It was a frigid January day, no snow had fallen yet but even sunshine
failed to make the day any warmer. Joey was spending the weekend with his
friend Michael since it was a Friday and Bobby had dropped him off after
taking Kim to work since he had the day off.
When he returned home, he unhooked Keira from the back seat and headed up
to their apartment. As he walked in he put her down in her swing in the
living room and brought in a basket of laundry to sort. As he put up some
of Keira's clothes that he'd just folded he noticed they were running low
on diapers and decided to go ahead and make a list of stuff that they
needed to pick up from the store. When it was time for her next bottle that
evening, he'd picked her up and flipped on the T.V and was seeing what the
weather was going to be doing over the next couple of days. Keira contently
drank from the bottle cradled in his lap when he noticed a winter storm
warning issued. He figured he'd better get the stuff that day, just incase
the weather turned bad. As soon as Keira finished her bottle, he'd carried
her with him to the kitchen so he could make a list of what other items he
needed to pick up to get them through the weekend.
After getting the list of stuff needed in the kitchen, he proceeded to the nursery to make sure they didn't need anything other than diapers. He flipped on the light to the room and sat Keira in her crib while he went through and made sure they had plenty of stuff for her. He heard her babbling contently but rather excitedly and saw her looking towards the window. He noticed large snowflakes falling heavily past the window that must have caught her attention. After he'd added to the list, he went and picked her up and sat in the rocking chair by the window and let her look outside as the snow fell. He'd noticed the streets and cars were completely covered with snow and it looked like it wasn't going to be letting up anytime soon either. Keira squealed with delight as she watched the snow fall past the window. He had his cell phone in his pocket and balanced Keira in his lap with one hand while he dug the phone out so he could see if there was anything Kim needed when he went out to the store.
Kim heard her phone ringing and picked it up off her bunk and answered it.
"Hey Kimmy, its me. I'm getting ready to head out and pick some stuff up to get us through the weekend is there anything that you need while I'm out?" he asked, silently laughing at Keira still squealing at the snow.
Kim looked at her watch and thought briefly for a bit and replied, "I can't think of anything at the moment. Since I get off in four hours why don't you let me go pick the stuff up so you and Keira don't have to get out in this mess."
"You sure? It's not a problem for us to go pick the stuff up. Plus I think our daughter inherited your love of snow anyhow. She's been squealing ever since I brought her to the window to watch it fall." Bobby said chuckling.
"I was wondering what you were doing for her to be squealing that much," Kim said with a laugh; "Plus Alex and I have responded to enough accidents tonight because of the weather. I'm already out in it, so it wouldn't be a problem for me to pick the stuff we need up on my way home."
Bobby read off the list of what was needed and Kim grabbed a piece of scrap paper out of her purse and a pen and quickly wrote down what he'd read off to her. She read the list back to him to make sure she didn't miss anything and thought up a couple of items to add to the list and added them while they talked.
"As soon as I'm off I'll stop and pick up the stuff we need and come home." She said; looking out the window from her bunk and watching the snow fall.
"Ok. Be careful out there and I'll see you soon." He replied before hanging up.
"I will. You two had better behave till I get home too." She replied laughing.
"Maybe we will and maybe we won't." Bobby said chuckling, tickling Keira causing her to laugh and kick in his lap.
Kim rolled her eyes and replied, "The apartment better be in one piece when I get home tonight or someone is in trouble."
"You and Alex be careful out there incase you all get anymore calls and I'll be waiting on you to help put up the groceries." He said in response.
"Ok. I love you and see you soon," she replied smiling to herself at her daughter's squeals in the background.
"I love you too sweetheart. Have a safe shift and be careful coming home." He said in response before he hung up the phone.
Alex had been coming up the stairs and saw her looking over the list and said, "What are you up to?"
"Looking over the list of stuff I have to pick up to get us through the weekend incase the roads would be bad." Kim replied, putting her cell phone back in her purse.
"I'd planned on doing the same thing, wanna car pool?" Alex asked.
"Sounds good to me," Kim replied, putting the list into her purse.
