-Authors Note-

I've had some positive reviews to having a Cole and Paige relationship so I'm going to continue it I think. Thanks to the people who have reviewed.

-Disclaimer-
I don't own Charmed. The only thing that I own is anybody you don't recognize.

Chapter 2: Facing Feelings

Piper slumped down the stairs, her dressing gown trailed behind her she knew her hair was a mess but until she had caffeine in her system she really didn't care. She made her way into the kitchen to find that the coffee was already on and a person was sat at the kitchen table, Piper made a face as she tried to figure out which of her sisters had woken up so early her eyes were never at their best before eight o'clock, she went with her gut instinct,
"Paige?" she asked as she walked further into the kitchen, the person at the table didn't move, Piper continued to make her way closer to her "Okay then…Phoebe?" still the person didn't move "Okay" she grumbled "Don't answer me then" She looked at the back of the persons head, finally the brown hair moved as the person turned around,
"Wrong witch" A woman laughed slightly, she raised a knife and threw it at a shocked Piper, the knife hit Piper in the stomach, she raised her hands and blew the demon up with her power before falling to her knees clutching at her wound,
"Leo…help" she called, before she was able to try and lift herself up again her husband orbed in front of her
"Piper" Leo rushed to her side "hold on" he pulled out the knife carefully, Piper winced slightly but let Leo do what he had to do, he held his hands above where the knife entered her and his hands glowed as he healed her.
"Thanks" Piper smiled and stood up with the aid of Leo "Your good to have around aren't you?" Leo laughed
"I like to think so" He replied flashing her a smile Piper put her arms over his shoulders,
"You defiantly are" Piper raised up on her tip-toes moving closer to him,
"What happened" Phoebe ran into the kitchen, her face was half covered in cream and her nightgown was hanging off her shoulder, Piper chuckled and let go of Leo turning to her sister "I heard you shout…but I was in the bathroom…and…am I interrupting?" Phoebe rushed, her eyes darted between Leo and Piper, Leo shook his head
"No Pheebs" Piper told her "It was a demon"
"At breakfast? Are demons even awake this early?" Phoebe narrowed her eyes then stopped remembering the moisturizer she had on her face.
"Looks like they are, but not that it matters because I kicked ass again" Piper grinned, "Not that I want to talk about it because we missy" she poked Phoebe lightly "Are going shopping when little-miss-stop out wakes up"
"You mean Paige right?" Leo piped up reaching over to get some fruit, Phoebe laughed and nodded at Leo
"Yes I mean Paige. Do you know what time she got back? 12:30" she emphasized the time with her hands "I mean I know we were with you until around 11:30 but where did she go?" Leo couldn't help but laugh but stopped as Piper shot a look at him "What?"
"Well" he started thinking of a easier way to put it to his wife
"Your acting like her mom" Phoebe finished for him "Now if you don't mind I need to go exfoliate" She smiled slightly and walked out of the room back upstairs Piper glanced at Leo
"She's feeling better" Piper said, Leo nodded and poured her a cup of coffee
"Stop worrying and drink" he handed her the steaming cup, she smiled a took it.

Paige lay on her bed, she was in a deep asleep she turned onto her side as she gripped the pillow tighter her fingers dug into the small pillow, she pushed her legs out so they were straight, her brow was furrowed into a worried look, she moved her lips but no sound came out. She turned again moving onto her back, she let go of the pillow and spread her arms to the side of her, sweat started to form on her neck, she moved her lips again mumbling something quietly, her face relaxed a bit as a small smile formed, she sighed slightly as she turned her head, suddenly her body jerked and she woke up with a start sitting upright in her bed,
"Cole" She called out, she breathed deeply and rubbed her face. Confused she looked around her room and her eyes were squinted slightly as they adjusted to the light. She pulled the cover off her and moved her legs out of the bed 'Did I just say Coles name' she thought to herself as she pulled herself out of bed she walked across her bedroom and looked at herself in the mirror, her hair was slightly matted down as if she had been sweating. Moving to her wardrobe she took some clothes out and started getting dressed, her eyes caught the pile of clothes she wore last night, she got dressed fully and walked to the clothes and picked up her jeans and took out the ring Cole had given her. She looked at it sadly, she might not have liked Cole much but him and Phoebe had been so much in love, she wished she could have the same type of passion, the same type of relationship him and Phoebe used to have. She felt a pang of jealousy in the pit of her stomach at the thought of them being together, she looked at herself again in the mirror "Ok Paige, sort your head out. You do not and I repeat you do not like Cole Turner" she ran her hands down the side of her trousers 'Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness' she heard Coles voice in her head, she shook her head "I do not like Cole" she repeated as she picked up her bag and walked downstairs to meet her sisters to go out for a day of shopping.

Cole had been shimmering around for the best part of an hour, he finally settled onto walking around the town. He turned a corner and found himself on the same street as the charmed ones house, a sad empty feeling overwhelmed him as he looked longingly at the manor. He wanted so much to go there again, make amends with the sisters, let them no make them know how sorry he was and how he regretted everything that had happened in the past few months. He lowered his head and walked up the street towards the manor, almost automatically he nearly turned onto the driveway but he stopped himself. He ran his hand through his hair as he carried on walking he stopped just for a second a few steps away from the house and glanced back, his eyes widened as he saw the manor door open and Phoebe stepped outside, she seemed to look in his direction but didn't see him and walked to Pipers waiting car she climbed in, next out of the manor was Piper and Paige they were laughing about something. Cole found himself looking at Paige, he smiled slightly to himself at the same time she smiled at Piper he watched her walk to the car, confidence about herself in every step that she took she got into the backseat of the car and closed the door, followed by Piper who got into the drivers seat and started the car, he watched as it backed out of the driveway and thanked God that she drove the opposite way to where he was stood. He quickly glanced around making sure nobody saw him; he was already wanted he didn't need mortals calling him a stalker next. He started to walk back up the street again, and stopped for the second time 'Did I just smile at Paige?' he thought but quickly dismissed the thought of liking her with a shake of the head 'She's Paige; I don't find her attractive at all. She's my ex wife's sister for crying out loud' He told himself sternly he carried on walking turning behind a wall before shimmering back to his house.

