[Room #412] Processing Everything

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe had been thinking alot about the vision, the discussions she had had with people and all of the knowledge she seemed to be gaining.

She was still confused as all hell about how everything was going to go down.

When she heard the radio and Faith talked about how satisfied Cole had looked coming out of there after and Veronica were in there...

...she had sat down heavily on the bed. Valkyrie and Seraphim were immediately at her side as she stared at the radio in shock.

It couldn't be like what Faith was implying.

There was a logical, reasonable explanation...as to why Veronica dragged Cole into the girls restroom.

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[demonbelthazor]

Before heading off to study hall, Cole returned to his room, shimmering in and surprising Phoebe. "Hey, sweetheart," he said, grinning sheepishly. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled faintly at him. "It's alright, you didn't scare me." She looked down at her hands and then looked back up. "Everything alright?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Everything's great," he said, in an extraordinarly good mood. He looked at her, puzzled. "But are you okay?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled faintly. "Of course I am, just a little tired...and annoyed with my brain."

[demonbelthazor]

He sat down beside her and kissed the top of her head. "I like your brain."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled and wrapped her arms around him.

"Today it's making me question things that I don't think need questioning. It's seeing things that aren't there."

[demonbelthazor]

"Like what?" he asked. "Anything I can help with?"

[sensethevisions]

"Give me the logical reason why my good friend was dragging my boyfriend to a secret meeting in the girls' restroom? Faith said..."

[demonbelthazor]

"Phoebe!" Cole protested. "You know half the stuff on the radio is just made up, particularly when it comes to Faith and Veronica. Okay, yeah, Veronica did drag me into the bathroom. She wanted to apologize about the lap dance and grill me about some stupid snowglobe of Angel's that went missing. Nothing happened, sweetheart, I swear. I wouldn't do that to you."

[sensethevisions]

"Easy," Phoebe soothed. "I never said you were doing anything like that. I know you would never hurt me like that. Not after..." she shook her head. "With finals and everything, I'm tired and my imagination is taking on a life of it's own."

[demonbelthazor]

"Maybe you need some more rest," Cole said. "You've got a break between classes today, don't you? Maybe you should come back here and take an ap or something. I don't want you to get run down and sick again."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe sighed. "I wish I could, but I have papers to write and a newspaper meeting this afternoon." She laid her head on his shoulder. "Is it winter break yet?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Almost, almost," he said, wrapping his arm around her.

He paused a moment. "We haven't really talked about what we're doing then, have we?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shook her head, snuggling against him. "No, we haven't." She s,iled faintly. "I know I have to go to the Manor for Christmas."

[demonbelthazor]

"I guess I'm staying here," Cole said. "Unless I get summoned home to report in. Which hopefully won't happen. I'll miss you," he added unhappily.

[sensethevisions]

"I wish I could bring you with me...but I'm afraid of how Grams will greet you." She was unhappy, too. "I wish I could be with you on Christmas and on New Year's Eve."

[demonbelthazor]

"Yeah, probably not a good idea for me to meet your grandmother," Cole said. "But, you know, if you could get out of the house, I could shimmer over there to see you...."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe sighed and then smiled faintly. "There's a park nearby...but how will I know when to come or you know when to come?"

[demonbelthazor]

Cole grinned and reached into his jacket pocket, pulling out his cell phone. He didn't see the two small glass vials fall out of his pocket and hit the floor, rolling under the bed. "There's always the phone," he said.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled. "I so have to go buy one of those. All I had was the one from Jerusalem and I don't use that any longer."

[demonbelthazor]

"Maybe I'll get you one for Christmas, then," Cole said. "Okay, so you probably don't want to tell your grandmother who the guy calling you is, but you can always call me, right?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe wrinkled her nose. "Let's go together to the store in town and get me one, okay? I'd like to be surprised from you on Christmas instead of knowing ahead of time." She smiled. "Besides, the phone I want, it's kind of pricey and I'd feel bad if you spent that much on me."

[demonbelthazor]

"Nothing's too much for you," Cole said. "We can go into town after classes Thursday if you want. See what they have."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smirked. "Love, while I appreciate the sentiment, The SideKick is a little more than I would request anyone spend on me." She nodded with a smile. "Thursday sounds like a plan. I am not going home until we have a way to communicate with each other."

[demonbelthazor]

"Then I'll see what I can do to help out," Cole insisted. "After all, it's really for both of us."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe laughed. "I know better than to argue with you on that or else I might wake up in the morning and find one on my pillow."