July 15th, 2002

Ty looked in his pocket. Plenty of singles, He thought. He walked into his apartment. The guys were there already. Cigarette smoke already filled the apartment. He grinned as they all cheered when he walked in.
"Finally you show." Bosco said opening a beer.
"Yeah, well work sometimes keeps me busy." Ty winked.
"Bull." Sully chuckled sitting down at the table, "Alex kept you busy." Ty smiled sitting down at the poker table.
"Well, I don't want to brag" He winked.
"Christ." Carlos groaned as he dealt, "Please don't. I'm so sick of hearing Alex this Alex that."
"Man in love." Jimmy said picking up his cards; "it is a little sickening."
"Lay off my man, its good that one of us is happy." Sully said looking at his cards with a groan.
"I'm happy the way I am." Carlos said laying down two cards.
"Pompous and arrogant." Ty laughed laying down three cards, "These cards suck."
"You know me too well." Carlos smiled shifting his cards in his hand.
"This is gonna be a regular thing right?" Jimmy asked, "I think having at someone's apartment is better than at the station. Captain wasn't too happy last time."
"You can have it here anytime you want." Ty said, "I'm never here anyway." Sully laid down three cards.
"What you got?" Carlos asked laying down his cards, "Pair of sevens."
"Three fours." Jimmy grinned. Bosco sighed putting his cards down.
"I'm out."
"For once." Carlos chuckled.
"Me too." Sully said. Ty chuckled.
"Full house." Ty grinned pulling the money towards him, "In your faces!" The men sat there for a couple of hours just playing poker and making fun of each other's mothers. It was their typical Monday night when they weren't on shift. After Ty cleaned off the table, Carlos brought out the nachos.
"Food. Good." Sully grinned taking the nachos; "I haven't had some of these in a long time."
"Made with my own two hands." Carlos laughed. Jimmy wrinkled his nose.
" I don't know if I want these anymore." He smiled. Carlos frowned slightly taking a nacho. He went over to the TV and held up a couple of videos.
"Want some tits or ass?" He asked.
"Always want some of those." Bosco smiled, "can't we have both?"
"Well, We have American Pie one. Naked Shannon Elizabeth and we got The Cell with J-Lo." Carlos grinned, "My favorite Latina."
"J-Lo." Jimmy cheered; "we can watch Naked Shannon Elizabeth afterwards." They all agreed and settled themselves in. "J-Lo is pretty...."
"Bootylishious." Bosco grinned. They all looked at him and burst into laughter.
"Bootylishious?" Carlos laughed, "You a Destiny's child?" Bosco frowned.
"Come on, like you would fuck her if she asked you to." He said.
"I never said I wouldn't." Carlos said watching the screen.
"Who are work would you like to take to bed?" Bosco grinned.
"Oh lord." Jimmy laughed sitting up. Carlos laughed rubbing his chin.
"Seriously?" He asked. They all nodded. Carlos glanced at Jimmy, "Kim."
"You'd sleep with Kim?" Jimmy frowned slightly. Carlos nodded.
"Who'd you sleep with Doherty?" Carlos asked. Ty chuckled. This was getting interesting. They were ignoring J-Lo.
"Um.... I don't think I should say." Jimmy said.
"I told you I wanted to sleep with your Ex. You need to tell us." Carlos said. Jimmy sighed.
"If she were single...I would sleep with Alex." Ty chocked on his beer.
"My Alex?"
"I'm not gonna sleep with her, Man." Jimmy said looking around the room, "What about you guys?"
"I got mine." Ty chuckled, "but I guess....I don't know, Faith is pretty hot." Bosco chuckled softly.
"Ah.... Kim I guess." Sully shrugged. Jimmy couldn't help but to laugh. They all looked at Bosco.
"Faith. I'd sleep with my partner, okay?" He said. They all stared at him, "She's hot sometimes.....Let's watch the movie." They all shook their heads with grins. That was a fun question. Ty looked at Jimmy.
"You're not getting her." He said. Jimmy laughed.
"Alex is all yours man." Jimmy smiled.
"Do you thin the girls get together and talk like this?" Bosco asked.
"Probably," Carlos said, "but there's no way in hell Faith would say she would want to sleep with you."
"How do you know that?" Bosco asked, "Its not like Kim would want to sleep with you."
"She slept with Jimmy and Bobby why wouldn't she sleep with me? And If I remember correctly you and her-"
"Enough talking about Kim." Jimmy said grabbing a beer. The men sat there in silence for a few minutes. "Why didn't Doc come?"
"He had enough sense not to come." Ty chuckled. They all nodded.
"Good man." Sully said. They sat there trying to concentrate on the movie, but they couldn't. Bosco looked at Jimmy.
"It's a partner thing, isn't it?" He asked. Jimmy looked at him confused, "you wanting to sleep with your partner. You're with them day in day out. They get all sweaty when you're with them and you can't help to think about them in that way."
"I love Sully and everything but I don't think of him in that way." Ty laughed.
"Thank the lord." Sully threw up his hands. Bosco shook his head.
"I mean boy girl partners." He said. Jimmy shook his head.
"I'm pleading the fifth since my partner's boyfriend is right here in punching range." Jimmy snickered. Bosco sighed deeply. "None of this goes out of this apartment." All the men agreed. "Why do you want to sleep with Kim?"
"Cause she's hot." Carlos said, "You did marry the woman."
"She does have hot factors but she's a little...whiney." Jimmy said.
"Was her sister whiney?" Carlos smirked. Jimmy frowned deeply standing up.
"You got something to say to me, Nieto, just say it." Jimmy said. Carlos shook his head.
"Sit down man." Ty said, "He was just being himself."
"He should just keep his mouth shut." Jimmy fumed. Sully groaned getting up.
"I think IM going to go now, Guys. I won my money back and...I just should go." Sully said. Ty sighed getting up showing Sully to the door.
"Thanks for coming man." He said.
"Careful, Kid." Sully said walking out the door. Ty looked back to see Carlos in Jimmy's face. Bosco was sitting on the couch cracking up.
"Okay, Guys, we've all had too much to drink." Ty said, "Why don't you go home Jimmy and next game we can have it at your place."
"Not with Joey there." He said.
"We'll have it at Boscos then." Ty said.
"What mine?" Bosco frowned.
"I'll bring the beer." Ty said, "You wouldn't need to pay for it." Bosco nodded.
"I like that." He stood up, "Doherty, come on." Jimmy took one last look at Carlos before he headed for the door. Ty sighed walking back to Carlos who started cleaning up.
"You shouldn't have gone there." Ty said.
"He shouldn't take everything to heart." He said, "I was just having fun."
"You always do don't you?" Ty frowned going to the kitchen.
"What's your problem, Ty?" Carlos asked. "You've changed too much since hooking up with Alex."
"Oh please." He shook his head.
"You have. You're not as fun as you used to be."
"I'm sorry I have different priorities now, Carlos." He said, "I found a girl I want to marry. I don't want to be a bachelor my whole life. I want to have kids and a house someday." Carlos frowned.
'But does it have to be now?" Carlos asked sadly. Ty looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah it does." He said, "I don't want my destiny to slip away." Carlos ran his hand through his hair.
"I'm going to bed. I'll clean up tomorrow." He mumbled going to his bedroom and closed the door. Ty sighed and started on the dishes. Somehow these poker nights always ends up in arguments.