Summary: Phoebe and Coop are unhappy together, then Phoebe gets a visit from the Angel of destiny, whom shows her what life could've been like if she had given Cole another chance.

Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed nor claim to own it's characters. Don't sue me, I have no money.

Spoilers: Season 8. I didn't watch the whole of it, but I roughly know what happens. And I didn't really like Phoebe/Coop, because to me, Phoebe and Cole will always be meant to be together. Sorry, it's kinda short (:

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"Phoebe, do you love me?" Cole asked her simply, as if he were a young and innocent child.

"Of course..." Phoebe answered, almost without thinking.

"Well then, why won't you tell me what's wrong?"

She turned to face him, forcing a huge smile, "what's wrong? Nothing's wrong Cole!"

His light blue eyes searched her brown ones, and she gave up lying. "Look... Cole, this reality, it isn't real." She explained to him, "I actually never gave you a second chance, the Angel of Destiny gave me a second chance with you as a favor or something." Cole listened to the whole story carefully, then looked at her with such a tender look that it broke her heart.

"Phoebe, I can't say anything except that, I love you. You're all that's made me good and you've opened my eyes and made me see so many wonderful things. Look at what we have here, two beautiful kids. I don't know who this Coop guy is, but if he doesn't make you happy, then he doesn't deserve you. I'm not saying we never fight or that we never will, love's never gonna be easy, Phoebe. Everyone knows ours hasn't. But you've gotta admit, it's also been beautiful."

Deep down, Phoebe knew he was right, but she wasn't about to give in so quickly, her mind still had doubts. "What makes you say that Coop doesn't make me happy?" She asked. Cole studied her carefully, "because of this" he whispered huskily, his fingers lightly tracing lines on her forehead. "Because the lights that used to dance in your eyes aren't there anymore, the playful-ness and the childish enthusiasm, because you kissed me and because I think that I still love you more than anyone else ever could."

He kissed her again and Phoebe felt her world melt. She hadn't seen and realized, what real love was. She had been so desperate to have what she thought was her destiny come true, that she'd settled. Settled for Coop, settled for mediocre. She had forgotten what it was like to feel this way. Loving Coop was simple. It required tolerance and easy compromise about small issues.

What she felt for Cole was a roller coaster of emotions, from her dark need for him to the way he made her so happy that she felt like she could float away on a million clouds. "I love you Cole." She whispered into his chest, "I know you do." Cole smiled down at her.

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A/N: that's it! Until next chapter (: I've got lotsa plans for Phoebe & Cole. Ahaha. I love them so much (: anyway! Review please! Or e-mail me at narinenia at yahoo . Com