Chapter 14 – In the Arms of The Devil.
''Erm..'' Paige said she looked at the floor, she didn't want to tell Phoebe yet but apparently she had to. ''Well?'' Phoebe asked impatiently. ''I – Slept with Cole..twice.'' Paige said, she thought it would be better if she just told everything. ''Twice?'' leo replied in unbelieve. He couldn't believe that Paige hadn't talked about this with him, he was her whitelighter after all. ''When? Why?'' Phoebe asked whilst she walked towards Paige, she stayed a lot of calmer than Paige thougt she would be. ''Last night..and about a month ago, that's why Henry and I broke up. I've got feelings for Cole Phoebe and I know you won't like that, but I can't help it. I want to be with him and he wants to be with me.'' Paige told her older, now married, sister. Phoebe bit her lower lip slightly, Paige was right she didn't like that fact that her sister and her ex-husband were seeing each other, but knowing them both very well, they were really stubborn and disagreeing wouldn't make them stop liking each other. She let out a small sigh, ''No I don't exactly like it, but I guess argueing with you two won't make it a lot better.'' She said. Leo looked at her and Paige smiled slightly at her sister, ''You're not mad?'' she asked slightly surprised. ''No, well maybe a little disappointed, but I'm not mad I can understand that you fell for Cole if he is that sweet to you as he used to be to me, but please be careful Paige. I don't want to see you get hurt.'' She replied. ''But Phoebe he..'' leo started, but Phoebe interrupted him, ''Don't Leo, I've made my decision and Cole and Paige are both grown up they can decide for themselves whether they want to date each other or not, I'm okay with it I'm over Cole now.'' She told him. Leo rolled his eyes and he heard a jingle, ''Fine, I have to go.'' He said and he orbed out without issueing them a goodbye. Paige shook her head slightly, ''And he calls me stubborn.'' She said. Phoebe looked at her younger sister, ''Try to explain Leo your feelings okay? I don't want you two fighting.'' She said. Paige shrugged slightly, ''I tried, but he can't stop being a whitelighter..all those stupid rules.'' She said. Phoebe glanced up at the ceiling slightly, ''Careful sweety, they might hear you.'' ''Let them hear me, I'm only half whitelighter I don't care.'' Paige said and she walked off. Phoebe let out a small laugh, ''Definately a Halliwell.'' She said to herself as she walked into the kitchen.
Cole shimmered into his livingroom dusting off his clothes he had gone to the Underworld once again to deal with some demons. His blue eyes caught the flashing red light on the answering machine, telling him that someone had left a message. He walked over to it and pressed the button gently. ''You have one new message.'' The answering machine sounded. Cole pressed the button again and made his way into the open kitchen. Today, april 22nd, 2:30pm.'' It continued. Cole opened his cupboard and took out a whiskey-glass. ''Hey Cole, it's me, Paige.'' Cole let out a small laugh, like he wouldn't recognise her soft voice. ''Listen, I really need to talk to you, Phoebe has found out about us.'' Cole felt his heart miss a beat, he looked at the answering machine. ''It's nothing to worry about. I mean she's not really mad she actually accepted it, but I just need someone to talk to, Can you please call me when you're home?'' Cole smiled slightly and poured some whiskey into his glass. ''Anyway, you have my number..bye'' ''1. repeat this message, 2. Save this..'' Cole waved his hand towards the machine, ''Message saved.'' It told him. A smile played on Cole's lips as he sipped from his alcoholic drink, he was glad that Paige had asked him to call back, it gave him an excuse to phone her and ask her to come over. Cole wasn't an insecure guy or demon, but Phoebe had always been familiar to him and Paige was someone new. He still had to find out what she appreciated and what her weaknesses were. He put the glass down on the counter and walked over to the phone. He picked it up and dialed Paige's cellphone number.
