Making Memories
By Dueler312
Disclaimer: I do not own anything of One Life to Live.
Chapter 7
"Your son is going to be just fine." the doctor said.
Marty and John let out a sigh of relief. The doctor then continued.
"He does have a lot of minor and some major bruises, but they should heal in time, okay."
"Can I go see him?" asked Marty.
"Sure, but he also said he wanted to know about his girlfriend and their baby?" the doctor said, looking confused.
"Don't worry, we know what that means," John assured the doctor. "Thanks." John and Marty then headed to the room to where Cole was. He was awake when they entered the room.
"Oh my, Cole, are you ok?" asked Marty.
"Yes and no," answered Cole. "I'm glad that I'm alive, but I'm not going to be able to see my child being born."
"Hey, its all right. The baby is okay," said Marty. "Starr gave birth to a beautiful baby girl."
"I got a daughter?" Cole was shocked, but glad.
"Hey, Cole listen, not to change the subject, but I need to know, what did Todd do to you exactly?" John asked him.
"Well, I didn't know he was there," Cole began to say, and then winced a little, as some the bruises were still hurting.
"Easy, Cole," said Marty. Cole then continued on.
"Well, before I knew he was there, I was opening my phone to see if I had any messages, and that's when I got call from Langston about Starr being in labor. I told her that after saying she's in labor that I was on my way, and I that's when I think Todd over heard me on that, and confronted me. Next thing I knew, after trying to get him to stop, he started to beat me down badly, and I lost consciousness."
"And that's when me, Antonio, and Talia got there," said John. "All right, I just needed to ask that, Cole. Thanks.
"No problem," said Cole. "Hey can you let Starr know that I'm going to be all right?"
"Sure, kid. I got to get back to the station, and gets this filed. I'll talk to you guys later," said John, and he left. Marty just then comforted Cole.
Starr was really worrying if Cole was going to be all right. Her mother seemed to be reading her thoughts as well.
"Hey, I'm pretty sure Cole will be okay, Starr," said Blair.
"I'm just really worrying, Mom," said Starr. "I love him so much, I don't want to lose him." Just then some knocked on the door,
"Who is it?" Blair asked.
"Its John."
"Come on in," said Starr.
John entered and closed the door behind him. "Hey, I just wanted to let you know that Cole is going to be okay, all right," he informed.
"He is?" said Starr, showing a smile of relief, and then she hugged her mother. "Hey, I told you he's going to be okay," Blair said to her daughter.
Just then the door opened up, and Michael entered. "Hey, someone wants to say hi to you, Starr," he said. Starr, Blair, and John then noticed that he was carrying the little girl that Starr just gave birth to. John stepped back so he could hand Starr's baby to her. Starr smiled and leaked out some tears of joy. "Hey there, little one," she softly said. The baby was in a pink jumper and was wearing a cute little pink sock hat.
Michael then noticed that his brother was here. "What are you doing here, John?"
"Unfortuantely, Manning found out about Starr being pregnant, and nearly beat Cole to death," said John.
"Oh my, is he all right?" asked Michael.
"Yeah, he is. He's got a lot of bruises, but he'll pull through," John assured his brother.
"I think he would love to see his baby daughter," said Starr.
"You know what, I don't see any problem with that," said Michael. "Is that okay with you-" Michael began to ask Blair, but Blair beat him to the answer.
"Its okay, as long though as you don't stay long," she directed back to Starr. "You going to need to build up your strength again." Starr nodded. Michael went outside then to get a wheelchair for Starr and brought it in. Starr handed her daughter to her mom, so that she could get into the wheelchair. Blair couldn't help though to cuddle up first with her granddaughter.
"Mom!" Starr called her, while laughing a little. Blair then handed the baby back to Starr, and Michael took her to where Cole was, after finding where he was.
In the room where Cole was, he was actually thinking of something. "You know, at least there's one good thing right now," said Cole.
"What's that?" asked his mom.
"At least Todd Manning won't be hurting anyone else again," said Cole. Marty didn't look to certain about that, but let it passed for now. Just then there was a knock on the door. "Who is it?" asked Marty.
The door opened, and Michael came in, backwards, and said, "Sorry to interrupt, but a little girl wanted to meet her father," as he rolled Starr and the baby in. Cole saw the baby and was smiling within seconds.
"I'll give you two some time alone with her," said Marty, and she headed out, along with Michael.
Cole and Starr looked at each other as they the baby kind of stirred a little bit.
(A/N: Stay tuned. Next chapter comes the name.)
