Ashlyn, Dominic, Tyler, Ford, Rylee, and Syrus were beyond shocked the rest of their day after hearing what Heather said when Harvey got a phone call and then took off moments later. All they had heard Harvey tell Heather was that something was wrong with Kari, and Heather just announced that Kari was Harvey's daughter. Heather dismissed them from the field to get to their next classes, and it left the six students with so many questions about the matter. When did Harvey become a father? Who was Kari's mother? Is Kari the reason that Harvey left in 2016? The rest of their day was confusing, and they didn't see Harvey again. Safely assumed that he took his daughter from the daycare and went straight to his dorm because Heather said she would stop by there at 5 pm to check on Kari. Was Heather Kari's mother? Nothing made sense, and now with them sitting in the cafeteria, the silent pondering hadn't stopped.

"Wait, let me get this straight," Sydney began after she, Andrew, and Ellie had been told why Harvey pulled the seven students aside.

"Heather overheard the conversation in the stables you six were having about him and her hooking up, then he made it clear that nothing was going on between them," Andrew continued.

"Then he got a phone call and rushed off while Heather is the one who said this Kari is Harvey's daughter?" Sydney finished.

"Yeah, in that order too," Rylee confirmed with a nod.

"So we weren't wrong, Harvey does have a kid. We just don't know who the mother is, I'm putting my money on it being Heather," Dominic retorted.

"It's possible. Harvey admitted that he and Heather weren't a thing now, but in the past, they hooked up to get each other off," Ford sighed.

"Then one of those times, Heather got pregnant and boom, now they have a kid together," Syrus said.

"But also don't forget, there was another girl in his life before Heather. That one Harvey said he had proposed to when he was seventeen and he admitted that." Ashlyn pointed out.

"What you're saying is that this other girl could be Kari's mother because why would Harvey leave the mother of his child? If Heather were Kari's mom, Harvey wouldn't have left her," Rylee stated, and Ashlyn nodded.

"All right, let's just look at the facts of what we do know," Andrew informed to get their attention. "Harvey left October 2016, a month after Junior year, right?" he asked, and the others nodded to him, "Harvey was gone until September of last year when you saw him again as our dragon training instructor. So for almost four years, there was nothing heard from him?" he continued.

"Yeah, that's right," Tyler replied.

"Okay, now let's fill in the blanks," Sydney offered. "We know that Harvey started working for DSS when he was seventeen, which he turned in February 2017, correct?" she asked, and the others nodded to confirm. "Also, we're now aware that he lost his virginity to someone he thought loved him because he proposed to her when he was seventeen,"

"And don't forget that Harvey said this girl was the reason he left Berk," Ellie chimed in.

"At this point, I think we can assume that Harvey left Berk in October 2016 to be with this girl, got a job to take care of them at DSS when he was seventeen and was with this girl for the engagement and a little after during the time he was seventeen. What we don't know is when this girl walked out on him as he said she did," Andrew stated.

"And then suddenly, he's back here in Berktown as the head trainer. So we don't have a clue what happened between eighteen and his now twenty-one, soon to be twenty-two in February," Syrus interjected.

"Not entirely accurate. We know that Heather and Harvey have been friends since he started working at DSS, that after this other girl had walked out on Harvey, Heather and he started hooking up to have sex and forget the stresses of their lives," Ashlyn said.

"Also, we know Harvey has a daughter. What we don't know about this Kari, is when she came into the picture. Is the daughter of the girl Harvey was engaged to or Heather and Harvey's daughter from their sexcapades," Dominic reminded.

"It could go either way. The kid is in the daycare here at the University, so that means Kari has to be under five years old because Harvey didn't have a child when he left in October 2016," Ford added in.

"Harvey could have gotten this other girl pregnant, and that's why he left so that no one would find out. Courtney, you saw Harvey on the train that day, was there a girl with him?" Rylee asked looking to Courtney who had been quiet this whole time thinking about the conversation; these guys were putting it together based on time frames.

"Hm? Oh, no. I didn't see a girl with him. Just him and Sharpshot," Courtney replied softly.

"You've been quiet in all this, Court. What's your take on it?" Ashlyn questioned.