''Paige, hey it's me.'' (...) ''Yeah I've received your message.'' (...) ''I know..why don't you orb here so we can talk?'' (...) Cole smiled slightly, ''Okay, I'll see you soon then.'' (...) ''Bye Paige.'' He put the phone down smiling, Paige's gentle voice had brought him back from the Underworld completely, he was now just a guy who was in love with a beautiful young woman. He turned around and waved his hand again dimming the lights, closing the curtains and making some candles appear just before bright blue lights filled the room. Cole waited before he would turn around, a smile forming at the corners of his lips again. When the lights died away he turned around, but the smile on his face faded when he saw that tears were running down Paige her cheeks.
''Paige..what's wrong?'' he asked worriedly. Paige looked up at him, ''Me and Leo just had a big fight, he didn't want me to go visit you.'' She replied sadly, Paige hated fighting with her family, especially because her foster parents she once had loved so much, had died when they were still in a fight. ''Sweety..'' Cole said he walked towards her and gently wrapped his muscular arms around Paige's body. Paige let out a quiet sob and cried softly as she rested her head against Cole's warm chest. ''It's okay Paige.'' Cole said trying to comfort her by rubbing her back gently. Paige smiled weakly and looked at his shirt, ''I'm sorry.'' She brushed her thumb over the mark her mascara had left on his grey shirt, making it only worse. Cole laughed slightly and took her hands in his gently, ''It's okay.'' He told her. Paige looked up at him and let out a small laugh, ''I'm such a screw up.'' Cole shook his head, ''You're not, well maybe a little because you've just ruined my shirt, but you're a beautiful screw up.'' He said. Paige smiled through her tears, ''My mascara is down my cheeks.'' She replied. Cole softly wiped her tears and her mascara off her cheeks with his thumbs, ''Not anymore now.'' He said and he kissed her cheek, ''It will be okay Paige.'' Paige let out a small sigh, ''I guess.'' She answered as she placed her hands on his chest. ''Hm-hmm.'' Cole grumbeled in reply. He liked the feeling of Paige's hands on his chest, it was very comforting. He ran his hands down Paige's back and felt her shiver slightly. He lowered his head slightly and lifted Paige's chin up with his finger, ''Worry about Leo later hun.'' He told her. Paige looked back at Cole and nodded slightly. She moved her hand to the back of his neck and pushed herself up onto tiptoes so that she came closer to him. Cole flashed a smile at before he pressed his lips against hers gently. He felt Paige smile against his lips as she kissed back, pulling him closer at his shirt gently. She loved the touch of Cole's warm lips on hers, Paige felt so safe when he was around, it wasn't a long time ago that she had been scared of him, but she definately prefered this way of feeling for him. Cole moved his hand to Paige's waist as he deepened the kiss, he gently pushed her against the wall. He felt Paige run her hand down his back and he lifted her up carefully. She pulled back slightly and looked into his eyes putting her hand on his cheek, ''Take me to your bedroom.'' She whispered. Cole nodded and shimmered himself and Paige to his bedroom.
Later that evening Cole wrapped his arms around Paige gently, ''Not cold anymore?'' he asked her. Paige smiled and played with the soap bubbles which seemed to float on the water, ''No, this is much better.'' She replied as she leaned back against his chest. ''Good.'' Cole said and he kissed her cheek softly. After having laid in bed for a while Paige had told him that she was cold and they had decided to take a nice warm bath together, though, Paige couldn't help but feeling slightly uncomfortable. The pregnancy didn't exactly give her a boost of self-esteem. Sle flinched slightly as Cole put his hand on her stomach, ''What are you going to do when your baby is born? I mean now you and Henry aren't together anymore?'' he asked her. Paige shrugged lightly she hadn't really thought about that yet, ''I'm not sure yet. I've got my sisters to help me I guess and hopefully you.'' She paused as she said that, would she want Cole to help her raising her baby? 'Too early in the relationship to consider that.' She thought to herself as she cuddled deeper into Cole. Cole smiled, he was glad that she wanted to be this close with him already. He decided that he would go shimmer around later to look for a nice little quiet place that could become only theirs.
