Later that evening, Bosco was able to catch up with Kim during work. The shift had been slow for both of them so far, and they were able to time their meal break at the same time. The two sat at a table by the window in the diner together while their partners were sitting at the counter chatting.

"Can we go out to lunch tomorrow before our shift?" Bosco asked Kim after they got their food.

"Sure," Kim said. "Where did you want to go?"

Bosco hesitated a moment and then named a fancy restaurant.

"What, are you serious?" Kim couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I want to take you someplace special," Bosco told her.

"Okay," Kim said with a smile. She knew Bosco was up to something but she wasn't sure what. She would just have to wait for lunch the next day.

They continued to talk about other things until their lunch break was up. The two set of partners headed for their respective vehicles, as one from each pairing called themselves back into service. Kim got behind the wheel of the ambulance and she and Alex headed back to the fire house.

"So what are you smiling about?" Alex said from the passenger seat.

"Can't I be happy?" Kim said defensively keeping her eyes on the road.

"Yeah, I was just wondering if there was a particular reason."

"I enjoy spending time with Bosco, okay," Kim told her partner. "It makes me happy. Is that a good enough reason for you?"

"Yeah, it sure is," Alex said with a smile. She was ecstatic to see Kim this happy. Kim hadn't been this happy since before Bobby's death. Even though Kim had returned to work Alex and the others at the 55 still worried about her mostly because she had never seemed happy. There had always been an air of sadness around her. Since Bosco had come into her life they had been watching that sadness slowly disappears.

"He asked me out to lunch tomorrow. At Durand's."

"Did he say why he wanted to take you there?" Alex asked.

"Not really."

"Maybe he's getting ready to ask you something," Alex suggested.

"You can't be serious?" Kim said.

"Why not? You've been going out for awhile. You said he gets along well with Joey. You seem happy to be with him and I sure he feels the same way."

"You really think?"

"Stranger things have happened," was Alex's final comment as a call for Boyd 55 came in at an apartment building for a female who had fallen down some steps.

As Kim flipped the lights and sirens on and turned the ambulance around so she could head to the address she thought about what Alex had said. Could it be possible? Was Bosco really ready to make a commitment?

'I'm not going to think about it' Kim thought to herself. 'Whatever happens tomorrow happens. I'm not getting my hopes up just to be disappointed.'

As Bosco parked the mustang in the parking lot outside the restaurant he felt nervous. 'Can I actually go through with this?' he thought to himself.

He quickly got out of the car and hurried over to open Kim's door. Kim got out and Bosco shut the door behind her and offered his arm which she took. Then the two of them headed in the restaurant.

"Welcome monsieur. Name please," the maitre d' said as Bosco and Kim entered the restaurant.

"Maurice Boscorelli."

The maitre d' looked down his list and quickly found the name. "Ah yes," he said. "Right this way please."

Bosco and Kim got settled at their table and their waitress came over and took their order. There was an awkward silence between them for a little while. It was finally Kim who started some small talk while they waited for their food. She couldn't help but think that Bosco seemed preoccupied though.

Across the table from Kim, Bosco was getting cold feet. He had planned this out the night before. Had planned out the right words to say and the moment he wanted to say it. Gone over his plan a million times in his head. Now though, sitting across the table from her, He didn't think he could go through with it. Nothing that he had planned on saying seemed right.

They got through there meal and still Bosco hadn't brought up the subject that he had planning to. Every time he went to start his rehearsed speech he chickened out and said something else instead. As they walked out to his car he still hadn't said what he had planned to do.

Kim couldn't help but wonder what was going on. Bosco had seemed preoccupied during the entire meal. She had kept wanting to ask if something was wrong but decided against it. He would talk when he was ready. If she pushed him she knew she wouldn't get anywhere.

They had reached Bosco's mustang and Bosco reached out to open the passenger side door for her and then paused. Instead of opening the car door he took a deep breath and turned to face her.

"Look Kim, I planned this all out but nothing seems to working out like I planned," Bosco said to her looking into her eyes. "But I want to tell you this because I know the longer I put it off the harder it is going to be. I love you Kim. I love Joey. I can't imagine my life without you anymore and I know we've had our differences in the past. I know I can be a jerk but that doesn't change how I feel for you right now and tomorrow, and next week. I guess what I'm saying is, Kimberly Zambrano, will you please marry me?" Bosco finished taking the ring out of his pocket and kneeling down in front of her right there in the parking lot.

Kim couldn't help it. She did the first thing that came to her. She laughed. Here he had set up this beautiful romantic meal and instead Bosco proposes to her in the middle of the parking lot. It was just like him unexpected.

Bosco thought for sure her laughter meant she was going to say no. Like everything else he did he had somehow managed to mess this up too. But then Kim surprised him.

"Yes, Maurice Boscorelli, I'll marry you," she said still laughing.

Getting over his surprise, Bosco stood up and placed the ring on her hand. He then pulled her close and kissed her. He was aware of the people in the parking lot and on the street staring at them but he didn't care. All he cared about was the woman he was holding in his arms.

"Hi Kim," Carlos said looking up from his school book as Kim walked into the kitchen of the 55 firehouse five minutes before the start of her shift. Carlos was sitting at the table with Alex, Doc, Walsh and D.K. Doherty was standing at the counter talking with Lombardo about the basketball game the night before. Or rather they were arguing about last night's game.

