Phoebe Halliwell shakily got out of her car, not wanting to be at work. She tucked a strand of her shoulder length brown hair back. She felt someone following her as she approached the elevator, "Phoebe wait up," she turned around, "hey are you ok?" Jason Dean asked, placing a hand on her shoulder. She just wanted to break down and have him hold her, but she knew she had to do her job. "Phoebe," her boyfriend said once again.

"I'm sorry," she whispered, shaking her head lightly. The next thing she knew, she was sitting in Jason's car. "Jason...what's going-,"

"We are taking a personal day," he whispered, "it looks like you need one," he placed a hand on her knee, as he pulled his car into reverse. "So what's going on?" he asked, squeezing her knee gently. She had been more open with him lately, maybe it was ok to talk about certain things, she thought.

"Piper had another rough night...ever since Leo left her, she hasn't been doing well," Phoebe sighed, "and she is trying so hard to be there for Mel..." she whispered. "I wish I could do more for them,"

"Phoebs...." she heard Jason murmur as they turned to his apartment complex. "I was talking to Prue a while ago...she was of course worried about Piper like you are, but she is also worried about you," Prue talked with one of her boyfriends? That was so unlike her. "She was saying how you have been taking on a heavy workload at home, and at the Bay Mirror,"

"Jason...it isn't anything-," she started, but he silenced her, placing his lips gently on top of hers. She tried to say something, but he refused to let her talk, pressing his lips against hers still.

"You going to let me finish now?" he murmured against her lips. She murmured an affirmative against his lips. "Good," he whispered. "You are doing the best you can," he whispered, "You need to take some time for yourself," he whispered again. "I know your sisters and your niece are important to you, but you need to think of taking care of yourself ok?"

"Jason..." she started, with a sigh. He kissed her once again on the lips, silencing her once more.

"I didn't say forget about them," he murmured against her lips. "Just to work on looking for yourself a little more often," She thought that was fair, and she nodded her head. "Good," he said, catching her lips one more time with his. "Come on, how about we go inside...and we can order some take-out?" he offered with a smile.

"Ok..." she whispered with a smile.

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"Hey, can you grab another bottle of tonic?" Piper called out over shoulder. Dan grabbed another bottle from storage, and handed it to her. "Its easier with someone else here," she said, tucking a couple strands of hair behind her ear.

"I'm glad that I can be some help," Dan said to her. Before she could say anything, her cellphone started to buzz.

"Sorry one second Dan," she went to her cellphone, and answered with a quick, "Hello, of course I will be there in a couple minutes," she sighed, hanging up the phone. "Hey Dan, I have to go pick up my daughter...she isn't feeling well," she sighed.

"Is she alright?" Dan asked. She turned around, and saw him drying a couple bar glasses.

"The nurse said that Mel wasn't feeling good," Piper sighed, "I can't believe this, why didn't I notice she was sick?"

"Its ok Piper," Dan said, surprised by her sudden nervousness. "I can lock up here," he said, "go get her," Piper smiled at her new bartender, and strapped her purse on her shoulder.

"Alright...thank you Dan," Piper murmured, "you can come drop off the keys at the house afterwards if you want," she said tossing her hair off her shoulder.

"I'll do that," he said, with a smile. "Go ahead and go grab your daughter," he murmured, putting away one the beer glasses. Piper smiled as she walked out the door, and towards her car. The middle Halliwell wondered what was happening to her. She had always felt a little weird since Leo had left her.

As Piper arrived at the school, she started to wonder what was going on with her daughter. She strapped her purse over her shoulder, and felt something evil near. She flexed her fingers instinctively, ready to freeze or explode whoever was near. She turned around and froze the area. "Cole..." Piper growled, wondering what the hell he was doing here. She quickly unfroze him, and folded her arms across her chest. She always knew that she should have gone after Cole when Phoebe told her that she didn't vanquish him. "What do you want Belthazar?" she growled dangerously.

"What happened to Cole?" she flicked her wrist and an explosion hit his chest. He slammed into the wall, and he groaned. "Alright...I'll get to the point," he stood up, and brushed his clothes off. "The Source...is proposing something-,"

"Why the hell would we agree to do something like that?" Piper snapped at him.

"Let me finish would you?" Cole snapped, "The mortals are going to be finding about about all of us...and they aren't going to be just hunting us demons...they are going to be after anything on the side of light,"

"And why again should we believe you?" Piper asked.

"Well I was going to ask to see if you can have Phoebe just get a premoni-," Cole started out weakly, but Piper was at him in a second. She let out a punch across his jaw, actually sending him a couple steps back.

She shook her wrist a couple times; Phoebe had taught her that right hook very well. "You stay away from my sister-, scratch that, me and my family," she growled.

"Piper, you were always the smarter sister of the family...you know I am right about this," Cole growled.

