Several minutes later he was on his way down the corridor to his apartment.
When he went to unlock the door, he discovers it is already unlocked and
his heart began to race even more. When he walks in, he sees Kim
unconscious on the floor and blood oozing from the wound on her arm. He
quickly puts the bags he was carrying down and picks her up off the floor
and carries her into the bathroom and cleans the blood from her arm. After
applying a pressure bandage to the wound, he carries her back to his room
and gently places her on the bed and sits beside her waiting for her to
regain consciousness.
She heard Bobby's voice calling out to her, beckoning to her to come back. When she woke up, things were momentarily a blur. Once she remembered the events prior to her black out, she found Bobby asleep next to her. She gently placed her hand on his chest, rousing him from his slumber.
"When did you wake up?" Bobby asked.
"Just now." She replied groggily.
"What happened while I was gone?" he asked, holding her close.
"About five minutes after you left, Jimmy came over and we started talking about what Alex told me last night. As he told me what he told her, he broke down again and then out of the blue asked me if I'd ever consider going back out with him. But I told him I couldn't because you and I were together. Let's just say he didn't take that one too well. I could tell he was mad, and the next thing I knew he forcefully pulls me off the couch by my upper arms and forces me to kiss him. He put so much pressure on my injured arm, I blacked out." she said as she relived the events of earlier in her mind.
Anger welled inside Bobby when he learned Jimmy was the cause of Kim passing out.
"You lay here and rest. I'm going to talk to Jimmy." Bobby said.
"Ok, just remember he's taking care of Joey so no beat-downs." Kim said.
"I'll personally kick his ass later then." Bobby said with a devilish grin.
As Bobby left, Kim called Alex to warn her about the confrontation between the two men.
"Hey Alex what's up?" Kim asked.
"Not a whole lot. How are you doing?" she replied.
"Pretty good, till I told Jimmy about me and Bobby dating." Kim said back to Alex.
"Why do I have a feeling that didn't go over too well." Alex asked.
"Your right, it didn't go over well at all." Kim replied.
"What did he say?" Alex asked.
"His exact words were 'Why would you want to be with him? He isn't good enough for you! He is below you.' "Kim replied; "Then he forcefully pulled me off the couch by my upper arms and forced me to kiss him. He didn't even think to watch my injured arm! He put so much pressure on it, it began to bleed again and I passed out for two hours because the pain was so severe."
"It looks like Bobby is gonna have an ass-chewing partner, because when I get done with Jimmy he'll wish he never said anything to you about the relationship you are having with Bobby." Alex fumed.
"I'll call him and warn him he has a partner." Kim replied as she wondered how bad the confrontation between the three of them would be.
"Tell him I'll wait for him outside the station and we'll go for him at the same time." Alex said.
"Ok. Will do." Kim replied as she hung up with Alex and called Bobby.
Kim quickly called Bobby to let him know of Alex joining him in the chew- out-Jimmy fest.
"Hey, I just talked to Alex and it looked like you've got a partner to chew out Jimmy with." Kim said to Bobby as he headed to the station.
"Awesome. The more the merrier." Bobby replied.
"Alex said she'd meet you in front of the firehouse." Kim said.
"Ok, thanks for letting me know." Bobby said back as he rounded the corner to the fire station.
"Not a problem." she replied as she turned off the phone and went to lie down for a while.
Bobby got closer to the firehouse and saw Alex waiting for him with a look that would put fear in the Devil himself.
"Hey Alex." Bobby said as he neared where she was sitting.
"Hey yourself, ready for a chew out?" she asked.
"Absolutely." he replied.
As they entered the firehouse, the guys were watching TV as usual. Alex stepped behind them and said, "Where's Doherty?"
"Dunno, haven't seen him for a while." one of the other firefighters replied.
Alex grabbed the remote from the hand of the firefighter who had responded to her question and flipped off the television and said, "Unless you all want included in the ass kicking I suggest someone start talking."
