Title: Gone
Author: Lori & Patti- soap_queen@hotmail.com;PattiL61@aol.com Classification: AU/Romance(eventually)
Disclaimer: We own nothing. Nada. Zippo. Less then zippo.
Distribution: FF.net and http://www.geocities.com/jersey_girl1/gonemenu.html. Anyone else ask.
A/N: We miss Bobby.
Feedback: Feedback is good.
Ch 1
"Hey, anyone know where Kim is?" Bobby Caffey asked as he walked into the kitchen of the firehouse.
"Doc said she called in sick." Alex Taylor, a firefighter answered. "So looks like you're stuck riding with me for the day."
"Lucky you." Carlos Nieto said, with a wry grin as Alex left to go get her gear. "Oh hey, I found this on the floor by your locker. Looks like someone has an admirer." He handed over an envelope.
"Sure it's for me?"
"Has your name on it."
"Carlos, let's go!" Doc called.
"Coming." He yelled. "See ya later Bobby."
"Later." Bobby stared at the writing on the envelope. It was Kim's handwriting. This could not be good. He opened it up and read it silently.
"Hey Bobby? You ready?" Alex asked, coming back in. "Bobby? Hey. You okay?"
He looked up. "Huh? What? Yeah I'm fine. Where's Doherty?"
"Jimmy? He's not due back till tomorrow." She noticed the paper in his hand. "Bad news?"
"Something like that. We gotta make a stop." He said shoving the piece of paper in his pocket. "Let's go." He practically ran out of the room.
"Okay." Alex followed him.
hr
"Kim, are you sure about this?" Catherine Zambrano asked her daughter as they waited for the train.
"Mom, it's the only way."
"It is not the only way. Tell Jimmy. Let him help deal with it."
"He just got married. I am not gonna ruin that for him." Kim said.
"No, you're just going to kidnap Joey and take him somewhere where no one knows you."
"Ma, I told you. It's not kidnapping. Jimmy can't do anything legally to make me bring Joey back."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive." Kim tried to smile but it didn't quite reach her eyes.
"I worry about you." Catherine said.
"Me too."
"Kim."
"Mom, we'll be fine." Kim looked next to her where Joey was sitting quietly. He was sleepy and a little confused about what they were doing. She put an arm around him and kissed the top of his head.
"What else do you have planned?"
"I managed to straighten out my credit transfer. I start school in January over the internet because by then I'll be very pregnant."
"I still don't like the idea of you going somewhere you'll have no friends or family around you."
"I promise to call a lot. And thank you for helping out with the apartment."
"When you're done with school, then what?"
"Chicago. A friend that used to work at Mercy has a job at Cook County Hospital. She's gonna help me get a job."
"Call me when you start looking for a place to live out there. I have a friend in real estate there. She can help you out."
"Thanks Mom." Kim said and then looked up when a garbled announcement came over the P.A. "That's us." She nudged Joey a little. "C'mon Sweetheart. Time to go." They stood up and Kim hugged her mom. "Tell Melanie to give my landlord a call if she wants the apartment."
"I will." Catherine said before she hugged Joey. "You be good, okay?"
"I will." Joey said sleepily.
Catherine straightened back up.
"Tell Bobby I'll call him when I can if he comes around."
"And Jimmy?"
"There's a letter in the top drawer of the dresser in my old room. Give it to him."
Catherine nodded. She gave Kim one more hug. "Be careful."
"I will. I promise." Kim took Joey's hand and they boarded the train.
hr
"Bobby? What are we doing here?" Alex asked.
"Stay here. If we get a call, come get me. If not I'll be right back." Bobby got out of the rig before Alex could utter a word.
"Okay." She said to herself quietly. She waited silently and Bobby came back out about ten minutes later. He got into the rig and silently pulled out into traffic.
"Bobby?"
"What?"
"Are you okay?"
"Peachy." He said in a hard voice.
"Whose apartment was that?"
"Kim's."
"How's she feeling?"
"I don't know. She wasn't there."
"What?"
"She wasn't there. Neither was Joey. And to top it off, none of their things were there either."
"Oh." Alex said quietly. "Do you think this has something to do with the note you got this morning?"
"Yeah. The note was a good-bye."
"Wait. She took off with Joey? Jimmy's gonna go ballistic."
"Tell me something I don't know."
"Can you think of anyone who might know where she went?"
"Her mother and her sister. Maybe her sister. They don't get on so well since Melanie slept with Jimmy."
"Jeez, Jimmy sleeps with everyone doesn't he?"
