44 Blueberry Hill, Friday morning

[holdingontolove]

Cole was sitting on the porch of 44 Blueberry Hill with his laptop, because wireless networks were a wonderful thing. (Just don't ask him to set one up, he left that to Sam or Phoebe.) He'd managed to access an online account that belonged to the Brotherhood of the Thorn and siphoned off a bunch of money from it to his own account, giving him the

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[iknewyoudknow]

A black limousine pulled up in front of 44 Blueberry Hill, and out from the door stepped a man dressed in... well, a very Oscar Wilde fop sort of fashion.

He wore a menagerie of gold rings on his left hand, and he bows to Cole.

"Mein new neighbor!" he says, his arms out spread. "Greetings. I am Doctor Casanova Frankenstein."

[holdingontolove]

Cole glanced up from the laptop at the strange man and his changing tense. "Cole Turner," he said. "Which house are you moving in to?"

[iknewyoudknow]

"Oh ho," Casanova said. "I will not be moving into any of ze existing buildings. Mein construction crew will be arriving over ze veekend to begin mein new mansion."

[holdingontolove]

What did you just call me?

Cole eyed Casanova. "What kind of hours will your crew be working? My wife is pregnant and I'd prefer her rest did not get disturbed."

[beenthroughthat]

A freshly-showered Sam, with his own laptop under one arm, stepped out onto the front porch and bent to drop a kiss on the top of Cole's head. "I see you and I are on the same wavelength this morning."

[holdingontolove]

"What do you think of this?" Cole said, turning his laptop and showing Sam the Guinevere bedroom set.

[beenthroughthat]

"Oh, wow," Sam said as he leaned closer to get a better look. "I love it. That's perfect. How are you going to aff -- wait, no, don't tell me."

[holdingontolove]

Cole beamed. "I have my ways," he said. "What color carpeting should we go with?"

[snarky_witch]

Piper had been on her own porch when she spotted Cole with the laptop, so she wandered over. "Shopping online?"

[holdingontolove]

"Mmm hmm," Cole said, as lullaby-type music floated from the laptop's speakers. "So much easier than going to the stores."

[snarky_witch]

Piper heard the music and smiled. "Guess she finally told you."

[holdingontolove]

Cole raised an eyebrow. "You already knew?" he said, not entirely surprised because he knew how strong the bond was between the sisters.