Bobby watched the reunion between mother and son and felt tears forming as
he thought of what Joey would have gone through if Kim had been seriously
injured or even killed. Bobby loved Joey as if he were his own, since Jimmy
had never been a constant father figure.
Joey sat on the side of Kim's bed, moving the chair with his feet, as he talked non-stop about the all night video game session with Jimmy. When Joey hopped off the side of the bed, he accidentally pushed the chair back with enough force to cause Bobby's jacket to fall off the back of the chair. Before Bobby could react, Joey bent down and picked his jacket up off the floor and placed it back over the chair. Joey watched as a small black box tumbled from one of the front pockets of Bobby's coat and landed on the floor near his feet.
Joey bent down and retrieved the box from the floor and looked up at Bobby. Kim watched in slow motion as the events played out before her eyes, but couldn't process what she was seeing happen because so many thoughts were racing through her head. Joey slowly opened the box as his curiosity overcame him. He looked down at the ring and looked up at Bobby as a huge smile crossed his face. He didn't understand what the ring meant, but he knew it was something good.
Bobby bent down to eye level with Joey, as the little boy threw his arms around Bobby's neck and whispered, "Thank you for making mommy happy again."
Those words coming from Joey meant the world to him. He felt tears forming again as he whispered back to Joey, "I've loved you and your mother for a very long time."
Bobby picked up Joey and turned and looked at Kim who had begun to cry. Ty and Alex were on their way to visit, when they heard what sounded like someone crying coming from Kim's room. When they looked in the door, they saw Joey sitting on the right side of Kim's bed, Bobby sitting on the left side, and her mother sitting in the chair beside the bed.
Ty looked over at Alex who had begun smiling as a tear slid down her cheek at the site before her.
"Alex, what's going on?" Ty whispered.
"Bobby's getting ready to propose." she replied quietly.
Ty pulled Alex close and watched as Bobby began to speak.
"You and I have known each other for a long time and like I told you before, you are the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. I'd originally planned on doing this after you were released from the hospital, but thanks to Joey I've realized now is just a good a time as any." he began to say.
After an emotional sigh, he continued.
"Over the years our relationship has strengthened so much and you've helped me through some of the hardest times of my life. You never thought twice about helping me if I asked you. That night at the movies, I knew that you and I were meant to be together forever. I've loved you for as long as I can remember and that you and I ARE soul mates. You truly have touched my soul since the first day I met you, gave me a sense of feeling complete. Through good times and bad we were always there for each other. Would you do me this honor and become my wife?" he concluded as he searched her face for an answer.
Kim could hardly believe the words she was hearing. She had dreamed of this for so long and now everything was falling into place, coming true at last. As Bobby waited for her answer, he glanced over at Joey who was wiping tears from his eyes. As soon as Kim regained her composure and could once again speak, she said with the smile that had always melted his heart, "Of course I'll marry you."
Bobby slipped the ring on her finger and leaned over and gently kissed her. Kim heard someone whispering and found Alex and Ty in the doorway wiping tears from their eyes. Bobby motioned for them to come in and they entered and stood at the foot bed.
"How long were you guys there?" Kim asked as she wiped a few stray tears from her eyes.
"We saw the whole thing." Alex said smiling as she went over to give Bobby and Kim a hug.
When she embraced Bobby, she quietly said into his ear, "I told you she'd like it."
Kim barely heard what Alex had said but knew she'd known about this some how.
"Hey Alex, what part did you have in all of this?" she asked smiling.
"All I did was help pick out the ring. Bobby did the rest on his own." she said as she gave Kim a hug.
"Any idea when you can go home?" Alex asked.
"How about this afternoon?" came a voice from the hallway.
Kim looked up at the doctor in surprise and said, "Are you serious?"
"Yes, but you'll still be off from work for about two more weeks. But other than that your doing well enough to where you can go home and be with your family." he replied smiling.
The doctor left the room and went to get started on the discharge paper for her and returned thirty minutes later to go over the home care instructions with her. A few minutes later a nurse came in and removed the IV in her hand and she was free to go.
