The next day at the station Bobby had started on the rig since Kim was
changing. The newbie had come in and everyone silently groaned about him
coming back. Jimmy thought there was something slightly off about him today
though. Something didn't seem right with him. Jimmy and Alex headed
downstairs to check something on one of the engines when he said, "Is it me
or is something slightly off with Craig?"
"I think your right, he had a weird vibe going." Alex replied.
Jimmy headed back upstairs and Alex headed out to where Bobby was.
"Kim getting ready?" she asked.
"Yeah," he replied taking a break from what he was doing.
"I have a weird feeling about the newbie today. Something doesn't seem right with him." Alex replied, looking inside.
"How so?" Bobby asked.
"I can't place it. When he came in it I got a weird vibe from him, it was really freaky." Alex replied.
"I'd better go warn Kim before he heads upstairs then." Bobby replied, getting out of the rig.
As the two of them headed upstairs they saw Craig talking to one of the other firefighters. Alex went and helped Jimmy and Bobby headed up to where Kim was.
Kim heard footsteps and saw Bobby on his way up the stairs.
"Newbie here?" she asked.
"Yeah, I came up here to give you the heads up." Bobby replied.
"Ok, I should be down in a few. I'm just about done up here." She said in return, buttoning up her uniform top.
Bobby nodded his head in response and headed back down to finish with the bus. Kim quickly ran a brush through her hair and pulled it up. After taking a final look at the pictures she kept of Joey and Keira in her locker, she grabbed her cell phone and put it in her pocket and closed the door and turned around. As she turned she ended up being face to face with the newbie. She hadn't even heard his footsteps coming up the stairs he was so quiet.
Craig walked up the stairs seeing a new face he hadn't seen last week. He walked quietly towards her, not making any noise at all. "She's the one I will be with." He thought to himself, looking Kim over; "She's even better than the other blonde I was hitting on last week." After a failed attempt at finding a girlfriend over the weekend he set out to do whatever it took, regardless of what it included to try and win the person over {if you could even call it winning them over.}
"I don't believe we've met." Craig said in a polite tone, standing behind her.
"I'm Kim," she replied.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Craig." He said back to her; "You and I should hook up some time."
"No can do, I'm already seeing someone," she replied, trying to move past him.
After having been shot down by Alex and a failed attempt over the weekend at finding someone he said, "I always get what I want, regardless.", moving to block her path as she tried to leave.
The tense moment between the two was broken when footsteps were heard coming up the stairs. Craig moved out of the way and Kim stormed off, muttering under her breath about her confrontation with the newbie. She brushed past Alex on the stairs, when she grabbed Kim's arm and said quietly, "You look pissed, I take it you ran into the newbie."
"Did I ever!" she whispered angrily heading downstairs.
Alex turned around and went back downstairs, seeing Kim getting something to drink she headed out to give Bobby the heads up.
"Hey Bobby! I think all hell is gonna break loose if the newbie gets anywhere near Kim again." She said quietly.
"What happened?" he replied, almost cutting her off.
"I don't know. I was going upstairs to get something from my locker when she storms past me, muttering under her breath." Alex said, seeing a worried look cross his face.
Bobby got out of the rig and headed in to check on Kim to see if she was ok after what Alex had told him. Alex followed suit and they found her sitting on the back of one of the trucks, trying to blow off some steam. Bobby put a hand on her shoulder and said, "What happened?"
"I'll explain later. Let me cool off for a bit and I'll tell you when we leave." She replied, her blood still boiling at the newbie's arrogance.
"Ok, we'll be nearby if you need us." Bobby replied, turning with Alex to leave her alone for a bit.
After they had left, Kim got up and was pacing in between the trucks, muttering angrily to herself when she felt someone spin her around and shove her against one of the trucks.
"You and I will be together, no one can stop me!" Craig whispered coldly, not releasing the grip he had on her shoulders.
"Like Hell," she responded just as coldly as she wrenched out of his grasp.
"And what are you going to do about it sweet thing? Who's going to stop me?" Craig taunted.
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Kim half yelled, getting everyone's attention upstairs.
