Chapter Seven: Martin's Surprise to Sara

After spending some time being on the swings with his daughter, Martin knew that was time to go home for the day. To see what time it is, Martin checked his watch on his wrist to do that and in return, the clock told him that the time was only five minutes after four-thirty. Knowing that he and Sara had to go home now and he had to tell the happy girl on his lap that, Martin kissed the top of Sara's head and said to her, "Sara, we had to go home now!"

Seconds after hearing that, Sara Fitzgerald turned to her father and while giving him those brown puppy eyes that she mastered very well, she begged him by saying, "No, Daddy! Can we stay a little longer?" Martin saw those puppy eyes that Sara became a master at by literally giving him those every single day and took a minute to think about it until he looked at his daughter's eyes and told her that the answer was no.

Disappointed from what she heard, Sara still had the puppy eyes again on her face and while staring at him with her brown eyes, she begged him harder by asking Martin, "Why, Daddy? Why?" Martin saw those big brown eyes again and to tell her the truth why they had to leave the playground, Martin looked into the brown irises for the third time in three minutes and said to her, "I know that you love the playground, Sweetie and I do too and it's only summer but we had to go because I had to cook us some dinner and I got a present for you at home that I want to give you right away."

Sara's brown eyes went big and had little gold flecks in them when she heard the word, 'present' and asked her father with those eyes and a big smile on her face, "Daddy, you got me a present! What's it? Is a pony?"

Martin laughed when Sara asked him if he gave her a pony and knowing that she will be sad because a pony isn't the present that he's giving but not for any longer, Martin put his arms around Sara and while Sara was staring at him and asking him, "Daddy, what's it, then? Is a kitty?" From hearing that, all that Martin could say to her is: "We'll see, Sara. We'll see." After getting that from her Daddy, Sara looked at him again and asked him if they can get some ice cream at the store because she ate the last one yesterday and she's hungry for ice cream again.

In return, Martin hugged his daughter one more time and kissed her on the forehead once more and said to her again, "We'll see, Sara. We'll see." In return, Sara gave him a weird face and asked him, "Daddy, is that your favorite saying right now because you kept saying that a lot!" Also, in return, Martin told her that he thinks so.

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After hearing Sara saying her byes to Emily and her mother, her other friend at the playground, Jane Nichols and her family, the swing set, and to one boy at the playground who she said to him, "Bye, Ass! See you soon!" who Martin thinks that the boy's name is Liam while staring at Liam or Ass which Sara calls him by and in return, Liam stared at him and the little girl who just called him an ass and gave Martin a 'you better stop what your daughter's calling me' face. In return, Martin gave him a hard 'we'll see' look on his face and after Liam saw that face and ran away from them, Sara tugged his hand and said to him, "Come on, Daddy! Let go!" Right away, without thinking, Martin lifted his daughter up into his arms and while carrying a giggling and smiling little girl in his arms who is giving some kisses on the cheeks, Martin Fitzgerald walked to the corner store to get a box of popsicles and a carton of ice cream and then, home.

When they got home, they made some pizza together and while the pizza was turning a nice golden brown color inside the oven, Martin and Sara played a couple of games of Connect Four and Sara was kicking Martin's butt! "Yay! I won! In your face, Daddy!" said Sara who just won her fifth game in a row and was doing the world's most weirdest victory dance that Martin ever saw in his whole life and while seeing that dance that his daughter was doing right now, Martin Fitzgerald knew that he had to bring his daughter down and was thinking of a plan to do that until Sara yelled to him, "Daddy, yummy pizza is done! Yummy pizza is done!" After hearing that and watching his daughter running to the kitchen to see the results of the pizza, Martin said to himself, "Well, I had to think about that later, then." And then, aloud, "And Sara Fitzgerald, step away from the stove!" referring to the little child whose hand was on the handle.

After having pizza and the ice cream together and while cleaning the dishes and glasses, Sara asked her father if they can watch a movie together. While putting a glass in the dishwasher, Martin smiled at her and told her sure and she can pick any movie she wants while he's trying to finish up the dishes. Sara gave him another yay and ran back to the living room to pick out any movie she wants. After seeing her running off, Martin smiled at that moment and went back to his dishwashing and when he was done, Martin went back to the living room and expecting a Disney movie DVD in Sara's hands, instead of that, he saw a movie full of courage and action and Mel Gibson and rated 'R'. Sara wanted a little Braveheart. Martin got a little someone who wants to come into his bedroom and tries to sleep with him tonight after having nightmares.

Eventually, the both of them tried to watch the movie but Sara got bored by it and almost fell asleep in the middle of the movie. After seeing her doing that, Martin knew that it was time to go to bed but was starting to think if can't he give Sara her present tonight or tomorrow when Sara will be wide awake. "Probably tonight." thought by Martin when he watched Sara's eyes being wide open and asked him, "Daddy, are you giving me the present you told me about at the playground tonight?"

In return, Martin kissed his daughter on the forehead and said to her with a grin on his face, "Tonight." and gave her another kiss on the forehead when he said to her, "After I put you into bed, okay with that?" In return, Sara nodded to her Daddy again and after seeing that, Martin kissed her again and lifted her up and brought her into Sara's bedroom to get herself ready for bed.

