Cassie Walker is the youngest child of William and Nora Walker. She is about five feet, six inches in height. She has long and wavy brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She resembles her mom much more than her dad. She has a very girly figure and features, just like her mom.

"Cassie, please don't forget that your sister is coming home today." Nora reminded her seventeen year old daughter.

"I know mom." Cassie replied, grabbing her book bag off the table.

"So please try to come home right after school." Nora requested of her daughter.

"Why, so I can be present for the most uncomfortable reunion ever?" Cassie flippantly asked.

"Cassandra, you don't talk to your mother that way. And you will come home right after school." William told his daughter in his stern voice.

"Will do." Cassie flashed them both a smiled and left the house.

Cassie really did love her sister, but she knew that things would be tense between Kitty and Nora. Although maybe this is just what the two of them need to get them back on track. But then again Justin was still on a downward spiral and he needed help. She just really hoped that Kitty's visit wasn't a complete disaster.

"Cassie!" a voice called out.

Cassie immediately knew who was calling her and turned to face her best friend, Olivia.

"Hey there Liv!" Cassie replied and went over to her best friend.

"How's it going at 'Casa de la Walker'?" Olivia asked.

"Tension central; mom is so nervous about Kitty coming home." Cassie answered.

"And how's Justin?" Olivia cautiously asked.

"The same." Cassie mumbled.

The two friends continued their walk to the high school. Olivia knows everything about the Walker family, seeing as her and Cassie has been friends since elementary school. Cassie sometimes felt left out of the sibling thing because of how much younger she was compared to her siblings; so her and Olivia were really close. Cassie she felt a pair of arms wrap around her from behind and she immediately knew it was her boyfriend, Dylan.

"Hey babe." Dylan whispered in her ear as he kissed her.

Cassie turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back.

"Um hi, still standing here." Olivia distracted the couple.

"Hey Liv." Dylan greeted her.

"How's it going?" Olivia asked.

"Good, now that I'm with my two favorite girls." Dylan answered.

"You're so lame." Cassie teased her boyfriend.

The three of them got to school where they met up with Olivia's boyfriend, Tyler. The four of them hung out in the courtyard with the rest of their friends until it was time for class.

"So where are we going to hang?" Tyler asked after school had let out for the day.

"I am going home to see my sister who just got home today." Cassie answered.

"That's right, Kitty came home." Tyler remembered.

"Yep, so I have to peace out." Cassie told them.

"Well tell her we said hi." Olivia said.

"Will do." Cassie bid them goodbye and headed home.

Cassie walked through her kitchen door to see Tommy picking up Kitty, and then Saul walked in and greeted Kitty too.

"Hey Kit." Cassie greeted her sister.

"Cass!" Kitty exclaimed and embraced her younger sister in a hug.

Just then, Justin walked in with some girl and started babbling introductions; it was obvious he was on something. Kevin then entered the room, carrying boxes of pizza.

"Kevin, this is Fawn. Fawn, this is Kevin. If you ever get arrested again Sweetie, Kevin is your guy." Justin babbled and then disappeared into the backyard to go swimming.

"They dropped the charges." Fawn stuttered and then went to join Justin.

"Oh Justin." Cassie sighed under her breath, worried about her big brother.

Kevin just brushed off Justin and greeted Kitty.

"Did he get a job yet?" Tommy asked about Justin.

"Just lay off of him tonight." Nora replied, protecting her son.

"Mom, you realize he's loaded right?" Tommy pointed out to his mother.

Everyone just shared uncomfortable glances with each other, and then went to doing their own things. Kitty and Cassie went outside to the pool; Kitty went over to Sarah and Cassie went to play with Paige and Cooper.

Later that night, all the siblings and their partners were hanging out in the Walker kitchen.

"Does anybody want to go out?" Justin asked.

"Are people with jobs allowed their?" Tommy shot a dig at him.

"Or is it for unemployed hipsters?" Kevin did a little teasing in his questioning.

"No, it's favored my veterans." Justin answered, and the kitchen quickly became awkward.

When Justin realized that no one was going with him, he and Fawn left.

"Obviously I'm worried." Kitty said the second Justin was gone.

"I keep telling you guys, he's okay. He's just finding himself." Julia spoke up.

"Yeah, I agree. You all do the Walker watch on him and who doesn't get spooked by that." Joe said.

"That's right, that's why I don't live here." Kitty commented.

"Well I actually live in the house, so the Walker watch is the worst for me." Cassie said.

"Aww poor baby. At least you can control what is said about you, unlike Kitty." Kevin replied.

"I don't care what is said about me. And you can always move to New York with me Cass." Kitty told her.

"Haha, don't tempt me." Cassie laughed.

Kitty had been offering to let her move with her for years, everyone knew it was just a joke.

"So you and mother, not a disaster right?" Tommy asked Kitty.

"I think she's planning on a sneak attack later." Kitty answered.

"I'm surprised you didn't bring your muscle, where's Jonathan? Anything you want to tell us?" Kevin inquired.

Kitty got nervous and asked Sarah if she said anything and both Kevin and Sarah started denying things.

"It's obvious she's embarrassed by us." Cass quickly diverted the attention away from Sarah and Kevin.

"Oh that is not it." Kitty denied.

