Chapter 7 – Girl Fight
Phoebe stood alone at the school corridor. She opened the window and leaned on it's frame. She let the wind from the outside blow through her hair in hope it would calm her down, but it didn't. She reached in the pocket of her jeans and took out a box of cigarettes. She took one and lighted it. In fact she didn't smoke. She only did it when she felt really bad like than. It calmed her down.
Than someone sneaked up from behind and wrapped his arms around her waist… as always. Of course, Phoebe didn't have to turn around to see who it is. She knew his scent perfectly well and she knew the feeling of his arms around her waist. "Cole…" she sighed.
"Don't do that, angel." Cole whispered in her year as he reached out and took her cigarette. "It doesn't do you any good." He threw it out of the window.
"Neither do you." Phoebe replied.
"Yet you love me." Cole teased.
"No, I don't." Phoebe snapped.
"Come on." Cole whispered gently. His breath on her neck really gave Phoebe chills. "We both know that you can't shut your heart in only three days. You love me just as much as I love you."
Phoebe closed her eyes painfully. "You're a demon."
"And you're a witch!" Cole yelled in hope she'd understand.
Phoebe spun around and pressed her finger on Cole's lips. "Shhh!" she hissed. "What if somebody hears you?"
Cole removed her finger from his lips and sighed heavily. "I don't care." He replied.
"Cole, please." Phoebe started slowly. "I need to forget you. Please, leave me alone. Just let me be." She turned to walk away, but got pulled back by Cole.
"Don't make this all about you, Phoebe!" Cole whispered again. "You know it's not about you. You're not the only one hurting here. I am, too. I know how much it hurts."
Phoebe smiled sarcastically. "You have no idea what pain is, Cole." She replied. "Let me go."
"Not until you listen." Cole said stubbornly. Phoebe raised her eyebrows and than sighed. Cole took it as a sign to go on. "Phoebe, just like Raynor said, I've left the Source's dungeon when I was only twelve. I am not that demon. My human side is in control all the time, I'm not dangerous. I never killed an innocent in my life. I swear."
Phoebe rolled her eyes. "Oh, please." She mocked. "Your human side? Demons don't have a human side, honey."
"I'm half demon." Cole explained quickly. "My dad was mortal and my mother was a demon."
Phoebe was taken by surprise. She would have never guessed. But than she snapped out of it. "Even if you're telling the truth, which I doubt…" she started, but was interrupted by the sound of the bell ringing. Students got out of the classrooms and they were no longer alone.
At once, Cole grabbed Phoebe's hand and led her out of the University. When they got into one deserted alley, he let her go.
"What was this all about?" Phoebe asked annoyed.
"I wanna prove to you that I'm telling the truth." Cole explained as he extended his arm and conjured an athame. He gave it to Phoebe. "Stab me." He said and her eyes widened.
"What?"
"Stab me." Cole repeated.
"No." Phoebe replied.
"Come on, Phoebe. You said it yourself. I'm only a demon. What difference does it make if I live or die, ha?"
"Cole, what's gotten into you?" Phoebe asked, still in shock. "You suddenly have a death wish?"
"No, I just wanna prove to you that I bleed red." Cole said. "That would prove that I'm a human. At least half of me is."
Phoebe stared into the eyes of the guy she loved so much and wondered if she should stab him with an athame or not. She didn't wanna hurt him, but she had to find out if he's really half human or not. If he was, it would be much easier. She took a step towards Cole and took his hand in hers. She looked at his palm and gently sliced it. Cole trembled a little when she did, and she knew it must have hurt.
In the next moment, red blood appeared on Cole's palm. Phoebe sighed with relief. Cole smiled. "See?" he asked.
Phoebe smiled half heartedly. "I see." She whispered. Than she noticed that Cole's palm was bleeding heavily. "Sorry for that." She said.
Cole shook his head. "Never mind." He said.
"Let's go back to school." Phoebe suggested and they walked back towards the University in uncomfortable silence. When they got to the entrance, they stopped. Their eyes met and they couldn't take them off another.
"I love you." Cole whispered.
"I know." Phoebe answered truthfully and took a few steps towards him. She put her hands on Cole's chest and tiptoed. Their lips met and they kissed gently. When they broke apart, Cole brushed her hair away from her face. "You're not really planning to go to classes, are you?" he asked with a light smile.
