Amazing True Love

Written by: Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL

Chapter 2

Starr and Cole were still asleep in the morning when Starr started to stir a little, though not as to snuggle up next to her husband. Cole woke up, noticing it. "Hey, are you okay?

"Yeah, I just felt a little weird in my stomach, but I'm sure it will pass," said Starr, although, she wasn't entirely sure about that.

"Well, hey, maybe some breakfast can fix that," said Cole, as he threw the covers off him.

"That sounds good," said Starr.

Cole then headed out of the room to go wake up Hope. Starr started to get herself out of the bed, but then that strange feeling in her stomach came back.

"Whoa. What is going on?" Starr said to herself, as she put her hand to her stomach. She then felt like something was wrong and then ran to the bathroom, as she was about to hurl.

After she was done with that, she sat down on the bathroom floor, and said to herself, "No way. Could I really be?"

Cole and Hope were in the kitchen with Hope reading a book and Cole making some batter up for some pancakes. Hope then looked around, and asked, "Where's Mommy, Daddy?"

Cole looked back and saw that Starr still hadn't come out of the bedroom. "Hmm. Good question, Hope," he said. He was just about to put the batter down to see what was wrong when Starr came out, a little exhausted.

"Hey, are you okay?" asked Cole.

"Yeah, I think better not eat anything. I just threw up in the bathroom," said Starr.

"Are you sick, Mommy?" asked Hope.

"I don't know, sweetie, but just to be safe, I better take it easy for now," said Starr, although Starr had a pretty good idea, and she needed to know.

James eyes opened, and sat up slowly, realizing that he wasn't in that psychiatric hospital anymore.

"Where am I?" he asked to himself.

"Don't worry, you are safe here," said a woman's voice. James turned around to where the voice was coming from. It was the woman who broke him out of the hospital last night.

"Who are you?" asked James.

"I'm your friend, and I want to help you get what you want," the woman said.

"You want to help me get what I want?" asked James. "And what do you think I want?"

"A little girl named Starr Manning?" the woman said.

James looked a little skeptical. "How do you know Starr Manning?" he asked.

"Let's just say that she really has been a thorn in my side for a while, and I want to get the man who thinks he loves her away from her, just like you want to get her away from that man," the woman explained.

"You know Cole Thornhart?" asked James, "and what he's doing to Starr?"

"Well you see, I think that Starr is doing it to him as well," said the woman. "What I'm saying is that they both are playing with each other when they are in love with other people. In your case, Starr loves you, and she is just hiding it real well. But people can't hide their secrets forever."

"You're saying that Starr is really in love with me?" James asked, his interest peaking up.

"Yep, just like Cole is really in love with me," the woman explained. "And all we have to do is to get them separate, and make them realize it."

"Well how are we going to do that?" asked James. "I'm pretty sure if they see me; they'll call the cops and put me back where I was."

"Oh don't worry, we are not going to do any meeting, not yet at least," the woman lay out. "We need to lay out this carefully, otherwise it would be for nothing getting you free."

"That's okay," said James. "As long as I get a chance to see what Starr really feels, I'm okay with that. And I will say, this will be an interesting partnership, Miss-,"

"Just call me, Brittney," she said, as she held out her hand. James then took Brittney's hand and shook it, sealing their deal.

Later on, after diner at their house, Cole was playing blocks with Hope, trying to make a castle with them. Starr just smiled, and then headed into the bathroom. She had her purse in there and pulled out a bag, and emptied it. It was a pregnancy test. Starr took a big deep breath and let it out. She really wanted to make sure, but not for protecting Cole, since those days were in the far away past, but to make Cole happy. She then did what she had to do to take the test, and then set the timer to let her know when it was time. Although, she had a real good feeling it was going to be good. She then came out of the bathroom and joined her husband and daughter.

"Hey you, what were you doing?" asked Cole.

"Just a little something. Can I tell you later though, please?" asked Starr.

"Sure, but is it-," Cole started to ask, but Starr stopped him

"Oh, it's nothing really bad," said Starr. "In fact I'm hoping its going to be really good. I'm just waiting for a confirmation to make sure its true."

"What do you need to be true, Mommy?" asked Hope.

Starr looked at her daughter and then said to her, "You'll see soon, Hope," while looking back at Cole. Cole just smiled and reached out and kissed Starr, although Hope didn't like that, at least for a specific reason.