"Mine? You've all said what I'm thinking. The daughter has to be under five, or she would be in pre-school. Also, if Harvey got a girl pregnant, she wouldn't have known until at least four weeks had passed and she missed her period to signal pregnancy. So, if Harvey left in October, it's possible he was having a secret relationship with this other girl and knocked her up, then they moved to conceal the pregnancy from everyone. If that's the case then, the little girl would be about three years old right now," Courtney stated calmly, trying to keep the suspense off her.

"We saw him every day, how could he have a secret relationship?" Tyler inquired.

"Harvey does have a truck and has had one since he was sixteen don't forget. He could have been meeting up with her after school since he wasn't working," Syrus reminded.

"True," the group sighed.

"But if this daughter is Heather's and Harvey's then she would be younger than three because Harvey and Heather started hooking up to fuck after this other girl walked out. Any one of those times could have conceived a kid," Dominic scoffed.

"Yeah, but Harvey said it was meaningless sex which means he was probably careful not to get her pregnant," Ellie insisted.

"Rylee, when did Heather leave DSS again?" Sydney questioned.

"Uh, I think it said she left the end of June 2018 for personal reasons," Rylee responded.

"Okay, so it couldn't have been because she was pregnant. Harvey was still seventeen, and with that other girl, so I doubt he was cheating on her if he proposed to her when he was seventeen," Ford muttered, "I know Harvey has changed a lot, but he's loyal,"

"Loyal my ass. He abandoned us, Ford. Ran off with this girl we knew nothing about, kept it a secret, and now he's acting like it doesn't matter," Tyler huffed.

"Ty, you know what I mean. If Harvey were in a relationship, secret or not, he would not have been unfaithful to her. With that knowledge, we can theorize two things from it. One, Harvey got this girl pregnant, and they ran away to hide the pregnancy in October when she would have found out she was according to Courtney's statement that she wouldn't have known she was pregnant until she was four weeks along at least. Or, the girl walked out on Harvey and Heather was there to comfort him which led to them having sex at different times, and one of them got her pregnant. We know the daughter has to be under five or she'd be in pre-school," Ford stated.

"Right. If Harvey got this other girl pregnant in September and they left a month later to hide it, then she likely would have given birth end of May or early June. IF that is the case, then the daughter is about three right now. However, if the daughter is Heather's, then they must have started banging when she quit DSS. Because of the co-worker thing and that can also be said because we know Harvey proposed to this other girl when he was seventeen, which means that if Heather and Harvey started having sex when she quit her job, that must have been when the other girl walked out on him. That happened in June 2018. Kari would be an age anywhere from almost one to two. Because Heather was clearly not pregnant when she started here with Harvey in September 2019," Sydney offered.

"But there is more to consider with other facts," Andrew countered, "Assumingly, Harvey and Heather started having sex June 2018 when Heather quit DSS. And they stopped having sex April 2019 for personal reasons. Harvey says it was because they don't have time and life got in the way. Now, I'm not expert on love here but don't you think if they had a child together then there wouldn't be a reason for them to stop having sex suddenly?"

"More on Andrew's point. Harvey also said that Heather has feelings for someone else while Harvey admitted he was still in love with his ex. My theory on all this; Harvey is telling the truth. Heather and he only hooked up to have sex and nothing more then stopped when Harvey likely realized that it wasn't killing the pain or making him forget the girl he loved enough to marry and she walked out on him. And Heather has feelings for someone else, so it would make sense she stops having sex with a friend to pursue her feelings for this other person. Harvey's and this other girl have the kid, and she walked out on both Harvey and the child," Ellie said.

Of course, she said it because she knew it was the truth. Harvey said to her that the mother walked out on him and Karina. "Okay, say that is that case. Why did Heather quit DSS then?" Dominic asked.

"Perhaps, when this girl left Harvey and their child then it left Harvey, a single father, and he didn't have the money to put his daughter in daycare. Heather and Harvey are good friends; maybe Heather quit to babysit for him while he worked?" Ellie suggested. "Daycares are expensive, and I feel Harvey might have taken the job here because the daycare to students and staff is free of charge,"

"Guess that's another possibility. Even so, I want to know who this girl is that Harvey slept with and got pregnant," Tyler stated with his arms over his chest.

"Wait. Ellie, your son is in the daycare here, isn't he?" Ashlyn asked, and Ellie blinked.

