Kim playfully elbowed him in the stomach as Joey came back into the living
room and whispered, "No more comments like that till he leaves the room."
Bobby put his hands up in self-defense as Kim sat up, making room for Joey on the couch.
"How's was your stay with your dad?" Kim asked.
That's all the encouragement Joey needed to recount the weekend's events, not missing a single detail. It was about an hour and a half later when Joey finally finished telling them about his weekend. After Kim was sure he wasn't going to continue she said, "It looks like you two had a pretty busy weekend."
"Oh yeah, and we've already planned out what we are doing this weekend." Joey replied excitedly.
Bobby rolled his eyes at Kim who was already smiling when she said, "Did your dad get you lunch before you came over?"
"Yeah, we stopped and had some cheeseburgers on our way over." Joey replied grinning from ear to ear as he hopped off the sofa and went back into his room to play some games on his gameboy.
As soon as he was in his room, Bobby said jokingly, "You had to get him started didn't you."
"What? It was a simple question." Kim replied innocently, heading to the kitchen to fix lunch for her and Bobby.
Alex went in early to work and got a head start on getting the bus ready for the day. She sat in the back of the rig thinking about what she and Kim had discussed that morning when she heard Ty's voice.
"Where the hell have you been!" he asked angrily.
"Doing some soul-searching." She replied back, not wanting to make a scene.
"I've been trying to get a hold of you all morning!" he snapped at her.
"That's it! Ty, you and I are through! I'm tired of putting up with your crap the past several weeks!" Alex fumed as she narrowed her eyes at him, getting out of the rig to head inside.
Ty grabbed a hold of her arm and pulled her back to where he was standing.
"Let the hell go of me!" Alex half yelled getting Jimmy's attention inside.
Jimmy walked outside to see what was going on and saw what was happening.
"Davis, you heard the woman! Let her go!" Jimmy said, starting to get defensive.
"Who asked you Jimmy?!" Ty snorted alcohol still evident in his system from his night of getting trashed with Bosco.
"You mess with my partner and it becomes my responsibility to look out for her!" Jimmy snapped back.
Not wanting to start a fight he knew he would lose, Ty let go of her and said, "This isn't over Alex."
"Oh yes it is. We're through so don't even bother calling!" she snapped, jerking her arm free from his hand and heading inside.
Jimmy watched her head inside and made sure Ty had left before following her. He headed upstairs and found her sitting cross-legged on her bunk.
"You ok?" he asked.
"I will be as soon as he leaves me alone." She replied quietly.
"So you two really through?" he asked, not really sure why he'd just asked her that.
"Yeah. I'm tired of the crap that he's been pulling recently and I'm finally listening to the advice of a good friend." Alex replied.
"That friend must have been right. I don't know what was going on between the two of you, but you might be better off without him after that display." Jimmy said squeezing her shoulder gently; not knowing Kim was the one who had given her advice.
"Thanks for stepping in, I really appreciate it," Alex said quietly, the emotions from earlier going away gradually.
"Anytime," Jimmy said smiling, getting up to go back downstairs.
Alex lay alone, silently thanking Kim for her advice before heading to finish the bus.
When Bobby came in he found Alex half way through straightening up the bus and said, "You're in early."
"Just needed to think some stuff through." She replied, looking up from the task she was doing.
Bobby went up to change and helped Alex with the rig. When they were done, there was still time before their shift was to start so everyone sat around talking.
Doc came in with a newbie following behind him.
"Who's the newbie?" Alex asked curiously.
"This is Craig. Carlos and I are training him for a couple of weeks." Doc replied.
He began to introduce Craig to everyone sitting at the table and each person giving the newbie a greeting of welcome. When Doc, Carlos and Craig left to get ready for the start of the shift, Alex said, "We finally have a new face around here."
The first half of the shift was non-stop, calls coming in one right after the other. Around eight things quieted down and everyone spent the remainder of the shift getting to know the trainee.
When Bobby came home that evening, he found Kim curled up on the sofa cradling Keira in her arms dozing, with Joey asleep across her legs. It looked like they'd been watching a movie and must have fallen asleep during it. He carefully picked up his sleeping daughter from Kim's arms and put her to bed, returning and getting Joey and tucking him into bed. He went back once more and turned off the T.V and VCR and picked up Kim from the couch and put her in their room. After getting her taken care of, he headed off for a shower before going to bed for the evening.
