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"Hang on, kid-- your Aunt's texting me. Think you can handle feeding yourself for a minute?" Whitney joked, knowing full well that Charley was capable of handing her little food pouch thing. She pulled out her phone and responded to Kassie's text. Yeah, we are. Please prepare me for what kind of environment I'm gonna be walking into-- are your parents gonna treat me like Jack? A sigh left Whitney's lips, and she turned her attention back to Charley. "Well, at least all your Uncles love you."

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Alex shook his head. "Me? No. You know I normally come up with shit like that on the fly." He looked back down at his phone, mentally breathing a sigh of relief at the sight of Kassie's text. Okay babe. I love you. Alex put his phone away, sighing to himself. "Maybe some sort of custom poster or shirt? Something that only they can get."

Oh god no, they love you Whit. You know that. Besides, so long as Rian is happy, they are happy. Nothing to worry about. Kassie replied to Whitney quickly, opening the text from Alex next. She smiled slightly, but the overwhelming nausea overcame her got the second time today, forcing her to leave her phone on her bed and rush into the bathroom.

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"We've actually got a custom poster for each show. Limited, only 50 being made per night." Flyzik explained, simultaneously shutting down Alex's idea.

"Well... I have to talk to Whit first but maybe we could introduce Charley to the fans. " Rian threw his thoughts on the table. "Alex youve been glued to you phone since Kassie left. Who in the world are you texting?"

Thank god. I was prepared to use my child as a human shield. Whitney finished up feeding Charley her lunch, quickly wiping up the little bit that had gotten on her face before throwing out her trash and heading back to the living room, just as Rian was questioning Alex about his phone, as well as bringing their daughter out on stage. "I'm all for it, I mean as long as you guys are cool with it. She's a little attention hog, though, so she might steal the spotlight." Whitney laughed.

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Alex shook his head. Damn, he should have been paying more attention. "My mom," he lied, shrugging. "You know she still gets super clinging right before we go on tour, even though I'm a grown ass adult." He shut his phone off before putting his phone in his pocket, listening to what Whitney said. "No worries, we'll get her a little pair of those noise cancelling headphones and her own little crew t-shirt and everything."

Looking over at Whitney, Rian smiled. They still needed to introduce her to the rest of the family, but that should be done by the time they go on tour. He didn't see any reason why they couldn't do it. "It Whit's okay with it, I'm cool with it. We do have two dates though. So do we bring her out for both?" He questioned

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After she finished in the bathroom, Kassie groaned to herself, holding her stomach. Most times it went away by mid-afternoon but for some reason the nausea was just sticking with her all day today. And she didn't even get her damn waffles to make it worth while. She grabbed her phone, sending put a reply to Whitney as she laid down. lol, dont you dare. Btw nausea hit again, im gonna take a nap. Wake me when you get here?

Whitney moved Charley so she was resting comfortably on her hip, and she could easily text Kassie back. Will do, kiddo. Lol you sound just like me when I was pregnant, you sure you're not? :P She put her phone back in her butt pocket before sitting down on the couch again. "Try it for the first date, see how she does. If she freaks out, then no to the second date. But if she loves it, then yeah." Whitney suggested.

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Alex nodded his head to Whitney's suggestion. "Sounds like a plan to me. People love babies. And she's better looking than all of us, so she'll definitely go over good." He joked, taking the baby from Whitney so he could finally hold her. The last time he'd held a baby was right before he and Lisa broke up, when her niece was born.

Reading the text, Kassie's eyes widened. What day is it... She thought to herself as she racked her brain, hoping desperately to find the answers she wanted. She had her last period mid-april. It was now mid-june. "Oh my god." She whispered to herself. This couldn't be happening - She could NOT be pregnant. Slowly, she typed out a single worded response, sending it off to her best friend. No..

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"In regards to this matter I'm gonna agree with anything Whit says so, that's how we'll work it out." Roam nodded. He didn't want to make the wrong call, and he didn't want it to negatively affect Charley, so whatever Whitney said was his safest option.

"Alright well... it looks like everything is settled. Remember what I said about Kassie. I'll see you guys on the 28th." Flyzik grinned, spending a few minutes saying goodbye to Charley before heading out the door. "Whitney, before I forget. What size is she on, so I can get the crew shirt made." He questioned, stopping himself in the doorway.

Whitney smiled, snapping a few pictures of Charley with her Uncle Matt before answering his question. "Go with eighteen months, her twelve month clothes are starting to get a bit snug." She spoke, telling Matt goodbye before looking down at her phone. Jesus Christ, did you learn anything from me at all? Take a damn test. I'll buy you one tomorrow if I have to.

