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Daisy simply sat frozen at the table in a look of shock, horror, and pain. At first she thought it might have been an hallucination - Otis hadn't fallen for somebody else, had he? She remembered what a crazy little ferret Freddy was, so a spark of hope panged in her heart that he was just blurting out some random, stupid thing like always.

After moments of awkward silence, Daisy turned her head towards Otis, who now had his eyes fixed upon the ground in embarassment, nervousness, and tension. He dared not make eye-contact with her, and Daisy could easily tell he was avoiding her gaze. Her heart sank even deeper. If Freddy had blurted out some sort of insane lie, Otis wouldn't look the way he did now.

Daisy swallowed deeply, fighting back the tears, and asked, "Otis, is this true?"

Otis could sense the hurt and grief in Daisy's eyes and voice, which only made him feel worse. Otis himself began to feel a tear welling up in his eye, but he quickly fought it away. Abby, who just sat there motionless and silent, felt the most awkward of all. She decided Otis and Daisy needed their privacy to sort things out, and Abby felt only like a third wheel. Great, now I bet Daisy hates me, she thought. She decided to find an excuse to leave the barn as quickly as possible.

Abby saw that Bessy, too, was beginning to feel in an awkward position, and was resigning from the table and heading for her stall. Freddy had ran out of the barn when Abby punched him, Peck had followed, and Pig remained back in the kitchen. The only animals left were Otis, Daisy, and Pip, but Abby caught sight of Pip just in time to see him making his way towards his mouse "mansion" (from "Home Sweet Hole"). Abby finally figured she'd stick with Bessy to avoid trouble.

When Abby caught up to Bessy, Bessy gave her a worried glance. "You concerned at all?"

"About?"

"Daisy and Moron," was Bessy's simple, snarky reply.

"Of course; I'm worried to death!" Abby cried. "Why do you think I deserted the table so fast to catch up with you?"

Bessy sighed. "Poor Daisy. She's going to get her heart broken. Either that, or..."

"Or what?" Abby questioned.

Bessy placed a hoof on Abby's shoulder. "Or you. I'm sorry."

"Me? What are you talking about?" Abby asked with an even bigger pang of concern.

"Girl, all I'm saying is that Daisy, too, has history with Dummy. What if he decides he still loves her? What if they reunite as a couple?"

"Otis would never do that to me!" Abby snapped. "He loves me, and he's told me that he doesn't feel anything for Daisy anymore."

Bessy shrugged. "Okay, if you say so. Dum-Dum has his ways, though, and I remember back years ago Daisy and Otis had a great deal of chemistry together. Not to mention that Daisy had a baby whom she named after Otis's own father."

Abby sighed. Bessy had her own technique of "comfort", if you should call it that. Her way of comfort was to actually look at the negative aspects of a problem and actually make people feel worse while she thought she was doing the opposite: making them feel better.

Otis loves me, Abby told herself. He would never hurt or betray me, no matter what. I trust him.

***

Meanwhile, Otis simply stared at Daisy dumb-founded, trying to figure out what to say.

"Otis, is this true?" Daisy repeated, growing impatient.

Otis sighed, and finally replied, "Yes."

"I don't understand," Daisy shook her head with disbelief. "I thought you loved me. I was there to comfort you when your father died. I was there to guide you when you were feeling down and to encourage you to stand up to the coyotes. Where was Abby?"

"It's not her fault she didn't live here at the time," Otis disputed. "If she had been here back then I know she would have done the same exact thing!"

"You're missing the point, Otis," Daisy rebuked. "I was there to help you cope through your struggles. What struggles have you had since Abby's lived here?"

Otis thought back through the past few years, but he couldn't think of anything good. "Nothing really, but it doesn't matter. I don't want anything bad in my life! Abby's done nothing but brought joy here."

Daisy opened her mouth to say something, but then stopped herself. She let out a deep sigh and the look of hurt overcame her face again, ears lowering down. There was no use in fighting against Otis. She truly cared about him, and only wanted best for him. If he truly loved Abby, she would just have to respect that.