Craig knew her response had gotten the attention of everyone upstairs and let her go, watching her storm off with an evil smile on his face.
Kim stormed outside fuming at Craig's actions towards her. Bobby had heard her angry response and assumed it was aimed towards the newbie and took off outside, seeing her heading that direction. Jimmy looked in the direction Kim had come from and saw Craig coming from the same area, and put two and two together that he was trying to start something with her.
"Something definitely isn't right with him Jimmy," Alex said, seeing the worried look on Jimmy's face.
"I know. What happened to him over the weekend to put him in this attitude?" Jimmy questioned.
"Good question, and what does it have to do with Kim. It's like he completely changed personas in four days." Alex replied.
"Yeah. I think we'd better keep an eye on Kim around the station till we see what's up with this guy." Jimmy said, looking over at Alex.
"That's a good idea." Alex replied quietly, looking outside.
Kim sat in the back of the rig, her back facing the open doors when Bobby came out to check on her.
"Kim? What did he do?" Bobby asked softly.
She never answered and he climbed up in the back of the rig and sat beside her and said, "Come on Kim. Talk to me. What happened?"
She finally said something in response even though it didn't answer any of his questions.
"How in the hell did you tolerate putting up with him for a week?" she exclaimed, looking over at him.
"Kimmy, answer me. What did he do?" Bobby asked again.
"Newbie there doesn't know the meaning of the word no." Kim began to say.
"What did he say?" he asked gently.
"First he started out saying that he and I should hook up but I told him no, I can't because you and I are together. Next thing I know he's blocking my path and says that he always gets what he wants and who did I think was going to stop him." She said, pausing to draw in a shaky breath.
"Come on, lets get out of here." Bobby suggested.
Kim nodded her head and went inside to talk to Alex before they left. When she went upstairs she saw Jimmy and Alex talking in the kitchen. Jimmy looked up when he heard footsteps and saw Kim coming and said, "Everything ok?"
"It will be as soon as a certain someone backs off." Kim replied before Craig walked into the room, glaring at him as he walked past her.
Jimmy put his hand on Kim's arm and said, "Be careful around him. Something's not right with him. He wasn't like this last week."
"I will. My plan is to avoid him at all costs." Kim replied, patting Jimmy on the shoulder as she removed two bottles of water from the fridge.
"He wasn't like this when he tried hitting on me last week. Make sure you watch your back." Alex said, concern appearing in her voice.
While Kim was gone, Craig walked outside and found Bobby double checking stuff in his rig.
"Am I with you again today?" Craig asked.
"No," Bobby replied; "My partner came back on Monday so you'll have to see who you're paired with."
"You're with the hot blonde?!" Craig asked, seeming shocked.
"Yeah," Bobby answered, feeling his blood starting to boil; "She's been my partner for the last five years."
"Damn you're lucky! I'd love to have a piece of her." Craig replied with envy.
"Don't you dare talk about her like that." Bobby said, through clenched teeth.
"You don't want her?! I can just imagine what a night with her would be like." Craig replied jealously.
Hearing that was all it took to push Bobby over the edge.
"You had better watch your mouth!" Bobby fumed, ready to tear into Craig for what he'd just said.
Craig noticed Bobby's reactions to his statements and decided to keep pressing him, seeing how long it took for him to snap.
"Why? You sweet on her or something?" Craig taunted; "Afraid she doesn't want to be with you?"
Bobby grabbed Craig by the shoulders and shoved him into the side of the ambulance and said, "You say one more thing about my wife and .."
"And what!" Craig taunted; "Afraid she'll leave you? Let anyone who wants to take her. She'll be calling out their name instead of yours!"
Jimmy had been working on one of the engines and caught the tail end of Craig's statement.
"Oh hell! Bobby's gonna kill him for saying that!" Jimmy thought to himself.
"Come on boys! We've got a fight we gotta break up before it escalates!" Jimmy said, rushing outside.
D.K, Walsh and Lombardo all followed quickly and saw the fury showing on Bobby's face.
"Walsh! Get Kim and Alex out here now!" D.K said.