After changing clothes, the group made their way out of the hospital talking excitedly about the future.
Ty, Alex, and Bobby stood outside talking in the parking lot, while Kim, her mother and Joey talked briefly. Kim's mother took Joey back over to her apartment and Ty and Alex headed to their respective homes to start getting ready for work. Bobby and Kim took their time heading back to her apartment, talking excitedly about when they first realized the feelings they felt for the other were more than best friend type feelings.
When they arrived at her apartment, she put her things in her room and turned around to Bobby and said, "You don't know how long I've been dreaming of this happening."
"Nothing can ever come between us," he said softly, as he gently brought his lips to hers.
As the kiss ended Kim looked up at Bobby and said, "At least I'll have something to do instead of laying around the apartment all day for two weeks."
Bobby picked her up and sat her down on the edge of the bed and said, "So, what will you be doing over your two week break?"
"For starters, I've to start looking at dresses." she said smiling as she lay down beside him.
"Can I tag along too?" He replied laughing.
"No can do. You don't get to see the dress until the day we get married." she said as she looked into the depths of his brown eyes.
"You mean you'd leave me in suspense to find out how beautiful you are going to look?" he replied in mock disappointment.
"American tradition," she said as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Let's go out for dinner this evening to celebrate our engagement," he said as he relished the feeling of having her next to him.
"Sounds wonderful." she replied with a dreamy expression on her face.
"What are you in the mood for tonight?" he asked softly.
"How about Italian?" she replied softly.
"Sounds perfect." Bobby replied as he held her close.
"I'm going to go take a shower and get ready and we can head out. Ok?" she said as she sat up next to him.
"I'll be here waiting." he said with a grin as he watched her leave the room.
Kim took a quick shower and washed her hair, but couldn't stop looking at the exquisite ring Bobby had given her. The marquise center stone diamond was in a two pronged setting, with two smaller trillion side diamonds in a three prong setting and six round diamond accents all on a 14k white gold band. After drying her hair and combing it out, she slipped into a baby blue shirt and a pair of form fitting jeans and rejoined Bobby in her room.
While she had been in the shower, Bobby had gotten up and called his mother to let her know that he was indeed going to be marrying Kim, and that they would be coming by later to visit. When she came out of the bathroom, she saw Bobby looking out her bedroom window, while talking on his cell phone. Kim slowly made her way across the room and wrapped her arms around his midsection. He finished up his conversation with his mother and turned around and pulled her close.
"Who were you talking to?" Kim asked curiously.
"My mother. She wants us to come by and visit." Bobby replied.
"Then let's not keep her waiting." Kim said as she placed a gentle kiss on Bobby's lips.
The two headed out of her apartment and took a taxi over to his mother's place. As they headed towards Bobby's mothers apartment, they walked hand in hand talking non-stop about their upcoming marriage and continued talking after they had knocked on the door to the apartment when they arrived. Bobby's mother went to the door, not expecting for Kim and Bobby to have come so quickly. She welcomed her son and Kim into her apartment and the three sat down in the living room to talk. After discussing how Kim was doing after her discharge from the hospital earlier in the afternoon, the subject was then changed to the upcoming marriage between Kim and her son. Bobby's mother looked at the 14k white gold ring that her son had given to Kim and said, "I've always considered you a part of this family, due to the close relationship you've always had with my son."
Kim smiled at the comment and replied, "Thank you. I've always considered you and Bobby to be an extended family of sorts."
After talking for another hour and a half, Kim and Bobby left and headed out for a romantic Italian dinner. The primary dinner conversation was again about their upcoming marriage and getting ideas on where the ceremony should be held. After dinner the two walked hand in hand back to Kim's apartment since it wasn't far from where they had eaten dinner. When they arrived back at her place, they sat outside on the front steps of the building for a while and just talked like they normally did at work.
Bobby glanced down at his watch and said, "I'd better be heading back to my place, it's getting late."
"Why don't you stay with me tonight? Joey is with my mom so we'll have the place to ourselves." she replied softly.
"Ok. But I still have to run by my place and get my stuff together for work." he replied.
"I'll leave the door unlocked for you." she replied as she stood up.