"Wanna play cards or something till we get a call?" Alex suggested.
"Sure, what do you want to play?" Kim asked getting a deck of cards out and shuffling them.
"Rummy sound ok?" she replied.
"Works for me," Kim said dealing out the cards.
D.K was downstairs fixing hot chocolate for those who wanted a mug and said, "Hey Jimmy, where's Kim and Alex?"
"I'm assuming they're both upstairs." Jimmy replied, taking a drink of the steaming mug of hot chocolate.
"Go see if they want any hot chocolate." D.K said, filling up the kettle with water.
Jimmy nodded his head in response and carried his mug upstairs towards the two women.
"You ladies want any hot chocolate?" Jimmy asked, cresting the stairs finding them playing cards on one of the bunks.
"Sure," they both replied, not looking up from the hand of cards they held.
Jimmy laughed at the two of them and said, "I didn't think you played cards Kimmy."
"Oh I do alright. The thing is, I play for fun, not money." Kim replied, going out on Alex.
"Damn it! Next time I'm not eating the deck when you have two cards left." Alex grumbled, counting up the points she'd gotten out of her hand.
Kim snickered as she wrote down her and Alex's score and waited for her partner to shuffle the cards. Jimmy left his mug upstairs headed back to get two mugs for Kim and Alex.
"They want any hot chocolate?" D.K asked as Jimmy came back downstairs.
"Yep, fix two and I'll take it up to them." Jimmy replied.
"This is a first Jimmy." Lombardo kidded with his friend; "Since when did you become the ladies' butler?"
"What? You jealous cuz no one will wait on you?" Jimmy said jokingly as D.K passed him the two mugs.
All the guys cracked up laughing as Jimmy headed back upstairs taking the mugs to Alex and Kim. They heard Jimmy coming back up the stairs and the guys giving him a hard time. He headed over to them and passed them each a steaming mug and sat on the bunk across from them.
"Mind if I join in your game?" he asked.
Kim looked at Alex and said, "Deal him in."
He went and got a chair and moved it so he could sit next to the bed and access the rest of the cards in the pile. After three rounds of cards, it was time to start on inventory for the evening around 10:30. He followed them down to the kitchen area but stopped off in the T.V room as they headed on down to the rig to get ready for the end of their shift.
"Boy am I glad Bobby and Keira don't have to get out in this mess." Kim said wrapping her jacket tighter around her.
"I know, I have a feeling the roads this weekend aren't going to be pretty." Alex replied as they climbed into the back of the bus.
It was five till eleven when they finished inventory and returned inside where it was warm. When the shift was over they quickly changed and got ready to head to Alex's car when they saw Jimmy leaving. He noticed them leaving and said, "What mischief are you two looking to get into tonight?"
"Try a late night grocery run to get through the weekend." Alex replied.
"Good idea. I just might do that on my way home." Jimmy said in return, heading past them.
"You want to go with us since we're car pooling?" Alex asked.
"If it's ok with you all that would be cool." Jimmy replied.
"That ok with you?" Alex asked Kim.
"It's fine with me," she replied as Jimmy headed towards the front passenger side door.
Bobby carried Keira into the living room and brought some of her toys with him and put her in the floor and stretched out with her since Kim would be returning soon. She'd been playing with a string of beads and saw one of her stuffed animals in the floor a couple of feet away. Maneuvering herself onto all fours she began to crawl towards the toy, under his supervision. When she decided the toy wasn't of interest she continued on, about ready to head down the hall.
"Just where do you think you're going you little speed demon?" Bobby asked laughing, picking her up and taking her back into the living room.
She squealed loudly when he picked her up and took her back in the other room. As they headed back to the living room he heard a knock on the door. He put her down in the playpen and gave her a rattle to play with and put a stuffed pooh bear doll in with her that would shake, light up and play music whenever she shook the rattle. Looking at his watch as he moved, he figured it was Kim at the door because it was about time for her to come home. Keira had started to fuss and as he opened the door, he looked back over his shoulder to make sure she was ok when all of a sudden someone stormed the door, forcing their way into the apartment. The force exerted on the door as it was pushed open was enough to cause Bobby to take several steps back to avoid getting hit as the door was flung open. He guessed the guy was about 6'5 and had the build of a NFL quarterback.