Before Walsh had a chance to go, Craig shoved Bobby backwards and snapped, "You couldn't take me down if you tried!"
D.K and Jimmy held Bobby back since he was ready to rip Craig to pieces and Lombardo and Walsh kept Craig from moving towards Bobby provoking him any farther. Carlos walked outside, looking for Craig and walked into a war zone.
"Nieto! Get your ass over here and get your partner out of here now!" Jimmy yelled.
"Lemme go change. I was coming to look for him." Carlos replied, motioning towards Craig before heading back inside.
Kim and Alex were still talking when they heard Jimmy yell for them. Bobby was still straining against Jimmy and D.K but they weren't budging.
"Bobby! Back down for heaven's sake! Whatever he said, let it go!" Jimmy said, as Kim and Alex came out of the firehouse.
Alex looked at Kim and said, "Oh jeez! What did Craig start with Bobby?"
"Do we want to know?" Kim asked, rushing towards the group.
Jimmy saw Kim and Alex and said, "Kim get him out of here before he tears Craig to pieces."
"Not that we wouldn't mind that of course," Alex replied softly following Kim.
When Kim moved around standing beside Jimmy, she could subconsciously feel Craig's eyes moving over her. She put her hand on Bobby's upper arm and said, "Bobby. Come on, let's go."
He eventually quit straining against Jimmy and D.K and stormed over to the passenger side of the bus. Carlos appeared minutes later, collecting his partner from Walsh and Lombardo and leaving. Jimmy looked at Kim and said, "Whatever you do, keep those two apart. I don't want to know what he said to set Bobby off like that but whatever it was it couldn't have been good."
"Not a problem," Kim replied, climbing into the driver's seat of the ambulance.
As she drove, she tried to get Bobby to talk but all he kept doing was muttering to himself angrily in Spanish. She could still see the fury in his eyes and stopped the bus down near the river and said, "Bobby please. Talk to me.
He heard the pleading tone in her voice and saw the worried expression on her face when he fumed, "Craig had better not get anywhere near us or his ass is in for it!"
"Are you going to tell me what he did to set you off?" Kim asked.
Bobby took a deep breath and began to recount what Craig had said. As she sat and listened to what Craig had said about her, she fought to keep her thoughts in check.
"His ass is so dead next time he gets near me!" Kim growled, once Bobby had finished.
After talking about everything they could think of to try and erase the memory of Craig's hurtful words, hey headed back to the station since no calls had come in. When they returned they both were relieved, seeing Craig not around. Kim headed up to call and check on the kids while Bobby began to talk to Alex and Jimmy. Kim sat on her bunk talking with her mother and hearing Joey playing with Keira in the background, hearing her cooing up a storm and Joey laughing. After checking on them, she headed back downstairs and rejoined Alex, Bobby and Jimmy in the kitchen.
"How's the baby?" Jimmy asked.
"She's fine. Joey's been playing with her since we left. It should be about time for her afternoon nap." Kim replied smiling, glancing down at her watch.
The good mood was broken when Craig and Carlos came back to the station. Kim stood up and said, "I'm going up for some fresh air. I don't want to be anywhere near this creep."
Bobby stood up to follow her when Alex put her hand on his arm and said, "Let her have some time to herself for a bit."
Bobby left and went to shoot some hoops, brushing past Craig, forcing himself not to haul off and punch the guy's lights out. As Kim sat on the roof, she leaned against a wall, drawing her knees to her chest, as a thousand different questions flooded through her head.
"Why is he so obsessed with me? Why on earth did he change attitudes when I showed up, did something happen to him over the weekend or what? Why is he so intent on pushing Bobby's buttons like that?" she asked herself silently.
As she tried to answer her own questions, she heard the door to the roof open and heard someone talking to themselves aloud. When she focused on the voice, she felt anger building, wondering what the hell he was doing up here.
"Does anyone know his ass is up here?" she asked herself silently; "Because if he starts pissing me off, he's in for it!"
Alex and Jimmy sat talking when Carlos came up from outside.
"Where's Craig?" Alex asked.
"Dunno, he came up before I did." Carlos replied, heading towards the T.V room.
