on Phoebe, she's my way in. You sent me up to find out how to destroy them; I'd say we're well on our way."

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Cole's P.O.V

I wish it could have stayed that simple. Gain the trust of the Charmed One's then kill them. Succeed where others had failed. Ruining Piper's marriage didn't really get me any closer to killing the sister's but as I told the Triad, at the time it was a perk; something to amuse me. Anyway the next part of my plan was to get close to Phoebe, so that was what I did.

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"Phoebe, phone!" called Piper "It's your little lawyer boyfriend."

"He is not my boyfriend." denied Phoebe, glaring at Piper.

"Weird." grinned Piper, amused.

"Hello?" asked Phoebe into the phone, as Piper walked away.

Cole voice answered, "Who's not your boyfriend?"

"Um...the mailman. Uh, yeah, sometimes Piper likes to tease me because I like to get the mail a lot. So, how are you?" continued Phoebe hurriedly.

"Well, it's a beautiful morning and I got a beautiful woman on the phone, so things could be worse." Cole smiled down the phone, "God, I sound like Billy Appleby." he added self-consciously.

"What?" asked Phoebe.

"Nothing." replied Cole

"No, wait, what did you just say?" insisted Phoebe.

Glancing at the piece of paper in front of him, which had a list of Phoebe's likes and dislikes, Cole answered, "Billy Appleby's just this guy from this old movie I watched too much when I was a kid."

"Kill it before it dies" chorused Cole and Phoebe in unison.

"You've seen it?" inquired Cole

"Once or twice." replied Phoebe.

Cole grinned "Really? Too bad it's not playing; I'd take you to see it."

Phoebe mouths 'I love you' to the phone as Cole continued, "Of course we could always have dinner instead."

"Are you asking me out, Councillor?" teased Phoebe with a huge smile.

"Guilty." admitted Cole. He turned the paper over in front of him so a map of the manor was showing. The Book Of Shadows was marked on it. "How about tonight? I could stop by your place." he offered.

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Phoebe's P.O.V

I was so flattered when Cole asked me out for the first time. I'd liked him from the first time that I had seen him and, of course, I thought he was human. At that time there was never any doubt in my mind that Cole was who he said he was. I didn't want to have any. And besides he had a job, he helped put the bad guys away; he was one of the good guys. If only things could have stayed as they were then. Later, when I did finally meet up with Cole, we shared our first kiss. It was magical. I think it was then that I began to fall in love.

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You walked in the room and time was standing' still,
Knew you were my destiny by the way you made me feel,
Only you in my life, forever and today,
You're everything I ever imagined my love could be,
You for me.

Like the stars need the sky,
And the river needs it's rain,
Like an eagle needs it's wings,
And the fire needs it's flames,
Like the sun needs the day,
And the night needs the moon,
Like the air that I breathe,
That's how I dreamed of you,
I dreamed you.

It's hard to explain but when you know you know,
I was so amazed by you, you had me and: 'hello',
I need you in my heart, my body, mind and soul,
It only took a moment to take my breath away,
will you stay?

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Cole's P.O.V

I knew that I had fooled her. That she didn't suspect anything about me. She was more worried that I would suspect something about her. She was always trying to make excuses for those mysterious family emergencies that frequently cropped up. She didn't know that I already knew why she had to go suddenly; that I was the one behind most of the attacks. Then, though, all I was interested in was getting close to her so I acted as if I liked the mystery. If I had listened to my human half, maybe I would have realised that I wasn't pretending; that I really was having fun; that I enjoyed my time with her as a human more than the years I spent in the underworld as a demon. Maybe I would also have realised that my feelings went deeper than that; that I was beginning to understand what love was. However I buried my feelings and devised a plan to kill the one who began their line, Melinda Warren. But I couldn't even escape my feelings in the past.

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"Care to know your future, milady?" asked a stall holder.

"Oh, no thanks, I'm pretty familiar with it already." replied Phoebe smiling inwardly.

"Are you certain? I can show you the first initial of your true love's name." pressed the man.

"Really?" inquired Phoebe, now intrigued, "You can do that?"

"With a simple peel of the apple." nodded the man.

Cole walked up to them, disguised, "Prove it." he demanded.

"And why would you be interested, sir?" asked Phoebe, turning to face Cole.

"And why wouldn't you be?" returned Cole playfully.

A silence fell between them as Phoebe studied his face, "Okay, how do I do it?" she asked the stall holder.

"First," he began peeling an apple, "you must fill your heart, only thoughts of love. Then close your eyes and blow on the peel."

Phoebe does so as Cole watches, "Drop the peel into the water and watch." continued the stall holder.

Phoebe dropped the peel into the bucket of water and watched as the apple bobbed about.

"How is it that the apple knows this big secret?" she inquired.

Cole answered "It's simple, milady. Apples are the fruit of knowledge."

In the bucket of water the apple peel forms a C.

"It is C." the stall holder declared dramatically, "The name of your true love begins with a C."

"Cole." whispered Phoebe.

His heart beating faster than normal, Cole turned to look at Phoebe, 'Me?' he asked himself, shocked.

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Cole's P.O.V

It's only a man trying to make a living for himself, I told myself. It's not proper magic, it didn't mean anything. My human half did surface for a moment though; when Phoebe took the C to mean Cole I could feel something in my heart. However I ignored my heart though and focused on my head, which told me witches and demons don't fall in love. I ignored the fact that my father had fallen in love with my mother, a demon. It couldn't happen and it's not happening I forced myself to believe.

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Phoebe's P.O.V

I was too busy to think about what the apple had shown me until later, but when I did, I couldn't get my mind off it. Was Cole really my true love? Were we destined to spend the rest of out lives together? I now know that the answer to my first question was 'yes', but the answer to my second was 'no'. We had too many obstacles in our path to walk it together.

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lyrics from 'I Dreamed You' by Anastacia.