AN: Tried to make this longer... heh... well I tried. Thank you for the reviews! They keep me writing!

Chapter 3

Antonio pulled enough strings to get Jay into Intelligence.

"That's awesome, I can't thank you enough man..." Jay told Antonio over the phone.

"You saved my sister's life. Least I could do."

"Well I care about her."

"That reminds me, you are going to meet Ally this weekend right?"

"Yep..."

"Just a heads up, she can get really shy around new people, she sometimes will act like she hates you. Gabby doesn't always realize this."

"Well that's comforting..."

"But, give her time and she will open up."

"Ok, well thanks again Antonio."

"No problem."

(End call)

Finally one warm summer day, Jay waited at the park. He soon saw Gabby holding the hand of a little girl in short grey leggings and a robin egg blue play dress.

"Hey Jay!"

"Hi Gabby! Is this Miss. Ally?" he noted Ally look skeptical of him.

As expected Ally gave him a menacing look from behind her mother's legs.

"Yes, it is. Ally, this is my friend Jay."

Ally gave a small smile before running off to the play set.

"Sorry she isn't usually this shy."

"No problem, I understand where she's coming from. New people can be scary."

"Was I that scary when we met?"

Jay shook his head laughing. "Course not. I mean as a kid."

"Sure you did."

He smiled.

"Well hopefully I haven't left the impression of being shy from that night you discovered I was a cop." He whispered teasingly.

"Ooohhh... Nope you were definitely not shy." She gave him a mischievous grin.

"She's a happy kid." Jay changed the subject.

"Yep, and I'm grateful for that. She's been through a lot even before she was born."

"How so?"

"I might as well be upfront about this. Her father, was a truck lieutenant that I fell for. We had a secret relationship, but when I found out about being pregnant, he gave me an option, end it or he leaves. You see how that turned out."

"What an... wait we are at a playground so I won't say that."

She chuckled. "You got that right. Thankfully, he transferred to another house in another city and I have not seen him since."

"Good, I rather not have to embarrass him by kicking his behind." noting his use of playground safe vocabulary. "Ally is worth sticking around it seems."

"She is, to me." Gabby smiled.

"How does it work with you at work 24 hours and off 48."

"My mother wont let me get a sitter, she loves Ally. If she can't then Antonio's family is happy to watch her."

"Good you have close family."

"What about you?"

"Eh, I have a brother and a Dad, but I don't stay in touch much."

Just then Gabby's phone buzzed.

"Who's that?" Jay asked quizzically.

"One of the firefighters on truck."

"Should I be concerned about him?"

"Jones, Rebecca Jones."

Jay smiled "You never know..."

She fake slapped him.

"Girl basically waved her last name through the fire academy. Cheated every test." Gabby noted with a bitter tone as she turned off her phone placing it in her pocket.

"How do you know?"

"I went to the fire academy too, I decided that I couldn't do that to Ally." She said as she watched the girl play on the playground.

"She's lucky to have you."

"Not as lucky as I am to have her."

Ally approached them shyly.

"Mama, can you push me on the swing?"

Jay noticed Gabby now held her hand carefully.

"I can't baby, my hand is hurt, can Jay push you?"

Ally nodded.

As the five year old zoomed off to the swings Jay kept a gaze on Gabby.

"Nice move Mama." He joked skeptically.

"She's gotta like you buddy." raising her hands in defense.

Jay was surprised to see the little girl already in the swing across the playground in a matter of seconds

"I always get the small one... I can get into it myself." She noted.

"Well soon you will be in the big one."

Ally nodded happily.

"Ok, hold on!"

Jay could say he had never pushed anyone in a swing in his life, but he made sure to be gentle and not let her fly off.

Gabby leaned against the frame smiling at the sight of her girl so happy with Jay.

It was official, Jay was cool in Ally's terms.

This was just as exciting as getting into Intelligence for Jay.

So you guys know, I have a lot of work this week but I will be able to write a lot this weekend, so most likely you will see more content next Monday.

Thanks for reading! :)

-LimeRanger