She looked over at Jimmy and said, "Did you see him walk by recently?"
"No, did you?" he replied.
Alex shook her head no and said, "This guy is too sneaky. What's his real reason for being here?"
"I think your right, he had a weird vibe going." Alex replied.
Jimmy headed back upstairs and Alex headed out to where Bobby was.
"Kim getting ready?" she asked.
"Yeah," he replied taking a break from what he was doing.
"I have a weird feeling about the newbie today. Something doesn't seem right with him." Alex replied, looking inside.
"How so?" Bobby asked.
"I can't place it. When he came in it I got a weird vibe from him, it was really freaky." Alex replied.
"I'd better go warn Kim before he heads upstairs then." Bobby replied, getting out of the rig.
As the two of them headed upstairs they saw Craig talking to one of the other firefighters. Alex went and helped Jimmy and Bobby headed up to where Kim was.
Kim heard footsteps and saw Bobby on his way up the stairs.
"Newbie here?" she asked.
"Yeah, I came up here to give you the heads up." Bobby replied.
"Ok, I should be down in a few. I'm just about done up here." She said in return, buttoning up her uniform top.
Bobby nodded his head in response and headed back down to finish with the bus. Kim quickly ran a brush through her hair and pulled it up. After taking a final look at the pictures she kept of Joey and Keira in her locker, she grabbed her cell phone and put it in her pocket and closed the door and turned around. As she turned she ended up being face to face with the newbie. She hadn't even heard his footsteps coming up the stairs he was so quiet.
Craig walked up the stairs seeing a new face he hadn't seen last week. He walked quietly towards her, not making any noise at all. "She's the one I will be with." He thought to himself, looking Kim over; "She's even better than the other blonde I was hitting on last week." After a failed attempt at finding a girlfriend over the weekend he set out to do whatever it took, regardless of what it included to try and win the person over {if you could even call it winning them over.}
"I don't believe we've met." Craig said in a polite tone, standing behind her.
"I'm Kim," she replied.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Craig." He said back to her; "You and I should hook up some time."
"No can do, I'm already seeing someone," she replied, trying to move past him.
After having been shot down by Alex and a failed attempt over the weekend at finding someone he said, "I always get what I want, regardless.", moving to block her path as she tried to leave.
The tense moment between the two was broken when footsteps were heard coming up the stairs. Craig moved out of the way and Kim stormed off, muttering under her breath about her confrontation with the newbie. She brushed past Alex on the stairs, when she grabbed Kim's arm and said quietly, "You look pissed, I take it you ran into the newbie."
"Did I ever!" she whispered angrily heading downstairs.
Alex turned around and went back downstairs, seeing Kim getting something to drink she headed out to give Bobby the heads up.
"Hey Bobby! I think all hell is gonna break loose if the newbie gets anywhere near Kim again." She said quietly.
"What happened?" he replied, almost cutting her off.
"I don't know. I was going upstairs to get something from my locker when she storms past me, muttering under her breath." Alex said, seeing a worried look cross his face.
Bobby got out of the rig and headed in to check on Kim to see if she was ok after what Alex had told him. Alex followed suit and they found her sitting on the back of one of the trucks, trying to blow off some steam. Bobby put a hand on her shoulder and said, "What happened?"
"I'll explain later. Let me cool off for a bit and I'll tell you when we leave." She replied, her blood still boiling at the newbie's arrogance.
"Ok, we'll be nearby if you need us." Bobby replied, turning with Alex to leave her alone for a bit.
After they had left, Kim got up and was pacing in between the trucks, muttering angrily to herself when she felt someone spin her around and shove her against one of the trucks.
"You and I will be together, no one can stop me!" Craig whispered coldly, not releasing the grip he had on her shoulders.
"Like Hell," she responded just as coldly as she wrenched out of his grasp.
"And what are you going to do about it sweet thing? Who's going to stop me?" Craig taunted.
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Kim half yelled, getting everyone's attention upstairs.
Craig knew her response had gotten the attention of everyone upstairs and let her go, watching her storm off with an evil smile on his face.