"Upstairs on the roof." one of the other firefighters said.
"Thank you." she replied smiling as she tossed the remote to him and headed for the roof with Bobby in tow.
As they reached the roof, Jimmy was sitting in the same place he had been last time she'd found him up here.
"Ladies first." Bobby said smiling as Alex headed for Jimmy.
Jimmy heard footsteps coming towards him and turned to see Alex coming.
"Boy do I have a serious bone to pick with you." Alex began to say.
"What do you want Taylor." Jimmy said in annoyance.
"For starters how about an explanation for your behavior today?" she shot back.
"What do you want me to say?" he replied back, cutting her off.
"I know you've still got feelings for Kim, but your going to have to accept the fact that she's moved on with her life." Alex began to try to explain.
"And what if I can't?" he replied staring out at the skyline.
"Then you need to grow up. The way you acted earlier was way lower than anything I thought you were capable of." she said as tears began to sting the corners of her eyes as she pictured Kim trying to free herself from Jimmy's grasp.
"How is she doing?" he asked softly.
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" Alex replied coldly.
Jimmy turned around expecting to see Kim but saw Bobby instead.
Rage grew inside Jimmy as Bobby stood next to Alex.
"What the hell were you thinking Doherty? Kim never said a single word about your engagement, why are you giving her problems because of me? " Bobby asked in anger.
"Kim doesn't know Brooke, but I know you're sorry excuse for a human being!" Jimmy replied as fury coursed through his veins.
"Since when did you think that you were good enough for her now! At least I've never cheated on her or broken her heart like you have!" Bobby shot back; "You have no idea how much you hurt her when the two of you were married. I would have asked her out a lot sooner if you hadn't put her through so much. I never saw you trying to apologize for the pain you put her through. I was the only one she would turn to in order to talk through the hell you put her through." He replied vehemently.
"She will always be tied to me through our son, and she will always have feelings for me." Jimmy taunted.
"You devastated her and broke her heart! How could you expect a second chance?" Bobby said as he turned to leave.
Alex turned and followed Bobby and when they neared the door to re-enter the firehouse she heard running footsteps. Alex looked over her shoulder and saw Jimmy charging at them. Alex stood in between the two men, bracing herself and prepping for a punch. When Jimmy was close enough she used a right hook connecting with his stomach. Jimmy doubled over at the force of Alex's punch as he tried to regain the breath that was knocked from his body. Alex turned back to Bobby and proceeded to head back into the firehouse.
"Where did you learn to punch like that." Bobby asked in surprise.
"When you grow up with a household full of brothers, you learn to defend yourself real fast." she replied.
"We'd better warn the rest of the guys and the chief to steer clear of Doherty for a while, so they don't wonder what's gotten into him." Alex said.
"Good idea. Which of us wants to do the honors?" Bobby asked.
"I can, just come with me incase they have any questions." Alex replied.
"Ok. No problem." Bobby said as they walked towards the chief's office.
The chief was working on some paperwork when he heard a knock at his office door and looked up to see Alex and Bobby standing in the doorway.
"What can I do for you two?" he asked as he looked up from the papers on his desk.
"I just thought you might want to watch out for Doherty for a bit, he's a bit angry at the moment." Alex said.
"And why is that?" he asked.
"Jimmy just found out from Kim that she won't be getting back together with him because she and I just started going out." Bobby replied.
"Congrats on hooking up with Kim, she deserves someone like you who won't do the things Jimmy did to her." he said to Bobby.
"Thank you." Bobby replied.
"I'll keep an eye out on Doherty and make sure he keeps himself inline." The chief said back to Bobby and Alex.
As Alex and Bobby left the chief's office she warned the rest of the guys to steer clear of Jimmy for a bit. Just then, she saw Jimmy coming down from the roof. Jimmy caught a glimpse of Alex and began to run towards her.
"Doherty!" a voice boomed.
Jimmy spun around to see who was yelling at him.
"Leave those two alone." the chief said.
