Chapter 35-
"You're quiet." Bobby observed as they ate dinner after Kim's shift was over that Friday.
"Huh?" Kim looked up.
"I said you're quiet."
"Oh. Sorry."
"Hey don't apologize. Usually after a day like today I can't shut you up. I like the change of pace."
"Uh-huh." Kim said staring at the glass in front of her.
Bobby rose an eyebrow. "Kim, you keep this up and someone's gonna do an autopsy on you." He reached over and took her hand. "What's up?"
Kim shook her head. "Nothing."
"Hey, it's me. Talk to me."
"I don't think I should. At least not about this."
"This is about Jimmy then?" Bobby let go of her hand.
"Yeah." Kim said quietly. "I've been thinking about something a lot lately."
"What?"
"Where I'd be if I hadn't split. I knew Jimmy would've been there if I'd told him. But I honestly thought that he deserved a real shot with Brooke. That's who he wanted, right?"
"Kim."
"I kept telling myself that he was just scared to make a commitment to Brooke. But I think it was me. I think I was the one who was scared. I was scared to get hurt again. I didn't want to give him that power over me again."
"For what it's worth, I don't think he's the same guy anymore Kim. I think if you give him a shot, it'll be okay."
"I can't believe you're saying that." Kim looked at him. "I told him the other night that you'd asked me to marry you twice."
"And you shot me down both times." Bobby smiled. "Having second thoughts?"
Kim laughed a little. "No. Love you to death but you deserve your own kids. You deserve someone who can give you your own kids."
"Did you tell Jimmy?"
Kim shook her head. "No."
"You should."
"I know." She shot a look at her watch. "I should also get home. It's my turn to pay right?"
"I asked you. It's on me."
"Bobby."
"Go on. Get outta here. I'll see you tomorrow at the game."
"Night."
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"Mel, c'mon. What's the big deal?" Jimmy asked over the phone. He didn't know how much time he had so begging Melanie couldn't take too long.
"The big deal is that last time I did you a 'favor' Kim didn't speak to me for two years."
Jimmy rolled his eyes. "Ha-ha. You are so amusing."
"Thanks. I think so too. Look you wanna know something about Kim, then I suggest you ask Kim. Night Jimmy."
"Mel-" He stopped when he heard a dial tone. "Great." He hung up the phone and went over to the couch. He laid down and closed his eyes. He was asleep a little while later and didn't hear the door open when Kim came home.
Kim locked the door behind her and put her purse down. She let her hair down and went around to the front of the couch. She was about to sit down when she noticed Jimmy. She smiled and took a blanket before she covered him. She kissed his forehead. "G'night." She whispered before she went to her own room, shutting the lights off as she went.
"You're quiet." Bobby observed as they ate dinner after Kim's shift was over that Friday.
"Huh?" Kim looked up.
"I said you're quiet."
"Oh. Sorry."
"Hey don't apologize. Usually after a day like today I can't shut you up. I like the change of pace."
"Uh-huh." Kim said staring at the glass in front of her.
Bobby rose an eyebrow. "Kim, you keep this up and someone's gonna do an autopsy on you." He reached over and took her hand. "What's up?"
Kim shook her head. "Nothing."
"Hey, it's me. Talk to me."
"I don't think I should. At least not about this."
"This is about Jimmy then?" Bobby let go of her hand.
"Yeah." Kim said quietly. "I've been thinking about something a lot lately."
"What?"
"Where I'd be if I hadn't split. I knew Jimmy would've been there if I'd told him. But I honestly thought that he deserved a real shot with Brooke. That's who he wanted, right?"
"Kim."
"I kept telling myself that he was just scared to make a commitment to Brooke. But I think it was me. I think I was the one who was scared. I was scared to get hurt again. I didn't want to give him that power over me again."
"For what it's worth, I don't think he's the same guy anymore Kim. I think if you give him a shot, it'll be okay."
"I can't believe you're saying that." Kim looked at him. "I told him the other night that you'd asked me to marry you twice."
"And you shot me down both times." Bobby smiled. "Having second thoughts?"
Kim laughed a little. "No. Love you to death but you deserve your own kids. You deserve someone who can give you your own kids."
"Did you tell Jimmy?"
Kim shook her head. "No."
"You should."
"I know." She shot a look at her watch. "I should also get home. It's my turn to pay right?"
"I asked you. It's on me."
"Bobby."
"Go on. Get outta here. I'll see you tomorrow at the game."
"Night."
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"Mel, c'mon. What's the big deal?" Jimmy asked over the phone. He didn't know how much time he had so begging Melanie couldn't take too long.
"The big deal is that last time I did you a 'favor' Kim didn't speak to me for two years."
Jimmy rolled his eyes. "Ha-ha. You are so amusing."
"Thanks. I think so too. Look you wanna know something about Kim, then I suggest you ask Kim. Night Jimmy."
"Mel-" He stopped when he heard a dial tone. "Great." He hung up the phone and went over to the couch. He laid down and closed his eyes. He was asleep a little while later and didn't hear the door open when Kim came home.
Kim locked the door behind her and put her purse down. She let her hair down and went around to the front of the couch. She was about to sit down when she noticed Jimmy. She smiled and took a blanket before she covered him. She kissed his forehead. "G'night." She whispered before she went to her own room, shutting the lights off as she went.