"Okay, I'm here. What'd you want to talk to me about?" Jimmy asked Kim as he settled in the booth across from her in the coffee shop.

"Good, and you?" Kim said sarcastically.

"Sorry. I'm good. How are you?" Jimmy said apologetically.

"I'm good. In fact, I'm really good. I wanted to talk to you before I talked to Joey or anyone else. I thought it was only fair, since you did the same for me," Kim said.

"Okay, I'm starting to get worried. Is Joey okay? Are you okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah, Joey and I are both fine, Jimmy," she answered, pausing to take a drink of her coffee with her right hand as the waitress brought a cup for Jimmy.

"So?" he said, urging her on and making eye contact with her.

"Well," she said. "I just wanted to let you know that Bosco asked me to marry him and I said 'yes,'" she finished, moving her left hand from her lap to the table.

Jimmy slowly moved his eyes from her eyes to her hand and took in the sight of the ring on her finger.

"Um, Kimmy," Jimmy stammered, trying to come up with something to say. He hadn't expected this. "It's kind of fast, isn't it?" he finally managed to get out. "You aren't pregnant, are you?" he said, and then immediately regretted it when he saw the angry look come across Kim's face.

"No, I'm not pregnant! I learned my lesson the last time. And, no, I don't think it's 'kind of fast'. We've been dating for quite a while if you'll recall and we've thought long and hard about it. We've discussed it a lot and we love each other, Jimmy. Why can't you just be happy for me?" Kim said.

"I'm sorry. I was out of line with that comment about being pregnant," Jimmy apologized. "But, Bosco? Are you sure, Kimmy? He can be a real ass," he said.

"Yeah, well there's a lot of that going around I guess. Look, I'm not gonna get into this with you. I just wanted to give you the courtesy of letting you know before anyone else told you. Now, I'm gonna be late for work, and so are you I might add," she said, putting money on the table for the coffee and standing up to leave.

Jimmy stood up and put a hand on her arm. "Kim," he said, gently pulling her around to face him. "I'm sorry. You're right. I guess I gotta believe you know what you're doing. It's just that I don't want to see you getting hurt. I did enough of that to you over the years. And, I also want to make sure that Joey's not gonna get hurt," he added.

"Joey's not gonna get hurt and I DO know what I'm doing. If you just gave yourself a chance to get to know Bosco on a level besides him being a cop, I'm sure you'd see it too. Besides, he's gonna be part of Joey's family so you really should make the effort to be on better terms with him," she said, hoping to get through to him.

"Look, I'll try. That's all I can say," Jimmy said. He let go of her arm and opened his arms. "Congratulations, Kimmy. I hope you're both very happy together. I only wish you the best."

She hesitated a moment and realized that he was being sincere and moved in to return the hug to him. After they'd parted, Jimmy asked her, "So, when are you gonna tell Joey?"

"Probably tomorrow when he wakes up. It's Saturday and that way if he has any questions, we have all day to talk about it. You gonna be around in case he wants to talk to you?" Kim asked.

"Um," he said, thinking about what he had going on tomorrow. "I should be, but if I have to go out, I'll have my cell phone. You have that number, right?"

"Yeah. Okay, well, I guess I should get going," she said turning to leave. Jimmy sat down to finish his coffee and let her leave ahead of him. He was both glad and sad about her getting married again. It meant that she had moved on. "What if things don't work out between Brooke and me?" he thought to himself. He'd always known that he had Kim as a back-up plan and that was about to change.

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Kim walked up the street toward the firehouse and felt that someone was looking at her. She looked up ahead and saw no one was there. Suddenly, her cell phone rang. She reached into her pocket and answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello, yourself. How'd it go?" Bosco said.

"Where are you?" she asked, wondering how he knew she was done talking to Jimmy.

"I'm about ten feet ahead of you to your right," he answered her. She looked over and saw him leaning against his car. He'd stopped before going in to get ready for his shift and saw her coming out of the diner.

"It went good. A little rough at first, but he was okay with it by the time I was done," she told him over the phone, the whole time looking at him and walking in his direction.

"Good. Are you gonna hurry up and get your ass over here, or are you gonna make me late for briefing?" he said, pushing himself off the car and walking toward her.

Suddenly, Kim heard Bobby call to her from the station to tell her that they had a call. "Sorry," she said into the phone as Bosco stopped.

"No problem. Have a good shift and be careful," he told her.

"You too," she said, hanging up her phone and running the rest of the way to her bus. Bosco watched as she climbed into the ambulance and they made eye contact as Bobby drove off in the direction of their call.