*Well, here's another chapter to this story. This one will deal with Allison Taylor. I do not own any of the characters; they are property of Matt Groening.
Chapter Two: Reunited
The following week went by fast; Marge and Homer were released from prison the following by of their arrest for the upcoming trial, but were restrained by not going to the Power's house. Lisa and Bart told their friends that Monday about their new house and their new family; they also invited them to a sleepover that Friday. Ruth contacted all of Bart and Lisa's relatives they knew and told them what the Simpsons did to them that night and told them she would be taking care of them now. Meanwhile, various people around Springfield learned about the incident as well, including Moe Szyslak, Helen and Reverend Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Apu, Principal Skinner, and Miss Hoover.
That Friday, the kids were heading home on the bus with their friends to show them their new house and family. Bart brought his best friend Milhouse while Lisa brought Allison, and Janey, she also invited Ralph, who was going to be arriving with his dad Chief Wiggum shortly after they got off the bus. Their friends all brought their sleeping bags and a pair of pajamas for the sleepover to school that day, kept them in the locker, and took them out when the school day ended.
As the bus came within the area of their new house, Otto Mann opened the door to let the kids off. He was told by Bart and Lisa that they now lived in the house next door to their original home, so he had gotten used to the new drop-off point. Lisa and Janey had to help Allison off because of her chipped thigh she received from Sara, a bully at their school, a week earlier. Bart and Milhouse followed behind Lisa's friends as they helped Allison off the bus. Once all of them were off the bus, Otto closed the door to the bus and drove away, continuing with his route. Just after he left, Chief Wiggum pulled up to the curb and let Ralph out at the house. The Chief told Ralph that he would take him home the next day after the trial. Ralph then said goodbye to his father before he left, Ralph then proceed to join his friends.
"Hey Ralph, I'm glad to see you made it here on time," said Lisa.
"Can I go meet your new family now?" Ralph asked.
"Well, since we're all here, why don't we head inside," Bart replied.
Everyone agreed and headed towards Bart and Lisa's new house, before they got inside, the door opened and Ruth appeared behind it, greeting Bart, Lisa, and their friends.
"Hi Bart, hi Lisa, I see you both brought home your friends today," Ruth said.
"Guys, this is our new mother, Ruth Powers," Lisa said to her friends with Bart by her side.
"Hi kids, Bart and Lisa have told me a lot about each of you," Ruth greeted her children's friends.
"Ms. Powers, Its nice to meet you," said Janey, "I'm Janey Powell, one of Lisa's best friends."
"And I'm Milhouse van Houten, I'm Bart's best friend," said Milhouse.
Ruth greeted the two kids before turning towards Ralph.
"And you must be Ralph Wiggum, I met your father earlier last week after the Bart and Lisa had an incident with their former parents," said Ruth.
"Hi, Mrs. Simpson," said Ralph.
"No Ralph, I'm not Ms. Simpson, I'm Lisa's new mother, Ms. Powers," Ruth responded to Ralph's greeting.
"Oh, well it's very nice to meet you," said Ralph.
Ruth then turned to Allison, who was the only one of Bart and Lisa's friends that she hadn't greeted yet.
"And who are you?" Ruth asked Allison.
"Oh, I'm another one of Lisa's best friends, my name is Allison Taylor," said Allison.
"Hmm, you look oddly familiar Allison," said Ruth, "You remind me of my second daughter whom went missing years ago."
"You had a second daughter?" Lisa asked her adoptive mother.
"Yes Lisa, I forgot to tell you and Bart about her," said Ruth as all of them entered the house.
"Can you tell me about her?" asked Lisa.
"Sure, and the rest of you can go do whatever you like," said Ruth.
After saying that, everyone left to go play video games in the living room, everyone except Lisa and her friend Allison.
"Could you tell me about your second daughter as well?" asked Allison, "I would like to know more about her."
"Okay Allison, you and Lisa just follow me to my bedroom," said Ruth.
Lisa and Allison followed Ruth into her bedroom. They stopped in front of one of the dressers as Ruth opened up the highest drawer.
"You see Lisa, back when Laura was about 8 years old, I became pregnant with my second child," said Ruth.
"Laura is Ruth's daughter and my step-sister," Lisa said to Allison.
