Chapter 24
Kim went to her locker and put her coat away and got changed into scrubs. She'd been trying since she got back from New York to decide how to tell Jimmy about everything. She didn't want to do it, but she knew that Bobby was right. She hadn't been fair to Jimmy. She took the easy way out - literally - and now it was coming back to bite her in the ass in the form of hostility from her son and Jimmy almost killing himself to find Joey. But she knew that once things didn't work out with Brooke and he found out that she was pregnant he'd come back to her. As much as she wanted him back, she didn't want him back like that. He had to WANT to be there.
"Hey Kim! You going to join us today?" asked the head nurse as she peeked into the locker room. "We're about to start going over patients," she finished on a cheerful note.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Sorry Phyllis. I'm coming," she said as she reached in to grab her stethoscope out of the locker and hooked it around her neck. She headed out to begin her day wondering how things were going between Joey and Jimmy.
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Bobby and Joey had finished getting Charlie settled in the hospital's daycare center. It had taken a phone call to Kim for them to accept her because they couldn't just take in kids from someone they didn't know. But, Kim had smoothed things over and everything was set - at least for the next six hours. As Bobby walked out of the center, he was stopped by one of the caretakers.
"What?" Bobby asked, puzzled by what else she could want.
"The diaper bag. You'll need to leave that with us for food and stuff," she said, amused at Bobby's obvious ineptitude in the baby department. He looked at his shoulder and noticed that the bag still hung there. He was so used to having equipment bags from work hanging off his shoulder that he didn't even notice it.
"Oh, yeah," he laughed. "I guess you'll need these more than me today. Thanks," he finished as he and Joey headed out the door, Joey laughing at him.
"Oh I know you're not laughing at me," he said, grabbing Joey and tickling him in the hallway as they headed toward Jimmy's room. He was a little apprehensive about being the one to bring Joey to him, but figured as long as Jimmy got to see him, he wouldn't care who brought him.
They approached Jimmy's room and Bobby told Joey to take a seat outside the room while he saw if Jimmy was ready for him. Joey sat down and Bobby walked toward Jimmy's room.
"Don't forget me out here, okay?" Joey said to him.
"Not a chance, Buddy," Bobby replied, smiling at him. He knew the boy was just as nervous about seeing his Dad as he was happy to be seeing him.
Bobby slowly walked into Jimmy's room and noticed the lights were off and the blinds still closed. He waited while his eyes adjusted to the dark and began to make his way over toward Jimmy. He got halfway across the room when he heard Jimmy's quiet voice.
"Is he with you?" he asked.
"He's right outside, Jimmy. How are you feeling?" he asked him as he reached the bedside.
"I have a wicked headache. That's why the lights are off, but you can open up the blinds at least. Can you bring him in?" he asked nervously.
"Sure. I'll go get him," Bobby replied, stepping toward the window to open blinds a little. He looked over to see that it wasn't too much for Jimmy and Jimmy gave him a slight nod in approval. Bobby turned to go get Joey, but paused.
"You know, Jimmy, he's scared."
"Scared? Of me?" Jimmy asked, shock in his voice.
"Maybe scared is the wrong word," Bobby said, trying to think of the right word. "Nervous or worried is more accurate, I guess."
"About what?" Jimmy asked him.
"I don't know really. He just seems really nervous. Maybe he thinks you're mad at him for leaving. I don't know, just know that he's gonna be a little anxious," he explained.
Jimmy nodded, immediately regretting the movement of his head. "I'm pretty nervous myself, Bobby. What if he thinks I never tried to find him? What if he thinks I just gave up?" he said
"He knows better, Jimmy. He knows you followed Kimmy out here, despite doctor's orders," Bobby told him. "I'll go get him," he said, turning to go.
"Thanks, Bobby," Jimmy said as Bobby walked out the door.
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"Ready, Buddy?" Bobby said to Joey as he was looking through a Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine from about a year ago. Joey put the book down and stood up slowly, walking toward Bobby.
Bobby knelt down so that he was at eye level with Joey. "You want me to come in with you, or you want go in by yourself?"
"Um, maybe if you just come in for a minute," Joey said, pausing. "Just till I find out, you know, how he is."
"Joey, I'll come in with you but know this. He's just as nervous as you are. He thinks you're mad at him for not coming for you. But, you know that he had no idea where you were, right?" Joey nodded.
"How is he? I mean how does he feel today?" Joey asked him.
"He's okay. He's got a bad headache - that's why the lights are off. But, he'll feel even better once he sees you," he finished, standing up and putting a hand on Joey's shoulder as they walked into the room.
