-1Messages From Limbo
Chapter 6: Mending Old Mistakes
Author's Note: SORRY FOR THE HUGE DELAY! Hope this chapter makes up for it. There should be only two more chapters after this but I am thinking like my other Charmed stories, another Cole and Phoebe story will soon follow. I am not sure how much longer it will take place after this. Enjoy! If you have any suggestions of what you would like to see happen either with this story or next don't hesitate to tell me them. On to the story. Lyrics in this chapter are © Bryan Adams, the song is called "Please Forgive Me"
Halliwell Manor
It had been three days since the sisters, including Prue, had talked and Cole had been MIA pretty much since then. Phoebe had told Piper that she was spending the time to focus on catching up her column at the Bay Mirror and think about the choices she had to make. So Piper and Paige were giving her space while they worked out their plan. Today was supposed to be the big meeting between Cole and Paige; he had agreed to it under the condition that he could talk to Piper alone first.
Leo took one last sip of his coffee before standing from the table and bending to kiss his wife good bye. "Off to School with the kids. Good luck today," he whispered into Piper's ear. She half-smiled before stealing Leo's half-empty cup of coffee and finishing it off for him.
"This should be interesting today. Any idea what Cole wants to talk to me about?" Piper asked now looking in to Leo's eyes and he shook his head no. With one last quick kiss placed on Piper's forehead Leo went to Wyatt who smiled, held his hand out to his father and then with his other hand in Chris', and Chris had a hold of their youngest sister's hand. Wyatt then yelled bye to his mother before orbing the rest of his family to Magic School. Piper smiled to herself then stood up and before she could move her cup to get more coffee, the coffee pot floated over and refilled for her.
"Alright well it's good to know that you are already here." Piper said to what seemed like empty air. She then recited a spell, a new one that she crafted so Cole should be able to come and go as he pleased as long as he was within the Manor. "Watcher of the Halliwell Manor, within these walls you are welcome, come and go to and fro, this is your home to." In a blur of gray a few moments later Cole stood still holding the coffee pot. He turned to place it back on the holder before sitting across from Piper.
"Piper, that was a weak spell. I think you are ignoring your writing skills way to much." Cole prodded and Piper glared at him.
"Good morning to you to Sunshine. Watch it, I can send you right back." Piper teased and Cole let out a weak laugh. She then added "This way you can cross between planes, you can do so at least within our home."
"Our home?" Cole questioned with curiosity. Piper waved her hand at him before sipping some coffee Cole just watched for a few moments before picking up a now cold pancake and putting it on a plate. "We need to talk before Paige gets here."
"Well now is as good a time as any." Piper commented and Cole took a deep breath while putting a little butter on his pancake then cutting it up and taking a bite.
"Piper I have been offered a job."
"A what? How; you are dead?"
Cole let out a sarcastic laugh "Apparently that is a benefit for this job. I have been offered the job of something called a Soul Guardian. Ever hear of them?"
"No, not at all but that may be why there were no books on souls stuck in the In-Between at Magic School."
"Why were you looking for books on that?" Cole questioned and Piper rolled her eyes at him.
"Cut the crap Cole, you know perfectly well why I was looking for those books." Piper shot back
The two continued to sit in silence now, waiting for the other to speak. Piper finally stood from the table and smiled down at Cole. "Perhaps we can ask another soul who has moved on. They might know what a Soul Guardian is."
"Who did you have in mind?" He asked in response
"You'll see," Piper said with a cheeky grin then lead Cole up towards the attic. She then had him set the candles in a circle while she rummaged around for a book of matches to light them. This time she didn't even have to recite the spell as the yellow lights danced around to materialize in to the form of Prue Halliwell. Cole looked at Piper with confusion and then back at Prue who was smiling weakly at him.
"Hello Cole," Prue greeted as if they were old friends and Cole just stared at her in disbelief. Piper laughed before Prue stepped out of the circle of candles, causing her body to become corporeal in the process and now Piper stared in disbelief as well. "Don't ask, this body won't be physical for very long. Just long enough for us to distract Mr. Coop."
"Why are we doing that?" Cole asked and Piper shook her head "I thought I was supposed to talk to Paige today."
"You will, but first Prue and I decided you need to go and talk to Phoebe. Prue and I will talk to Paige and in the process figure out what this Soul Guardian is. But Phoebe needs to realize that she is absolutely right when she says destiny changes." Piper said and Cole rolled his eyes
"You are babbling Piper. That isn't very becoming of you," Cole shot at her but Prue now shushed him.
"Shut up and go. Phoebe is at work and Coop will be busy I promise. I have it all worked out," Prue said with a wicked grin "I didn't leave all of my reckless tendencies behind."
Cole nodded in understanding and gave both sisters a quick, but awkward hug before blurring out of the attic and heading to Phoebe, to where his heart was.
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San Francisco Bay Mirror
Phoebe sat behind her desk and stared down at the letter she had written to Coop explaining everything that hurt her in their marriage and then she leaned back and rested her face in her hands. "This can't be happening again," she whispered to herself.
