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Phoebe Halliwell looked towards the empty penthouse, and involuntarily shivered. Last time she was here, she had vanquished the love of her life. She bit her lip; that wasn't the last time she was here. Her sisters and Darryl were trying to make it look like that Cole had run out on her, and that was the night she had lost her child. She looked towards him; she had let him go…she hadn't told him about what had happened to their child. She never took the time to actually research and see if it was their kid, or it was just something the Source and The Seer had cooked up. After avoiding Cole's gaze for a while, he had approached her. "Phoebe…" he whispered, and she could tell he wanted nothing but to take her into his arms.

"Cole…hold on," she whispered, taking a step back. A look of hurt flashed into his eyes, but before he could say anything she stopped him. "I…I think if we are going to give this one more chance…we need to clear the air right now," He nodded, but still wrapped her into his arms. His hand traveled down to her stomach. Tears hit her brown eyes, and the next thing she knew she was sobbing uncontrollably.

"Phoebe…what's wrong?" he questioned.

"Cole…you really need to know something…something about this," she placed her hand on top of his.

"Is…is there something wrong with the baby?" he asked, vaguely remembering how happy he was to hear that they were going to have a child. There was fear building in the pit of his stomach; they were right they had talking to do.

"Cole…after a few weeks that we…" she just glossed over the subject of them murdering her husband, "we had to make it look like you left me…." She swallowed hard, and he patiently waited for her explanation, not sure he was going to like where it led. "The Seer was waiting for me…and she tried to kidnap me. To make this shorter….we all ended up in the Underworld…the baby took control, and let the Seer perform a spell. The baby got transferred into her…and the Seer..."

"Phoebe…" he wheezed, connecting the dots on his own. She turned her head down in shame and depression. She hadn't talked to anyone about this; she had just thrown herself into her column. He was crushed; he had never imagined ever having a child, and now that the opportunity had seemingly passed, he was crushed. He walked over to where he left his whiskey, and took another huge gulp. It didn't dull the pain like it did when he was just a half-demon. After a moment, he looked towards his wife; he could still call her that, he hadn't signed the divorce papers yet.

"I…all I felt was evil inside me Cole…" she whispered, "it didn't even feel like we had provided the baby with any good at all…and we didn't have enough time to find another way. I'm sorry," she whispered, tears running freely down her face.

Tears were streaming down his face at this point as well. As angry as he was, it wasn't going to help to yell at her about it. "It's…its not your fault Phoebe," he murmured, "I tried so very hard not to let the Source take control, but without my powers…I couldn't do anything," he whispered. "He had put so far back of my mind, that I barely knew anything. The only thing I knew was when we heard that you were pregnant…I had some influence; then you had your premonition," Phoebe sidled up next to him, and wrapped her arms around him. Communication was never their strong point; that was something that had to change. Cole snapped his fingers, and a blanket appeared. That was something else they were going to have to talk about. Cole and the huge amount of powers he had; he was barely even human anymore.

"I'm sorry," she sighed, accepting the blanket and wrapping it around them. "Cole…there is something else we need to talk about…"

"Yes?"

"Cole…I know you don't like the topic of magic-,"

"You want me to give up the powers I gained don't you?" he murmured. "How am I going to protect-,"

"Cole…I can handle myself, I am one third of the most powerful entity of good witches," she sighed, "You don't need to protect me. You wanted to be human before…" he was silent. "If you want me Cole…you have to do this,"

"Would you?" he questioned, "would you give up something that has been apart of you as far as you can remember?" he didn't want to be powerless again.

"I don't know..." she took a moment to think it over. "My powers…they were prepared over years for me…I was meant to have them," and she looked at him, "And you were born half a demon…but with all these powers inside of you now…" her mind wandered back to a few days when he walked back into her life, and she cut him with a letter opener, and his blood was acidic.

He let out a sigh, and just brought her close. "Can we just talk about this tomorrow? I…I just want to hold you for a while," she nodded her head, and snuggled closer to him. This was one of the things he had missed most while he was in the Wasteland; just holding Phoebe.

Halliwell Manor- the next day

Paige Matthews woke up and stretched her arms over her head. She padded out of her room, and headed down the stairs. For once she was the one up early, even before early bird Piper. Taking this time, she decided to start up coffee. Coffee the youngest Charmed One could do; anything else, she had the black thumb of death. As the smell of freshly brewed drink wafted throughout the house Piper Halliwell woke up.

"Leo?" she questioned groggily, and he wasn't in bed. There was a note on the bed, saying that he was with another charge, but he was only an orb away if she needed anything. She sighed, and walked down the stairs. She looked down at the wrist watch, and saw it was only seven in the morning. She was assuming that Phoebe was the one making coffee, but when she arrived in the kitchen she saw Paige. "Morning," she said.

"Morning Piper," Paige said brightly, "I would have attempted to make breakfast, but as you know…"

"I appreciate it," she joked back. "I'll go start up on something…why don't you go check on Phoebe. I think she has a meeting with Elise or something today," Paige nodded her head, and headed up the stairs. When she arrived at her sister's room, it appeared her bed hadn't even been slept in.

"Phoebe?" Paige called out, but didn't get a response. She checked the bathrooms, and saw that she wasn't in them. Paige closed her eyes, and began to reach out in her mind for Phoebe. She found that…she was at Cole's? "Piper!" Paige called out, running down the stairs. "Phoebe isn't home…she's…she is at Cole's," Piper dropped the skillet she had in her hand.

"What?" she screeched. She hurriedly turned off the stove and oven, and ran up the stairs to change. Minutes later, they were ready for action and vanquishing if need be. Paige orbed them to the Penthouse.

When Phoebe woke up Cole was looking at her with a sleepy smile on his lips. "You have no idea how much I missed this," he whispered, snuggling closer to her. She looked down at her cell phone, and noticed the time.

"Oh god…Piper and Paige are going to freak out," she exclaimed, and saw an unreadable look on his face. There was a feeling in her stomach, and suddenly she felt pain; pain that wasn't her own. "Cole?" she questioned.

Before she could say anymore, a set of orbs appeared in the condo. Piper flicked her wrists at Cole, and an explosion hit his chest, throwing him off the couch. Paige grabbed the middle Halliwell's wrist, and pulled her to the other Charmed Ones. "Guys…wait-," but orbs surrounded the Charmed Ones and they were at the manor once more.

"What the hell happened last night?" Paige said.

"Why were you at the Penthouse?" Piper questioned. "Phoebe please don't tell me that you and Cole-,"

"Piper, Paige…" she tried to cut in, but before she could make a coherent sentence, she was assaulted with the feelings of worry, anger, and emotional anguish. Cole Turner appeared in the manor and saw that Phoebe was being overcome with something. Just as Piper was about to throw out her wrists again to try and blow him up, Phoebe grabbed her hands and brought them down. "Enough!" she said.

There was silence throughout the manor. It appeared that Phoebe had some explaining to do.