Chapter 4 – The University Dance

September passed by quickly and October came. At San Francisco University, things weren't changing a lot. Cole kept repeating that he's gonna win Phoebe's heart and she kept repeating that his chances are as good as none. Other students didn't know who to believe – her or him, cause they both seemed pretty sure of themselves. The only thing that has changed was the fact that Phoebe and Will got back together and they became even closer.

All students kept talking about different things, until one cloudy October's day when the principal announced that there's gonna be a traditional University Dance on 15th of October. Ever since he said that, there was no other theme in school that the University Dance.

"Gee, there's still two days!" Ryan complained when a bunch of girls passed by the dream team with statements like "Oh, God, I'm so panicking! I still don't know what hair style should I wear…"

Max shook his head. "You know girls." he said to Ryan. "They're all just the same."

"Not all." Phoebe said.

"I meant the freaky freshmen, not my best friends." Max said.

"Even seniors are acting like that." Will said. "The girls from my class are unbearable. They keep smiling, giggling, whispering something and pointing at people. You would say they're twelve, not twenty one."

"I still don't know with whom to go…" Kim said with hope in her voice. Everybody knew that she had the biggest crush on Max, but he simply didn't care.

"Well, neither do I and neither does Max." Ryan replied.

"Mel, ya goin' with the John guy?" Phoebe asked.

"Who?" Melinda asked and than laughed. "No, we broke up a week ago. But, I think that the guy I'm going with to the dance has a lot of potential."

"Who?" Will asked.

"You know that tall hottie from the junior year? His name is Brian." Mel said, but from the look of their faces, it looked like nobody knew him. "He's got blue eyes and blonde hair. Very pale skin, but he's still very cute."

"Do they call him 'Worm'?" Phoebe asked.

"Yes! At least you know who he is." Melinda sighed with relief.

"Why do they call him 'Worm'?" Kimberly asked.

"Cuz he's got a rock band called 'The Worms'." Melinda said.

"Oh…"

Just than, Cole walked in the cafeteria with huge smile on his face. Phoebe looked at him, but he didn't even notice her. He walked by their table and sat at the table for four nearby. In a minute or two, his best friend, David, walked in with some brunette from the junior year. Max knew her, since she lived in the same building as him.

"How about Turner?" Phoebe asked. "Is he even planning to find himself a date for that night?"

Will stared at his girlfriend. "You don't know?" he asked. "Turner has already found himself a date like a week ago."

Phoebe felt like someone hit her. She wasn't jealous, she was just annoyed. She was hoping that he would chase her and beg her to go with him. But now, it turned out that he didn't even bother to ask. "Whom?" she asked.

"Jessica Roberts." Will replied. "That sweet little blonde that wears the shortest skirts I saw in my life. She's at your class."

"That whore?" Phoebe asked.

"Hey, now, don't go that far. She's not a whore. She just wears short skirts." Max said. "I wouldn't mind to stay alone with her for awhile…"

"Max, don't be a pervert." Kim said.

At that moment, Jessica Roberts walked into the cafeteria and first thing she did was to shoot an angry glare at Phoebe, who did the same to her. Than she walked over to the table where Cole was sitting and sat in his lap. She obviously said hello to David and the brunette. Than she smiled at Cole who kissed her on the lips passionately.

"Well, now we know what Turner does when he's alone at night." Ryan said to Kimberly who laughed.

"What are you two talking about?" Phoebe asked.

"Well, we were talking about Turner yesterday after school and we wondered what he does when he's alone at night. I mean, all that talk that he loves only you and stuff is still just talk, cause guys have their needs as well. Now we know who's there for him when he wishes for a little bit of…"

"Okay, Ryan, I get the point." Phoebe cut him off. "He screws the whore."

Kimberly stared at her friend and began to realize something. "Uh… Pheebs, can I talk to you in private for a second?" she asked.

"Sure." Phoebe replied.

The two of them stood up from the table and walked out of the cafeteria. When they got into one of the empty classrooms and made sure nobody's listening, Kim looked at Phoebe closely. "Phoebe, what's going on?" she asked.

Phoebe raised her eyebrows and looked at her friend. "What do you mean, what's going on?"

"Phoebe, the way you just looked at that girl and the way you spoke about her… you look like you're jealous… a lot." Kim explained.

"Oh, come on!" Phoebe laughed. "It's not that. It's just that…" she stopped for a moment. She didn't know how to express what she felt with words. "Look, I don't know why, but I was kinda hoping that Turner's gonna chase me around the school and ask me go to the dance with him for like a million times. Instead, he didn't even look at me and… I think that his behavior hurt my ego." she finished.

"Yeah, you're right." Kim said and Phoebe nodded quickly. "But, there's something more in that behavior. I know you too well. You can't hide it from me."

"Maybe, but it's not jealousy." Phoebe said. "Look in my eyes, Kim. It's not jealousy. I know that it's not."

