AN Last chapter guys, because of several reasons. I have college assignments to do which take hours each and I have other stories and something called a life. I might do a sequel if your all good and leave nice reviews. Anyway as you'll see the beginning of the chapter is the end to chapter 20 because chapter 1-20 were Cole's thoughts during the day. See clever. Decided for all you fans this can be kinda smutty lol.

Disclaimer Don't own it, all I own is this cup of tea in front of me.

Chapter 21

6 years and it's all over.

Cole Turner sat in his silver Porsche after thinking about the past for the day he finally came to the conclusion Paige would always be his long term love, his eyes looked over to the old house that he used to live in. A wave of regret hit him, all the great times that had been spent there had just gone down the drain in a matter of years. All the nights he spent with Paige, just him and her, all the memories of her laughter and the brightness of her smile. It was all gone now. He felt something tugging on his arm and snapped out of his reverie he looked down at his son who was sat next to him in the passenger seat. His face was covered in face paints to represent a tiger, but you could still tell they were father and son. A wide grin was on Ben's face as he let go of his fathers arm,

"Daddy, you know mummy's going to shout when she sees that my clothes are dirty" The child stated, Cole smiled to himself. It was Ben's fault his clothes were dirty, he had decided as soon as his face was like a tiger that he was one and proceeded to crawl around the picnic table, keeling in mud and dirt. He gave a nod of the head and unbuckled his seatbelt as well as Bens before stepping out of the car and shutting it. He looked once more at the house when he felt a small hand hold onto his, without looking down at Ben he crossed the road quickly after checking it and walked up to the door giving a swift knock. A moment later Paige answered, he hair was pulled back loosely and she was wearing a red top over some dark jeans, for a moment Cole regretted ever loosing her, but it had become to hard for them.

"Hey" He greeted "Hope you don't mind that we're late, Ben insisted on going to McDonalds" Paige shook her head and smiled, looking down at her son who held up a small toy happily, she focused her gaze back on Cole,

"Course I don't mind, I've told you as long as you tell me you can keep him for as long as you want. He loves your company and he's too hyperactive for me" She held back the sigh in the back of her throat, it had been a year since their divorce but it still stung. She moved as Ben ran past her inside to go and play with his toys, he stopped suddenly though and turned around looking at Cole,

"Are you going now?" His question was so innocent, but both Cole and Paige knew that it killed Ben to watch his dad walk away every time they saw each other.

"Yeah buddy, we've had our fun today, it's your moms turn to see you now" He explained trying to find excuses for leaving. The fact was if he stayed he would tell Paige what he really felt, which under the circumstances wouldn't be right. He was with another woman now, her name was Jenny and from the moment he had introduced her to Ben she had been jealous. Paige was dating a man called John as well, he was nice but Cole had never spent more than five minutes with him without visually thinking of hurting him, Cole had warned him, without Paige knowing, that if he ever hurt her he would hunt him down. Made him feel good at the time.

"I don't want you to go though" Bens voice smashed through his thoughts, "Cant you just stay a while? Please" Cole glanced at Paige who was looking at her son with sympathy in her eyes,

"I don't think so. Not today" He replied, hoping Paige would jump in at any time but she didn't. She looked at Ben, silently willing him to say something that would make Cole stay. So what if they had broken up? They were still friends, even if things between them were rigid and awkward.

"You never stay! You never want to spend time here! You always say another time or another day but you never do daddy you never stay" Ben stamped his foot down on the floor and ran out of the room, in search for anything else but his mom and dad. Paige watched disheartened as he ran from the room and made a move to go after him but felt Cole's large hand on her arm, she felt a tingle through her body but ignored it and looked at him,

"He's right. Let him calm down, he'll forget in half-an-hour" He told her smoothly, she gave him a weak smile and pulled her arm away

"He's not lying though you don't stay. Why don't you come in, unless you have to go and meet Jackie" She deliberately got her name wrong and started walking away, knowing full well that Cole would follow her just to correct her,

"It's Jenny and no I don't" She heard the door close and smiled to herself, she walked towards the kitchen glancing up the stairs and noticing that Ben was sat on the fourth one from the top, a small smile on his face as he realized his dad had just walked in. She walked into the kitchen still aware of Cole's presence and opened the fridge,

