"Oh my god. He doesn't know she's dating Bobby." Alex said to herself as
she just about choked on hot chocolate.
"It all depends on whether you can earn her trust again. You really hurt her last time, so it depends on how comfortable she is with the idea. Alex replied, knowing it wasn't her place to tell him about Kim and Bobby.
"Yeah, but I honestly never had any intentions on cheating on her, especially with family." he said as he hung his head in shame.
"Jimmy, I've got to go, Ty's here to pick me up." Alex replied softly.
"Ok." he said as he got up and placed his empty mug in the sink.
"Oh, Alex." he said before she left.
"Yes?" she replied as she turned back around to face him.
"Thank you for listening to me up there, I really appreciate it." He replied smiling as he sat back down at the table.
"No problem." she said back as she walked back over to where he sat.
"Just remember one thing." she continued to say as she put her hands on his broad shoulders; "Even if Kim decided to give you a second chance, you are still engaged to be married. You'd have to face the music with the other woman, so chose wisely."
"Yeah, thanks again for listening. The guys out there wouldn't understand where I was coming from if I'd tried to talk to them." he said comically.
"Your just lucky I work here, cuz if I didn't you'd be completely clueless." Alex said laughing.
"Go on, Ty's waiting on you." Jimmy said softly.
"Ok. If you want to talk after work tomorrow let me know," she said to him before she left.
"Ok, thanks." he said smiling as she turned and left.
Ty Davis leaned up against one of the walls outside the station in the bitter New York weather, waiting on Alex to emerge from the firehouse.
"What took you so long?" Ty asked Alex when she finally came out of the firehouse.
"I think Jimmy wants me to be his so called shrink to help work out the problems between him and Kim," she said as the walked towards his place.
When they were clear of the firehouse Alex said, "The only thing he doesn't know is Kim is already seeing someone else."
"Since when?" Ty asked in shock.
"Since tonight." Alex replied back smiling.
"And who is the lucky man in her life?" Ty asked.
"Not telling, you gotta guess," she said laughing.
"Let's play twenty questions when we get home then." Ty said as he looked over at Alex.
"Sounds like a plan." Alex replied as she pulled Ty closer to her as they walked.
When they got to his place, Ty grabbed a notepad and pen and headed off to his room with Alex in tow. Before the game began Alex took one look at Ty who was sitting on the bed thinking of all the single guys at the 55 and busted out laughing, breaking his concentration.
"What's so funny?" he asked looking at his list.
"How stupid your going to feel about doing a list when you discover the answer." she replied as she sat down beside him.
"Is it that obvious?" he questioned.
"You'll be kicking yourself for not seeing it." Alex said poking him in the ribs.
"You're sure it's someone we know, right?" he asked.
"Yep, I see the person every day at work." she replied.
"No way! I think I got it." Ty exclaimed as he looked up at Alex.
"Ok, give me the first letter of the last name." She replied.
"B." he said in response.
"Nope." She replied smiling.
"Do you give up yet?" she asked.
"Oh, all right. Tell me then, who is her new beau." Ty said.
"It's Bobby you idiot." she replied laughing.
"Oh my god! Caffey really did get the guts up to ask her." He exclaimed.
"Speaking of Kim, I didn't see her at work today, where was she?" Ty asked.
"You didn't hear?" Alex replied shocked.
"No, what?" he replied back.
"Bobby's brother Matty beat her up because she was trying to help Bobby work things about between the two of them." she replied.
"How do you know?" Ty asked.
"Because she called me today from Bobby's and I went over and she told me what happened." she replied.
"How bad is she hurt?" he asked.
"She's covered in bruises, even one that almost consumes the whole left side of her face, and a knife wound on her upper arm." Alex replied.
"Is she staying with Bobby for a while?"
"I think so, that way Joey won't have to see his mother covered in bruises." She replied back to Ty.
A short time later, Ty fell asleep and Alex leaned over and gently kissed him when she didn't get a response from him and went to sleep beside him.
Back at Bobby's, Kim was going through some movies trying to find one for the two of them to watch. After selecting Signs, she placed the movie in the VCR and headed into the bedroom to get pillows and blankets for the floor. Meanwhile, Bobby was in the kitchen fixing popcorn and got out to bottles of water for them as he waited for the bag to stop popping. After several minutes the bag was done and he carried the popcorn and waters into the living room and sat down in the floor amidst a sea of pillows and leaned up against the couch. Kim had gotten up to turn off the lights as Bobby started the movie. She came back over to sit down when Bobby pulled her down into his lap and covered the two of them with the blanket and slid his arms around her waist as she laid back against him resting her head on his chest as the movie began.
