Prologue

"Ugh.., what on earth is she wearing.."

"She dresses like her grandmother..

Phoebe blushes and tries to covers her face with her hair. She's new in the school, but doesn't mean they have to make fun of her on the first day!

"Hey! Watch out!!". Not sure whether the warning was for her, she took a deep breath, put on a cool face expression, she hope, and swung around to be hit by an elbow. She saw sparks for a while before she hit the ground.

"Oh my god, are you okay?," a deep voice said. Phoebe blink for a while and saw a concern-faced expression of a guy in front of her.

"I'm.. a little.. dizzy..," Phoebe blink twice more, and started to rise to her feet. "You're.."

"COOLLLEEE!!!". Two pair of hands pushes Phoebe aside, making her fall again, to grab Cole. "Are you okay? We were so worried!"

Phoebe stares at the people who pushed her and was not surprise to see a blonde and a brunette, the same people who was whispering loudly about her dressing, in front of.. Cole. "Hey, don't you watch where you're going?"

The blonde, who was trying to touch Cole's head, snaps her head around, and looks at Phoebe and wrinkles her nose as if she smells. "Oh, I didn't see you around." And turns back to Cole and started gushing at him.

"Hey, did you hear what I-"

The brunette snaps her head around this time and stared at Phoebe. "Who the hell do you think you are, talking to us like that! You're.. nothing here.. you and your sisters-"

"Talking about us?"

Prue was standing in front of the crowd, which has gathered around, looking angrily at the brunette, with Piper at her side. "I think you owe Phoebe an apology Watson. Don't think just because your dad donates money to this school, does not make you the princess of this school"

The brunette sneers. "Look who's talking. The all mighty Prue Haliwell has come to save the day. Little Piper and Phoebe can't stand up for themselves, and needs big sister to do all the work. Awww, how touching..". Prue flush a deep red and takes a step closer to the brunette.

"Take that back or-"

"Or what? Suspend me? Kick me out from this school?," the brunette laughs. "I don't think you have the power to do-". Phoebe's eyes went larger as she saw Prue takes a lunge at the brunette and starts slapping her. Phoebe quickly got up and started running towards the fight but Piper got to her first and tried to pull her arms away from the brunette's neck. She didn't manage to do much of a job till Cole started pulling them apart.

The brunette was panting heavily. "I'll make sure you pay for this.. you bitch. You'll pay.. you and your sisters." And started walking away with the blonde who was shooting evil glances towards Prue the whole time. Prue was panting too and didn't bother to acknowledge Cole who was standing in front of her.

"Why are you trying to provoke her? You know she HAS the power to get you thrown out of this school?"

Prue shot him an angry face. "It's non of your damn business. You know as well as me, all of this started because of YOU". And turns around to walk away from him.

"Phoebe, anyone bringing you to the prom?," Prue asks as she pop strawberries into her mouth.

Phoebe blushes. "Well, I'm thinking of.. Cole"

Prue drops the uneaten berry into the table. "You must be joking. Are you crazy?"

Phoebe slaps her hand onto the table. "Prue, why are you so dead set against Cole? I like him and I think.. he likes me"

"Would anyone like toast?," Piper asked, hoping to break the tension but both sisters are still glaring at each other.

"Phoebe, Cole doesn't like you.. he likes to play with girls and dumps her the minute she starts talking about going steady"

"How do you know that? You sounds as if..," suddenly Phoebe realizes, "..you have gone out with him.. haven't you.. did something worse happen?"

The whole kitchen was silent as everyone stops to listen to Prue's reply. Prue toys with a grape. "Yes... yes I have gone out with him."

Phoebe leans closer and closes her hand on top of Prue's. "What happen?"

Prue's facial expression hardens. "Maggie Watson. She always has a crush on Cole and got really mad when we started going out." Prue sighs. "Cole's father was working for her father, and she threaten to convince her father to fire her dad if he didn't break up with me. And so he did. End of story".

Phoebe gave a cry of outrage. "And he just did! Just like that?!"

"What could he do? Do you know that Maggie could have her father convince other companies to not accept his father if he indeed gets fired. You don't realize how influential her father is. Besides, he was going to dump me anyway"

"I know what happen between you and Prue"

Cole smiles grimly. "I knew she would tell you eventually"

Phoebe turns to look at him. "Is your relationship with Prue so meaningless that you could just dump it all in one day? How could you?"

"I don't love Prue, Phoebe"

Phoebe stared at him. "What..?"

"I would have ended the relationship even without Maggie interfering. It was either letting Prue know that I don't love her or letting her know about Maggie threatening me.."

"You took the coward's way out.. I cannot believe you..."

"Look Phoebe, I don't go steady, I have never believe in love.. till I met you"

Phoebe's eyes threaten to burst out. "What?!"

Cole take her hands into his. "I love you Phoebe. I want you to be my date for the prom.. would you go with me?"

"I... I...," Phoebe stammers and clears her throat, "Of.. course I'll go with you, Cole. I would love to go with you."

Cole smiles shakily and kisses her lightly on the cheek. "Thank you Phoebe. You've just made my day". And walks away from her. What Phoebe doesn't realize that this was all planned by Maggie.