"He's trying."
Author: Lori & Patti- soap_queen@hotmail.com;PattiL61@aol.com Classification: AU/Romance(eventually)
Disclaimer: We own nothing. Nada. Zippo. Less then zippo.
Distribution: FF.net and http://www.geocities.com/jersey_girl1/gonemenu.html. Anyone else ask.
A/N: We miss Bobby.
Feedback: Feedback is good.
Ch 1
"Hey, anyone know where Kim is?" Bobby Caffey asked as he walked into the kitchen of the firehouse.
"Doc said she called in sick." Alex Taylor, a firefighter answered. "So looks like you're stuck riding with me for the day."
"Lucky you." Carlos Nieto said, with a wry grin as Alex left to go get her gear. "Oh hey, I found this on the floor by your locker. Looks like someone has an admirer." He handed over an envelope.
"Sure it's for me?"
"Has your name on it."
"Carlos, let's go!" Doc called.
"Coming." He yelled. "See ya later Bobby."
"Later." Bobby stared at the writing on the envelope. It was Kim's handwriting. This could not be good. He opened it up and read it silently.
"Hey Bobby? You ready?" Alex asked, coming back in. "Bobby? Hey. You okay?"
He looked up. "Huh? What? Yeah I'm fine. Where's Doherty?"
"Jimmy? He's not due back till tomorrow." She noticed the paper in his hand. "Bad news?"
"Something like that. We gotta make a stop." He said shoving the piece of paper in his pocket. "Let's go." He practically ran out of the room.
"Okay." Alex followed him.
hr
"Kim, are you sure about this?" Catherine Zambrano asked her daughter as they waited for the train.
"Mom, it's the only way."
"It is not the only way. Tell Jimmy. Let him help deal with it."
"He just got married. I am not gonna ruin that for him." Kim said.
"No, you're just going to kidnap Joey and take him somewhere where no one knows you."
"Ma, I told you. It's not kidnapping. Jimmy can't do anything legally to make me bring Joey back."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive." Kim tried to smile but it didn't quite reach her eyes.
"I worry about you." Catherine said.
"Me too."
"Kim."
"Mom, we'll be fine." Kim looked next to her where Joey was sitting quietly. He was sleepy and a little confused about what they were doing. She put an arm around him and kissed the top of his head.
"What else do you have planned?"
"I managed to straighten out my credit transfer. I start school in January over the internet because by then I'll be very pregnant."
"I still don't like the idea of you going somewhere you'll have no friends or family around you."
"I promise to call a lot. And thank you for helping out with the apartment."
"When you're done with school, then what?"
"Chicago. A friend that used to work at Mercy has a job at Cook County Hospital. She's gonna help me get a job."
"Call me when you start looking for a place to live out there. I have a friend in real estate there. She can help you out."
"Thanks Mom." Kim said and then looked up when a garbled announcement came over the P.A. "That's us." She nudged Joey a little. "C'mon Sweetheart. Time to go." They stood up and Kim hugged her mom. "Tell Melanie to give my landlord a call if she wants the apartment."
"I will." Catherine said before she hugged Joey. "You be good, okay?"
"I will." Joey said sleepily.
Catherine straightened back up.
"Tell Bobby I'll call him when I can if he comes around."
"And Jimmy?"
"There's a letter in the top drawer of the dresser in my old room. Give it to him."
Catherine nodded. She gave Kim one more hug. "Be careful."
"I will. I promise." Kim took Joey's hand and they boarded the train.
hr
"Bobby? What are we doing here?" Alex asked.
"Stay here. If we get a call, come get me. If not I'll be right back." Bobby got out of the rig before Alex could utter a word.
"Okay." She said to herself quietly. She waited silently and Bobby came back out about ten minutes later. He got into the rig and silently pulled out into traffic.
"Bobby?"
"What?"
"Are you okay?"
"Peachy." He said in a hard voice.
"Whose apartment was that?"
"Kim's."
"How's she feeling?"
"I don't know. She wasn't there."
"What?"
"She wasn't there. Neither was Joey. And to top it off, none of their things were there either."
"Oh." Alex said quietly. "Do you think this has something to do with the note you got this morning?"
"Yeah. The note was a good-bye."
"Wait. She took off with Joey? Jimmy's gonna go ballistic."
"Tell me something I don't know."
"Can you think of anyone who might know where she went?"
"Her mother and her sister. Maybe her sister. They don't get on so well since Melanie slept with Jimmy."
"Jeez, Jimmy sleeps with everyone doesn't he?"
"He's trying."