"Thank God spring has finally arrived" Kim tells Carlos
"Yeah, I agree. I'm tired of the cold weather and the snow." Carlos smiles
"I can't believe that I am due in less than 2 weeks." Kim says as she runs her hand over her pregnant stomach
"Yeah. I can't believe it either." Carlos adds, "So when do you start your maternity leave?"
"Today's my last shift." Kim replies
"Oh. That soon?" Carlos asks
"Yeah, I should have started last week." Kim replies.
"Oh, okay." Carlos says as he closes his locker. "Good night Kim. You know that if you need anything, you can call me."
"I know." She replies, "Thank you."
"For what?" Carlos asks
"For being there." Kim replies
"Good night." Carlos says again as he walks down the stairs
Walsh walks up to Kim.
"Kimmy, you alright?" He asks looking at her staring off towards the now empty stairwell
Kim hesitates, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"You just seem a little out of it." Walsh adds
"I'm just tired." Kim replies
"Go home and get some rest, heaven knows that you need it." Walsh says as he takes her bag from her shoulder. "You shouldn't be carrying this."
Kim looks at him and smiles
"Let me drive you home. It's quicker than waiting for a cab." Walsh adds
"Thank you, but you don't have to." Kim replies "No, I have to. I promised Jimmy that if anything ever happened to him, that I would look after you." Walsh adds, "I don't want him coming back and haunting me."
"Thank you." Kim looks at Walsh with a tear in her eye
The two walk down the stairs and off to Walsh's Jeep. Lieutenant Johnson, DK, and Lombardo all watch. *~*~*~*~*
It's early the next morning. Kim wakes Joey up and gets him ready for school.
"Okay, Mel is going to pick you up at school and take you to baseball okay?" Kim asks
"Okay Mommy." Joey smiles as Kim brushes a couple stray hairs across Joey's head
"Don't be late." Kim says
Joey heads out the door. "Bye Mommy!"
"Bye sweetie!" Kim says as the door shuts
It felt weird to be in the apartment all alone. She could never shake the feeling that came over her when Joey left for school. It seemed empty to her. But that feeling of emptiness would soon go away. She had preparations to do to get a nursery ready for the new baby. There is a knock on the door. Kim goes to answer it.
"Hey!" Kim says looking at DK, Walsh, and Lombardo all standing out in the hallway "What are you all doing here?"
"We came as a surprise." DK says as he holds a toolbox.
"Surprise?" Kim asks
"Yeah, we decided that you could use a little help getting your apartment ready for the baby, so we thought we would all pitch in." Lombardo says
"Wow!" Kim says trying to fight back tears, "come on in."
The trio walks in carrying paint, and tools.
"We are preparing for a little girl right?" Walsh asks
"Yeah." Kim smiles looking at the cans on pink paint that Walsh is holding
"Good, didn't want a little boy to have to look at pink walls all the time." Walsh laughs
There is another knock at the door. Kim opens it to find Lieutenant Johnson, Carlos and Doc standing there with tools, ready to work.
Kim can no longer fight back the tears as she looks at her 6 coworkers. "This is beautiful. But you shouldn't have."
"We wanted to." Carlos says
"Thank you." Kim adds.
The seven head to the room that will soon be the nursery. Catherine walks into the apartment; she knows that the guys are preparing the nursery.
"Kim, I think that maybe you and I should go get some lunch for the guys." Catherine smiles
"Mom, did you know that they were going to do this?" Kim asks
Catherine smiles, "Honey, come on."
Kim grabs her purse and leaves with her mother. The guys all watch.
"You think she knows about this?" Carlos asks
"I don't think that she ever expected it." Doc replies as they are painting the wall
"This was a great idea Carlos." DK says
"Come on guys, we need to get these walls painted before the carpet gets here." Lieu adds
"I think that she's going to love it." Doc smiles. *~*~*~*~*
Catherine and Kim are riding in a cab.
"So did you know that they were planning to do this?" Kim asks
"They called me a week ago and asked if I thought that it would be okay." Catherine replies
"They really didn't have to." Kim responds
"But they wanted to dear. They were more excited about it than I was. They can't wait until you have the baby." Catherine adds, "They want everything to be perfect." *~*~*~*~* Faith walks into the locker room carrying a bag.
"What's in the bag?" Bosco asks
"Just something for Kim's baby." Faith replies
"Oh yeah?" Bosco asks
"Yeah, I got it yesterday." Faith replies pulling a beautiful musical mobile from the bag
Bosco pulls a bag out of his locker containing a baby monitor and an Ocean Wonders Aquarium toy.
