Saved and Rejoined

By Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL.

Chapter 12

Michael helped Jess to the waiting room and sat her down, asking a passing nurse to get some water for her. Jess got the water and took a good sip, finally calming down.

"Okay, Jessica, what's wrong?" asked Michael.

Jessica took a deep breath and said, "I just remembered what happened that night, when I had Chloe."

"You did?" Michael asked, surprised. "What do you remember?"

"That the baby I had isn't alive," said Jess, tearing up a little. Michael's confusion went even farther. "Do you want me to call Dr. Levin?" he asked.

"Um, yeah, can you could do that for me, please?" Michael nodded, and told her to remain here, while he went to call Dr. Levin.

Starr parked straight out of Hallowed Grounds and headed in to find Cole and her friends. Although it was a painful experience as she started to walk in, because as she pulled the door and walked in, she literary bumped into Cole, who was walking out with Langston and Markko. Both of them fell down, like a magnet trying to be liked with the same poles.

"Starr? Are you all right?" asked Langston, who she helped up. Markko helped up Cole.

"Yeah, I am," said Starr.

"You can definitely be a good tackler in football, Starr," said Cole.

"Yeah, well we'll talk later on that," said Starr. "I need to talk to you three right now."

"Hold it, I thought you were watching your cousin's kids?" asked Langston.

"Oh, my Aunt Viki relieved me of it," said Starr, but she was really wanting to tell them what happened.

"Well what is it, Starr," asked Markko, as they started walking away from the doors.

"I don't really know how to explain it, but for some strange reason, I just felt a strong connection with Chloe," Starr explained.

"Well, she is your cousin, Starr," said Cole.

"No, Cole, that's not what I meant," said Starr. "It felt like, like I was holding Hope, even though I never held her."

"Starr, maybe you were just wishing you were holding Hope instead of Chloe," Langston suggested.

"Hold on," said Markko, putting his hands up. "You said you felt a strong connection when you held Chloe?" Starr nodded.

"Markko, where are you going with this?" Langston asked, looking at her man. Cole looked at him too, really confused.

"Well, I have to admit, what Starr saying is a little strange, but I do think it's something more. The question is, 'What is it?'" Markko pointed out.

"I don't know," said Starr. "It almost felt like a motherly connection."

"Did you talk to anyone about this?" asked Cole.

"Just my Aunt Viki, and now you guys. I just can't seem though to get it out of my mind for some reason," Starr said, fidgeting with her locket.

"You know, maybe you better talk to your mom about this," Cole suggested.

"Yeah, that sounds good," Starr said; glad that Cole made that decision. Cole wrapped Starr in his arms and calmed her. Starr was really hoping that it was nothing, but she had a really strong suspicion that it wasn't.

Jessica was calm again when Michael walked in with Dr. Levin. "Jessica, are you okay?" he asked. Michael left to give them privacy, as he had patients to tend to.

"No, I'm not," said Jess. "I just remembered what happened that night, when Bess came out for the first time."

"Are you sure?" asked Dr. Levin. Jessica nodded, and Dr. Levin sat down. "Tell me what you saw."

Jessica revealed everything that she saw in the flashes that she had the other day, and today, revealing up to finding out that she had Starr's baby instead of her own.. Dr. Levin was surprised at that part, and asked if she was sure about it.

"I'm positive, but I think we might want to get proof of it, just to be safe," said Jess.

"Does anyone know about this?" asked Dr. Levin.

"No, though my mom does know about the dreams, which I'm pretty sure she had told you about," Jessica noted. Dr. Levin nodded.

"Well, do you think you are going to be able to go through this, providing that Chloe is your cousin's baby?" asked Dr. Levin.

"I don't know," Jessica said looking away and tearing up a little.

"You better stay in that room, mister." Blair was coming down the stairs after punishing Jack for throwing his food on the floor, after an altercation about his father, when Starr and the others came in.

"Hey, you guys," she said automatically. "Listen, there is some food in there, but be careful because we had a little mess in there." She started to head up when Starr spoke up.

"Wait, Mom, can I talk to you in there for a sec?" she asked, nodding towards the living room

Blair saw that her daughter needed to talk about something serious. "Sure honey," she said, and stepped down from the stairs and went in the living room with Starr, Langston following them. Cole and Markko decided to stay in the foyer and give them some privacy.

"Well, what you do think about this connection?" Markko asked Cole.

"I don't know, though Starr really seems convinced about this," Cole said, worrying about the woman he loved so much.

"What's going on, Starr?" she asked, sitting down on the couch opposite of her daughter so she could talk to her face to face. Langston stood to the side, letting them talk.

"It's about something that happened today when I was watching Bree and Chloe for Jessica today," Starr explained. "It's just that when I held Chloe, I just felt a real strong connection to her for some reason."

"Well, sweetie, it may be that you are just seeing her as Hope," said Blair.

"No, Mom. That's not it, I'm sure of it, because I can still feel that connection," said Starr.

"Starr, are you sure?" asked Langston, surprised by this news. Starr nodded.

"Well, what do you think it could be?" asked Blair.

"I don't know, Mom," said Starr. "I mean, I talked to Cole, Langston, Markko, and even Aunt Viki about it, and I just can't seem to figure it out." Blair and Langston looked at each other, both scared for Starr.

"Hey, why don't you go ahead and get some rest," Blair suggested. "Could you help her, Langston?" Langston nodded, and she helped Starr up. The boys were still in the foyer when the girls and Blair walked out. Seeing how Starr looked, they knew that they had to leave. They both waved and headed out, while Langston carried Starr up to bed.

"Night, Mom," said Starr.

"Night," said Blair. "Oh, and leave Jack alone in his room, as he is being punished." Starr and Langston nodded and they headed up.

(A/N: Getting even closer. Stay tuned.)