Bobby nodded his head in approval and gave her a kiss before he headed to get his things for work the next day.
Joey sat on the side of Kim's bed, moving the chair with his feet, as he talked non-stop about the all night video game session with Jimmy. When Joey hopped off the side of the bed, he accidentally pushed the chair back with enough force to cause Bobby's jacket to fall off the back of the chair. Before Bobby could react, Joey bent down and picked his jacket up off the floor and placed it back over the chair. Joey watched as a small black box tumbled from one of the front pockets of Bobby's coat and landed on the floor near his feet.
Joey bent down and retrieved the box from the floor and looked up at Bobby. Kim watched in slow motion as the events played out before her eyes, but couldn't process what she was seeing happen because so many thoughts were racing through her head. Joey slowly opened the box as his curiosity overcame him. He looked down at the ring and looked up at Bobby as a huge smile crossed his face. He didn't understand what the ring meant, but he knew it was something good.
Bobby bent down to eye level with Joey, as the little boy threw his arms around Bobby's neck and whispered, "Thank you for making mommy happy again."
Those words coming from Joey meant the world to him. He felt tears forming again as he whispered back to Joey, "I've loved you and your mother for a very long time."
Bobby picked up Joey and turned and looked at Kim who had begun to cry. Ty and Alex were on their way to visit, when they heard what sounded like someone crying coming from Kim's room. When they looked in the door, they saw Joey sitting on the right side of Kim's bed, Bobby sitting on the left side, and her mother sitting in the chair beside the bed.
Ty looked over at Alex who had begun smiling as a tear slid down her cheek at the site before her.
"Alex, what's going on?" Ty whispered.
"Bobby's getting ready to propose." she replied quietly.
Ty pulled Alex close and watched as Bobby began to speak.
"You and I have known each other for a long time and like I told you before, you are the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. I'd originally planned on doing this after you were released from the hospital, but thanks to Joey I've realized now is just a good a time as any." he began to say.
After an emotional sigh, he continued.
"Over the years our relationship has strengthened so much and you've helped me through some of the hardest times of my life. You never thought twice about helping me if I asked you. That night at the movies, I knew that you and I were meant to be together forever. I've loved you for as long as I can remember and that you and I ARE soul mates. You truly have touched my soul since the first day I met you, gave me a sense of feeling complete. Through good times and bad we were always there for each other. Would you do me this honor and become my wife?" he concluded as he searched her face for an answer.
Kim could hardly believe the words she was hearing. She had dreamed of this for so long and now everything was falling into place, coming true at last. As Bobby waited for her answer, he glanced over at Joey who was wiping tears from his eyes. As soon as Kim regained her composure and could once again speak, she said with the smile that had always melted his heart, "Of course I'll marry you."
Bobby slipped the ring on her finger and leaned over and gently kissed her. Kim heard someone whispering and found Alex and Ty in the doorway wiping tears from their eyes. Bobby motioned for them to come in and they entered and stood at the foot bed.
"How long were you guys there?" Kim asked as she wiped a few stray tears from her eyes.
"We saw the whole thing." Alex said smiling as she went over to give Bobby and Kim a hug.
When she embraced Bobby, she quietly said into his ear, "I told you she'd like it."
Kim barely heard what Alex had said but knew she'd known about this some how.
"Hey Alex, what part did you have in all of this?" she asked smiling.
"All I did was help pick out the ring. Bobby did the rest on his own." she said as she gave Kim a hug.
"Any idea when you can go home?" Alex asked.
"How about this afternoon?" came a voice from the hallway.
Kim looked up at the doctor in surprise and said, "Are you serious?"
"Yes, but you'll still be off from work for about two more weeks. But other than that your doing well enough to where you can go home and be with your family." he replied smiling.
The doctor left the room and went to get started on the discharge paper for her and returned thirty minutes later to go over the home care instructions with her. A few minutes later a nurse came in and removed the IV in her hand and she was free to go.
After changing clothes, the group made their way out of the hospital talking excitedly about the future.