"Wow Bosco." Sully says
"What?" Bosco asks
"I didn't think you cared." Sully replies
"I do." Bosco says
"Well, we should drop these off. The guys should be ready for them now." Davis says
"Wait a minute, what did you guys get?" Bosco asks
Sully pulls a pretty teddy bear from his locker.
"That's it?" Bosco asks
Faith, Sully, and Davis crack up.
"What?" Bosco asks
"I bought a crib for the baby." Sully replies
Davis is still laughing, "I got the matching dresser for it."
"Oh." Bosco says
The four head out to their RMPs and off to Kim's apartment. *~*~*~*~*
The carpet installers have finished with the carpet and are heading out the door when the deliverymen show up with the furniture for the nursery. Besides Sully and Davis's matching crib and dresser, the guys bought a matching rocking chair, and changing table.
The four cops walk into the apartment.
"Hey!" Faith says to Doc
"Hey guys! The furniture just got here, and we are almost finished putting up the boarder." Doc replies
"Great." Sully responds as they head back to the nearly finished nursery.
The four cops stand in the doorway as they watch Walsh and DK, who each have pink paint splattered on their shirts, finish putting the boarder around the room. They give the contents of their bags to Lieutenant Johnson and Carlos who are putting some finishing touches in the room. The mobile, monitors, some pictures, a mirror, and the teddy bear are all neatly placed in the room. The ten of them all take a step back and admire the work to the room.
"It really looks great guys." Faith says speaking from a mother's point of view
"Thank you." The guys all reply.
"Now let's hope that Kim likes it." Lombardo says
"She will." Faith adds
"All units, shots fired 1862 Riverside." The radio breaks in
Bosco grabs the radio "55 David responding."
Sully too calls in, "55 Charlie responding as well."
"Copy that Charlie and David" the radio replies
"Sorry, we gotta run." Faith says as the four head out of the apartment. *~*~*~*~*
Catherine and Kim hail a cab. They climb in carrying 4 large pizzas.
"So, you think the guys are hungry?" Catherine asks
"I don't know, but I am starved." Kim replies
They pull up to Kim's building. Catherine pays the cabbie and they head up to the apartment carrying the pizzas. They open the door to find the guys sitting in the living room chatting.
"Hey." Kim says Carlos immediately jumps up and takes the pizza from her hands.
"You shouldn't be carrying anything." He says
The guys all laugh.
"So who's hungry?" Catherine asks
The guys all look around at one another.
"Kim, would you follow us please?" DK asks
They head back the hallway; Walsh puts his hands over Kim's eyes so that she doesn't see the work until everyone is ready. They walk into the room and he removes his hands.
"Wow." Kim says as tears stream down her cheek. "This is beautiful. I can't believe that you did all of this for me."
"Actually, we didn't do all of it, Bosco, Sully, Davis, and Faith chipped in as well." Doc says
"You guys." Kim chokes up, "You're all the best friends that anyone could ever hope for."
"Glad that you like it." Carlos replies
Each of them gives Kim a hug. They all head back out into the living room to eat pizza and talk. They are all sitting and laughing. Suddenly something goes wrong. Kim cries out in pain. The guys all stop. Doc and Carlos jump up and rush to her side.
"What's wrong?" Doc asks
"It's coming!" Kim cries out
"Okay, okay. Don't push." Doc says
Carlos grabs a pillow off of the couch as Lieutenant Johnson calls for an ambulance. Doc and Carlos help Kim to be comfortable.
"Okay, bus is on the way." Lieu says
"Okay Kim, hold on. They are on the way. Just keep breathing." Doc says
Walsh runs down to the street to meet the bus when it arrives. The others just stand around the apartment waiting. They know everything will be okay because Doc and Carlos are there. "It's coming." Kim screams
"No it's not, not here. Don't push." Doc says
"The contractions are coming too quickly, and the baby really is coming." Carlos says to Doc
"Okay, Carlos looks like we're it to deliver this baby." Doc says
The firefighters and Catherine scramble around the apartment to find supplies to deliver the baby. Kim is now lying on the living room floor.
"I can see the head." Carlos says
"Okay Kim, you've done this before. I need you to push when I count to 3 okay?" Doc asks
Catherine takes her daughter's hand.
"Carlos are you ready?" Doc asks
Carlos nods his head as he has a towel waiting.
"Okay Kim, 1. 2. 3." Kim pushes
"Almost there Kim. One more push." Carlos says
Kim pushes again, crying out in pain. Suddenly her cries are over taken by the sound of a baby. Carlos has cleared the nose and is wrapping the baby in the towel. Doc and Carlos have already taken care of the umbilical cord. Carlos is beaming as he hands the baby to Kim who is being supported by DK and Lombardo.
