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Chapter Twenty Eight: The Aftermath Part Two

"She hates me," Langston sobbed. "She hates me. My best friend in the entire world hates me. I'm a horrible person. How could I hurt Starr like that?"

Cole sat down next to Langston and put two fingers under her chin making her look at him. The hurt and sadness in her brown eyes that were now red rimmed from crying pierced his heart so greatly he thought it might break. Carefully he pulled her into his arms her head now resting against his chest.

"You're not a horrible person, Langston and Starr doesn't hate you. She could never hate you. You're her best friend."

"Stop okay! Just stop it!" Langston yelled pushing out of Cole's embrace. She moved further away from him pulling her knees up to her chest and shot him a dark look. Where did he get off telling her that she wasn't horrible? And that Starr didn't or couldn't hate her?

"I didn't ask you to sit there and lie to me, Thornhart! I am horrible. How can you sit there and say I'm not when you saw the way Starr ran out of here like that? She couldn't look at me. You're only kidding yourself if you say I'm not," Langston whispers. "Because I am horrible. I totally just betrayed my best friend ever. The sister I never had."

Cole shook his head and scooted closer to Langston who flinched when he tried to touch her. Sighing he ran his fingers through his hair roughly. Why couldn't Langston see that he wanted to kiss her? That the only thing he regretted was the way Starr found out.

"No you know what I wish you would stop, Wilde! I kissed you okay! We kissed, as in you and me! And I know that kiss wasn't just one sided! You felt what I felt!" Cole then lowered his voice to a whisper, "You wanted it and you liked it Langston. That's why you're so down on yourself because you liked it. I feel bad that Starr had to find out like this too."

"She once meant everything to me too, you know? I never wanted to hurt her like that, ever. And if it wasn't for Britney she wouldn't have been hurt as bad. She'll always have a special place in my heart but I'm over her. You're the one I want. I don't feel bad about kissing you. I could never feel bad about something that felt so good." He admitted shyly a blush creeping up his cheeks.

"You don't feel bad about kissing me because it felt good?" Langston whispered the same shy blush creeping up her own cheeks.

"Did I stutter?" Cole asked huskily his breath warming her cheeks even more.

Langston shook her head negatively and moved deeper into the warmth his open arms offered. Now it was just the two of them, their aforementioned trio down to two and she clung to him tightly not wanting to let go.

Meanwhile Starr had run home in tears and confessed everything that had happened to her mother. Blair Cramer subsequently was now on a mission, her blood boiling over in anger as she drove to Marty's apartment. There was no way in hell that bitch and her heartless son were going to get away with breaking Starr's heart. Not while she still had a pulse.

Marty woke up to the sound of fierce rapid knocking on her apartment's door. Looking at John's side of the bed, she found it empty. In his body's place was a folded piece of white paper. Opening it, she read a simple note that said

Marty, I had to go into the sation early. Bo called and said Nora wanted to prep me for testimony on a case. I'll see you and Cole for dinner.

Love you, J.

Smiling to herself she folded the note back up and climbed out of bed when the knocking became even more insistent. Then she heard the familiar Southern twang of Blair Cramer yell, "Marty you better open this door right now! If you don't, I'm gonna knock it down!"

Sighing she wondered what Blair could possibly want at this hour of the morning. Then she realized she hadn't seen or heard from Blair since she woke up from her accident. It appeared that things hadn't changed much between them since her return to Llanview. Opening the door the brunette got ready to do battle with her blonde nemesis something that never seemed to change.

"So you finally got your revenge on Todd didn't you Marty? It wasn't enough that you said Spencer wasn't fit to stand trial. No you had to go a step further and have your son break his daughter's heart." Blair sneered bullying her way into Marty's apartment. "That's right you raised your son to hate Todd as much as you do. You just can't let go of the past can you? Your heartless son broke my daughter's heart and I know you put him up to it. Cause that's just the kind of person you are Marty Saybrooke, a heartless bitch! I have no idea what John McBain could see in you."

Marty's mind was racing a million miles per second as she tried to digest everything Blair was telling her. Cole and Blair and Todd's daughter Starr were dating? Who was Spencer?

"Well go on and say something. Defend yourself and your son like you two walk on water like you always do. You think you're so much better than Todd, Marty but you're not. And Cole broke Starr's heart into a million pieces. What do you think Todd's gonna do when he finds out? He already tried to kill him once. What's to stop him from doing it again after this?"

"Todd tried to kill Cole?" Marty whispered shock evident in her voice and on her beautiful wide features.

Blair looked at Marty who appeared like she had been told this for the first time and became just as confused as Marty. Before the blonde could respond John walked into the open door of the apartment looking through his pockets and asked as he looked up at Marty, "Hey Marty you haven't seen my keys around here have you?"

Looking to Marty's left he saw Blair standing there and knew that he had definitely walked in on something. He then noticed that Marty was breathing rapidly and was turning peaked and pale. Walking over to her he gently grasped her arm asking, "Hey lady you're all right aren't you?"

"I don't know. I'm not sure." Marty stuttered still stunned by Blair's ranting. "Blair um she said that Cole hurt Starr. And that Todd that Todd had tried to kill Cole once before. John, what is she talking about?"

John turned to Blair and with as much force as he could muster told her. "Get out, Blair. I mean it get out."

Blair remained indignant and ignored John's request. Standing firm in her spot, she told him. "No, John I am not going anywhere. Not until Marty here ends up telling me what the hell kind of game she and her son were playing with my baby girl's heart. Cole sold Starr out he claimed to love her with everything he had and then he goes and kisses her best friend. Just like that he turned on a dime. What kind of boy does that?"

John then grabbed Blair by the arm as tightly as he could and shoved her out the door telling her lowly, "When I told you to get out I meant get out."

Slamming the door in front of her as she tumbled backwards John turned to Marty who looked at him pleadingly with her big chocolate eyes and he knew what she was about to say.

"Tell me John, please tell me what Blair was talking about."