Kim went to her locker and put her coat away and got changed into scrubs. She'd been trying since she got back from New York to decide how to tell Jimmy about everything. She didn't want to do it, but she knew that Bobby was right. She hadn't been fair to Jimmy. She took the easy way out - literally - and now it was coming back to bite her in the ass in the form of hostility from her son and Jimmy almost killing himself to find Joey. But she knew that once things didn't work out with Brooke and he found out that she was pregnant he'd come back to her. As much as she wanted him back, she didn't want him back like that. He had to WANT to be there.
"Hey Kim! You going to join us today?" asked the head nurse as she peeked into the locker room. "We're about to start going over patients," she finished on a cheerful note.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Sorry Phyllis. I'm coming," she said as she reached in to grab her stethoscope out of the locker and hooked it around her neck. She headed out to begin her day wondering how things were going between Joey and Jimmy.
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Bobby and Joey had finished getting Charlie settled in the hospital's daycare center. It had taken a phone call to Kim for them to accept her because they couldn't just take in kids from someone they didn't know. But, Kim had smoothed things over and everything was set - at least for the next six hours. As Bobby walked out of the center, he was stopped by one of the caretakers.
"What?" Bobby asked, puzzled by what else she could want.
"The diaper bag. You'll need to leave that with us for food and stuff," she said, amused at Bobby's obvious ineptitude in the baby department. He looked at his shoulder and noticed that the bag still hung there. He was so used to having equipment bags from work hanging off his shoulder that he didn't even notice it.
"Oh, yeah," he laughed. "I guess you'll need these more than me today. Thanks," he finished as he and Joey headed out the door, Joey laughing at him.
"Oh I know you're not laughing at me," he said, grabbing Joey and tickling him in the hallway as they headed toward Jimmy's room. He was a little apprehensive about being the one to bring Joey to him, but figured as long as Jimmy got to see him, he wouldn't care who brought him.
They approached Jimmy's room and Bobby told Joey to take a seat outside the room while he saw if Jimmy was ready for him. Joey sat down and Bobby walked toward Jimmy's room.
"Don't forget me out here, okay?" Joey said to him.
"Not a chance, Buddy," Bobby replied, smiling at him. He knew the boy was just as nervous about seeing his Dad as he was happy to be seeing him.
Bobby slowly walked into Jimmy's room and noticed the lights were off and the blinds still closed. He waited while his eyes adjusted to the dark and began to make his way over toward Jimmy. He got halfway across the room when he heard Jimmy's quiet voice.
"Is he with you?" he asked.
"He's right outside, Jimmy. How are you feeling?" he asked him as he reached the bedside.
"I have a wicked headache. That's why the lights are off, but you can open up the blinds at least. Can you bring him in?" he asked nervously.
"Sure. I'll go get him," Bobby replied, stepping toward the window to open blinds a little. He looked over to see that it wasn't too much for Jimmy and Jimmy gave him a slight nod in approval. Bobby turned to go get Joey, but paused.
"You know, Jimmy, he's scared."
"Scared? Of me?" Jimmy asked, shock in his voice.
"Maybe scared is the wrong word," Bobby said, trying to think of the right word. "Nervous or worried is more accurate, I guess."
"About what?" Jimmy asked him.
"I don't know really. He just seems really nervous. Maybe he thinks you're mad at him for leaving. I don't know, just know that he's gonna be a little anxious," he explained.
Jimmy nodded, immediately regretting the movement of his head. "I'm pretty nervous myself, Bobby. What if he thinks I never tried to find him? What if he thinks I just gave up?" he said
"He knows better, Jimmy. He knows you followed Kimmy out here, despite doctor's orders," Bobby told him. "I'll go get him," he said, turning to go.
"Thanks, Bobby," Jimmy said as Bobby walked out the door.
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"Ready, Buddy?" Bobby said to Joey as he was looking through a Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine from about a year ago. Joey put the book down and stood up slowly, walking toward Bobby.
Bobby knelt down so that he was at eye level with Joey. "You want me to come in with you, or you want go in by yourself?"
"Um, maybe if you just come in for a minute," Joey said, pausing. "Just till I find out, you know, how he is."
"Joey, I'll come in with you but know this. He's just as nervous as you are. He thinks you're mad at him for not coming for you. But, you know that he had no idea where you were, right?" Joey nodded.
"How is he? I mean how does he feel today?" Joey asked him.
"He's okay. He's got a bad headache - that's why the lights are off. But, he'll feel even better once he sees you," he finished, standing up and putting a hand on Joey's shoulder as they walked into the room.