Author's Note: brankel1: you wanted to know where I lived so I just wanted to say, I live in Minnesota!

Cedar Sinai Medical Center

Kelly had finally decided that it was about time that Andrea met Cassie, being as she had told her that she would bring her by soon. She parked her car and went to help Cassie open the back door so she could get out. Once the two where out of the car Kelly took her daughter's hand and they began walking up to the building. Cassie stopped just in front of the doors and looked up.

"Why are we here?" She asked forgetting what Kelly had told her earlier.

"We are going to see mommy's friend Andrea and her new baby Hannah." Kelly said as she squatted down in front of the little girl.

"Are they sick?" Cassie asked just being curious.

"Well, no not really… Hannah is just really small and needs to stay here for awhile." Kelly said trying to find the best way to explain it.

"So she can get big?" Cassie asked as a few people walked out of the front doors.

"Sort of… come on let's just go in." Kelly said standing up and taking Cassie's hand before opening the door for her.

Cassie was quiet once they were inside the building; mainly because she was so busy looking around at everyone else. There were doctors and nurses running up and down the hallways and lots of people waiting for news of their loved ones. Once they got to the elevator however, Cassie snapped back to her normal self and the questions started rolling out of her mouth again.

"Can I push the button?" Cassie asked looking up at Kelly.

"Okay… but only the up arrow this time." Kelly warned her because the last time she had been in the elevators she had pressed all the buttons.

"This one?" Cassie asked as she pointed to the up arrow and Kelly nodded.

It took a few minutes for the elevator doors to open, but once they did Cassie jumped over the threshold and stood in front of the buttons. She looked up at Kelly and waited for her to say what floor. Kelly told her that they would be going up to the third floor and helped her find what button had the number three on it and soon they were on their way up.

Once they reached the third floor and the doors opened Kelly took Cassie's hand and lead her down the hallway to Andrea's room. She knocked lightly on the open door before they walked in. Inside Andrea was sitting on the bed talking with Jesse who had been sitting in the chair by the side wall. Of course the conversation stopped when the two of them saw who was standing at the door.

"Come on in Kelly… and you must be Cassie." Andrea said noticing the small girl hiding behind Kelly.

"How did she know my name mommy?" Cassie whispered still hiding.

"I told her about you the last time I was here… you don't have to hide sweetie." Kelly tried to get her to come out from behind her but it wasn't working so well.

"If it makes you feel better Cassie, I won't bite!" Jesse said trying to lighten the mood a little bit.

"Cassie its okay…" Kelly said as the little girl's grip became increasingly tighter on her legs. "I'm right here… I'm not going to let anything happen to you!" She said turning around and picking her up.

"Nice to meet you Cassie." Andrea said as Kelly carried Cassie over to the bed.

"Where's the baby?" Cassie asked looking around the room.

"She has to stay in another room, but maybe if you are really good we can take you to see her in a little while." Andrea said watching her hug Kelly as tight as she could.

"Hey Cassie I've got a few story books over here… do you like listening to stories?" Jesse asked holding up some of the books in the corner.

"I like Sleeping Beauty!" Cassie said a little louder than how she was speaking a few minutes ago.

"Well it just so happens that I have that book right here!" Jesse said holding the book up for her to see.

"Mommy…" Cassie began with a giant grin on her face.

"Go listen to your story… I'm going to talk with Andrea for a little while okay?" Kelly asked her, but she was already halfway across the room.

Cassie runs over to where Jesse was sitting and crawled up into his lap so that she could see the pictures while he read. Meanwhile, Kelly sits on the bed and faces Andrea so that they can talk. Kelly is a little nervous and Andrea can tell but can't figure out why that is. She knows that she likes Brandon and hasn't told him so maybe that is the reason, but instead of trying to figure it out on her own she just flat out asks.

"So… what's wrong now?" Andrea asks reading Kelly's face like a book.

"Dylan and I are no more… thank God! Steve knows…" Kelly began just letting everything out.

"Wait a minute, how'd Steve find out?" Andrea asked.

"He stopped by this morning and Cassie opened the door… I didn't know anyone was there so I wasn't hiding anything and she called me mommy, there wasn't anything I could do… I don't know what to do now! The Walshes are the only ones who don't know and I'm too scared to tell them." Kelly just kept rambling on and on, but Andrea had an idea.

"You told me how you told Donna but you said David knew too… how'd he find out?" Andrea was going out a whim here, but it was the only thing she could think of at the time.

"I had to tell him sometime and my mom and I had managed to keep it a secret up until the wedding day itself…" Kelly began as the scene once again unfolded before their eyes.

