Chapter 3-Horrible Liar
January 3, 2002
Alex still didn't want anyone knowing about her relationship with Ty. Ty went along with her. He saw no reason to ruin whatever they had blooming. Since Ty was being so understanding of her wishes it made her appreciate him even more. He was respecting her, proving to her that he was worth keeping.
Last night their secret was almost exposed. Carlos was going out somewhere and wanted to get Ty's opinion on his outfit, so he knocked on Ty's door and opened it not realizing anyone else was in there with him. As soon as the door opened Alex tried to hide under the covers. Ty got up to talk to Carlos outside his door.
"That.that..that was," Carlos was speechless.
"I know, let me explain. We just kind of started seeing each other," Ty began trying to defend him and Alex.
"That was a woman," Carlos finally got out.
Ty was a bit taken back, " you didn't see-"
"That was a woman," Carlos said again cutting Ty off.
"Yes, yes that is a woman," Ty answered playing along with Carlos.
"So you're not.," Carlos hinted he thought Ty was gay.
"What? No. No. 100% straight," Ty answered sort of relieved.
"Cause Christopher told me..," Carlos hinted again, unable to actually say it.
"And you believed him?" Ty said with a confused and sarcastic tone.
"Yeah well, I'll let you get back to.," Carlos pointed to the bedroom doors.
"Yeah, thanks man," Ty answered walking back into the room.
Alex overheard the conversation between Ty and Carlos and found it amusing since Carlos didn't know that it was her in Ty's bed. Alex and Ty eventually fell asleep. They awoke the next morning after Carlos had left for his class. Alex got dressed and headed back to her place to get changed for work.
Alex walked into the firehouse and found Jimmy giving an elementary school class a tour of the station. Jimmy being Jimmy, he was trying to impress the teacher by showing some things off. Alex had walked upstairs to get changed for her shift. She had just finished buttoning her shirt when she heard a loud thump downstairs. She walked downstairs to find Carlos lying at the bottom of the fire pole. He had fallen two stories trying to slide down the pole. Kim, Doc and Alex packaged Carlos up and took him over to Mercy. He had been unconscious for almost three minutes.
The people at the firehouse were finding a lot of amusement in Carlos' misfortune. He didn't want to be at the hospital, but the doctor's said otherwise. Due to the length of his unconsciousness the doctor wanted to keep Carlos overnight for observation. Alex thought she would be getting the rest of the afternoon off considering her partner was being admitted to the hospital. Doc had another idea. He suggested that she and Kim partner up for the rest of the shift. They were somewhat shocked, but agreed.
Alex and Kim headed out onto the road. They had some trouble finding topics of conversation. They were acquaintances, but nothing more than that. Once they became accustomed to one another things became much easier.
Ty and Sully's shift had begun fairly slowly. They had one call when they first signed in service, but that was really it. Ty was in a really good mood, thinking about Alex.
"So who is it this time?" Sully asked Ty.
"Huh? What?" Ty responded, coming back to reality from his day dream.
"You have that 'I have a new girl' look on your face."
"Oh.umm.no one.I'm just feeling good," Ty managed to get out trying to find a cover.
"I'm feeling good too," Sully answered convinced Ty was hiding something.
"55-Charlie4 from Central5," came the dispatchers voice over the radio.
"Charlie," Ty answered.
"Respond to 142 East 97th for a dispute."
"Receive, 142 East 97th," Ty repeated the address as he hit the siren and Sully headed to the call.
When they arrived on scene, they found a bartender with a large cut on his arm. He said it was from a bottle that he let fall off of the counter. Ty and Sully didn't believe him for a second. They called for a bus so the paramedics could look at his cut. Ty walked outside to meet the paramedics while Sully waited inside with the bartender. The ambulance pulled up and Kim and Alex jumped out.
"You two riding together now?" Ty questioned.
"It's a long story," Alex responded.
"But a really funny one," Kim added.
"Looks like your roommate won't be coming home tonight," Alex told Ty.
"You live with Carlos? Carlos Nieto?" Kim questioned with a laugh.
"That's the universal reaction. What happened?" Ty asked.
"He's spending the night in the hospital. He has a concussion," Alex told Ty.
"He's in the hospital? When do we get to the funny part?"
"He fell trying to slide down the fire pole," Alex said.