After putting her into her pajamas, onto her bed, put himself onto the bed, put the blanket over them and read her a bedtime story, Sara placed her head under her father's chin who was pretty worn-out himself and noticing that he got no present, Sara looked up to him with her brown eyes and asked him, "Daddy?"

Placing his chin under Sara's head, Martin asked his daughter, "Yeah, Baby. What's it?" In return, Sara looked into her father's blue eyes and asked him with a slight smile, "Daddy, what about my present from you? What's it? And why it's not here?"

Hearing that Sara was asking him about the present he told her about at the playground and wanting to know about it right away, Martin decided to tell her about it before she falls asleep and by doing that, Martin looked down at her and said to him with a grin on his face, "Sara, you know that you wanted a baby brother or sister for a long time and begged me to get you one of those but I told you that I will do it when the moment was right and well,….." "Well, what?" asked Sara who was wondering about this. After hearing that question, Martin looked at his daughter's brown eyes and with a boyish grin on his face, he answered her question by saying to her, "Well, Sara. I think that the moment right now is the right time for us to have a new addition to the family."

Her big brown eyes had appeared on her face again when she founded out what was going on and immediately asked her father, "Daddy, are you telling that I am going to have a baby brother or a baby sister?" In return, Martin nodded to her and after seeing that, Sara immediately jumped on him and gave Martin one of the biggest hugs Sara Elizabeth Fitzgerald ever gave him. She hugged for a whole minute until she realized something about this. To do what she just realized, Sara looked at her father's blue eyes again and asked him, "Daddy, who will be carrying the baby? Or will it be adopted just like me?"

Having that prepared, Martin kissed his daughter's forehead and said to her with the same grin on his face, "Sara, someone called a surrogate will be carrying the baby for us." "Who's the surrogate, Daddy?" asked Sara. With a smile on his face, Martin told Sara that the surrogate will be an old friend of his from all the way from Seattle. "That's a pretty long way from here, Daddy and you meant old, do you meant your age?" asked Sara who was staring at her father's blue eyes and holding her teddy bear at the same time. Martin saw that and nodded to her, telling her that all of those were true about his friend.

After seeing that nod of her father's, Sara asked him about the surrogate's name, is she a FBI agent like him, and when she's coming here. For those questions, Martin answered them by saying to her that his friend's name is Madeleine Baker but everybody calls her Maddie, she's a FBI agent like him, and Maddie will comes here tomorrow to get things ready for the baby from Washington, DC.

Sara got confused by one of them and asked her father, "Daddy, what do you meant by Washington, DC? Didn't you told me that she came from Seattle? What's wrong with you?" and pretended to smack her father's head with her free hand. Martin pretended that he was hurt and making some pain sounds and then, he explained to his daughter that after Daddy moved from Seattle to New York, Maddie also moved to Washington, DC to work for a special team there for a couple of years until she saw him again.

Seconds after hearing that story, Sara stared at him and asked him if the both of them saw each at work after what, seven years. In return, Martin nodded to her and said to her, "Yeah, Sara. She came up here with her team for a case, I saw her in the elevator, she was with her boss, we started talking and ignoring her boss, her boss told us that they better get going; Maddie asked me if I wanted to have some drinks with her at her hotel and I told yes. After she left with her boss, I got back to work and was so happy about it that I made such a weird face that day that I actually scared your Uncle Danny. That was about three months ago."

"Did you made a baby there?" asked Sara. Martin got confused and asked her, "What? Where? At the elevator or the hotel?" Sara gave him a weird look on her face and said to him, "Eww! At the hotel room, Daddy!" Martin stared at his daughter when she told him that and told her that from what he knew, he and Maddie didn't made a baby there but he told Maddie about his baby situation with Sara and was into it that Martin actually asked Maddie to be the mother of his baby. In return, Maddie gave him such a weird face that she left the hotel bar and that was the last time he actually saw her because she got freaked out about it but the next morning, Maddie called him and told him that she felt so sorry of what she did to him the night before and told him that she wants to carry his baby for him. Plus, he got the call at work and that weird look on his face had appeared on his face and ended up scaring Danny again and Danny asked him, "Geez, Martin. Didn't you know that your happy face actually scare the crap out of people?"

Sara laughed when Martin mimicked Danny's voice at the last sentence that came out of his mouth and then, said to her father, "Daddy, that's funny but Daddy, the way you asked Maddie to be the mother of his baby wasn't that romantic at all." In return, Martin told his daughter that he knows but that was not the point for his daughter. "What was the point for me, Daddy?" asked Sara.

After hearing that question, Martin kissed her forehead and said to her, "Sara, the point is that are you happy that you are having a baby brother or sister because if you don't, I could tell Maddie…." "Daddy, don't do it. I am happy that I am having a new brother or sister as long it is a girl because you know that I don't like boys!" said Sara with a big smile on her face.

Giving her one last kiss before falling asleep, Martin said to her, "That course, you do. Good-night, Sara." In return, Sara said to him, "Good-night, Daddy." and together, the both of them fell asleep on the bed, together.

Epilogue coming up!!