Jimmy lay alone in his apartment unable to get the images of Kim's wounds out of his head. Unable to sleep he looked out at the quiet city below and turned on the CD player sitting in the bookcase of his room and did some push-ups, crunches and sit-ups trying to get to the point to where he could sleep. After about ten reps he finally felt exhaustion starting to set in and was able to sleep.
Meanwhile, the movie Kim and Bobby had been watching had ended and Kim went about the task of returning the living room to order. After returning the pillows and blanket to the rooms they had come from, Kim headed to the bathroom to run a brush through her hair one last time before she went to bed. As she finished, she heard music playing from one of the rooms. The music playing sounded like it was a blend of Latin American, new age, and dance music all combined into one, which was mesmerizing.
She quietly entered the room the music was playing from and went over to Bobby and pulled him to his feet. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she began to move her body in time to the music. He followed suit as he pulled her closer to him. As they moved together to the music, it felt as if nothing else mattered to them. As the song ended he brought his lips to hers as they began dancing to the next song on the CD. The music played as he kneaded his hands into the small of her back while she dug her nails gently into his back as he moved from kissing her lips to the side of her neck. When the music was over, the silence in the room was broken by the sound of the phone ringing. Bobby walked over and picked up the phone as Kim sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Hello." Bobby said into the phone.
"Hey Bobby, its Alex. I'm sorry for calling so late, but could I talk to Kim for a bit?" she asked.
"We were still up, lemme pass her the phone." he replied as he handed her the phone.
"Hey Alex what's up?" Kim asked as Bobby left the room for a bit.
"Not much, just couldn't sleep after the conversation I had with Jimmy earlier." She replied.
"What did he say?" Kim asked in question.
"He's pretty scared after seeing what Matty did to you. When he got back to the firehouse after he'd come from seeing how you were he went straight to the roof and was looking at the sky. I found him up on the roof staring at the stars. Then he started saying he couldn't imagine everything that you went through at the hands of Matty. He then began to recollect the memories of the two of you when you were together when you would look at the stars together and just sit around and talk and stuff like that until he finally broke down." Alex said.
"Jimmy broke down in tears?" she asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, he totally got me off guard. So once he was up to it I took him back inside the station and fixed him a mug of hot chocolate, since he was starting to shiver a bit." Alex replied.
"I've never seen him cry before." Kim said, still trying to grasp everything Alex had just told her.
"Here is the real kicker though." Alex began to say.
"Uh oh, what did he say?" Kim asked.
"He asked my opinion on if you would consider giving him a second chance." Alex said softly.
"It all depends on whether you can earn her trust again. You really hurt her last time, so it depends on how comfortable she is with the idea. Alex replied, knowing it wasn't her place to tell him about Kim and Bobby.
"Yeah, but I honestly never had any intentions on cheating on her, especially with family." he said as he hung his head in shame.
"Jimmy, I've got to go, Ty's here to pick me up." Alex replied softly.
"Ok." he said as he got up and placed his empty mug in the sink.
"Oh, Alex." he said before she left.
"Yes?" she replied as she turned back around to face him.
"Thank you for listening to me up there, I really appreciate it." He replied smiling as he sat back down at the table.
"No problem." she said back as she walked back over to where he sat.
"Just remember one thing." she continued to say as she put her hands on his broad shoulders; "Even if Kim decided to give you a second chance, you are still engaged to be married. You'd have to face the music with the other woman, so chose wisely."
"Yeah, thanks again for listening. The guys out there wouldn't understand where I was coming from if I'd tried to talk to them." he said comically.
"Your just lucky I work here, cuz if I didn't you'd be completely clueless." Alex said laughing.
"Go on, Ty's waiting on you." Jimmy said softly.
"Ok. If you want to talk after work tomorrow let me know," she said to him before she left.
"Ok, thanks." he said smiling as she turned and left.
Ty Davis leaned up against one of the walls outside the station in the bitter New York weather, waiting on Alex to emerge from the firehouse.
"What took you so long?" Ty asked Alex when she finally came out of the firehouse.
"I think Jimmy wants me to be his so called shrink to help work out the problems between him and Kim," she said as the walked towards his place.
When they were clear of the firehouse Alex said, "The only thing he doesn't know is Kim is already seeing someone else."
"Since when?" Ty asked in shock.
"Since tonight." Alex replied back smiling.
"And who is the lucky man in her life?" Ty asked.
"Not telling, you gotta guess," she said laughing.
"Let's play twenty questions when we get home then." Ty said as he looked over at Alex.
"Sounds like a plan." Alex replied as she pulled Ty closer to her as they walked.
When they got to his place, Ty grabbed a notepad and pen and headed off to his room with Alex in tow. Before the game began Alex took one look at Ty who was sitting on the bed thinking of all the single guys at the 55 and busted out laughing, breaking his concentration.
"What's so funny?" he asked looking at his list.