Craig and Marc stood down the hall a bit as Tony knocked on the door to the apartment, waiting till Tony had accomplished his part of the plan. Tony and Bobby locked eyes momentarily. He saw the enraged look on Bobby's face and grinned wickedly at him.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing!" Bobby shouted irately, positioning himself in between Keira and whoever had just stormed the door.
"Time to pay the piper," Tony sneered, lunging at him.
He knew that Bobby wouldn't move because of Keira being behind him in the playpen. Surprisingly enough, Bobby drove forwards and the two began to fight, shoving each other back and forth and exchanging a few punches. Eventually Tony managed to get the upper hand when Keira began to cry and slammed Bobby to the floor. Tony whistled to signal Marc and Craig that he had him restrained and they entered a short time later. Tony had one massive hand on the back of his neck and the other holding his wrists against his back. Marc came in first and began to bind Bobby's hands behind his back. After securing his arms, Tony pulled him to his feet and Marc headed towards Keira. Bobby tried to lunge away from the tight grasp Tony had on him and move towards Keira but the grip that Tony had him in prevented him from moving towards her.
"You aren't going anywhere!" Tony snarled in Bobby's face as he flung him onto the couch.
Keira had no clue what was going on and began to cry even harder. She saw a unfamiliar person moving towards her and moved to the back corner of the playpen, turning away from Marc. Bobby managed to get to his feet and try to lunge past Tony once more to get at the person who was about ready pick up Keira. He rammed a shoulder into Tony's stomach, hardly knocking any of the wind from him.
"You had better cooperate if you don't want something bad to happen to your precious daughter!" Tony warned, backhanding Bobby after getting him away from Marc.
Tony gripped the back of Bobby's shirt and forced him out of the apartment, Marc following close behind with Keira who was putting up a fuss the whole time. Craig went in after they'd left and straightened things up and locked the door so it would look like nothing had happened and left.
As they headed out Tony warned, "You make one attempt at screaming and your daughter will pay."
Bobby wasn't about ready to risk Keira getting hurt because of him fighting back and reluctantly went with these two. Craig was sitting in driver's seat of the car when Marc and Tony came out. After getting Bobby into the car, Marc put a dampened rag over his mouth and nose so he wouldn't struggle. He fought the effects of whatever they'd put on the rag but eventually succumbed to it.
After getting the list of stuff needed in the kitchen, he proceeded to the nursery to make sure they didn't need anything other than diapers. He flipped on the light to the room and sat Keira in her crib while he went through and made sure they had plenty of stuff for her. He heard her babbling contently but rather excitedly and saw her looking towards the window. He noticed large snowflakes falling heavily past the window that must have caught her attention. After he'd added to the list, he went and picked her up and sat in the rocking chair by the window and let her look outside as the snow fell. He'd noticed the streets and cars were completely covered with snow and it looked like it wasn't going to be letting up anytime soon either. Keira squealed with delight as she watched the snow fall past the window. He had his cell phone in his pocket and balanced Keira in his lap with one hand while he dug the phone out so he could see if there was anything Kim needed when he went out to the store.
Kim heard her phone ringing and picked it up off her bunk and answered it.
"Hey Kimmy, its me. I'm getting ready to head out and pick some stuff up to get us through the weekend is there anything that you need while I'm out?" he asked, silently laughing at Keira still squealing at the snow.
Kim looked at her watch and thought briefly for a bit and replied, "I can't think of anything at the moment. Since I get off in four hours why don't you let me go pick the stuff up so you and Keira don't have to get out in this mess."
"You sure? It's not a problem for us to go pick the stuff up. Plus I think our daughter inherited your love of snow anyhow. She's been squealing ever since I brought her to the window to watch it fall." Bobby said chuckling.