Flashback to Kelly's house

It was the morning of the wedding and everything was going great… they would be having the wedding at the Walshes so the location wasn't an issue. The only issue was telling Mel and David about little Cassie Lynn. They were supposed to be by any second to pick the girls up and they still had no idea that Kelly even had a daughter. Finally the doorbell rang and Jackie answered the door… it was Mel and David.

"Kelly the guys are here!" Jackie called up the stairs.

"We're coming… I just have to finish Cassie's hair." Kelly called back down.

"Who's Cassie?" David asked.

"Why don't you head upstairs and ask Kelly that question!" Jackie told him as he headed up the stairs.

"Hey Kelly… Jackie said I should ask you who Cassie is." David said as he walked in Kelly's bedroom and saw a little girl sitting on the bed while Kelly pulled her hair back into a pony-tail.

"This is Cassie Lynn and as long as you promise to keep this to yourself I can tell you the rest… Can you do that?" Kelly asked knowing that she had no choice but to tell him… after all he was going to be living in the same house with her.

"I can keep a secret… why does it have to stay a secret though… if you don't mind me asking." David said watching the little girl hide behind Kelly.

"Because no one else knows the whole story… Cassie is my daughter… and I just don't want everyone asking a ton of questions about it… I really don't want to relive that night again." Kelly said watching David's face for any kind of reassurance.

"You mean that Brenda and Donna haven't seen her when they come over?" David asked sure that they had.

"Donna knows… but she is the only one. Brenda just thinks that I baby-sit her for the neighbor… she has never been in Cassie's room. Please David you can't say a word to anyone… Please!" Kelly pleaded with him as Cassie stayed quietly attached to the back of Kelly's legs.

"Okay… I'm just surprised you didn't say she was your sister. It might have been easier than saying you just baby-sit her all the time." David said as he started walking out of the room.

"I would have if my mom would have gone along with it… come on Cassie let's go watch Grandma get married." Kelly said taking Cassie's hand and walking out of the room.

Back In The Present

Brenda was walking down the hall; she really needed to talk to Andrea about Dylan. She figured that if anyone would know what was going on she would, after all, she was being visited by everyone and was bound to know something. Brenda was just worried about Dylan, he sounded like he was in a lot of trouble, but she had no idea why.

It was then that she heard Kelly's voice coming from inside Andrea's room. She decided that instead of just barging in she would wait until Kelly was done talk, so she just listened… unaware of what Kelly was really talking about until she heard more. Brenda had caught a few sentences from in the middle of the story Kelly was telling and just put it all together.

"Cassie is her kid?" She whispered to no one in particular, just herself.

After Kelly finished she looked over at where Cassie and Jesse sat in the corner, still reading Sleeping Beauty. The two looked like they were having a great time and Jesse really fit the dad role perfectly. Kelly smiled glad that Cassie was having a good time before she turned back to Andrea and waited for a response.

"Kelly do you really care about Brandon?" She asked flatly.

"More than anything." Kelly said again looking over at Cassie.

"Then go to him and tell him… before someone else has the chance to!" Andrea explained. "It is only a matter of time before someone slips up and he finds out the wrong way… just tell him what you told me. If I know Brandon he won't turn his back on you." She said as they heard the door shut and footsteps storming away.

Brenda had heard enough and instead of hanging around to find out the truth she just decided to storm off. Kelly looked towards the door and then back to Andrea before getting up and heading to the door just to see who had heard what she had just said. She just hoped that it wasn't Brenda; she had Brandon's number and wouldn't hesitate for a second to call him.

"I'll be right back." Kelly said as she headed down the hallway only to see the hurt look on Brenda's face as the elevator doors closed. "Brenda I can explain!" Kelly tried to get out but she didn't get it out in time… the doors had already closed.

Kelly slowly made her way back to Andrea's room trying to think of a way to make Brenda understand why she didn't tell her from the beginning. She just couldn't think of anything to say. There really wasn't a good way to say… that she was sorry she hadn't already told her. Kelly's secret had gotten out to one too many people and it was now beginning to hurt the ones she care about more that it was supposed to.

"Andrea I gotta go… Brenda was outside and I need to talk to her… we'll stop by later." Kelly said as she walked over to Cassie. "Sweetie I know you aren't done with your story but we really have to go." Kelly said as Cassie looked at her with a sad face.

"But it just got to the good part!" She whined as Kelly gave her the best pleading face she could give. "Okay!" Cassie finally said taking her hand.

With that Kelly picked Cassie up and grabbed her purse before heading out the door and down the hall. She knew that they had to go directly over to the Walshes because she had to explain to Brenda why she didn't tell her yet. She had no idea how she was going to tell her but she knew she had to… and then she had to tell Brandon.