"No." Phoebe replied. "Why?"
"Wanna go for a ride with me?" Cole asked. "I promise, just a ride." He added quickly when he saw the look on Phoebe's face. "Though that shirt couldn't be shorter…"
"Cole!" Phoebe warned.
"Hey, just kidding!" Cole yelled as he raised his arms in fake defense.
"You're such a… guy." Phoebe commented and headed towards his car.
Cole went after her. While walking towards his car, Cole grabbed Phoebe by elbows and pulled her in his arms. "You want me to show you how much guy I can get?" he teased her as he removed her hair from her neck and began to kiss it gently.
Phoebe closed her eyes weakly. She was so vulnerable while Cole held her in his arms. His touch made her tremble and his lips on her neck made her heart race. This was exactly what she was afraid of. She gathered all her strength to pull away from the guy she loved so much. "Cole, we're in front of the University." She whispered as she leaned towards him.
"Is that what bothers you?" Cole asked with a grin. "No problem." He said and led her to his car.
Before they got in, Phoebe pulled away from him. "No." she said as Cole looked at her with confused gaze "I don't wanna do this." she said.
"Why, Phoebe?"
"Don't get me wrong Cole, but if this is the only reason you want me as your girlfriend, than I think you got the wrong girl." Phoebe said honestly. Than she remembered Cole kissing Jessica wildly at the University Dance and she felt her blood boil. "Why don't you go to Jessica? I'm sure she'll be thrilled if you do with her what you wanted to do with me." she asked.
Cole smiled genuinely "I only used Jessica to make you jealous, Phoebe. How didn't you get it? And I can see that you still get very jealous when it comes to her and me." He teased as he reached out to kiss her.
Phoebe pulled away. She was almost drowning in her jealousy. "Don't you dare, Cole." She snapped angrily.
"Phoebe, I really care about you. A whole lot more than you can imagine." Cole started. "And…"
"Care about me?" Phoebe interrupted him. "Until recently, you used the word 'love' instead of 'care for'. What happened to that, ha?"
Cole rolled his eyes. "Phoebe, please don't get jealous. I just can't stand jealousy."
"You know what, Cole?" Phoebe asked angrily. "I don't even know why I came here in the first place. I can clearly see what you really wanted from me now." She spun around and started walking away.
"Jesus Christ, Phoebe." Cole yelled. "You got it all wrong."
"I don't think so." Phoebe snapped back and left the parking…
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The next few days passed normally. Phoebe and Cole were ignoring each other and living their own lives. Cole was angry at her because of what Phoebe accused him for on the parking line that day. Phoebe was angry as well because she really believed that all Cole wanted was to bed her. But in spite of that anger, neither was shooting angry glares at each other when they met. They tried to act as normal as possible for the sake of them both and their reputation at the university.
At the beginning of November, on one rainy afternoon, Phoebe found herself unconsciously writing Cole's name on the paper in front of her. When she realized that, she gave herself a mental kick and tried to throw the paper away before anyone noticed. Unfortunately for her, Max noticed it.
"Hey, Pheebs, I forgot to ask you how are things between you and Turner going." Max said and caused the rest of their group to pay close attention to his words.
Phoebe rolled her eyes. "I don't wanna talk about it." she said and tried to pay attention to their professor's words.
"Oh, come on. What did he do to you now?" Melinda asked.
"Seriously, Phoebe." Kimberly said. "You should give him a brake. He's a very special guy and you know he loves you more than anything."
"If he's so special, why don't you go running after him?" Phoebe snapped quietly.
"I would if it weren't for you." Kim said. "I'm not joking. The guy's seriously hot and if you wouldn't be so in love with him, I would give him a go."
"Look Kim, this is not the right place or the right time for us to talk about this." Phoebe said. "Can't you see that the whole class is listening?"
Mel looked at their classmates who tried to pretend they're paying attention to the lesson. "You all are bunch of boring people who can't wait to hear a gossip good enough to be spread around." she snapped.
"Oh, pleeeease." Someone mocked and Mel and Phoebe turned around to see Jessica in the last seat in a row looking back at them. "I mean, it's not like we don't already know what's happening between her and Cole Turner."
"What are you trying to say?" Phoebe asked in a low voice as she felt the anger rush through her entire body.