There You'll Be by Faith Hill plays softly
Walsh returns to the apartment with Lundy and partner. And he smiles as he reaches the door and sees Kim holding her baby girl for the very first time.
"She looks just like her daddy" Walsh says as the others agree.
"So what's her name going to be?" Carlos asks
Kim puts some thought into it. "Alexandria Marie Doherty" Kim says as the tears stream down her face.
"That's beautiful honey." Catherine says as she pushes her daughters hair back out of her eyes.
Mel and Joey rush into the apartment. "What happened?" Mel asks as she tries to get through the group of Kim's coworkers. Like a door opening, the group moves to let her through. Joey looks at his mother, who has now been placed on a gurney. Kim is holding the baby to her.
"Joey, I have someone for you to meet." Kim says softly as Joey walks closer to his mother.
The interaction between the two is watched closely by all of those in the room.
"Is this my little sister?" Joey asks
Kim smiles, "Yes. It's your little sister. Joey, meet Alexandria."
"Can I hold her?" Joey asks
Catherine's eyes fill with tears as she watches her grandson hold his little sister for the first time. Kim's eyes fill with tears as she thinks back to the first time that Jimmy held Joey. The same smile that Jimmy had while holding Joey for the first time, has made it's way to Joey's face as he holds Alexandria. The tears fall freely down her cheeks.
"You know that Jimmy, Alex, and Bobby are all looking down right now smiling." Carlos says softly. "And Jimmy is beaming."
"We should get them to the hospital." Lundy says
"Yeah." Doc replies as they help take the gurney to the bus and load mother and newborn into the bus. Doc closes the doors and they all watch as the bus pulls away. Walsh rubs Joey's shoulders.
"You are blessed." Lieutenant Johnson says to Joey. "Your dad is with you everyday, everywhere you go. And now your little sister is a constant reminder. Your father is gone, but never forgotten."
Joey looks up. "I could never forget him. Now I have someone to tell all about him."
Everyone smiles.
"You make sure that you tell her all about your daddy." DK says
"I will." Joey smiles as Catherine, Mel, and him get into the cab to head off to the hospital. Lombardo closes the door and the cab pulls away.
"Yeah, I agree. I'm tired of the cold weather and the snow." Carlos smiles
"I can't believe that I am due in less than 2 weeks." Kim says as she runs her hand over her pregnant stomach
"Yeah. I can't believe it either." Carlos adds, "So when do you start your maternity leave?"
"Today's my last shift." Kim replies
"Oh. That soon?" Carlos asks
"Yeah, I should have started last week." Kim replies.
"Oh, okay." Carlos says as he closes his locker. "Good night Kim. You know that if you need anything, you can call me."
"I know." She replies, "Thank you."
"For what?" Carlos asks
"For being there." Kim replies
"Good night." Carlos says again as he walks down the stairs
Walsh walks up to Kim.
"Kimmy, you alright?" He asks looking at her staring off towards the now empty stairwell
Kim hesitates, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"You just seem a little out of it." Walsh adds
"I'm just tired." Kim replies
"Go home and get some rest, heaven knows that you need it." Walsh says as he takes her bag from her shoulder. "You shouldn't be carrying this."
Kim looks at him and smiles
"Let me drive you home. It's quicker than waiting for a cab." Walsh adds
"Thank you, but you don't have to." Kim replies "No, I have to. I promised Jimmy that if anything ever happened to him, that I would look after you." Walsh adds, "I don't want him coming back and haunting me."
"Thank you." Kim looks at Walsh with a tear in her eye
The two walk down the stairs and off to Walsh's Jeep. Lieutenant Johnson, DK, and Lombardo all watch. *~*~*~*~*
It's early the next morning. Kim wakes Joey up and gets him ready for school.
"Okay, Mel is going to pick you up at school and take you to baseball okay?" Kim asks
"Okay Mommy." Joey smiles as Kim brushes a couple stray hairs across Joey's head
"Don't be late." Kim says
Joey heads out the door. "Bye Mommy!"
"Bye sweetie!" Kim says as the door shuts
It felt weird to be in the apartment all alone. She could never shake the feeling that came over her when Joey left for school. It seemed empty to her. But that feeling of emptiness would soon go away. She had preparations to do to get a nursery ready for the new baby. There is a knock on the door. Kim goes to answer it.
"Hey!" Kim says looking at DK, Walsh, and Lombardo all standing out in the hallway "What are you all doing here?"
