Ty had met Alex at the hospital during his shift and took her home, while
Bobby headed up to see how Kim was doing. When he arrived, Kim was still
asleep and her mother sat beside her watching over her like a hawk. Bobby
stepped inside the room and quietly spoke with her mother.
"How are you holding up?" he asked softly.
"Relieved that the injuries aren't severe, but thankful things weren't any worse than what they were." she replied back.
"I know, I told her the same thing when they brought her out of surgery yesterday." he said, as he looked at her sleeping form and then back to her mother.
"How long have you been here?" he asked.
"Since two-thirty." she replied wearily.
"Why don't you go get something to eat and take a break for a bit since its almost eight-thirty. I'll sit here with her while your gone." Bobby replied as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Are you sure?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I've already eaten so I'm in good shape," he replied.
"Ok. I shouldn't be gone longer than an hour," she said as she stood up to go get something to eat.
Bobby sat down in the chair at Kim's bedside and dozed off for about thirty minutes till he was awakened by the sound of footsteps. Realizing it was one of the nurses; he put his hand into his coat pocket and felt the velvet box containing the ring he would soon give to Kim when the timing was right. As he opened the box, the soft lights in the room caused the diamonds of the ring to sparkle. As he looked at Kim's sleeping form and back down at the ring, he knew the ring would be even more beautiful upon her hand, if she agreed to marry him.
Just then Kim's mother returned and slipped quietly into the room. She saw Bobby looking into a small box, before he realized that she had entered the room.
"Is that what I think it is?" she said smiling.
"Yes it is." he replied quietly.
Bobby stood up and let Kim's mother sit back down as he stood beside her.
"When did you buy that?" she asked softly after taking a seat.
"This afternoon after she went to sleep. Alex and I came by to visit at nine this morning and we left at twelve-thirty." he replied softly.
"May I see?" her mother asked as she looked at the box he was holding.
"Sure," he said smiling as he removed the ring from the box and placed it into her hand.
"This is gorgeous. You and Alex did a wonderful job." she replied as she passed the ring back to him.
"I haven't seen her this happy in a very long time." she said looking over at Bobby.
"I know." He replied smiling as he glanced over at Kim who still slept peacefully beside them.
Ten minutes later, the medicine began to wear off and she began to wake up.
"Hey sleepyhead, what's up?" Bobby said smiling.
"Not much. How long have you two been here?" she asked.
"Your mother has been here since two-thirty and I got here at almost six- thirty." he replied.
"I'd better head out, because I've still got to pick up Joey from Jimmy's place." her mother said as she stood up.
"I'll come by tomorrow and once you're up to it, bring Joey by to see you." her mother said as she gave her daughter a hug before she left.
"Tell Joey I miss him and I'll see him soon." Kim replied as her mother got ready to leave.
When her mother had left, Bobby sat back down in the now empty chair as a sense of tiredness set in.
"Did you sleep at all last night?" Kim asked in concern.
"Not really. I kept having flashbacks to Matty beating you. Only this time he slashed your throat with the knife, not your arm." Bobby replied shakily as he tried to push the images out of his mind.
Kim slowly scooted towards the other side of the bed and softly said, "You need your rest. Come lay with me."
Bobby got up and put his coat in the small closet in the room and lay down next to Kim. She gingerly put her right arm around his midsection as he drifted off to sleep, comforted by having her next to him.
He didn't wake up till the next morning, and he looked over at Kim who was still asleep as well. He decided not to wake her and went back to sleep for another hour or so. Alex and Ty dropped by to check up and see how Kim was doing. When they walked into the room, both looked at each other and smiled as Ty said, "Will you look at that."
Kim heard the two of them talking and woke up.
"Hey you two, come on in." she whispered.
"How are you holding up?" Alex asked.
"I'm doing pretty good. Bobby on the other hand hasn't been himself since the incident at the firehouse." she replied as she looked at him sleeping next to her.
Bobby began to stir as the three talked. Kim leaned over next to his ear and whispered, "Good morning sunshine."