"Alex, you go with Bobby to check and see how Kim is doing. Feel free to stay for a while since things have been slow. If we need you, I'll send Carlos after you." the chief said.
"Thank you." she replied as she left the firehouse with Bobby to check on Kim.
She heard Bobby's voice calling out to her, beckoning to her to come back. When she woke up, things were momentarily a blur. Once she remembered the events prior to her black out, she found Bobby asleep next to her. She gently placed her hand on his chest, rousing him from his slumber.
"When did you wake up?" Bobby asked.
"Just now." She replied groggily.
"What happened while I was gone?" he asked, holding her close.
"About five minutes after you left, Jimmy came over and we started talking about what Alex told me last night. As he told me what he told her, he broke down again and then out of the blue asked me if I'd ever consider going back out with him. But I told him I couldn't because you and I were together. Let's just say he didn't take that one too well. I could tell he was mad, and the next thing I knew he forcefully pulls me off the couch by my upper arms and forces me to kiss him. He put so much pressure on my injured arm, I blacked out." she said as she relived the events of earlier in her mind.
Anger welled inside Bobby when he learned Jimmy was the cause of Kim passing out.
"You lay here and rest. I'm going to talk to Jimmy." Bobby said.
"Ok, just remember he's taking care of Joey so no beat-downs." Kim said.
"I'll personally kick his ass later then." Bobby said with a devilish grin.
As Bobby left, Kim called Alex to warn her about the confrontation between the two men.
"Hey Alex what's up?" Kim asked.
"Not a whole lot. How are you doing?" she replied.
"Pretty good, till I told Jimmy about me and Bobby dating." Kim said back to Alex.
"Why do I have a feeling that didn't go over too well." Alex asked.
"Your right, it didn't go over well at all." Kim replied.
"What did he say?" Alex asked.
"His exact words were 'Why would you want to be with him? He isn't good enough for you! He is below you.' "Kim replied; "Then he forcefully pulled me off the couch by my upper arms and forced me to kiss him. He didn't even think to watch my injured arm! He put so much pressure on it, it began to bleed again and I passed out for two hours because the pain was so severe."
"It looks like Bobby is gonna have an ass-chewing partner, because when I get done with Jimmy he'll wish he never said anything to you about the relationship you are having with Bobby." Alex fumed.
"I'll call him and warn him he has a partner." Kim replied as she wondered how bad the confrontation between the three of them would be.
"Tell him I'll wait for him outside the station and we'll go for him at the same time." Alex said.
"Ok. Will do." Kim replied as she hung up with Alex and called Bobby.
Kim quickly called Bobby to let him know of Alex joining him in the chew- out-Jimmy fest.
"Hey, I just talked to Alex and it looked like you've got a partner to chew out Jimmy with." Kim said to Bobby as he headed to the station.
"Awesome. The more the merrier." Bobby replied.
"Alex said she'd meet you in front of the firehouse." Kim said.
"Ok, thanks for letting me know." Bobby said back as he rounded the corner to the fire station.
"Not a problem." she replied as she turned off the phone and went to lie down for a while.
Bobby got closer to the firehouse and saw Alex waiting for him with a look that would put fear in the Devil himself.
"Hey Alex." Bobby said as he neared where she was sitting.
"Hey yourself, ready for a chew out?" she asked.
"Absolutely." he replied.
As they entered the firehouse, the guys were watching TV as usual. Alex stepped behind them and said, "Where's Doherty?"
"Dunno, haven't seen him for a while." one of the other firefighters replied.
Alex grabbed the remote from the hand of the firefighter who had responded to her question and flipped off the television and said, "Unless you all want included in the ass kicking I suggest someone start talking."
"Upstairs on the roof." one of the other firefighters said.
"Thank you." she replied smiling as she tossed the remote to him and headed for the roof with Bobby in tow.
As they reached the roof, Jimmy was sitting in the same place he had been last time she'd found him up here.
