Saved and Rejoined

By Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL.

Chapter 1

Starr was at her locker, getting her things ready for her next class, but at the same time, couldn't stop worrying about Cole. She had found out that he started to take drugs again, and she felt that he was going down a downward spiral. Her mind was working overtime. She wanted to help the man that she loved, even though they weren't together, but she didn't know how.

"Come on, Starr," she said to herself. "You know you have to help him. You got the answer inside of you. Where is it though?"

'Talking to yourself again?" asked Langston. She and Markko just walked up to her.

"I'm just really worried about Cole, you guys," Starr admitted as she closed her locker door, after getting the things she needed for her next class.

"Yeah, I can't believe he would do this again," said Langston. Markko though was looking like he was thinking of something. Starr noticed him and asked, "Okay, what are you thinking in that brain of yours, Markko?" Langston turned to look at her boyfriend to listen to this.

"Well, I think maybe he's doing it to suppress it all down," said Markko.

"Well, he could talk to us if he wanted," said Starr. "I mean we are his friends, right?"

"Well, I'm not saying what he's doing is right," said Markko, as he tried to explain. "But Cole has gone through a lot, with I mean you guys losing your baby, finding out your dad was holding his mom, and his mom not knowing who she was, and turning into someone that he doesn't know."

"Well someone needs to put some sense into him, otherwise he could lose more than just us," said Langston, nodding her head to where Cole was. He closed the door of his locker with more then force then anything. "And that someone has to be us. We got to try to get to him before the end of the day." Starr thought about what her best friend said, and then said herself, "No, Langston."

"What do you mean, no, Starr?" asked Markko.

"What I mean is, that I think I'm going to be the only one who can get through to him," she explained. Langston and Markko looked surprised.

"Are you sure, Starr?" asked Langston.

"Yeah, I mean, with the way Cole is right now-" Markko said, but Starr interrupted him.

'Look I know you guys are his friends as well. And you guys have been great to both of us, but I think I can get to Cole, because even though we not together, we still love each other, and I have a pretty good feeling that love may help me get through to him." Langston and Markko looked at each other, and then back at Starr.

"You know its not going to be easy," said Langston. Markko agreed.

"I know, but if things in life were that easy, we wouldn't be were we are," said Starr, as she thought about how she was going to try to get through to Cole. Unfortunately her thought got interrupted by Cole slamming Asher into the lockers, as he just insulted him badly.

"Hey man, calm down," he said.

"What's going on here?" Mr. Joplin heard the commotion and came to investigate.

Cole looked at Mr. Joplin, to Asher, to everyone who was watching him, including his friends. "Nothing," said Cole, as he let go of Asher, and walked away from the scene. From what she just saw, she knew that she had to help get the Cole that she knew and loved back.

Over at Llanfair, Natalie and her fiancé, Jared, were watching over Bree and Chloe, still unaware that they had Starr and Cole's child, Hope.

"Oh aren't you just a sweet little one," Natalie said to Chloe. Chloe reached up and grab a little bit of Natalie's hair, and tried to chew on it a little. "Hey, that's my hair there."

"Need help!" The shout came from Jared, who walked really funny into the front room, where Natalie and Chloe were. The reason for the funny walk was that Bree was hanging on tight on one of Jared's legs.

"Okay, you," said Natalie, who laid Chloe in her carrier. "Its time for you to let go of him." Natalie tried to unlock her fingers, but Bree fought back a little, shaking her head.

"Do you want me to get onto you?" asked Natalie.

"I think I got something that may catch her interest," said Viki who just walked in. "In fact, it something about your mom." Bree let go of Jared's leg, and asked, "What about Mommy?"

"What's the news about Jess?" asked Natalie as well, with Jared listening while rubbing his leg.

"She may be able to come home soon," Viki announced.

"Wait, what about Tess? I thought they were still having trouble trying to contain her," asked Jared, keeping a little quiet around Bree, who still didn't know about her mother's illness.

"Well, they actually managed to finally get her to stop, and Jessica has been improving," Viki explained. "Now she is still a little fragile at the moment, so don't try to doing anything like extreme."

"You mean Mommy could get sick again?" asked Bree.

"That's could be possible, Bree," said Viki. "So you better be on your best behavior, okay?" Bree nodded.

"Good. Now how would you like to help me make some brownies?" asked Viki. Bree nodded, and went in the kitchen with Viki.

"She definitely loves Brownies, huh?" asked Jared.

"About as much as she loved your leg," Natalie joked. Jared just smiled and gave Natalie a good kiss on the lips.

Over at St. Ann's, Jessica was packing for trip back to home. She just couldn't wait until to see her two girls. As she thought about them though, she still had that sad feeling she felt, whenever she thought about Chloe. She just couldn't pin it down why she always felt sad. She thought at first it was because her baby was alive, and her Cousin Starr's baby had died, but after feeling more of that sadness time and time again, she knew that it couldn't be it.

"Hey, are you feeling okay?" asked Brody. He was on the verge of recovery, but still needed a little more time at St. Ann's.

Jessica smiled and said, "I'm just happy that I will be able to see my girls again." She then had that sad feeling again, but pushed it aside for now.

"Well, those girls have been away from their mother long enough," said Brody. "They are going to be happy to see you." Jessica smiled at her close friend that she made here at St. Ann's.

"Hey, you ready to go," someone asked. Clint, Jessica's father, had come to pick her up.

"I sure am, Dad," said Jessica. She picked her stuff up, with some help from Clint and Brody, and Jessica made her way out of St. Ann's. Unfortunately, Brody couldn't leave the facility, as he was confined there until he was confirmed that he was better. He watched as Clint and Jess headed away.

Later on that day, Cole was on the pier. He has some painkiller drugs, and was about to take them, when someone said, "Cole, don't do it." Cole turned around, and saw that it was Starr.

(A/N: How do you think Starr's going to try to get through to Cole? And will Jessica figure out why she has this sad feeling when she thinks of Chloe? Stay tuned.)