Otis's face melted in despair in seeing Daisy's hurt expression. He said in a soft tone, "Daisy, I'm sorry. This is very hard for me, too."

"No, I'm sorry, Otis," Daisy sighed. "You may love whoever you want. I can't force you. I want you to be happy."

"Daisy..." Otis trailed.

"Really, Otis, I'll deal with it. I'll be fine."

However, by the crushed look glued to Daisy's face, Otis knew Daisy would not be okay. He realized how much it would hurt to be thrilled about reuniting with someone you loved only to realize they had moved on to somebody else. Otis hated the thought of hurting Daisy, but he had felt certain he would have never seen her again. How could he help but move on? He couldn't lie about his feelings for Abby, either. Milk me, he thought. Now this is going to be tough. My girlfriend and my ex-girlfriend living at the same barnyard. Now I gotta watch what I say and do to both of them.

"Daisy, I moved on because I thought I'd never see you again," Otis continued in an attempt to comfort the hurt cow.

"I understand, Otis. I guess when I first saw I was back at this farm, I just felt so excited at the thought of being with you again."

"We can still be friends," Otis offered.

Otis caught the quick, torn reaction on Daisy's face when he said "friends", but she quickly cleared it away and nodded, "Okay."

"Can you do me a favor, though?"

Daisy looked up. "What?"

"Please don't have negative feelings towards Abby. She's a really sweet and fun cow to be around, and I'm sure you'd grow to like her." Otis smiled.

Daisy fixed her gaze upon the ground with an expression of uncertainty, but finally said, "Sure."

Otis still couldn't help but feel negative vibes from Daisy, though. He knew Daisy was now going to hold extreme jealousy over Abby, and he prayed that she would remain her sweet, gentle self.

***

Otis sat under a shady willow tree, playing random chords on his new electric guitar (Abby broke his old one in "Paging Dr. Philly"). Suddenly, he heard hoofsteps growing closer and closer. Otis turned to the left, and there to his amazement, was a big, tan bull accompanied by another cow, both being led by Daisy. Was that little Ben?

Otis stood up and smiled at Daisy with an amazed look. "Is that..."

Daisy beamed. "Yes, it is. Otis, meet 'little' Ben."

"Daddy? Is that you?" Ben gasped.

Otis didn't know whether to feel excited or awkward that he was being referred to as Ben's "daddy". He simply smiled and said in astonishment, "Is that the little itty-bitty calf I held in my arms?!"

"It's me!" Ben exclaimed as he raced forward to Otis in a giant bear hug. Otis couldn't believe his eyes. Last time he had seen Ben, he was two feet tall and struggling to walk. Now Ben had grown into a handsome, big, muscular bull, just like himself.

"I can't believe I finally get to see my dad after all these years!" Ben embraced Otis in another tight, eager hug. Otis smiled from ear to ear, and somewhat wished he had a real son to call him father.

"I can't believe it either!" Otis laughed. "Look at what a big, strong bull you've grown into."

Otis couldn't help but feel a couple of awkward gazes fixed upon him, however. Turning to his left, he saw Daisy and the stranger cow staring at him. Otis still couldn't recognize the new cow, but whoever she was, she held a look of affection towards him in her eyes. Who is that?

Who is that other cow? Well, we'll find out in the next chapter! =)

I'm VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY x infinity sorry that I didn't update at all during Thanksgiving break. I originally intended to, but my grandmother came over and then we spent the whole week with family and it was extremely busy. DX Okay, here's a new rule: Don't listen to Grace! :) Seriously, don't rely on me for certain stuff. XD

I recently heard some extremely heart-breaking news from someone over the past couple days that kinda tore me up. I don't know if it's true or not, and I'm not going to post what it is on here, but writing this chapter made me feel a little better. :) So yeah, I've been feeling sorta depressed between school, that, and a bunch of other stuff.

Anyways, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEWWWW! =D This time I have muffins! Oh, and yesh... *hands double chocolate cookies to everyone who reviewed last chapter* Thank you guys so much! You're what keep me writing! ;D