Hearing Kim's voice in his ear, he woke up and found Alex and Ty sitting by the bed.
"Hey, how are you this morning?" Alex asked.
"Much better after some needed sleep." Bobby replied as he laid his head back down on the pillow for a bit.
The four of them talked for close to two hours till Ty and Alex had to leave for work.
"Well, we'd better be off and get ready for work. I'll try and stop in if I get the chance during my shift." Alex said,
"Ok, you two be careful out there." Kim said as she watched her two friends leave.
"So, how did you sleep last night?" she asked as she returned her attention to Bobby.
"Like a baby." he replied smiling.
"How's your shoulder doing?" he asked.
"It's feeling much better today." she replied smiling as she rested her head on his shoulder.
Just then the phone rang on the bedside table next to her. As Kim answered the phone, she found her mother on the other end wanting to know if she felt up to having her bring Joey over. She said that it would be great if she brought him over for a while to see her and they agreed to come over in about an hour. As Kim hung up the phone Bobby said, "Was that your mom?"
"Yeah, she wanted to know if I felt up to having her bring Joey over." she replied.
"When are they coming by?" he asked as he got up.
"In about an hour." she replied, anxious to see her son since she'd been in the hospital.
"In that case I'd better run by my place and take a shower and change, before they get here." he said as he reached for his coat in the closet and returned to the side of the bed.
"I'll be back shortly," he said as he placed a gentle kiss on her lips before he left.
As he left, Kim lay daydreaming of all the good times she and Bobby have had.
"God I haven't been this happy in a long time." she said to herself as she remembered her first day at the 55, when she met Bobby for the first time.
After a nice hot shower, Bobby got dressed and went to visit his mother before heading back to see Kim again. He and his mother talked for a bit before Bobby brought up the actual topic he had come to discuss with her. Once he found the right words to say he told his mother about his plans on asking Kim to marry him.
"The real reason I came by, was to tell you that I am thinking of getting married." he began to say.
She embraced her son in a warm hug and said, "That's wonderful! My Bobby finally get married."
"Who's the lucky lady?" his mother asked.
"It's Kim." He replied as a small smile played across his face.
"Kim is such a wonderful young lady. I know you've liked her for a long time. I wish the two of you nothing but happiness." his mother replied as tears stung the corners of her eyes.
"Thank you, it really means a lot to me to hear you say that." Bobby replied.
"Oh, by the way. Have you seen your brother recently? Someone came by here looking for him," his mother said.
Those words struck a nerve as his mother sat waiting for a response.
"I saw him a several days ago." Bobby said as tears stung the corners of his eyes as the events of the past few days came back to his memory.
"What's wrong?" his mother asked softly.
As Bobby told her what transpired the past several days, he saw his mother's face drain of color at the words of what Matty had done to Kim. After several moments of silence his mother finely said, "Is she alright?"
"She's in the hospital. She took the bullet Matty had intended for me when she shoved me out of the way." he said as he wiped some tears from his eyes.
"Matty's dead isn't he?" his mother asked with a solemn expression on her face.
"Yes." He replied quietly; "the police had no choice but to return fire once they had a clear shot."
After spending several hours consoling his mother, he left and headed back to see how Kim was doing. Before arriving at the hospital, he stopped and picked up a dozen pink roses and a small stuffed bear and took them back to her room.
When he arrived, he found her sleeping peacefully and placed the roses and the bear on the table beside her. She began to smell the fragrant aroma of fresh cut roses and rolled over to find Bobby sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Where's the munchkin?" Bobby asked.
"On his way. Jimmy let him stay up all night playing video games and when mom went to go get him, he was still asleep." she replied as she saw the flowers and bear sitting on the table.
Ten minutes later Kim heard Joey talking to her mother as they walked down the corridor towards her room. Almost instantly Joey appeared in the doorway followed by her mother.
"Mommy!" the little boy exclaimed as he ran to her bedside.
Bobby got up and let Joey sit with his mother as he stood beside Kim's mother. Joey climbed up on the chair at the bedside and plopped down next to his mother.