While he was in the shower, Kim woke up, seeing the apartment dark except for the light coming from under the bathroom door. She got up and checked on Joey and Keira before curling back up in bed. A short time later he'd finished his shower and slipped into bed next to Kim, wrapping his arms around her waist as he fell asleep.
By the end of the week everyone began to get used to having Craig around, although the guy had an annoying streak to him. Ty hadn't bothered Alex after their encounter in front of the station and everyone began to give Alex grief about being the only woman around the station.
On Friday, Kim, Joey and Keira went into the station early with Bobby so everyone could see the baby and to check and see how things were going without her. As they walked upstairs Kim said, "Anybody home?"
Alex heard Kim's voice and turned around exclaiming, "Kim! What are you doing here?"
"Checking up on you all while I'm off." She replied smiling as Alex gave her a hug.
"Did you bring the baby?" Alex asked.
"Of course," Kim replied, as Bobby passed Keira to her.
"Do you want to hold her?" Kim asked.
"Sure," Alex replied, carefully picking Keira up from Kim's arms.
While Kim and Alex talked Bobby walked into the weight room where almost everyone was and said; "There's someone here to see all of us."
"Who is it?" Jimmy asked while bench pressing.
"Not telling you all have to come out and see for yourselves." Bobby replied, heading up to change.
Walsh and Lombardo were watching television when Alex walked in carrying Keira. Walsh looked over at her and said, "Damn Taylor, you didn't tell us you had a kid."
"There's a lot you boys don't know about me," Alex replied smiling as Keira began to wake up from the nap she'd been taking.
Kim stood just outside the room and started snickering; overhearing the conversation that was going on in the room. When she entered the room she said smiling, "You boys like picking on women, don't you."
Both Walsh and Lombardo gave her a hug and said, "I swear you'd never know you'd had two kids looking like that."
"Is that the best suck-up line you all can come up with?" Kim asked laughing.
Joey came in a short time later and Walsh and Lombardo began to aggravate him, causing Keira to start to fuss. Alex couldn't get her to settle down so Kim scooped her up and headed towards the kitchen where it was quiet to get her to calm down. She peeked into the weight room and said, "You all not going to say hello?"
"Kim!" Jimmy said in surprise, putting the weights he was lifting down; "What are you doing here?"
"Making sure you all are behaving," she replied smiling.
"I see you brought the baby with you," he replied, watching Keira yawn in Kim's arms.
"I thought I'd bring her out for a bit and check on you heathens." Kim replied.
"May I hold her?" Jimmy asked.
"Sure, just not around the weights." Kim replied.
Jimmy headed towards the T.V room and carefully picked her up and sat down in one of the recliners. Lt. Johnson walked in and saw Kim talking to everyone and said, "Boy have we missed having you around here."
"In another week you all won't be able to get rid of me," she replied laughing.
"How's the baby?" he asked.
"Just fine. Although I think all the attention everyone's been giving her is tiring her out." Kim replied seeing her asleep in Jimmy's arms.
A short time later, everyone bid her farewell as Bobby took the three of them home and returned for his shift.
That night Bobby got home late after an apartment complex had caught fire. Apparently the building had been condemned and was vacant when the fire was started by a couple of teenagers. Jimmy and D.K had rescued the teens but they had suffered some severe burns as a result of starting the blaze. After transporting the teens to the hospital Bobby, Alex, Doc, Carlos and Craig were called back to the fire when several firefighters were injured. When they arrived back on the scene they saw at least four firefighters that had been injured. Most of the injuries weren't severe, although a couple had a few broken bones.
When he got in that evening he found Kim was stretched out across the bed, listening to the radio and reading a book. The phone began to ring and she reached out and picked up the cordless and found Jimmy on the other end, wanting to know if Joey was asleep since he was just leaving the scene of the fire. She told him he was still up and if he wanted to come and get him that was fine, or that they could bring him over. After discussing the arrangements of who was bringing Joey over, she hung up the phone just as Bobby walked into the room.
"Who was that?" Bobby asked, falling onto the bed next to Kim.
"Jimmy. Wanting to know if Joey was asleep." She replied.
"We taking him over to Jimmy's?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah, Jimmy and the boys are just heading back to the station from that fire." She replied, rolling over onto her side to look at him.
"You want me to take him over?" Bobby asked, noticing she was already dressed for bed.
