Amazing True Love

Written by: Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL

Chapter 17

"Well, it looks like you are just starting to dilate, so it may not be ready to come out till at least tomorrow," said Dr. Wright.

"You're kidding me?" asked Cole, looked stumped.

"Cole, you know how these things work," said Starr.

"No, that's not where I was going," said Cole. "It just this is almost like the same situation when when I got you here."

Starr finally realized what Cole meant, but Dr. Wright was confused. "What do you mean?

Starr smiled at Cole and then said, "He got me here so fast that I wasn't ready yet to give birth to Hope yet, and that was when we weren't together at that time."

"Ah," said Dr. Wright. "Well, you definitely have a long way to go until your little boy gets here. If you want, I can get you admitted here, just to be safe."

"I think I would be okay with that," said Cole.

"Same here," said Starr. "I don't want to take any chances."

"Well, I'll go start the paperwork, and get you a room," said Dr. Wright.

Once she left, Cole took his wife's hand into his own, And Starr covered her husband's hands with her free one. "Well, this is it, isn't it?"

"Yeah," said Starr. "There's just one difference, and that's you being here for me. And I mean through everything."

"That's true," said Cole. "Although I think I better get my hands ready, just to be safe," he added jokingly. Starr knew what he was talking about, and laughed along.

Just then Starr seized up. Cole went back into protective mode and kept pushing Starr to breathe, while keeping his eye on the watch to time how long the contraction would laugh.

Then after a minute, Starr was able to breathe easily. "I knew it was going to be the same, but I thought the pain from the contractions would be easier to endure."

"Well, maybe because it been 5 years since you had done this," said Cole.

Just then there was a knock on the door, and it opened up to reveal Blair. "Hey, can I come in?"

"Mom? Of course you can," said Starr. Blair walked up to her and gave her daughter and son-in-law a hug. "How did you know we were here?" Starr asked.

"A little birdie called and told me that her brother was coming," said Blair. Starr and Cole looked at each other, not surprised that Hope was telling everyone that she could.

"Who else has Hope told that Patrick was coming?" asked Cole.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she managed to call and told everyone," said Blair.

"Actually, she more liked yelled it out to some of us." Todd has walked in and walked up to Starr, giving her a hug, and nodding to Cole.

"Wait, she was yelling?" asked Cole.

"She was yelling so loud, I'm still having trouble hearing out of the ear I had my phone to," Todd said, pointing to his left Everyone laughed at that.

"So basically, everyone is going to know real soon," said Starr, still laughing. Todd just nodded.

Just then Starr just yawned, and Cole knew she had to rest, considering she just had a contraction a while ago.

"Hey, I really need to rest, you guys," said Starr.

"What are you talking about? I just got here?" said Todd, though in a joking matter.

"She just had a contraction a while ago," said Cole.

"Well, then we need to let this young lady get some rest," said Blair. "If you want though, we can stay here with you."

"No, I'll be okay," said Starr. "As much as I appreciate it, I'll be okay with Cole here, and you guys got your lives to live."

"Hey, you're part of our lives too, sweetie," said Todd. "Nothing going to change that."

"I got to agree with your father on that, Starr," said Cole.

"Cole, you're not helping," said Starr.

"Its okay, Starr," said Blair. "We know what you meant. You just get some rest, okay."

"I will, Mom," said Starr. Blair kissed her daughter on her head. Todd really didn't want to go, but he knew Starr wouldn't stop until he did, so he left with Blair.

"Hey, you go on and get some rest," said Cole. "Is there anything I can get you?"

"Not really, right now at least," said Starr. "Can you just stay with me?"

"Sure," said Cole. He helped Starr get in a comfortable position. She then closed her eyes and rested her head on the pillow. Cole just couldn't help but rub her arm, which Starr immediately accepted. Soon enough she fell asleep real fast. To Cole, it was just like he was falling in love with Starr all over again.

Just then, Dr. Wright walked in, and almost spoke, but then stopped as she saw Cole and Starr in a loving way. She just couldn't help but smile at that. She did though regrettably step in, and quietly whisper to Cole.

"Hey, I got a room ready for her," she whispered.

"That's good," said Cole. "She just got off to sleep."

"Well, we'll let her rest a bit, and then we'll get her ready to transfer her to the room," said Dr. Wright. Cole nodded to show he understood. Dr. Wright then headed back to the door, and then said to Cole, "You know, I have to say, you really care about her, don't you?"

"If I had to give up anything to be with Starr and our family, I would do it in a heartbeat," said Cole. Dr. Wright smiled and left. Cole turned his attention back to Starr and smiled, glad that he had her, Hope, and hopefully soon, Patrick, in his life. He then walked out of the room and dialed the number for Langston and Markko's place.

Langston and Markko were getting ready for bed when their phone rang. "Who's calling at this time of night?" he asked.

"Markko, I may love you, but you are sometimes dense," said Langston. Markko jokingly scoffed as Langston answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey, I just wanted to let you know, Starr's been admitted in, but we're going to have to wait till tomorrow for Hope's little brother to appear," said Cole.

"That's good," said Langston. "Hope's already asleep though, so we'll let her know in the morning, okay."

"No problem," said Cole. "Oh, did she really call everyone?"

"Everyone that she could remember to call," Langston said chuckling a little. Cole even joined her.

"Well, at least the news is out there," said Cole.

"Hey, you just worry about Starr, okay," said Langston. "We'll handle everything else right now."

"Thanks, Langston," said Cole. "I got to go. Later." Cole hung up.

"I bet he super excited," said Markko.

"Well, this is his second child that he's having with Starr," said Langston. "Who wouldn't be?"

"Well, I can think of two people, but I really don't want to mention them at all," said Markko.

"Well, then let's not," said Langston, knowing very well who Markko was talking about. "Right now, I think I would rather think about happy moments, like Starr and Cole having their second child, and us being together."

"Well, I know we can't really be 'together' right now," said Markko, "but I still love it when you're near me." Langston just smiled, and got into bed with her husband.

"Is everything packed?" asked Britney. She and James were making sure they had everything ready to get Cole and Starr for themselves.

"Almost ready," said James. "Once we are able to get those two apart, we'll be able to get those two apart, and make them see that they are lying to each other, and then we'll have what we want."

"Exactly," said Britney. "Don't worry, Cole. Pretty soon we'll be together, just like we should be," she said silently.

"I know you love me, Starr," said James. "And I'll make sure that you really don't love Cole at all." He and Britney then got everything together and then, after disguising themselves, started heading towards the hospital."

A/N: Looks like the major climax is about to happen. Will Britney and James get their wish, or will they get caught and learn a real lesson about true love? And when will Patrick make his appearance? Stay tuned.