That evening when Alex got home, all she could think about was the little talk she was going to have with Bobby on Monday. She didn't want to go over or call and chew his ass out for not having listened to her. She did call Jimmy however to see how he was doing. After talking with him briefly he asked her to come over so they could talk face to face, she didn't know about what but thought it might have had to do with something this afternoon. When she arrived the door was already unlocked and she heard him say "Come on in," when he heard her raps at the door. When she opened the door and got a look at him, he looked much better than he had earlier that evening.

"My don't you look better," Alex said as she shut the door behind her.

"I feel much better too. I don't know what I would have done if Kim hadn't talked some sense into me to get me off the roof. I also owe you a thank you for helping her with me." He replied.

"What? You think I'd abandon my partner? No way in hell buddy." She replied smiling as she sat down next to him on the couch.

"That's always good to know," Jimmy said chuckling; "I still can't believe though that Brooke would do that to me. I guess it's a good thing that happened while we are engaged because now I'm definitely not going to marry her."

"You two are calling it quits?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, I don't want to have to second guess myself wondering if she's messing around when I'm not there. I know what that's like thanks to my own stupidity and saw it with Kim." He replied softly.

Alex nodded her head in approval and noticed he seemed to be thinking about something and asked, "What's running through that head of yours?"

Her words brought him out of space and back to reality and said, "Oh just wondering about something that's all."

"Wanna share?" she asked.

Jimmy took in a slow deep breath and said, "Truth is Alex, ever since the staged kiss you and I shared to fool Craig I can't stop thinking about you. Ever since then I've been wracking my brain to see if there would be any possibility that if we did get together would things would work out."

Alex sat stunned at Jimmy's words. She'd been feeling the same way but suppressed the feelings since at the time he had been engaged. She'd given a little bit of thought to hooking up with him but decided on no definite answer as of yet.

He noticed the look of shock on her face and said, "Did I say something to upset you?"

"No. I've been in the same position too. I never expected to feel like that after we kissed either but it was truly amazing." Alex replied, not knowing what else to say at the moment.

"You don't have to answer now, but I would like to give things a shot with you. That is if you agree to it. Feel free to think it over and let me know what you decide." He said softly.

Alex had never expected to have Jimmy tell her that he'd like to go out with her, especially the same day he found his fiancé cheating on him. What woman wouldn't want to go out with him? "I will think it over and let you know what I decide." She replied, her head spinning with everything that had just happened.

The two talked for about fifteen more minutes before Alex left. It was getting rather late and Jimmy needed his rest.

"I'd better head out since its getting late. You need your rest. Do you need anything before I leave?" Alex asked.

"I'll be fine." He replied, getting up and walking her to the door.

"Ok, I'll see you later then," Alex replied, looking over her shoulder at him.

"Take care Alex. I'll see you on Monday." Jimmy said back to her as she headed down the hall.

He slowly headed back into his room to go to bed since it was late and he was tired. Alex on the other hand tossed and turned all night long, debating on whether or not she should accept Jimmy's proposition. She thought all weekend long about that and when Monday rolled around still hadn't made a final decision yet. She walked into the station and saw Kim coming downstairs.

"Hey Kim," Alex said as she came in.

"Hey, you're with me today. Bobby's got the day off." Kim replied, heading out to the bus.

"Ok, I'll be out as soon as I change." Alex said back, rushing upstairs, hoping to avoid Jimmy till she made up her mind.

Alex quickly changed and helped Kim with inventory and they set out driving around waiting for a call and talking back and forth.

"You and Bobby get everything worked out?" Alex asked.

"Yeah we did. All he needed to do was cool off a bit and then we were able to work things out." Kim replied.

"How long did the cooling off thing take? If you don't mind me asking." Alex questioned.

"From the time he left the station till 7:30 Saturday morning," Kim replied.

"Wow, what did you do the whole time?" Alex asked shocked.

"Seeing as how I was the only one in the apartment all I could do was worry myself to death till he came back." Kim replied, remembering the events of last Friday.

"Where was Bobby at?" Alex questioned.

"I assume driving around the city trying to clear his head. He never told me what he did after work, then again I never really asked because we had so much other stuff to work through." Kim said in response.

"So you have any potential boyfriend prospects lined up?" Kim asked curiously, changing the subject off the fight last week.

"Possibly, nothing definite yet though." Alex replied feeling a bit nervous about talking to Kim about her ex husband, especially since she wasn't sure how she'd react.

"Oh really, gimme details." Kim said anxiously.

"Well he's drop dead gorgeous that's for sure, amazing body and everything. But I'm afraid things will be weird." Alex said nervously, feeling extremely awkward about talking about Jimmy.

Kim noticed Alex was acting strange and said, "Weird? How so?"

"I can't describe it, it's this feeling I have. I want to go out with him but I'm afraid things will get complicated." She replied; "We were talking this weekend and he totally got me off guard when he told me he'd like to see how things would work out."

"Does this potential boyfriend have a name?" Kim asked curiously.

Alex never answered and Kim decided to go out on a limb and guess to see if her hunch was right.

"Is it Jimmy?" she asked curiously.

Alex just about fell out of the seat in shock and said, "How did you know!"

"Come on Alex I know you. If it were any other guy I wouldn't be able to get you to keep quiet about the person." Kim said smiling.

"Good point." Alex said laughing; "So you're not mad about me wanting to go out with your ex husband?"

"Why would I be mad? If you want to start a relationship with him that's fine, I don't have a problem with it. You know what his past track record of relationships has been but after this incident with Brooke I imagine he's probably changed for the better. But if he does anything to hurt you I will have to hurt him." Kim replied smiling.

Alex laughed; relieved Kim didn't have a problem with her possibly going out with her ex husband.

"You have no idea how relieved I am to hear that you wouldn't have a problem with it if we did get together." Alex said.

"Has he asked you out yet?" Kim asked.

"Yeah, Saturday morning. He told me I could think about it though which is all I did all weekend. Didn't get much sleep either." Alex replied.

"Have you made your decision yet?" Kim asked.

"I think I have." Alex said smiling.

"Good. So you gonna give it a shot?" Kim asked curiously.

"I think I am. I'll talk to him when we get back to the station." Alex replied.

After having very few calls come in they eventually returned to the firehouse and when Kim and Alex came in they saw Jimmy headed in their direction.

"Knock him dead," Kim whispered in Alex's ear as she left the two alone for a while to go call and check on Bobby and the kids.

"Hey Alex, how have you been?" Jimmy asked.

"Pretty good, how bout you?" Alex replied, feeling butterflies forming in her stomach.

"About the same. So have you given any thought to what we talked about?" he asked curiously.