Ours (Book 3 of "The Story of Us" Series) [Completed]

Chapter 8 - Perfect Day

[May 16, 2011]

Harley walked into The Melting Pot in Nashville that day after lunch. She hadn't had lunch since she and Nick had gone to the doctor around lunch time and had a late breakfast. The doctor had said that everything was perfect with the baby. Harley had gained a few more pounds, the baby seemed to be developing normally and Harley's blood pressure was fine. She hadn't had a migraine in so long that she couldn't remember the last time she had one.

To her, everything was going perfectly, except where her father was concerned.

She looked over, seeing Daisy wave from a corner table and smiled, walking towards her. The only drama in her life was with her father and him finding out that he had another daughter. She hadn't seen him since the afternoon before so she had no idea how the conversation with Daisy or Nadine had went.

"Hey," Harley smiled as Daisy stood up, walking over to hug Harley. Harley was taken back at first, but hugged her back. "I like your highlights," she said, noticing Daisy had gotten highlights since the last time she had seen her before heading to Germany.

"My friend is going to cosmetology school and she practiced on me," Daisy smiled as they both sat down at the table. "Thanks for inviting me to lunch. I've never been here before."

"Did you talk to my Dad last night?" Harley asked as Daisy sighed and nodded, looking over as a waitress brought them a menu. "I never talked to him again last night so how did it go?"

"We went and had a blood test this morning," Daisy said as Harley nodded, looking at the menu. "You know, just to be sure. It was my idea," she said as Harley looked up at her. "I mean, I don't want to cause any unnecessary drama if there's no need, but Mom says that he's the only one it could be."

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure he is, too," Harley sighed. "So, did you guys talk?"

"He said he asked my Mom once and she denied it," Daisy said, leaning back in her seat. "That kind of makes me mad but she explained to me why and I guess I understand. He said if he had known about me being his daughter, he would have been there for me. I just, I hate that I was conceived by your Dad cheating on your Mom."

"That's not your fault," Harley sighed. "I mean, I think stuff that I've been through the past few months, if that stuff hadn't had happened, I probably would have been upset by it. But it's not your fault. I mean, you're my half sister, because I know what the blood test is going to say, that you are. I kind of want to get to know you better."

"I'd like that, too," Daisy smiled. "I mean, you're having a baby. I get to be an Aunt, right?" she asked as Harley nodded. "See, I never thought I would get to be an Aunt or anything. I love kids, so that's going to be awesome."

"Actually, you kind of already are," Harley chuckled. "Mark, my brother, has a couple of kids, but to be honest, I barely know them. We hardly ever see one another. I would like Sadie to have an Aunt."

"Sadie?"

"Yeah, Nick and I decided on a name," Harley said. "Sadie Elizabeth. She's named after our Moms and my Grandmothers. My Mom's maiden name was Sadler and Our grandmother, my Dad's Mom, her name is Elizabeth and so is Nick's mom's middle name."

"That's such a cute name," Daisy smiled as Harley reached for her purse. She pulled out the picture of her Grandmother from when she was younger and handed it to Daisy. "Who's this?"

"My Dad's Mom," Harley said, watching Daisy stare at the photo. "The one that I told you about, that we resemble. I think you look more like her than I do. I have a few of my Mom's features."

"Wow, I see it," Daisy whispered, looking up at Harley. Harley noticed that Daisy's eyes were watering up, as if she was about to cry. "I just, you know, I always wondered who I looked like because I don't really look like my Mom that much except that I'm slender." She went to give the picture back to Harley and Harley shook her head.

"You can have it," Harley smiled. "I have another copy. I brought that one for you," she said, hearing her phone make a noise, telling her she had a text message. She took her phone out of her purse, seeing that she had a text from Nick.

After u r done with lunch with daisy, go shopping and see if she can bring u to the renaissance hotel near ryman about 6. Ask front desk for me. See u then xoxo