South Attic --- A Quest To Save A Friend

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe was tired. She hadn't slept much and when she realized she wasn't going to go back to sleep, she had silently left the bed so as not to disturb Cole. She grabbed the Book of Shadows and pulled one of the seats up to the window so she could read as the sun came up.

She had pen and notebook and was making notes and ideas on the notebook as she read. She wrote down everything about Alchemists that she could find in the book and then tried to cross-reference that information with other information that she was finding.

She had promised Cole that she would find something to help Angel... and she was determined to keep that promise. Angel was her friend... but he was important to Cole. He believed in Cole and that meant a lot to her boyfriend.

She ran an angry hand through her hair, as she moved back and forth through the book. She was frustrated. What good was it being a Charmed One if she couldn't find a spell to save a friend... a mostly innocent?

She lost track of the time as she sat there and the kittens batted at her, trying to get her to leave her studying.

"Damn it," she muttered. "There has to be something we can do!"

"-Eating would be good-" Valkyrie said from where she was curled up on the window sill.

"I fed you."

"-Yes, but you need to eat.-"

"Not hungry," she mumbled as she read a new page in the Book.

"-You're getting a headache-" Seraphim added.

"Aspirin," she said absently.

"-Migraine. You need food and rest.-"

"Later."

Seraphim sighed. "-I'll tell Belthazor.-"

"Okay," Phoebe nodded, not really paying attention. "Something... there has to be something."

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[demonbelthazor]

Cole woke up to a black ball of fur patting gently, claws lightly extended, on his face. He groaned sleepily and rolled over, but the tapping followed. "What?" he finally mumbled.

"-Phoebe.-"

"What?"

"-She needs to eat.-"

"She's a big girl, she can make her own breakfast." Cole tried to pull the pillow over his head.

*twap*

"Oww! Knock it off!"

"-She needs you.-"

"All right, all right," Cole grumbled, rising from the bed. He ran a hand through his sleep-mussed hair and wandered into the living room.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shook her head and muttered as she made more notes in the notebook in front of her.

"If we cross this, and use this instead..." She sighed and was totally engrossed in what she was doing. "If this doesn't work maybe I can cast this..."

[demonbelthazor]

"What are you doing, love?" Cole said, settling on the couch next to her.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe looked up for a moment and smiled tiredly at him. "Research... hey, you're supposed to be sleeping..."

[demonbelthazor]

"So are you," Cole said, trying to take the Book from her hands without thinking. It sparked and shot across the room as he did. "Ooops," he said.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe blinked at the book and looked at Cole. "Uhmm..." She got up and retrieved the Book, putting it on the table and then sitting down next to him again.

"I can sleep later."

[demonbelthazor]

"I'm still a demon, sweetheart, and the Book knows that," Cole sighed.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe leaned against him.

"Think of it as prep work for the day you meet Prue... or Grams..."

[demonbelthazor]

"Are they going to try to throw me across the room?" Cole said, almost joking but not quite.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe bit her lip. "If I'm not with you to convince Grams that I love you and you love me... she might TK you into the Grandfather clock," she admitted. "Prue definitely won't like you... she doesn't like a lot of people.'

[demonbelthazor]

Cole winced a little. "Sounds like just showing up on your doorsteps with flowers might be a bad idea."

[sensethevisions]

"Where ever you are is home, Cole."

Phoebe blushed and looked away.

"Sorry."

[demonbelthazor]

"Don't apologize, love," Cole said, smiling.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe lay against him, closing her eyes for a moment. "You want to hear something a little crazy, sweetheart?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Mmmm? What?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe still had her eyes closed, and as usual, when she was close to him, she felt herself relaxing.

"When I try to look and see my own future? I don't see one without you in it."

[demonbelthazor]

He tangled fingers in her hair as she leaned against him. "I can't see one without you, either," he whispered.

[sensethevisions]

"I don't want there to be... one without you, I mean."

[demonbelthazor]

"There won't be," he promised.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe nodded. "I'm going to hold you to that promise," she whispered. "Being away from you... it feels like I'm dying." She sighed. "What we have between us, I've never felt before, Cole."

[demonbelthazor]

"Me neither," Cole said, squeezing her close. "And I don't ever want to lose it."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe tilted her head and opened her eyes to look at him.

"Niether do I."