"Yes," Ellie replied.

"How old is he?" Ashlyn inquired.

"Turned four just after Thanksgiving, why?" Ellie asked curiously.

"There's a chance that Kari is in Owen's daycare room, they'd likely be the same age," Ford mentioned now. Ellie sighed, of course, they would pick up on that.

"I suppose that is possible, but I don't know. I don't ever notice Harvey if he's there, I just get Owen and go," Elli shrugged. "In truth, it's none of our business. Didn't Harvey already warn you earlier not to worry about his past, present, and future or end up having a problem with him?"

"El's got a point. Harvey catches us talking about all this, and he's going to flip out. I've never seen the guy angry until earlier when he yelled at us," Tyler nodded in agreement.

"Well, maybe he'll tell us on his own. Harvey has to know by now that we know about his daughter because he'll ask Heather if we asked about why he rushed off so quickly or who Kari was. Heather doesn't seem the type to lie so she will tell him we asked and she said that Kari is his daughter. I wonder if Kari is what he's been hiding, the reason we never saw him at meals and stuff?" Ford questioned.

"Could be the reason, I guess we should just wait and find out. It's likely we won't see Harvey again until after holiday break. Just like at Thanksgiving, he will probably avoid the confrontation with us," Ashlyn pointed out as the others nodded in agreement with her. During Thanksgiving, Harvey was at his parent's house, but they never saw him leave it. All they knew was when they got back to campus, Harvey was there. It was a guess that Harvey must have left early morning to avoid being seen with Karina and all the questions that would follow if they had seen her.

"That's even if he sees his parents over the break," Rylee mentioned.

"He will; we just won't see him. So it's agreed, we just keep quiet and see how this plays out. I agree with Ford; Heather will tell Harvey she told us who Kari is so he must know he can't ignore it," Syrus retorted. "I don't want to get stuck on stable clean up or the training setups," he muttered afterward as they recalled Harvey's warning to back out of his life. For now, this was all they could do.

(End Of The Day; 7 pm)

Harvey had rushed off because Kari had an asthma attack in daycare, but he always kept the nebulizer at the dorm since she got the controlled treatments in the morning and night. If Kari was getting attacks in daycare, then he needed to find a solution to that, so Harvey updated Heather at 5:15 pm why he wasn't at the dorm when she said she was there. Harvey took Kari to the doctor's office to try and figure out how to handle developing asthma which the doctor in Arc City said could occur as Kari got older. It was what Harvey feared happening, and thus it had come to pass.

Kari's asthma was getting worse and now required a stronger dose of the controller, plus she had a rescue inhaler now that Harvey had to keep on him and give one to the daycare for emergencies. Harvey sighed heavily as he reached his dorm room with Kari in one arm and a small bag in the other while unlocking his door and putting the bag on the small counter. Harvey placed Karina down so she could go rest on the couch and watch a little TV, then Harvey called Heather to come over knowing she would want to know what happened.

Heather arrived not more than ten minutes later and knocked on Harvey's dorm room door, "It's open, come in," Harvey called to her, so Heather walked in and saw him sitting at the four-seater folding card table while looking over a few things. Karina was sitting in on the floor playing with her toys quietly as Heather shut the door and sat in one of the chairs across from Harvey.

These dorm rooms were set up to be minuscule, one bedroom apartments. Each came with the one bedroom, small kitchen that had a fridge, sink, four burner stove top and oven combination, then there were very little cabinets. There was one bathroom, it reminded Harvey a lot of the trailer he and Karina used to live in because it was tiny but got the job done. For the living room, there was one couch that had a pull out bed. In this room also was the TV and a few shelves. Harvey gave Karina the bedroom, and he slept on the pullout couch.

"So, what did the doctor say?" Heather inquired gently.

"Kari's asthma is worsening; she could still grow out of it as she gets older. The doctor says the weather changes could be a factor and there might be an allergy to the environment, plus you know it's cold and flu season which Kari is susceptible to," Harvey sighed heavily.

"Poor thing had it bad since the chest infection when she turned two, and now all this. What are the doctors doing to help asthma?" Heather looked at him.

