"Yeah, hello," came the gruff, muffled voice through the phone.

"Um, hi Mel. Is Kim there?" Bobby asked, thinking quickly when he heard Bosco's voice, trying not to let Jimmy know that Bosco was at Kim's apartment.

Bosco threw the pillow from over his head and sat up with the phone to his hear. He'd forgotten where he was and reached for the phone when it rang. He looked over at Kim who apparently hadn't heard it ring. "Thank God it was Bobby and not Jimmy on the phone," he thought to himself as he reached over and lovingly smacked Kim on the rear end. "Kim!" he shouted in a whisper as he squinted trying to see his watch in the dark.

"Hey!" Kim yelled from under the covers.

"Phone," Bosco whispered to her. She sat up and looked at him.

"You answered the phone?!" she said in disbelief.

He gave her his now famous Boscorelli scowl and said, "I forgot!" as he handed her the phone. "It's Bobby," he whispered.

"Um, hi Bobby. What's up?" Kim asked trying to sound casual.

"Kim. I'm here at the firehouse - Jimmy says 'hi,'" he started so that she'd realize just how lucky she was that Jimmy hadn't called instead of Bobby.

"Tell Jimmy I said hello back," Kim said, looking over at Bosco as he rolled his eyes. He lay back down and pulled the pillow back over his head intending to go back to sleep until he heard the rest of the conversation from Kim's end.

"Um, Jimmy's Mom called him to say that Joey's sick and wants to come home," Bobby said. "So, Jimmy was wondering if, since he's working, you could go pick him up right after work so you can come in to work." Kim's stomach tightened at the thought of having Jimmy show up in the morning to get Joey and finding Bosco's car outside and Bosco's ass in her bed.

"So, what do you think?" Bobby asked.

Obviously, she'd missed part of the conversation as she thought of what would've happened if Jimmy had just picked Joey up and brought him over without calling her first. "What do I think about what?" Kim asked.

"About me working your shift for you tomorrow so that Joey can stay in his own bed without having to move again. He's gonna be wiped out from being sick tonight and this way, if Jimmy gets hung up on a job and can't get there in time, you won't be late for work," he repeated. "You can pay me back for working another time when I need it," he finished.

"Oh, uh, yeah Bobby. Thanks," she said. "Yeah, put Jimmy on for me okay? And, thanks again, Bobby," she said, knowing that he knew she meant for calling before Jimmy could.

"Hi, Jimmy," Kim said into the phone. "No, it's not a problem. I'll go pick him up right now. Did your Mom say what's wrong with him?" she asked and then listened to his answer as Bosco sat up again and looked at her questioningly.

"Oh. They sent a note home about that from school. A lot of the kids are coming down with it. I'm on my way over there now. No, I'll use Mel's car. She's here ummm, cause she had a fight with her boyfriend and she was upset. Yeah. Okay. Tell Bobby thanks again," she said, hanging up the phone.

She looked over at Bosco who was staring at her. "I can't believe you answered the phone!" she said to him again.

"I told you. I forgot where I was," he explained again. They both sat for a moment thinking how lucky they were and then started to chuckle.

"It's not funny," Kim said as she got up and started getting dressed.

"Yeah, it is actually," Bosco replied watching her walk across the room looking for her clothes. God, he wanted her again right now. "So, what's up?" he asked finally as she felt his eyes on her and looked over at him.

"Joey's sick and he wants to come home. He always wants to come home when he's sick," she explained.

"Is it anything serious?" he asked, the concern on his face making her smile.

"No. Just some bug that's going around school. They sent a note home about it because so many kids are getting it," she said, bending over to tie her shoe in the doorway to the room as Bosco walked by to go into the bathroom. He smacked her on the butt as he walked by, almost knocking her over because she wasn't ready for it.

"Ow!" she said, jokingly as she picked up his sneaker and tossed it toward him without hitting him. "Sorry," she said as he got dressed and prepared to head home.

"It's okay. He's sick. I understand. He wants his Mom," he said. "But, the question is - does he want her as much as I do?" he smiled as he grabbed her from behind and pulled her back against him. She reached up behind her and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing his neck.

"How come it took us so long to hook up?" she wondered out loud.

"Cause we were stupid," he said simply, letting her go and grabbing his jacket as he headed out into the living room. "You better get going. Joey needs you," he said. "You want me to drive you over?"

"Yes, but I better not. Because he'll mention to Jimmy what a cool car you have and that'll be that," she said.

"And what's so wrong with that?" he said, looking at her evenly. He'd been thinking about this for a while. And, although he liked their privacy, he'd been thinking about how pissed Jimmy was gonna be when he found out how long they'd been seeing each other and that Bobby and Faith knew before him.

"Bos?" Kim said, not realizing what he'd been thinking about. "Are you sure you want people to know yet?"

"Yes. No. I don't know. Sometimes I think it'd be good. We could go anywhere we wanted without having to worry about reactions from people we work with or it getting back to Jimmy or Joey," he said, trying to gauge her reaction. "I don't know. I was just thinking out loud," he said, dismissing the thought. He fished his keys out of his jacket pocket and leaned over to kiss her good-bye.

"Mmmm. We'll talk more about this soon, I promise, Bosco," she said. He nodded.

"Night," he said, opening the door and turning back to her. "Call me when you get back in and get him settled so I know you got home okay? I'll be awake," he said giving her a wink and closing the door behind him.

Kim picked up the phone to call for a cab and thought about what Bosco had mentioned.