"Anyway, her name was Allison as well, and she got along well with Laura," Ruth continued the story, "But my husband got jealous of her and one night, he took her away from my family."
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Allison.
"I never saw her again, and I divorced with my husband because of that," said Ruth, "But, I still have a picture of her kept inside this drawer as a memory of her, here it is right here."
Ruth handed Lisa and Allison the photograph, once they took at look at the baby girl in the photograph, both of the girls were surprised.
"Allison, she looks just like you," said Lisa.
"I know Lisa," Allison replied, "She does look a lot like me. But, to be sure when was your daughter's birthday Ms. Powers?"
"Oh, I have my daughter's birth certificate in here as well," said Ruth as she search the drawer even deeper, "Ah ha, here it is. Her birthday was on April 8, she would be almost 8 years old if she were around today."
Allison gasped after hearing that piece of information.
"That's my birthday as well!" said Allison, "And I'm almost 8 years old too!"
"Wow, that's amazing," said Ruth, who was also surprised.
"Maybe I am your long lost daughter, but to be clear, what was your daughter's middle name?" asked Allison.
"Her middle name is Elizabeth," said Ruth.
"That's my middle name!" said Allison.
"What a second, can I see that photograph again?" Ruth told Lisa.
"Here," Lisa said while handing the photograph to Ruth.
"Why, you share the same eye color, hair color, and facial features!" Ruth said to Allison, "I think, you are my long lost daughter! I'll call your parents now and tell them about this!"
Ruth grabbed her cell phone and Allison gave Ruth her phone number. Ruth dialed the number and answered when the voice of Allison's father was on the other end of the line.
"Hello, this is Professor Taylor speaking, how may I help you?" Professor Taylor said on the other end.
"Hi, this is Ruth Powers, my daughter Lisa invited your daughter over to spend the night," said Ruth.
"Oh hi Ruth, is Allison doing fine?" Professor Taylor asked.
"Yes, she's doing fine," said Ruth, "But that's not the reason I called. You see, Allison looks oddly similar to my long lost daughter that I haven't seen for years."
"Is that true, huh?" said Professor Taylor, "Well, since you mention that, there's something I've been wanting to tell Allison for a long time now, could you get her for me? You can also hear about this as well Ruth."
"Okay," said Ruth before putting down the phone to speak to Allison, "Allison, your father wants to speak to you about something important."
"Okay," said Allison before Ruth handed the phone to Allison, "Hi dad, what is it that you wanted to tell me?"
"Allison, I've been wanting to tell you something for a long time now," said Professor Taylor, "You see, you aren't my biological daughter. Your mom and I found you outside our front door when you were less than year old. A note with your birthdate was attached to the blanket we found you in. We then saw a hooded stranger walking away from our house that night, suggesting that someone had abandoned taking care of you."
"A hooded stranger you say?" asked Ruth, "My ex-husband wore a hooded coat when we were married. What color was it Mr. Taylor?"
"Well I couldn't make out the face, but it was a man wearing a dark grey coat," said Professor Taylor.
"My ex-husband wore that exact kind of coat back then," said Ruth, "It must've been him taking Allison away from my life."
"Then if that is true Ruth, then I think my daughter is actually your long lost daughter," said Professor Taylor.
"I think you may be right professor," said Ruth, "After all, you are a professor."
"That is true," Professor Taylor remarked.
"Well dad, if Ruth is my birth mother, then can I move in with her?" Allison asked.
"Well if Ruth is your actual mother, then I guess you can move into her house."
"Thanks…dad, even though you aren't really my actual father, you still are like one to me," said Allison.
"You're welcome Allison," said Professor Taylor.
"And you're welcome to visit us anytime you want to," Ruth added. "We'll come over tomorrow to help Allison move out of your house and into mine. Bye Mr. Taylor."
"Bye Ruth," said Professor Taylor.
And with that said, Ruth hung up the phone and turned to Allison and Lisa to speak.
"Well Allison, I guess you can call this your new home now," said Ruth, "There's a spare bedroom you can used as your new bedroom down the hall, across from Lisa's bedroom."
"Wait, Ruth, if you're my mother, and Lisa's your adopted daughter then what does that make me to Lisa?" asked Allison.
"It means that I'm your step-sister," said Lisa.
"Is this true?" Allison said to Ruth.
