Ch 33
Bobby knocked on the door to Kim's house at about quarter after five. It still felt a little weird to knock but he figured with Jimmy there he shouldn't just walk right in anymore.
He smiled as best he could when Jimmy pulled open the door and scowled at him.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here for Joey."
"Kim didn't call you?" Jimmy asked. He still hadn't let Bobby in.
"Uh, no. Should she have?"
"Yeah. I'm taking Joey to practice today. Sorry you wasted your time coming over."
"No big deal. I can watch Charlie while you take Joey to practice."
"I'm taking Charlie with us. I've got her bag packed already." Jimmy said before Bobby could make a move to enter the house.
"Jimmy, maybe you should relax a little. You did just get out of the hospital."
"And maybe you should back off. This is my family. They are my kids."
"They're also Kim's and until she tells me otherwise I'm gonna keep coming around."
"Even if it makes things harder and more confusing for everyone else?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't think I'm confusing anyone."
"Aren't you? You're still around even though they have their father back. I realize that you were a big part of their lives for the last couple of years and I appreciate you taking care of things Bobby but you're not needed anymore."
"Maybe not. But I am still wanted."
"Not by me."
"Fine. But I'm still wanted by Kim and Joey and Charlie."
"You are not apart of this family." Jimmy gritted.
"I am. I'm Kim's family. I'm also Charlie's godfather."
"And I'm her father. Look Bobby, let me just spell it out for you. But out of this family." With that Jimmy shut the door.
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"Hello?" Kim called as she walked in the front door a couple hours later. The house was silent. She hit the answering machine button and listened in silence to the message. Just as it ended Jimmy came through the door with Joey and Charlie in tow.
"Hi Mom." Joey called.
"Hi Sweetie, how was practice?" She said with a smile.
"It was good. Are you gonna be at the game on Saturday?"
"What time is it?"
"It's at three."
"Yeah I'll be there. Why don't you go shower and I'll order dinner. You feel like Chinese?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay." Kim smiled. Once Joey was upstairs she turned to Jimmy. "Is Charlie asleep?"
"Yeah. She fell asleep on the way home." Jimmy said as he put Charlie's carrier on the table.
"Good. Let's go out back." Kim went for the back door and opened it.
Jimmy rose an eyebrow but he followed. "Everything okay?"
"No." Kim turned around. "What the hell gives you the right to tell my best friend to but out of my life?"
"Bobby run and tattle on me?" Jimmy said mockingly.
"You'd love that wouldn't you? No. It would seem our son pressed memo when Bobby was here before. Every word you and he said was well recorded. Jimmy, I realize I did the wrong thing keeping you out of Joey and Charlie's lives but you do not get to take over just like that."
"If Bobby means that much to you why didn't you marry him?"
"Maybe I should have. It's not like he didn't ask."
"Excuse me?"
"He asked twice."
"And you said no. Why?"
"Because Charlie's not his and because he deserves his own children."
"You didn't think you'd be able to sleep with him?"
Kim just looked at him. "One of us has a very short memory." She said before she went back into the house. Jimmy heard the slam of her bedroom door a few minutes later.
Bobby knocked on the door to Kim's house at about quarter after five. It still felt a little weird to knock but he figured with Jimmy there he shouldn't just walk right in anymore.
He smiled as best he could when Jimmy pulled open the door and scowled at him.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here for Joey."
"Kim didn't call you?" Jimmy asked. He still hadn't let Bobby in.
"Uh, no. Should she have?"
"Yeah. I'm taking Joey to practice today. Sorry you wasted your time coming over."
"No big deal. I can watch Charlie while you take Joey to practice."
"I'm taking Charlie with us. I've got her bag packed already." Jimmy said before Bobby could make a move to enter the house.
"Jimmy, maybe you should relax a little. You did just get out of the hospital."
"And maybe you should back off. This is my family. They are my kids."
"They're also Kim's and until she tells me otherwise I'm gonna keep coming around."
"Even if it makes things harder and more confusing for everyone else?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't think I'm confusing anyone."
"Aren't you? You're still around even though they have their father back. I realize that you were a big part of their lives for the last couple of years and I appreciate you taking care of things Bobby but you're not needed anymore."
"Maybe not. But I am still wanted."
"Not by me."
"Fine. But I'm still wanted by Kim and Joey and Charlie."
"You are not apart of this family." Jimmy gritted.
"I am. I'm Kim's family. I'm also Charlie's godfather."
"And I'm her father. Look Bobby, let me just spell it out for you. But out of this family." With that Jimmy shut the door.
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"Hello?" Kim called as she walked in the front door a couple hours later. The house was silent. She hit the answering machine button and listened in silence to the message. Just as it ended Jimmy came through the door with Joey and Charlie in tow.
"Hi Mom." Joey called.
"Hi Sweetie, how was practice?" She said with a smile.
"It was good. Are you gonna be at the game on Saturday?"
"What time is it?"
"It's at three."
"Yeah I'll be there. Why don't you go shower and I'll order dinner. You feel like Chinese?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay." Kim smiled. Once Joey was upstairs she turned to Jimmy. "Is Charlie asleep?"
"Yeah. She fell asleep on the way home." Jimmy said as he put Charlie's carrier on the table.
"Good. Let's go out back." Kim went for the back door and opened it.
Jimmy rose an eyebrow but he followed. "Everything okay?"
"No." Kim turned around. "What the hell gives you the right to tell my best friend to but out of my life?"
"Bobby run and tattle on me?" Jimmy said mockingly.
"You'd love that wouldn't you? No. It would seem our son pressed memo when Bobby was here before. Every word you and he said was well recorded. Jimmy, I realize I did the wrong thing keeping you out of Joey and Charlie's lives but you do not get to take over just like that."
"If Bobby means that much to you why didn't you marry him?"
"Maybe I should have. It's not like he didn't ask."
"Excuse me?"
"He asked twice."
"And you said no. Why?"
"Because Charlie's not his and because he deserves his own children."
"You didn't think you'd be able to sleep with him?"
Kim just looked at him. "One of us has a very short memory." She said before she went back into the house. Jimmy heard the slam of her bedroom door a few minutes later.