Part Three

"What is it you want to talk about?" Kimberly asked Tommy nervously.

"Alison."

"Oh." Kim smiled up at him, but he could tell she was very nervous.

"It's nothing bad. I just didn't know she knew about me."

Kim's smiled brightened and her doe eyes sparkled. Tommy had missed that smile and those eyes.

"Of course, what kind of person do you think I am? I told her alot about her father."

"Like what?"

Tommy smiled down at the woman.

"Like how smart you are and that you've always had an interest in dinosaurs and cars. How forgetful and constantly tardy you are." Kim told him. "How brave you are, how you were always been there for me and your friends. She knows that you are a kind and caring man."

"You've told her alot." Tommy smiled charmingly.

"Yeah."

"I would ask you about her, but I would rather ask her. Get to know my daughter."

"Good idea."

They walked back into the main room of the Youth Center. Tommy unconciously placed his hand on the small of her back. Kim didn't mind and wrapped her arm around his waist.

Alison saw this and smiled. She walked up to her parents.

"Hi," Tommy said removing connect from Kimberly.

"Hi." Alison said shyly and grabbed the hem of her green velvet dress. She twisted back and forth as she stared up at her father.

"I'm going to go catch up with Hayley." Kim announced and walked away from the pair.

Tommy held out his large hand and Alison placed her small one onto his palm. She watched her hand disappear as her father's.

Tommy led the child to a table and sat with her. He watched his daughter straighten her little dress and smile up at him as he sat across from her. She looked so much smaller than seven. She definitely took after Kimberly. She had Kim's nose and face, but he could see her hair was his and her complexion was slightly darker than her mothers. Then there were her eyes. His eyes. His eyes were staring up at him with awe and wonder.

"Alison, I want to ask you some questions." He began and the child nodded.

"Ok," Tommy sighed and rubbed his hands together. "What's your faverite color?"

Alison smiled brightly. Kim's smiled he noted.

"My faverite color in the whole wide world is green and I love to study dinosaurs and I like to sing. Mommy's teaching me how to play guitar. Uncle Jason is going to start teaching me martial arts and my faverite Power Ranger was before I was born."

Alison leaned forward and whisper as if she had a juicy secret.

Tommy leaned toward her and smiled.

"My faverite Power Ranger is the first Green Ranger." she whispered to him. "Mommy told me stories about how he was evil and became good and how he and the first Pink Ranger were helping each other."

'That's right." Tommy said.

"Did the Power Rangers ever save you?"

"Yeah."

"Cool!" Alison exclaimed and everyone around them laughed.

Alison immediately looked embarrassed.

"Tell me about the pterodactyl." She said meekly.

"Sure, Alison."

"No, silly." the little girl said shaking her head. "Don't call me Alison, that's what Grandmere and Grandpere call me. Mommy calls me Alison Ann when I'm in trouble."

She frowned and Tommy chuckled.

"What should I call you?"

"Ally."

"Ok, Ally."

He began to tell her about her mother's first zord.

sighs Father/daughter bonding.

I know I said Alison only had Tommy's complexion and eyes, but the hair just seemed right.

AN: I have decided this is going to be alot longer than expected. I'm really getting into this.

Hopefully this story will be done before Christmas.