Los Angeles, Sunday evening

[demonbelthazor]

A quiet Sunday night had been rudely interrupted when Phoebe had gotten a premonition of a demon attacking someone, so Bel had shimmered her to the location in her vision so they could stop it from happening.

"You sure this is the place?" he said, looking around the alley. He didn't see anything, but he did get the feeling they were being watched.

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe stepped to the side and looked around and then nodded at him.

"This is the place -- right down to all of those stacks of bags and garbage cans."

[demonbelthazor]

Before Bel could respond, a black and green demon dropped down behind them. It threw out a string of slime that wrapped around Phoebe's legs.

Bel grabbed Phoebe's arms as the demon started to try to pull her away. "Hold on!" he yelled.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe held onto Cole's arms as tightly as she could. She tried pulling her legs toward her to get the demon closer to Cole.

"Cole!"

[demonbelthazor]

The demon was strong, and Bel could feel Phoebe slipping out of his grasp. And he couldn't conjure up a fireball without letting go of one of her hands.

He had to take the risk. "Three...two...one," he said, then let go of Phoebe with his right hand while simultaneously summoning a fireball. Still holding Phoebe as tightly as he could with his left hand, the threw the fireball at the demon. It exploded with enough force to send them flying across the alley.

It also splattered them with a lot of green goo.

[sensethevisions]

It took Phoebe a second to get her breath back and then she grimaced. Between the smell of the alley and now the good coating them both, it was not the most fun night ever.

"Green, slimy goo." She said, shaking her head. "That's a new ick."

She looked at Cole. "Are you okay?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel couldn't help but laugh, as ridiculous as they looked cover with demon ick.

Then impulsively he said, "Marry me."

[sensethevisions]

Over the years, she and Cole had found themselves in many strange situations and many times they had been close to death. With all of that, he could still find ways to surprise her.

Still it was a good surprise and she couldn't help grinning at him.

"Slime covered and all?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Well, I figured we'd get cleaned up before the actual ceremony," Bel said, grinning right back. "I actually do have a ring, just not on me right now."

[sensethevisions]

"Yeah, getting cleaned up, first, would probably be a good idea," Phoebe said laughing. "I love you, Cole. I always have since we first met, so how could the answer be anything but yes?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Dating a demon's one thing," Cole pointed out. "But marrying one...you think the Elders are going to have a fit?"

[sensethevisions]

"The Elders can piss off," Phoebe said succinctly. "I don't care if they like it or not. And with everything they have put us through over the years, they owe us."