Title: Long Stories, New Beginnings

Pairing: Adam/Kat

Rating: T

Summary: Kat finds a lost little girl in the park, that little girl is none other than Adrianaya Park, Adam's daughter. Two old friends are reunited, each with long stories that have drawn them back to Angel Grove. They get reacquainted, and see how time has changed each of them and in doing so, find that their own relationship may have changed as well.

Author's Note: Yes, this is a pretty unconventional paring I guess, but this plot bunny crept into my head tonight and would not leave me alone unless it got written, so here it is. This will be a multi-chaptered story, but relatively short.

Kat was walking through the park, enjoying the nice, summer breeze. She'd just moved back to Angel Grove after a stint in the Royal Ballet Company after graduating their Academy at the top of the class. As she was walking, she thought she had heard muffled crying sounds coming from the trees near the walkway. She stopped and headed towards the sound. She was surprised to find a little girl standing under a tree, clutching a stuffed frog to her chest. "Oh, are you lost sweetie?" She asked softly, kneeling down in front of the girl.

The girl looked up at her and nodded, causing her raven ringlets to bounce "I can't find daddy" she whispered. "I was chasing a froggy and I lost my daddy."

"Ooh you poor dear," she looked around, hoping one of the security guards was near by. She didn't see one and sighed, "I'll try to help you find your daddy sweetie, do you know his name?"

The child nodded "Yeah, his name is daddy!"

Kat laughed softly, "Okay, what is your name then?"

"I'm Anaya" the girl said softly, "Daddy calls me his lil' Anaya-banana."

"Well, I'm Katherine," Kat replied, standing back up. "Why don't we start looking for your daddy?" She held out her hand for Anaya to take.

Anaya took Kat's hand as they started walking up the path. "I miss my daddy." She sighed dramatically and shrugged her shoulders. "I'll NEVER find him."

Kat tried not to chuckle at the little girl's dramatics, "I'm sure we'll find him. Don't worry."

Meanwhile, Adam was running through the park, "Anaya!! Anaya!! Where are you?" He called, his mind running a mile a minute with thoughts of what could have happened to his baby girl.

Anaya was still walking with Kat when she stopped, "Daddy's calling me!" she squeaked happily. "Daddy!! Daddy!!" she yelled, seeing him just up the path. She let go of Kat's hand and ran over to him. "Daddy I found you!"

"Anaya, where did you go? I bend down for one minute and you vanished! Don't do that sweetie" he said, kneeling down, hugging her tightly.

"I was chasing a froggy. You were supposed to follow me!" She sighed dramatically, "A pretty lady found me; she was helping me find you." She looked up and pointed, "That's her… Kat-erine" she said, trying hard to pronounce her name.

Adam looked up and his eyes got wide, "Kat?" he asked, blinking quickly in disbelief. He stood up, picking up Adrianaya in his arms.

"No Daddy! Her name is Kat-erine! She's not a cat!"

Kat laughed, "Its okay Anaya, I know your daddy from a long time ago. MY nickname is Kat." She smiled, "Long time no see Adam" she chuckled, "So this is your daughter?"

Adam nodded "Yup, this is my very dramatic, 4 going on 30 year old daughter." He reached over and gave Kat a hug, "What are you doing back in Angel Grove? I thought you were a hotshot with the Royal Ballet Company."

Kat sighed, "Long story, I don't want to go into it here. What about you? Last I'd heard you had moved to L.A. to be a stuntman. I thought you were engaged to Tanya, umm…" she trailed off, unsure how to say 'your daughter looks nothing like Tanya', delicately.

It was Adam's turn to sigh, "Long story, I definitely don't want to get into it here in front of Anaya."

"Why not daddy? I'm a big girl," Anaya said with a pout.

"I know you are, but some things are just not meant for your ears kiddo." Adam replied, kissing her forehead.

Anaya sighed, a long suffering sigh, "Daddy, I'm tired" she said, yawning and putting her head down on Adam's shoulder.

"I should get her home, do you want to go out and get some dinner later? We can trade long stories" Adam said with a laugh, "My treat."

Kat nodded, "I'd love to." She reached into her purse and pulled out a mini-note pad and pen, as she was scribbling she said, "This is my address and phone number, pick me up say around 6:30?" She handed Adam the slip of paper.

Adam smiled, "6:30 it is, see you then Kat." He looked down and noticed Anaya was already asleep. "Thanks for finding her for me" he said softly.

"My pleasure Adam, see you tonight" she replied, smiling back at him before turning around, heading back to her place, to get ready for her date, it's not a date, just a dinner between friends, it's Adam for goodness sakes, she told herself, shaking her head. "Besides," she said aloud. "He's got a kid; he's probably married and happy." She shook her head again as she left the park.