"He gave you his what?" Phoebe stared at Paige across the table, Paige finished the piece of bagel in her mouth before answering her sister,
"He gave me his wedding band. I think he wants you to have it, I'm guessing he's figured your not going to take him back after all" She traced her finger around the empty plate and glanced at the ring that she had placed on the table then back at Phoebe, Piper pretended to find her shopping interesting, she really didn't want to get into a fight in the middle of the café.
"But...what…why did you go and see him Paige?" Phoebe was slightly breathless the shock of Cole giving her back their wedding band, a sign of their relationship, was a huge shock. Sure she was getting over him, and there was no chance of them getting back together but it still gave her butterflies she moved her hand across the table and picked up the ring "I'm not mad…I just…you're the last person I would ever think of to go and see Cole." She fiddled with the ring, moving it through her fingers.
"I know, and I'm sorry. I don't know why I went actually, I just did I wanted to see what he was like now I guess" she confessed she saw a confused look on Pipers face "Well after being extremely powerful to not being as powerful, I just wanted to see what he would be like. And he is a complete wreck, he's grown stubble, his clothes are a state, he's half the man he used to be. That's why he is leaving I'm guessing" Paige concluded. Phoebe sighed quietly,
"Suppose that's for the best" she said to her sisters still looking at the gold ring, reflecting the sunlight. She looked at Piper and Paige and smiled "I mean he's got nothing here anymore does he?" Piper smiled back
"No, no he doesn't Pheebs" she replied, Paige gave her a small smile but didn't answer, as Phoebe said Cole had nothing to stay for, a tight knot formed in her stomach and she put her clenched her hand slightly, there must be something he could stay for.
"Ready to go home?" Paige asked starting to get up, her sisters nodded and followed her lead. Together they walked to the car Paige slightly trailing behind, 'What is wrong with me' she thought as she piled her bags into the backseat and climbed in 'Cole leaving is a dream come true, so why am I feeling so upset about it?' She buckled her seatbelt as Piper started the car and began to drive home.

Cole flicked through the television channels, on one station a man was reeling in a fish on a boat, he switched again, nothing exciting just the news. He threw the switcher down on the couch and settled with the blonde woman in her forty's telling him about the days events, he heard the familiar jingle of orbing but didn't turn around,
"What this time?" he grumbled "You want to tell me how I'm still ruining your life by still being here Paige? Well I don't want to or need to hear it…so if you don't mind" he moved himself and turned to her, but instead of finding Paige on her own he saw she had company "Phoebe? Why are you here, come to vanquish me…again?" he got up slowly and looked between Paige and Phoebe "Missing a sister aren't you?"
"Cole" Phoebe started, Cole stopped being smug and his hard look softened slightly "Why did you give me your ring back?" Cole shrugged
"Not as if I need it really. I guess I just wanted to give you something that I can't make a mess of this time" He glanced at Paige and saw her smile slightly before she looked away "You don't have to keep it" he dragged his eyes back to Phoebe
"I think I will" she replied "Cole I need you to know…I forgive you, I cant forget what you have done and I'm not sure I ever will but it hurts too much to keep all this anger for you, when I know how much this has affected you" Cole opened his mouth to speak, but Phoebe raised her hand motioning she had more to tell him "I'm not saying we are getting back together because we aren't, were not meant to be, but I don't see why everyone else should suffer and tip-toe around us when they haven't done anything" she took a long pause before telling Cole what he wanted to hear "I think we can make it as friends though…nothing more" Coles face brightened and the first real smile broke on his face
"Phoebe…I"
"Don't know what to say. I know…but Cole don't mess us around again. I'm giving you this last chance to prove you can make it as a good guy. Who knows you may come in handy for tracking demons" She smiled slightly and Cole let out a small laugh
"Phoebe…thank you" his eyes gleamed as though all his great fortune's had come at once. Phoebe turned to Paige
"Home?" she asked her younger sister who nodded
"Okay" she looked at Cole who looked back at her, almost immediately they made eye contact, Paige tried to look away but she couldn't, she made her voice as stern as she could without letting on that she was finding him attractive "Don't mess up Cole"
"I won't" Cole replied, he tried to keep his voice steady but he knew he wasn't doing a good job, he finally pulled away from her eyes and walked back to the couch, getting his act back together "Thank you so much again Phoebe, I swear on my life I'm not going to screw up" Phoebe nodded
"I'm sure you wont, bye Cole" She took Paige's hand
"Bye" he replied trying not to look at Paige again, there was defiantly something about her that was making him feel like this, Paige took a deep breath and orbed back to the manor with Phoebe. "This cant be happening" Cole said aloud "I'm falling for Paige" he slumped on the couch staring into space trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Phoebe and Paige orbed into the manor living room, Piper and Leo looked up
"How did it go?" Leo asked. Phoebe began to tell him the story about how relieved she now felt it was all over, Paige sat down and tried to look as if she was paying attention but her mind kept wandering to Cole 'I cant like him' she thought 'He's Cole, he's a demon, but he's so…magnetic. This can't be right I'm falling for Cole'

((OK so there wasn't really much fluff or anything in that, but I had to make it Cole wasn't hated or anything. But now we know that they have both figured out their feelings for each other. Please tell me what you think and review thanks xxx))