Chapter 11

A/N: I went ahead and got the update for this up tonight. It may be middle of next week before this one is updated again, since I am wrapping up one of my others over the weekend. Comments are always appreciated!

Starr woke up to the sound of a door slamming downstairs. She had thought for sure that her aunt Dorian would not be back for hours. She shook Cole awake. "Cole, there is someone downstairs. You have to get dressed."

Cole jumped awake and tried to get dressed as fast as he could when they heard Blair's voice. She opened the door. "Oh my God!!!! What is going on in here, Starr?"

"Mom, it is not what it looks like?"

"Then, what the hell is it, Starr. Your boyfriend does not have a shirt on, and you are bare naked. I would love to hear what you think it is. Cole, what the hell are you thinking?"

Starr wrapped the sheet around her body and went and got in her mother's face. "Mom, Leave him alone!!! He does not need this!!!"

"Yeah, well, I don't need my teenage daughter sleeping with her teenage boyfriend."

Cole looked down. "I am sorry, Mrs. Manning. I will go."

"Yeah? Where is it exactly that you will go? You don't have anyone else." Right after Blair said it, she realized what she had said. "Cole, I am so-"

"You know what? I don't need your help." Cole walked out of Starr's room, and walked out the door. He needed to get out of there, and get out of there quick. All of a sudden, he was seeing the images of his mother blowing up all over again.

"Mom, how could you do that to him?"

"Starr, you are lucky that I did not call the police. Did you forget that he shot Miles Lawrence?"

Starr screamed, "No, he did not!!! If you were ever around long enough, you would know that John McBain confessed to the murder. Cole had nothing to do with it. I hate you!!! Get out!!!!"

"You are not going to yell at me, young lady. Where did you ever learn to act like this?"

"I probably learned it from you and Dad. You both yell and berate everyone. How else am I supposed to act?"

"Starr, this is not over. Get dressed, now!!!" Blair walked out. She could not believe the audacity of her daughter. She could not believe how much her daughter felt that it was right. She was glad that Todd had not come back with her. She could not even bear to think about what that would have been like if he would have seen what she did. She had no clue how to handle this. As she neared the staircase, she remembered seeing Markko's car when she pulled up. What could be worse than dealing with one teenager sleeping with her boyfriend? Blair walked up to Langston's room. She gave a slight knock at the door, and walked in. "Oh my God. Not you too!"

Langston fumbled to cover herself as Markko struggled to do the same. "Mrs. Manning, can you please leave?"

Blair was not about to let Langston treat her the way that Starr did. "Listen to me, Langston. I may not be your official foster mother, but you are my responsibility. What do you think you are doing?"

Instead of Starr and Cole's method of denying, Langston and Markko took the opposite route. Langston defensively said, "What does it look like we are doing?"

Markko managed to get his pants back on. "Mrs. Manning, I am so sorry."

"Markko, why don't you go home?"

Langston got defensive. "You don't tell my boyfriend what to do!!!!"

Blair lost her patience. "I do when there is a teenage boy naked with a teenage girl that I show responsibility to."

Markko went to the door. Langston stopped him. "You do not have to go anywhere."

He kissed Langston's forehead. "Babe, I will call you later. I think for now I should go home." After he left, Blair looked at Langston.

"Listen to me; you have no right to talk to me like that."

"Could you at least get out so I can get dressed?"

"Fair enough, but as soon as Dorian gets back, we are all having a talk."

Blair walked down to the living room, and poured herself a stiff drink. She could not believe how stressed out she was. She should have stayed on the road with Todd. He was easier to deal with. What was she going to do? She had two pissed off, sexually active to deal with.

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After showering, Starr dialed Cole's cell phone. He surprisingly picked it up. "Starr?"

"Hey, are you okay?"

"My mom is such a complete bitch. I can not believe her. Are you okay, Cole?"

"Yeah, I am going to go see John. He told me to come by if I needed to. I need someone to talk to about my mom today."

"Okay. Cole, I love you. If my mom tries to keep us apart, I will not let her. I promise."

"I love you, too, Starr."

Starr was relieved that Cole was not spinning out of control yet again. She knew now that she needed to go undo the massive damage that she had done earlier in the afternoon. She walked down the hall and knocked on Langston's door. Langston yelled, "Leave me the hell alone!" Starr figured that she had done more damage than she had ever imagined.

"Langston, I am sorry. Whenever you want to talk to me, you know where I will be." Langston ran to the door.

"Starr, I didn't know it was you. Come on in. I thought it was your stupid mother."

"Not that I care, but why are you pissed at my mom?"

"Your mother barged in my room and ordered Markko out of here. She can not tell me what to do."

"That must have been right after she caught me and Cole in bed."

Langston playfully smacked Starr. "Thanks a lot. That made it even worse when she caught Markko and me in bed."

"Oh my God, you and Markko made love. When?"

"Today was the first time. I was just really depressed. I felt like I am the reason all this bad stuff happens. Somehow, Markko was comforting me and we wound up making love."

Starr looked at Langston. "Lang, I am really sorry. I did not mean to make you feel so bad. I was just really upset. I should not have taken it out on you. You really are my best friend."

"Starr, this is a hard time for Cole. We should be joining together, and not fighting. I am sorry if you felt like I was overstepping."

The two girls hugged.

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The phone downstairs rang. Blair was enjoying her drink, but answered it anyway. "Hello."

"Blair, how is everything going?"

"Dorian, when will you be home?"

"I should be home within an hour. Is everything alright?"

"No, this whole afternoon has been a complete disaster. I need your help dealing with Langston and Starr."

"What happened?"

"Well, to make a long story short, I came home excited to see my daughter. Imagine my horror when I walked in to find my daughter in bed with Cole, and then to walk down the hall and find Langston in bed with Markko."

"What? Blair, I will be home as soon as we can. Do not do anything rash. Just tell me, how did it go with Langston?"

"Dorian, good luck. She gives new meaning to the word defiant."

Dorian hit end on her phone. She was afraid that this was going to happen, especially after the conversation after she caught Langston and Markko trying to be alone, a few days prior. "Driver, I need to get back home as soon as possible."

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Cole finally arrived at John's. He really did not know why he really needed to see John, but he needed to know how much his mother had meant to John. He knocked at the door. He knew that John was going to go with Dr. McBain to go find his wife and Tommy, but he hoped they had not left yet. John answered the door. "Cole, I am surprised to see you."

"I needed to see you, John. I need to know about you and my mom."

"Come on in, Cole."

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Langston and Starr both finally came downstairs, knowing that they would have to deal with this eventually. Blair looked up at them as they walked in. "Girls, sit down. This is going to be a conversation with no yelling, or screaming."

Starr interrupted, "Well, that depends. Are you going to insult Cole?"

"No, I am not. So, did you jump into bed with him as soon as your dad and I left?"

"Mom, that is really none of your business."

"Starr, you are my fifteen year old daughter. I feel for Cole, but that does not excuse this." Langston rolled her eyes. "And you, we brought you into this house. You will respect our rules."

"You may be able to forbid Starr and Cole to see each other, but what I do with Markko is none of your business, and I will do whatever the hell I want."

Starr agreed, "You might be my mother but you will not keep me from Cole.

Dorian walked in. "You girls both need to sit down and realize who is in charge."

To Be Continued…

Will John be able to help Cole cope with losing his mother? Will Dorian be able to reason with Starr and Langston, and will Cole and Starr be able to stay together. Coming Soon!