''I'm afraid I have some bad news for you Miss. Halliwell.'' Phoebe's head snapped up and she looked at the doctor, ''How do you mean?'' she asked carefully not being sure if she wanted to know the answer. She and Luke had been trying to get pregnant for a couple of months now, but the little miracle just didn't want to happen and they had decided to both get a check uo to see if everything was alright. ''Does it have something to do with me?'' Luke asked, but the doctor shook his head, ''No, with your wife.'' He said gently, looking earnestly. Phoebe looked back at her hands in her lap, she knew that something was wrong. She watched as Luke took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze, she squeezed it back. ''I'm afraid you're infertile.'' The doctor's words repeated themselves a thousand more times in Phoebe's head, she was infertile? But that meant she couldn't have a baby and for how long had she been that, she had always seen in the future that she would have a daughter. She heard Luke speak, ''But how is that possible? For long has she been infertile?'' he asked. ''We don't know exactly for about a year, Phoebe have you ever been punched or kicked in your stomach?'' the doctor asked her. Phoebe looked up, yes of course, more than once by a lot of demons, but she couldn't tell him that, ''I..have fallen off the stairs a several times.'' She made up. The doctor nodded slowly, ''That could possibly have caused this.'' He told her. Luke let out a small sigh, ''So she can't get pregnant?'' he questioned. The doctor shook his head this time, ''I'm sorry.'' He replied. Phoebe scooted her chair backwards quickly and got up, she had to get out of this office, ''I..I have to go.'' She stuttered. Luke looked at her, ''Hunny..'' he said. Phoebe shook her head and quickly made her way out of the office, leaving the doctor and her new husband behind.
When she walked outside she could feel the hard sting of tears behind her eyes, she couldn't believe it, Evil had managed to ruin her life, again. She blinked the tears away and walked down the street, the Manor wasn't too far away and this way she had some time to think without having to keep an eye on the traffic. She slowly walked down the path, Piper had two sons and Paige was pregnant, it wasn't fair what had she done to deserve this? 'Maybe being the ex-wife of a demon has cursed me.' She thought bitterly as she felt the tears starting to run down her cheeks. Phoebe let out a small sigh, why now? Why when she was happy with her life, there hadn't any demons attacked after they had vanquished Cole's half-brother - which was pretty hard but they had still managed – and life was starting to get pretty normal for the Charmed-ones, besides the fact that Cole and Paige were dating now. ''It's not fair.'' Phoebe said out loud whilst she wiped her tears away, ''It's totally unfair.'' She repeated. Phoebe turned around the corner and continued her path towards the Manor. Why did Paige and Piper both deserve children and why didn't she? Phoebe just couldn't get her mind around it.
Paige orbed into her bedroom, her hair still slightly wet from the bath she and Cole had took. She threw her jacket on the bed and stretched slightly, it was only 10:00pm and she was already worn out. 'Probably because I'm pregnant.' She thought as she sat down on the bed and kicked her shoes off. ''Ouch.'' She said, her feet had grown to big for these kind of high heeled shoes. Paige laid back on her bed slowly, resting her hands upon her stomach. She looked at the ceiling, 'The end of a perfect night.' She thought. It had been a perfect night indeed, after having slept together, Paige and Cole had taken a nice bath and they had had a good conversation. Paige liked talking, exchanging feelings, especially with Cole. Cole was a good listener and he seemed to understand her very well. She smiled slightly to herself, she had never thought Cole could be as romantic as he was. Paige heard a quiet knock on her door and she sat up slightly, ''Come on.'' She said as she stiffled a yawn. The door opened and Phoebe inched into the bedroom. Paige looked at her, ''Hey sis.'' She said smiling, but her smile faded when she saw the look on Phoebe's face, ''What's wrong?'' she asked a bit worried. Phoebe closed the door and let out a small sigh, ''I just needed someone to talk to.'' She said as she walked over to the bed. ''Okay.'' Paige replied, ''I've got time enough, so sit down hunny.'' Phoebe did as Paige said and took place on the bed, she looked at her hands, ''Paige, I'm infertile.'' She told her baby-sister. Paige looked at Phoebe, ''Oh my God, sweety I'm so sorry.'' She said as she placed a hand on Phoebe's shoulder gently. A tear rolled down Phoebe's cheek, ''I don't understand. It's so unfair.'' She said, ''What have i done wrong to deserve this?''
