--Three--

--The Truth at Breakfast--

The next morning, Cassie woke up at six in the am. She decided to go through all of her stuff that reminded her of Reid and put it all in a box to give back to him, even the stuff he has bought for Daisy. After everything was in the box, she took a long hot shower and got dressed. She wore: blue jeans, a grey and white v-neck sweater, and white Vans.

Then she went to wake up Daisy, she walked into her room, and sat down on the bed next to her. "Daze... wake up."

"Mommy." she mumbled, then rolled over.

"Come on, we have to go eat breakfast."

Daisy sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Do I have to?"

"Yes."

"Can I bring my blanket?" Daisy asked, looking around. "Where is it?"

"It's in my room... I'll get it for you."

"Is Aunt Lisa going?"

"Yeah." Cassie got up to go through Daisy's suitcase. She found an outfit and sat down on the bed. "Listen to me, Daze." she looked up at her with those beautiful chocolate brown eyes. "We're going to meet a few people, so when we do, I want you to act like you don't know Reid."

"Why?"

"Because... just do it for me, please?"

"Okay... is he mad at me?"

"No, Baby, he's not. He's mad at Mommy and we're just taking a time out." Daisy nodded, then Cassie stood up.

"Do I have to give my blanket back?" Cassie couldn't help but to smile, because the way Daisy said Reid, it sounded like weed.

"That's up to you... get dressed and I'll go get your blanket." then Cassie walked out of Daisy's room, into hers to go into the box and grab Daisy's favorite blanket that Reid gave her. It was a crib sized down comforter/blanket with pink, blue, white, and green stars all over. A few minutes later, she walked back into the room. "Are you dressed, Daze?"

"Yeah."

"Okay" she tossed the blanket on the bed. "Get your shoes on and I'll meet you downstairs." then Cassie went back into her room, grabbed her things, and the box, then went out to her car.

She walked back in a few minutes later, where she was greeted by her mom, standing in the foyer. Susan smiled and hugged Cassie. "I'm glad you're home."

"Me too." seconds later, they broke from the hug. "I heard you and Daze was partying last night."

Susan chuckled. "Is that what your father told you? Cassie nodded with a smile. "Yeah, something like that... we were pretending we were princesses." Susan noticed the frown on Cassie's face. "What's wrong, Baby?"

"Um... Reid broke up with me last night."

"On no, are you okay?"

"I don't know." she shrugged.

"How does Daisy feel about it?"

"I didn't exactly tell her, she would be crushed. But I told her that me and him were taking a time out."

"Yeah, she's attached to him."

"I know, but we'll see what happens."

"What was the reason?"

"He said that once Caleb gets to know Daisy, I'll want to get back with him."

Susan put her hand on Cassie's shoulder. "I'm sure everything will be fine."

"I hope so." she paused. "Just don't tell dad."

"Yeah, because your father will probably wring his neck for hurting his little girl." seconds later, Lisa and Daisy came down the stairs. Susan looked at Daisy with a smile. "You look so pretty."

"Thank you, Grammy Susie."

"Are the both of you ready?" Cassie asked.

"I'm ready, Mommy." Daisy said, waving her blanket.

"The question is... are you ready?"

"Very funny, Lisa." Cassie laughed. "We'll be back later, Mom."

"Okay... tell Christopher, your father and I want to talk to him."

Cassie nodded, then they walked out the door. Cassie saw Lisa with a confused look on her face. "Who's Christopher?"

"It's Pogue's real name."

"So... where does 'Pogue' come in?" Lisa asked, getting in the car.

"Buckle up." Cassie said, opening the door for Daisy and once Daisy buckled up, Cassie shut the door, got in. "Pogue is his middle name." she shrugged her shoulders. "But he hates Christopher... so don't call him that. Only the parental units can." Lisa nodded, then Cassie drove off.

Ten minutes later, Cassie pulled in and parked the car. As she was counting to ten in her mind, Daisy said "Are we here, Mommy?"

