Amazing True Love

Written by: Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL

Chapter 6

The next few days went smooth as usual. Starr and Cole started planning how the new room for the baby, with Hope trying to make a suggestion or two, like putting pretty flowers drawings on the wall. The parents though had to remind Hope that they still did not know if the baby is going to be a boy or girl.

OF course, Starr had to take it real easily, with everything that she had to do: a job, college, and of course taking care of Hope, but she was still on guard, with James being on the loose still and his helper, Britney, who nobody knew still that she was the one who got James out of there. John was trying to figure it out, and he wasn't getting much leads even with the sketch, as Cole had told Starr in confidence.

Cole and Starr though decided to let John do his job, because he has never dropped trying to take down someone, and John was not going to start now.

After work, Starr and Cole decided they needed a family night out, so they went over to Rodi's. It was always fun to have these nights out; Starr just had to be careful what to eat though as she was still suffering from morning sickness, with what she proved as she ran to the ladies' room. Hope volunteered to go help her, since Cole wasn't allowed in the ladies room.

"Hey, Cole, is Starr okay?" It was Jessica, who was sitting with her husband, Brody, their son, Ryder, and Jessica's daughter Bree.

"Yeah she's okay. It's just the morning sickness. Hope went in to help her mom," said Cole.

"If you want, I can see if she needs help?" Jessica volunteered. Cole accepted that, and Jessica headed for the ladies room. Cole decided to head over to the table were the others were at.

"I take it Hope loves helping you guys prepare for that new one?" asked Brody.

"Loves it? She always there whenever I can't be there to help," said Cole.

"She's definitely a good combination of both of you and Starr," said Bree.

", Thanks, Bree," said Cole.

"Baby, baby," screamed Ryder. Brody, Cole, and Bree laughed at him.

Starr had finally managed to get the sickness under control with Hope by her side, holding her mother's hair for her, when she heard a knock on the bathroom stall.

"Cole, is that you?" she asked.

"Starr, its me," said Jessica, who peeked over the stall door. Starr managed to get up, slowly and unlock the stall. "Hey, are you all right?" Jessica asked.

"Yeah, I am, and I definitely have a good helper here," said Starr, looking at Hope, who smiled.

"Oh, so you must be really excited about your new little brother or sister coming?" Jessica asked Hope.

"Yes, I am, though the little one is not listening," said Hope. Jessica looked confused until Starr explained that she said to the baby to stop making mommy sick. Jessica laughed at that.

"Well, unfortunately we aren't going to be able to stop it, until we get to a certain time, but it's good that you are helping your mom," said Jessica.

"Well I want to be there for Mommy," said Hope.

"And I'm glad you are," said Starr, "but I think we better get back to Daddy before he wonders about us."

Hope agreed, and she led the way back out of the restroom. Jessica went back to her table as Cole rejoined Starr and Hope, and they went to their table. Starr just asked for a small burger while Cole and Hope ordered some bigger burgers for them.

"Man I would kill for one of those right now," said Starr.

"Hey, if I could, I would take your place, Starr," said Cole.

"How can you, Daddy? You're not a girl," said Hope.

Starr and Cole laughed, and then Cole said, "I know that, Hope, but sometimes Daddy wishes he could go through some of the stuff that Mommy goes through so she wouldn't have to go through most of that stuff. Its how much I love your Mommy."

"Really, Mommy?" asked Hope.

"Your dad is right, Hope," said Starr. "And that's what I love about him." She looked into Cole's eyes and then they shared a quick kiss.

"Hey, what about me?" asked Hope. Starr and Cole laughed again and gave her a kiss each, though they admitted to each other in silence that even though Hope was there pride and joy, she was also a funny girl as well.

It was a little dark when they got back home. Hope was the first one to the door, though after Cole warned her to slow down a little. Just then, Hope called her parents out.

"Mommy, Daddy, there's a letter on the ground."

"A letter?" said Starr, looking just as confused as Cole was. They went to the door where Hope was, and sure enough, there was an envelope on the porch. They knew it could not be from the mail carrier, because their mailbox was at the beginning of their driveway. Cole picked it up and they all went inside. Hope said that she was going to her room to play, so Starr and Cole went into the front room, to figure out who left the letter. Little did they know though, Hope left her door open a bit so she could overhear what her parents were talking about.

"I wonder who left this at our door," Starr wondered, looking and turning the letter around.

"Yeah, I know," said Cole. "Maybe we should open it?" Starr was a little uncertain about that idea, but decided to do it. She grabbed a letter opener and slit the envelope opened, and pulled out the paper. Starr looked at it, and then said, "Oh my god!"

"What?" asked Cole. Starr handed him the note, and Cole read it.

"Don't you worry, Starr. I'm going to get you out of there, so you don't have to worry about being messed with again. I'll be there for you soon.

James!

Cole became disgusted, and just threw the letter on the table. Starr just sat down and took some deep breaths. Cole sat down right next to her and rubbed her back. "Hey, don't you worry. He's not going to get you, Starr."

"I know, but it scaring even more then when he did it the last time," said Starr. Cole knew the reason why, with Starr carrying their baby. Cole then got up. "Cole, where are you going?"

Cole went into the cabinet and grabbed a plastic bag, and then put the envelope and letter in the bag. "I'm going to take this to the station. John is going to need to know about this. It may even help find him and get him captured."

Starr said, "Okay, but hurry back, and be careful." Cole promised he would and headed out to the car to go to the station. Starr just laid back into the couch and closed her eyes, trying to calm herself, as she really did not need any stress.

"Mommy, are you okay?" Hope was right next to the back edge of the couch.

Starr sat up and said, "Yeah, I am, sweetie. I'm just tired."

"You didn't sound tired, Mommy." said Hope. That made Starr look at Hope real quick, and then Starr knew that little something.

"Were you listening in on us, Hope?" Starr asked.

Hope stayed silent for a minute, until she said, "Yes, but I was listening for something on the baby, so I could figure out what to make it, until I saw you looking like you were mad, Mommy."

Starr just looked at her daughter and nodded to herself to join her on the couch. As Hope joined her mother, Starr said, "You know, you actually remind me of myself, because I would want to know what was going on if something weird was going on.'

"Does that mean I'm in trouble?" asked Hope.

Starr just shook her head and said, "No you're not in trouble, Hope, although I would advise not to overhear other people's conversations, as some people like to keep things private, okay?

"Okay, Mommy," said Hope, and she hugged her mom as tight as she could, though not too tight. Starr hugged her daughter as well, feeling lucky that she had this brave little one with her.

John was working on some paperwork when he heard a knock on the door. "Come in," he said.

"John, it's me," said Cole, walking in.

"Cole, is something wrong?" John asked, noticing the serious look on Cole's face.

"It this here," Cole said, as he produced the bag with the envelope and letter. "We found it at our doorstep when we came home from Rodi's about a half-hour ago."

"Did it say who it was from?" asked John.

"Oh yeah, It's from Starr "friendly" stalker," said Cole, referring to James.

"Oh boy," said John. "Well you did good, Cole. "Do you know if anyone saw someone drop this on your porch?"

"I highly doubt it, John," said Cole. "I just thought I would get you this real quick, so you can get James off the streets again."

"Hey, don't you worry about that," said John. "You just worry about taking care of your family."

"No problem. Thanks, John, said Cole. And Cole headed out of the office. He was certain for one thing. He was going to make sure that James was not going to mess with his family again.

A/N: I bet how you loved how Hope was being their for her parents. She's one tough, but caring little girl. Stay tuned.