"Daddy, I though you were helping me build a castle?" asked Hope.

Cole and Starr just laughed as he said, "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about what we are doing. Just showing your mother a little love."

"Oh, do I have to leave the room then?" asked Hope. Cole and Starr just laughed even harder at that. Hope didn't know what they were laughing at, but joined in for the fun of it.

Pretty soon though it was time for Hope to go to bed, and she walked all the way to her room and got dressed and did it herself. Cole and Starr loved how she was growing up, though missing the times when she was a little one.

Just then they heard a knock on the door. Starr went to go get it.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"It's John, I need to come in," John called out. Starr opened the door and let John in.

"Hey, what's up?" asked Starr.

"Well, is Cole here? I need to talk to you both about something that happened last night," said John.

"What do you mean?" asked Cole, who had reappeared from watching Hope get into bed.

John took a breath and said, "Well there's no easy way to say this. James Ford is on the loose."

"WHAT!" Cole and Starr both shouted.

"Yeah, it took a while to figure out everything, but we know how it happened," said John.

"You don't think he would come after Starr again, do you?" asked Cole, putting his hands on Starr's shoulders.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he did, but there is something else you should know," said John. "Someone actually helped break him out; a woman. Although it looked like that James didn't even know about this escape."

"Oh my god," said Starr. "Do they know who it was that helped him?" she asked.

"What I'm wondering is who 'would' want to help him," said Cole.

"Well unfortunately the guard that saw this woman is a little dazed right now, but he's working with us to remember as much as he can about this girl. I just thought you guys should know, okay," said John.

"Thanks, John," said Cole. John then headed out. Starr and Cole just stood there silently until Cole said, "What do you want to do?"

Starr stayed silent for a sec, and then said, "The only thing we are going to do is to live our lives the way we want to. I'm not going to let James or his "savior" ruin anything for us. We prove to him that we want each other, and nothing is going to change that." Cole smiled at Starr and what she said, and gave her a great hug, which she returned.

"Oh shoot, I got to go check something," said Starr, and ran off. Cole was a little bit curious and headed after her, but slowly. He stopped by the bathroom door where Starr was looking over something she was holding in her hands.

"What do you got in your hands, Starr?" asked Cole.

Starr didn't turn around but said, "You know that thing I said I needed to tell you and Hope after I got confirmation?"

"Yeah, what it is?" asked Cole.

"Well, this is it," said Starr as she turned around and showed Cole the pregnancy test. Cole was wondering why she was doing with a test until it hit him, and he quickly looked. It was positive.

"Oh my god," said Cole, being a little shocked. "We are?" he asked, hoping Starr would confirm.

Starr nodded and smiled, and then said, "Yep. We're having a baby, Cole." and she grabbed Cole so tight in excitement. Cole did the same thing, and even lifted her up a little. "Can you believe it?"

"It's like you said to me years before, I can believe anything when I with you," said Cole. Starr just looked at her husband and smiled, though they got interrupted by a little someone.

"What's going on?" asked Hope.

Starr and Cole looked at each other, shocked that they didn't know they were being too loud. But they both thought this was a good time to tell her.

"Did we wake you up, sweetie?" asked Starr.

"I heard a loud cheering, and wonder what it was about," said Hope.

Starr and Cole knelt down to their daughter and said, "Well, we are sorry that we were a little too loud, (Starr looked at Cole then back at Hope.) but we were cheering because we got some good news."

"What is it?" asked Hope.

"Your mommy is having a baby, Hope," said Cole.

"A baby?" asked Hope. "Where is it?"

"It's in me right now," said Starr. "It's got to grow inside of me before he or she came come out. Are you excited?"

"Yeah! But is it going to be a girl or boy?" asked Hope, who was swarming with questions now that she was going to be a big sister.

"We won't know until later, okay. Now I know you got a lot of questions, but we do need to get you back to bed," said Cole.

"Ahhhh," said Hope, but she went right back to her bedroom as instructed, with Cole following her. Starr just watched those two. She loved those two with everything she had, and that was going to be the same with the new one that was going to be coming in their lives.

A/N: Oh I know you guys are going to love it. Surprised Britney helped James out? She really seems to be stuck on Cole. Will they get caught before they try to take apart Starr and Cole's family? Stay tuned.