A.N Thanks for the reviews and the private messages people. This chapter contains more graphic references than my others, which is why I rated this 'T'. Oh the small verse at the end is from a song called "I need you" By Leanne Rimes.
Disclaimer (Looks blank) Don't make me say it.
Chapter 16
Together
In a rush Paige made her way to the attic looking at the floor and thinking of ingredients she would need to add into a potion, Cole followed her from behind watching her. He looked up as he followed her and saw Phoebe wandering up the stairs staring down at her phone, Paige was still looking down and he cold see a collision happening.
"Paige" He warned, Paige heard him and turned around but she walked into Phoebe as she did so.
"Hey" Phoebe cried out, she saw it was Paige though and her expression softened and she put the lid back down on her phone and put it into her dressing gown pocket. "Paige? What you doing up at this time?" She questioned folding her arms at the chill in the room. Paige looked at Phoebe then turned to Cole before returning her glance back to her sister.
"Going to the attic" She stated. Phoebe raised and eyebrow and looked at her in wonder, Paige continued as she saw the look of confusion on her face "To save Cole before he moves on" Phoebe sighed and unfolded her arms
"Sweetie" She started but Paige shook her head
"He's here, now" She put her hands on her hips, Phoebe looked past her and shrugged before moving some hair back behind her ear that had fallen from her bun,
"Where?" She asked. Cole rolled his eyes and took a step towards Paige, he noted Phoebe refold her arms in front of her and pull her dressing gown tighter around her body.
"She cant see me" He told Paige "No-one can, your not meant to remember so the fact no-one else can shouldn't be a surprise hun" Paige pursed her lips
"Then how can I prove you're here?" She turned to him and saw him shrug, Phoebe's confused face returned and prompted a laugh from Cole "Pheebs don't look like that this is serious"
"How did you know I…" Phoebe straightened up as it registered with her, but she needed more evidence otherwise she would look as crazy as Paige if he was afigment of her imagination"Ok so fine if Cole really is here prove it"
"How?" Paige became frustrated and threw her arms up as she turned back to her sister, Phoebe thought for a moment before she had an idea it should work because Cole wasnt one to go around telling people personal things.
"Get him to say something personal that only he knows about me. Something he didn't share with you either" Paige sighed and turned to Cole as a small smile played on his lips
"She liked me to kiss the inside of her leg" He said, laughing gently "She doesn't like that being told to anyone" Paige looked like she had been hit in the face with something as she parted her lips slightly
"I cant tell her you said that…that's just…the inside of her leg? You've never kissed me there" She said quite startled, Cole smiled and shrugged, in a twisted way it was cute she was getting slightly jealous.
"I did, you just didn't react so I didn't kiss you there again" He answered as Paige turned her head to Phoebe, who looked slightly shocked and yet embarrassed. She folded her arms and pursed her lips slightly,
"I might have liked it...The inside of her leg?" She repeated, Cole let out a small laugh and she saw Phoebe smile, the red on her face growing slightly darker everytime Paige repeated it.
"Okay that's enough, I have proof" Phoebe said fanning herself with her hand in an attempt to get rid of the red the crept onto her cheeks, her face became serious once more as she looked at Paige "Hun, even if he really is here, you cant bring the dead back to life" Cole raised his eyebrows where he was stood, Paige wasn't going to like being told what she could and couldn't do, it wasn't in her nature. On cue Paige shook her head
"He's not moved on yet, there's still a chance, let me try" She told her and slipped past her going towards the attic, Phoebe rolled her eyes and turned around
"What if you need the power of three? Piper isn't here, her and Leo went to some restaurant and then for a drink they wont be back to the early hours" She explained, Paige seemed to resign more to the fact she wasn't going to get Cole back, she glanced at the watch on her wrist 11:30 time was running out and it was obvious she wasn't going to be able to have the power of three to bring her boyfriend back. Unless…
"Leo" She called loudly; Phoebe opened her mouth to protest but decided against it when Paige called again "Leo get your ass home now I need your wife" Cole shook his head and looked at Paige. A few moments later the hall became brighter as Leo orbed in holding a very angry looking Piper who was clutching a drink.
