Kim played with the straw in her soda as she sat in Haggerty's after shift
with the rest of the guys from Camelot.
"Penny for your thoughts," Davis said sitting down across from her.
"Honestly? I thought Doc was gonna kill that guy today," Kim admitted.
"Yeah, me too. But it had a happy ending though right?"
"Right," Kim smiled.
"So, how are you two doing?" Davis nodded to where Bosco was talking to Sully.
"We're okay. We're better now."
"I gotta come by one of these days and see that little boy of yours," Davis said smiling. "I hear he's a looker."
"Faith tell you that?" Kim said putting her hand in her purse and pulling out her wallet.
"Yeah."
"Here," she handed over some pictures. "My mom took those yesterday while Bos and I were working. You tell me what you think."
"I think he looks like Bosco"
"Yeah that's the general consensus. Hey," she looked over her shoulder and then back at Ty. "Have you guys gotten Sully anything as a wedding gift yet?"
"Nah. We were thinking about taking up a collection and just handing over the money if we can't agree on something."
"Not a bad idea. Doc wanted me to ask."
Ty nodded. "So how's Joey doing now that he's got some competition for the attention in the house?"
"It's a lot better now that Bosco's home more. We trade off spending time with them. And Jimmy's always around if Joey just wants to see his dad," Kim smiled.
Ty nodded. "How's Taylor?"
"I think she's okay as any of us are gonna get right now."
"Still no word on her dad?"
"No. On the up side I think she's sleeping more since she switched to paramedic duty. Although I think she and Carlos are going to end up killing each other soon."
"Yeah I noticed they don't seem to get along."
"He's a pinhead but you know, he's our pinhead."
"Right," Ty laughed.
"Hey. Faith okay? She seems a little weird lately."
"As far as I know. You'd know better then I would."
Kim nodded. "Yeah."
"So who's with your boys now?"
"Uh, it's Rose's night," Kim checked her watch. "And I think her head's probably ready to explode so we better go," she got up. She put some money down. "That's for me and Bos."
Ty took it and got up. He gave it back to her. "It's on me. Consider it a celebratory drink in honor of that baby boy of yours."
"Thanks Ty."
"Night."
Kim walked over to where Bosco and Sully were talking. "Hey guys."
"Hey Kim. Welcome back to the cesspool."
"Thanks Sul. And congratulations. I heard you and Tatiana got married."
"Yeah," he grinned and nodded. "Congratulations to you too. Bosco showed me a picture of John Robert."
"Yeah but I'm thinking we need to shorten it a little. Maybe call him Johnny."
"Joey and Johnny. How cute," Bosco rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, you ready to go? I figure your mom's head's about to explode."
"Yeah, I'm good."
"Ty's paying for our drinks," she told him. "Said to consider it our celebratory drink in honor of our baby boy."
"Hey Davis!" Bosco yelled across the bar. "Thanks man."
"No problem. Night."
"Night," Bosco and Kim waved as they left the bar.
Bosco put his arm around Kim's shoulder as they walked home. They'd left the car and taken the train since the roads were still such a mess.
"Helluva day today huh?" Kim said quietly.
"It could've ended worse," Bosco said.
"Yeah."
"You okay?"
"Just wondering what was so awful about that girl's life that she saw suicide as the only way out of it."
"I don't know."
"It could've been me."
"What?"
"Last year after Bobby, if I didn't have you, I might have very well decided to take a walk off a rooftop."
Bosco stopped and faced Kim. "Don't even think it," he framed her face with his hands. "You will always have me."
"I'm going to hold you to that," Kim smiled.
"Good."
"Penny for your thoughts," Davis said sitting down across from her.
"Honestly? I thought Doc was gonna kill that guy today," Kim admitted.
"Yeah, me too. But it had a happy ending though right?"
"Right," Kim smiled.
"So, how are you two doing?" Davis nodded to where Bosco was talking to Sully.
"We're okay. We're better now."
"I gotta come by one of these days and see that little boy of yours," Davis said smiling. "I hear he's a looker."
"Faith tell you that?" Kim said putting her hand in her purse and pulling out her wallet.
"Yeah."
"Here," she handed over some pictures. "My mom took those yesterday while Bos and I were working. You tell me what you think."
"I think he looks like Bosco"
"Yeah that's the general consensus. Hey," she looked over her shoulder and then back at Ty. "Have you guys gotten Sully anything as a wedding gift yet?"
"Nah. We were thinking about taking up a collection and just handing over the money if we can't agree on something."
"Not a bad idea. Doc wanted me to ask."
Ty nodded. "So how's Joey doing now that he's got some competition for the attention in the house?"
"It's a lot better now that Bosco's home more. We trade off spending time with them. And Jimmy's always around if Joey just wants to see his dad," Kim smiled.
Ty nodded. "How's Taylor?"
"I think she's okay as any of us are gonna get right now."
"Still no word on her dad?"
"No. On the up side I think she's sleeping more since she switched to paramedic duty. Although I think she and Carlos are going to end up killing each other soon."
"Yeah I noticed they don't seem to get along."
"He's a pinhead but you know, he's our pinhead."
"Right," Ty laughed.
"Hey. Faith okay? She seems a little weird lately."
"As far as I know. You'd know better then I would."
Kim nodded. "Yeah."
"So who's with your boys now?"
"Uh, it's Rose's night," Kim checked her watch. "And I think her head's probably ready to explode so we better go," she got up. She put some money down. "That's for me and Bos."
Ty took it and got up. He gave it back to her. "It's on me. Consider it a celebratory drink in honor of that baby boy of yours."
"Thanks Ty."
"Night."
Kim walked over to where Bosco and Sully were talking. "Hey guys."
"Hey Kim. Welcome back to the cesspool."
"Thanks Sul. And congratulations. I heard you and Tatiana got married."
"Yeah," he grinned and nodded. "Congratulations to you too. Bosco showed me a picture of John Robert."
"Yeah but I'm thinking we need to shorten it a little. Maybe call him Johnny."
"Joey and Johnny. How cute," Bosco rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, you ready to go? I figure your mom's head's about to explode."
"Yeah, I'm good."
"Ty's paying for our drinks," she told him. "Said to consider it our celebratory drink in honor of our baby boy."
"Hey Davis!" Bosco yelled across the bar. "Thanks man."
"No problem. Night."
"Night," Bosco and Kim waved as they left the bar.
Bosco put his arm around Kim's shoulder as they walked home. They'd left the car and taken the train since the roads were still such a mess.
"Helluva day today huh?" Kim said quietly.
"It could've ended worse," Bosco said.
"Yeah."
"You okay?"
"Just wondering what was so awful about that girl's life that she saw suicide as the only way out of it."
"I don't know."
"It could've been me."
"What?"
"Last year after Bobby, if I didn't have you, I might have very well decided to take a walk off a rooftop."
Bosco stopped and faced Kim. "Don't even think it," he framed her face with his hands. "You will always have me."
"I'm going to hold you to that," Kim smiled.
"Good."
