Fighting For the One

By Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL.

Chapter 9

Nobody had seen Todd or Britney for the next several weeks. They seemed to be playing a real good game of hide-and-seek, where no one could find them as at all.

Starr and Cole hoped that they would be caught soon, but right now, they had other things on their mind. The planning for their vow renewal ceremony was taking much into their time, along with their jobs and taking care of Nicole and Patrick.

However, they wanted to get this done, as they had planned to do it on the first of December. Nicole was even helping around to get it ready. Patrick stayed out of the planning, as he had his own planning to try to get Laura to stop going after him, since she was going to be at the ceremony with Langston and Markko.

Okay, we have Nicole standing over her next to me," said Starr. She and Cole were going over some more plans for the ceremony.

"Yeah, but who do we put on my side," asked Cole. "Patrick made it clear that he didn't want to take part of the ceremony."

"That's because he's going to have his hands full with someone else," said Nicole, who just came downstairs.

"True," Starr and Cole both said.

"Well, we need to find someone to fill that spot," said Cole.

"Hey, what about Jake?" asked Starr.

"Are you serious?" asked Nicole, all in one breath.

"Hey, yeah. Why not?" asked Cole.

"Well, I'm just surprised you guys suggested that, having my boyfriend in the ceremony," Nicole explained.

"Well, we've known him for a long time," said Cole. "I mean it's not a bad idea."

"Well, let me ask Jake, and see what he says, okay?" asked Nicole.

"That's cool, sweetie," said Starr, just as Patrick came down the stairs.

"Hey, where are you heading off?" Cole asked his son.

"I was going to hang with my friends," said Patrick.

"Where exactly?" asked Starr.

"In the park," her son answered.

"Okay," said Starr. "But be back before six."

Patrick nodded and then headed off.

"Hey, I'm going to head off as well. I'm going to go meet up with Crystal at the diner."

"All right," said Cole. "Have fun."

Nicole nodded, and then grabbed her purse and took off.

Crystal was waiting for Nicole at the diner when Jake showed up. "Hey Crystal, what's up?" he said, noticing his friend.

"Nothing much," said Crystal. "Just waiting for Nicole to arrive."

"Oh, that's cool. I was just going to get something to go," said Jake.

"Yeah, I was going to tell her about my first date with Matt," said Crystal.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that," said Jake. "How was it?" he asked.

"Lets just say, it was really romantic," revealed Crystal.

"Wow, you guys must be serious," said Jake.

"Well, not as serious as you and Nicole right now," Crystal pointed out.

"Did someone say my name?" asked Nicole, who came up to them.

"Yep, we were just talking about her date with Matt," said Jake, giving Nicole a quick kiss.

"Ooh, I can't wait," said Nicole. "But can you for a minute? I got to ask Jake something."

"What about?" asked Jake.

"Well, my mom and dad were wondering if you would want to be part of the ceremony for renewing their vows?" asked Nicole. Jake was surprised, and so was Crystal.

"What about your brother, Patrick?" asked Jake.

"Actually, Patrick refused because he still thinks all of that is mushy stuff right now, and he doesn't want Laura to try to come up and get him during the ceremony," Nicole explained. Crystal and Jake laughed on that.

"Well, I don't know about that," said Jake, "but I would be honored to take part."

"Thanks, Jake," said Nicole, and she gave her boyfriend a big hug.

Just then Jake's order was called. "Well, I better get that. I'll see you two later," he said, and hugged both of his friends and kissed Nicole on the mouth, and then headed out with his order.

"I got to say this, but you two are coming ever closer, Nikki," said Crystal.

"I know, I actually feel that," said Nicole. "Anyway, how was your date with Matt?" Crystal then started to leap into details about how it was, while Nicole listened with awe.

Jake was walking to the park to eat his food when he was narrowly missed by something thrown at him. He stopped and picked it up. It was some kind of mangled up box.

"I wonder who threw this?" he asked. He then saw a piece of paper peeking out of it, and read it. It said.

If you want to save your girlfriend from that abusive father of hers, meet me tonight at the docks at 7. Don't be late.

There was no name on the note on whom it was from, but Jake had a pretty good idea. He then grabbed his phone from his pocket and started looking for Nicole's number.

"And then we kissed right next to that fountain in the park," Crystal said, smiling with excitement.

"Wow, you guys must have had a good time," said Nicole. Crystal just nodded.

Just then Nicole's phone rang. She saw that it was Jake.

"That's weird. Jake's calling me," she said to Crystal.

"Well, maybe he forgot something over here," Crystal suggested. Nicole answered the phone. "Yeah, Jake. What is it?"

"Can you two meet me at the police station?" asked Jake. "I just gotten a little note from your grandpa."

Nicole eyes went big, and then she said, "We're on our way." She then says to Crystal, "Jake wants us to meet him at the station. My granddad is up to something."

"Don't you think you better call your mom and dad?" Crystal pointed out. Nicole nodded and called her parents while they paid and headed out of the diner.

Starr and Cole were away from their planning and sitting on the couch when their phone rang. Starr was closest to it, so she answered it.

"Hello?" asked Starr

"Mom, your dad is up to something. He just sent Jake a note about something." Starr sat straight up when she heard this.

"Oh my god," said Starr. Cole sat up as well, wondering what was happening. "Where are you?" Starr asked her daughter.

"We're leaving the diner and heading over to the station right now," said Nicole. Crystal was busy calling Matt to let him know what was going on. "Can you meet us there?"

"No problem, sweetie. We're on our way," said Starr. She hanged up the phone and got up.

"What's wrong?" asked Cole.

"My dad is at it again. He just sent Jake a note about something. Nicole and the others are heading down to the station right now."

Cole looked at the clock, and saw that it was about five-thirty. "All right, tell you what, you go on ahead, and go to them. I'll stay here because Patrick is going to be home soon."

"Okay," said Starr. She gave Cole a peck on the cheek and she then headed out. Before she did, Cole said to her, "Let me know what happens." Starr nodded to let him know she understood him, and then went to the police station.

What is Todd's idea of sending that note to Jake? Stay tuned to find out.