Ty, Alex, and Bobby stood outside talking in the parking lot, while Kim, her mother and Joey talked briefly. Kim's mother took Joey back over to her apartment and Ty and Alex headed to their respective homes to start getting ready for work. Bobby and Kim took their time heading back to her apartment, talking excitedly about when they first realized the feelings they felt for the other were more than best friend type feelings.
When they arrived at her apartment, she put her things in her room and turned around to Bobby and said, "You don't know how long I've been dreaming of this happening."
"Nothing can ever come between us," he said softly, as he gently brought his lips to hers.
As the kiss ended Kim looked up at Bobby and said, "At least I'll have something to do instead of laying around the apartment all day for two weeks."
Bobby picked her up and sat her down on the edge of the bed and said, "So, what will you be doing over your two week break?"
"For starters, I've to start looking at dresses." she said smiling as she lay down beside him.
"Can I tag along too?" He replied laughing.
"No can do. You don't get to see the dress until the day we get married." she said as she looked into the depths of his brown eyes.
"You mean you'd leave me in suspense to find out how beautiful you are going to look?" he replied in mock disappointment.
"American tradition," she said as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Let's go out for dinner this evening to celebrate our engagement," he said as he relished the feeling of having her next to him.
"Sounds wonderful." she replied with a dreamy expression on her face.
"What are you in the mood for tonight?" he asked softly.
"How about Italian?" she replied softly.
"Sounds perfect." Bobby replied as he held her close.
"I'm going to go take a shower and get ready and we can head out. Ok?" she said as she sat up next to him.
"I'll be here waiting." he said with a grin as he watched her leave the room.
Kim took a quick shower and washed her hair, but couldn't stop looking at the exquisite ring Bobby had given her. The marquise center stone diamond was in a two pronged setting, with two smaller trillion side diamonds in a three prong setting and six round diamond accents all on a 14k white gold band. After drying her hair and combing it out, she slipped into a baby blue shirt and a pair of form fitting jeans and rejoined Bobby in her room.
While she had been in the shower, Bobby had gotten up and called his mother to let her know that he was indeed going to be marrying Kim, and that they would be coming by later to visit. When she came out of the bathroom, she saw Bobby looking out her bedroom window, while talking on his cell phone. Kim slowly made her way across the room and wrapped her arms around his midsection. He finished up his conversation with his mother and turned around and pulled her close.
"Who were you talking to?" Kim asked curiously.
"My mother. She wants us to come by and visit." Bobby replied.
"Then let's not keep her waiting." Kim said as she placed a gentle kiss on Bobby's lips.
The two headed out of her apartment and took a taxi over to his mother's place. As they headed towards Bobby's mothers apartment, they walked hand in hand talking non-stop about their upcoming marriage and continued talking after they had knocked on the door to the apartment when they arrived. Bobby's mother went to the door, not expecting for Kim and Bobby to have come so quickly. She welcomed her son and Kim into her apartment and the three sat down in the living room to talk. After discussing how Kim was doing after her discharge from the hospital earlier in the afternoon, the subject was then changed to the upcoming marriage between Kim and her son. Bobby's mother looked at the 14k white gold ring that her son had given to Kim and said, "I've always considered you a part of this family, due to the close relationship you've always had with my son."
Kim smiled at the comment and replied, "Thank you. I've always considered you and Bobby to be an extended family of sorts."
After talking for another hour and a half, Kim and Bobby left and headed out for a romantic Italian dinner. The primary dinner conversation was again about their upcoming marriage and getting ideas on where the ceremony should be held. After dinner the two walked hand in hand back to Kim's apartment since it wasn't far from where they had eaten dinner. When they arrived back at her place, they sat outside on the front steps of the building for a while and just talked like they normally did at work.
Bobby glanced down at his watch and said, "I'd better be heading back to my place, it's getting late."
"Why don't you stay with me tonight? Joey is with my mom so we'll have the place to ourselves." she replied softly.
"Ok. But I still have to run by my place and get my stuff together for work." he replied.
"I'll leave the door unlocked for you." she replied as she stood up.
Bobby nodded his head in approval and gave her a kiss before he headed to get his things for work the next day.