"Yeah and it looks like everyone is here." she looked at her through the rear viewed mirror. "Do you remember what I told you?"

"Yes... not to talk to Reid."

"Okay." Lisa looked at her funny. "Because, none of them know about mine and Reid's relationship."

"Oh, right." Lisa nodded, then all three of them got out of the car and walked to the door. "You ready?"

"As ready as I can be. You walk in front of us."

"You got it, Mama." then they walked in. Seconds later, Cassie spotted them and pointed Lisa in the right direction.

As they got closer, Pogue looked up. "Finally... I'm starved."

Caleb snapped his head up. "It's good, you could..." he paused as him and the rest of the table saw a little girl in Cassie's arms. "Um... join us."

Lisa sat down next to Tyler as Cassie picked Daisy up to put her in a seat. "Everyone." she took a deep breath. "This is my daughter, Daisy." Pogue, Caleb, Kate, and Tyler's jaws dropped to the ground. "Daze, this is." she pointed one by one. "Uncle Pogue, Kate, Sarah, Caleb, Uncle Tyler... and Reid." she couldn't even look at Reid.

"Hi." Daisy waved at everyone, but when she got to Reid, she glared at him. "I'm mad at you." Reid just looked down, then everyone looked confused, staring in Reid's direction.

"Honey." Cassie started. "We'll talk about that later." then she picked up the menu.

"Does Mom know?" asked Pogue.

"Yes, she does and so does Daddy."

"Why didn't they say anything to me?"

"Because I told them not to."

Caleb was staring at Daisy intently, like he was looking in the mirror. Seconds after that, he spoke into Cassie's mind. "Is she... mine?" Cassie looked at him and nodded. "Does she know about me?"

Cassie nodded again, then looked at Daisy. "What would you like to eat?"

"Blueberry pancakes and chocolate milk."

"Good choice." Cassie smiled at her.

"So how old is she?" asked Sarah.

"She'll be five on Halloween."

"Cool." Pogue and Tyler said, at the same time.

"So are you and the father still together?" Cassie tried not to laugh, because Sarah was completely oblivous to the fact that Daisy looks exactly like Caleb.

"Um... no."

"Does he know about her?"

"Yep, he sure does." Cassie nodded, still trying to hold her laugh, just like Caleb, Tyler, Pogue, and even Reid. Cassie gave Caleb a 'help-me-out' look.

Caleb nudged Sarah lightly on her arm. "Let's order." Sarah nodded, the looked at the menu with Caleb.

During breakfast, Cassie pulled out her cell phone to pretend she was looking at, so she could Use to materialize the box of Reid's things in the passenger seat of the Hummer. She still couldn't even look at Reid, at all.

Overall, breakfast went by smoothly. When they were finished, Kate and Sarah left in Caleb's car and Tyler, Reid, and Lisa went in the Hummer. It was just Cassie, Pogue, Caleb, and Daisy at the table.

"Mommy?" Daisy said, tapping Cassie on her arm.

"Yes?"

"Isn't he." she pointed to Caleb. "My daddy?"

"Yes, and this." Cassie pointed to Pogue. "Mommy's brother."

"I remember." Daisy nodded, with a smile, then went back to eating her pancakes.

"How come you couldn't tell us sooner?" asked Pogue.

"Well, I was going to, but that whole thing with Chase happened, so I decided that it wasn't a good idea."

"You knew about that?" asked Caleb.

"Yeah, Reid told me... he kept me in the loop about all of you."

"So he knew I had a daughter?"

"Cal... don't get mad at him. I told Reid not to tell anyone."

"Why did he know?" asked Pogue.

"Because me and Reid were dating for a while." Cassie covered Daisy's ears with her hands. "But we're not anymore." both Caleb and Pogue looked at her funny. "Daisy doesn't know and she's attached to him, so telling her... would break her heart." they nodded.

A few minutes later, Caleb looked at Cassie. "Can you take her to see my mother?"

"Yeah." Cassie nodded.

They finished with their food, paid for it, and walked outside to the parking lot to leave.