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

Charmed. To know Phoebe is to... Chapter 21

Part 3:Keeping it in the Family

Chapter 21

Cole went back into his office, and started to work then thought better of it and rang Phoebe

"What do you want?" she asked dreamily.

"You" he answered "Fancy leaving work early and going up the coast with me?"

"Not Paris?" she asked.

"Next week." he promised.

"Okay "she said happily and put the phone down.

Then she picked up the phone and dialled Cole's number "Love you" she said and hung up.

He dialled back and as Phoebe answered said "Francesca, oops Mrs Rinaldi just gave me your message"

"What?" screeched Phoebe in his ear.

"Just teasing" he added "Love you" and hung up the phone.

They kept it up for about 10 minutes until Francesca stalked into his office and told him to get off the phone he had a visitor, "a Miss Matthews who says she's your sister-in-law. " she said expressionlessly.

"Paige is there" said Phoebe in his ear.

"Bye" he said quickly and hung up.

"I need to talk to you" Paige announced sharply at Cole and stalked straight past Francesca into his office. She was very casually dressed in running pants, and crop top and hair in pigtails, she was not carrying a bag and Cole could only guess she had orbed from somewhere.

"Alone" she said eying Francesca off. Francesca made a tusk tusk noise while Cole raised his eyebrows as she walked out with slow dignity. Cole had barely shut the door when Paige spun around demanding "Cole I need your help. "

"Paige" he said as gently as he could "if its witch stuff I can't help you. I tried to explain the things I can do the other day but..."

"Shut up" she interrupted him "I need some help with magic" she said then she gulped a little "I think I stuffed something up" she said awkwardly. "Piper will kill me" she added.

"Piper won't kill you" he said.

"She'll make me wish she had" Paige said.

He grinned "What did you stuff up?" he asked.

Paige started to pace not quite able to look him in the face. "You know last Saturday at your place."

"I remember" he said sitting on the edge of his desk arms crossed watching her with amusement.

"Well, when we could not orb in you said you had some magic protection against it. I thought that would be a good idea. " Paige told him nervously.

"Paige you didn't." he sighed.

"And" she continued in a hurry "I went over to your place and checked it out." She saw his expression "Well you wouldn't have known if I hadn't told." she added defiantly. "Well, you don't use spells so I figured it was some power I could duplicate. I thought it might help, you know we can put a spell on Melinda to protect her from magic but that means we can't use magic around her and I thought.... "

"Paige" he interrupted "That protection is to stop magic not orbing. You can't use magic in the apartment without getting the protection off. I have to take it off to shimmer"

"I know now" she answered irritably "I worked out what you did, using telekinesis and deflecting it with mirrors. So, I found a potion that duplicates the power and I did it at the manor, only now I can't use magic at the manor."