"Coke?" She asked turning to him and holding a cold can up, she put it on the counter as he nodded in reply and used her elbow to close the fridge door, and looked at him as he took his coat off. He picked up the can and opened it, putting it against his lips and taking a gulp. Paige watched him, a warm glow seemed to emit from her, it had been a long time since her and Cole had been alone like this and it was a great feeling to have it again. He put his coat on the counter with his free hand "So what have you been up to today?" Cole looked at her over the can and put it down,

"Went to the zoo with Ben and he made me carry him on my shoulders all the way around because he wanted to be like the giraffes, then he decided he was a tiger and got his face painted then acted like one, which is the reason for the messy clothes sorry about that" Paige shook her head indicating it was okay "And well…thinking about - the past" He faltered on the last sentence unsure of Paige's reaction, she raised her eyebrow and put her can down fiddling with her fingernails.

"Yeah, I've been doing that a lot lately." She paused and a moment of silence enveloped them as they both looked at one another, as though they were trying to look past the outer image and see deep inside to figure out what the other was thinking. "What happened to us Cole?" Cole glanced at the floor,

"I became a jealous demonic jerk" He told her with a serious face, even if his comment was almost a joke, he heard Paige give a small laugh from where she was "How could I not be? You kissed four men while we were together, I thought you liked them more than…" he trailed off,

"Than I loved you? That was impossible Cole, I loved you more than you could even hope to dream of, I guess me and you were just too different in the end. I mean I couldn't honestly get used to you being a demon and the whole trust thing was a problem" She fiddled with a pen that was laid on the top from earlier that morning and watched his face for his reaction and noted how a look of regret flooded his eyes as he realized he was the real problem for the breakdown in their relationship. For a few moments there was no sound, they bathed in the silence of the past,

"Paige do you regret us?" Cole question was a random outburst in the silent room, Paige ran her finger over the top of her can and looked at him shaking her head,

"I don't regret anything. You were amazing, you were a fantastic husband a brilliant friend a loving husband a…" She was cut off as she saw Cole open his mouth to speak,

"Monster in bed" He joked, Paige's laugh made him smile her warmth lit him up as the happiness shone through her and into him,

"Yeah, you were great in bed too" She smiled and lifted the can to her lips she wasn't the best person at lying so she might as well have said the truth,

"I miss you" Cole's eyes widened as he realized what he had just said, Paige swallowed hard and looked away as it registered with her what he had told her,

"Don't" She replied simply, he gave a meek smile as an apology and picked up his can as a distraction from watching her. Paige walked towards the table and lent on it, she jumped as a loud crack of thunder made it's presence known from outside. Cole turned to the window,

"Me and Ben were lucky, if I hadn't had said no to that toy shop we would be in this" He gave himself an inward slap, what kind of conversation starter was that? Paige glanced at him blankly for a moment, her face without emotion as though she was thinking of something to say. She smiled slightly at him, Cole opened his mouth to say something but couldn't find the words. "I'm going to go…I'll say bye to Ben and let myself out" Paige watched with a lump in her throat as he walked out of the kitchen. Once again she had made a total cock-up of a good situation. Why the hell couldn't she say she missed him too? She blinked rapidly, urging herself to get rid of the tears that had sprung to her eyes. A few moment later she heard small footsteps run into the room and smiled at Ben as he rushed towards her,

"Liam's home from holiday can I go see him? Please mom I just saw him and he saw me and his mom smiled at me and can I go over please?" he rushed grabbing his jacket that he had left before and putting it on backwards in his effort to be quick,

"It's raining Ben" She told him sternly, he put on his best set of puppy eyes and looked at his mother with his bottom lip hanging out. He looked so much like Cole it scared her. Promptly she gave in like she always did when he put his innocent face on "You can go as soon as you get dressed properly and as long as you promise to stay inside Liam's house. I will be phoning his mom" She pulled his jacket off and held it out so he could put it on properly, he shoved his hands into the arms and zipped it up,

