Kim woke up in Bobby's arms. She was glad he was here. She looked at the clock, Joey had to get ready for school. Kim went into his room and shook him gently. "Joey you have to wake up," Kim said. Joey opened his eyes slowly and got out of bed.

Kim left the room so he could get ready. She went into the living room and saw Bobby about to leave. "Where are you going," Kim said walking up to him.

"I don't think it would be good for Joey to see me here. If he tells Jimmy, Jimmy can use this in court," Bobby said.

"Oh, okay," Kim said softly. She didn't want Bobby to leave, but she also didn't want to risk losing Joey. Bobby kissed Kim good-bye and left to get ready for work.


Kim was getting changed after her sift. She saw Jimmy coming up. She put on her shirt and was about to leave. "So did Bobby stay the night with you?" Jimmy asked.

"No he didn't," Kim lied.

"Yeah well I'll just ask Joey," Jimmy said.

"Why are you doing this Jimmy? Why do you all of a sudden want Joey?" Kim asked.

"Because he's my son," Jimmy lied. If he told Kim the real reason, she could use that against him.

"That act isn't working Jimmy. I can tell when you lie. I learned that from when we were married," Kim said and stormed off.

Jimmy watched her leave. He didn't like hurting her and that's exactly what he was doing. He was even considering letting this custody thing go. Even though Kim was with Bobby he knew she deserved to be happy. He's the reason their marriage didn't work. If he didn't sleep with her sister then things would be fine and they'd still be together.

Bobby watched as Kim ran off. He decided to run after her. "Kim what's wrong?" Bobby asked when he caught up to her.

"Why is he doing this to me?" Kim asked.

"Maybe he really does want Joey, so he can have a chance to be a father," Bobby said even though he didn't believe that himself.

"I know that isn't the reason. Why else would he do this ?" Kim asked

"I don't know," Bobby said truthfully.

"Do you think they'll give Jimmy custody?" Kim asked.

"No I don't. When do you have to go to court?" Bobby asked.

"Tomorrow. Jimmy and I both have the day off," Kim said.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Bobby asked.

"No Jimmy will just use that against me," Kim said. She wanted Bobby to come, but Jimmy would turn it into something twisted.

"I have to go pick up Joey," Kim said and left.


Catherine opened her door to see Kim standing there. "I thought he was staying with me tonight," She said.

"I have to take him to court with me," Kim replied.

"Why is that?" Catherine asked.

"Because Jimmy's trying to get custody of Joey and tomorrow's when we go," Kim replied.

"Does Joey know?" Catherine asked.

"No. Jimmy and I decided not to tell him. We didn't want to worry him," Kim replied.

Kim went into the kitchen and got Joey. When they got home she put Joey to bed and went to bed herself. They had to get up early.

Kim woke up to hear some one banging on her door. She got up and answered it. "Jimmy, what are you doing here?" Kim asked rubbing her eyes. It was two in the morning.

"we're not going to court," Jimmy replied.

"They rescheduled?" Kim asked.

"No. I dropped it. You still have custody of Joey. We still have all of the old arrangements," Jimmy said. He could tell that Kim was happy.

"So why did you drop it?" Kim asked letting Jimmy come in. It wasn't like Jimmy to just drop something. When he had his mind set on something he never backed down. Not that she wasn't happy about keeping Joey, it was just strange.

"Because I wanted to get Joey for the wrong reasons. I wanted Joey because I thought maybe you would give up Bobby to keep Joey, and because I was mad at you for leaving me. I know what I did was wrong Kim. I didn't mean to cheat on you. It just happened. I saw that me trying to get Joey was only hurting you, and I hate hurting you. So I dropped it," Jimmy explained. He hoped she wouldn't hate him, though he wouldn't blame her.

"Wow, I never thought you'd do something like this just because I'm with Bobby. Why didn't you just tell me how you felt Jimmy. It would've been better than doing this, better than us fighting," Kim said.

"I know. I wasn't thinking. I figured since you were with Bobby that he would be raising Joey more than me. I didn't want another guy raising my kid," Jimmy said.

"Jimmy of course Bobby will help raise Joey, but you're his father. No one can replace you for him, not even Bobby. He always gets so excited when he's going to spend the night at your house. I've never seen him get that excited over anything," Kim said. Which was true. Joey would always be excited to see his father.

"So are we okay?" Jimmy asked.

"Yeah we're fine. You'd better go before Joey wakes up. I don't want him to get confused," Kim said.

"Yeah, bye," Jimmy said and left. After he was gone Kim went back to bed.

TBC...