Paige wrapped her sister in a hug, ''You don't deserve this Sweety, You're the least person I can think of to deserve this.'' She told her, she felt Phoebe's shoulders shock heavily and Paige closed her eyes. She couldn't feel more sorry for her older sister, Phoebe had always been the one who wanted to have a baby more than anyone else. Phoebe let out a quiet sob, ''What now? Luke really wanted to have a baby, we both did.'' She said, resting her head on Paige's shoulder. Paige rubbed her sister's back gently and something occured to her, ''You can still have a baby though Pheebs.'' She said. Phoebe let go off Paige and looked at her, ''How do you mean?'' she asked. Paige smiled slightly, ''Think about it hunny, you can adopt one, there's plenty of babies out there waiting to get adopted by a loving family.'' She explained. A weak smile appeared on Phoebe's face, ''I guess you're right, but it's different though.'' Paige nodded slightly, ''I know, but I had two amazing foster parents and I loved them very much, I'm sure you can mean the same to a little boy or girl.'' She told Phoebe. Phoebe shrugged slightly, ''Maybe, I need to talk about this with Luke first.'' And when Phoebe said that, someone knocked on Paige's door again. Paige looked uo, ''Yeah come in.'' She said. The door opened and Luke walked in looking worried, ''Pheebs..'' he said. Phoebe looked up at him and bit her lower lip slightly, ''Luke..I'm sorry.'' She said quietly. ''Hunny..don't be.'' He replied as he walked over to her. Paige looked at both of them and got up, ''I'll leave you two alone for a while.'' She said and she walked out of the room, closing the door behind herself. She heard Phoebe starting to cry again and Luke trying to comfort her. Paige let out a small sigh, 'Poor Phoebe.' She thought. It could take a few hours before Luke had comforted her, she decided to let them stay in her room, she would go to Cole, that was if he was home. She looked down at her bare feet, she had forgotten her shoes, ''Ahwell, without shoes then.' She thought and she disappeared in a swirl of blue lights.
Paige orbed into Cole's livingroom, ''Sweety?'' she said, it was dark and Cole didn't reply. She walked over to the kitchen where a small light was on, she noticed a note on the fridge and walked over to it. ''Paige in case you orb in, I'm in the Underworld, I should be back around 11:00, make yourself at home if you want to wait. Xxx Cole.'' She read. Paige glanced at the clock, 10.30pm it said. She hesitated for a moment, should she wait for him? She decided that she'd see if she could stay awake for that long and made her way back to the livingroom. She took place on the large brown couch and turned the TV on quietly, Paige flicked through the channels there was nothing interesting on. She put the TV on some drama-serie and pulled her feet on the couch, at least it would take her mind off of worrying about Phoebe. Soon she fell asleep on the couch, her head resting on the arm of the couch.
At 10:55pm, Cole shimmered into his livingroom, his clothes slightly messed up and bags forming under his tired looking eyes. His eye caught the shape of a small body on the couch and he soon figured that it was Paige. He smiled slightly, she looked cute when she was asleep like that. He made his way over to the couch and picked up the remote, turning the TV off. He put it back down and carefully picked Paige up, 'Lucky she aint 6 months yet.' He thought and he let out a small laugh whilst he walked into his bedroom. Cole walked over to the bed with Paige in his arms and gently lowered her onto the bed, Paige mumbled something quietly and moved. Cole looked at her but she didn't wake up and he covered her with the sheets, ''Sleep well Paige.'' He whispered as he kissed her cheek, she smiled slightly in her sleep. Cole stroked her hair, ''I love you.'' He said, he knew it was too early to say and he was glad that she was asleep, because it just slipped out of his mouth. Seeing her asleep like that brought his real feelings for her up. He smiled slightly and walked out of the bedroom, turning out the light.