"I was wondering what you were doing for her to be squealing that much," Kim said with a laugh; "Plus Alex and I have responded to enough accidents tonight because of the weather. I'm already out in it, so it wouldn't be a problem for me to pick the stuff we need up on my way home."
Bobby read off the list of what was needed and Kim grabbed a piece of scrap paper out of her purse and a pen and quickly wrote down what he'd read off to her. She read the list back to him to make sure she didn't miss anything and thought up a couple of items to add to the list and added them while they talked.
"As soon as I'm off I'll stop and pick up the stuff we need and come home." She said; looking out the window from her bunk and watching the snow fall.
"Ok. Be careful out there and I'll see you soon." He replied before hanging up.
"I will. You two had better behave till I get home too." She replied laughing.
"Maybe we will and maybe we won't." Bobby said chuckling, tickling Keira causing her to laugh and kick in his lap.
Kim rolled her eyes and replied, "The apartment better be in one piece when I get home tonight or someone is in trouble."
"You and Alex be careful out there incase you all get anymore calls and I'll be waiting on you to help put up the groceries." He said in response.
"Ok. I love you and see you soon," she replied smiling to herself at her daughter's squeals in the background.
"I love you too sweetheart. Have a safe shift and be careful coming home." He said in response before he hung up the phone.
Alex had been coming up the stairs and saw her looking over the list and said, "What are you up to?"
"Looking over the list of stuff I have to pick up to get us through the weekend incase the roads would be bad." Kim replied, putting her cell phone back in her purse.
"I'd planned on doing the same thing, wanna car pool?" Alex asked.
"Sounds good to me," Kim replied, putting the list into her purse.
"Wanna play cards or something till we get a call?" Alex suggested.
"Sure, what do you want to play?" Kim asked getting a deck of cards out and shuffling them.
"Rummy sound ok?" she replied.
"Works for me," Kim said dealing out the cards.
D.K was downstairs fixing hot chocolate for those who wanted a mug and said, "Hey Jimmy, where's Kim and Alex?"
"I'm assuming they're both upstairs." Jimmy replied, taking a drink of the steaming mug of hot chocolate.
"Go see if they want any hot chocolate." D.K said, filling up the kettle with water.
Jimmy nodded his head in response and carried his mug upstairs towards the two women.
"You ladies want any hot chocolate?" Jimmy asked, cresting the stairs finding them playing cards on one of the bunks.
"Sure," they both replied, not looking up from the hand of cards they held.
Jimmy laughed at the two of them and said, "I didn't think you played cards Kimmy."
"Oh I do alright. The thing is, I play for fun, not money." Kim replied, going out on Alex.
"Damn it! Next time I'm not eating the deck when you have two cards left." Alex grumbled, counting up the points she'd gotten out of her hand.
Kim snickered as she wrote down her and Alex's score and waited for her partner to shuffle the cards. Jimmy left his mug upstairs headed back to get two mugs for Kim and Alex.
"They want any hot chocolate?" D.K asked as Jimmy came back downstairs.
"Yep, fix two and I'll take it up to them." Jimmy replied.
"This is a first Jimmy." Lombardo kidded with his friend; "Since when did you become the ladies' butler?"
"What? You jealous cuz no one will wait on you?" Jimmy said jokingly as D.K passed him the two mugs.
All the guys cracked up laughing as Jimmy headed back upstairs taking the mugs to Alex and Kim. They heard Jimmy coming back up the stairs and the guys giving him a hard time. He headed over to them and passed them each a steaming mug and sat on the bunk across from them.
"Mind if I join in your game?" he asked.
Kim looked at Alex and said, "Deal him in."
He went and got a chair and moved it so he could sit next to the bed and access the rest of the cards in the pile. After three rounds of cards, it was time to start on inventory for the evening around 10:30. He followed them down to the kitchen area but stopped off in the T.V room as they headed on down to the rig to get ready for the end of their shift.
"Boy am I glad Bobby and Keira don't have to get out in this mess." Kim said wrapping her jacket tighter around her.
"I know, I have a feeling the roads this weekend aren't going to be pretty." Alex replied as they climbed into the back of the bus.
