"Don't you dare answer that phone," Bosco said lowly as he kissed Kim's
neck.
"It could be important," she giggled.
"I don't care."
"It might wake Johnny," she pointed out.
"I still don't care. We have a machine."
"It-"
"WAAAHHH!!!!"
Bosco groaned. "Do not move," he said.
"Can I at least answer the phone? Cause if I can't I might fall asleep again and then you'd have to take advantage of yourself."
"Fine. You answer the phone, I'll go get our son back to sleep, and then you and I are gonna take advantage of each other."
"Sounds like a good plan."
"I was kinda proud of it," he grinned. "Be right back." As he left he heard Kim answer the phone. He got Johnny back to sleep after changing him and then went back to his room. Kim was sitting up looking a little dazed.
"Kim? You okay?"
She looked at him. "That was Doc."
"What's wrong?"
"They found Alex's dad."
"They sure?"
"Yeah," Kim nodded.
Bosco sat on the edge of the bed next to her. "You okay?"
"Yeah I am. I'm kinda glad for Alex and her family. Her dad's friends, too. They have something not many people do. They have something real to say good-bye to."
Bosco nodded. "You know I owe her one."
"Alex?"
"Yeah. She took care of you on Bobby's anniversary when I was oblivious."
"You take care of me every day and I take care of you," Kim smiled. "It's been that way for a long time Boscorelli."
"What the hell took me so long to ask you out?" Bosco wondered out loud. "I should've done it the first day we met."
"If you had, Joey might be yours," Kim pondered with a smile. "And you might have been the one to sleep with Melanie."
"Very funny," Bosco frowned. "I'd never-"
"I know," Kim said. "I was teasing." She scooted closer and put one leg across his lap and the other along his back. She looped her arms around one of his and rested her chin on his shoulder. "I know you. I know that there are things you'd never do. You'd never run around on me and you'd never raise a hand to me or to Joey or to Johnny to hurt us. I know that. You're nothing like your father Bosco. You never have been. It's not in you."
"You sure about that?" He turned his head so that his forehead rested against hers.
"If I wasn't, there was no way in hell you'd have ever gotten me in front of a priest," she said.
~^~^~^~^~^~
Kim took off the jacket of her dress uniform and hung it over the arm of the chair she was sitting in. She would be eternally grateful that the powers that be hadn't decided to make skirts a part of the uniform once woman started working in the field. She looked up when Bosco sat down in the chair next to hers.
He handed her a glass of soda.
"Thanks."
"Sure. You hungry? They got some pretty appetizing stuff in the dining room."
"Nah. I'm okay." She looked around and saw Jimmy talking to Walsh. Something occurred to her. "Hey did you see Brooke today at all?"
"No. I don't think she's here."
"Weird. You'd think she'd come."
Bosco nodded. He looked across the room. "I'll be right back."
"Okay," Kim smiled.
Jimmy walked up a little while later. "Hey," he sat down.
"Hi. How are you?"
"Okay."
Kim nodded. "Where's Brooke?"
"She didn't feel right coming today."
Kim tilted her head and looked at him questioningly. "Why not?"
Jimmy looked a little depressed. "We filed for divorce last week."
"Oh Jimmy. I'm sorry."
"Not your fault Kimmy. We just realized we couldn't go back."
"You'll find someone. You will. Someone to love you, warts and all," Kim smiled.
Jimmy chuckled a little. "Thanks Kim."
"Sure."
~^~^~^~^~^~^~
"I owe you one," Bosco said quietly, once Alex was alone.
She turned. "What?"
"I owe you a favor. A big one."
She looked over to where Kim was talking to Jimmy. "Don't push her away again and we'll call it even. But if you do, I get to kick your ass."
Bosco smiled. "Deal."
"Good."
"It could be important," she giggled.
"I don't care."
"It might wake Johnny," she pointed out.
"I still don't care. We have a machine."
"It-"
"WAAAHHH!!!!"
Bosco groaned. "Do not move," he said.
"Can I at least answer the phone? Cause if I can't I might fall asleep again and then you'd have to take advantage of yourself."
"Fine. You answer the phone, I'll go get our son back to sleep, and then you and I are gonna take advantage of each other."
"Sounds like a good plan."
"I was kinda proud of it," he grinned. "Be right back." As he left he heard Kim answer the phone. He got Johnny back to sleep after changing him and then went back to his room. Kim was sitting up looking a little dazed.
"Kim? You okay?"
She looked at him. "That was Doc."
"What's wrong?"
"They found Alex's dad."
"They sure?"
"Yeah," Kim nodded.
Bosco sat on the edge of the bed next to her. "You okay?"
"Yeah I am. I'm kinda glad for Alex and her family. Her dad's friends, too. They have something not many people do. They have something real to say good-bye to."
Bosco nodded. "You know I owe her one."
"Alex?"
"Yeah. She took care of you on Bobby's anniversary when I was oblivious."
"You take care of me every day and I take care of you," Kim smiled. "It's been that way for a long time Boscorelli."
"What the hell took me so long to ask you out?" Bosco wondered out loud. "I should've done it the first day we met."
"If you had, Joey might be yours," Kim pondered with a smile. "And you might have been the one to sleep with Melanie."
"Very funny," Bosco frowned. "I'd never-"
"I know," Kim said. "I was teasing." She scooted closer and put one leg across his lap and the other along his back. She looped her arms around one of his and rested her chin on his shoulder. "I know you. I know that there are things you'd never do. You'd never run around on me and you'd never raise a hand to me or to Joey or to Johnny to hurt us. I know that. You're nothing like your father Bosco. You never have been. It's not in you."
"You sure about that?" He turned his head so that his forehead rested against hers.
"If I wasn't, there was no way in hell you'd have ever gotten me in front of a priest," she said.
~^~^~^~^~^~
Kim took off the jacket of her dress uniform and hung it over the arm of the chair she was sitting in. She would be eternally grateful that the powers that be hadn't decided to make skirts a part of the uniform once woman started working in the field. She looked up when Bosco sat down in the chair next to hers.
He handed her a glass of soda.
"Thanks."
"Sure. You hungry? They got some pretty appetizing stuff in the dining room."
"Nah. I'm okay." She looked around and saw Jimmy talking to Walsh. Something occurred to her. "Hey did you see Brooke today at all?"
"No. I don't think she's here."
"Weird. You'd think she'd come."
Bosco nodded. He looked across the room. "I'll be right back."
"Okay," Kim smiled.
Jimmy walked up a little while later. "Hey," he sat down.
"Hi. How are you?"
"Okay."
Kim nodded. "Where's Brooke?"
"She didn't feel right coming today."
Kim tilted her head and looked at him questioningly. "Why not?"
Jimmy looked a little depressed. "We filed for divorce last week."
"Oh Jimmy. I'm sorry."
"Not your fault Kimmy. We just realized we couldn't go back."
"You'll find someone. You will. Someone to love you, warts and all," Kim smiled.
Jimmy chuckled a little. "Thanks Kim."
"Sure."
~^~^~^~^~^~^~
"I owe you one," Bosco said quietly, once Alex was alone.
She turned. "What?"
"I owe you a favor. A big one."
She looked over to where Kim was talking to Jimmy. "Don't push her away again and we'll call it even. But if you do, I get to kick your ass."
Bosco smiled. "Deal."
"Good."