Kim stormed outside fuming at Craig's actions towards her. Bobby had heard her angry response and assumed it was aimed towards the newbie and took off outside, seeing her heading that direction. Jimmy looked in the direction Kim had come from and saw Craig coming from the same area, and put two and two together that he was trying to start something with her.
"Something definitely isn't right with him Jimmy," Alex said, seeing the worried look on Jimmy's face.
"I know. What happened to him over the weekend to put him in this attitude?" Jimmy questioned.
"Good question, and what does it have to do with Kim. It's like he completely changed personas in four days." Alex replied.
"Yeah. I think we'd better keep an eye on Kim around the station till we see what's up with this guy." Jimmy said, looking over at Alex.
"That's a good idea." Alex replied quietly, looking outside.
Kim sat in the back of the rig, her back facing the open doors when Bobby came out to check on her.
"Kim? What did he do?" Bobby asked softly.
She never answered and he climbed up in the back of the rig and sat beside her and said, "Come on Kim. Talk to me. What happened?"
She finally said something in response even though it didn't answer any of his questions.
"How in the hell did you tolerate putting up with him for a week?" she exclaimed, looking over at him.
"Kimmy, answer me. What did he do?" Bobby asked again.
"Newbie there doesn't know the meaning of the word no." Kim began to say.
"What did he say?" he asked gently.
"First he started out saying that he and I should hook up but I told him no, I can't because you and I are together. Next thing I know he's blocking my path and says that he always gets what he wants and who did I think was going to stop him." She said, pausing to draw in a shaky breath.
"Come on, lets get out of here." Bobby suggested.
Kim nodded her head and went inside to talk to Alex before they left. When she went upstairs she saw Jimmy and Alex talking in the kitchen. Jimmy looked up when he heard footsteps and saw Kim coming and said, "Everything ok?"
"It will be as soon as a certain someone backs off." Kim replied before Craig walked into the room, glaring at him as he walked past her.
Jimmy put his hand on Kim's arm and said, "Be careful around him. Something's not right with him. He wasn't like this last week."
"I will. My plan is to avoid him at all costs." Kim replied, patting Jimmy on the shoulder as she removed two bottles of water from the fridge.
"He wasn't like this when he tried hitting on me last week. Make sure you watch your back." Alex said, concern appearing in her voice.
While Kim was gone, Craig walked outside and found Bobby double checking stuff in his rig.
"Am I with you again today?" Craig asked.
"No," Bobby replied; "My partner came back on Monday so you'll have to see who you're paired with."
"You're with the hot blonde?!" Craig asked, seeming shocked.
"Yeah," Bobby answered, feeling his blood starting to boil; "She's been my partner for the last five years."
"Damn you're lucky! I'd love to have a piece of her." Craig replied with envy.
"Don't you dare talk about her like that." Bobby said, through clenched teeth.
"You don't want her?! I can just imagine what a night with her would be like." Craig replied jealously.
Hearing that was all it took to push Bobby over the edge.
"You had better watch your mouth!" Bobby fumed, ready to tear into Craig for what he'd just said.
Craig noticed Bobby's reactions to his statements and decided to keep pressing him, seeing how long it took for him to snap.
"Why? You sweet on her or something?" Craig taunted; "Afraid she doesn't want to be with you?"
Bobby grabbed Craig by the shoulders and shoved him into the side of the ambulance and said, "You say one more thing about my wife and .."
"And what!" Craig taunted; "Afraid she'll leave you? Let anyone who wants to take her. She'll be calling out their name instead of yours!"
Jimmy had been working on one of the engines and caught the tail end of Craig's statement.
"Oh hell! Bobby's gonna kill him for saying that!" Jimmy thought to himself.
"Come on boys! We've got a fight we gotta break up before it escalates!" Jimmy said, rushing outside.
D.K, Walsh and Lombardo all followed quickly and saw the fury showing on Bobby's face.
"Walsh! Get Kim and Alex out here now!" D.K said.
Before Walsh had a chance to go, Craig shoved Bobby backwards and snapped, "You couldn't take me down if you tried!"