"Well, we all know how much Cole is crazy about you." Jessica spoke again. "And we all know that guys don't go that crazy of they don't get something in return. I mean, he dumped me, and believe me, I gave him a lot of passion during the time we were together. He must have done it for a pretty good reason, don't you think?" she asked with an evil gaze in Phoebe's direction.
Phoebe jumped off the chair which caused their teacher to yell 'Miss Halliwell!' but she didn't care. She marched towards Jessica. "Now you're gonna listen to me, you slut!" she snapped angrily. "What happens between your ex and me is none of your business. You have no right to talk about something you know nothing about. Cole left you because he just used you as a form of making me jealous and you served its purpose. And if you don't shut that big mouth of yours, you're gonna get in serious trouble!"
Jessica jumped from the seat in intention to slap Phoebe. But before she could even move her hand, Phoebe slapped her on the face. Her cheek turned bright red. She fell back on the chair with tears in her hateful eyes which she used to stare at Phoebe.
"Miss Halliwell, Miss Roberts!" the history teacher screamed furiously. "I'm taking you both to see the principal right now!"
As the three of them left the classroom, the class went dead. No one dared to speak for a few minutes and they just sat on their places and stared at each other. It was not common for girls to physically fight in the university and even less in their class. It was obvious that Phoebe and Jessica couldn't support each other from the day one, but nobody expected them to attack each other like this.
The silence went on. When it finally reached the limits of their endurance, Max spoke. "Well…" he said slowly. "Phoebe sure did show that little slut, didn't she?"
"Yeah, but I'm just shocked." Mel said. "I never thought they could even think about attacking each other physically."
"Each other?" Jessica's best friend, Gina, yelled in disbelief. "Phoebe was the one who attacked Jessica."
"Bull shit, Gina. You know as well as we do that Jessica would've hit Phoebe if she didn't react on time. Besides, Jessica provoked her."
"What she said was true."
"You shut up if you don't wanna get a slap, too!" Kimberly yelled.
"Oh, yeah?" Gina asked as she stood up. "Come here and try to hit me. You won't get as lucky as Phoebe got."
"Sit down, you stupid little girl." Ryan said as he tried to calm the situation down. "You wanna go to the principal as well?"
Gina shot an angry glare at him, but sat down and took a deep breath.
"That's better." Ryan said. "We should all try to be cool until the teacher comes back, okay?"
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As they were marching down the corridor, Jessica looked at Phoebe up and down. She began to wonder what guys see in this girl? She ignores them, she laughs in their face and there's no passion in her attitude towards them. She never even mentions sex or anything related to it. "At least I give them what they really want. How can this little slut give them anyone the pleasure he dreams about. She looks small and gives the impression she had never shared her bed with anyone. Now that I think about it, did she?"
"What are you staring at?" Phoebe's cold voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
"I'm staring at a cow." She replied and the next thing she knew was that she got hit in the face by Phoebe once again. She screamed angrily and moved towards her in attempt to hit her back, but the fat teacher got between them and stopped the fight that was Phoebe just started.
"Both of you, calm down NOW!" she screamed from the top of her voice.
"You listen to me, Phoebe Halliwell!" Jessica yelled. "If you dare to even think about hitting me once again, you're gonna regret it deeply! I'm not some poor little chick who's afraid of you just because you're popular. For me, you're nothing but a little whore!"
"No, you listen to me, Jessica Roberts!" Phoebe yelled back. "Unlike you, I don't come to university in skirts that everyone can see my butt through and I'm not the one who was screwed by every single guy in this university, so you're the last person in the world to call me a whore! And unlike you, I have friends who would protect me if you would be stupid enough to attack me somewhere! Make it very clear in your head – I'm not afraid of you!"
What neither Phoebe nor Jessica knew was that they were yelling in front of the laboratory that Cole was having a class at. He heard someone yell, but didn't pay attention until he heard one girl calling another Phoebe Halliwell. He immediately paid close attention and heard Phoebe yelling back and calling the other one Jessica Roberts. At once, he got up from the chair. He realized that the fight between them must've been somehow related to him and he needed to go outside to stop it right now. He didn't wanna admit it to himself, but in his heart, he was only worried about Phoebe. He didn't want her to have one hair outa place on her head. Even though he was supposed to be angry with her, he loved her with all his heart. It was this way ever since he first saw her.
