"Are you serious?" Kim said in shock.
"I didn't tell him about you and Bobby. But from the way he was talking, he really wants to be back with you and call off the engagement to his fiancé." Alex said.
"Thanks for not saying anything. I can't believe all this!" Kim replied to Alex in disbelief.
"I'll let you go because I'm sure you've got stuff you want to think over." Alex said.
"Yeah, I do. Thanks for letting me know." Kim replied.
"See ya later." Alex said as she hung up the phone.
After laying the phone down on the bed, Kim laid back and stared at the ceiling in disbelief at everything Alex had just told her. Several minutes later Bobby returned to the room and found Kim staring at the ceiling.
"What did Alex want?" Bobby asked, sitting down next to where she lay.
"She wanted to give me the heads up that Jimmy is taking everything that's happened really hard." she replied back to him still in shock.
"What do you mean by taking this really hard?" he asked.
"After he left here, Alex found him up on the roof staring at the stars. She began talking to him and minutes later he broke down in tears in her arms." Kim finished as she looked up at Bobby sitting beside her.
"Whoa, Doherty in tears, I never thought he had it in him." Bobby said.
"Don't feel bad, I didn't see it in him either and I was married to him at one point." Kim replied shaking her head.
"If you want, tomorrow I have to go run some errands for a while and he could come over and the two of you could talk things out." Bobby said.
"That would probably be a good idea." Kim replied; "We better get some sleep, it will be daylight before we know it."
The next morning Kim woke up first and quietly slipped out of bed. After gathering some clean clothes she headed into the bathroom for her morning shower. The shampoo and conditioner no longer caused as much pain on her arm as it had the past couple of days. Grabbing a towel as she stepped from the shower she dried off and put on a pair of navy blue jogging pants and matching spaghetti strapped top. As she began to towel dry her hair there was a knock at the bathroom door.
"Come on in, I'm just combing out my hair." she said as she continued the task of combing the tangles out of her hair.
Minute's later Bobby walked in as Kim had just finished combing out her hair.
"How is your arm doing?" Bobby asked her.
"It's still sore but it doesn't bother me like it did the past couple of days." she said back as she picked up the hair dryer.
Bobby began to run water for a shower as Kim finished blow drying her hair and turned to leave the room brushing her hair as she walked.
"I'll go straighten things up before you leave and then call Jimmy." She said as she closed the bathroom door behind her.
She headed in to make the bed and stopped by the kitchen first and grabbed an apple for breakfast. After finishing off the apple, she quickly made the bed and headed to the living room to think for a bit. As she sat on the sofa with her knees up to her chest thinking about some things, a sense of unease settled in the pit of her stomach. When Bobby came out from his shower, he found her curled up on the sofa.
"Everything ok?" he asked as he kissed the top of her head.
"Yeah but I keep getting this feeling something is gonna happen but I don't know what. Maybe I'm just being paranoid." she replied as Bobby sat down next to her.
"You've got a right to be paranoid after everything that's happened."
"Yeah, but still. Additional worry isn't going to do either of us any good." Kim said as she looked over at Bobby.
"True. But until Matty is caught we don't know if he'll try to come after you again." Bobby said.
"I know. I just pray he doesn't." she replied quietly.
"Do you want me to stay home today?" Bobby asked.
"I should probably be ok, like I said I'm probably just being paranoid. Plus with Jimmy being here for a while I should be ok." she replied, not knowing those words would come back to haunt her later.
"Alright, I'm gonna go finish getting ready and head out. If you need anything while I'm gone call me." Bobby said as he headed back to his room.
Several minutes later he returned to the living room and gave Kim a farewell kiss, grabbed his wallet, keys and jacket and headed out to run some errands. After Bobby had left, Kim went and called Jimmy to see if he wanted to talk about last night. As she dialed the number for his cell phone, she sat anxiously on the couch as she waited for him to pick up. Just as she was about ready to hang up, he answered.
