"So, how're you feeling?" Bosco asked her as he watched her wake up. She
answered with a moan.
"Well, then it matches how you look," he said, laughing and expertly maneuvering out of her way as she reached out from under the covers to hit him.
"What time is it?" she mumbled from under the pillow.
"Uh... 9:30," he answered.
"In the morning?!" she exclaimed moving quickly out from under the covers and looking for her robe.
"That's usually what comes after the night time, Kim," he said sarcastically. "Where are you going?" he asked, putting a hand on her shoulder to slow her down.
"Joey should have been at school an hour ago and Johnny must be soaked and starving by now," she said, stopping and looking at the baby monitor. "Why isn't he crying?" she asked, jumping up with alarm.
He grabbed her arm as she flew by him. "Because he's been fed, bathed and dressed, and when I checked a minute ago, he was playing with his music thingy in his crib while I came to check on you," he said, releasing her arm as she relaxed. As if on cue, they heard Johnny say, "Ma, ma, ma, ma," and then giggle.
"I think he missed you last night and this morning. I did my best, but I'm sure it wasn't as good as Mommy does," Bosco said as he sat on the bed next to her.
"Did I ever tell you that you're pretty terrific?" she said, leaning back against him. She rubbed her head and started to say, "Now if you could magically produce...."
"This?" he asked, reaching over to the dresser and handing her some aspirin and some water.
"Yup. You're terrific," she said, taking the aspirin.
"Terrific! I'm Grrrrrreeat!" he said.
"You've been eating Joey's Frosted Flakes again, haven't you?" she teased him.
"I love those things!" he said, standing up and starting to clean up around the room. "You want me to make you some breakfast?" he asked her as she watched him move about the room and Johnny called for her again.
"How much of that sugar did you have?" she asked. She'd never seen him like this before.
"Not much. So, I was thinking? If you're feeling better later, do you want to take the kids over to the park when Joey gets home from school?" he asked her.
She looked up to answer him and noticed he was gone. "Bos?" she called and then heard him on the baby monitor.
"You want to say hi to Mommy?" he asked Johnny, and was rewarded with "Ma, ma, ma, ma."
He came back into the room with Johnny and handed him over to Kim. "Hey, my little man. How are you?" she asked, hugging him. Johnny cuddled up to her. "Wow, his clothes match and everything," she said in surprise.
He gave her a hurt look and she apologized for doubting him. "Joey told me what to put on him," he said before dashing out of the room. She heard him doing something out in the kitchen and then he was back, leaning on the doorframe and watching as she fussed over Johnny.
"So, you want some coffee? I'll make you some eggs if you want?" Bosco asked her again.
"Coffee definitely. Is there any bagels left?" she asked. He nodded his head. "Just a bagel, toasted with butter, please?" she asked.
"You got it. So, how're you feeling? Any dizziness or blurred vision?" he asked, remembering what the doctor had told them to watch for. He'd followed orders and woke her periodically throughout the night because of the concussion.
"Why, no Dr. Boscorelli. Just the headache," she said, standing up and walking up the hallway behind Bosco.
"That's normal," he told her and she resisted the urge to laugh. She looked into the boys' rooms as she went past and noticed that beds were made and the rooms were picked up. She looked around the living room and kitchen and noticed that everything was tidy and there were no dirty dishes in the sink. "And, by the way, that bruise is lovely," he said, referring to the bruise on the side of her head from the accident.
"What time did you get up this morning?" she asked in surprise, walking over to the mirror on the wall and trying to hide the bruise with her hair.
"Let's see, his Highness started fussing around 5:30 because he never got his last bottle before bed last night," he said, walking over to her. "Remember, he fell asleep and we decided to see if he'd go through the night? Well, he makes it to 5:30. My suggestion is we give him a bottle tonight," he said, leaning over and kissing the boy on the head and then leaning over to kiss Kim.
"So noted. I'll take care of it. You'll be tired after working tonight," she said, kissing him back.
"I'm not working. I took the night off in case you weren't feeling good," he told her.
"Have I told you that I love you?" Kim said. "And the place looks great. You really are becoming quite domesticated, you know."
"If you tell the guys at the house, I'll kill you," he said, going into the kitchen to butter the bagel that had just popped up from the toaster.
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It turned out to be a beautiful day and after Joey got home from school, they all went for a walk through the park. It was a little chilly, but they had a good time. Joey and Bosco had a snowball fight with the snow that was slightly slushy from the increased temperature of the day and they watched Johnny make faces as he touched the cold, wet substance.
They ordered dinner in and he finished up helping Joey with his homework and getting Johnny to bed - after his bottle. They were sitting on the couch watching television, as Joey got showered and ready for bed.
"Thanks, Maurice," Kim said to him.
"For what?" he asked, looking over at her with tired eyes.
"For taking care of everything today," she said, leaning over to give him another kiss.
"I gotta tell you, I'm pooped. I could do four foot pursuits and not be this tired," he said. "I give you a lot of credit and from now on if you need me to help out around here, just say the word," he said as Joey called out that he was in bed. Bosco stood up and went in to say goodnight to him. He walked into the bedroom to get their blanket off the shelf in the closet so they could curl up on the couch together.
After he didn't come back in a few minutes, Kim walked down the hallway and saw him lying on the bed, sound asleep. She climbed onto the bed, on top of the comforter, and pulled the blanket over them both and fell asleep alongside her husband with a smile on her face.