"I was going to say I could get dressed and take him but if you want to that's fine," Kim responded, just as Keira began to cry.
"Looks like you're being beckoned," Bobby said laughing, getting up to have Joey get his stuff together.
Kim laughed and got up to check on Keira. When Bobby peeked into Joey's room he found him playing his gameboy on the bed, his bag already packed for his weekend with Jimmy.
"You ready to go?" Bobby asked.
"All ready," Joey replied, getting up and putting the gameboy in the bag by his bed.
"I'm ready to take you over whenever you are." Bobby said before leaving to check on Kim and Keira.
Keira had stopped crying but was still putting up a fuss. Kim gave her son a hug and a kiss on the cheek before Bobby took him over to Jimmy's. Looking over at the clock, she saw that it was time for her next feeding. While Keira nursed, Kim quietly sang to her until the phone rang again. When she answered, she found Bobby on the other end telling her that he was stuck in traffic since there had been a car accident and was going to help out till an ambulance got there. After talking briefly they hung up the phones and Kim went back to singing softly to Keira until she'd finished and fell asleep.
After putting her back in her crib she went back into the bedroom and went through several CD's and found one that she'd never listened to before and quite frankly didn't know who had bought it. As the sounds filled the room she recognized the music had a salsa type beat to it. She hadn't danced the salsa since the she'd broken up with a guy she'd been seeing about a year after she'd divorced Jimmy. As she listened to the music the moves the guy had taught her began to come back to her. After an hour or so of practicing on her own she remembered most of what she'd learned so long ago.
When Bobby came back he heard the music playing and was curious to see what she was up to. He stood in the doorway for a bit and just watched her since she hadn't noticed him standing there. When the song ended and she stopped and turned towards the door and saw him standing there watching her.
"I didn't know you could salsa." Bobby said, while changing CD's.
"I haven't done that in a long time." She replied softly, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
He found a song on the CD he'd put in and paused it, turning and taking Kim by the hands and pulling her to her feet.
He unpaused the music, and they stood facing each other, holding each other's hands at waist level. As the music began he stepped back on his left foot and Kim did the opposite, stepping forward with her right foot. He rocked back onto his right foot causing her to do the opposite, rocking back on her left foot and bringing his left foot back to its original position. They then repeated the steps again using the opposite leg. Changing hand positions, he held her left hand in his left and her right hand in his right while she continued doing the same foot motions they both had been doing. Bobby did the same as her only instead of moving forwards and backwards he was moving to the left and right slightly, gently easing her into an outside turn to the right. He brought her right arm over his left shoulder and held her left hand up against her left shoulder, ending up side by side. Taking his right arm and lifting it up and over her head, resting his arm against her back, causing her to walk forwards, behind him. When she stopped, he took his left hand and placed it on the left side of her hip, pushing her arm that he still held to the left, leading her into a right hand turn. They repeated the same movements through the rest of the song, adding some little variations to it each time.
When the music was over, they stood facing each other for a few moments, somewhat speechless by what had just happened. She'd never felt that sense of connection with anyone she'd ever salsa'd with before like she felt tonight dancing with Bobby.
"We should do this more often," Bobby said smiling, nuzzling the side of her neck.
"Definitely," she replied somewhat breathlessly, leaning back against him.
Moments later, the two lay side by side in bed talking for a bit before falling asleep.
"You know what I think?" Bobby asked.
"What's that?" Kim replied curiously, wondering what was going through his head.
"Remember that little comment Jimmy made about everyone going out dancing after work one night? How bout we work up a little routine that will blow all their minds." He suggested.
"Sounds exciting to me," Kim replied, thinking about the reactions they would get; "When you want to start working on it?"
"Tomorrow night sound good?" he asked.
"Sounds good to me," she replied, snuggling up against him as she drifted off to sleep.
Around 4:30 AM Keira, had started to cry and Kim got up to check on her. Picking her up, she headed over to the bookcase and put on a CD to try and help calm her down. While fingering through the CD's with her left hand and cradling Keira in her right arm, she selected a CD when all of a sudden the ground beneath her shook violently. Bracing herself against the wall, she shielded her daughter just as the window to the room was blown out. The roar from the explosion across the street was deafening, which made Keira begin to cry that much harder.
Bobby was sound asleep till he felt everything around him shaking. Looking over to see Kim gone, fear gripped him not knowing what was going on outside.
