This fic is not the property of Without a Trace but I do own the characters: Katie, Jim, Alanna, Sara, and other characters that I made up for the story. Hope that you will enjoy this story :).
Summary: Can a little girl will change the lives of two agents? And if the answer is yes, there is going to be some trouble from the past along the way.
Chapter One
Martin was sleeping on his bed with the covers over his head. Martin had a life changing week. Martin became a father to a little girl named Sara. Martin adopted her a couple days ago in New York City. He remembered the day he adopted Sara. It was not too long ago well it was three days ago. Martin was at the social worker's office waiting to see Sara as his daughter. While he waited for the social worker and Sara to come, Martin was a nervous wreck. He was sitting on a bench chair near his social worker's office. He was sweating through his favorite suit which was a navy blue pinstripes. Well it was not the suit. It was through a white dress shirt. While he was sitting there, he was thinking that he made a mistake.
He never had kids on his own before. He hadn't watch some kids in a long time so he don't know what to do with her when she had to do something. Also, what if Sara is afraid of him and kept calling him Martin instead of daddy. It probably be okay because Sara didn't have a daddy in almost two years or a mommy in her whole four years. But it is lasted for a couple of months, he had to do something about it. Right now, Martin felt the sweat in his hands. "Shit." thought Martin when he saw it. The social worker, Mrs. Moyers came to see Martin. Mrs. Moyers walked to Martin and sat next to him. "Mr. Fitzgerald. Do you want to see your daughter now?" said Mrs. Moyers. At first, Martin is about to say no and went off to leave and never see Sara again but he changed his mind because he spends almost four months doing this to adopt Sara and ain't going to waste it. Martin looked at Mrs. Moyers straight in the eyes and said to her "yes. I like to see Sara now." Mrs. Moyers smiled at him and stand up to walk back to her office to get Sara. Martin walked behind Mrs. Moyers to her office to see the child who is going to change his life.
When Martin got in Mrs. Moyers's office, Martin stood by the door. Mrs. Moyers went to Sara who was sitting on a chair in front of Mrs. Moyers holding a teddy bear. Sara was nodded yes to everything that Mrs. Moyers is saying. When Mrs. Moyers told Sara something, Sara turned to Martin while Mrs. Moyers pointed at him explaining to Sara that Martin is going to be her father and he is going to love her for a long time. Sara smiled at Martin. Martin smiled at her too. Sara was so adorable with her light brown hair, big dark brown eyes and the sweetest smile that everybody from her foster parents to the social workers to even Martin ever seen. She was wearing at the time a little red dress with a peter pan collar and a knee length skirt. She was wearing little red patent leather mary janes on her feet to match and her hair was shiny and was clipped by barrettes on the side of her head. Sara looked just like that when Martin first saw her at her foster parents's home when people came over to adopt kids over the weekend a couple months ago. Martin can't not believe that the adorable little girl is going to be his daughter.
Mrs. Moyers got up and carried Sara out of her seat. When Sara got out, Mrs. Moyers carried Sara's little hand to walked toward Martin. When they got to Martin, there was almost tears in Martin's eyes. Mrs. Moyers saw Martin crying and walked to her desk to get a tissue. She gave Martin the tissue and while Martin was wiping the tears with the tissue, Mrs. Moyers said to him "Martin. It is okay. Normally, parents cried when they first saw their child." Martin finished crying and threw the tissue into the wastebasket next to the door. Martin turned to Mrs. Moyers and said to her "Thank you, Keri." "You welcome." said Keri. Martin saw Sara staring at him. Sara was amazed of that. Martin knew that Sara was amazed by her clear brown eyes. "Guess that she never seen a grown man cried before." thought Martin.
Keri was still carrying Sara's hand when she walked her toward Martin. Keri got down to Sara's level and said to her "Sara. Walk over to your daddy. Okay." Sara did that Keri was saying and walked over to Martin. Martin also got down to Sara's level and spread his arms toward Sara. Sara got to Martin's arms and Martin hugs her. Martin carried Sara up to him and said to her " Sara. I am going to the best Dad you ever had." Sara responded back by kissing Martin on the cheek and Martin did the same thing instead to the cheek but on Sara's head. While Martin was doing that, he looked over Sara's head and saw Keri crying. Keri saw Martin looking at her and said to him "I am so sorry. This is the best thing that happened to a father and a daughter I had seen in a long time." Martin is about to cry again but he didn't. Instead, Martin said to Keri "that is okay." Martin turned to Sara and said to her " come on, sweetie. We are going home now." "Awww!" said Keri in the background. Martin smiled at her and opened the door to leave. When they went through the door, Keri said to them "have a good life together." "You too." yelled Martin. The door was closed behind them. Martin finally put Sara down and hold her hand to walked to his car to go home.
Now almost two days later, Martin felt something on his comforter. It felt like a little hand. Martin knew the only person in his apartment who have little hands. "Sara. Is that you?" asked Martin. "Yes, Martin." said Sara in her normal sweet little voice. Martin pull his comforter down and saw Sara standing over his bed. She was holding the teddy bear that Martin gave her a month ago. "Sara. You can still call me daddy." said Martin. " I know. I can't sleep." said Sara. "Do you have a bad dream?" asked Martin again. Sara nodded yes at Martin. " Do you want to sleep with me for the rest of the night?" asked Martin for the third time. Sara didn't say anything but she went toward the bed. Martin moved over to make some room for Sara to sleep in. Sara got in and Martin put some comforter on her little body. Martin carefully smoothed Sara's hair and sang her some lullabies until she fell asleep. When Sara finally fell asleep, Martin was thinking that this child is going to change his life.