"Ladies first." Bobby said smiling as Alex headed for Jimmy.
Jimmy heard footsteps coming towards him and turned to see Alex coming.
"Boy do I have a serious bone to pick with you." Alex began to say.
"What do you want Taylor." Jimmy said in annoyance.
"For starters how about an explanation for your behavior today?" she shot back.
"What do you want me to say?" he replied back, cutting her off.
"I know you've still got feelings for Kim, but your going to have to accept the fact that she's moved on with her life." Alex began to try to explain.
"And what if I can't?" he replied staring out at the skyline.
"Then you need to grow up. The way you acted earlier was way lower than anything I thought you were capable of." she said as tears began to sting the corners of her eyes as she pictured Kim trying to free herself from Jimmy's grasp.
"How is she doing?" he asked softly.
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" Alex replied coldly.
Jimmy turned around expecting to see Kim but saw Bobby instead.
Rage grew inside Jimmy as Bobby stood next to Alex.
"What the hell were you thinking Doherty? Kim never said a single word about your engagement, why are you giving her problems because of me? " Bobby asked in anger.
"Kim doesn't know Brooke, but I know you're sorry excuse for a human being!" Jimmy replied as fury coursed through his veins.
"Since when did you think that you were good enough for her now! At least I've never cheated on her or broken her heart like you have!" Bobby shot back; "You have no idea how much you hurt her when the two of you were married. I would have asked her out a lot sooner if you hadn't put her through so much. I never saw you trying to apologize for the pain you put her through. I was the only one she would turn to in order to talk through the hell you put her through." He replied vehemently.
"She will always be tied to me through our son, and she will always have feelings for me." Jimmy taunted.
"You devastated her and broke her heart! How could you expect a second chance?" Bobby said as he turned to leave.
Alex turned and followed Bobby and when they neared the door to re-enter the firehouse she heard running footsteps. Alex looked over her shoulder and saw Jimmy charging at them. Alex stood in between the two men, bracing herself and prepping for a punch. When Jimmy was close enough she used a right hook connecting with his stomach. Jimmy doubled over at the force of Alex's punch as he tried to regain the breath that was knocked from his body. Alex turned back to Bobby and proceeded to head back into the firehouse.
"Where did you learn to punch like that." Bobby asked in surprise.
"When you grow up with a household full of brothers, you learn to defend yourself real fast." she replied.
"We'd better warn the rest of the guys and the chief to steer clear of Doherty for a while, so they don't wonder what's gotten into him." Alex said.
"Good idea. Which of us wants to do the honors?" Bobby asked.
"I can, just come with me incase they have any questions." Alex replied.
"Ok. No problem." Bobby said as they walked towards the chief's office.
The chief was working on some paperwork when he heard a knock at his office door and looked up to see Alex and Bobby standing in the doorway.
"What can I do for you two?" he asked as he looked up from the papers on his desk.
"I just thought you might want to watch out for Doherty for a bit, he's a bit angry at the moment." Alex said.
"And why is that?" he asked.
"Jimmy just found out from Kim that she won't be getting back together with him because she and I just started going out." Bobby replied.
"Congrats on hooking up with Kim, she deserves someone like you who won't do the things Jimmy did to her." he said to Bobby.
"Thank you." Bobby replied.
"I'll keep an eye out on Doherty and make sure he keeps himself inline." The chief said back to Bobby and Alex.
As Alex and Bobby left the chief's office she warned the rest of the guys to steer clear of Jimmy for a bit. Just then, she saw Jimmy coming down from the roof. Jimmy caught a glimpse of Alex and began to run towards her.
"Doherty!" a voice boomed.
Jimmy spun around to see who was yelling at him.
"Leave those two alone." the chief said.
"Alex, you go with Bobby to check and see how Kim is doing. Feel free to stay for a while since things have been slow. If we need you, I'll send Carlos after you." the chief said.
"Thank you." she replied as she left the firehouse with Bobby to check on Kim.