"Hey, where's Kim?" Carlos asked coming into the kitchen. "I wanted to know
if she wanted to drive today."
"You don't want Kim driving the bus," DK said.
"Why not?"
"'Cause she's liable to take out a civilian judging from the way she's been hitting the punching bag for the last hour," Billy said.
"She okay?" Carlos asked.
"We don't know. Joe tried to ask and she almost hit him," Billy said.
"Really?" Carlos smirked.
"You wouldn't think it was so funny if she'd taken a swing at you," Joe Lombardo said. "She's got a nasty right hook. She used it on Jimmy a few times after they got divorced."
"She used it on Jimmy a few times before they got divorced," Billy added as the guys cleared out. They headed downstairs and Carlos cautiously went into the exercise room. He leaned against the doorjamb and watched Kim punch and kicked the hell out of the punching bag.
He waited till she paused in her exercise before he spoke, "Wanna talk about it?"
She turned around. "You scared me."
"No, I didn't. You knew someone was watching you. You just didn't know it was me."
Kim chuckled ruefully. "Busted. So, how'd you end up with 'find out what's wrong with Kim duty'?"
"I let the guys go downstairs and I came in here."
"Of your own free will?"
"Don't sound so surprised."
"Can't help it. We've never been that close."
"I owe you. If it wasn't for you, I'd probably still be waiting tables."
"You don't owe me Carlos. You were innocent and you're a good paramedic. We need those."
"I owe you," he repeated coming in and sitting down. "I know I'm probably the last person you wanna talk to about your problems but I like to think that I've matured enough to listen to them."
Kim smiled at that statement. "Oh really?"
"Yes," Carlos smiled. "What's up?"
"I'm scared and I'm pissed off."
"What'd Bosco do now?"
"I'm not pissed off at Bosco, I'm scared for him. He's not sleeping Carlos and the one person I thought might be able to get through to him has washed her hands of him."
"Faith."
"And that's where the pissed off comes in. I saw her before and I asked her to maybe try and help him out. But she's got her own problems and she can't help Bosco anymore."
"She said that?"
"Yeah, she said that. God, when I think of all the times I told Bosco lately that if there was one person he could trust to always have his back it was Faith, I feel so stupid."
"Man, I can't believe it."
"What? How selfish I am?"
"No, how selfish she is. I knew they fought but no matter what, Bosco's always had Faith's back and she's always had hers."
"You don't know the whole story. He lied to her about something important."
"And she's never lied to him? Be honest, didn't you and Bobby lie to each other about something you thought might have hurt the other?"
Kim nodded. "Once. I told Faith that and she said it was different with us."
"That's a bunch of bull," Carlos said.
Kim raised an eyebrow, "Exactly when did you get so wise?"
"I lost my job and I found my brain."
Kim laughed.
"So, I take it you don't trust Cruz to have Bosco's back?"
"She doesn't care about him. She doesn't love him."
"And Faith does?"
"She used to. Not the kind of love she and Fred have or the kind of love Bosco and I have but the kind of love reserved for your best friend and your best friend alone."
"The way you love Bobby," Carlos said quietly.
"Exactly," Kim nodded. "I'm scared that I'm gonna come back to the house one night and Davis and Sully are gonna be standing out in front waiting to tell me that Bosco's been killed because he was with Cruz when she decided to go after someone and she didn't wait for backup or till she knew they outnumbered the bad guys."
"That is scary."
"You can't even imagine how scary."
"You don't want Kim driving the bus," DK said.
"Why not?"
"'Cause she's liable to take out a civilian judging from the way she's been hitting the punching bag for the last hour," Billy said.
"She okay?" Carlos asked.
"We don't know. Joe tried to ask and she almost hit him," Billy said.
"Really?" Carlos smirked.
"You wouldn't think it was so funny if she'd taken a swing at you," Joe Lombardo said. "She's got a nasty right hook. She used it on Jimmy a few times after they got divorced."
"She used it on Jimmy a few times before they got divorced," Billy added as the guys cleared out. They headed downstairs and Carlos cautiously went into the exercise room. He leaned against the doorjamb and watched Kim punch and kicked the hell out of the punching bag.
He waited till she paused in her exercise before he spoke, "Wanna talk about it?"
She turned around. "You scared me."
"No, I didn't. You knew someone was watching you. You just didn't know it was me."
Kim chuckled ruefully. "Busted. So, how'd you end up with 'find out what's wrong with Kim duty'?"
"I let the guys go downstairs and I came in here."
"Of your own free will?"
"Don't sound so surprised."
"Can't help it. We've never been that close."
"I owe you. If it wasn't for you, I'd probably still be waiting tables."
"You don't owe me Carlos. You were innocent and you're a good paramedic. We need those."
"I owe you," he repeated coming in and sitting down. "I know I'm probably the last person you wanna talk to about your problems but I like to think that I've matured enough to listen to them."
Kim smiled at that statement. "Oh really?"
"Yes," Carlos smiled. "What's up?"
"I'm scared and I'm pissed off."
"What'd Bosco do now?"
"I'm not pissed off at Bosco, I'm scared for him. He's not sleeping Carlos and the one person I thought might be able to get through to him has washed her hands of him."
"Faith."
"And that's where the pissed off comes in. I saw her before and I asked her to maybe try and help him out. But she's got her own problems and she can't help Bosco anymore."
"She said that?"
"Yeah, she said that. God, when I think of all the times I told Bosco lately that if there was one person he could trust to always have his back it was Faith, I feel so stupid."
"Man, I can't believe it."
"What? How selfish I am?"
"No, how selfish she is. I knew they fought but no matter what, Bosco's always had Faith's back and she's always had hers."
"You don't know the whole story. He lied to her about something important."
"And she's never lied to him? Be honest, didn't you and Bobby lie to each other about something you thought might have hurt the other?"
Kim nodded. "Once. I told Faith that and she said it was different with us."
"That's a bunch of bull," Carlos said.
Kim raised an eyebrow, "Exactly when did you get so wise?"
"I lost my job and I found my brain."
Kim laughed.
"So, I take it you don't trust Cruz to have Bosco's back?"
"She doesn't care about him. She doesn't love him."
"And Faith does?"
"She used to. Not the kind of love she and Fred have or the kind of love Bosco and I have but the kind of love reserved for your best friend and your best friend alone."
"The way you love Bobby," Carlos said quietly.
"Exactly," Kim nodded. "I'm scared that I'm gonna come back to the house one night and Davis and Sully are gonna be standing out in front waiting to tell me that Bosco's been killed because he was with Cruz when she decided to go after someone and she didn't wait for backup or till she knew they outnumbered the bad guys."
"That is scary."
"You can't even imagine how scary."
