Bosco entered the diner where he was meeting Kim for a late dinner. He
spotted her at a back table and headed over. "Hey. Sorry I'm late." Bosco
kissed her before taking a seat across from her. "Did you order?"
"Just drinks. Hope a soda's okay. They don't serve beer."
"It's fine." He looked over at her.
"You're staring. Do I have something on my face?"
"No. You look tired though. Rough day at the office?"
"Yeah something like that." She smiled a little. "I can't win ya know?"
"With who?"
"You name them. My mother thinks I should be going out with if not already married to Bobby. Bobby on the other hand got on my case today about Jimmy. And as for Jimmy, I don't even want to go there."
"Start with Bobby. What happened?"
"It all started when I told Jimmy I had plans for the weekend when he asked me if I wanted to use his extra ticket to the Springsteen concert. He figured my plans were with Bobby and asked him what we were doing. He failed to mention that I hadn't told him that my plans were with Bobby that he just assumed they were. So Bobby thinks I lied to Jimmy and I used his name to make Jimmy jealous. You know what gets me though? If I had said yes, he would have been all over me about what a total jag-off Jimmy is and that I was going to end sleeping with him. So we fought and I hate fighting with him." Kim finished. She noticed Bosco's grin. "What?"
"You really don't know, do you?"
"Know what?"
"Bobby's got it bad for you."
"No he doesn't." Kim rolled her eyes.
"Yeah he does."
"And you know this how? Did he tell you?"
"No. Look, I'm a guy."
"Yes, I know this."
"And as a guy, I know the signs a guy shows when he likes a girl."
"Really?"
"Yeah. He and Jimmy both look at you like they wanna jump your bones every time we have a call."
"Now you're gonna drag Jimmy into this?"
"What did he do?"
"He made it his mission for the day to find out who my plans were with for the weekend once he found out they weren't with Bobby. Fortunately he's on till the morning so I don't have to worry about him being there when I get home tonight."
"And your mom?"
"I don't wanna talk about it anymore. Can we just enjoy dinner and each other for now?"
"Absolutely." Bosco picked up his menu. "Hey, do you wanna keep our plans for the weekend?"
"Yes." Kim nodded. "Mrs. Doherty has Joey for the weekend, Jimmy guilted me into that one, so we can leave on Friday after our shift."
"You sure you don't wanna leave on Saturday?"
"Positive. We can gamble or we can just stay in our hotel room all weekend."
"I like that idea." Bosco grinned.
"Thought you might."
"Just drinks. Hope a soda's okay. They don't serve beer."
"It's fine." He looked over at her.
"You're staring. Do I have something on my face?"
"No. You look tired though. Rough day at the office?"
"Yeah something like that." She smiled a little. "I can't win ya know?"
"With who?"
"You name them. My mother thinks I should be going out with if not already married to Bobby. Bobby on the other hand got on my case today about Jimmy. And as for Jimmy, I don't even want to go there."
"Start with Bobby. What happened?"
"It all started when I told Jimmy I had plans for the weekend when he asked me if I wanted to use his extra ticket to the Springsteen concert. He figured my plans were with Bobby and asked him what we were doing. He failed to mention that I hadn't told him that my plans were with Bobby that he just assumed they were. So Bobby thinks I lied to Jimmy and I used his name to make Jimmy jealous. You know what gets me though? If I had said yes, he would have been all over me about what a total jag-off Jimmy is and that I was going to end sleeping with him. So we fought and I hate fighting with him." Kim finished. She noticed Bosco's grin. "What?"
"You really don't know, do you?"
"Know what?"
"Bobby's got it bad for you."
"No he doesn't." Kim rolled her eyes.
"Yeah he does."
"And you know this how? Did he tell you?"
"No. Look, I'm a guy."
"Yes, I know this."
"And as a guy, I know the signs a guy shows when he likes a girl."
"Really?"
"Yeah. He and Jimmy both look at you like they wanna jump your bones every time we have a call."
"Now you're gonna drag Jimmy into this?"
"What did he do?"
"He made it his mission for the day to find out who my plans were with for the weekend once he found out they weren't with Bobby. Fortunately he's on till the morning so I don't have to worry about him being there when I get home tonight."
"And your mom?"
"I don't wanna talk about it anymore. Can we just enjoy dinner and each other for now?"
"Absolutely." Bosco picked up his menu. "Hey, do you wanna keep our plans for the weekend?"
"Yes." Kim nodded. "Mrs. Doherty has Joey for the weekend, Jimmy guilted me into that one, so we can leave on Friday after our shift."
"You sure you don't wanna leave on Saturday?"
"Positive. We can gamble or we can just stay in our hotel room all weekend."
"I like that idea." Bosco grinned.
"Thought you might."