Ty couldn't help but chuckle a little but. Carlos sure was unique when it came to doing stupid things. Of all things he could do, he fell trying to slide down the fire pole. But that was Carlos for you.
"He says he cut his arm on a bottle that fell," Sully told Kim and Alex as they entered the room with Ty.
"I can't believe I let it fall," the bartender said.
"Let me see it," Alex said as she reached for the man's arm.
The man resisted giving her his arm, "How about you show me yours and I'll show you mine?"
Ty slapped the man up side the head, "watch your mouth."
"You don't want our help?" Alex said as she turned to Kim. "How about we just leave him here to bleed to death. That work for you?"
"Sounds good," Kim answered with a chuckle.
The man lightened up and allowed Kim and Alex to look at the cut and bandage it. After they bandaged it they walked out to the bus.
"I'll meet you at Mercy Sul," Ty said inferring he was going to ride in the bus.
"Why?" Alex asked.
"Yeah why?" Sully added.
"Well, he acted up inside, he may get violent again," Ty said trying to defend himself.
"And we're just two chicks," Alex said looking at Kim.
"I didn't say that," Ty said still trying to dig himself out of his nicely dug hole.
"You didn't have to," Alex said as she closed the back doors of the bus and walked around to the driver's side.
Ty turned around to walk back to the squad car. Sully was standing there looking at Davis with a fairly humored look on his face.
"What?" Ty questioned Sully trying to keep a straight face.
"You sweet on her?" Sully asked.
"Who Alex? No," Ty was blushing badly.
Sully didn't say a word, just gave Ty a look telling him that he didn't believe one word coming out of his mouth.
"Shut up!" Ty said quickly.
"That is the first medic I've seen you want to follow around."
"I'm not following her around, I'm trying-" Ty cut himself off, knowing he was about to say something to incriminate himself.
Sully knew Ty was lying. He found some joy in torturing him about him and his relationships, since Ty was always trying to hook Sully up.
When their shift was about half over Sully said he had to drop milk off to Tatyana at home. He told Ty he could be quick and to wait in the car. He walked into the apartment. About 5 minutes later Sully keyed up Davis on his radio.
"Davis, start the car. We care taking my mother to the hospital," Ty heard over the radio. Sully came down with his mother. She had burned her arm apparently trying to cook something while Tatyana ran to get milk. The doctor's took her at the hospital. After they examined her, the ER doctor came and talked to Sully. He informed Sully that his mother was badly burned and that it may require surgery. But he said surgery was risky because of her advanced age. He also informed Sully that his mother had diabetes, something that had been previously undiagnosed. The doctor took Sully back to see her. Ty walked passed the ER entrance and saw Kim and Alex bringing in a patient.
"Mind if I peel off?" Alex asked Kim as they wheeled the patient in and she saw Ty.
"No, go ahead. I got this," Kim responded.
"So what are you doing here?" Alex asked Ty with a flirty eye.
"Sully's mom. She burned herself," Ty said pointing to her room.
"Is she ok?" Alex asked, her mood quickly changing.
"It's pretty bad. It may need surgery."
"How's Sully?"
"Upset." They both looked down the hall at Sully and his mom. It was sad.
"So, how was your first day with Kim?"
"Not as bad as I thought. It was a little awkward at first, but after a while we knew what the other was going to do before she did it. I think it is because we were both trained by Doc."
"Good, maybe you can ride with her instead of Carlos."
"Yeah, I didn't mind having a little girl talk."
"Girl talk? I thought you didn't like the 'g' word."
"Girl?" Ty nodded. "I don't mind being called a girl, I just don't like when assumptions are made because I am one."
"Oh so I made assumptions?"
"Yes. You thought I needed to be protected when I didn't."
"Come on Al, he was talking about showing you his stuff, what was I supposed to do?"
"Listen, I think it is sweet that you are worried about me, but I have to be out there without you. You don't want me to be defenseless do you?"
"Well kind of." They both laughed, Ty slightly embarrassed.
"Ok, so the next time you can come to my rescue, I'll be sure to call you."
"You promise?" They both laughed some more.
"So I'll see you tonight?" Ty questioned.
"You bet. We're gonna tear the place up."
"Now I'm supposed to be the man when it comes to that."
"And I always let you think you are," Alex said playfully as she walked away, pinching Ty's ass as she did.
