Title: Back to You- chapter 6
Disclaimer: Know what I wish I owned? Third Watch. But I don't.
Jimmy woke up with a feeling that things were going to get complicated. When he had fallen asleep, Kim had her head on his chest and her arm slung around his waist, you know, warm and cozy. He was happy to be able to comfort her, but he wasn't feeling warm and cozy so much as hot and horny. Kim's head was still on his chest, but her leg was intertwined between his and her hand was resting comfortably, low on his stomach, under his shirt. Jimmy felt a slow burn starting and he knew that if he didn't do something fast, he was gonna catch on fire. Things could get very awkward and embarrassing if Kim were to wake up now. While trying to lay as still as possible as to not wake the warm, cuddly mass beside him, he couldn't help but notice how good this felt. There was a time when they always used to wake up like this. Then usually one would wake up before the other and start to do interesting things to wake the other up. Things that he definitely shouldn't be thinking about now in his present situation.
Jimmy held his breath as he felt Kim stir. He thought for sure this was how he was gonna die. Not by some dangerous or heroic effort on his part, but by the wrath of his ex-wife. God he hated that "ex" part. Where the hell did that thought come from?
Kim's hand smoothed over his stomach gently causing his muscles to tense a little. She sighed in her sleep and snuggled more deeply against his body. Her leg caressed the inside of his and her knee nearly brushed a very dangerous area. That was the breaking point. He had to get a cold shower and fast.
Jimmy slowly moved Kim's hand from under his shirt and kissed her fingers, putting her hand on the pillow. Slowly, carefully and not to mention painfully, he gently extracted himself from the human pretzel they had created. Kim moaned at the loss and tried to scoot closer to where he had been laying. He quietly shushed her and kissed her head causing her to sigh and burrow into the covers. Jimmy made a mad dash into the bathroom and shucked his clothing in record timing. He turned on the shower as cold as his body could stand and stood there trying to think of anything but how good her warm body had felt so close to his. 'I'm thinking about trash. Mud. Charred flesh. Damn it, her flesh. So smooth. NO! Car wreck. Twisted metal. Guts flying everywhere.'
While Jimmy was trying to focus on all that was disgusting in this world, Kim awoke to the sound of running water. Night had already fallen and the only light was the one coming from under the door of the bathroom. Briefly she panicked, because of the lack of light and wondering if she had done something really stupid with Jimmy. Wouldn't be the first time. She turned on the bedside light and saw Jimmy's shoes and jacket on the floor, but no pants or underwear. That was a good sign. She flopped back down on the bed and it all came back to her. Jimmy had come because he was worried and she had asked him to stay because she was scared. And he had. Without once trying to make a move. Kim chuckled lightly to herself, but soon her smile became a frown. What? Was she not attractive to him anymore. Did he not find her appealing after so many years? Kim shook her head to rid herself of these thoughts. What did she care what he thought of her anymore? It wasn't like she was trying to impress him or anything, right? Right?! Kim smiled when she thought about this day. She had woken up from a bad dream and had immediately seen Jimmy's face when she opened her eyes. That instantly calmed her and she fell right back to sleep, not even thinking that it was strange that he was there. How was it that he could still offer her that kind of comfort after all they had been through?
Jimmy was taking a really long time in the shower so she decided to give her mom a call and see how Joey was. It had hit her before she fell asleep that he wasn't with Jimmy and he explained that Joey was staying with her mom.
"Hello?" answered Katherine.
"Hey, Mom. How's Joey?"
"Oh god, Kim. I'm so glad you called. I was getting so worried. I hadn't heard from you or Jimmy and I was starting to think that something might have happened."
Kim sighed and rolled her eyes. Her mom always rambled when she was worried. "Mom, I'm fine," she said, trying to reassure her.
"That's what you said last night and I could tell from your voice that you were not o.k. Jimmy called and wanted to talk to you and I just couldn't lie because he was really worried and-"
"Mom! Breathe," Kim laughed. "I'm not mad that you told Jimmy. You were right. I was having some problems and it was good that he came. I'm feeling much better. He stayed with me and-"
"Jimmy stayed with you all day? I thought you said you were tired and just needed sleep," asked Katherine, not liking where this was going.
