He shimmered into the Halliwell manor.
"What are you doing here?" asked a startled Phoebe, unhappy to see her ex husband.
"There is something I desperately need to warn you about," Cole blurted out, hoping he wasn't being followed.
"My date is showing up in two minutes, can't you learn to knock," she responded.
"Who is he?" asked Cole
"A friend of the bartender at P3," answered Paige, her voice tinged with annoyance. "Very nice guy, owns his own business selling soap to all the pricy stores in the city. However since he is with Phoebe, he has been giving us a free supply. That reminds me, when he comes I should ask for more."
"The stuff is amazing" said Phoebe, "my skin has never been the same."
Not wasting any time, Cole interrupted her, "The Olym," was all he was able to get out before something stopped him. He didn't know what it was, but it overpowered him. He gagged as he pulled on his own collar, dragging himself backwards before crashing into a china cabinet.
"What is going on," asked Piper who entered the room.
"Phoebe has a date and Cole is beating himself up over it," answered Paige.
Before he could regain his composure and say anything he felt his hand clench up in a tight fist that flew into his own mouth. He had a very bad feeling about the mysterious force that was causing him to abuse himself. He attempted to say something again, but found that he was unable to speak with his front teeth knocked out. It would be a few minutes before his self-healing kicked in allowing him to say anything. As he was struggling, he heard the chime of the doorbell ringing, Phoebe ran to answer it.
"Tyler," she greeted the man at the door.
Cole looked on in horror as Phoebe wrapped her hands around Olympian he had encountered before. He thought that after their entire experience, she would be suspicious of anyone she dated. He wondered what Leo's reaction would be when he saw who Phoebe was now dating? Did the elders have any she was dating, Ares, the god of war?
"I come bearing gifts," he told her as he took something out of a box, tantalizingly rubbing it against her nose
"Eclairs," responded Phoebe after taking a bite of the crème filled pastry. "Where did you get these? They are awesome," she said as she took the box from him.
"Local donut shop," he responded, "friend runs it, secret is in the frying oil."
Paige and Piper rushed to the door
"Ooh" responded Piper as she grabbed the box man had been holding, and handed the one containing soap to Paige. Pregnant women and donuts were a deadly combination.
"So what are we doing tonight?" Phoebe asked. "Last night was amazing, I never thought I could enjoy a kick boxing match so much."
He smirked, "tonight we paintball," he responded, placing his arm around shoulders and leading her away from her sisters towards his red convertible parked out front.
As soon as the door shut, Cole's mouth had healed allowing him to speak once again. He felt like mentioning something to the sisters but figured it would be pointless. After what happened last year they probably wouldn't believe him. He promptly shimmered out, and decided to follow Phoebe at the paintball place where the Olympian would most likely take her.