Charmed. Cole and Phoebe Guardian series. To know Phoebe is too...

Charmed. To know Phoebe is to... Chapter 9

Part 2:Phoebe being Phoebe

Chapter 9

On an island beach at a time that was far away from what some called the present, a man sat quietly, appreciating the feeling of paradise, the warmth of the sun, the view of palm trees and white sands, and the sound of waves from a crystal blue sea lapping on the beach. His thoughts were gentle, looking back because he had no gift to look forward. Because she came to him on beaches he thought of Phoebe and when he thought of Phoebe the thought of love.

He smiled wryly, thinking of a little girl he had tried to help not so long ago. She had not appreciated his help.

She had screamed at him" When I see you all I see is a dark angel." In agony she had demanded, 'What do you know of love?"

And he had thought of Phoebe, her big brown eyes looking into his as she told him she would always love him

"What do I know about love? Everything" he had answered the girl firmly.

And then he had thought of Phoebe in all her contradictions, demanding, loving, loyal, unyielding, teasing, passionate, understanding and unreasonable and then he had smiled, not to the girl, but a smile he saved for Phoebe. "What do I know about love" he had said to the girl "Not a damned thing"

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At the manor, while the whitelighter healed Paige after the attack of the soul sucker demons, Phoebe had been aware that Cole shimmered in. She looked up at him, registered with amusement the whitelighter's shock and sobered as she saw Piper's grim face. She noticed the greyness of Cole's face, the dullness of his eyes and the drawn haunted expression. She stared at him and Piper must have noticed it too because she was staring as Cole hard as if she was wondering momentarily what the effort had cost him. Paige moaned and Phoebe was distracted by her sister and it was only when she heard Piper call Cole twice that she realised that Cole had gone.

Paige was very ill that night and to help her Piper grimly tried to keep her concern about Leo under control. The whitelighter firmly told them that the soul suckers talons had done some serious damage and it would be a few days before Leo would be healed. He needed magic and the power of the Elders and he would have to stay with them until then and Piper had to be satisfied with that.

Phoebe ran between her sisters, looking after Paige and comforting Piper and around 10 was relieved that the herbal tea they had made foe Paige had finally allowed her to sleep and not very long after both Phoebe and Piper tired and aching both feel into bed and asleep. Phoebe kept having this nagging feeling she had forgotten something. She woke up a couple of hours later as she heard Piper feeding Melinda. She went into Piper's room and stayed with her sister as she fed Melinda. Melinda finally finished and gurgled and Piper's eyes shut, tired worn out emotionally finished.

Phoebe took Melinda out of her mother's arms and burped her, then she changed the baby and put out her back in her cot, when the baby finally settled she gently kissed Melinda she went out to Piper's bedroom where found her sister asleep in a heap on top of the quilt. Phoebe carefully moved her until she was stretched in the bed and then covered her. She gently kissed her Piper on the forehead then it suddenly hit her what she had forgotten. OMG she thought. She glanced at Piper finally exhaustedly asleep, she checked Melinda again and she was asleep . She left the room and turned out the lights and walked across the hall. Paige was sleeping soundly. Phoebe went across to her own room, pulled on the first clothes she could find snuck downstairs into the kitchen, took the keys to Paige's car which was the last one in the drive and let herself out the house.

Cole finally arrived back at the apartment at midnight and went straight to bed, giving into his human nature, which was protesting at the battering it had taken during the day. He woke up a little while later and saw the bed clock that said 2.10. While he was still orientating himself the elevator bell rang and he jumped out of bed wondering who in the hell knew the code. He heard Phoebe call his name. He would have thought he was dreaming except she sounded pissed.