"I did sleep and he stayed with me," Kim explained, knowing what was coming next.
"You slept together didn't you? Kim, why do you always do this to yourself?! You always go to him for comfort and end up drowning your pain in sex!"
Kim fought the urge to laugh. Probably any other day she would have been mad at that comment, but for some reason, hearing her mom go on like this was funny. "Kimberly, I swear, if you're laughing-"
"Wow. You must really be mad to full name me," Kim laughed, but cut her mom off before she started again. "Not that it's any of your business, we didn't have sex."
"But you did sleep together, didn't you?" accused Katherine.
"Mom, give it a rest," Kim was starting to get annoyed.
"Kim, you know how this is going to turn out. Just like it always does. You'll look to him to be the grown up for once and take care of you and he'll take advantage of that and you'll let him."
Now Kim was mad. "You have no right to say anything, mother. Jimmy has been the only one that has been there for me through this whole thing and for your information hasn't tried to take anything from me! I didn't see you at my bedside when I was at the hospital. It was Jimmy. I know we've made some really stupid mistakes when it comes to each other, but he's there for me and more importantly, he's there for our son. So don't start with the whole Jimmy issue."
Katherine was completely silent. She really wished she had kept her mouth shut. "You're right. I have no place to say those things. It's your life and your choice. I'm just worried, Kimmy. I don't want to see you get hurt again."
Kim closed her eyes and ran a hand through her hair. "Yeah, Mom. I know. Look, let me talk to Joey."
Kim heard her son on the other line. "Mommy?"
Kim smiled. Hearing his voice helped calm her. As long as she knew he was alright, everything was fine. "Hi, baby? Sorry I wasn't there when you woke up this morning, but I wasn't feeling good and needed to go home."
"That's o.k., Mommy. Dad made pancakes and I've been playing with Mikey all day," her son explained excitedly.
Kim smiled, "Well, how about Dad and I pick you up and we have pizza and watch movies?"
"Cool," Joey chirped.
"O.k. We'll be there in a couple of hours. Be good for your grandma."
"I will. Bye, Mom."
Katherine took the phone, "Joey can stay with me tonight if you need some more time," she offered, trying to make peace.
"No, it's alright. I really want him home. I need to be his mother tonight."
After a few more awkward minutes, Kim said goodbye and hung up. She looked up to see the bathroom light off. She hadn't even noticed Jimmy had left. She made her way in to the living room to find him sitting on the couch watching the news and sipping coffee. He smiled when she entered the room, "There's some coffee in the pot if you want some."
"Thanks," she smiled and got a cup. She went back and sat by Jimmy. "So, how much of that did you hear," Kim asked looking at her cup.
Jimmy smiled, "I didn't hear a thing."
Kim laughed, "Yeah right."
"No, seriously though. I left before you guys started to argue," he looked at her, "You ok?"
"It was nothing. Just one of our stupid fights that we have every time we talk."
Jimmy set his mug down and turned to face her. She was wearing an oversized F.D.N.Y t-shirt and her hair was all messy. She looked incredibly sexy. All of a sudden he was starting to feel a little warm again and forced the onslaught of visuals out of his head. "So, what's happening with Joey?"
Kim noticed he seemed a little antsy but thought maybe he hadn't slept so good, "I told him we'd pick him up and do a pizza/movie night."
"Sounds good," he smiled.
Kim once again looked into her coffee cup, "Thanks for staying with me today. I know you probably had better things to do than take care of my sorry ass, but thanks," she smiled.
Jimmy chuckled, "It was no problem. Actually, I haven't slept that good in a while, so thank you."
Kim laughed, "So, I'll go take a shower and get ready," she stood up and stretched. Jimmy quickly averted his eyes when her shirt rode up and he could see the tops of her thighs. She smiled, oblivious to her affect on him, and walked away, and he couldn't help but watch. Damn! Why did she have to be so sexy?
