Selkie Cove, Friday afternoon

[demonbelthazor]

Okay, so his girlfriend was a mermaid. And it was all his fault because he was keeping things from her.

He'd done some research and found a demon who could transform Phoebe back. But the price she wanted was his soul, and after the "useless" human Lana freed Piper from the Sea Hag's trap, Piper blew up the demon.

He'd talked to Blair in Sex Ed the previous day. Blair had suggested talking to Phoebe and "opening his mind" to her, fulfilling the spell she intended to cast. Maybe that would fix the backfire. Seemed like now that was his only choice. But would she hate him for it? He'd gone to see her the previous night and couldn't bring himself to do it. Now he was running out of time. She'd already swum out to sea to escape him once. She might not come back next time.

He shimmered to Selkie Cove, closed his eyes, and used their soulbond to summon Phoebe to him.

[Locked to future_visions. Specific details of the conversation are NFB. That Phoebe and Bel were at Selkie Cove and something may or may not have happened is fine.]

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[demonbelthazor]

"Legs?" he repeated, looking down. He grinned. "You're not a mermaid anymore! And, umm, you're naked, love." He helped her to her feet, then offered her his coat to cover herself.

[sensethevisions]

It was a good thing he was so much taller than she was as when she got finished buttoning his coat over her, it conevered everything to her knees.

She felt a bit disoriented and maybe a new kind of confused as she tried to piece together things from the last few days.

Biting her lip, she looked up at him. "Where does this leave us, love? Where do we go from here?"

[demonbelthazor]

"I love you, Phoebe, and nothing's ever gonna change that," Cole said. "I'm not going to leave you as long as you'll still have me."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe leaned up and pulled his face down to hers. Then, she kissed him deeply. When she pulled back, she kept ahold of him.

"I love you... I need you... and I just cannot imagine not having you in my life, Cole."

[demonbelthazor]

"Me neither," he said. "And even if you swam into the deepest parts of the ocean, I would find you and bring you home."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe nodded. "I know you would." She thought of something that she thought Lana had said. "Lana said you guys tried something the other night, but it didn't work out. What happened?"

[demonbelthazor]

"We went to see the Sea Hag," Cole confessed. "She has the power to turn mermaids into humans, but Piper vanquished her."

[sensethevisions]

"Cole... what was she wanting to do it?"

[demonbelthazor]

Cole hesitated. "My soul?"