Making Memories

By Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of One Life to Live.

Chapter 8

"Are you all right?" asked Starr.

"I'll be okay, but I am really sorry for missing the birth," said Cole.

Starr gave her boyfriend a firm look, and then said, "You don't have anything to be sorry about, Cole. My dad did this."

"I know, but I should have been here for it. I'm the baby's father," said Cole.

"And you will still be, even if you weren't here for her birth, Cole," said Starr. Cole then smiled and then said, "You always know how to make me feel good." Starr smiled in return. "Well, someone wants to meet you," she said, and handed their daughter to Cole.

Cole eyes filled with tears as he looked at his daughter. "She's so beautiful," he commented.

"I know," said Starr. "It's hard to believe that we created something so wonderful." She and Cole then shared a quick kiss with each other, and then Cole gave a little kiss to their daughter.

"So, what do you want to name her?" asked Cole.

"Well, I was actually thinking of naming her after you, but I thought it would be a boy at the time-"

"Whoa, wait a minute. You thought you were going to have a boy?" Cole interrupted.

"Yeah, I thought I would, but I'm glad that we got a girl," said Starr, as she rubbed her daughter. "So I thought, how about we call her, Nicole?"

"Nicole?" Cole pondered. "I love it. Now I get to choose the middle name," he said.

"Okay, what do you have in mind?" she asked, in a teasing kind of voice.

"Well, would you object in using my mom's name for Nicole's middle name?" Cole suggested.

"Nicole Marty Thornhart?" Starr pondered.

"No, I meant Mom's full first name," said Cole.

"Nicole Margaret Thornhart? You know, that actually sounds pretty cute, Cole," said Starr. "Don't you think so?" Starr said to Nicole.

A knock at the door distracted them. "Who is it?" asked Cole.

"Its Viki," she said, as she walked in. "Do you mind if I come in?

"Sure, Aunt Viki," said Starr. "You want to take a look at our daughter?"

"Oh, I would love to," said Viki, as she walked in. She took Nicole from Cole's arms carefully and held her. "Oh, aren't you a sweet thing," Viki said to the baby.

"We decided to name her Nicole Margaret Thornhart," said Cole.

"Well, you definitely have a pretty name there," Viki said to Nicole in baby talk. Starr and Cole just smiled at each other.

Just then Starr yawned a little bit. "I think I better get back to my room. I'm a little tired still," she confessed.

"Yeah, I better get some rest too," said Cole.

"Hey Aunt Viki, can you show the others our daughter, please?" asked Starr.

"Sure thing, Starr," said Viki. "Here, I'll wheel you back into your room."

Viki handed the baby back to Starr, and went to take Starr out.

"Hey Starr?" Cole called out.

"Yeah?" said Starr.

"I love you," Cole replied.

"I love you too," Starr replied back. Viki smiled at the two young lovers, and wheeled Starr out of Cole's room.

As Viki wheeled Starr and Nicole back to Starr's hospital room, Viki said to Starr, "You know what, sweetie?"

"What's that, Aunt Viki?" Starr wondered.

"You and Cole definitely have a strong bond of love for each other," her aunt revealed.

"I know," said Starr. "And I'm never going to be able love anyone else like I do with him."

Back at the police station, in the jail cell, Todd was causing a racket. He was being demanded that he be released at once, or he was going to sue the police department.

"I MEAN IT, IF I DON'T GET LET OUT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN BIG TROUBLE!" he yelled out.

"You better be quiet, or I'm going to have to resort to extreme measures," said the guard that was on duty.

"Oh be quiet," Todd harshly said.

"I think you better follow your own advice, Manning," said Bo. He and John were coming from the main part of the station. "You are the one who got into this mess, and now I don't see any way you can get out of it."

"You know there is a way, Bo. You can arrest Cole for raping my daughter," said Todd.

"Tell me something, Manning," said John. "If Cole did raped Starr, then why haven't Starr filed a report, because I just saw her at the hospital, and Starr does not look like a victim of rape."

"She's not your daughter, John," Todd blurted out.

"Well either way, you better quiet down now, or I'll make you be quiet," Bo warned him. Todd just huffed and sat down, as Bo and John headed out of the cell area.

Stay tuned for the next update.