Saved and Rejoined

By Dueler312

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of OLTL.

Chapter 15

Starr and the others retreated to her room, wondering about why Blair had lied about picking up Jack, when she asked Dorian to pick him up because she had an errand.

"It just doesn't make sense," said Starr. "Why would my mom lie to me about something like that?

"Well, she may have called Dorian to pick Jack up, thinking that the errand would have been too long," Langston suggested.

"No, Dr. Lord said that Starr's mom asked her that before she left us," Cole said.

They had asked Dorian earlier what time that Blair asked Dorian to pick up Jack, and Dorian answered while they were in school. Langston remembered that, and scratched that idea out.

"Well, maybe it something private, something that we can't really see," Markko suggested.

"No, I don't think so," said Starr, fingering her locket. "I have a feeling that this is something bigger, much bigger."

In the living room, Dorian was drinking wine when she heard the doors opening,

"Thank goodness, Blair. About time. Now what-" Dorian just stopped, when she saw not only Blair, but Natalie, Jessica, and Viki. Blair was holding the envelope, containing the DNA results.

"Okay, what's going on here?" Dorian asked, really confused.

"We'll explain it to you, but could you first get Starr and the others down here, please?" Blair asked, in a quiet tone.

"Does this concern them?" asked Dorian.

"It concerns everyone around here, Dorian," said Viki. "It's something really big." Dorian looked into Viki's eyes. She didn't really trust her, but when it came to Starr, they were on the same side. "I'll go get them. Why don't you wait in the living room?" Dorian offered.

Blair, Viki, Jess, and Natalie walked in the front room, while Dorian headed up to get the teens.

The teens were still talking about what Blair was hiding when they heard a knock on the door and Dorian walked in. "Kids?" she answered.

"Aunt Dorian what is it?" asked Starr.

"Could you four come downstairs, please?" Dorian asked. "It's something important."

"Sure," said Starr. Dorian left to meet them downstairs. Starr though looked at everyone. "What do you think is going on?' she asked them.

"I don't know," said Langston.

"Well, hanging up here isn't going to help find out why they want us," Cole pointed out. The others agreed, so one by one, they headed downstairs. What surprised them however that Blair, Viki, Natalie and Jessica were there as well.

"Okay, what's going on?" asked Starr.

Blair looked down while fidgeting with the packet with the DNA test results. "You might want to sit down you two, because this is something that is going to shock you both," she said, nodding both to Starr and Cole, who both looked really confused. They though sat down on the couch, with Langston and Markko leaning on their knees behind the couch.

"Mom, what's going on?" Starr asked, as Blair and Viki sat down the couch opposite of them.

"Yeah, what is going on that has this much tension here," asked Cole.

"It's about you guys' baby," said Blair.

"What about Hope?" asked Starr. "I mean, did somebody mess with her grave or something?"

"Actually, Starr, somebody messed with Hope," said Jessica.

Dorian then interrupted. "Okay, can someone please what is going on here, because I'm all confused." she said.

"Yeah, what news do you have on Starr and Cole's baby?" asked Langston.

Blair didn't say anything, but handed the envelope to Starr and Cole. Both of them looked at each other puzzled, but went ahead and opened it.

"DNA results, for what?" Cole asked, puzzled. Starr looked it down more, with Langston and Markko looking over.

Just then Starr's face went from confused, to shocked. "You're kidding me. This can't be true."

"What can't be true? Can somebody fill me in here?" Dorian asked, getting aggravated.

"These results are saying that Chloe is ours," said Starr. "But that's impossible."

"Yeah, it's got to be," said Cole. "We saw our baby dead in Dr. Joplin's office that night she was born."

"Actually, you're wrong," said Jessica.

"What do you mean?" asked Markko.

Jessica took a deep breath and said, 'Because the baby they were looking at was mine."

"We had reasons to believe that Jessica's new alter, Bess may have switched the babies, and now this test proves it," explained Viki.

Langston and Markko had their hands to the mouths, and Cole was just shocked. Starr though was really emotional, finding out that her baby, Hope was alive.

"Hey, I am really am sorry about this Starr, and I understand if you don't want to forgive me," said Jessica.

"That wasn't your fault, Jess. It wasn't you," said Starr. "I'm just-," but whatever it was, they didn't find out, because Starr ran out of the front room and into the kitchen.

"Oh my, I think I better go after her," said Blair.

"No, wait," Cole said, jumping up. "I'll go. This is something Starr and I need to discuss anyway." Blair nodded, and Cole headed after Starr.

"Wow! What made you guys think that Bess switched the babies?" asked Dorian.

"Because I saw it, and somehow, I wasn't feeling a strong connection with Chloe, or Hope, I should say," said Jessica. Natalie went over to comfort her sister.

Langston and Markko walked out, but into the foyer, as they didn't want intrude on Starr and Cole in the kitchen.

"I hope Starr and Cole will be okay," said Langston.

"Well, finding out that their kid is alive after all this time, I would be like that if that happened," said Markko.

"Yeah, but they conceived Hope when they were still young, and that's got to put a lot on them," said Langston. Markko just wrapped his arms around his girlfriend, trying to comfort her.

Cole walked into the kitchen, though it was dark, and found Starr sitting at the table, on the wall chair sitting sideways. He went over to her and sat beside her, glad that Starr didn't try to stop him. "You ok?" he asked.

"I don't know how I feel," said Starr in a low voice. "Our baby is alive, Cole, and I got all these emotions running through my head right now."

"Hey," Cole said, tilting her face so she could see him. "If it makes you feel better, I'm going through the same thing. I mean, I'm glad that our daughter is alive, but I'm mad that she's been right under our noses this whole time."

Starr scooted over to let Cole lay down next to her. "Yeah, I feel the same way. I am though really happy that Hope is alive."

"Yeah, but what are we going to do, I mean, you wanted to give her to Marcie, remember?" reminded Cole.

Starr completely forgot about that, and then said, "Well, I guess we'll have to talk to her, and Michael, and see what they think about this." Cole wrapped his arm around her, as Starr snuggled next to her boyfriend, thinking about what they had found out.

(A/N: At last Starr and Cole find out that their baby has been alive all this time. But, will they want her to stay with them, or will Marcie still want to raise her? Stay tuned. )

(Just to let you know, this is the hardest chapter on this story that I written so far.)