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Chapter 12 - Other Side ~*~*~*~ Lovin' you has got to
be ~*~*~*~ There was a knock at the door. "Come in." he said. He didn't bother to get up and greet the guest. "Hello." she greeted. He looked up from the pictures he was looking at, "Phoebe?" he asked. She walked over to the desk until she stood in front of it. "What are you doing here?" he demanded. "I came to apologize." she confessed. "And how did you find my office?" "I have my sources." she offered. He gave her an incredulous look not believing her at all. She shrugged, "Okay I followed you. What does it matter?" Cole didn't give her an answer so Phoebe proceeded with the speech she had been practicing for some time, "I'm sorry for what I said. It's just been over whelming that Prue was shot and that we don't know who or why. And in the daze of the alcohol I... I don't know. I just couldn't figure out why you want to photograph me." So that wasn't exactly what she had planned on saying. Okay it came no where close to what she thought, but there it was. Her paranoia got the best of her. Well to be truthful it wasn't the paranoia. It was her own self doubts. You'd have thought that she would be over most of them, but it was quite obvious that she was not. Cole didn't say anything which only made Phoebe even more nervous. "I'm sorry Cole. If you can forgive me I would still like for you to accompany me to Ft. Worth. I'll have my assistant mail you the plane ticket." And with that she walked out. "So she is onto you?" a voice from behind asked. He didn't flinch. He knew she was there, "I don't know." he answered her. "Be careful Cole. We can't afford her to be suspicious." Mrs. Seer warned. Cole glowered but didn't say anything. Even though he was guilty of everything Phoebe accused him of it still hurt that she didn't trust him. And that emotion was not something that Cole had been ready for. He heard Mrs. Seer leave and sighed at the mounting emotions he was facing. Somehow in all of this he was falling for her and he knew he could not afford a weakness like her. ~*~ Prue came down the stairs, "Darryl what's going on?" she asked. Darryl turned to look at her, "I found it Prue. I found the needle in the haystack." he crowed. Prue was surprised. "Well let's see it." she ordered and everyone went into the living room. Piper sat down on Leo's lap to give Andy and Prue room to sit together on the couch. Darryl put the tape into the VCR and pressed play. All five of them watched on as crowds cheered for their favorite stars. Darryl started to fast forward. "Now here it comes." he told them. Everyone strained forward to get a look. A dark woman wrapped in dark clothes walked through the crowd. She got into firing range and the minute that Prue was in focus shot her. Then the crowd went wild and the camera lost the woman. Prue and Andy sat back stunned. "Do you know who she is?" Prue asked. Darryl shook his head, "No, we were hoping one you knew." Everyone else shook their heads. "How did you find the tape?" Andy asked. "To be honest pure luck." "A girl called and she was watching her tape and noticed the woman and brought the tape by. She is a big fan of yours." he said pointing to Leo. Leo blushed. "So what is the next course of action?" Piper asked. "You guys still need to lay low. Prue perhaps give a statement out saying your fine. We are not going to release the image. We're afraid that if we do she might disappear and so far nothing is coming up in the databank on her face. Which only means that she has never been convicted before. However we are still going to look." "Mommy?" they heard Paige call out. Before Prue could get up Paige came down the stairs. "Mistew Darryl!!!" she cried out and ran up to him. Darryl swooped her up in a big hug, "What are you doing up precious?" he asked her. "I couldn't sleep and I wanted a story read." she told him. "Here, I can go read her a story." Leo offered. "No I'll do it." Andy said. Paige gave Darryl a kiss on the cheek and then wrapped herself around and Andy and waved goodnight to everyone else. "How's she doing?" Darryl asked Prue. "She seems to be doing really well." Prue answered. "That's good. Look I better go, you guys stay safe and if you need anything please give me a call." He told them as he walked toward the door. "We will Darryl. Thanks for everything." Piper told him and gave him a hug as did Prue. Leo shook his hand and watched him leave. Prue turned to the couple, "Well I have a meeting to hear a bedtime story. Lock up." she instructed and then walked up stairs. Leo and Piper walked back to the living room. "I thought some how in knowing that it would make me feel better, but since we don't know who she is..."Piper trailed off. Leo sunk into the sofa and took Piper's hand leading her down with him. "I know, but at least we know what she looks like. We can be on the look out and be very careful." he told her. "True. Thank goodness your fans like you so much." she teased him. He smiled at her. "Speaking of fans. I was thinking I need to go and visit my sister. Tell her and my grandmother what is going on with us before they read about it in the papers." "So when do you want to go?" "I was thinking tomorrow." "Okay well I guess we can pack up before then..." but stopped speaking when she saw his look, "Or is this just a you visit?" "Just a me visit. You know I would take you especially since you are my wife and carrying said news, but with everything else I would just feel better if you stayed here with Andy. At least you would have some protection." "Leo..." "No arguing Piper. Not on this. I can't even begin to imagine what I would do if you got hurt. So you are staying here with your sister and Andy." She glared at him and he glared right back. Finally she sighed, "Fine, but you better hurry back. I'm getting use to you being here all the time." He smiled at her and they kissed. ~*~ Leo was already up and finished getting ready by six that morning. He leaned down and kissed his wife good-bye only to have her pull on his arm sending him down beside her. "I know you weren't planning on sneaking out of here with just a kiss on the forehead." she told him. "Hadn't even entered my mind." he told her. She kissed him and gave him a fierce hug. "You stay safe and come home very, very soon." she ordered. "I should be home no later than tomorrow afternoon." he swore. They kissed again and he left. As he stepped off the last step he saw Phoebe walking in the door. When she turned around she jumped, "Leo! You scared me." He laughed, "I wouldn't have if you weren't sneaking in." "I wasn't sneaking in." Leo gave her a look. "Okay so maybe I was. Is everyone alright?" "Everyone's fine. Darryl came by last night and showed us a video tape of who shot Prue, so when you have a chance you need to watch it." "And where are you going?" "I'm going to visit my sister. Tell them about Piper and me before they read it in the paper." "Stay safe." "You too." Leo left and Phoebe creped up the stairs with her thoughts on Cole permanently running through her mind. ~*~*~*~ End of Chapter 12 * "The Other Side" by Aerosmith. |