"Okay, I believe you." Kimberly said to her friend. "But I think I know what it is. Pheebs, would you go to the dance with Turner if he would ask you?" she asked.

"I… No, I…" Phoebe stopped and sighed. "I don't know." she admitted.

"Oh, my God." Kim whispered. "Phoebe, you are falling for him."

"N… No, I'm not." Phoebe said quietly. "At least not yet."

"Yet?" Kim asked with surprised look.

"I just may be attracted to him." Phoebe said quietly. "I mean, who wouldn't be? Just look at him."

Kimberly smiled weakly. "Yeah, tall, dark and mysterious guys were always the ones you liked… though you never really admitted it. And, as much as I recall, Turner has blue eyes, right?"

Phoebe sighed. "Yeah. You get the feeling that you can see the sky behind him when you look in his eyes. Honestly"

"Yeah, I can see why you're attracted to him. But now you have a problem. He seems a lot less interested in you now that Jessica is around."

"Well, I don't care." Phoebe replied quickly.

"Yes, you do." Kimberly teased.

"Well, I shouldn't!" Phoebe said. She was angry at herself for being attracted to Cole. "I'm gonna go to the dance with Will and I'm gonna have the best time of my life. Let's see how Turner will react than."

Kim stared at her best friend. "You're gonna make sure that you look absolutely adorable, right?"

An evil smile spread across Phoebe's face. "Of course." she said. "And he's gonna be sorry he ever came into this school…"

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"Phoebe, are you ready yet?" Prue yelled from the bottom of the stairs. Piper and her were already fully-dressed and ready for the dance.

Prue was wearing a long elegant shiny dress and looked better than ever. Her long black hair was now full of curls and hair glitters. Her make-up was really classy. Piper kept staring at her and kept smiling as she imagined Andy's jar drop when he sees his girlfriend glow in her full shine.

Piper's hair was forming an elegant bun with few forelocks that were leaning against her face. Her make-up was perfect, but not very emphatic. As for the clothes, she was wearing a pink shirt with glitters and a skirt that she liked to call a 'mini skirt'. However, Prue and Phoebe called it 'a long skirt', since it almost reached her knees. But, in combination with the shirt, it looked wonderful and Piper was happy with her looks.

"Phoebe, we're gonna be late!" Prue yelled again.

Just than, Phoebe appeared on the stairs. She was wearing a dark blue leather top that was just about enough to cover her breasts. As a match for that, she was wearing a dark blue skirt that uncovered almost all her left leg. But, it slowly glided down her other leg and reached it's knee, so only one of her legs was uncovered. (I didn't know how 2 explain it. U know those skirts that are short at one part and uncover one of your thighs and than (instead of horizontally), they go diagonally down and cover your other thigh). Her hair was full of glitters and sparkles and seamed almost amazingly flat.

"Wow." Piper said slowly.

"Pheebs, you look amazing." Prue continued.

"Not as amazing as you." Phoebe said to her sister who smiled. "Pipe, you look perfect. Your Mr. Right will be proud, whoever he is."

"I'm going with Leo Wyatt." Piper said proudly. "He's at Senior Year, as well."

"Oh, Leo." Phoebe said suggestively and winked at Piper. "Sounds hot."

Piper rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue.

"C'mon, let's get going." Prue said. "Andy and Will are gonna get a nervous breakdown. They're waiting for us in front of the university. Where are you supposed to meet Leo, Piper?"

"In front of the university, as well." Piper replied quickly. "Now c'mon, they'll really get nervous breakdown."

"I agree." Phoebe laughed and they walked out of the Manor.

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At 8 P.M., Prue, Piper and Phoebe walked into the Celebration Hall, which was already full of people from the school. They caused a lot of attention and almost everyone looked at them. Phoebe smiled and grabbed Will's hand. She could feel all male eyes on her, so she gazed around the room to find Cole. She spotted him at one couch, but he didn't even bother to look at her or her sisters. He was too busy kissing Jessica who was on his lap. Phoebe looked half shocked – half disgusted when she saw Jessica wearing even shorter skirt than usual (basically, you could see her butt) and some shiny "solemn" bra.

"Is that Turner over there?" Piper whispered in Phoebe's ear. Shock was evident in that whisper.

"His whore, as well." Phoebe said bitterly, but than smiled. "But, we haven't come here to look at him, we came here to have fun of our own, right?"

"Right." Piper replied. "Oh, here comes Leo with the drinks."

Leo approached with four glasses of Champaign in his hands. He gave one glass to Piper, one to Phoebe and one to Will.

"Where are Prue and Andy?" Phoebe asked.

Piper pointed at the dance floor, where Prue and Andy danced in the hot rhythm of the music. Phoebe smiled. She missed seeing Prue having so much fun.

"So, people, let's toast to…" Will suggested.

