A.N Hey here's chapter 18, thanks for the reviews. I'll try and make this one longer since I've been told the last one was too short so here's my attempt…
Disclaimer I don't own charmed, I simply steal the characters names to mould them into my twisted fanfictions, plus the fact that it's fun.
Chapter 18
Temptations
Cole sat in the kitchen looking at Ben who was on top of the table in his carrier, the sisters had been informed by Leo about a group of demons meeting in a warehouse and Paige had orbed them out, to save the innocent Leo had told them of. Cole bounced the small teddy on the top of the carrier hoping to get a reaction from him, but up to now all Ben did was raise his head before resting it back and let out a few gurgles now and then. Cole rocked the carrier slightly and gently stroked Ben's cheek with the hand with his son's teddy in it. Ben looked at him with his wide blue eyes, sucking on the yellow pacifier in his mouth, he didn't seem too interested in the teddy Cole held but moved his head when Cole stroked his cheek. Cole smiled; he would never have thought that he and Paige would be so happy and that she would have given him such a wonderful son. Ben smiled slightly behind his pacifier before finding something interesting on the ceiling and moving his eyes up to look at it, Cole followed his son's gaze and saw a light on the ceiling. In wonder he glanced back at the table to find a small bracelet on it, Paige's. The one he had bought her a few days before he…left. She must have forgotten it that morning before they orbed out. He picked it up n slipped it into his pocket; he would give it to her later. Cole turned his attention back to his son, who was now looking at him, Ben smiled and in doing so the pacifier that was in his mouth fell out. Cole watched as Ben looked down at his possession that was now on his chest, confused how it travelled out of his mouth to on his chest, he looked back up and his gaze met Cole. Instantly he let his bottom lip fall out and he lowered his eyebrows, faced with his son about to cry Cole quickly picked up the small pacifier his son loved so much and put it back in his mouth. Content he closed his eyes and laid his head back, Cole glanced up at the clock it was Ben's bedtime soon which is why he was so tired and not in the mood to play. Cole looked once more at his son before he got up from his seat and walked over to the fridge, opening it he grabbed the drink he wanted and opened it, taking a swig before closing the fridge door. He looked up to find the familiar blurring of a demon shimmering in, in a rush to protect his son Cole formed an energy ball and quickly strode to the carrier and stood in front of it. The blurring died away and a pretty young woman stood in its place, Cole couldn't suppress the smile on his face and quickly extinguished the dangerous power he held in the palm of his hand.
"Kiera" He greeted, the young woman swung her blonde hair around her head before she laid her delicate features on the man in front of her, as she walked towards him her heels clicked I a rhythm on the floor beneath her. It had been a long time since he had seen her; he had heard somewhere she had been vanquished but it was obvious she hadn't been. In the past the two had been in a fling but nothing ever came of it, Kiera was a seductress it was in her nature to seduce men so they did what she wanted them to do once she had her way with them it went one of two ways. She would either kill them if the victim was a mortal, or if he was a demon she would steal his powers and trade them into another upper level one. Cole could never resist her though, especially in the past.
"So it's true you are back" She spoke. Kiera defiantly wasn't one to hold back her feelings, Cole nodded in reply as he let his eyes wander over her body, he quickly remembered Paige and snapped out of his trance but he still wasn't too sure where he should look, he body was off limits he was a taken man, he couldn't look into her eyes as they would captivate him to quickly, so he settled looking at her lips, but that still was a wrong move, her lips always made any man want to kiss her. "Good, things down there were starting to get a little bit hectic" She brushed past him, her hand lightly grazing his hip and she sat in the chair, Cole swallowed hard as he looked at her.
"That's nothing to do with me anymore Kiera you know that. I've changed" He glanced at Ben in his carrier as a sign but Kiera didn't notice, she brushed a piece of fluff of her somewhat short skirt and crossed her long tanned legs.
"Demons don't change Cole, they just try new things" She sighed, Cole found once again his eyes wandering, the blouse she wore was unbuttoned slightly at the top not leaving much to the imagination, her attire paused Coles glance at her cleavage but Paige's face crossed his mind and he moved his eyesight to the table.
"No I have. I don't need to be demonic anymore. I have a family and a reason to stay good" He countered. Kiera stood up, she let her hand rest on Cole's chest, Cole watched her as she moved her hand in a slow trail down his chest stopping just above his stomach, Cole tried to move away but the woman that stood in front of him was a seductress and she knew every move in the book to make him do what she wanted. Finally he moved her hand with his but almost in a spring like reflex she put it back in its position.
"But you don't want all that baby" She purred, Cole once again forced himself to look away from her and took a few steps back, but she didn't stop and walked towards him until Cole bumped into the counter behind him. Kiera gently put her hand on his shoulder and moved her lips close to his ear, she certainly knew what she wanted and wasn't going to go down without a fight "You want power and freedom Cole, you cant have that here with Paige. Afterall she's a whitelighter, all those rules and regulations do you really want to be tied down with all that?" Her voice was a soft as a feather but it held a serious tone that couldn't be ignored. Cole shook his head then realised what his reply would have looked like and changed his motion to a nodding gesture.
