This is the concluding epilogue to the story. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed and favorited this story and I hope you've enjoyed it until the end.

Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy: The Vampire Slayer or Charmed.

In the morning, Phoebe was combing her hair as she looked at herself in the mirror before she pulled out an old picture of herself and Cole. She had not looked at it in years and in the years since they had vanquished Cole the last time it had been bringing her just pain, but now she could look at it with some closure and finally move on.

"You OK, honey?"

Phoebe turned to see Coop approach as he looked at her worriedly. Phoebe took a deep breath and got ahold of herself, wiping her tears as she took a breath. "I'm fine. Really."

Coop knew better than to pry if she was sure, but he couldn't help but to still look at her worriedly but he just simply nodded and Phoebe knew that look in his eyes that he was ready to be there for her if she needed. Phoebe gestured for him to give her some space, but he neared her and instead of rejecting him, Phoebe hugged her husband as she sniffed.

"I'm always here for you, Phoebe." Coop said.

Phoebe simply nodded, glad that she could find some comfort with Coop.

Tara and Willow were together in bed, snuggling beneath the sheets with their pajamas on as they kissed, their hands running down each other's cheeks and neck as the sunlight shining in through the window awoke them.

"Hey." Tara said.

"Hi." Willow said.

They turned to see Melinda stirring as she moaned softly before waking up, with her lying on the floor on the mattress as she took off her earflaps.

"At least you weren't screwing around much on my bed, otherwise I'd have to kick you out. Thought I sensed kissing, but Mom would kill you if you were at it too much." Melinda said as Willow and Tara blushed before Melinda smiled. "I'm happy for both of you." She then turned to the clock. "Mom's gonna make breakfast soon, if you wanna freshen up, but no shower sex."

Willow and Tara blushed, while Melinda chuckled as they got up from their beds and walked out, with Dawn exiting the bathroom and Buffy, Xander and Faith waiting before they saw Willow, Tara and Melinda.

"Hey, you guys didn't have a threesome, did you?" Faith asked jokingly and Melinda blushed, while Willow and Tara chuckled in amusement.

"No." Melinda said.

"Who wants to hit the shower first?" Buffy asked.

"I'll go." Willow said.

"I'll wait." Melinda said.

"What? You don't want Willow to bump into you, when you walk out of the bath naked again?" Faith teased and Buffy, Dawn and Xander snickered, while Willow and Melinda blushed and Tara looked interested.

"OK, I have to hear this." Tara said.

"Please, no." Willow begged, embarrassed as she covered her face, silently begging to die or wake up, hoping this was a nightmare from which she was going to wake up at any moment.

Melinda laughed, amused. "Alright, this was around a month after Willow moved in with me…"

The Scoobies listened intently, while Willow let out a moan of embarrassment.

"So, you've got a movie picked yet?" Melinda asked as she entered the apartment and took off her coat.

"Well, I haven't been much in the mood for Star Wars for a while, so I missed Revenge of the Sith in the cinema, but I rented the DVD." Willow said.

"Nice pick, Will. I saw it and you'll find Anakin's downfall interesting." Melinda said.

"You like Star Wars?" Willow asked, curious.

"My brothers love it. I'd watch the older films with them sometime and I went to see the Prequel Trilogy in the cinema with my friends, so you could say I'm a casual fan." Melinda said and Willow smiled, glad to have found a fellow geek outside of Xander.

"I almost got the popcorn ready." Willow said.

"Yeah, just need to hit the shower. De-stress the dis-tress. Had a tight shift today." Melinda said, putting her coat on the hanger and walking into the corridor as she was unbuttoning her shirt and Willow nodded.

Willow had pulled the bowl with popcorn out of the oven and put it on the table, when the lights and the TV turned off.

"Oh, come on." Willow groaned, with the apartment in the dark, even though Willow knew the place by memory as she put her hands forward and walked to the bathroom.

Melinda was moaning softly, enjoying the warm bath, when she heard a noise and the lights went off as she sighed. "Really?"

Melinda got up and carefully stepped out of the bath, the water dripping from her body on the floor as she flailed her hands in front of her, looking for the towel rack.

"Come on, where are you?" She grumbled as she took careful steps down the bathroom, not wanting to slip with her feet wet on the floor.

"Melinda? Do you know where the fuse box is?" Willow asked.

Melinda's eyes widened as she looked up in panic. "Willow, wait, don't—"

Willow pushed the door open, but she barely stepped into the bathroom, when she collided with something and slipped, falling down on the floor, with her on top of Melinda as she stared into Melinda's eyes. Willow suddenly felt water soak into her clothes and Melinda's bare skin pressing onto her body as she realized that Melinda was naked, having just gotten out of the bath.

"Willow. What are you doing?" Melinda asked slowly and awkwardly.

"The lights went off. I didn't know where were the fuses and I wanted to ask you." Willow said.

"I'm fine!" Melinda snapped. "I was getting out of the bath, when the lights went off, only you barged in and knocked me over before I could find a towel in the dark to dry myself off and cover myself."

