Pure True Love

Written by: Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL

Chapter 10

"Okay, where's Bree? I got a present for her right here."

Everyone was unwrapping presents at Llanfair, and the Buchanan's, (except Bo, Nora, and Matthew were there enjoying their Christmas as a family) and John McBain where there celebrating when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," said Viki, and went to get the door. She was surprised, to see Todd, Tea, Dani, Jack, and Sam at the door.

"Todd, this is a big surprise," Viki said, really shocked.

"Well, we did have a present for the little one," said Todd, "And Starr asked us to meet her here, saying that she has something to tell us. Have you heard anything?"

"No, I haven't, but why don't you guys come on in, before you get too cold," Viki offered, and all five stepped in.

"Manning! What are you guys doing here?" asked Clint.

"You're going to have to ask Starr," Dani answered. "She asked all five of us to meet her here, but she didn't leave many details."

"Well, whatever it is, it must be really big," Charlie assumed, "or otherwise she wouldn't asked to meet you guys here."

"Well, why don't we stop guessing and wait till we find out," John suggested. Todd just rolled his eyes, and then reminded him of the present he had for Bree and handed it to her, which was a decorated picture frame with hold a picture of Bree in her last ballet recital.

Just then the doorbell rang and Charlie went to go get it this time. He opened it up to see Starr and Hope on the other side.

"Hey, you two, come on in," said Charlie.

"Thanks, Charlie," said Starr. Charlie closed the door and helped Hope with her coat while Starr got her own coat off. "Did you see that snow out there?"

"Oh yeah, I did. I tell you, White Christmases are definitely the most amazing," said Charlie. He then walked in with Starr and Hope into the living room.

"Hey, Starr," said her dad, who was standing right next to the door. Starr took the second to hug her father. Starr then noticed the little bling attracted Tea's eyes, but Tea remained quiet, but with a smile she couldn't seem to get rid of.

"Well, I know you just got in, but we are wondering why you want to talk to all of us, so, what's the news?" asked Natalie.

"Getting impatient, are we?" asked John. But Natalie didn't respond back, and then once everyone as silent, Starr took a deep breath.

"Cole and I are engaged," Starr announced.

Everyone was shocked and really happy for her that nearly everyone came to hug her, except probably Todd, who was starting to be conflicted a little.

"Hey, what's wrong, Todd?" asked Tea, who noticed his behavior. "Aren't you going to go congratulate your daughter?" Todd just breathed in and out deeply. He was fighting a big battle in his head. He really wanted to stop Starr from marrying Cole, but he knew Starr wouldn't listen, with the way Starr loved Cole, and he didn't want to be distant again, so he just walked up to Starr, who managed to get untangled from all the hugs of the others, and "Congratulations, sweetie." Starr just smiled at her dad and gave him a real big hug, while adding, "I bet this isn't easy for you, is it?"

"Hey, I'm trying, okay," Todd said, holding his hands up.

"Don't worry, Starr," said Tea, wrapping her arms around Todd. "I'll make sure he behaves."

"Well you are going to work real hard, because I do want you to help with this dad, and that does mean working with Aunt Dorian," said Starr, looking as though she was going to say 'or else'.

"All right, but I think I better wait till tomorrow to discuss details," said Todd. Starr said okay to that, and everyone decided to continue celebrating Starr's announcement.

"Hold it. That does mean you have to wear a white dress again?" asked Jack.

"Well, that's what brides usually wear to their weddings, silly," said Dani.

"She's right, Jack," said Starr, "but its going to be something better then thing I wore the last time Cole and I were trying to getting married. She then ruffled his head there. Jack just shook his head and walked saying, "Girls are sometimes hard to understand."

"I'll be waiting for him to say that again when he has a girl he really cares about," said Dani. Starr just laughed, and went to find Hope, who was playing with Bree.

Over at her house, Marty was just getting some stuff ready, as she was getting ready to head to the hospital, to help keep an eye on some patients, even though she was a psychiatrist. Just then she heard a knock on the door. She opened it to find her son, Cole in the doorway, with a present for her.

"Oh hey Cole," said Marty, shocked. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going t spend Christmas with Starr and Hope?"

"Don't worry, we still got some time for that," said Cole. "I just wanted to drop by to tell you something." He raised his eyebrows to give Marty some clue. Marty then figured out. "You popped the question to Starr, didn't you?" she asked.

"I definitely can't hide anything from you, at least when it's about Starr, huh?" said Cole.

"Well, you are kind of an open book when it comes to your girls, Cole," said Marty. Cole just smiled and filled her mom in on the events on what happened, though leaving out the part of James for now, since he and Starr didn't know about it till this morning.

"Well, it looks like it was everything you ever dreamed of," said Marty.

"It was, I even got a picture of us two," Cole said as he pulled out a picture of him and Starr in their formal wear.

"Wow, Starr looks really beautiful," said Marty, referring to her in the gown.

"Yeah, although it almost didn't go smoothly as planned," said Cole, and he filled his mom in on what Langston told him and Starr at LaBoulaie about what James tried to do, and him getting dragged off.

"Geez, if you ask me, that guy needs some mental help," said Marty, when Cole finished the story.

"Well, hopefully, he will try to learn to stay away, because he's stopping me and Starr from getting married," said Cole, as he buttoning his coat up, and opening the door,

"Fat chance, there, buddy," said a voice behind Cole. It was James.

"What are you doing here?" asked Cole.

"That doesn't matter. What matters is Starr, and I know you just want to hold onto her because you don't want her to have anyone else, when the truth is she doesn't love you like she loves me," James stated.

"You need to leave, right now," said Marty, stepping to her son's side.

"Huh, so your son got you so blind as well you can't see what he's doing to this girl?" said James, like he just made a discovery. "If I were you, I would get your son help, and away from Starr and Hope, because they deserve better."

"YOU better get out of here," Cole growled at him, with his mom holding him back, "before I call the cops."

"Well, Its like I said, Starr will soon see that she doesn't have that love for you Cole, and once she sees that, she'll act on her feelings for me, and then you'll see what she really wants," James said to Cole's face.

"Get away from my fiancé now." Starr had arrived, holding Hope. James turned around and saw her, looking like she was firing daggers from her eyes at James.

"Hey, Twinkle, what are you talking about?" he asked.

"You know what I'm talking about," said Starr. "We heard what you tried to do, to get to me. Well. I'm only going to say this once, and once only." She handed Cole to Hope as she said what she had to James. "Leave me and my family alone, or you will have much more then the police to worry about," Starr laid right onto him, with her voice growing lower and angrier with every few words.

James just took a step back, and then said, "He obviously got you so messed up, Starr, but you'll see soon." He then walked off. Once he drove off, Marty let go of Cole.

"Thanks, Mom," said Cole.

"Hey, just try to keep your cool, because I don't think you would be able to marry Starr in jail," she reminded Cole. "I got to get going. Congratulations, Starr."

"Thanks, Marty," she said as she accepted a hug from her and then Marty took off.

"I thought he was locked up," said Starr.

"Well, it looks like they didn't want to press charges, but I'm not going to let him ruin what we have," said Cole.

"You better not, because like your mom said, I wouldn't want to marry you in jail, and that's definitely not a great place for a wedding." Cole just smiled as he brought Starr together to him and Hope.

Over in the shade of the trees, James was looking at them, and then said, "You're going to see Twinkle, that he's not holding onto you for love, and then you will realize that your love for Cole is really for me." He then headed off.

A/N: Man, James is not one to give up, but good thing Starr and Cole are one couple tough enough to break apart because of that guy. Stay tuned.