"This had better be good" Piper mumbled "They were about to do the mamba" She took a sip from her drink and saw Phoebe and Paige stood looking at her, "Not that I was going to join in. Leo wouldn't let me" She smiled but saw she didn't get many smiles back "Ok what's with you two I asked if you wanted to come" Phoebe looked at Paige and put her hands in her pockets,
"Paige wants to save Cole but we think we will need the power of three to do it" Phoebe explained, Leo raised an eyebrow and took the drink out of Pipers hand, as she raised them in frustration, Phoebe quickly continued "He really is here, Paige proved it" Piper narrowed her look on her sisters
"How?" she demanded, she wasn't going to waste time saving someone if it wasn't really him and she was going to see her sister hurt. Phoebe blushed and bit her lip gently,
"She told me something only Cole would know, and he told her" Piper glanced at Paige who nodded in agreement
"Please help Piper, I want him back" Paige pleaded, Piper sighed and nodded curtly if this didn't work then she only hoped it could relieve Paige of Cole and she could fully move on. Paige's lips formed into a smile and she hugged her older sister, before moving to Phoebe. "Thank you so much"
Quarter of an hour later the three sisters stood in a line, each holding a small potion in their delicate hands. Leo sat on a chair in the corner of the room watching them, ready in case a potion backfired and he was needed to help heal one of them. He sipped from the drink that he had taken from Piper and tried to find where Cole was stood, which obviously didn't work as he couldn't see him. He followed Paige's glance instead and saw her smile weakly, he guessed it was at Cole.
"Do you need a spell?" Leo asked putting the drink down, Piper glanced over at her husband
"If these potions are strong enough, which they are, we can just use the spell to summon Belthazor but change it to Cole and hopefully it should work" She was in full witch mode and there was no room for argument. Paige bit her lip and took a shaky breath, if this didn't work she didn't know what she would do, Phoebe caught her from the corner of her eye and held her hand gently.
"Ready" Phoebe asked. Paige nodded and looked at Cole, who was stood in the middle of the room looking around, he caught her glance and flashed her a smile. Inside he was being eaten away with fear, but he didn't want to show it to Paige she looked nervous enough already. In order the sisters threw the potion to the mark Paige had to on the floor to show where Cole was, Phoebe first followed by Paige then Piper. A wisp of blue smoke rose up from the floor and in unison they spoke the spell they used so many years ago to vanquish only this time it was to save him. Paige's breath caught in her throat as a bright light came from where Cole stood; she closed her eyes against it. When she gathered the strength to open them she saw Cole still stood there, his blue eyes looked more alive than they did 20 minutes ago. Paige took a step forward
"Baby are you…"
"Solid?" She heard Piper say behind her "He's solid enough for me to see him anyway" Paige couldn't suppress the smile any longer, she looked at Phoebe and Piper who both nodded at her to go to him, "He wont bite Paige" Paige turned back to Cole, she almost didn't feel herself walk to him. She wrapped her arms around him burying herself into his chest; his strong arms surrounded her and held her tight as he closed his eyes. It felt so good to feel her in his arms once again, before he had felt so empty so alone, but now he felt whole. He opened his eyes and looked at the sisters.
"Thank you for bringing me back" He told the room, not really aiming it at anybody, not really caring who answered, Piper smiled in return and linked arms with Phoebe who looked on at them, joy in her eyes.
"Anything for family" Phoebe said smiling, Paige mumbled something but it was muffled against Cole's chest, Cole laughed gently and she felt it rumble in his chest, she lifted her head and looked at him.
"I said…As much as I'm glad you happy he's back, can you leave or something? Me and Cole have to catch up on something's" She kept her focus on Cole and raised her eyebrow indicating what she wanted.
"No" Cole said, Paige looked at him confused but he continued "It's their house to baby, we should go…" He trailed of the sentence and let Paige finish it in her mind; she nodded in agreement and looked over at her sisters
"I owe you guys" She told them, Piper nodded causing her to smile "I'll take you out to dinner or something tomorrow but right now I want to catch up with Cole" She gently slipped her hand within his, without a reply from her sisters she walked out of the attic with Cole.
Cole stopped just short of walking into the bedroom with Paige, she turned back to him and bit her lip.
"What's wrong?" She asked. For four months she had been lonely emotionally and physically, she just wanted to be with him again. Silently she hoped he didn't want to back out with nerves.