"I want Paige" He said, Kiera turned his head to face her, her cold eyes looking at him intently, her red lips inviting him to kiss her he grabbed the counter behind him something to distract him from her, Kiera ran a separate hand down his chest Cole paused for a moment before he continued "It's Paige I want…not power" he continued his argument Kiera hand caught on his belt buckle and she moved her lips close to his, so close he could feel the lust in her breath. If he wasn't with Paige, and he didn't have a child he knew he would have shimmered them somewhere more private, even if it didn't mean anything she was still breathtakingly beautiful and throwing herself at him. She didn't need to say a word, her long legs and amazingly beautiful looks could have a man on his knees within seconds.
"Cole, sweetie" She whispered a sarcastic laugh held behind breath, "We all know you're only with Paige so that the Charmed ones don't kill you" Cole shook his head but could feel himself being told what to do by Kiera and soon enough would agree to whatever she said. "You want evil, power…you want me" Cole lazily agreed with a small nod of the head, he didn't want to but she had a point he wanted to be powerful again, but he also wanted Paige above all else. He knew what Kiera wanted and decided to play into her hands. In that moment Paige and her sisters orbed back into the kitchen behind where Cole was stood but in view of Kiera's smug glare, the young demon eyes lifted up curiously and caught with the glance of Paige. She raised a confident eyebrow and smiled at the shocked witch in front of her in a way which you're your boyfriend wants me not you. Kiera pushed herself u against Cole's torso and hungrily caught her lips against his. Paige stood in awed shock for a moment as she watched Cole kiss back; she tightened her grip on Phoebe's hand. She wanted to shout, or scream or something but instead the hollow feeling in her stomach grew and she threw her sisters hand down before running out of the room, tears piercing her eyes. Piper and Phoebe went to follow her but their eyes moved back; transfixed on the passionate clinch Cole was in with the mysterious woman, Cole gripped the counter behind him tighter and his knuckles started to turn white. In a daze he grabbed the kitchen knife that lay on the side and in a swift movement Cole plunged it into her stomach, Kiera pulled back from the kiss a sudden pained expression covered her pretty face before she burst into flames in front of Coles eyes and disappeared.
"No…that's what I want" He said calmly looking at the knife in his hand, some blood dripped to the floor 'Should clean that before Piper sees' he realised. He had just killed someone and the only guilt feeling he felt was that he had kissed someone else.
"Cole?" Phoebes voice broke his train of thought 'Shit' he cursed in his mind, he spun around to face Piper and Phoebe who were both staring at him, suddenly realization hit him that Paige wasn't there and it was obvious by the looks they wore Paige had seen him kiss Kiera.
"It's not what it looks like" Cole said sudden panic in his voice he wanted to go and find Paige "She tried to tempt me back to evil, I didn't want to kiss her it happened all too fast but she's gone now and I'm still good and where's Paige?" He heard himself rambling and saw Piper lower her eyebrows as she tried to catch up with everything that he had just said.
"She left" Phoebe said quietly "She saw you kiss that woman…demon" Her brown eyes searched Coles face as it went paler
"I didn't want to. I had to…she wanted me to be evil I had to get rid of her" He replied, his heart was pounding he wanted desperately to go after her but then again he didn't want to face her or see her hurt. Piper nodded in agreement
"You did what you had to do…I guess…" She said to him, glancing at Phoebe then back at him "You should go to her" Cole silently agreed with a lame smiled and stole a glance at Ben who was sleeping in his carrier, oblivious to everything that had just happened. He walked out of the room and went upstairs after not being able to find her in the living room walking across the hall he saw their bedroom door was open and heard a muffled curse from behind the door and after some hesitation he pushed the door open gently
"Paige?" He asked quietly, but before he could get an answer he felt a pillow being thrown into his face. As it fell to the floor his gaze set upon Paige who narrowed her eyes at him from where she was stood
"If you don't leave in the next few seconds it wont be a pillow that I throw at you" She warned, Cole sighed and raised his hands in the air innocently
"I just want to explain what happened" He told her, taking a few mouse like steps into the room, if there was anything worse than a woman scorned, it was Paige scorned. She stared at him but didn't move from where she was, to say she was shorter than Cole was true but she still made him uneasy when she was angry
"I don't need an explanation Cole I saw it for myself" She spat, sitting on the bed. Cole continued to walk towards her but stopped when she shot him a look that if looks could kill he would be sleeping with worms.
"She wanted to turn me back evil…The only way I could get rid of her was if she was near me so she thought she had a chance of winning" He knew what he had just said must have sounded pathetic but it was true, he knew he would have to kill her and she would have to be near him for him to be able to do it. Granted he hadn't expected her to kiss him.
