Saved and Rejoined

By Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL.

Chapter 11

Jessica finally made it to the hospital, hoping to find some answers, but as she stepped out of the car, she got a really bad headache. It seems like one of her personalities was trying to block her from finding out, and Jess had a pretty good idea who. "Whatever you're hiding from me, Bess, I will find out." she said to herself, as she headed for the main door of the hospital.

When she walked in, she suddenly got another flash of her walking to Dr. Joplin's office. She wondered why Bess was there. Jess knew that she had to get this puzzle figured out so she can move on with her life.

Starr just sighed. She had just gotten Bree and Chloe to take their naps after reading them, though it took some time with Chloe crying in the middle of the story, and Starr had to stop and rock her a little to calm her down. She was so tired after that that she just laid down on the couch, when she got a call on her phone. It was Langston. "Hey," she answered.

"Hey, yourself. Where are you?" asked Langston.

"I'm at my Aunt Viki's right now, keeping an eye on Bree and Chloe. I just got them down for a nap," Starr said, sounding wiped out.

"I would bet that," said Langston. "Anyway, I was wondering if you want to hang out at Hollowed Grounds, but as you're busy, I guess that's got to be put on hold, huh?"

"Yeah, maybe another time, Langston," said Starr.

"All right," said Langston. "I'll see you at home." And she hanged up. Starr just smiled, but then moaned, as she heard Chloe crying from the baby monitor. She got up and went to go check on her.

Langston was still at Hallowed Grounds, and was about to sit up and leave when Cole showed up.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" she asked as he sat down with a coffee in his hand.

"Well, nothing much," said Cole. "I just came from the Buchanan's, after trying to talk with Matthew."

"Is he okay?" Langston asked, worrying.

"Physically, yes, but I don't think he is emotionally," said Cole.

"I wouldn't doubt it," said Markko, who just came in, sitting down next to Langston, and pecking her on the lips. "I mean, it's a big thing that happened to him."

"Yeah," said Cole. "He really needs help."

"Well, what about that group counseling session; the one you and Langston went to last year?" Markko suggested.

"Well, it's worth a shot," said Langston.

"Yeah, I'll pass the idea to Nora and Bo and see what they think about it," said Cole. "Where's Starr?" he asked.

"She's babysitting her Cousin Jessica's girls," said Langston.

"Well, she is good at baby-sitting," said Markko.

"Yeah, but I wonder how she's going to feel, holding Chloe," wondered Cole. "I mean I know it's been a while now, but I still worry about her breaking down because of what happened to Hope."

Markko and Langston looked at each other, and then Langston said, "Hey, Starr is stronger then you think, Cole. I mean I've known her longer than you guys have, and she's not one to cave down."

"Yeah, in fact, I think Starr's the toughest one of us," Markko pointed out.

"I'll drink to that," said Cole, and the three friends laughed at that. Cole though thought that even though Starr was one tough girl, she knew that she even couldn't store too much inside of her as well.

Jess was walking around in the hospital, going to where Dr. Joplin's office was to figure out what was going on, while trying to ignore a headache, which she knew it was Bess, trying to stop her from figuring out the truth. Just then, as she saw reached the door that lead to her office, she had another flash, of seeing Bess carrying a stillborn baby, looking at a healthy baby, and then putting the stillborn baby down, and Bess going over to Starr's baby. Jess then broke out of the flash, and she said to her, "No way. Bess you didn't." She walked in, with luckily no one inside. She then had another flash, seeing her putting the stillborn baby in the carrier in Hope's clothing, and leaving out with Hope.

Jess then managed to break out of memory lane and sat down on the floor. "I have Starr's baby?" she asked herself ."No, Bess, what have you done?" She started breathing heavily so loudly that Michael heard her and went to see who it was.

"Jess, are you all right?" asked Michael.

"Let's just say I just learned about something horrible that was done," Jessica said, still breathing heavily.

Starr was sleeping like a baby herself on the couch when someone walked in the door and closed it, waking Starr with a jerk. "Who's there?" she asked out loud.

"Starr, what are you doing here?" asked Viki, who just walked in.

"Oh, I'm watching Bree and Chloe for Jess. She had to go do something, and asked to keep an eye on them," Starr explained.

"Oh, well do you know when she will be back?" asked Viki.

"Well, she said that she would be gone for a few hours, and it's been only two," said Starr.

"Okay, Well, Tell you what, I'll take over for you, because you look dead on your feet, dear," Viki pointed out.

"Yeah, but I can talk to you for a sec?" asked Starr.

"Sure, sweetie. What is it?" asked Viki.

"I just don't know," said Starr. "It's like when I held Chloe today, I just felt something really strong."

"You did? And what did you feel?" asked a confused Viki.

"It was like some sort of connection that was so strong, and I just can't seem to get it out of my head for some reason," Starr explained. "What do you think it is?

Viki thought about this for a moment, and then said, "Honesty, honey, I don't know. That seems to be strange that you have that strong of connection with Chloe like that. It's like Jess, only with her it seems like she can't get a connection. "

"Wow. What do you think this all means?" asked Starr.

"That's a really good question, Starr, a really good question," said Viki. Starr started to look worried, as she grabbed the locket full of Hope's hair, wondering why she was feeling this connection with Chloe, and Jessica, her mother wasn't feeling anything at all. She thanked her Aunt Viki and headed out, with her making sure to remember Jess to pay her for the babysitting fees.

Starr knew she had to tell Cole and her friends about this, and she had a pretty good idea where they were. She started her car and headed off for Hallowed Grounds.

(A/N: Looks like Starr is really catching on, and Jess finally figures this out. It won't be long now before Sole's baby will be back with her rightful parents. Stay tuned.)