"We came as a surprise." DK says as he holds a toolbox.
"Surprise?" Kim asks
"Yeah, we decided that you could use a little help getting your apartment ready for the baby, so we thought we would all pitch in." Lombardo says
"Wow!" Kim says trying to fight back tears, "come on in."
The trio walks in carrying paint, and tools.
"We are preparing for a little girl right?" Walsh asks
"Yeah." Kim smiles looking at the cans on pink paint that Walsh is holding
"Good, didn't want a little boy to have to look at pink walls all the time." Walsh laughs
There is another knock at the door. Kim opens it to find Lieutenant Johnson, Carlos and Doc standing there with tools, ready to work.
Kim can no longer fight back the tears as she looks at her 6 coworkers. "This is beautiful. But you shouldn't have."
"We wanted to." Carlos says
"Thank you." Kim adds.
The seven head to the room that will soon be the nursery. Catherine walks into the apartment; she knows that the guys are preparing the nursery.
"Kim, I think that maybe you and I should go get some lunch for the guys." Catherine smiles
"Mom, did you know that they were going to do this?" Kim asks
Catherine smiles, "Honey, come on."
Kim grabs her purse and leaves with her mother. The guys all watch.
"You think she knows about this?" Carlos asks
"I don't think that she ever expected it." Doc replies as they are painting the wall
"This was a great idea Carlos." DK says
"Come on guys, we need to get these walls painted before the carpet gets here." Lieu adds
"I think that she's going to love it." Doc smiles. *~*~*~*~*
Catherine and Kim are riding in a cab.
"So did you know that they were planning to do this?" Kim asks
"They called me a week ago and asked if I thought that it would be okay." Catherine replies
"They really didn't have to." Kim responds
"But they wanted to dear. They were more excited about it than I was. They can't wait until you have the baby." Catherine adds, "They want everything to be perfect." *~*~*~*~* Faith walks into the locker room carrying a bag.
"What's in the bag?" Bosco asks
"Just something for Kim's baby." Faith replies
"Oh yeah?" Bosco asks
"Yeah, I got it yesterday." Faith replies pulling a beautiful musical mobile from the bag
Bosco pulls a bag out of his locker containing a baby monitor and an Ocean Wonders Aquarium toy.
"Wow Bosco." Sully says
"What?" Bosco asks
"I didn't think you cared." Sully replies
"I do." Bosco says
"Well, we should drop these off. The guys should be ready for them now." Davis says
"Wait a minute, what did you guys get?" Bosco asks
Sully pulls a pretty teddy bear from his locker.
"That's it?" Bosco asks
Faith, Sully, and Davis crack up.
"What?" Bosco asks
"I bought a crib for the baby." Sully replies
Davis is still laughing, "I got the matching dresser for it."
"Oh." Bosco says
The four head out to their RMPs and off to Kim's apartment. *~*~*~*~*
The carpet installers have finished with the carpet and are heading out the door when the deliverymen show up with the furniture for the nursery. Besides Sully and Davis's matching crib and dresser, the guys bought a matching rocking chair, and changing table.
The four cops walk into the apartment.
"Hey!" Faith says to Doc
"Hey guys! The furniture just got here, and we are almost finished putting up the boarder." Doc replies
"Great." Sully responds as they head back to the nearly finished nursery.
The four cops stand in the doorway as they watch Walsh and DK, who each have pink paint splattered on their shirts, finish putting the boarder around the room. They give the contents of their bags to Lieutenant Johnson and Carlos who are putting some finishing touches in the room. The mobile, monitors, some pictures, a mirror, and the teddy bear are all neatly placed in the room. The ten of them all take a step back and admire the work to the room.
"It really looks great guys." Faith says speaking from a mother's point of view
"Thank you." The guys all reply.
"Now let's hope that Kim likes it." Lombardo says
"She will." Faith adds
"All units, shots fired 1862 Riverside." The radio breaks in
Bosco grabs the radio "55 David responding."
Sully too calls in, "55 Charlie responding as well."
"Copy that Charlie and David" the radio replies
"Sorry, we gotta run." Faith says as the four head out of the apartment. *~*~*~*~*
Catherine and Kim hail a cab. They climb in carrying 4 large pizzas.
"So, you think the guys are hungry?" Catherine asks
"I don't know, but I am starved." Kim replies
They pull up to Kim's building. Catherine pays the cabbie and they head up to the apartment carrying the pizzas. They open the door to find the guys sitting in the living room chatting.
"Hey." Kim says Carlos immediately jumps up and takes the pizza from her hands.
