Nice To Meet You || Noelle & Henry
Well shit. This is just great. Henry's thinking to himself. He's upstairs in his room pacing back and forth feeling like he's going insane. Why? Because he was just told by his stepdad that surprise! He has a four-year-old daughter. He's not mad about it though. No, no, not at all. He's scared shitless. He doesn't know how to be a parent. To be a dad. He's only twenty years old. He shouldn't have a four year old. Regardless, he wants to be the best dad he can be. Noelle went through a trauma, she deserves the best he can give her. She probably deserves better than him too.
Running his hand through his hair, Henry sighs. What should he expect? She’s what four? What do four year old girls like? He remembered he was full of energy and loved playing soccer and coloring. Would she enjoy those things? He wasn’t sure. He also remembered four is when Izzy attacked him and his family. It was that age his epilepsy occurred. It was that age Jack lost his mom. Clearly, four years old was a rough age. At the realization Henry wanted to chuckle but how could he? That fact was immensely depressing. Shaking his head, Henry tried to clear his head. He couldn’t walk down there in a depressed mindset or with a depressed expression. This was the first time he was meeting his daughter, he had to make it a good one. How horrible would it be if she hated him? His own child hating him....the thought made him cringe. One of the things Henry strived for was the approval of his family and making them proud. The easiest way to get to him was to reveal he had failed everyone he loved.
"You can't avoid it forever," he says to himself as a last attempt to pull himself together. He heads out of the room and makes his way down to the kitchen where he can hear David and Noelle. His stomach drops. He's nervous. Here goes nothing he thinks entering the room...