"She's right Allison," said Ruth, "Welcome to the family."
"My best friend is now my new step-sister? Wow, this is just amazing," said Allison.
Just then, Laura walked into the bedroom.
"Hey mom, could I…Allison?" said Laura, surprised to see her long lost sister.
Allison was also surprised to see her older sister for the first time in years.
"Laura? Is that you?" Allison asked.
"Laura, I found your sister that's been missing for so long," said Ruth.
"Allison! It is you," said Laura, "I can't believe you're back! I missed you for so long."
"I missed you too, Laura," said Allison.
The two sisters shared a warm hug, they were finally reunited again.
"Well, now that we reunited our family again, why don't we go back out to the living room and join up with everyone else?" said Ruth.
"Yeah, and let's tell everyone about the recent finding," said Lisa.
All four of them walked out to join up with their friends again. They were going to tell them the news that they found out back in the bedroom. Allison was especially nervous about telling Ralph about her and Lisa being step-sisters, since she had a crush on him.
"Hey guys," Lisa said to her friends when they got back into the living room, "Allison and I are back."
Bart and Milhouse were playing a video game on Bart's game console he brought with him from his house. Ralph and Janey were just watching them play the game.
"Hey Lisa," said Janey, "I was wondering where you and Allison went."
"Well Janey, my mother wanted to tell Allison and I something very important," said Lisa, "Apparently, she has a long lost daughter who went missing many years ago."
"Hmm, you mean like your step-sister Laura?" asked Janey.
"Well yes," Lisa answered, "But Ruth had a second daughter that went missing."
"Oh, now I understand what you're talking about," said Janey.
"Anyway, it turns out that her daughter shared many similarities with Allison here," said Lisa.
"Wow, that's strange," said Janey.
"Well we decided to call Allison's father, and we found out that she was actually adopted by them. It turned out that Allison was in fact Ruth's daughter!" said Lisa.
"That's amazing," said Janey, who was now very excited.
Janey then went from excitement to confusion before she began speaking again.
"But wait, Allison, if Ms. Powers is your actual mother, and Lisa is adopted by her, then doesn't that mean you two are step-siblings?" asked Janey.
"Yes Janey," said Allison, "Lisa and I are now step-sisters."
"My two best friends are now step-sisters? Amazing!" said Janey.
"Well I'm glad to see you like learning about this new finding," said Lisa before turning to her brother Bart, "Hey Bart, did you hear what I said?"
"What was it?" asked Bart, who paused the video game he and Milhouse were playing.
"Allison is now our step-sister," said Lisa.
"Ay caramba!" said Bart in surprise.
"It's true, Allison is actually Ruth's daughter, and since Ruth adopted us, then that means Allison is now our step-sister," said Lisa.
"Wait Lisa, what did you say?" asked Ralph.
"Ralph, Allison and I are step-sisters," said Lisa.
Ralph then turned to Allison.
"You mean if we marry each other when we grow up, Lisa will then be my sister?" Ralph asked Allison.
Allison giggled after hearing Ralph's cute question.
"Yes Ralph, Lisa will be your sister-in-law when we get married," Allison answered.
"Wait Allison, are you in some relationship with Ralph?" asked Ruth.
Allison turned to Lisa and Janey, nodded, then turned back to her mother.
"Yes…mom. You see, I have a crush on Ralph, so I tend to be around him a lot," said Allison.
"Oh, that's very romantic," said Ruth, "And I'm fine with you hanging out with Ralph whenever you want to."
There was a moment of silence before Ruth began to speak again.
"Well, now that we're all here, why don't I order all of you guys some pizza," said Ruth.
"Yeah," said Bart, "That's a great idea."
"Make sure you order me plain cheese," said Lisa, "I'm a vegetarian."
"Of course Lisa, I won't forget about that," said Ruth.
And so Ruth called to order pizza for everyone. When it arrived, everyone went into the kitchen and grabbed as many slices as they could eat. When night fell, everyone placed down their sleeping bags in the living room so that they could get ready for bed. The kids decided to watch a movie before they went to sleep. Once the movie was over, everyone took turns using the bathroom to brush their teeth; the kids then got into their sleeping bags and fell asleep. The next day would be the day of the trial.
Well, that's another chapter finished. Comment, favorite, or do whatever. I will upload another chapter soon.