Bobby put his hands up in self-defense as Kim sat up, making room for Joey on the couch.
"How's was your stay with your dad?" Kim asked.
That's all the encouragement Joey needed to recount the weekend's events, not missing a single detail. It was about an hour and a half later when Joey finally finished telling them about his weekend. After Kim was sure he wasn't going to continue she said, "It looks like you two had a pretty busy weekend."
"Oh yeah, and we've already planned out what we are doing this weekend." Joey replied excitedly.
Bobby rolled his eyes at Kim who was already smiling when she said, "Did your dad get you lunch before you came over?"
"Yeah, we stopped and had some cheeseburgers on our way over." Joey replied grinning from ear to ear as he hopped off the sofa and went back into his room to play some games on his gameboy.
As soon as he was in his room, Bobby said jokingly, "You had to get him started didn't you."
"What? It was a simple question." Kim replied innocently, heading to the kitchen to fix lunch for her and Bobby.
Alex went in early to work and got a head start on getting the bus ready for the day. She sat in the back of the rig thinking about what she and Kim had discussed that morning when she heard Ty's voice.
"Where the hell have you been!" he asked angrily.
"Doing some soul-searching." She replied back, not wanting to make a scene.
"I've been trying to get a hold of you all morning!" he snapped at her.
"That's it! Ty, you and I are through! I'm tired of putting up with your crap the past several weeks!" Alex fumed as she narrowed her eyes at him, getting out of the rig to head inside.
Ty grabbed a hold of her arm and pulled her back to where he was standing.
"Let the hell go of me!" Alex half yelled getting Jimmy's attention inside.
Jimmy walked outside to see what was going on and saw what was happening.
"Davis, you heard the woman! Let her go!" Jimmy said, starting to get defensive.
"Who asked you Jimmy?!" Ty snorted alcohol still evident in his system from his night of getting trashed with Bosco.
"You mess with my partner and it becomes my responsibility to look out for her!" Jimmy snapped back.
Not wanting to start a fight he knew he would lose, Ty let go of her and said, "This isn't over Alex."
"Oh yes it is. We're through so don't even bother calling!" she snapped, jerking her arm free from his hand and heading inside.
Jimmy watched her head inside and made sure Ty had left before following her. He headed upstairs and found her sitting cross-legged on her bunk.
"You ok?" he asked.
"I will be as soon as he leaves me alone." She replied quietly.
"So you two really through?" he asked, not really sure why he'd just asked her that.
"Yeah. I'm tired of the crap that he's been pulling recently and I'm finally listening to the advice of a good friend." Alex replied.
"That friend must have been right. I don't know what was going on between the two of you, but you might be better off without him after that display." Jimmy said squeezing her shoulder gently; not knowing Kim was the one who had given her advice.
"Thanks for stepping in, I really appreciate it," Alex said quietly, the emotions from earlier going away gradually.
"Anytime," Jimmy said smiling, getting up to go back downstairs.
Alex lay alone, silently thanking Kim for her advice before heading to finish the bus.
When Bobby came in he found Alex half way through straightening up the bus and said, "You're in early."
"Just needed to think some stuff through." She replied, looking up from the task she was doing.
Bobby went up to change and helped Alex with the rig. When they were done, there was still time before their shift was to start so everyone sat around talking.
Doc came in with a newbie following behind him.
"Who's the newbie?" Alex asked curiously.
"This is Craig. Carlos and I are training him for a couple of weeks." Doc replied.
He began to introduce Craig to everyone sitting at the table and each person giving the newbie a greeting of welcome. When Doc, Carlos and Craig left to get ready for the start of the shift, Alex said, "We finally have a new face around here."
The first half of the shift was non-stop, calls coming in one right after the other. Around eight things quieted down and everyone spent the remainder of the shift getting to know the trainee.
When Bobby came home that evening, he found Kim curled up on the sofa cradling Keira in her arms dozing, with Joey asleep across her legs. It looked like they'd been watching a movie and must have fallen asleep during it. He carefully picked up his sleeping daughter from Kim's arms and put her to bed, returning and getting Joey and tucking him into bed. He went back once more and turned off the T.V and VCR and picked up Kim from the couch and put her in their room. After getting her taken care of, he headed off for a shower before going to bed for the evening.
