Cassie sat in the lounge room eagerly awaiting the car to pull up to take her and Janet to Jack and Sam's Dinner party where they will be letting everyone in on their engagement. Janet was taking far too long to get ready in Cassie's opinion and so was this car.
"Who was picking us up again?" Cassie called to Janet who was busy putting up her hair
"Daniel" she called back
"Daniel? Space monkey drives?" she giggled to herself knowing full well he did. In her boredom she started cleaning her nails and noticed she wasn't wearing the bracelet Dominic had given her.
"MUM! Have you seen my bracelet?"
"Which one?" Janet called back
"Dominic's gift"
"I think I saw it by the computer" Janet replied. Cassie rushed to the computer table and started frantically searching; she found it amongst Janet's paperwork. She slid it on relieved and placed the paperwork back in order. She noticed a date was scribbled on the outside of one of the folders. She remembered the date as the night she and Dominic had snuck away and shared a beer under the stars 'we talked for hours' she sighed as she thought. She flipped the file open 'I can read it, there's no confidential stamp saying I can't' she thought as she scanned the pages. She recognized what it was instantly 'Mary had these test done when she had that pregnancy scare, her parents went berserk' she thought as she started searching for a clue as to who the tests were done on. At the back of the folder she found her answer. A small note was scribbled on one of the pages; it read: I'm gonna be a daddy. The handwriting was clearly Daniels. 'So it doesn't tell me who is pregnant but at least I know who the father is' she smirked then she heard the door bell ring.
"Cassie can you get it?" Janet called
"Bingo, just in time for interrogation" she grinned as she rushed to open the door.
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"Hey Cassie, you and your mum ready to go?" Daniel asked as Cassie answered the door.
"I am. She's not. Who's your date?" Cassie jumped straight into questioning
"You are, here are your flowers" he joked as he handed her the roses he had picked up one the way
"Eww, you're old" she said as she went to find a vase. When she returned Daniel had sat down in the lounge room
"So who is your real date?" she was determined
"I don't have a date" he lied
"Oh really, isn't your girlfriend coming?" she teased
"Girlfriend?" he queried
"Just fess up Daniel, I know everything" she lied
"Everything?" he gulped
"I know all about the baby, Jack will get a kick out of this" she laughed
"So Janet told you?"
"Yep, who should I tell first Jack or Sam?"
"Look Cassie you can't tell Sam and Jack about me and your mother tonight; tonight is a very special…"
"ARGH! Mum? You and my mum?" she wined and Daniel quickly realized she didn't know all she said she knew.
"Mums pregnant! I'm going to be a big sister; and you're going to be my dad. MUM! You've got some explaining to do" she yelled. Janet rushed out to see what the fuss was about.
"What? What's wrong?" she panicked
"You slept with Daniel that's what! And you didn't think to tell me you were pregnant!" she glared at her mother
"You told her!" Janet snapped at Daniel
"She said you had told her" he defended
"You slept with my mum" Cassie wined
"Not slept with, been sleeping with" Daniel laughed
"Eww spare me the details!"
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"So when's the big day?" Jacob asked his daughters fiancée
"We don't know yet but were looking at early spring" Jack explained
"Well just let me know ahead of time so I don't miss the ceremony" Jacob grinned. Jack had been surprised by Jacobs calm over the situation but Jacob had explained that Jack had earned his trust. The dinner party went smoothly aside from the fact that conversation was a bit dry as most conversation worthy news was confidential. Many of the guests were friends and family that believed Jack and Sam had met while working on deep space radar technology. In an attempt to liven up the conversation the guests started talking about local news, weather and petty gossip. This Cassie could not stand. She had to tell someone the secret she had stumbled across.
"Well today I got the goss on some really big news" Cassie gloated
"Cassandra" Janet warned
"I guess its good news" Cassie continued
"Cassandra Fraiser, this is neither the time nor the place" Janet snapped
"What's going on?" Jacob asked confused
"Please can we tell them?" Cassie pleaded
"No!" Janet hissed
"Oh come on doc, it's too late to deny anything now?" Jack grinned
"You may as well just let her" Daniel shrugged
"Alright you can tell them" Janet nodded at her daughter
"Why don't you tell them mum?" Cassie offered and Janet glared at the girl who was testing her patience "alright, mum got knocked up" Cassie grinned
"Thanks for that Cassie, very courteous" Janet said with great sarcasm
"You're pregnant!" Sam's eyes were wide
"Cousin huh?" Jack laughed "who's the lucky guy?"
"Uh Jack, that would be me" Daniel admitted raising his hand
"That's why you hadn't changed after O'Malley's" Sam muttered to Janet. After a while of questions and bashful answers Jack piped up with "good for you" he said raising his glass. He was genuinely happy for them. They all were.
THE END. Ah bliss.
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Authors note: don't worry epilogue is coming. Please review.