"Wait..you are the one that got someone to call me to pick up my daughter," Piper muttered angrily. She dug in her purse, and felt the potion she had always kept on her. The potion to vanquish Cole; just in case he ever was stupid enough to show his face in front of any of the Halliwells ever again. She turned around angrily, and made sure she was ready to turn around and through the potion at him. "You are an evil bastard,"

"I'm not-," she turned around and threw the potion at him. He managed to throw an energy ball exploding the potion, "Evil. I could have not warned you at all. You know how to reach me if you want to save magic," he said, shimmering away. Piper growled, and ran an agitated hand through her hair. As much as she hated to call Prue, she needed to. It was about Cole, and they were going to need the Power of Three to Vanquish him. First, she needed to pick up her daughter. She walked into the attendance office and dropped her phone on the floor.

Leo Wyatt turned around and looked at Piper in surprise. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Excuse me," Piper snarled back, "I thought you wanted nothing to do with our daughter now," she snapped tossing her long dark locks off her shoulder.

"Piper...can we please not-,"

"Fine, whatever Leo. I'm just going to pick up Mel," she said, going to the desk.

"Piper....we need to talk-," Leo tried to grab a hold of his ex-wife's arm.

"Last time we 'talked' Leo, it ended up with me kicking you out of the house," she snapped at him. "Now what do you want? Its not like you ever shown an interest in Mel's life,"

"Piper," he said to her, a wounded tone entering his voice. "Look, I tried to talk to Prue-," he started, and his ex-wife just stared at him.

"Just what I need, Cole contacting me, and now you," Piper growled. "Stay away from me Leo; you made your choice when you left me and your daughter for the Elders," she brushed past him, and walked into the attendance office. "I'm here to pick up my daughter, Melinda Halliwell,"

"Ok, Miss Halliwell she will be here in a few minutes ok?" Piper nodded her head, and sat down in a chair.

Jason Dean's Apartment

Jason Dean smiled as he looked at his sleeping girlfriend. He brushed a couple fingers against her bare skin on her shoulder. She sighed softly, and nuzzled her head into his shoulder. Her brown eyes opened, and she smiled sleepily at him. "What are you staring at?" she questioned.

"My beautiful girlfriend," he murmured. She blushed slightly, and felt his hands reach for hers. "Phoebe...have you thought about what I asked a while ago?" he questioned, almost hesitantly.

"About...me moving in with you?" she questioned.

"Phoebe...we have been dating for two years...I just want to bring us to the next level..." he murmured, gently brushing her cheek with his hand. "I have been trying to be understanding; I know that you don't want to move away from your family...especially since Leo left Piper..."

Phoebe wasn't sure how her sisters would react to her moving out; after all it is a huge thing. She wanted to be sure that Jason accepted her for her, being a witch and all. "I do not know if you can handle living with me," she whispered.

"Phoebe...if you aren't ready-," he started, not wanting to push her into something she wasn't ready for.

"Jason...I...just don't want to get hurt," she admitted softly. This was the first time she had been this open about her feelings when it came this close to telling her secret.

"Phoebe...I'm not going to hurt you," he whispered, kissing her softly on the lips. "I promise," he murmured. "I thought that buying the paper was the best thing I did for the longest time was buying the Bay Mirror...but meeting you...has changed that," she felt tears entering her eyes. "I love you," he whispered, placing a kiss on her lips. "Don't cry," he whispered, brushing her tears away with a couple of fingers.

She pressed her lips against his, and felt his arms draw her closer. "Jason...are you sure you want me to move in?" she asked, after pulling away slightly. He grinned, and nodded his head. He moved over slightly, and reached into this night stand. He pulled out a key, and flashed it to her.

"Yeah, I want you to move in," he assured her. He had on the biggest grin that Phoebe had ever seen on him. Knowing that she had made him that happy, made her grin back as well. She was glad; this was the first time since Cole. She gingerly took the key from his fingers, and nuzzled her head into his neck. "Do you want me to go with you when you tell your sisters about you moving in?"

"I'm not sure," she whispered, and felt his hand go through her lightly tussled hair.

"Well we don't have to rush if you don't want to," he murmured, "just knowing you are moving in is good enough for now," He bent down and captured her lips once again. "You know...we don't have to move in here...we can-,"

"Jason...I'll go wherever you want to go, but...I don't want to move too far away from my sisters," he nodded in understanding. She pulled away, and pulled on one of Jason's huge bathrobes. He got up as well, putting on a bathrobe. She went to her purse, and pulled out her cellphone. She had six missed calls on it. Her sisters had all called her; what was going on? She was about to dial her voice mail when she gasped, suddenly taken with a premonition. She saw her sisters at home with Mel, and the demon Belthazor shimmered in. She gasped again, dropping her phone.

"Phoebe..." Jason said, walking over to her, "what's wrong?" he questioned.

"I...I need to-," she knew that she needed to calm down, but she couldn't. Cole couldn't be back; not when she was finally happy...

Wanted to write more, but I am tired and it is time for me to go to bed...anyways hoped you enjoyed the chapter :D