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Alex let Matt hold the baby and say goodbye for a second before gratefully taking her back. "She's gonna be the hardest worker we got, ain't that right Charley?" He asked, gently tickling her sides and grinning when she laughed. "Last time I tried to tickle your momma like that, she punched me in the face."

"Will do. And Whit?" Flyzik paused, smiling at her "Its good to have you back. " he made his final goodbyes, closing the door behind him.

" Alex I hate to do this but we should probably head to my parents. " Rian forced a smile, knowing that all the guys would want to play with Charley some more. "I promise you'll see plenty of her before we leave. "

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Kassie ran her fingers through her hair for the millionth time as she paced around her old room. She didn't understand how this could happen, they were always so careful. If she was then they'd have to come clean about their relationship which would make things so much worse for Rian, with everything he was already dealing with.... She felt sick to her stomach just at the thought. of course I learned from you. I got the arm implant, It should've still worked for another year.... I've got a Dr appt tomorrow cause I was feeling sick, I can have them test for it

Whitney smiled softly before grabbing the baby back from Alex. Matt's words meant more to her right then than he probably realized. "I didn't punch you, by the way. You were too drunk to remember. I kicked you, really hard, in the shin, because you know I hate being tickled." She gave both him and Zack goodbye hugs, standing to the side while Rian said his goodbyes to them as well as Jack. You better, you ding dong. Cause I really don't feel like cleaning up Alex's blood if your brother finds out.

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Alex nodded his head, giving Charley a kiss goodbye before saying farewell to Rian. He watched them head out the door before turning his attention back to Jack. "You know, I'm still really pissed off at you for earlier." The vocalist wanted his best friend to know that he hadn't forgotten his actions.

"The fuck did I do?" Jack questioned, raising his shoulders in confusion. "It's not my fault everyone else forgot what she did to Rian." He steamed plopping back down on his best friends couch. "What about you and your secret relationship with Rian's sister."

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Rian watched as Whitney put Charley into the car, waiting for her to get in before he started the ignition. "Is Kass at my parents place?" He questioned. Obviously the two talked frequently if Kassie had met Charley enough for her to be recognisable, so he figured that if Kassie would answer anyone's messages, it would be Whitney.

Whitney nodded her head once she had secured Charley in her carseat. "Yeah, she went there right after the whole thing. She's okay, I'm supposed to go wake her up when we get there." She climbed into the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt before putting her purse by her feet. The purple haired beauty reached over the center console and took Rian's free hand, sighing contently.

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"First of all, no one has forgotten. Do you think I'm ever gonna forget walking into his house the first time after she left? A little part of me is always gonna be mad but you can't live your life like that-- especially since Rian's still obviously head over heels in love with her, and they have a kid. Charley deserves better than to grow up listening to her Uncle constantly make snippy comments and call her mom a cunt-- nice going with that, by the way." Alex spoke, shaking his head when Alex brought up Kassie. "What about us?"

"Yea well, you're not the one who found him. I am. And I will never forgive her for that. Stupid bitch didn't even have the decency to leave him during the day, she ran away in the middle of the night." Jack glared to the tv, not wanting to meet his friends eyes. "And you know what. Rian is going to flip."

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Rian nodded, grabbing hold of Whitney's hand as he put the car in reverse, backing out of Alex's driveway, before turning down the street and heading towards his parents home. Luckily for him, they didn't live too far away.

Alex nodded his head. He remembered getting that text from Jack, in the middle of the night. He had just started to fall asleep when his phone rang off the hook, telling him to drop whatever he was doing and get to Rian's house as fast as possible. The vocalist sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Just watch the insults in front of the baby, okay? We don't need one of the next words she learns to be, like, fuck or cunt or something. Alex shook his head, knowing that Jack was right. "Believe me. I know. I just... I love her, man."

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Whitney waited for Rian to stop the car before hopping out. She stood back while Rian got the baby out of the car seat. "Do you think Kass told them we were coming over?" Whitney asked curiously, grabbing both her purse and her diaper bag and slinging them over her shoulder. Even though Kass told her that she had nothing to worry about her parents, Jack's hostile reaction made her nervous.

bc I am terrible

"Love her? How fucking long have you been with her?" Jack questioned, surprise evident in his voice. While he had figured out that the two were toghter, he did not think they had been together for so long.