"How stupid your going to feel about doing a list when you discover the answer." she replied as she sat down beside him.
"Is it that obvious?" he questioned.
"You'll be kicking yourself for not seeing it." Alex said poking him in the ribs.
"You're sure it's someone we know, right?" he asked.
"Yep, I see the person every day at work." she replied.
"No way! I think I got it." Ty exclaimed as he looked up at Alex.
"Ok, give me the first letter of the last name." She replied.
"B." he said in response.
"Nope." She replied smiling.
"Do you give up yet?" she asked.
"Oh, all right. Tell me then, who is her new beau." Ty said.
"It's Bobby you idiot." she replied laughing.
"Oh my god! Caffey really did get the guts up to ask her." He exclaimed.
"Speaking of Kim, I didn't see her at work today, where was she?" Ty asked.
"You didn't hear?" Alex replied shocked.
"No, what?" he replied back.
"Bobby's brother Matty beat her up because she was trying to help Bobby work things about between the two of them." she replied.
"How do you know?" Ty asked.
"Because she called me today from Bobby's and I went over and she told me what happened." she replied.
"How bad is she hurt?" he asked.
"She's covered in bruises, even one that almost consumes the whole left side of her face, and a knife wound on her upper arm." Alex replied.
"Is she staying with Bobby for a while?"
"I think so, that way Joey won't have to see his mother covered in bruises." She replied back to Ty.
A short time later, Ty fell asleep and Alex leaned over and gently kissed him when she didn't get a response from him and went to sleep beside him.
Back at Bobby's, Kim was going through some movies trying to find one for the two of them to watch. After selecting Signs, she placed the movie in the VCR and headed into the bedroom to get pillows and blankets for the floor. Meanwhile, Bobby was in the kitchen fixing popcorn and got out to bottles of water for them as he waited for the bag to stop popping. After several minutes the bag was done and he carried the popcorn and waters into the living room and sat down in the floor amidst a sea of pillows and leaned up against the couch. Kim had gotten up to turn off the lights as Bobby started the movie. She came back over to sit down when Bobby pulled her down into his lap and covered the two of them with the blanket and slid his arms around her waist as she laid back against him resting her head on his chest as the movie began.
Jimmy lay alone in his apartment unable to get the images of Kim's wounds out of his head. Unable to sleep he looked out at the quiet city below and turned on the CD player sitting in the bookcase of his room and did some push-ups, crunches and sit-ups trying to get to the point to where he could sleep. After about ten reps he finally felt exhaustion starting to set in and was able to sleep.
Meanwhile, the movie Kim and Bobby had been watching had ended and Kim went about the task of returning the living room to order. After returning the pillows and blanket to the rooms they had come from, Kim headed to the bathroom to run a brush through her hair one last time before she went to bed. As she finished, she heard music playing from one of the rooms. The music playing sounded like it was a blend of Latin American, new age, and dance music all combined into one, which was mesmerizing.
She quietly entered the room the music was playing from and went over to Bobby and pulled him to his feet. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she began to move her body in time to the music. He followed suit as he pulled her closer to him. As they moved together to the music, it felt as if nothing else mattered to them. As the song ended he brought his lips to hers as they began dancing to the next song on the CD. The music played as he kneaded his hands into the small of her back while she dug her nails gently into his back as he moved from kissing her lips to the side of her neck. When the music was over, the silence in the room was broken by the sound of the phone ringing. Bobby walked over and picked up the phone as Kim sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Hello." Bobby said into the phone.
"Hey Bobby, its Alex. I'm sorry for calling so late, but could I talk to Kim for a bit?" she asked.
"We were still up, lemme pass her the phone." he replied as he handed her the phone.
"Hey Alex what's up?" Kim asked as Bobby left the room for a bit.
"Not much, just couldn't sleep after the conversation I had with Jimmy earlier." She replied.
"What did he say?" Kim asked in question.
"He's pretty scared after seeing what Matty did to you. When he got back to the firehouse after he'd come from seeing how you were he went straight to the roof and was looking at the sky. I found him up on the roof staring at the stars. Then he started saying he couldn't imagine everything that you went through at the hands of Matty. He then began to recollect the memories of the two of you when you were together when you would look at the stars together and just sit around and talk and stuff like that until he finally broke down." Alex said.
"Jimmy broke down in tears?" she asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, he totally got me off guard. So once he was up to it I took him back inside the station and fixed him a mug of hot chocolate, since he was starting to shiver a bit." Alex replied.
"I've never seen him cry before." Kim said, still trying to grasp everything Alex had just told her.
"Here is the real kicker though." Alex began to say.
"Uh oh, what did he say?" Kim asked.
"He asked my opinion on if you would consider giving him a second chance." Alex said softly.