Chapter 1: Surprise

"Hey Baby" Dan said as he scooped up his three year old.

"Hi Daddy" Sapphire screamed.

Three year old Sapphire Robinson was seeing her father for the first since both her parents started college. Yes, her parents were in college, but no her parents weren't old. Her parents were both twenty years old, the perfect age for college. Her mom went to the college of Tennessee and her dad went to NYU. She lived in an apartment in Nashville with her mom and saw her dad every once in a while usually on breaks.

Both sapphire and her mom were now sitting in failtes, a coffee house in their home town over summer break. Dan had just arrived and couldn't wait to see his girlfriend of five years.

"Hey where is your mom, I got a surprise for her," Dan asked as he put sapphire back in her chair and sat down next to her.

"She went to get another iced chai and a banana smoothie."

"Okay, so how are you what have you been doing lately? How Tennessee is it hot down there or is it colder than here," Dan rambled on like he was talking to Abby

"Dan! When did you get here? Ahhhhhhhhh!" She screamed as she hugged her boyfriend and father of her daughter. "Why didn't you come and get me? I can't believe you're finally here. This is going to be the best summer ever. I can't wait to see the rest of the gang and go to the beach. You do know were going to the beach on Wednesday, don't you" Abby rambled on; she usually did that when she got excited about something.

"Abby sweetheart hi, Calm down one question at a time. Sheesh! When do you get the chance to breathe when you talk so much?"

Abby started cracking up "Sorry Dan"

"Okay, yes I did know about the beach. I got here about thirty minutes ago. I didn't come and get you because I was talking to our daughter and why is this going to be the best summer?" Dan answered all her question.

"Because." she said as they walked out the door with their coffee. Dan was holding sapphire and Abby was holding the coffee. "This summer we have all kinds of things to do with our friends. Two weddings….."

"Two weddings? What? Whose? When? Come on Abby I know you know spill" Dan begged.

"Ummmm…. Well I thought you knew that Evan and Megan were engaged, but since you don't I guess you should call Evan, because he wants you to be the best man and the wedding is in one month. The other wedding is new because my sister just announced that her wedding is in July. So, you can't blame me for that one or the other one for that matter." Abby said giving Dan a sly smile.

"Okay, i won't blame you, but why don't i know about Evan and Megan getting married'

"I don't know maybe they thought i would tell you, but i must have forgotten to mention it the last time we talked. Sorry"

"I don't blame you, abby, like i said i was just wondering. That was it, really. now lets go down to the park and take a nice long stroll through the woods. how does that sound sapphire?"

" It sounds great daddy," and the three of them picked up their coffees and marched out the door and down the street to the hopewell park.