D.K and Jimmy held Bobby back since he was ready to rip Craig to pieces and Lombardo and Walsh kept Craig from moving towards Bobby provoking him any farther. Carlos walked outside, looking for Craig and walked into a war zone.
"Nieto! Get your ass over here and get your partner out of here now!" Jimmy yelled.
"Lemme go change. I was coming to look for him." Carlos replied, motioning towards Craig before heading back inside.
Kim and Alex were still talking when they heard Jimmy yell for them. Bobby was still straining against Jimmy and D.K but they weren't budging.
"Bobby! Back down for heaven's sake! Whatever he said, let it go!" Jimmy said, as Kim and Alex came out of the firehouse.
Alex looked at Kim and said, "Oh jeez! What did Craig start with Bobby?"
"Do we want to know?" Kim asked, rushing towards the group.
Jimmy saw Kim and Alex and said, "Kim get him out of here before he tears Craig to pieces."
"Not that we wouldn't mind that of course," Alex replied softly following Kim.
When Kim moved around standing beside Jimmy, she could subconsciously feel Craig's eyes moving over her. She put her hand on Bobby's upper arm and said, "Bobby. Come on, let's go."
He eventually quit straining against Jimmy and D.K and stormed over to the passenger side of the bus. Carlos appeared minutes later, collecting his partner from Walsh and Lombardo and leaving. Jimmy looked at Kim and said, "Whatever you do, keep those two apart. I don't want to know what he said to set Bobby off like that but whatever it was it couldn't have been good."
"Not a problem," Kim replied, climbing into the driver's seat of the ambulance.
As she drove, she tried to get Bobby to talk but all he kept doing was muttering to himself angrily in Spanish. She could still see the fury in his eyes and stopped the bus down near the river and said, "Bobby please. Talk to me.
He heard the pleading tone in her voice and saw the worried expression on her face when he fumed, "Craig had better not get anywhere near us or his ass is in for it!"
"Are you going to tell me what he did to set you off?" Kim asked.
Bobby took a deep breath and began to recount what Craig had said. As she sat and listened to what Craig had said about her, she fought to keep her thoughts in check.
"His ass is so dead next time he gets near me!" Kim growled, once Bobby had finished.
After talking about everything they could think of to try and erase the memory of Craig's hurtful words, hey headed back to the station since no calls had come in. When they returned they both were relieved, seeing Craig not around. Kim headed up to call and check on the kids while Bobby began to talk to Alex and Jimmy. Kim sat on her bunk talking with her mother and hearing Joey playing with Keira in the background, hearing her cooing up a storm and Joey laughing. After checking on them, she headed back downstairs and rejoined Alex, Bobby and Jimmy in the kitchen.
"How's the baby?" Jimmy asked.
"She's fine. Joey's been playing with her since we left. It should be about time for her afternoon nap." Kim replied smiling, glancing down at her watch.
The good mood was broken when Craig and Carlos came back to the station. Kim stood up and said, "I'm going up for some fresh air. I don't want to be anywhere near this creep."
Bobby stood up to follow her when Alex put her hand on his arm and said, "Let her have some time to herself for a bit."
Bobby left and went to shoot some hoops, brushing past Craig, forcing himself not to haul off and punch the guy's lights out. As Kim sat on the roof, she leaned against a wall, drawing her knees to her chest, as a thousand different questions flooded through her head.
"Why is he so obsessed with me? Why on earth did he change attitudes when I showed up, did something happen to him over the weekend or what? Why is he so intent on pushing Bobby's buttons like that?" she asked herself silently.
As she tried to answer her own questions, she heard the door to the roof open and heard someone talking to themselves aloud. When she focused on the voice, she felt anger building, wondering what the hell he was doing up here.
"Does anyone know his ass is up here?" she asked herself silently; "Because if he starts pissing me off, he's in for it!"
Alex and Jimmy sat talking when Carlos came up from outside.
"Where's Craig?" Alex asked.
"Dunno, he came up before I did." Carlos replied, heading towards the T.V room.
She looked over at Jimmy and said, "Did you see him walk by recently?"
"No, did you?" he replied.
Alex shook her head no and said, "This guy is too sneaky. What's his real reason for being here?"