Jimmy woke up with a feeling that things were going to get complicated. When he had fallen asleep, Kim had her head on his chest and her arm slung around his waist, you know, warm and cozy. He was happy to be able to comfort her, but he wasn't feeling warm and cozy so much as hot and horny. Kim's head was still on his chest, but her leg was intertwined between his and her hand was resting comfortably, low on his stomach, under his shirt. Jimmy felt a slow burn starting and he knew that if he didn't do something fast, he was gonna catch on fire. Things could get very awkward and embarrassing if Kim were to wake up now. While trying to lay as still as possible as to not wake the warm, cuddly mass beside him, he couldn't help but notice how good this felt. There was a time when they always used to wake up like this. Then usually one would wake up before the other and start to do interesting things to wake the other up. Things that he definitely shouldn't be thinking about now in his present situation.
Jimmy held his breath as he felt Kim stir. He thought for sure this was how he was gonna die. Not by some dangerous or heroic effort on his part, but by the wrath of his ex-wife. God he hated that "ex" part. Where the hell did that thought come from?
Kim's hand smoothed over his stomach gently causing his muscles to tense a little. She sighed in her sleep and snuggled more deeply against his body. Her leg caressed the inside of his and her knee nearly brushed a very dangerous area. That was the breaking point. He had to get a cold shower and fast.
Jimmy slowly moved Kim's hand from under his shirt and kissed her fingers, putting her hand on the pillow. Slowly, carefully and not to mention painfully, he gently extracted himself from the human pretzel they had created. Kim moaned at the loss and tried to scoot closer to where he had been laying. He quietly shushed her and kissed her head causing her to sigh and burrow into the covers. Jimmy made a mad dash into the bathroom and shucked his clothing in record timing. He turned on the shower as cold as his body could stand and stood there trying to think of anything but how good her warm body had felt so close to his. 'I'm thinking about trash. Mud. Charred flesh. Damn it, her flesh. So smooth. NO! Car wreck. Twisted metal. Guts flying everywhere.'
While Jimmy was trying to focus on all that was disgusting in this world, Kim awoke to the sound of running water. Night had already fallen and the only light was the one coming from under the door of the bathroom. Briefly she panicked, because of the lack of light and wondering if she had done something really stupid with Jimmy. Wouldn't be the first time. She turned on the bedside light and saw Jimmy's shoes and jacket on the floor, but no pants or underwear. That was a good sign. She flopped back down on the bed and it all came back to her. Jimmy had come because he was worried and she had asked him to stay because she was scared. And he had. Without once trying to make a move. Kim chuckled lightly to herself, but soon her smile became a frown. What? Was she not attractive to him anymore. Did he not find her appealing after so many years? Kim shook her head to rid herself of these thoughts. What did she care what he thought of her anymore? It wasn't like she was trying to impress him or anything, right? Right?! Kim smiled when she thought about this day. She had woken up from a bad dream and had immediately seen Jimmy's face when she opened her eyes. That instantly calmed her and she fell right back to sleep, not even thinking that it was strange that he was there. How was it that he could still offer her that kind of comfort after all they had been through?
Jimmy was taking a really long time in the shower so she decided to give her mom a call and see how Joey was. It had hit her before she fell asleep that he wasn't with Jimmy and he explained that Joey was staying with her mom.
"Hello?" answered Katherine.
"Hey, Mom. How's Joey?"
"Oh god, Kim. I'm so glad you called. I was getting so worried. I hadn't heard from you or Jimmy and I was starting to think that something might have happened."
Kim sighed and rolled her eyes. Her mom always rambled when she was worried. "Mom, I'm fine," she said, trying to reassure her.
"That's what you said last night and I could tell from your voice that you were not o.k. Jimmy called and wanted to talk to you and I just couldn't lie because he was really worried and-"
"Mom! Breathe," Kim laughed. "I'm not mad that you told Jimmy. You were right. I was having some problems and it was good that he came. I'm feeling much better. He stayed with me and-"
"Jimmy stayed with you all day? I thought you said you were tired and just needed sleep," asked Katherine, not liking where this was going.
