A/N: ok sorry sorry! It's been awhile! I went away...but from now on Ill try and update evreyother day!

The starkids had been sitting in the waiting area for 2 and half hours, and everybody was sure of one thing. Even if this kid did have someone looking after her, she wasn't cared for.

"Lo? Honey...as much as I hate to say this we have to leave..." murmured Julia.

"We can't leave her! Maybe nobodies coming...then where's she gonna go?" Lauren muttered the last bit almost to herself.

Jamie and Meredith came over. Meredith had been making Taylor laugh by impersonating the GPS voice and Jamie had been plugged into her iPod.

"What are we muttering about?" Meredith smiled, joining the group.

"Julia's saying that we have to go".

"Julia's right Lolo..."

It hurt everyone but there was nothing they could do, they had to leave. Slowly and with heavy hearts they say went back to where the boys were sitting. Julia opened her mouth to tell them to get there stuff together, but as she started to speak a couple came through the door. They went up to the bored looking receptionist looking disinterested but slightly nervous.

"Has a kid been handed in," the man asked. The way he spoke about the child, you would have thought he had lost a scarf. Lauren looked over at Joe, who wore the same expression as her. His eyebrows were furrowed and he was looking almost angrily at the man and woman that were now muttering in stern voices to the nervous receptionist. Eventually they came over and looked the group up and down.

"She's ours, move,"The woman spoke with a heavy Irish accent, which Lauren noted that Taylor didn't seem to have. She had short hair dyed a bright red, which only served to make her look paler and unwell. The short hair showed off an impressive crop of acne, which stood out against her translucent skin. She wore a pair of pink jeans, which clashed with her hair and a back top which didn't leave much to the imagination. The man was slightly better looking, tall and well built, with think black hair and chiselled features. He could have been very handsome if it had not of been for the scowl he was wearing. It aged him, creasing his face with harsh lines. Taylor looked at them both with confusion, which seemed an odd way to greet the parents you had been so upset about losing.

"Jesus Christ girl stop wondering off! Fucking ditsy fairy..."

"Worried sick..." the woman nodded looking uncomftable.

Everyone stiffened at the man's language. Meredith had learnt from her nannying that it was a pretty clear rule to NEVER swear at a child. The couple waited, both their faces painfully twisted into "comforting" expressions. Jamie couldn't help being reminded of the scene in Les Mis where the Theidanders are trying to convince Val Jean that they are good parents and dearly love Cossette.

They both stood across from the starkids, waiting expectantly. Jamie gulped and muttered, "Bye Tay Tay..."

The girl looked wary but walked towards her parents, where her dad took her arm roughly and led her out the room.

There was nothing they could do...these people were her parents. The group sat in silence and eventually Jamie broke it. Hot, wet tears fell down her cheeks and she made no attempt to hide them, she had always been the most caring of the group, hating to see anyone have a bad time.

"She deserves better than them..." she murmured, her voice thick. There was a general mumble of agreement and comfort, missing from which was Laurens voice. Jamie looked up to see the seat her friend had occupied was empty. "Hey, guys? Where's Lauren?" Everyone looked around and saw that the brunette had vanished! Joe stood up, slightly panicked, he had always felt very protective of her and the idea of her alone in a busy airport frightened him.

"She can't have gone far," said Julia, "she's probably gone to the toilet, you know what she's like..."

Everyone tried to be comforted by this, but it struck them as odd that she would just get up and leave without telling anyone, especially when they were all so upset...

After a few minutes Joe couldn't take it anymore. He stood up, brushing down his jeans and announced he was gonna go looking for her, just in case...

Everyone nodded and he walked briskly out the room. He really had no idea where to start so he decided just to walk until he saw somewhere she might be. He ruled out the toilets straight away, knowing she would never just go without telling them. Wherever she was, she didn't want them to know she was there.

He had been walking for 2o minutes and was beginning to get panicky before he saw a swish of a soft, light brown ponytail disappearing around a corner. He sprinted after it, making it round the corner and straining his neck to try and spot it again in the crowd.

"Walks?"

His head whipped around to see the small actress pressed to the wall, her eyes wide and alert as she looked up at him.

"Lolo? What the hell are you doing? You look like your trying to be a secret agent..."

"I am! The names Lopez, Lauren Lopez...0025, wanna be my bond girl?"

He grinned, "Only if you tell me what our doing."

He smile faded and for a moment she looked as young as Taylor, it made Joes heart ache.

"I...I don't actually know..."

Joe looked at her to continue and she sighed.

"They can't be her parents Walks...they just can't. I thought that maybe if I followed them I'd get proof but the most suspicious thing they've done is walk quickly!"

Joe sighed as he looked down at her.

"Lo I know its hard, but these people are her mum and dad and there's nothing we can do to change that..."

"I know I just-"Her phone cut her off and she glanced at the caller ID.

"Its Julia," she muttered, pressing the button to answer the call.

"Lo? Lauren you need to come back now. Something's happened."

"Jules? What's happened is everything ok?" Joe gave her a questioning look but she ignored him.

"Lauren. Taylor's parents have come to pick her up."

Laurens stoumgh dropped.

Ooooo! Drama! So just to clarify, in case this only makes sense in my own head, the man and woman that now have Taylor aren't her real parents, and now the real ones have shown up. What will they do? Please review cus it makes me really, really happy! I shoot sparkles out of my fingers!

Hugs and Butterfly kisses,

Ingrid