"You better watch yourself."
Alex still didn't want anyone knowing about her relationship with Ty. Ty went along with her. He saw no reason to ruin whatever they had blooming. Since Ty was being so understanding of her wishes it made her appreciate him even more. He was respecting her, proving to her that he was worth keeping.
Last night their secret was almost exposed. Carlos was going out somewhere and wanted to get Ty's opinion on his outfit, so he knocked on Ty's door and opened it not realizing anyone else was in there with him. As soon as the door opened Alex tried to hide under the covers. Ty got up to talk to Carlos outside his door.
"That.that..that was," Carlos was speechless.
"I know, let me explain. We just kind of started seeing each other," Ty began trying to defend him and Alex.
"That was a woman," Carlos finally got out.
Ty was a bit taken back, " you didn't see-"
"That was a woman," Carlos said again cutting Ty off.
"Yes, yes that is a woman," Ty answered playing along with Carlos.
"So you're not.," Carlos hinted he thought Ty was gay.
"What? No. No. 100% straight," Ty answered sort of relieved.
"Cause Christopher told me..," Carlos hinted again, unable to actually say it.
"And you believed him?" Ty said with a confused and sarcastic tone.
"Yeah well, I'll let you get back to.," Carlos pointed to the bedroom doors.
"Yeah, thanks man," Ty answered walking back into the room.
Alex overheard the conversation between Ty and Carlos and found it amusing since Carlos didn't know that it was her in Ty's bed. Alex and Ty eventually fell asleep. They awoke the next morning after Carlos had left for his class. Alex got dressed and headed back to her place to get changed for work.
Alex walked into the firehouse and found Jimmy giving an elementary school class a tour of the station. Jimmy being Jimmy, he was trying to impress the teacher by showing some things off. Alex had walked upstairs to get changed for her shift. She had just finished buttoning her shirt when she heard a loud thump downstairs. She walked downstairs to find Carlos lying at the bottom of the fire pole. He had fallen two stories trying to slide down the pole. Kim, Doc and Alex packaged Carlos up and took him over to Mercy. He had been unconscious for almost three minutes.
The people at the firehouse were finding a lot of amusement in Carlos' misfortune. He didn't want to be at the hospital, but the doctor's said otherwise. Due to the length of his unconsciousness the doctor wanted to keep Carlos overnight for observation. Alex thought she would be getting the rest of the afternoon off considering her partner was being admitted to the hospital. Doc had another idea. He suggested that she and Kim partner up for the rest of the shift. They were somewhat shocked, but agreed.
Alex and Kim headed out onto the road. They had some trouble finding topics of conversation. They were acquaintances, but nothing more than that. Once they became accustomed to one another things became much easier.
Ty and Sully's shift had begun fairly slowly. They had one call when they first signed in service, but that was really it. Ty was in a really good mood, thinking about Alex.
"So who is it this time?" Sully asked Ty.
"Huh? What?" Ty responded, coming back to reality from his day dream.
"You have that 'I have a new girl' look on your face."
"Oh.umm.no one.I'm just feeling good," Ty managed to get out trying to find a cover.
"I'm feeling good too," Sully answered convinced Ty was hiding something.
"55-Charlie4 from Central5," came the dispatchers voice over the radio.
"Charlie," Ty answered.
"Respond to 142 East 97th for a dispute."
"Receive, 142 East 97th," Ty repeated the address as he hit the siren and Sully headed to the call.
When they arrived on scene, they found a bartender with a large cut on his arm. He said it was from a bottle that he let fall off of the counter. Ty and Sully didn't believe him for a second. They called for a bus so the paramedics could look at his cut. Ty walked outside to meet the paramedics while Sully waited inside with the bartender. The ambulance pulled up and Kim and Alex jumped out.
"You two riding together now?" Ty questioned.
"It's a long story," Alex responded.
"But a really funny one," Kim added.
"Looks like your roommate won't be coming home tonight," Alex told Ty.
"You live with Carlos? Carlos Nieto?" Kim questioned with a laugh.
"That's the universal reaction. What happened?" Ty asked.
"He's spending the night in the hospital. He has a concussion," Alex told Ty.
"He's in the hospital? When do we get to the funny part?"
"He fell trying to slide down the fire pole," Alex said.