"Going somewhere, Mr. Turner?" the old professor eyed Cole as he stood up like that.
"Uh, yeah." Cole started quickly. "I just remembered I've forgotten my cell phone in the maths classroom. Can I please go and get it, it's extremely valuable and I don't wanna lose it."
"Well, alright. But don't go anywhere else. Come straight back here. I don't wanna have problems for letting you wander around the school during the class."
"Yeah, fine." Cole said and rushed out of the classroom. When he closed the door, he faced one very weird scene.
Phoebe and Jessica were glaring at each other furiously and the fat history teacher stood between the two of them in desperate attempt to stop them from jumping at each other. All three of them seemed pissed. When he appeared, Phoebe threw a short and angry glance at him and than her glare traveled back to Jessica. The professor seemed relieved when she saw Cole.
"Mr. Turner, please try to calm them down!" she yelled. "They're both acting insane!"
"Phoebe, Jessica, what the hell is going on?" Cole asked slowly.
"She started it!" Jessica snapped and pointed to Phoebe. "She hit me. Twice."
"Phoebe?" Cole asked.
"I am so not excusing myself to you, Cole." Phoebe hissed angrily. "I've done what I've done for a good reason."
"You had no reason to hit me, bitch! Don't lie!" Jessica yelled.
"Oh, and you call bitching about mine and Cole's relationship no reason?" Phoebe yelled.
"What?" Cole was surprised.
"She said that everybody knows you're crazy about me and that I must give you something very special in order to keep it that way!" Phoebe said calmly while shooting angry glances at Jessica.
"Jessica, please!" Cole yelled. "Would you stop involving yourself in my life?"
"Cole…" Jessica started.
"You have absolutely no right to talk about Phoebe's and mine relationship." Cole cut her off. "You don't know what's happening between the two of us. And for your information, Phoebe and I never slept together!"
"Oh, really?" Jessica raised her eyebrows. "Why is that? As much as I recall, you have a lot of passion inside of you. How come you didn't show it to her?" she asked. Cole stared in her eyes for a moment, and than looked at Phoebe who was looking back at him carefully.
"None of your damn business, Jessica." Cole said quickly. "And if you really wanna know, Phoebe and I are not together anymore."
As he said that, Jessica began to realize what was happening between Phoebe and Cole. "Oh, my God!" she spoke. "She's not letting you screw her. That's why you two had a fight isn't it?"
"Shut up, will you!" Phoebe screamed as she moved towards her. But before she could slap her for a third time, Cole grabbed her wrists and pulled her to him.
"Calm down, baby." Cole whispered.
Phoebe yanked her wrists free and looked at him angrily. "I've stop being your baby long time ago, Cole."
"Yeah, because you can't give him all the passion he needs!" Jessica snapped at Phoebe.
"Jessica, shut up!" Cole yelled.
"As you wish, baby." Jessica said quietly, but still loud enough for Phoebe to hear her. "But if you get tired of her, you know where to find me. I can give you everything you're dreaming about, honey. Everything."
"You BITCH!" Phoebe screamed jealously and once again ended up in Cole's tight embrace with which he was stopping her from attacking Jessica. "You are nothing but a bitch! All you're thinking about is sex! You're sick! You depend on sex!"
Jessica just smiled and left the hall. She got everything she wanted to know.
"Calm down." Cole gently whispered at Phoebe. "What's with you today, Pheebs? You really are acting strange. What happened to you?"
"YOU happened to me, Cole!" Phoebe yelled. "The longer I stay with you, the crazier I get! You and that little slut that keeps talking about you and her in the bed and about everything you two did together! I just can't stand to listen to her any longer!" tears formed in her chocolate eyes and she escaped from Cole's embrace and rushed down the corridor.
In all that confusion and distraction, Phoebe failed to notice that she had bumped into someone. She raised her head and saw David. "Oh, God." She whispered. "David, please spare me. I'm not in the mood."
David smiled gently. "I bet that you and Cole fought again." He said. "You do that a lot lately. But hey, I'm here to comfort you. As a friend."
"Thanks." Phoebe said slowly.
"Come on, let's go to cafeteria and get you something to drink." David said.
Phoebe nodded slowly and walked along with David to the cafeteria.