"Hello,"
"Hey Jimmy how are you?" Kim asked.
"A little tired, but pretty good." he replied.
"Alex called me last night because she was worried about you. Do you want to come over and talk?"
"Sure, but is that ok with Bobby?" he asked.
"Yeah, we talked about this last night after Alex called, he said it would be fine if you came over."
"Ok, give me five minutes and I'll be over." he replied.
"I'll be here." She said as she hung up the phone.
As she sat on the couch waiting for Jimmy to arrive, she began to wonder what his reaction to her dating Bobby would be. In a matter of minutes, she heard a knock at the door and went to let Jimmy in. As they sat side by side, Kim said, "Where do you want to start at?"
"Honestly, I'm not sure. Yesterday after I saw you, I couldn't get the images of you out of my head. If I'd found the guy who did this to you he would no longer be among the living, I was so full of anger at what happened to you." he began to say.
"That's understandable for you to be angry at Matty, because right now a lot of people are angry with him." She replied.
"When I got back to the firehouse I went straight to the roof to try and clear my head when Alex came up to check on me. Just thinking about what he did to you, for you to get so many bruises broke my heart. Because I know you didn't deserve what he did to you." Jimmy said hesitantly; "Then I started thinking of how we used to sit on the roof of the firehouse when we were together and look at the stars while in each others arms. That combined with the thoughts of your injuries caused me to break down," he said as tears began to fall.
"Oh Jimmy. Come here," she said as she hugged him close as he began to cry harder on her shoulder. After several minutes past, Jimmy finally regained his composure, still remembering some of the best times he and Kim had together.
"Have you given any thought to us getting back together?" he asked.
"I have thought about it." She began to say; "Part of me wants to, not just for Joey but for all of us, but part of me says no. I still have feelings for you, not just because you are Joey's father but because when you want to be you can be a really nice guy."
"Why do I have a feeling there is more that you're going to say." He said uneasily.
"You're right there is more. After thinking, I realized since you're engaged that complicates things even more, because I know you didn't ask Brooke to marry you just to piss me off. You must really love her in order to ask her to marry you. Not only that, I've finally found someone I'm happy to be with. I don't want to break up your engagement if there is a chance that you and Brooke will be happy. It took a long time for me to get over the hurt I felt when you cheated on me. Now I've finally found someone I can trust after everything you put me through," she said as tears stung the corners of her eyes.
"I'd like to see how things go with the relationship I'm in now and give you and Brooke a chance to be happy." she finished.
Jimmy sat in silence as he listened to the words Kim said and realized she was right, yet he was angry that he couldn't be with her the way he had several days before, now that she had moved on.
"Do I know the person you're seeing?" he asked.
"Yes you do." She replied.
After a bit of silence she said, "Just so you know, Bobby and I have been seeing each other for a few days now."
"You and Bobby?" Jimmy said as anger began to build.
"Yes, me and Bobby." She said.
"Why would you want to be with him? He isn't good enough for you! He is below you!" Jimmy said.
"You are entitled to your opinion and I am to mine. You have to realize Bobby helped has me through a lot and I have helped him through a lot of rough times. We have known each other for a long time and we agreed that for some reason if things didn't work out we would always remain best friends." she said.
All of a sudden Jimmy stood up and forcefully pulled Kim to her feet and kissed her. Pain shot through her injured arm as he squeezed her upper arms while kissing her. She tried desperately to break free of his overpowering grasp, but couldn't. She felt her legs buckle as the room went black as she went unconscious from the excruciating pain in her arm. Jimmy lowered her to the floor seeing his hand covered in blood from the pressure he had applied to her injured arm. Unsure of what he had done, he ran out of the apartment, abandoned her, lying lifelessly, pulling the door behind him.
As Bobby finished his errands, he pulled out his cell phone to let Kim know he was headed home, but he got no answer.
"Oh god something has happened." he thought as he raced home.
