-Small Home In Amity, Arkansas-

        Clarissa, now fifteen years old, looked at her mother as she waited for an answer. She had just asked her mother if she could stay with her father, whom she hadn't seen in nine years now, for all of summer break.

        Sarah let out a sigh and nodded her head, Annabelle was off at college and she didn't want Clarissa to be alone this summer. "Alright honey, you can stay with your father for the summer." she says, kissing her daughters forehead.

        Clarissa grinned and thanked her mother, before running off and up the stairs to her room. She grabs the phone and immediately calls her dad, flopping onto the bed with a big grin on her lips.

-At Base In Diego Garcia, California- 

       Will had just gotten out of the shower, cleaning the mud that had gotten on him from the mission he had just gotten back from. He was dressed in his normal camo pants but he was shirtless, and he had just started pulling on his boots.

        When his phone rang all of a sudden, he jumped and a squeak escaped his throat. He was barely able to stop himself from falling off the bench, a small scowl on his lips as he did.

        "Bad to the bone! Bad to the bone! B-B-B-B-Bad,B-B-B-B-Ba-" he grabbed the phone and answered it quickly, since the person who the ringtone belonged to was very important to him. "Clarissa!" he says cheerfully, happy that his daughter had called him. "Hey baby, do you need something?"

        A giggle was heard over the phone, and his heart melted as a smile graced his lips. It was something only other fathers could understand, the bond between a father and a daughter being powerful even when they were separated and hadn't seen each other in years.

        "Mom said I can spend the entire summer with you! I just wanted to call and make sure I can come, before I get ahead of myself.." she trails, the nervousness about not being able to see her father clear in her voice. She was scared he wouldn't say she could, as if he could or ever would say no to her.

        Will felt his heart soar in happiness that his daughter wanted to stay with him, for the entire summer! "Of course it's alright princess, I can set up your room at the farmhouse unless you want to stay at the base instead." he tells her, worrying his bottom lip as he bit it.

        He didn't get a response for a few seconds and it made him worry. Last time he had seen her, Ironhide had been there too, she and 'Hide had become good friends. Well, as good as a six year old and a few thousand year old alien robot can be.

        "I'll go back and forth dad, and tell 'Hide he owes me strawberries still.... I remember when he didn't catch me when I jumped out of the tree.." she says, and he could practically tell what face she was making. 

        Will chuckled and shook his head, smiling to himself. "I'll tell him sweetheart, don't worry. Why don't you go ahead and pack, then call me back when you are done. I love you, Clarissa." he says, biting his bottom lip in worry. He didn't know what the response would be. 

        "I love you too daddy, I'll call you back as soon as I'm done. Bye dad!" she says, before quickly hanging up so she could pack for the trip. He was overjoyed at her response, you could clearly see it. 

        Will stuffed his phone in his pocket and grabbed his shirt, racing out of the locker room. He runs down the cat walk, before going down the stairs that would end outside Ironhide's training room. 

        He races in the training room, letting out a yelp as he had to dodge a shot from Sunstreaker. The twins were fighting. Again. This wouldn't end well for anyone inside the base...