Hey long time no...Who is that?

[Gareth Knight]

Gary leant back on a bench. He had a huge grin on his face and didn't attempt to hide it. For the first time in the past year he was child free and it felt great. It turned out that the random superhero Avery had taken a shine too was good with children and, as he was now proving, a great babysitter. He smirked at the admiration he had seen on his baby sisters face. It was close to that she had when she looked up a himself.

Gary scanned the crowd. It was a Saturday so there was quite a rush. He saw a face he recognised but, once he had blinked, it disappeared, she disappeared. The grin was wiped from his face as the memories flooded back. The face he had imagined belonged to a girl called Nina, the only girl who had actually loved him. He had loved her properly, she had been amazing after all, too bad he had been chicken.

Gary couldn't stop the replay in his mind. He watched her nervously spit out those words I... I'm Pregnant Gar'. He watched as his face paled as he stood and left. When he had gone beck to talk to her, her bags were packed. He sighed at the memory, he would've accepted it eventually but, well, just not when it mattered.

Gary eventually pushed the thoughts away and stood. He hated those few moments where he thought back to his old life, before his parents passed away and he was happy. He liked to live in the now, the now where he had three young girls to look after, one full time, and not a single relationship that lasted a whole weekend. Gary was so busy pushing away the memories he didn't look where he was going and, just as he 'woke up', he had to stop so he wouldn't bang into a lady with a kid. The lady looked up and he felt his face pale dramatically. He hadn't imagined her, he hadn't seen the child. "Nina?"

 

[Nina Patrokov]

With Isadora in a stroller, Nina stepped out of her home and began on their walk through the small city. The mother and daughter team spoke to one another about possibly going to Tākarokaro Park later but she had a full day booked so she told the child whose golden locks were in their naturally bouncy curls and tied back with a light pink bow just as Dory had requested. They had continued on several minutes before Nina nearly crashed into someone. First, Nina leaned over the stroller to check on her sweet little girl and when she was satisfied that there was nothing wrong, she looked back up at the man, her eyes widening when she saw his blue eyes.

"Oh god," the twenty-one year old muttered underneath her breath. Gareth Knight. Oh how she had adored him but here he was, seeing his two year old daughter for the first time and probably not even caring. It was all a big game to him. "Hello Knight," Nina Patrokov said, formally and using his last name, a thin she had never done in the whole time that they had known one another. It had been either Gareth or Gary and this change truly said something about the change that had occured in their relationship.

Five excruciatingly long seconds were spent in silent stares between the former lovers until feisty little Isadora perked up. "Who's that, mommy?" Nina looked away from Gareth, her long blonde locks covering her frown at how this first meeting was. When she had found out, Nina imagined that Gareth would be shocked, sure, but that he would love her enough to stick by her and fall in love with their baby but it was not to be and now the last thing that Nina wanted was for Gareth to hurt her child, so realizing that he could very well tell the child that he was her father, she flicked her hair over her shoulder and gave him a warning glare, so dark and so threatening that he would have to because no one wanted to cross 'mama bear'.

 

[Gareth Knight]

Gary almost recoiled at the use of his surname. Sure, most people called him Knight, hardly anyone knew his first name, but she had always known. He didn't know what to say. She was looking gorgeous and, well, so was the little girl. When the small girl spoke he looked at her properly, not seeing the glare he was given.

Gary saw pieces of Nina in her as well as himself. He couldn't tell where the blonde came from, Nina had blondes in her family as did he, but he could see exactly where her eye, nose, and jaw line came from. Gary crouched down, smiling at her. He was immediately regretting his decision to run. It wouldn't have changed anything, he had still ended up raising a child. "My name is Gary." He said to the small girl, he knew, even without looking at the mother bear glare, that he would most likely get murdered if he old the girl he was her father.

Gary could barely stutter out the words, he didn't know what to do or say now. It had been two years and he thoroughly regretted turning his back on the situation, now more than ever. "She's... Beautiful." He looked up at Nina, his eyes were shining though anyone who met him knew he would never let tears fall, not where anyone was around to see him. No one had seen him cry, not even at the joint funeral of his parents.

 

[Nina Patrokov]

As Gary introduced himself to Isadora, Nina looked down at her blonde daughter who grinned and said, "I'm Isadora." The blonde woman felt uncomfortable with her daughter being introduced to him and to try and stop a conversation between Gareth and Isadora from possibly happening, Nina Patrokov said, "We should get going." But Gary didn't seem to notice as he looked back up at her.

Nina looked at Gareth as he called their daughter beautiful, as if she didn't know that already. Well she did and she also knew that her daughter's personality was beautiful but that was something that Gary would never get to know, not if Nina had anything to do with it. "I know," she said sharply, ignoring the glaze that came across his blue eyes. She thought this was all an act so he would seem like less of a jerk for abandoning her in her time of need, the time of need that he had created with her. But Isadora would never know that because she knew it could make her daughter think that someone didn't want her which could only cause problems.

 

[Gareth Knight]

Gary nodded and stood up, away from the girl who was most likely his. "Oh, okay then." He could tell by her tone that she didn't want him there. He knew she would happily leave and never see him again but, well, he didn't know if he could deal with that. Until then he had convinced himself it wasn't real, maybe something had happened, but now, she existed. Gary had a daughter.

"Just.." Gary blurted out before he could let them walk away. "I came back to find you." He hoped it would make a small difference. It had been two years ago, he had just been a boy still, of course he had freaked. He had tried to make it better after but, he was too late.

Gary turned around, about to walk away, when he saw a face that really wasn't needed right then. His middle sister, Lilith. She had been most approving of Nina that could properly remember her. Moriah rarely cared what happened in his life and Avery was only young, she could probably barely remember her. He cringed when he saw the recognition in her face and watched her change course to them Nina? That you?

 

[Lilith Knight]

Out of Character:

Sorry for the dely

Lily walked around town, they had the day off from school and she was making the most of it. As she was looking around she saw a familiar face. There, standing next to her brother, was Nina Patrokov. Nina had been in their life for a long time until, two years ago, their relationship 'hit a roadbump' as Gary had put it, and she didn't see the older girl again. Now, here she was, with a push chair.

"Nina? That you?" Lily walked over with a smile on her face. Nina was obviously annoyed with Gary but they Lily had gotten along with her fine and really liked the girl. They had been friends and had no reason not to stop and have a chat.

"Long time no see." She smiled before properly realising the small girl in the push chair. "Awww, she's gorgeous. " She said, kneeling down like her brother had before, and waving at the girl. "Hello." Lily had always been a very forward person around girls, if only she was that way around guys as well.