"I didn't tell him about you and Bobby. But from the way he was talking, he really wants to be back with you and call off the engagement to his fiancé." Alex said.
"Thanks for not saying anything. I can't believe all this!" Kim replied to Alex in disbelief.
"I'll let you go because I'm sure you've got stuff you want to think over." Alex said.
"Yeah, I do. Thanks for letting me know." Kim replied.
"See ya later." Alex said as she hung up the phone.
After laying the phone down on the bed, Kim laid back and stared at the ceiling in disbelief at everything Alex had just told her. Several minutes later Bobby returned to the room and found Kim staring at the ceiling.
"What did Alex want?" Bobby asked, sitting down next to where she lay.
"She wanted to give me the heads up that Jimmy is taking everything that's happened really hard." she replied back to him still in shock.
"What do you mean by taking this really hard?" he asked.
"After he left here, Alex found him up on the roof staring at the stars. She began talking to him and minutes later he broke down in tears in her arms." Kim finished as she looked up at Bobby sitting beside her.
"Whoa, Doherty in tears, I never thought he had it in him." Bobby said.
"Don't feel bad, I didn't see it in him either and I was married to him at one point." Kim replied shaking her head.
"If you want, tomorrow I have to go run some errands for a while and he could come over and the two of you could talk things out." Bobby said.
"That would probably be a good idea." Kim replied; "We better get some sleep, it will be daylight before we know it."
The next morning Kim woke up first and quietly slipped out of bed. After gathering some clean clothes she headed into the bathroom for her morning shower. The shampoo and conditioner no longer caused as much pain on her arm as it had the past couple of days. Grabbing a towel as she stepped from the shower she dried off and put on a pair of navy blue jogging pants and matching spaghetti strapped top. As she began to towel dry her hair there was a knock at the bathroom door.
"Come on in, I'm just combing out my hair." she said as she continued the task of combing the tangles out of her hair.
Minute's later Bobby walked in as Kim had just finished combing out her hair.
"How is your arm doing?" Bobby asked her.
"It's still sore but it doesn't bother me like it did the past couple of days." she said back as she picked up the hair dryer.
Bobby began to run water for a shower as Kim finished blow drying her hair and turned to leave the room brushing her hair as she walked.
"I'll go straighten things up before you leave and then call Jimmy." She said as she closed the bathroom door behind her.
She headed in to make the bed and stopped by the kitchen first and grabbed an apple for breakfast. After finishing off the apple, she quickly made the bed and headed to the living room to think for a bit. As she sat on the sofa with her knees up to her chest thinking about some things, a sense of unease settled in the pit of her stomach. When Bobby came out from his shower, he found her curled up on the sofa.
"Everything ok?" he asked as he kissed the top of her head.
"Yeah but I keep getting this feeling something is gonna happen but I don't know what. Maybe I'm just being paranoid." she replied as Bobby sat down next to her.
"You've got a right to be paranoid after everything that's happened."
"Yeah, but still. Additional worry isn't going to do either of us any good." Kim said as she looked over at Bobby.
"True. But until Matty is caught we don't know if he'll try to come after you again." Bobby said.
"I know. I just pray he doesn't." she replied quietly.
"Do you want me to stay home today?" Bobby asked.
"I should probably be ok, like I said I'm probably just being paranoid. Plus with Jimmy being here for a while I should be ok." she replied, not knowing those words would come back to haunt her later.
"Alright, I'm gonna go finish getting ready and head out. If you need anything while I'm gone call me." Bobby said as he headed back to his room.
Several minutes later he returned to the living room and gave Kim a farewell kiss, grabbed his wallet, keys and jacket and headed out to run some errands. After Bobby had left, Kim went and called Jimmy to see if he wanted to talk about last night. As she dialed the number for his cell phone, she sat anxiously on the couch as she waited for him to pick up. Just as she was about ready to hang up, he answered.
