Lost and Found {for Lilangel_2012}

[CleverFox]

Twenty seven year old Noah Quinn was making his way to the lawyer’s office, where a woman who was acquainted with his high school crush was apparently waiting for him with… his daughter. The news that he was the father of a ten year old girl had came as more than a shock to the man and he was still reeling from the news even more than forty-eight hours later. He hadn’t even known that Elana was pregnant, she’d never told him anything about it, not even so much as a hint to this fact. Her family had moved right after the two of them went to the prom and he’d never heard from her again. Noah had occasionally thought about the first girl that he could honestly say that he’d loved but the memories that he held were bittersweet at best. But all of that was beside the point now, he thought to himself as he drove toward the building where he would meet his daughter for the first time.

To say that he was nervous would be an understatement but Noah had never backed down from any kind of challenge nor shirked responsibility in his life and he had no intentions of starting now. If the child truly was his then he would do the right thing and provide for her. The young doctor reached up and ran a hand through his brown hair, which was naturally highlighted with blond. He was of average build, height and weight wise, and his eyes were the most striking thing about the man. Mismatched his right eye was blue while his left eye was a vivid, emerald green. It was some kind of genetic anomaly but he honestly didn’t pay much attention to such things.

With his thoughts focused squarely on Elana and the last time that he had seen her Noah arrived at the lawyer’s office in a bit of a daze, unsure of how exactly he’d gotten there. Telling himself to snap out of it and forcing his focus back to the here and now he parked his car and then headed into the building. He made his way to the fourth floor, walking up to the receptionist and telling her both who he was and why he was there. Offering him a smile she ushered him into one of the offices, where he would meet his daughter for the first time.

[Lil_Angel]

Summer was sitting in a chair across from the lawyer with her arms crossed, she had long brown hair with dark purple extensions through it and sparkling green eyes, she hadn't known that her father was even alive until two days earlier when her mother died after being in hospital for weeks, the news had hit her hard and she had responded the only way she knew how by pretending like it didn't bother her "I don't see why I can't stay with you" Summer said annoyed as she looked at her mother's friend who had been looking after Summer while her mother was in the hospital
"Don't you want to meet your father?" Anna asked gently
"No! he didn't give a damn about me for ten years, he's only coming now because he has to!" Summer yelled
"He didn't know about you, it's complicated, Summer" Anna said sighing, Summer had always had a temper but it had gotten worse over the past few years, Summer rolled her eyes and turned away from Anna as she took out her phone and began texting her friends as she tried to ignore the tears that were filling her eyes

[CleverFox]

Opening the door of the lawyer's office Noah stepped inside, his gaze going immediately to the obviously disgruntled little girl who was sitting beside a woman who seemed vaguely familiar to Noah. The doctor found himself wondering if he'd met her before at some point but allowed this thought to disappear almost as soon as it appeared as he gazed at his daughter. Even thinking that still seemed weird to him and Noah wasn't exactly sure how he was going to go about this entire arrangement. He'd never really had that much experience with children and now he suddenly found himself responsible for a ten year old. He noted that she looked very much like her mother although her green eyes matched at least one of his.
"Hello," he said in a quiet voice as he moved closer to the girl. He had no idea how she was going to react to him given that he was just now appearing in her life but he offered her a smile none the less.

[Lil_Angel]

Summer looked around as her father entered the office, she had been imagining this moment for so many years but now that it was here, she had no idea what to do, she always wanted to know what he looked like and what he was like but now that he was here she couldn't bring herself to anything but glare at him, all the hurt over the past ten years just seemed to fuel her stubborness
"Hi, i'm Anna" Anna said extending her hand when she noticed the awkward silence

[CleverFox]

"Noah," he said as he accepted the hand that she was offering to him and shaking it firmly. "I take it that you're Elana's friend?" He couldn't bring himself to say 'were' regardless of the fact that he knew that she was gone. Despite that he hadn't seen her in years that knowledge still caused him a stab of pain. Losing her when she'd moved had been hard enough but at least he could take solace in the thought that she was happy. Now he didn't even have that much. But what he did have was a daughter, the link that would forever tie he and Elana together.

[Lil_Angel]

"Duh" Summer said as she rolled her eyes, why did people always ask stupid questions?
"Summer" Anna scolded before she turned to Noah and smiled "Yeah, i've been looking after Summer while Elana was in the hospital" Anna explained as she heard Summer groan "Something you want to say?" Anna asked turning to Summer
"Yeah, can we get this over with?" Summer snapped as she crossed her arms again and leaned back into her chair

[CleverFox]

Noah listened to the girl's snappish words and, while he definitely felt sympathetic toward her since she had recently lost her mother and was about to be thrust into a situation that was completely foreign to her, it still irked him that she was being so blatantly disrespectful. "The sarcastic commentary is completely unnecessary," he informed the girl something of a stern tone, granted he didn't quite have it mastered since he'd never before had cause to use such a tone. "And we'll get to the formalities in a minute, patience is a virtue after all." Once again Noah had no idea how she was going to react to being scolded by the father that she'd just met but he wasn't one to deal with disrespect. While he maintained that respect was something that one had to earn it was best to keep a neutral stance if you didn't respect the person. Being rude was something that he wasn't going to tolerate.

[Lil_Angel]

Summer stood up and glared at him "Do you think I give a damn what you think?" Summer asked angry that a man who had known her for a few minutes was trying to tell her off "You don't even know me" Summer snapped as Anna took her hand and held it comfortingly
"Calm down, sweetie, there's no need to get angry" Anna said gently
"Get off me!" Summer shouted as she pulled her hand away from Anna, she then stormed past her father and yanked open the door before she stormed out of the lawyers office

[CleverFox]

"This is already off to a wonderful start," Noah said, reaching up and running a hand through his hair as he listened to the girl shout before she actually stormed out of the office. Giving both Anna and the lawyer a look that said he'd take care of it Noah was quick to give chase. And seeing as he had longer legs and a much longer stride it didn't take him very long to catch up to the young girl. Reaching out he grasped her by the upper arm, firmly but not so much that it would cause her any measure of pain. "Now you listen here young lady," he said in the same stern tone of voice that he had used before. "I realize that you're upset and that this is difficult for you but I'm not the enemy here and I will not stand for you acting in such a manner. It is completely unacceptable." Noah hadn't wanted to start their relationship off this way but it seemed as though it was an inevitability. "Why are you so angry with me anyway? We just met and as far as I know I haven't done anything to you."

[Lil_Angel]

Summer was storming down the corridor when she felt someone grab her arm, she knew it wasn't Anna because she only ever grabbed her hand, she looked round and glared at her father as he started scolding her, she rolled her eyes and leaned against the wall as he talked, who the hell did he think he was? just because it said he was her father on her birth certficate it didn't mean she had to listen to a man who just decided to pop into her life after ten years "Why am I so angry? are you really that stupid or just ignorant?" Summer asked as she tried to pull her arm out of her father's grasp