"I did sleep and he stayed with me," Kim explained, knowing what was coming next.
"You slept together didn't you? Kim, why do you always do this to yourself?! You always go to him for comfort and end up drowning your pain in sex!"
Kim fought the urge to laugh. Probably any other day she would have been mad at that comment, but for some reason, hearing her mom go on like this was funny. "Kimberly, I swear, if you're laughing-"
"Wow. You must really be mad to full name me," Kim laughed, but cut her mom off before she started again. "Not that it's any of your business, we didn't have sex."
"But you did sleep together, didn't you?" accused Katherine.
"Mom, give it a rest," Kim was starting to get annoyed.
"Kim, you know how this is going to turn out. Just like it always does. You'll look to him to be the grown up for once and take care of you and he'll take advantage of that and you'll let him."
Now Kim was mad. "You have no right to say anything, mother. Jimmy has been the only one that has been there for me through this whole thing and for your information hasn't tried to take anything from me! I didn't see you at my bedside when I was at the hospital. It was Jimmy. I know we've made some really stupid mistakes when it comes to each other, but he's there for me and more importantly, he's there for our son. So don't start with the whole Jimmy issue."
Katherine was completely silent. She really wished she had kept her mouth shut. "You're right. I have no place to say those things. It's your life and your choice. I'm just worried, Kimmy. I don't want to see you get hurt again."
Kim closed her eyes and ran a hand through her hair. "Yeah, Mom. I know. Look, let me talk to Joey."
Kim heard her son on the other line. "Mommy?"
Kim smiled. Hearing his voice helped calm her. As long as she knew he was alright, everything was fine. "Hi, baby? Sorry I wasn't there when you woke up this morning, but I wasn't feeling good and needed to go home."
"That's o.k., Mommy. Dad made pancakes and I've been playing with Mikey all day," her son explained excitedly.
Kim smiled, "Well, how about Dad and I pick you up and we have pizza and watch movies?"
"Cool," Joey chirped.
"O.k. We'll be there in a couple of hours. Be good for your grandma."
"I will. Bye, Mom."
Katherine took the phone, "Joey can stay with me tonight if you need some more time," she offered, trying to make peace.
"No, it's alright. I really want him home. I need to be his mother tonight."
After a few more awkward minutes, Kim said goodbye and hung up. She looked up to see the bathroom light off. She hadn't even noticed Jimmy had left. She made her way in to the living room to find him sitting on the couch watching the news and sipping coffee. He smiled when she entered the room, "There's some coffee in the pot if you want some."
"Thanks," she smiled and got a cup. She went back and sat by Jimmy. "So, how much of that did you hear," Kim asked looking at her cup.
Jimmy smiled, "I didn't hear a thing."
Kim laughed, "Yeah right."
"No, seriously though. I left before you guys started to argue," he looked at her, "You ok?"
"It was nothing. Just one of our stupid fights that we have every time we talk."
Jimmy set his mug down and turned to face her. She was wearing an oversized F.D.N.Y t-shirt and her hair was all messy. She looked incredibly sexy. All of a sudden he was starting to feel a little warm again and forced the onslaught of visuals out of his head. "So, what's happening with Joey?"
Kim noticed he seemed a little antsy but thought maybe he hadn't slept so good, "I told him we'd pick him up and do a pizza/movie night."
"Sounds good," he smiled.
Kim once again looked into her coffee cup, "Thanks for staying with me today. I know you probably had better things to do than take care of my sorry ass, but thanks," she smiled.
Jimmy chuckled, "It was no problem. Actually, I haven't slept that good in a while, so thank you."
Kim laughed, "So, I'll go take a shower and get ready," she stood up and stretched. Jimmy quickly averted his eyes when her shirt rode up and he could see the tops of her thighs. She smiled, oblivious to her affect on him, and walked away, and he couldn't help but watch. Damn! Why did she have to be so sexy?