"Hi everyone," Kim said as she went to the refrigerator and grabbed a soda. She made her way to the table where she sat down in an empty chair next to Alex. Carlos went back to his school book and Doc still had his head in the New York Times.

"Congratulations," Alex whispered as she noticed the diamond ring on Kim's left hand as Kim sat down next to her. Kim held out her hand so that Alex could get a good look at the ring.

"Thank you," Kim whispered back. The others were paying no attention to the two women.

"Oh, man you didn't," Jimmy said interrupting Lombardo's tirade. "Please don't tell me you're going to marry that jerk?" Lombardo had stopped in mid sentence and was now looking toward Kim and Alex. D.K., Walsh, Carlos, and Doc were now all looking toward Kim and Alex too.

"Wow, what a ring," Carlos said finally noticing Kim's engagement ring.

"Yes, Bosco and I are engaged," Kim said in answer to Jimmy's comment.

"You're making a big mistake." Jimmy said.

"Can't be any worse than the mistake I made marrying you," Kim shot back angry that Jimmy was ruining this for her. She had hoped her co workers would be happy for her. Well in Jimmy's case she would have settled for him at least being civil about it.

"Oooohhh," Lombardo said from beside Jimmy.

"Oh, be quiet," Jimmy snapped at him. Lombardo put his hands up in surrender and took a step back. "And you," Jimmy said turning to Kim, "when Bosco sleeps with your mother don't say I didn't warn you."

Most of those in the room just look at Jimmy in surprise. No one could believe that he had actually said that. Kim slowly got out of her chair and walked over to where Jimmy was standing. Everyone in the room was expecting Kim to start yelling at Jimmy and chew him out for what he just said. But she didn't. She didn't even say a word. All she did was slapped Jimmy across the face and then left the room leaving her stunned co workers behind her. Alex got up and followed Kim. At the counter Jimmy rubbed his face where Kim had hit him still not believing that she had done that.

"Kim," Alex said coming out onto the roof behind her. Kim was standing near the edge looking out to the horizon. "Don't listen to Jimmy. He's just jealous."

"And if he's right?" Kim said holding back tears.

"Come on, even Bosco isn't that much of a jerk," Alex said. "I don't think you have anything to worry about."

"I love him, Alex," Kim said looking down at the ring that Bosco had given her.

"Then be happy and start planning a wedding and forget about Jimmy. He's just sore because he knows he's lost all chances with you. Don't let him ruin this for you Kim."

"You're right," Kim said smiling again. "I'm just going to forget about what Jimmy said."

"Good," Alex said and was about to say something else but the door opened and Doc walked out onto the roof.

"Sorry to disturb you two, but you gals have a call," Doc told them.

"Okay," Kim and Alex both said and walked quickly toward the door.

"Hey Kim, congratulations. I think it's wonderful," Doc told her.

"Thanks Doc," Kim said and then hurried inside and down to the ambulance.

Faith came into the locker room that afternoon and was surprised to find her partner already there. He usually came rushing in at the last minute if he was on time at all. She made her way to her locker which was near hers and started getting ready for her shift.

"Did you go through with it?" Faith finally asked him.

"I almost didn't but I did finally ask her out in the parking lot before I took her home," Bosco told her and Faith started laughing.

"I'm sorry," Faith said a few moments later trying to stop laughing. "It's just that all that planning and a fancy restaurant and everything and you propose to her in a parking lot. You might as well have just did it while you two were working at some point."

"Yeah, I guess it is kind of ironic isn't it," Bosco said starting to see the humor in the situation.

"Well what did she say?" Faith asked when Bosco didn't volunteer the information.

"She said yes," Bosco said nonchalantly.

"That's great, Boz," Faith said. "Congratulations."

"Congratulations on what?" Ty Davis said as he and Sully came into the locker room.

"Kim and I are going to get married," Bosco told him.

"That's great," Davis said.

"Kim Zambrano said yes to you?" Sully said incredulously. "I never thought I'd see the day."

"What's that suppose to mean?" Bosco said turning to face him.

"I just never thought I'd see you settle down with one person Bosco," Sully said as he got his gun out of his locker and put it in the holster. "I think the two of you will be happy together," he told him. "Congratulations," Sully said holding his hand out to Bosco.

"Thank you," Bosco said as he shook Sully's hand. He was a little surprised to hear those words from Sully. He had actually expected Sully to start laughing and start taking bets on how long the engagement was going to last.

"Hey, you guys are going to be late if you keep standing there," Ken Shelton, a transfer from the fourteenth precinct, said as he headed out of the locker room.

"Okay, thanks," Faith called to him. She grabbed her gun and hat quickly and followed Ty, Sully and Bosco out of the locker room.

"So when's the wedding?" Faith asked Bosco as they headed for role call.

"Having set a date yet," Bosco told her. "Believe me you'll be the first to know when we do. Hey Davis?"

"Yeah."

"Will you be my best man? I'd ask Faith but she'd look kind of funny in a tuxedo," Bosco said and immediately got a playful hit from his partner.

"Sure," Davis said a little surprised that Bosco had asked him. It would probably work out well though because Davis figured that Kim would ask Alex to be her maid of honor.

The four took their seats at the desks and got quiet as Christopher started the briefing. It was the start of another shift for the cops of the 55.