Hey everyone. I was just writing to say that I got a review saying that Joey didn't say his classic line "How you doin'?" when he met Karen. The reason is because he was in shock. It wasn't that he didn't find her attractive, he was just in shock that this was the woman who wants to adopt his daughter...anyway enjoy the newest chapter.

Joey sat in his room starring at the ceiling. His mind wandered to Karen and her intentions. He had to admit that over the past few days, he had grown to know and love his daughter, and he wasn't going to give her up, but Karen seemed different than what he thought.

From the way that Sarah was describing her, Joey half expected either a fat older woman with a lot of cats and a bad attitude, or a young girl barely out of high school without a cent to her name. He didn't expect a young woman barely out of college with the knowledge and background to take his daughter away from him.

Sarah had told him that her Aunt Karen wanted to adopt her because she was never adopted, just brought into her family by accident.

Karen was left behind at a small park by Sarah's grandparent's house at the age of eight. Sarah's grandparents took the girl in as a replacement for Sarah's mother.

Thinking about her, Joey cringed. Her couldn't remember her, Sarah's mother. It was hard to look at Sarah and see her mother because she looks so much like Joey.

The idea of him being a father figure never occurred to him before he met Sarah. Granted that she was right about how easy it was to raise a teenager. She really just stayed in the apartment, went to school, did her homework, and was learning how to cook from Monica. It seemed strange that she was so smart, he had never been so smart in high school…actually he had never been real smart.

It made him proud that she was so smart and she actually paid attention in school. His attention had always been on girls. He was lucky just to graduate.

Joey sighed and closed his eyes, trying to sleep before he left for his audition in the morning.

She was beautiful though…

Joey wasn't the only one awake that night. Karen was up and pacing her room. She seriously was in shock. She couldn't believe that Sarah's father would take responsibility for her. The way he was talked about in the house during her childhood was not flattering.

I guess there is more to life than just looks. But what I don't understand is how they (A/N she is talking about Sarah's grandparents) could just talk so horrible about a man that they have never met. I wonder what they would do if they had met the man in person?

Karen sighed and sat down on her bed. She thought about the man she would have to fight for custody of Sarah. She wanted Sarah as her daughter, but the more she thought about it, the more she thought that Sarah was in the right environment.

Sarah needs a father. That much was apparent. The girl's attitude was enough to prove that. She needed to be taught how to respect her elders and not say everything that is going on through her mind.

The thought of not being with Sarah nearly broke her heart. Maybe they could work something out.

Karen fell onto her pillows and huddled under the blankets. She closed her eyes, willing her body to sleep.

I won't think about this now. I'll think about it in the morning, with Sarah and her handsome father…

Sorry about the shortness of this chapter, but I am in a bit of writer's block. The next chapter will be longer, and much more interesting.