They sat at one of the empty tables and ordered a Coke. Phoebe sighed. She was so damn pissed at Cole and even more pissed at Jessica. She imagined pictures of the two of them naked in the bed and those pictures haunted her. At once, she stood up from the chair she was sitting in.
"You know what, David?" Phoebe asked and David just raised his eyebrows. "I would so love to kiss you right now." She sat in his lap and pressed her lips against his in another desperate attempt to forget the taste of Cole's warm lips over hers. David was a good kisser, but not as half as good as Cole. Annoyed with the fact that she was comparing the kiss she was having at the moment with Cole's kisses that were over a month ago, she leaned in and deepened the kiss that became very passionate. She didn't care about the fact that everyone was watching them, cuz they all thought that everything she did was great. That was the good side of her popularity.
At once, someone pulled her back which broke the kiss. She angrily spun around and found herself face-to-face with the love of her life. At once she felt like all the blood has drained from her body. She stood up from David's lap and stared at Cole's eyes in regret. "Cole…"
"You are the biggest bitch in the world, Phoebe." Cole said coldly. Phoebe looked away painfully. "What does he kiss like? Is he better than me, ha?"
"Not even close." Phoebe whispered.
Cole put his hand under her chin and forced her to look at him. "Why, Phoebe? Why do you punish me this way? With my own best friend!"
"We're both free to do whatever we want, Cole." Phoebe replied and tried to remain cool. "We're not a couple and you know it."
Cole placed a light kiss on her soft lips. "You can kiss him and you can even sleep with him, but that won't stop you from calling my name while you sleep, you know." He said and left the cafeteria that was now in dead silence. Everyone was looking at Phoebe who closed her eyes painfully and than turned to David.
"I'm sorry." She said honestly "But we both know just how much I love him."
"Phoebe, don't leave!" David called as she turned to leave the cafeteria.
"I have to." She replied shortly and went away.
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Cole sat in his apartment, his head buried in his hands. He was thinking about Phoebe. He didn't know if he should go and forgive her everything or to pay her back in the same way. "Jesus, I love her. Why can't she love me as much as I love her?"
When he realized he didn't know what to do, he decided to go running outside. He took off his shirt in order to put another one on, but someone knocked at his door and he went to open it. He couldn't be more surprised when he saw Kimberly standing at his doorstep.
"She didn't mean to do that, Cole. I swear she didn't." she said immediately.
"I don't know, Kim." Cole said as he moved aside to let her in. "She's toying with me and I just don't know what to do anymore."
"She's even more confused than you are, Cole. She's in love, which is new to her and than Jessica begins to bring doubt into her heart and she just doesn't know how to feel. Forgive her."
"I don't know." Cole said as he got up and went to get himself another shirt. He came back five minutes later with his shirt in his hand.
"Cole, you need Phoebe." Kim insisted. "And she needs you."
"I need her more than I need to breath the fresh air, but she is driving me crazy, Kim." He said and he tried to put on his shirt, but he couldn't do it, since he was holding jeans with one hand and tried to put on the shirt with another one.
"Let me help you." Kimberly offered as she took his jeans aside and than put his shirt on his muscular body. When she realized that she was resting her hands on his chest, she blushed.
The next thing she knew was that she was being kissed on the lips by Cole and she noticed that he was on of the best kissers she had ever met. She wanted to pull away and break the kiss, but something stopped her. After a couple of seconds, she kissed him back and unbuttoned her top as he kissed her deeper and faster.
Very soon, all their clothes was off and they fell together on the bed. They wanted each other badly, but it wasn't love that was heating up their bodies. It was pure lust. No pain, no love, no sympathy, just lust. As they kissed each other, they realized that there was one feeling inside of them equally strong as lust, and that was guilt. For the moment, they dismissed it and in their heads, they thought "This is nothing but a one night stand… Phoebe doesn't have to find out."…
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First of all, thnx 2 all who reviewed the last chappie of this fic. I love u guyz, u'r so amazingly good. U make my day! I LOVE U ALL!
Ow, naughty me. U guyz must hate me right now. But this is the way the story goes. What do you think of this sudden burst of passion between Kim and Cole? But yet, was it so sudden… Watch out for Kim's words in the beginning of this chap and u'll see what I mean.
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