"I missed you so much!" Kim said to Joey as he carefully gave his mother a hug.
"How are you holding up?" he asked softly.
"Relieved that the injuries aren't severe, but thankful things weren't any worse than what they were." she replied back.
"I know, I told her the same thing when they brought her out of surgery yesterday." he said, as he looked at her sleeping form and then back to her mother.
"How long have you been here?" he asked.
"Since two-thirty." she replied wearily.
"Why don't you go get something to eat and take a break for a bit since its almost eight-thirty. I'll sit here with her while your gone." Bobby replied as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Are you sure?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I've already eaten so I'm in good shape," he replied.
"Ok. I shouldn't be gone longer than an hour," she said as she stood up to go get something to eat.
Bobby sat down in the chair at Kim's bedside and dozed off for about thirty minutes till he was awakened by the sound of footsteps. Realizing it was one of the nurses; he put his hand into his coat pocket and felt the velvet box containing the ring he would soon give to Kim when the timing was right. As he opened the box, the soft lights in the room caused the diamonds of the ring to sparkle. As he looked at Kim's sleeping form and back down at the ring, he knew the ring would be even more beautiful upon her hand, if she agreed to marry him.
Just then Kim's mother returned and slipped quietly into the room. She saw Bobby looking into a small box, before he realized that she had entered the room.
"Is that what I think it is?" she said smiling.
"Yes it is." he replied quietly.
Bobby stood up and let Kim's mother sit back down as he stood beside her.
"When did you buy that?" she asked softly after taking a seat.
"This afternoon after she went to sleep. Alex and I came by to visit at nine this morning and we left at twelve-thirty." he replied softly.
"May I see?" her mother asked as she looked at the box he was holding.
"Sure," he said smiling as he removed the ring from the box and placed it into her hand.
"This is gorgeous. You and Alex did a wonderful job." she replied as she passed the ring back to him.
"I haven't seen her this happy in a very long time." she said looking over at Bobby.
"I know." He replied smiling as he glanced over at Kim who still slept peacefully beside them.
Ten minutes later, the medicine began to wear off and she began to wake up.
"Hey sleepyhead, what's up?" Bobby said smiling.
"Not much. How long have you two been here?" she asked.
"Your mother has been here since two-thirty and I got here at almost six- thirty." he replied.
"I'd better head out, because I've still got to pick up Joey from Jimmy's place." her mother said as she stood up.
"I'll come by tomorrow and once you're up to it, bring Joey by to see you." her mother said as she gave her daughter a hug before she left.
"Tell Joey I miss him and I'll see him soon." Kim replied as her mother got ready to leave.
When her mother had left, Bobby sat back down in the now empty chair as a sense of tiredness set in.
"Did you sleep at all last night?" Kim asked in concern.
"Not really. I kept having flashbacks to Matty beating you. Only this time he slashed your throat with the knife, not your arm." Bobby replied shakily as he tried to push the images out of his mind.
Kim slowly scooted towards the other side of the bed and softly said, "You need your rest. Come lay with me."
Bobby got up and put his coat in the small closet in the room and lay down next to Kim. She gingerly put her right arm around his midsection as he drifted off to sleep, comforted by having her next to him.
He didn't wake up till the next morning, and he looked over at Kim who was still asleep as well. He decided not to wake her and went back to sleep for another hour or so. Alex and Ty dropped by to check up and see how Kim was doing. When they walked into the room, both looked at each other and smiled as Ty said, "Will you look at that."
Kim heard the two of them talking and woke up.
"Hey you two, come on in." she whispered.
"How are you holding up?" Alex asked.
"I'm doing pretty good. Bobby on the other hand hasn't been himself since the incident at the firehouse." she replied as she looked at him sleeping next to her.
Bobby began to stir as the three talked. Kim leaned over next to his ear and whispered, "Good morning sunshine."
Hearing Kim's voice in his ear, he woke up and found Alex and Ty sitting by the bed.
"Hey, how are you this morning?" Alex asked.