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"I wouldn't put it past her. If she came here upset, which we both know she did, mom would've gotten it out of her one way of another." Rian nodded as he unbuckled Charley, not wanting to take the whole seat inside, and lifted her out of the car, holding her right against his side as he closed the door and locked the car. "My parents love you Whit, besides - even if they were upset with you it'll all go away when they meet Charley." Rian stated, knowing where her head was.

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Kassie chewed on her bottom lip, still pacing around the room and muttering numbers to herself, trying to figure out some way for her to have miscalculated her last cycle. No matter how many ways she put it, she was 3 weeks late.

"Just about three years..." Alex spoke, glancing over at his best friend. "And yeah, I love her. She's the love of my life, dude... I want to marry her one day." He ran a hand through his hair, fully realizing how complicated that the situation was.

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Whitney nodded, blushing slightly. Rian knew her like the back of his hand, she should have known that he could guess what she was thinking. "I hope so," she smiled softly. She closed the distance between the two of them, pressing a soft kiss to Charley's cheeks before giving Rian a kiss as well. "Let's do this." Whitney held Rian's free hand, walking up the driveway with them. She took a deep breath, glancing at her daughter before knocking on the door. Whitney didn't even have time for nervous thoughts, because the door was ripped open and she was immediately pulled into a hug by Rian's mother.

"Oh, my god, if it isn't Whitney Eileen Jackson!" She kissed Whitney's temple, hugging her tight once more before letting her go and giving her son the same treatment. "And who's this little pumpkin?" Rian's mom asked, grinning ear to ear. Whitney smiled with motherly pride. "That right there is your granddaughter. Her name's Charlotte, but we call her Charley. She just turned fifteen months yesterday."

Jack stopped picking at his jeans as he looked up at his best friend in shock. Sure he had realized something had been going on between the two in the last three months, but three years? That was new. "You.... three years? You two have hid this from all of us for three years??"

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Rian chuckled as his mother gushed over Charley, ushering the two into the house. "I told you that you didn't have a thing to worry about" he muttered, taking a moment with Whitney before they entered the house. "Why don't you head up and get Kass." He nodded, heading in to greet his father.

Alex nodded his head, biting his lip at the look on Jack's face. "Yeah... three years. It hasn't been easy but it's absolutely worth it." He spoke sighing softly. "I know what you're thinking. We're gonna have to tell Rian eventually. I just... not right now. There's already too much going on with him. But like I said, I want to marry her." There was a certain confidence in Alex's voice to say he wasn't screwing around.

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Relief flooded Whitney's system as she walked into the house. She gave Rian's dad a wave before heading upstairs and knocking on Kass' old bedroom door. "Hey, sweetness, it's me." She nudged the door open and headed into the room before closing the door. Whitney sat down on the edge of Kassie's bed before looking up at her expectantly. "So, dude... really? You two have been fucking around for like god knows how long and he doesn't know to wrap it?"

Kassie sighed, giving Whitney a look as she flopped down next to her. "Don't give me that. Of course he does - and I've got the arm implant. This never should have been able to happen !" Kassie groaned, throwing her head into her hands. "Whitney, what in the world am I gonna do. If I am pregnant... fuck... I wouldn't be able to hide that from Rian and god knows the last thing he needs is for one more secret to come to light... "

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Jack sighed, trying his best not to let Alex see how betrayed he felt. "Look, if that's really how you feel about her then you need to come out to Rian. And I mean BEFORE the tour, You be gotta explain it to him because you're never gonna be able to marry her if you don't tell anyone about your relationship."

Whitney bit her bottom lip, trying to come up with a plan. "Well, telling your brother about pregnancies has never been my strong point." She spoke, running a hand through her hair. "Okay, let's just not worry about it right now. You could be freaking out for no reason. Bodies are weird. Let's wait until your doctor's appointment tomorrow, and we know if you are or if you aren't, before we do anything." She sighed. "You're gonna have to talk to him about Alex eventually, by the way. And sooner rather than later. Not right now, obviously-- but in the near future."

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Alex looked over at Jack again-- he could tell just from the tone in his sigh how he felt. He knew that his best friend was right, though. If he ever wanted to move further in his relationship with Kassie, he had to tell Rian the truth. He had to hope against hope that Rian wouldn't get too pissed off at him-- he was still one of his best friend. "I know... I'm trying to figure out how to tell him-- and stop looking at me like that. Only Whitney knew before... and that's cause she walked in on us." Alex spoke, head in his hands in embarrassment.