"Hello,"
"Hey Jimmy how are you?" Kim asked.
"A little tired, but pretty good." he replied.
"Alex called me last night because she was worried about you. Do you want to come over and talk?"
"Sure, but is that ok with Bobby?" he asked.
"Yeah, we talked about this last night after Alex called, he said it would be fine if you came over."
"Ok, give me five minutes and I'll be over." he replied.
"I'll be here." She said as she hung up the phone.
As she sat on the couch waiting for Jimmy to arrive, she began to wonder what his reaction to her dating Bobby would be. In a matter of minutes, she heard a knock at the door and went to let Jimmy in. As they sat side by side, Kim said, "Where do you want to start at?"
"Honestly, I'm not sure. Yesterday after I saw you, I couldn't get the images of you out of my head. If I'd found the guy who did this to you he would no longer be among the living, I was so full of anger at what happened to you." he began to say.
"That's understandable for you to be angry at Matty, because right now a lot of people are angry with him." She replied.
"When I got back to the firehouse I went straight to the roof to try and clear my head when Alex came up to check on me. Just thinking about what he did to you, for you to get so many bruises broke my heart. Because I know you didn't deserve what he did to you." Jimmy said hesitantly; "Then I started thinking of how we used to sit on the roof of the firehouse when we were together and look at the stars while in each others arms. That combined with the thoughts of your injuries caused me to break down," he said as tears began to fall.
"Oh Jimmy. Come here," she said as she hugged him close as he began to cry harder on her shoulder. After several minutes past, Jimmy finally regained his composure, still remembering some of the best times he and Kim had together.
"Have you given any thought to us getting back together?" he asked.
"I have thought about it." She began to say; "Part of me wants to, not just for Joey but for all of us, but part of me says no. I still have feelings for you, not just because you are Joey's father but because when you want to be you can be a really nice guy."
"Why do I have a feeling there is more that you're going to say." He said uneasily.
"You're right there is more. After thinking, I realized since you're engaged that complicates things even more, because I know you didn't ask Brooke to marry you just to piss me off. You must really love her in order to ask her to marry you. Not only that, I've finally found someone I'm happy to be with. I don't want to break up your engagement if there is a chance that you and Brooke will be happy. It took a long time for me to get over the hurt I felt when you cheated on me. Now I've finally found someone I can trust after everything you put me through," she said as tears stung the corners of her eyes.
"I'd like to see how things go with the relationship I'm in now and give you and Brooke a chance to be happy." she finished.
Jimmy sat in silence as he listened to the words Kim said and realized she was right, yet he was angry that he couldn't be with her the way he had several days before, now that she had moved on.
"Do I know the person you're seeing?" he asked.
"Yes you do." She replied.
After a bit of silence she said, "Just so you know, Bobby and I have been seeing each other for a few days now."
"You and Bobby?" Jimmy said as anger began to build.
"Yes, me and Bobby." She said.
"Why would you want to be with him? He isn't good enough for you! He is below you!" Jimmy said.
"You are entitled to your opinion and I am to mine. You have to realize Bobby helped has me through a lot and I have helped him through a lot of rough times. We have known each other for a long time and we agreed that for some reason if things didn't work out we would always remain best friends." she said.
All of a sudden Jimmy stood up and forcefully pulled Kim to her feet and kissed her. Pain shot through her injured arm as he squeezed her upper arms while kissing her. She tried desperately to break free of his overpowering grasp, but couldn't. She felt her legs buckle as the room went black as she went unconscious from the excruciating pain in her arm. Jimmy lowered her to the floor seeing his hand covered in blood from the pressure he had applied to her injured arm. Unsure of what he had done, he ran out of the apartment, abandoned her, lying lifelessly, pulling the door behind him.
As Bobby finished his errands, he pulled out his cell phone to let Kim know he was headed home, but he got no answer.
"Oh god something has happened." he thought as he raced home.