Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed nor the characters mentionned in this story.

This is my first story ever and I hope people will like it. Comments and feedbacks are welcome.

Also, I will never again complain about how short chapters of other stories are. With this one I realised how much difficult it is to write it when you're new, even if you have good ideas. So, I apologize to all authors.

Chapter 2: Meeting Mr Turner

The few days following the arrival of their new neighbour, life continued as normal in the Halliwell manor. Well as normal as a house full of witches and demonic attacks could be. At least it was normal for two thirds of the occupants. Whenever she was in the house, Prue tried to get a look or two at her new neighbour. She noticed several trucks arrive with furniture and from what she could see, it was expensive. The more glimpses of his life she got from his surroundings, the more Prue learned about the handsome man.

Apparently he also had kids judging from the sandbox, playground and other things that occupied the backyard that connected to the manor, he also had kids. But considering that he was alone in the house, he must be divorced or widowed. Prue was sure of it: no woman would have left a man like that come to a town like San Francisco without accompanying him. No, he was without any personal ties other than his kids who she had yet to get a glimpse of.

After days of waiting, Prue finally got the perfect moment to introduce herself to her destined man. It was again a morning and the two of them went out looking for their newspaper. Prue approached him as he slowed to look at something in his paper. "Hello, you must be our new neighbour? I am Prue Halliwell." She said sticking out a hand to him.

The man seemed startled for a moment but accepted the offered hand. "Oh hello, I'm Cole Turner. I suppose I am your new neighbour yeah. Nice to meet you." He said with the most charming smile Prue had ever seen.

"Nice to meet you too. I live with my sisters in the house next to yours apparently. So that means that we'll see each other quite often." Prue gave what she hoped was a discrete but flirtatious smile. She couldn't help it, the man was even better up close.

She must have thought that she was discrete but Cole Turner was an observant ma and a very perceptive. He had to be to earn his reputation of great lawyer. That and he knew exactly what kind of person he had in front of him. He had heard of her for years and it wasn't always in a good way.

"I guess you are right." Cole said in response. "Well I'll have to leave you, work to do and all that."

"Oh, of course, I have to go to work too. I guess I'll see you later." Prue added. Yeah, she definitely would.

"Yeah, see you." With that, Cole left to go back to his house.

Prue, for her part, went back inside the manor to find her two sisters waiting for her in the entrance. Seeing the looks on their faces, she knew they had been looking in on her talking with Cole.

Piper was the first to ask the question. "So, who is he and when is the wedding?"

"Piper!" Prue exclaimed. "Will you stop with that wedding crap?"

"Oh please, Prue! Don't pull the innocent act," Paige butted in. "I know you've been thinking it too. You've probably been dreaming of marrying him from the moment you met him even."

Prue sighed in defeat. She was outnumbered anyway. "Ok, maybe it's true but that doesn't mean you have to be on my back every time about it." She quickly finished before any of the other two could cut in.

Piper and Paige shared a glance and decided to let it go, for the moment.

"So, who is he?" Piper asked again.

"His name is Cole Turner and that's the only thing I've been able to get from him for the moment." Prue answered.

"Really, and you stopped the conversation there? That's not really you is it?" Piper asked. Her sister could get anything from any man when if she wanted to so, what was going on with her?

Paige then added her opinion. "Piper is right you know? It's not very you to be this slow to approach a man you're interested in. So tell us, what's your game?"

"It's true I don't like to drag things with men I like but this time is different." Prue admitted.

"How so?" Piper and Paige wanted to know.

After some thinking, Prue answered. "Well he seems like the perfect man but I also noticed some kid furniture and toys. So, that means he has kids and it makes things a little delicate."

Piper supported a bemused expression. "You mean to tell me you're looking to begin a relationship with a man even after you noticed he has kids? Are you sure that's wise? He could be married! And don't forget you're not that great with kids."

"Don't worry Piper I'm sure he's not married, at least not anymore." Prue replied with a confident tone. "Seriously did you see him? No woman would have let him out of her sight. No, no he must at least be divorced or widowed. Anyway, I'm ready to do every chance on my side. As the saying goes, the way to a man's heart is his stomach or his kids."

Piper was still sceptic however. "And you're ok with that? With him being divorced I mean. That would mean there's an ex-wife somewhere in the picture and that would complicate things even more."

"Yeah, but I am not anyone and I can take her anytime if I need to. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

"I must say I admire your determination Prue." Paige told her sister.

"Well he seems to be worth it."

"Even so, I am telling you, be careful." Piper warned.

With that, the sisters went each on their way to work.

In the house next to the Halliwells, the object of the three young women's discussion was on the phone, pacing his kitchen. "I am telling you, she has the hots for me. You should have seen her; she was practically drooling over me!" In spite of himself, Cole was sporting a satisfied smirk. He was very aware of the effect he had on women but this one was amusing him to no end. Yes, he was taking great pleasure in seeing her react this way to him and the pleasure would be even greater in time when he'd be able to see her reaction when she finally learned who he really was.

Cole was pulled out of his musings by the voice of the person on the other end of the line. "Sorry, what were you saying...? Yeah, just two weeks and then everything will be ready... Yeah, me too... I'll see you later today Ok? Bye."

After hanging the phone, Cole took his briefcase and went out of the house to take care of business. He had everything in the house delivered and the next day would be fixing day for the guys of the moving company. He could do everything himself with just a wave of his hand and his mind in a few minutes but he had to keep appearances for the noisy neighbours. On the way to his car, he got the distinct impression that someone was looking at him and he knew exactly where it was coming from. No matter, he had things to do.

End of the second chapter.

I am rather proud of myself.