"Love." Leo said, but saw Phoebe's sarcastic look, so he decided to drop it. "Fun?" he asked.

"No." Phoebe said. "Let's toast to this evening and everything we're gonna do tonight."

"I agree." Piper said with the smile.

They all raised their glasses and toasted with smiles on their faces. Phoebe consumed her Champaign in one gulp. When she realized it, she decided to drop the drink for the rest of the night, 'cuz it certainly wasn't a good combination with the anger that was building up inside of her for Turner's fault.

When everybody finished with their Champaign, they glanced towards the dance floor. "Are we gonna dance?" Leo asked Piper, who smiled shyly and nodded. They slowly walked towards the dance floor.

"And are we gonna dance?" Will asked.

Phoebe smiled. "Of course." she replied and grabbed his hand.

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After a few hours, Phoebe was sitting at one of the comfy sofas with Prue and Andy. Will was talking to his friends that kept staring at Phoebe's body, so she left them and joined Prue and Andy in their chat. From time to time, she would glance at Cole, who was laughing at something with Jessica and kissing her most of the time. She was getting angrier and angrier.

"Uh, I'll be right back." Phoebe excused herself and headed towards the bar.

"Where are you going, Pheebs?" Prue asked as she caught up with her.

"To get another drink." Phoebe replied. They approached the bar and Phoebe ordered Martini.

"Phoebe, don't let him do this to you." Prue said to her sister.

Phoebe looked at Prue. "Who?"

"Cole Turner." Prue answered and Phoebe let out an angry sigh.

"Don't mention him, Prue." Phoebe warned.

"I have to, sweetie. He's ruining you. I can see the pain in your eyes when you look at him and his girl. Phoebe, you'll get drunk because of him, and you'll ruin yourself."

Prue was interrupted by the bartender who served Phoebe a drink. Prue smiled at him and took the drink before Phoebe. "I'll have this." Prue said. "This will be my first drink tonight. You go out to the balcony and try to catch some breath. Just don't think about him."

Phoebe nodded and walked out of the hall. She was relieved to see the balcony empty. She leaned onto a fence and closed her eyes. Two tears rolled down her cheeks. She only cried when nobody saw her and it seemed to her like the perfect time out there. Wind blew through her hair and she whipped her tears away.

At once, she felt arms around her waist and she almost jumped. "Don't turn around." she heard a whisper in her ear.

"Leave me alone, Cole." Phoebe said. She grabbed his arms and removed them from her waist.

"I'm sorry, Phoebe." Cole said again.

"No, you're not." Phoebe said. "Besides, you've got nothing to be sorry about."

"I hurt you."

"No, you didn't." Phoebe said. "You wish you hurt me. I don't care."

"Yes, you do. You care." Cole whispered gently.

"I don't." Phoebe said in 'discussion-is-over' tone.

"Have I told you how great you look tonight?" Cole asked in seductive tone of voice. "You've got all eyes on you, ever since you walked in."

Phoebe rolled her eyes and escaped his grasp. She headed back towards the Celebration Hall, but Cole grabbed her hand. "Just listen to me." he pleaded. "I love you."

Phoebe smirked ironically. "That's the biggest lie I've ever heard." she snapped. "Let me go."

Cole shook his head. "Do you know why you're so bitter?" he asked. "It's because you're jealous. You're jealous, and you hate yourself for it. You're falling for me."

Cole's egoism made Phoebe get even angrier at him. She pulled her hand, but Cole tightened his grip on it and didn't let her go. "Let me go." she repeated frustrated.

"Listen to me." Cole pleaded. "I love you. I would die for you."

"Let me go!"

Phoebe stared into Cole's eyes and he stared back at her. Few minutes passed and they kept staring at each other without moving. Gently and carefully, Cole wrapped his free arm around her. Phoebe was giving in and gently stroked his hair. Cole began to relax as he felt her touch, so he let go of her hand and pulled her into his embrace. He bent down and pressed his forehead against hers. Phoebe touched his lips as he smiled at her.

"I love you." Cole whispered and brought his lips to hers.

For the second time since they met, Phoebe and Cole kissed. However, this time was different. Phoebe wasn't kissing Cole to prove that he doesn't mean anything to her, she was kissing him because she wanted it desperately. And this time, she let him pull her that close to him, that she could feel the warmth of his body passing on hers. Now she got to realize that her feeling for Cole got far beyond the attraction. Before she had time to identify all her feelings, Phoebe broke apart from Cole. She looked in his eyes. "I have to go." she said slowly. "Will is waiting."

"Phoebe, what makes you stay with him if you feel nothing for him?" Cole asked.

"Don't ask me that." Phoebe replied and walked away into the celebration hall.

Cole just stood on the large balcony and stared into the night. "She's gonna love me." he whispered. "She's gonna love me if that's the last thing I do."

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