"So you thought you would just shove your tongue down the back of her throat to do just that?" Paige cocked her head to one side but kept her stare on him "With our son in the room?" In the heat of things Cole had forgotten Ben was there and closed his eyes. How could he have been so stupid? Anything could have happened to him, he opened his eyes,
"Paige I'm sorry. Honestly I am, you're the only person I want to be with" Paige looked at him; obviously this was going to take more than a lame apology to patch things up. He knew how he would feel if he caught Paige kissing someone else but he had to put that aside, he went to the bed and when Paige didn't push him away sat down tentatively he looked at her but Paige turned her eyes to the floor, he placed his hand on top of hers and was fairly surprised that she didn't pull it away. "I love you" he told her quietly he heard Paige sigh and she looked at him, her brown eyes glazed over.
"I know. I know. I love you too…I just – it's not easy seeing the man you love kissing someone else" She admitted, Cole smiled weakly at her and put his hand on her cheek which she instantly let her head lean into.
"You're the only person I want to kiss Paige, and to be honest she wasn't as good as you" he joked trying to get Paige smile, it worked and he smiled back "And she didn't have your smile" Paige quickly stopped smiling as she blushed, she liked Cole complimenting her but it still made her blush under embarrassment "And she doesn't have your looks, or your laugh or everything else that I love about you" Paige almost laughed out loud. The woman that was kissing Cole was drop dead gorgeous; she couldn't pay enough money to surgeons to have those kinds of looks. It was those kinds of women that made every man drool at the mouth and every woman look into the mirror and find a hundred flaws with themselves. Cole could give her all the compliments in the world but she knew she had faults, she never wore tops which showed her stomach because of the stretch marks and she hated how small she was. Cole always laughed when she talked about what she didn't like about herself and always called her perfect.
"Were you tempted? I mean not just to her but to the whole evil side of things?" Paige asked, Cole thought for a moment before he answered. He knew she would ask but it was still hard to explain to her,
"Sort of" he admitted. He saw Paige lower her eyes but he tipped her chin slightly so he could look at her "Paige its what I'm used to, being able to do what I want when I want without rules or anyone telling me not to" She sighed as he explained
"You mean to say being with me has too many rules?" She resigned but Cole shook his head smiling slightly, he let his thumb trail on her cheek softly
"No being with you is the best thing I've ever felt" Paige smiled at him; she didn't need to reply because she was sure he knew how she felt "I'd never give that up. Not for all the power in the underworld, not for anything. You're not getting rid of me Paige I'm sticking around" He laughed gently but every word that he said was serious. Paige took his hand and held it tightly, he pulled it up to his chest and looked at her "You feel that?" he asked, Paige nodded not sure of where it was going
"It's your heart baby" She told him, slightly confused.
"Yeah it is, and you're the only one I want it to beat for. You have my heart Paige forever and whatever come after that" He smiled. Paige laughed slightly and let go of his hand
"Corny" She joked, Cole raised his eyebrows but nodded in agreement
"I know it worked though didn't it?" Paige smiled and leaned forward kissing him gently; he kissed back lightly before pulling away "I'm sorry" Paige brushed his lip with her finger
"It's okay, just please don't do it again" Cole kissed her forehead and got up from the bed walking over to the drawer at the side of the bed he decided it was now or never he took out the small box that he kept hidden, keeping it out of Paige's view
"I wont" he walked back to her and stood in front of where she was sitting. He looked at her as she tried to see what was behind his back; he let a smile grow on his face as he saw her become frustrated when she couldn't see what he was holding.
"What's that?" She asked, trying to keep the intrigue out of her voice but obviously failing. Cole felt his stomach knot quickly as she asked; he knew what he wanted to say but now the moment came his mouth became dry and all the words he had planned became lost. He knew this is what he wanted to do, but for some reason he had become nervous. "Cole?" Paige's soft voice brought him back from his daydream; he took a deep breath before he smiled at her weakly and building up his courage.
"Paige, listen." He paused and she looked at him waiting for him to continue, this wasn't like Cole something was on his mind. "I love you so much and I know what's just happened didn't really prove it, but I want you to realise how much I want to be with you" Paige opened her mouth to speak but Cole raised a hand and she stopped, not that she could get any words out as she watched Cole bend down onto one knee a lump formed in her throat
"Cole what are you…" Cole shook his head and she stopped talking, he pulled the little box out in front of him and opened it. The sparkling silver ring that sat inside the white satin stared back at her
"Paige Matthews will you marry me?"
A.N There ya go that's chapter 18 done for ya'll, hope it was long enough this time lol. I've started chapter 19 but I'm not sure when it's going to be posted. Anyway please review go ahead press that little blue button and make a young English girl happy. Yes I'm aware I have no life.