"But it is," Cole whispered from his spot as he stood at her door not wanting to intrude. "Can I come in?" Phoebe looked up at him with some surprise but forced herself to smile and nodded an ok to his question,
Cole sat down and strummed his fingers on the desk across from Phoebe; he looked in to her deep brown eyes for a few minutes and a million moments of love flashed in those eyes. Cole finally focused on the note in front of her and shook his head.
"Just because Love is his job Phoebe, doesn't mean that it is his life. Does that make sense?" Cole began to try and work out what he was feeling
"No it doesn't," Phoebe growled as she slid the note out of his sight and placed it in her top desk drawer. She wasn't angry that he looked at it but she was irritated that he was trying to give her advice about her current marriage. She couldn't explain why she felt that way but she didn't want him to. In the back of her mind a nagging feeling of fear popped up. What if Cole was going to tell her she should work things out with Coop and he was going to leave?
That thought made her stare back in to his eyes, searching for something when she asked him that question "Cole why are you here?"
Cole looked up and before he realized what he was doing he reached the small distance between himself and the love of his life, he held Phoebe's face in his hand and smiled at her "Destiny changes," he whispered. Once he was sure she was ok with it he stood and leaned across the desk to kiss her. He felt her soft lips part and Phoebe reached up wrapping her arms around his neck without even realizing that she had reacted.
It still feels like our first night together
Feels like the first kiss and
It's gettin' better baby
No one can better this
I'm still hold on and you're still the one
The first time our eyes met it's the same feelin' I get
Only feels much stronger and I wanna love ya longer
You still turn the fire on
Cole pulled back and took a deep breath as Phoebe stared up in to his eyes and felt the tears brimming at the corners of her eyes. Cole walked around the desk and pulled her up to him as he wrapped his arms protectively around her and feathered her hair with soft kisses.
"Is this really ok?" He whispered in to her ear finally and Phoebe looked up at him as she took a half step back to meet his gaze. His fiery greenish-blue eyes met hers and she ran a hand through his hair.
"I did what you said I figured out where I went wrong Cole; I never dealt with you or us. I am so sorry and now I have to deal with it and hurt someone else because of it." Phoebe whispered and Cole now looked hurt and she smiled weakly at him.
So If you're feelin' lonely.. don't
You're the only one I'd ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love ya a little more than I should
Please forgive me I know not what I do
Please forgive me I can't stop lovin' you
Don't deny me
This pain I'm going through
Please forgive me
If I need ya like I do
Please believe me
Every word I say is true
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch
Phoebe then cleared her throat and pulled Cole back in to her arms enjoying the comfort of it, the natural feelings that made her heart soar, her spine tingle, and every fiber of her being call out to him. He was the one, he had always been the one and she had known that since before they were married but denied it all because of her own selfish fears.
"I am so sorry Cole, for everything I have done to you. But I have to let Coop go and hurt someone else because I ran from you for so long." Phoebe finally whispered in to his ear and he smiled weakly before nodding his understanding "Why do you say destiny changes?"
"In some ways Coop was meant for you. But he was your soul mate because I wasn't around but Phoebe I swear to you that if later down the line you realize you belong with him instead of me I will never forgive you. You have to understand all I have ever wanted was to be with you. To be a part of your life, your family… our family." Cole said and Phoebe made shushing noise to get him to stop babbling before she kissed his cheek
"Coop gave me three beautiful daughters and he will always be a part of their lives. But he has failed to understand what being a husband is and never took the time to get to know me. You knew me without wanting to, isn't that right?" She said with a grin
Cole nodded and laughed a little as he felt the mood shift "You sure did cause a lot of trouble when I started to push against Belthazor because I wanted to get to know you. The way you squeak if you get tickled to hard, on a bad day you throw your hair up and glare at the world," He responded and Phoebe laughed in response as well.
We're still gettin' closer baby
Can't get close enough I'm still holdin' on
You're still number one I remember the smell of your skin
I remember everything
I remember all your moves
I remember you
I remember the nights ya know I still do
One thing I'm sure of
Is the way we make love
And the one thing I depend on
Is for us to stay strong
With every word and every breath I'm prayin'
That's why I'm sayin'...
Cole then looked at Phoebe's office door and latched the door's lock mentally before sitting her down on her desk. Phoebe smiled up in to his face as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled Cole down to her.
"I will never let you go again Cole Turner. If I have to go through heaven and hell I will not make the same mistake again, I swear." Phoebe said and Cole let out a low moan of satisfaction.
"Marry me again?" He spit out and Phoebe laughed but nodded her head "Or we can just reverse it. If I am not missing you are not technically divorced from me. I am a lawyer I will find the loop hole."
"Why Mr. Turner are you forcing me in to being Mrs. Turner?" she teased back and Cole nodded.
"Absolutely, if you will accept it." The talk soon ended as Cole just enjoyed the moment of being with Phoebe and having her in his arms again. Soon they would have to take the Elders and Coop head on, but for now in this room and in that moment things were exactly as they were supposed to be.
To Be Continued---
Sorry it was short, but in the next chapter you will find out what Prue and Piper had planned as well as how Cole is going to take Coop head on. Enjoy!