Ty couldn't help but chuckle a little but. Carlos sure was unique when it came to doing stupid things. Of all things he could do, he fell trying to slide down the fire pole. But that was Carlos for you.
"He says he cut his arm on a bottle that fell," Sully told Kim and Alex as they entered the room with Ty.
"I can't believe I let it fall," the bartender said.
"Let me see it," Alex said as she reached for the man's arm.
The man resisted giving her his arm, "How about you show me yours and I'll show you mine?"
Ty slapped the man up side the head, "watch your mouth."
"You don't want our help?" Alex said as she turned to Kim. "How about we just leave him here to bleed to death. That work for you?"
"Sounds good," Kim answered with a chuckle.
The man lightened up and allowed Kim and Alex to look at the cut and bandage it. After they bandaged it they walked out to the bus.
"I'll meet you at Mercy Sul," Ty said inferring he was going to ride in the bus.
"Why?" Alex asked.
"Yeah why?" Sully added.
"Well, he acted up inside, he may get violent again," Ty said trying to defend himself.
"And we're just two chicks," Alex said looking at Kim.
"I didn't say that," Ty said still trying to dig himself out of his nicely dug hole.
"You didn't have to," Alex said as she closed the back doors of the bus and walked around to the driver's side.
Ty turned around to walk back to the squad car. Sully was standing there looking at Davis with a fairly humored look on his face.
"What?" Ty questioned Sully trying to keep a straight face.
"You sweet on her?" Sully asked.
"Who Alex? No," Ty was blushing badly.
Sully didn't say a word, just gave Ty a look telling him that he didn't believe one word coming out of his mouth.
"Shut up!" Ty said quickly.
"That is the first medic I've seen you want to follow around."
"I'm not following her around, I'm trying-" Ty cut himself off, knowing he was about to say something to incriminate himself.
Sully knew Ty was lying. He found some joy in torturing him about him and his relationships, since Ty was always trying to hook Sully up.
When their shift was about half over Sully said he had to drop milk off to Tatyana at home. He told Ty he could be quick and to wait in the car. He walked into the apartment. About 5 minutes later Sully keyed up Davis on his radio.
"Davis, start the car. We care taking my mother to the hospital," Ty heard over the radio. Sully came down with his mother. She had burned her arm apparently trying to cook something while Tatyana ran to get milk. The doctor's took her at the hospital. After they examined her, the ER doctor came and talked to Sully. He informed Sully that his mother was badly burned and that it may require surgery. But he said surgery was risky because of her advanced age. He also informed Sully that his mother had diabetes, something that had been previously undiagnosed. The doctor took Sully back to see her. Ty walked passed the ER entrance and saw Kim and Alex bringing in a patient.
"Mind if I peel off?" Alex asked Kim as they wheeled the patient in and she saw Ty.
"No, go ahead. I got this," Kim responded.
"So what are you doing here?" Alex asked Ty with a flirty eye.
"Sully's mom. She burned herself," Ty said pointing to her room.
"Is she ok?" Alex asked, her mood quickly changing.
"It's pretty bad. It may need surgery."
"How's Sully?"
"Upset." They both looked down the hall at Sully and his mom. It was sad.
"So, how was your first day with Kim?"
"Not as bad as I thought. It was a little awkward at first, but after a while we knew what the other was going to do before she did it. I think it is because we were both trained by Doc."
"Good, maybe you can ride with her instead of Carlos."
"Yeah, I didn't mind having a little girl talk."
"Girl talk? I thought you didn't like the 'g' word."
"Girl?" Ty nodded. "I don't mind being called a girl, I just don't like when assumptions are made because I am one."
"Oh so I made assumptions?"
"Yes. You thought I needed to be protected when I didn't."
"Come on Al, he was talking about showing you his stuff, what was I supposed to do?"
"Listen, I think it is sweet that you are worried about me, but I have to be out there without you. You don't want me to be defenseless do you?"
"Well kind of." They both laughed, Ty slightly embarrassed.
"Ok, so the next time you can come to my rescue, I'll be sure to call you."
"You promise?" They both laughed some more.
"So I'll see you tonight?" Ty questioned.
"You bet. We're gonna tear the place up."
"Now I'm supposed to be the man when it comes to that."
"And I always let you think you are," Alex said playfully as she walked away, pinching Ty's ass as she did.
"You better watch yourself."