Kitty went back to Kevin's comment though and the topic quickly got onto how they thought Jonathon was self absorbed and Kitty shouldn't be with him. Kitty started denying that Jonathon was self absorbed and it quickly turned into the fact that Kitty was a republican. Then Kevin started to try and make her feel better but accidentally let it slip that Joe and Sarah were in counseling, which he wasn't supposed to know. Kitty started defending her politics and she left the room. It was there where the night ended and everyone went home.

Cassie was in her room getting ready for Kitty's birthday dinner when she heard the door open followed by Kitty's voice announcing her and Jonathon's arrival. Cassie looked at the clock and let out a slight laugh. They were early and that would no doubt annoy her mother. Cassie finished quickly and headed downstairs; hopefully she could keep the peace. Cassie was about to walk into the kitchen when she heard Kitty tell Nora that Jonathon wanted to get married. She knew that going in there could help nothing now and went in search of her dad and Jonathon.

"Hey baby." William greeted his daughter with a hug.

"Hi dad." Cassie replied and embraced his hug.

"I'm Jonathon, you must be Cassandra." Jonathon introduced himself and held out his hand.

"Hello Jonathon, please call me Cassie." Cassie responded in a fake polite way and shook his hand.

Cassie could immediately tell that she didn't really like him much and started to believe what her brothers and sisters told her about Jonathon.

"Kitty talks about you all the time, I am so happy to finally meet you." Jonathon told her.

"I'm glad that I am finally meeting you too." Cassie replied, all the while thinking he was the biggest suck up.

Just then Kitty came back into the room and it was obvious she was upset. William and Cassie knew that Kitty and Nora must have had it out. William headed to find his wife while Cassie took the opportunity to go back up to her room. Cassie decided that she would wait in her room until the rest of the family arrived, which they did not long after. Cassie came back downstairs and took to playing with her niece and nephew. Playing with Paige and Cooper was Cassie's way of escaping the drama of her family, at least for a little while.

"Look at this pretty scene." Sarah commented as she entered the room.

"Hey Sarah. Mom and Kitty had a fight earlier so tensions are running high." Cassie warned her older sister.

"Ugh, thanks Cass. Why don't you and Paige go set the table, while I get my monkey man cleaned up for dinner?" Sarah suggested.

Cassie and Paige got up off the floor and went to go set the table and Sarah took Cooper to go get cleaned up. As they were setting the table, Cassie noticed her dad comforting her mom in the other room. She felt so bad that her mom was upset. Even though she loved her sister, the fact was Kitty wasn't here when Justin was over seas and she wasn't here when he came back. Kitty hasn't been home in years and she doesn't know the pain the family went through.

"Thanks girls." Sarah said as she walked into the room.

Sarah's eyes also drifted over to her parents and she let out a sigh. Cassie and Paige left the room, leaving Kevin and Sarah in the dining room.

"So did Kitty and mom have a…" Kevin started to ask.

"Fight? Yes, drop it." Sarah interrupted him.

The whole family was now at the table eating dinner. Everyone knew that Nora and Kitty had a fight but no one addressed it and random conversations filled the room. William gave a birthday toast to his daughter and it got the family on a quick discussion about Kitty's ex-boyfriend, Pablo.

"Who's Pablo?" Cooper asked.

"A name I never want to hear again." William answered his grandson.

Sarah then gave her toast, followed by the rest of the siblings.

"Kitty, you are my big sister in every sense of the word. There may be twenty-one years between us, but you are still my best friend. You taught me about boys, make-up, school, and even politics. I love you Kitty cat." Cassie gave her toast to her sister.

When Cassie was little, she would always call Kitty, 'Kitty cat', because she thought of cats whenever she heard her sister's name. If it had been anyone else, Kitty would have been annoyed but because it was Cassie she didn't mind and came to love the nickname. Then it was Nora's turn to give a toast. She gave a heartfelt toast and assured Kitty that she always and will always love her. After dinner, the majority of the family stayed at the table to just talk and goof around. William and Paige had gone out by the pool because Paige wanted to show her grandpa the stars that she as learning about in school. Then Justin suggested they play 'would you rather' and while some protested they ended up playing.

"Cassie, would you rather fail your senior year or live in solitude for a year?" Tommy asked his younger sister.

"Live in solitude, duh." Cassie answered with a laugh.

Everyone else laughed with her while Sarah's phone went off and she left the room. The game continued on, everyone having fun. Nora was in the kitchen putting the candles on the cake and lighting them and Kevin was helping her.

"Has anyone seen dad?" Sarah asked as she entered the room.

"Out back with Paige." Joe told his wife.

The group went back to playing the game as Justin asked Jonathon a question.

"Alright cake time!" Nora announced and she started carrying in the cake.

All of the sudden they heard Paige's voice calling 'Grandma!' from out side. Nora looked outside and put the cake on the counter.

"What happened?" Nora screamed as she went running outside.

The whole family flew up from the table and followed Nora outside. They all knew that something had happened. They got outside and saw Paige standing on the stairs, staring at William floating in the pool. Justin and Tommy jumped into the pool to get their dad. Sarah and Joe went over to their daughter. Kevin was holding Nora back and Nora was screaming 'William'. Fawn was standing at the back, not really sure what to do. Kitty was standing off to the sides by herself, looking on with horror. Julia and Cassie were standing next to Nora and Kevin, and Julia was hugging Cassie. Tommy and Justin pulled William over to the side of the pool and Joe helped them get him out.