"I need to do something first" Cole replied, Paige pursed her lips and looked at him "I want to see my son" Paige licked her lips and smiled at him, without answer she turned her direction and leaded him to the nursery. A small night light shone underneath Ben's cot, Paige walked to his cot but Cole hesitated for a moment but walked with her and gazed over the bars at his son. He was sleeping soundly, his head tilted to one side and his arms above his head, his chest rose and lowered with his breathing causing the blue blanket that covered him to shift slightly. Cole's lips parted slightly and let out an awedgasp; he lowered his hand into the cot and paused before stroking his son's cheek softly with the back of his hand. "He's beautiful" Cole whispered, Paige snaked her arm around Cole waist and glanced up at him,
"He's just like you" She replied truthfully, Cole kept his gaze down on his son as a smile played on his lips. He finally tore himself away from the cot and looked down at Paige
"I'm sorry I wasn't here for his birth" Cole told her quietly, he wanted to see his son awake but he knew he could wait until the morning. Paige shook her head and put a hand on his chest
"Its okay" She answered, Cole opened his mouth to argue but Paige shot her other hand up and put a finger on his lips "You're here now that's all that counts. And we have four lost months to catch up on" Cole smiled and turned back to Ben, he lowered himself gently down into his cot and kissed his forehead before standing back straight and taking Paige's hand.
"Come on then" He smiled leading her back out of the room, he walked to their bedroom and opened in taking Paige inside and closing the door. He turned to her as she walked back towards the bed keeping eye contact and never losing her smile; Cole went with her and gently put his hand on her shoulder pushing her back gently. Paige felt her stomach knot with butterflies as Cole lowered his lips to hers; she kissed back as she felt his lips touch hers. She had missed this so much, his kisses were perfect not too rough but not too gentle, just right, she parted her lips against his causing Cole to deepen the kiss. He ran his hand down to her leg causing her to pull it up slowly, her nightdress slipping down her thigh. Cole pulled away from the kiss and moved off of her slightly giving Paige chance to get up, almost roughly he took the nightdress from her body and moved his hands to her back unclipping her bra and sending it the same way as the nightdress. He pushed her back down gently being careful not to hurt her, she bit her lip as Cole looked down at her before kissing the newly open skin. Paige whispered his name as a gasp caught in her throat, her fingers tore at the linen beneath her. Cole moved down kissing her stomach as he went; Paige arched her back to him as she let out a moan, louder than intended, but she was lost in the moment and didn't notice. Once again he moved above her, with shaky hands she fumbled with the buttons on his shirt as Cole threw his jacket off.
"You wear too many layers" She grumbled behind a laugh as she finally unbuttoned the last one and slipped it off of his shoulders, once it was off Cole lowered his lips to her neck nibbling gently.
"Glad your doing something about it then" He murmured against the hollow of her neck, he began kissing once again causing Paige's body to shudder beneath him. Together they found one another once more, after a long time apart. Once again Paige and Cole felt their love for one another blossom.
I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you
Shaking life a leaf in autumn Cole almost felt his arms almost give way and he was close to collapsing on Paige, his breath short he moved himself off of her and placed himself beside her. Paige's arms fell from where they were on his shoulders down to her sides, her breath was ragged and quick as her heart pounded hard and fast in her chest.
"God…that was...mindblowing" She whispered, she had no other words. For once in her life Paige was speechless, she turned her head to Cole who looked at the ceiling before facing her a smile on his lips,
"Gods a bit extreme, Cole will do just fine...And yeah I agree, I should die more often" He quipped, Paige narrowed her eyes at him but nonetheless cuddled her body to his, Cole kissed her sweat-slicked shoulder as he closed his eyes.
"Don't even think about leaving me again and you're not that good hun even if you think you are"She muttered, Cole smiled and hecould feel Paige's eyelashes flutter against his still heaving chest, she was falling asleep, she was worn out from both their activities and restless nights before.
"You going to sleep now sweety?" He asked gently, Paige nodded against his chest, listening to his heart beating in its rhythm.
"Night baby…I love you so much" Paige told him, her fingers tracing patterns on his stomach.
"I love you too Paige. More than you know" A few moments of silence followed, all that could be heard was the couple's breaths, now slowing down as sleep took over theirs bodies. Finally united together again.
A.N And Im done! Okay so that wasa lil bit different to my normal writing butbe happy oh little (or big I dunno) reader. They got back together