"You shouldn't be carrying anything." He says
The guys all laugh.
"So who's hungry?" Catherine asks
The guys all look around at one another.
"Kim, would you follow us please?" DK asks
They head back the hallway; Walsh puts his hands over Kim's eyes so that she doesn't see the work until everyone is ready. They walk into the room and he removes his hands.
"Wow." Kim says as tears stream down her cheek. "This is beautiful. I can't believe that you did all of this for me."
"Actually, we didn't do all of it, Bosco, Sully, Davis, and Faith chipped in as well." Doc says
"You guys." Kim chokes up, "You're all the best friends that anyone could ever hope for."
"Glad that you like it." Carlos replies
Each of them gives Kim a hug. They all head back out into the living room to eat pizza and talk. They are all sitting and laughing. Suddenly something goes wrong. Kim cries out in pain. The guys all stop. Doc and Carlos jump up and rush to her side.
"What's wrong?" Doc asks
"It's coming!" Kim cries out
"Okay, okay. Don't push." Doc says
Carlos grabs a pillow off of the couch as Lieutenant Johnson calls for an ambulance. Doc and Carlos help Kim to be comfortable.
"Okay, bus is on the way." Lieu says
"Okay Kim, hold on. They are on the way. Just keep breathing." Doc says
Walsh runs down to the street to meet the bus when it arrives. The others just stand around the apartment waiting. They know everything will be okay because Doc and Carlos are there. "It's coming." Kim screams
"No it's not, not here. Don't push." Doc says
"The contractions are coming too quickly, and the baby really is coming." Carlos says to Doc
"Okay, Carlos looks like we're it to deliver this baby." Doc says
The firefighters and Catherine scramble around the apartment to find supplies to deliver the baby. Kim is now lying on the living room floor.
"I can see the head." Carlos says
"Okay Kim, you've done this before. I need you to push when I count to 3 okay?" Doc asks
Catherine takes her daughter's hand.
"Carlos are you ready?" Doc asks
Carlos nods his head as he has a towel waiting.
"Okay Kim, 1. 2. 3." Kim pushes
"Almost there Kim. One more push." Carlos says
Kim pushes again, crying out in pain. Suddenly her cries are over taken by the sound of a baby. Carlos has cleared the nose and is wrapping the baby in the towel. Doc and Carlos have already taken care of the umbilical cord. Carlos is beaming as he hands the baby to Kim who is being supported by DK and Lombardo.
There You'll Be by Faith Hill plays softly
Walsh returns to the apartment with Lundy and partner. And he smiles as he reaches the door and sees Kim holding her baby girl for the very first time.
"She looks just like her daddy" Walsh says as the others agree.
"So what's her name going to be?" Carlos asks
Kim puts some thought into it. "Alexandria Marie Doherty" Kim says as the tears stream down her face.
"That's beautiful honey." Catherine says as she pushes her daughters hair back out of her eyes.
Mel and Joey rush into the apartment. "What happened?" Mel asks as she tries to get through the group of Kim's coworkers. Like a door opening, the group moves to let her through. Joey looks at his mother, who has now been placed on a gurney. Kim is holding the baby to her.
"Joey, I have someone for you to meet." Kim says softly as Joey walks closer to his mother.
The interaction between the two is watched closely by all of those in the room.
"Is this my little sister?" Joey asks
Kim smiles, "Yes. It's your little sister. Joey, meet Alexandria."
"Can I hold her?" Joey asks
Catherine's eyes fill with tears as she watches her grandson hold his little sister for the first time. Kim's eyes fill with tears as she thinks back to the first time that Jimmy held Joey. The same smile that Jimmy had while holding Joey for the first time, has made it's way to Joey's face as he holds Alexandria. The tears fall freely down her cheeks.
"You know that Jimmy, Alex, and Bobby are all looking down right now smiling." Carlos says softly. "And Jimmy is beaming."
"We should get them to the hospital." Lundy says
"Yeah." Doc replies as they help take the gurney to the bus and load mother and newborn into the bus. Doc closes the doors and they all watch as the bus pulls away. Walsh rubs Joey's shoulders.
"You are blessed." Lieutenant Johnson says to Joey. "Your dad is with you everyday, everywhere you go. And now your little sister is a constant reminder. Your father is gone, but never forgotten."
Joey looks up. "I could never forget him. Now I have someone to tell all about him."
Everyone smiles.
"You make sure that you tell her all about your daddy." DK says
"I will." Joey smiles as Catherine, Mel, and him get into the cab to head off to the hospital. Lombardo closes the door and the cab pulls away.