"Much better after some needed sleep." Bobby replied as he laid his head back down on the pillow for a bit.
The four of them talked for close to two hours till Ty and Alex had to leave for work.
"Well, we'd better be off and get ready for work. I'll try and stop in if I get the chance during my shift." Alex said,
"Ok, you two be careful out there." Kim said as she watched her two friends leave.
"So, how did you sleep last night?" she asked as she returned her attention to Bobby.
"Like a baby." he replied smiling.
"How's your shoulder doing?" he asked.
"It's feeling much better today." she replied smiling as she rested her head on his shoulder.
Just then the phone rang on the bedside table next to her. As Kim answered the phone, she found her mother on the other end wanting to know if she felt up to having her bring Joey over. She said that it would be great if she brought him over for a while to see her and they agreed to come over in about an hour. As Kim hung up the phone Bobby said, "Was that your mom?"
"Yeah, she wanted to know if I felt up to having her bring Joey over." she replied.
"When are they coming by?" he asked as he got up.
"In about an hour." she replied, anxious to see her son since she'd been in the hospital.
"In that case I'd better run by my place and take a shower and change, before they get here." he said as he reached for his coat in the closet and returned to the side of the bed.
"I'll be back shortly," he said as he placed a gentle kiss on her lips before he left.
As he left, Kim lay daydreaming of all the good times she and Bobby have had.
"God I haven't been this happy in a long time." she said to herself as she remembered her first day at the 55, when she met Bobby for the first time.
After a nice hot shower, Bobby got dressed and went to visit his mother before heading back to see Kim again. He and his mother talked for a bit before Bobby brought up the actual topic he had come to discuss with her. Once he found the right words to say he told his mother about his plans on asking Kim to marry him.
"The real reason I came by, was to tell you that I am thinking of getting married." he began to say.
She embraced her son in a warm hug and said, "That's wonderful! My Bobby finally get married."
"Who's the lucky lady?" his mother asked.
"It's Kim." He replied as a small smile played across his face.
"Kim is such a wonderful young lady. I know you've liked her for a long time. I wish the two of you nothing but happiness." his mother replied as tears stung the corners of her eyes.
"Thank you, it really means a lot to me to hear you say that." Bobby replied.
"Oh, by the way. Have you seen your brother recently? Someone came by here looking for him," his mother said.
Those words struck a nerve as his mother sat waiting for a response.
"I saw him a several days ago." Bobby said as tears stung the corners of his eyes as the events of the past few days came back to his memory.
"What's wrong?" his mother asked softly.
As Bobby told her what transpired the past several days, he saw his mother's face drain of color at the words of what Matty had done to Kim. After several moments of silence his mother finely said, "Is she alright?"
"She's in the hospital. She took the bullet Matty had intended for me when she shoved me out of the way." he said as he wiped some tears from his eyes.
"Matty's dead isn't he?" his mother asked with a solemn expression on her face.
"Yes." He replied quietly; "the police had no choice but to return fire once they had a clear shot."
After spending several hours consoling his mother, he left and headed back to see how Kim was doing. Before arriving at the hospital, he stopped and picked up a dozen pink roses and a small stuffed bear and took them back to her room.
When he arrived, he found her sleeping peacefully and placed the roses and the bear on the table beside her. She began to smell the fragrant aroma of fresh cut roses and rolled over to find Bobby sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Where's the munchkin?" Bobby asked.
"On his way. Jimmy let him stay up all night playing video games and when mom went to go get him, he was still asleep." she replied as she saw the flowers and bear sitting on the table.
Ten minutes later Kim heard Joey talking to her mother as they walked down the corridor towards her room. Almost instantly Joey appeared in the doorway followed by her mother.
"Mommy!" the little boy exclaimed as he ran to her bedside.
Bobby got up and let Joey sit with his mother as he stood beside Kim's mother. Joey climbed up on the chair at the bedside and plopped down next to his mother.
"I missed you so much!" Kim said to Joey as he carefully gave his mother a hug.