"Well, then it matches how you look," he said, laughing and expertly maneuvering out of her way as she reached out from under the covers to hit him.
"What time is it?" she mumbled from under the pillow.
"Uh... 9:30," he answered.
"In the morning?!" she exclaimed moving quickly out from under the covers and looking for her robe.
"That's usually what comes after the night time, Kim," he said sarcastically. "Where are you going?" he asked, putting a hand on her shoulder to slow her down.
"Joey should have been at school an hour ago and Johnny must be soaked and starving by now," she said, stopping and looking at the baby monitor. "Why isn't he crying?" she asked, jumping up with alarm.
He grabbed her arm as she flew by him. "Because he's been fed, bathed and dressed, and when I checked a minute ago, he was playing with his music thingy in his crib while I came to check on you," he said, releasing her arm as she relaxed. As if on cue, they heard Johnny say, "Ma, ma, ma, ma," and then giggle.
"I think he missed you last night and this morning. I did my best, but I'm sure it wasn't as good as Mommy does," Bosco said as he sat on the bed next to her.
"Did I ever tell you that you're pretty terrific?" she said, leaning back against him. She rubbed her head and started to say, "Now if you could magically produce...."
"This?" he asked, reaching over to the dresser and handing her some aspirin and some water.
"Yup. You're terrific," she said, taking the aspirin.
"Terrific! I'm Grrrrrreeat!" he said.
"You've been eating Joey's Frosted Flakes again, haven't you?" she teased him.
"I love those things!" he said, standing up and starting to clean up around the room. "You want me to make you some breakfast?" he asked her as she watched him move about the room and Johnny called for her again.
"How much of that sugar did you have?" she asked. She'd never seen him like this before.
"Not much. So, I was thinking? If you're feeling better later, do you want to take the kids over to the park when Joey gets home from school?" he asked her.
She looked up to answer him and noticed he was gone. "Bos?" she called and then heard him on the baby monitor.
"You want to say hi to Mommy?" he asked Johnny, and was rewarded with "Ma, ma, ma, ma."
He came back into the room with Johnny and handed him over to Kim. "Hey, my little man. How are you?" she asked, hugging him. Johnny cuddled up to her. "Wow, his clothes match and everything," she said in surprise.
He gave her a hurt look and she apologized for doubting him. "Joey told me what to put on him," he said before dashing out of the room. She heard him doing something out in the kitchen and then he was back, leaning on the doorframe and watching as she fussed over Johnny.
"So, you want some coffee? I'll make you some eggs if you want?" Bosco asked her again.
"Coffee definitely. Is there any bagels left?" she asked. He nodded his head. "Just a bagel, toasted with butter, please?" she asked.
"You got it. So, how're you feeling? Any dizziness or blurred vision?" he asked, remembering what the doctor had told them to watch for. He'd followed orders and woke her periodically throughout the night because of the concussion.
"Why, no Dr. Boscorelli. Just the headache," she said, standing up and walking up the hallway behind Bosco.
"That's normal," he told her and she resisted the urge to laugh. She looked into the boys' rooms as she went past and noticed that beds were made and the rooms were picked up. She looked around the living room and kitchen and noticed that everything was tidy and there were no dirty dishes in the sink. "And, by the way, that bruise is lovely," he said, referring to the bruise on the side of her head from the accident.
"What time did you get up this morning?" she asked in surprise, walking over to the mirror on the wall and trying to hide the bruise with her hair.
"Let's see, his Highness started fussing around 5:30 because he never got his last bottle before bed last night," he said, walking over to her. "Remember, he fell asleep and we decided to see if he'd go through the night? Well, he makes it to 5:30. My suggestion is we give him a bottle tonight," he said, leaning over and kissing the boy on the head and then leaning over to kiss Kim.
"So noted. I'll take care of it. You'll be tired after working tonight," she said, kissing him back.
"I'm not working. I took the night off in case you weren't feeling good," he told her.
"Have I told you that I love you?" Kim said. "And the place looks great. You really are becoming quite domesticated, you know."
"If you tell the guys at the house, I'll kill you," he said, going into the kitchen to butter the bagel that had just popped up from the toaster.
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It turned out to be a beautiful day and after Joey got home from school, they all went for a walk through the park. It was a little chilly, but they had a good time. Joey and Bosco had a snowball fight with the snow that was slightly slushy from the increased temperature of the day and they watched Johnny make faces as he touched the cold, wet substance.
They ordered dinner in and he finished up helping Joey with his homework and getting Johnny to bed - after his bottle. They were sitting on the couch watching television, as Joey got showered and ready for bed.
"Thanks, Maurice," Kim said to him.
"For what?" he asked, looking over at her with tired eyes.
"For taking care of everything today," she said, leaning over to give him another kiss.
"I gotta tell you, I'm pooped. I could do four foot pursuits and not be this tired," he said. "I give you a lot of credit and from now on if you need me to help out around here, just say the word," he said as Joey called out that he was in bed. Bosco stood up and went in to say goodnight to him. He walked into the bedroom to get their blanket off the shelf in the closet so they could curl up on the couch together.
After he didn't come back in a few minutes, Kim walked down the hallway and saw him lying on the bed, sound asleep. She climbed onto the bed, on top of the comforter, and pulled the blanket over them both and fell asleep alongside her husband with a smile on her face.