"I promise. You're the best" he chirped running out of the room and almost bumping straight into Cole, he looked up at his dad for a moment "I'm going to Liam's bye" he continued running out of the house and ran into the neighbor's garden to meet his friend forgetting to close the front door behind him. Cole looked at Paige through the doorframe and gave her a smile,

"He really needs to calm down" He stated walking back into the kitchen. Time to go Cole. Paige smiled back and nodded,

"I know but he wouldn't be Ben if he wasn't like that" She watched as Cole walked closer to her and swallowed hard, her hand was shaking. Everytime he came close to her she would become nervous, it was almost like they were dating again sometimes. She put her hands behind her and looked at him as he stopped just in front of her. "Are you going now?" he paused and looked into her eyes,

"I can't" he told her softly, Paige gave him a confused look "You're leaning on my coat" he explained, a smirk on his face. Paige blushed lightly and moved so he could get it. He lent forward and grabbed his coat, he was so close to her, a shiver spread throughout his body. She was intoxicating and he didn't want to move away, her smell, her eyes, everything about her made him want to hold her once more. She moved her head and looked at him, their lips were so close, she parted her slightly hoping for the words to come out but when nothing happened she pushed her lips against his. Cole, for a moment, was shocked but automatically wrapped his arms around her body, she opened her mouth to his and let Cole deepen the kiss. Beneath his fingers he could feel her shiver, and he pushed against her, so that her body was up against his and level to the counter behind her. Paige felt the ecstasy run all around her body, through her veins, her blood, her heart. She moaned against his lips as his hand ran from her waist past her stomach, across her breast and rested it on her cheek. It had been so long since he had felt her, the last time he had even hugged her was more than a year ago and it felt like heaven to have her in his arms once more. Paige pushed against him, knocking him off balance for a second, their feet stumbling towards the table, Cole moved her round and lifted her onto the table.

"Cole we have to -" Paige smiled to herself, she never got to finish her sentences when Cole wanted her. His lips found her neck his once rough kisses now becoming feather-light and gentle. She wrapped her legs around her waist, "Cole please..." Cole paused for a moment, he knew what she was asking, he pulled back and looked at her, her eyes seemed dazed and confused at the sudden stop in passion. She kissed him once more softly and lent her forehead against his, "God, I want you so much" she whispered, her fingers already unbuttoning his shirt,

"Not here" Cole stated his voice heavy with lust, deep with the lack of breath his body had just faced. Paige pulled herself close to him, before she could orb upstairs with him she heard the front door close.

"Paige? Where are you Hun?" Fear spread over Paige's face as she heard Johns voice come from the hallway. In her moment of passion with Cole she had forgotten about everything and everyone. Cole looked at her and understood straight away what this meant,

"It wouldn't have worked anyway Paige" He whispered against her lips, kissing her again before shimmering out to his car. Paige looked down, regret in her eyes, quickly she tucked her hair neater and looked up in time to see John walk into the room. He smiled at her happily and she moved herself from the table,

"What are you doing on there?" he asked he walked to her and put her arms around him, Paige held back the tears and emotion from her voice

"I saw a mouse" She lied smoothly. She couldn't understand why she was so upset, was it because she had cheated on John or was it because she wanted to be with Cole even more. She gave a small shake of the head, her and Cole had tried it for five years maybe more and it hadn't worked so it certainly wouldn't have worked now.

"Poor baby. Whose is that coat?" Another question caused Paige to have to reply, she sighed,

"Cole's. He came by earlier to drop Ben off he must have forgotten it" She put her arms around him and hugged him, hoping to hug away all the guilt that was building up inside her. She closed her eyes wishing that it was Cole who was holding her so lovingly, she knew they couldn't be together anymore but it wasn't a crime to think about it. Afterall her and Cole had once been so much in love that she thought she was going to drown in it. A lump caught in her throat as she heard Cole's car drive away. "I miss you too" She whispered, so quiet she could hardly hear it herself and she knew that John wouldn't be able to.

AN OMG Honestly how bad was that? And it was short I'm such an evil person muahahaha hehe -chokes on evil laughter- yeah wont do that again. My excuse is I wanted to finish this because of all the work that I had going on. Anyways review since it's the last one, and say if you want a sequel because if you do that can be arranged hehe.