Saved and Rejoined

By Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL.

Chapter 10

Jess was already to go and was waiting when Starr knocked on the door.

"Hey, thanks for doing this, Starr," she said.

"Hey, its okay, besides, I think it ill be god spending some time with my cousins," said Starr. Just then Bree entered the hallway. "Hey, Starr," she said.

"Hey Bree. Look at you, your getting real big here," Starr noted.

"She definitely is," said Jess. "Well, I better go do what I need to do. Are you going to be okay?"

"Yeah, I will," said Starr "Go on." Jess then thanked Starr again and hugged her, and then headed out. Right after that, a crying sound from Chloe came through the baby monitor.

"Uh-oh, looks like someone is wanting some care," said Starr. "You want to help me?" she asked Bree.

"Yes," said Starr, and the two girls headed upstairs.

Over at the mansion, Matthew was in his room with his head on the desk, thinking about what had happened the day of the accident. He was so deep in thought that he didn't hear his mom and Cole walking in.

"Matthew," Nora just said, with little emotion. Matthew didn't even register that they were there. He just stood there like a statue.

"Matthew, man. Can you turn around and talk to us, please?" asked Cole.

"What's there to talk about?" Matthew said in nearly non-audible voice.

"How about what happened yesterday?" Nora suggested.

"WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY, MOM!? THAT YOU GUYS WERE RIGHT AND I WAS WRONG, AND THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN?" Matthew shouted.

"Hey, Matthew, calm down," said Cole.

"OH WHY SHOULD I?" Matthew continued yelling. "YOU NEVER HAD TO PAY FOR USING, AND I NEARLY LOST SOMEONE THAT I CARE ABOUT!" Matthew had started to breathe heavily, and then ran to his bed and starting to leak heavy tears. Nora went to her son, and said, "Hey, its going to be okay, all right," while rubbing his back.

"Can I just be alone for a while, please?" asked Matthew.

"Are your sure, Matthew?" asked Nora.

"Please?" begged Matthew. Cole saw what he was going through, as he went through the same thing with Starr not too long ago.

"Sure thing, Matthew," said Cole. "We'll be downstairs if you want to talk." Nora looked a little stunned that Cole took over, but figured it was the right thing to do. Nora then nodded and followed Cole out of Matthew's room.

"Do you think it was all right leaving him alone like that?" asked Nora.

"Hey, I needed to be alone to reflect on what happened when I nearly hurt Starr again," said Cole. "Matthew just needs that time, and then maybe he'll be ready to talk." Nora smiled, and the two headed downstairs.

Starr walked in Jessica's room to get Chloe, where there was a stinky smell coming from the little girl.

"Uh-oh. Would you mind getting a clean diaper, Bree?" asked Starr.

"Sure," said Bree, and to the diaper bag to get a fresh diaper, while Starr took Chloe out of the crib and brought her over to the changing table. Bree brought her the clean diaper, while Starr took off the dirty one. Starr then cringed, as Chloe had a big amount of waste that she had let out in there.

"Oh my, you really stink bad, Chloe," said Starr.

"Ewww, " said Bree. "That's stinky."

Starr agreed, but Chloe definitely had overdone it. Starr asked Bree to get the wipes, and once she got them, she wiped all of the waste off of Chloe, and then putting the stinky diaper and wipes in the trash can. Starr then put the clean diaper under the little girl and fastened it to her.

"Well, at least now we don't got all the yucky stuff in there, huh?" Starr said to Chloe. Chloe just laughed. Starr then felt something really weird, like there was something connecting to her while holding Chloe. She sat Chloe down back down on the table. Bree saw that her cousin looked odd. "What's wrong, Starr?" she asked.

"Um, nothing, Bree," she lied. Starr just tried to put it aside, as she took Chloe back in her arms, and the three girls went downstairs to play.

Jessica finally arrived back at the cottage, alone, to figure out more about what happened that night. She took a deep breath and said, "Okay, Jess you can do this. You just need to concentrate and think. What happened?"

She went to the spot again where she had her baby, and felt around. She then had another vision, with her in Bess walking out of the cottage and heading to her car and driving off. Jess then thought that what she had to do. "Looks like we're going somewhere else down memory lane," she said as she headed out of the cottage, and into her car, where she got another vision, of Bess stopping at the hospital. "Why was Bess at the hospital?" she asked herself. She started her car and headed there, to try to figure this out.

Starr tried to push that moment out of the line as she watched Chloe while playing with Bree in the front room, but she just couldn't push it out of her mind. For some reason, when she held Chloe, she had felt a connection so strong. The last time she had that was when she had Hope inside her, She was beginning to wonder something when she heard a knock on the front doors.

"Hey Bree, can you keep an eye on Chloe?" asked Starr Bree nodded, and Starr went out of the room to see who was at the door. It was Clint.

"Clint?"

"Starr, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"I'm keeping an eye on Bree and Chloe for Jess," she explained. "She said that she had something to do."

"Hmm, I wonder what that is?" Clint pondered. Starr raised her shoulders, saying that she doesn't know.

"Well, anyway, Viki asked me to drop by here to get some papers for something, so I'll go get them, and be on the way," said Clint.

"Well, I'm pretty sure there are two girls who want to say hi to their grandpa," said Starr.

"You know, your right. I can take a second to see them," said Clint and he went into the front room to see them. Starr followed him, and saw him play a little.

"Hey, did you hear anything new on Matthew?" asked Starr.

"Well, he's not going to be able to escape the drug charge, but it seems like he was just quiet like when Bo brought him home," said Clint.

"I don't blame him," said Starr. "At least he won't be trying it again, I hope."

"Yeah," said Clint. "Well, I'm going to get those papers, and head out of here. Later, Starr."

"Bye," said Starr, as Clint walked out. Starr hoped that Matthew learned his lesson in messing with drugs. She was glad now that she didn't have to worry about Cole and Matthew being on drugs anymore. But that connection she felt when she held Chloe back there was starting to be the top of her worrying list, and she didn't know why it was bothering her so much.

(A/N: Looks like Starr and Jess are starting to get closer to finding out the truth about Chloe. Stay tuned.)