"Sorry." Willow said, blushing in embarrassment as she stared at Melinda awkwardly, feeling the tension, while Melinda just stared back, feeling even more awkward and embarrassed.

"Willow. I'm still naked." Melinda reminded, making it clear for Willow to get off her.

"Sorry!" Willow said again as she got up and blindly reached out before she grabbed the edge of a towel on a hanger and handed it to Melinda, who got up and took the towel, drying herself off before she wrapped it around her body to cover herself. "I didn't see anything, I swear."

Melinda sighed before both of them laughed, overcoming their embarrassment and the tension lightening.

"Willow, I love you, but not in that way." Melinda said, both amused and embarrassed.

"Let's call this a spontaneous night?" Willow asked and Melinda chuckled and nodded.

"Can you please check the fuses?" Melinda asked.

"I wanted to ask you where they are." Willow said.

"In the closet, right next to the door." Melinda said and Willow walked off awkwardly, with Melinda both embarrassed and amused.

The Scoobies laughed out loud, while Willow covered her face in embarrassment.

"At least you weren't trying to flirt with Willow." Tara teased.

"Though I think Red is capable of getting herself into this kind of a sitcom situation." Faith said.

"Please, kill me now." Willow whispered as all of them were laughing at her expense.

"Oh, maybe I should tell you about one incident Willow and I had in the dorm back in college." Tara said and Willow moaned loudly, while Xander and Faith snickered and Melinda, Buffy and Dawn giggled quietly.

"Kill me right now." Willow grumbled.

They met in the dining room, with Prue also present as they ate. Phoebe's and Coop's daughters Peyton and Prudence Johanna, or as she preferred to be called, PJ, also joined in, with Chris and Wyatt and Henry.

"So, looks like we missed quite a lot." Chris said.

"The Source came back, you kicked his ass and we missed all the action." Wyatt said.

"If it really was that bad, they would've called us for help, don't you think?" Peyton pointed out.

Prue laughed as she looked around. "This family has grown a lot bigger since the last time I was here." She then turned to Paige. "I'm sorry your kids couldn't make it, Paige."

"Well, at least college keeps them on their toes, but you'll get a chance to meet them. Besides, if it's urgent, we can call them and they'll orb here." Paige said.

"It's almost like good old times." Leo said as he looked around and everyone smiled at each other, while eating breakfast.

"Only Dad's missing." Phoebe said as the atmosphere looked saddened, with Prue, Phoebe, Piper and Paige saddened, since it had been a couple of years back since Victor had passed away, with the sisters sharing solemn looks.

"Well, I'm sure he and Mom are together and happy." Prue assured after a moment.

"And besides, I think this family has grown a lot bigger." PJ said as Willow got up and spoke up.

"So I just want to make a toast. To everyone here. To new friends." Willow said, looking at the Halliwells, glad to have befriended them before she looked at Tara profoundly. "To the people we love. Here and now. Together. The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room. Right here. Right now.

To family."

"To family." Everyone toasted as they sat down.

Tara and Willow were holding hands under the table as they kissed, while Buffy and Dawn were talking with Prue, Piper and Phoebe and Xander and Faith were talking with the Halliwell children.

Cole, unseen to them, in a ghost form was observing as he smiled, glad to see the Halliwells at peace before he vanished in a glow of light, his soul finally able to rest in peace.

Given that on some occasions Patty and Grams (Do not get me started on her though) would be with sisters even in corporeal form, when they were dead, why not do the same with Prue to spend more moments with her family? I like Prue, but if she had appeared in the show too much after her death by whatever means, ghost, time travel etc., Piper and Phoebe wouldn't have grown in the ways they had, but don't get me started on how the follow-up comics, mainly Season 10, ruined Prue, though I wouldn't mind at least one episode where Prue and Paige interact and bond and I heard a rumor that Shannen Doherty was offered to return to series finale 'Forever Charmed' but she refused since she didn't like the way Prue would return with time travel. The most likely scenario would be Prue praising Phoebe, which would be so OOC, given how rocky their relationship could be and then there's the feud Shannen and Alyssa had behind the scenes.

Thought about involving Victor and Patty at the breakfast, though as much as I love them both, given the timeline changes I did here to include adult versions of the Charmed Ones' children. Victor would've most likely pass away from age at that point and I wasn't sure if it was going to work to involve Victor as a ghost

Peyton and PJ (Prudence Johanna) are Phoebe's and Coop's daughters from follow-up comics and Peyton would be played by Kayla Ewell and PJ by Shelley Hennig. Thought about involving Paige's and Henry's twin daughters Tamora and Kat too, but the breakfast already felt big enough and it'd feel like too big to involve all the Halliwell children, so just a small reference.

And Cole finally gets his closure with Phoebe and vanquishing the Source, so now he can move on into afterlife and rest in peace. I think that after his redemption here, he does deserve it, since he was still an antihero in the follow-up comics and it was just getting old.

So, I hope you have enjoyed the story to its end. Honestly, I wasn't sure about this, when I began writing it, but no better judge than the readers.

See you next time with my next story.

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