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Happily Ever After

"I can't believe I'm marrying a demon into the family," Penny Halliwell said.

Cole had been brought back to life about two months before. He and Phoebe had started out taking things slow- working through old issues, forgiving and trying to forget, and working on communicating. Both were dedicated to making their relationship work this time around. And three weeks ago Phoebe had proposed. She, Cole, and Piper had been out fighting one of the now-scarce demons. Paige, by that time too pregnant to join in trivial fights, had been made to stay under Henry's supervision at the police station. Unexpectedly, when Piper blew up the demon, green blood splattered all over the group. A smile had lit Phoebe's goo-covered face as she turned to Cole and excitedly popped the question. He'd gladly agreed and they'd sealed their second engagement with a lengthy kiss, one that was only interrupted by an impatient, pregnant Piper's hurried congratulations and demand to be shimmered back to her family.

Phoebe had wanted her Grams to preside over this small wedding. So, as soon as the preparations were done, the ghosts of Penny, Patty, and Prue Halliwell had been summoned, along with a surprise guest. Billie and Darryl had sent their congratulations, Darryl's accompanied with surprise at having learned the sisters had resurrected Cole. Both had expressed regret at not being able to make the ceremony. Phoebe's father was also present, a strange mixture of anger and acceptance on his face. Leo was currently seated in one of several chairs before Penny, his two boys on his lap. Henry was also nearby. The Charmed Ones, including Prue, were upstairs helping Phoebe get ready, as was their mother. Cole stood in front of his bride's maternal grandmother, unsure how to take her last statement.

"If you heart my baby girl again," Victor Bennet spoke up threateningly, "I'll be the one to vanquish you this time. And, I won't need a potion or any magical powers to do it." Although, he'd accepted that Phoebe wanted to be with Cole again, Victor was by no means happy about it. But, he was trying because his girls' joy was all that mattered to him.

"I won't hurt her," Cole said solemnly.

"You'd better not," Victor repeated.

"Wedding number four, Pheebs. I swear you just keep getting closer to Grams."

Phoebe turned away from the mirror to face Paige, "But, this one will be the last."

"I hope so. I'm only giving him another chance for you, but if he hurts you again, I know the vanquishing potion's ingredients by heart."

"Really? You know them, too?" Prue asked.

"Guys, please, forget them. Cole's not gonna hurt me and I'm not gonna hurt him. We're going to be happy together forever."

Prue shrugged her temporarily solid shoulders, "At least I get to be here for the wedding of you and Cole this time." She looked sad for a second, "I wish Andy and I could've had one. "But," she perked up, "at least we're together now and we have forever."

Piper joined in the conversation, having fulfilled her craving, "All of you just better stay happy with your guys. I want you all to have what Leo and I do."

"Listen to your sister, Girls," their mother said. "Be happy."

Patty looked at her four children, all grown up and standing before her. She'd missed so much of their lives, having died shortly after Paige was given up for adoption. Watching them from 'up there' just wasn't the same. She grinned, despite her yearning, as she realized they'd inadvertently stood side by side from eldest to youngest. Proud, strong, take-charge Prue with her long dark hair and bright blue eyes. She was the only one of Patty's children without dark eyes. Her beautiful, oldest baby whose life had ended way too soon, thanks to the legacy her family had passed down.

Piper was next. Sensitive, but temperamental and caring Piper, married to her very own former Guardian Angel and pregnant with her third child. She had a successful nightclub and was already working on plans to open the restaurant she'd always dreamed of in a few more years.

Phoebe, her last child by Victor, had a popular advice column and was marrying her one true love today. Despite her rocky start into adulthood, she had made something spectacular of herself. She'd had heartbreak and pain, but she was finally really happy. Patty could see it in the way her face was so radiant.

And Paige. Paige was Sam and hers miracle. Born of a forbidden love and having to face the pain of losing her adoptive parents before finding her sisters, Paige was now married and having twin baby girls in just a few more weeks. Her dark hair curled over her shoulders as she lightly rubbed her large front.

Patty couldn't be more proud. She drew her girls into a hug that all savored.

She turned to Phoebe and held out her hand, "Let's go get you married now, shall we?"

Though being married by her dead witch grandmother, Phoebe had wanted a traditional wedding, not the hand-fasting ceremony Grams had done for Piper.

"Do, you, Cole Turner, take my precious granddaughter to be your wife? Do you promise to love and cherish her in sickness and health as long as you both shall live and more? Do you promise to forsake all others, staying true only to her? Do you promise to never again stray to the dark side, to never again become evil?"

"Grams!" Phoebe whispered harshly.

"What? If it's in his vows he has to listen doesn't he? Of course, that didn't stop my fifth husband from having a little playmate. That's why I turned him into a toad- a little cliché', but it got the job done."

"Mom, why don't we just move the ceremony along," Patty suggested. She wasn't sure if her mother was serious about the toad thing or not. It would've been personal gain, which is taboo for good witches, but with Penny Halliwell you just never knew. She could've found a way around the rules.

Penny rolled her eyes and continued, "Do you, Cole, take Phoebe to be your wife?"

"I do."

"And, you, Phoebe Halliwell, do you take Cole Turner to be your husband? Do you promise to love and cherish him in sickness and health as long as you both shall live and more? Do you promise to forsake all others, staying true only to him?"

"I do."

"Then, by the powers I've invested in me, I now pronounce you Demon and Witch." When Patty fixed her eyes on her mother, Penny corrected herself, "I mean Husband and Wife. You may kiss the bride."

As Phoebe and Cole sealed their vows with a kiss bursting of love, the family surrounding them clapped wildly.

"Ok, Ok, break it up, you two," Prue called, rising to her feet when the kiss became heated. Andy stood beside her, putting his hand at the small of her back. Prue grinned as she leaned back against him.

"Yeah, please do," agreed Paige, "before I'm forced to orb some water onto your heads."

"Everyone, I introduce to you Mrs. Halliwell and Mr. Turner," the Charmed Ones' Grams announced.

"Mrs. Halliwell-Turner," Phoebe automatically corrected. She looked up at her husband, her hands entwined with his, "I told you we'd get our happily ever after."