While he was in the shower, Kim woke up, seeing the apartment dark except for the light coming from under the bathroom door. She got up and checked on Joey and Keira before curling back up in bed. A short time later he'd finished his shower and slipped into bed next to Kim, wrapping his arms around her waist as he fell asleep.
By the end of the week everyone began to get used to having Craig around, although the guy had an annoying streak to him. Ty hadn't bothered Alex after their encounter in front of the station and everyone began to give Alex grief about being the only woman around the station.
On Friday, Kim, Joey and Keira went into the station early with Bobby so everyone could see the baby and to check and see how things were going without her. As they walked upstairs Kim said, "Anybody home?"
Alex heard Kim's voice and turned around exclaiming, "Kim! What are you doing here?"
"Checking up on you all while I'm off." She replied smiling as Alex gave her a hug.
"Did you bring the baby?" Alex asked.
"Of course," Kim replied, as Bobby passed Keira to her.
"Do you want to hold her?" Kim asked.
"Sure," Alex replied, carefully picking Keira up from Kim's arms.
While Kim and Alex talked Bobby walked into the weight room where almost everyone was and said; "There's someone here to see all of us."
"Who is it?" Jimmy asked while bench pressing.
"Not telling you all have to come out and see for yourselves." Bobby replied, heading up to change.
Walsh and Lombardo were watching television when Alex walked in carrying Keira. Walsh looked over at her and said, "Damn Taylor, you didn't tell us you had a kid."
"There's a lot you boys don't know about me," Alex replied smiling as Keira began to wake up from the nap she'd been taking.
Kim stood just outside the room and started snickering; overhearing the conversation that was going on in the room. When she entered the room she said smiling, "You boys like picking on women, don't you."
Both Walsh and Lombardo gave her a hug and said, "I swear you'd never know you'd had two kids looking like that."
"Is that the best suck-up line you all can come up with?" Kim asked laughing.
Joey came in a short time later and Walsh and Lombardo began to aggravate him, causing Keira to start to fuss. Alex couldn't get her to settle down so Kim scooped her up and headed towards the kitchen where it was quiet to get her to calm down. She peeked into the weight room and said, "You all not going to say hello?"
"Kim!" Jimmy said in surprise, putting the weights he was lifting down; "What are you doing here?"
"Making sure you all are behaving," she replied smiling.
"I see you brought the baby with you," he replied, watching Keira yawn in Kim's arms.
"I thought I'd bring her out for a bit and check on you heathens." Kim replied.
"May I hold her?" Jimmy asked.
"Sure, just not around the weights." Kim replied.
Jimmy headed towards the T.V room and carefully picked her up and sat down in one of the recliners. Lt. Johnson walked in and saw Kim talking to everyone and said, "Boy have we missed having you around here."
"In another week you all won't be able to get rid of me," she replied laughing.
"How's the baby?" he asked.
"Just fine. Although I think all the attention everyone's been giving her is tiring her out." Kim replied seeing her asleep in Jimmy's arms.
A short time later, everyone bid her farewell as Bobby took the three of them home and returned for his shift.
That night Bobby got home late after an apartment complex had caught fire. Apparently the building had been condemned and was vacant when the fire was started by a couple of teenagers. Jimmy and D.K had rescued the teens but they had suffered some severe burns as a result of starting the blaze. After transporting the teens to the hospital Bobby, Alex, Doc, Carlos and Craig were called back to the fire when several firefighters were injured. When they arrived back on the scene they saw at least four firefighters that had been injured. Most of the injuries weren't severe, although a couple had a few broken bones.
When he got in that evening he found Kim was stretched out across the bed, listening to the radio and reading a book. The phone began to ring and she reached out and picked up the cordless and found Jimmy on the other end, wanting to know if Joey was asleep since he was just leaving the scene of the fire. She told him he was still up and if he wanted to come and get him that was fine, or that they could bring him over. After discussing the arrangements of who was bringing Joey over, she hung up the phone just as Bobby walked into the room.
"Who was that?" Bobby asked, falling onto the bed next to Kim.
"Jimmy. Wanting to know if Joey was asleep." She replied.
"We taking him over to Jimmy's?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah, Jimmy and the boys are just heading back to the station from that fire." She replied, rolling over onto her side to look at him.
"You want me to take him over?" Bobby asked, noticing she was already dressed for bed.