"Well, they want to up give Kari a full dose of Albuterol with the nebulizer after breakfast and dinner. On top of that, they have prescribed a rescue inhaler for situations like today. After the break, the daycare will get one, and I'll have the other on me. The doctor said to expect more appointments for her, and they want to run allergen tests to find the triggers so we can avoid them," Harvey explained.

"At least steps are being taken to try and control asthma," Heather offered.

"Ever since that day Courtney walked out, Kari's gone through a lot, and I hate hearing that it gets worse rather than better," Harvey sighed looking down, "I feel like I'm cursed,"

"Harvey, that's not true. Kari will get better; it's just difficult when they are little. Their bodies aren't strong enough to fight things off as an adult does," Heather tried to comfort him.

"I know, it's just hard to see my little girl have all these health problems. To wake up every day wondering if it will be worse or if there will be something new that limits her. To feel like some of these things will hold her back in life," Harvey closed his eyes.

"Hey, look at me," Heather said putting her hand over his which was on the table, "These are just rough patches, and she'll get through them the same as you did. Want to know why? Because she's your daughter, every bit of you. Hair, eyes, freckles, even personality. Nothing ever stopped you, Harvey. When you got pushed down, you got up and fought back harder. When Courtney left, you didn't break down; you put your energy into taking care of and raising Kari. You worked to support her, and you have taken a better job to give her a better life. Karina will be just fine as long as she has you, my friend,"

"Thank you, Heather," Harvey lifted his head and smiled a little, "I needed to hear that," he added. "How were the fourth years?"

"Good, mostly review. I mentioned you had an emergency to handle," Heather informed.

"And what about those seven I scolded? Anyone ask why I took off in such a hurry?" Harvey asked. Heather bit her bottom lip and glanced off to the side, "What's wrong?"

"Harvey I-I might have accidently told them that...Kari is your daughter," Heather said slowly as Harvey's eyes widened. "I didn't mean to, I was busy getting ready for the last class of the day, and those seven were just standing there in shock and confusion, I was worried about Kari, and it slipped out. I'm sorry,"

"Courtney already knew, but the others know as well?" Harvey asked, and Heather nodded to him, "How much do they know?"

"All they asked was 'who is Kari, ' and I said that Kari is your daughter, then walked away after adding for them to get to class," Heather admitted.

"They don't know Courtney is her mother?" Harvey inquired.

"I honestly don't know, Harvey. I'm sure they've been trying to figure it out. If anything they'll assume she's my daughter since we've, well, you know what before. They have never seen Kari, and Courtney knows the truth, but I doubt she'll rat herself out. All they can do is theorize, and you don't have to tell them anything," Heather reminded.

"I know that, but now they really won't let it go, and I suppose I can't blame them. The truth always comes out, Heather. Hiding only works for so long," Harvey sighed.

"I'm sorry. I know you didn't want them knowing," Heather apologized.

"It's all right. Like I said, it would have come out eventually. I'm about to spend a week with my parents, maybe a few of those days go into the city to our friends at DSS. Maybe when I get back, I'll find a time to pull them aside and tell them the truth," Harvey told her.

"I'll be right with you if you like?" Heather offered.

"Thank you, but this is something I have to do. Telling them everything might lift some of the tension in class, and I will have them again next year," Harvey shrugged.

"I'll babysit then," Heather smiled.

"I appreciate that. What are your plans for the holiday?" Harvey inquired curiously.

"Going to the city, seeing my Mom. She's...back in the hospital again. The doctors aren't giving her a lot of time left," Heather looked down.

"It's going to be okay, Heather. And now if anything does happen, I'll be there for you just as you have been for me." Harvey reminded.

"I can always count on you, Harv. Well, I think I should whip up some of my famous pork chops and cheesy rice for dinner because I know you two haven't eaten yet," Heather said while moving to the fridge to start getting out the things she would need. Harvey was blessed to have her has a friend, and that she loved Karina as a niece. Harvey sat back in his chair thinking. Ashlyn, Syrus, Rylee, Dominic, Tyler, and Ford knew about Karina, but they only knew her as Kari and that she was Harvey's daughter. If he had to take a guess, Harvey knew that Andrew and Sydney knew too. Ellie already knew since Owen and Kari are besties in daycare, and Courtney knew. Harvey would wait for now as winter break started tomorrow. Harvey would use the vacation to figure out how to do this, tell them, and then when he returned, he would be ready.