It was five till eleven when they finished inventory and returned inside where it was warm. When the shift was over they quickly changed and got ready to head to Alex's car when they saw Jimmy leaving. He noticed them leaving and said, "What mischief are you two looking to get into tonight?"
"Try a late night grocery run to get through the weekend." Alex replied.
"Good idea. I just might do that on my way home." Jimmy said in return, heading past them.
"You want to go with us since we're car pooling?" Alex asked.
"If it's ok with you all that would be cool." Jimmy replied.
"That ok with you?" Alex asked Kim.
"It's fine with me," she replied as Jimmy headed towards the front passenger side door.
Bobby carried Keira into the living room and brought some of her toys with him and put her in the floor and stretched out with her since Kim would be returning soon. She'd been playing with a string of beads and saw one of her stuffed animals in the floor a couple of feet away. Maneuvering herself onto all fours she began to crawl towards the toy, under his supervision. When she decided the toy wasn't of interest she continued on, about ready to head down the hall.
"Just where do you think you're going you little speed demon?" Bobby asked laughing, picking her up and taking her back into the living room.
She squealed loudly when he picked her up and took her back in the other room. As they headed back to the living room he heard a knock on the door. He put her down in the playpen and gave her a rattle to play with and put a stuffed pooh bear doll in with her that would shake, light up and play music whenever she shook the rattle. Looking at his watch as he moved, he figured it was Kim at the door because it was about time for her to come home. Keira had started to fuss and as he opened the door, he looked back over his shoulder to make sure she was ok when all of a sudden someone stormed the door, forcing their way into the apartment. The force exerted on the door as it was pushed open was enough to cause Bobby to take several steps back to avoid getting hit as the door was flung open. He guessed the guy was about 6'5 and had the build of a NFL quarterback.
Craig and Marc stood down the hall a bit as Tony knocked on the door to the apartment, waiting till Tony had accomplished his part of the plan. Tony and Bobby locked eyes momentarily. He saw the enraged look on Bobby's face and grinned wickedly at him.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing!" Bobby shouted irately, positioning himself in between Keira and whoever had just stormed the door.
"Time to pay the piper," Tony sneered, lunging at him.
He knew that Bobby wouldn't move because of Keira being behind him in the playpen. Surprisingly enough, Bobby drove forwards and the two began to fight, shoving each other back and forth and exchanging a few punches. Eventually Tony managed to get the upper hand when Keira began to cry and slammed Bobby to the floor. Tony whistled to signal Marc and Craig that he had him restrained and they entered a short time later. Tony had one massive hand on the back of his neck and the other holding his wrists against his back. Marc came in first and began to bind Bobby's hands behind his back. After securing his arms, Tony pulled him to his feet and Marc headed towards Keira. Bobby tried to lunge away from the tight grasp Tony had on him and move towards Keira but the grip that Tony had him in prevented him from moving towards her.
"You aren't going anywhere!" Tony snarled in Bobby's face as he flung him onto the couch.
Keira had no clue what was going on and began to cry even harder. She saw a unfamiliar person moving towards her and moved to the back corner of the playpen, turning away from Marc. Bobby managed to get to his feet and try to lunge past Tony once more to get at the person who was about ready pick up Keira. He rammed a shoulder into Tony's stomach, hardly knocking any of the wind from him.
"You had better cooperate if you don't want something bad to happen to your precious daughter!" Tony warned, backhanding Bobby after getting him away from Marc.
Tony gripped the back of Bobby's shirt and forced him out of the apartment, Marc following close behind with Keira who was putting up a fuss the whole time. Craig went in after they'd left and straightened things up and locked the door so it would look like nothing had happened and left.
As they headed out Tony warned, "You make one attempt at screaming and your daughter will pay."
Bobby wasn't about ready to risk Keira getting hurt because of him fighting back and reluctantly went with these two. Craig was sitting in driver's seat of the car when Marc and Tony came out. After getting Bobby into the car, Marc put a dampened rag over his mouth and nose so he wouldn't struggle. He fought the effects of whatever they'd put on the rag but eventually succumbed to it.