"I was going to say I could get dressed and take him but if you want to that's fine," Kim responded, just as Keira began to cry.
"Looks like you're being beckoned," Bobby said laughing, getting up to have Joey get his stuff together.
Kim laughed and got up to check on Keira. When Bobby peeked into Joey's room he found him playing his gameboy on the bed, his bag already packed for his weekend with Jimmy.
"You ready to go?" Bobby asked.
"All ready," Joey replied, getting up and putting the gameboy in the bag by his bed.
"I'm ready to take you over whenever you are." Bobby said before leaving to check on Kim and Keira.
Keira had stopped crying but was still putting up a fuss. Kim gave her son a hug and a kiss on the cheek before Bobby took him over to Jimmy's. Looking over at the clock, she saw that it was time for her next feeding. While Keira nursed, Kim quietly sang to her until the phone rang again. When she answered, she found Bobby on the other end telling her that he was stuck in traffic since there had been a car accident and was going to help out till an ambulance got there. After talking briefly they hung up the phones and Kim went back to singing softly to Keira until she'd finished and fell asleep.
After putting her back in her crib she went back into the bedroom and went through several CD's and found one that she'd never listened to before and quite frankly didn't know who had bought it. As the sounds filled the room she recognized the music had a salsa type beat to it. She hadn't danced the salsa since the she'd broken up with a guy she'd been seeing about a year after she'd divorced Jimmy. As she listened to the music the moves the guy had taught her began to come back to her. After an hour or so of practicing on her own she remembered most of what she'd learned so long ago.
When Bobby came back he heard the music playing and was curious to see what she was up to. He stood in the doorway for a bit and just watched her since she hadn't noticed him standing there. When the song ended and she stopped and turned towards the door and saw him standing there watching her.
"I didn't know you could salsa." Bobby said, while changing CD's.
"I haven't done that in a long time." She replied softly, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
He found a song on the CD he'd put in and paused it, turning and taking Kim by the hands and pulling her to her feet.
He unpaused the music, and they stood facing each other, holding each other's hands at waist level. As the music began he stepped back on his left foot and Kim did the opposite, stepping forward with her right foot. He rocked back onto his right foot causing her to do the opposite, rocking back on her left foot and bringing his left foot back to its original position. They then repeated the steps again using the opposite leg. Changing hand positions, he held her left hand in his left and her right hand in his right while she continued doing the same foot motions they both had been doing. Bobby did the same as her only instead of moving forwards and backwards he was moving to the left and right slightly, gently easing her into an outside turn to the right. He brought her right arm over his left shoulder and held her left hand up against her left shoulder, ending up side by side. Taking his right arm and lifting it up and over her head, resting his arm against her back, causing her to walk forwards, behind him. When she stopped, he took his left hand and placed it on the left side of her hip, pushing her arm that he still held to the left, leading her into a right hand turn. They repeated the same movements through the rest of the song, adding some little variations to it each time.
When the music was over, they stood facing each other for a few moments, somewhat speechless by what had just happened. She'd never felt that sense of connection with anyone she'd ever salsa'd with before like she felt tonight dancing with Bobby.
"We should do this more often," Bobby said smiling, nuzzling the side of her neck.
"Definitely," she replied somewhat breathlessly, leaning back against him.
Moments later, the two lay side by side in bed talking for a bit before falling asleep.
"You know what I think?" Bobby asked.
"What's that?" Kim replied curiously, wondering what was going through his head.
"Remember that little comment Jimmy made about everyone going out dancing after work one night? How bout we work up a little routine that will blow all their minds." He suggested.
"Sounds exciting to me," Kim replied, thinking about the reactions they would get; "When you want to start working on it?"
"Tomorrow night sound good?" he asked.
"Sounds good to me," she replied, snuggling up against him as she drifted off to sleep.
Around 4:30 AM Keira, had started to cry and Kim got up to check on her. Picking her up, she headed over to the bookcase and put on a CD to try and help calm her down. While fingering through the CD's with her left hand and cradling Keira in her right arm, she selected a CD when all of a sudden the ground beneath her shook violently. Bracing herself against the wall, she shielded her daughter just as the window to the room was blown out. The roar from the explosion across the street was deafening, which made Keira begin to cry that much harder.
Bobby was sound asleep till he felt everything around him shaking. Looking over to see Kim gone, fear gripped him not knowing what was going on outside.