Okay so I lied but I mean it this time, this is the last chapter for the
season.
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"Nice night," Kim said after she walked out on the roof.
"I don't want to talk about it Kim," Carlos said.
"Hey, who said I wanted to talk? I just like the view sometimes," she told him, settling into a chair. "Besides it's not as cold as it has been."
Carlos sighed. He knew Kim a little bit better than either of them liked to let on. They both knew she was out there to talk to him. Might as well get started. He went and sat down in the chair next to her.
"You okay?" he asked.
"No, not so much." she looked at him. "You?"
"Not really. How's everyone else?"
"Sad. Mad."
"How's Mrs. Taylor? I didn't see her at the hospital."
"She's less then okay at the moment," Kim said quietly. "I think part of her blames Alex's dad."
"Chief Taylor," Carlos nodded.
"Yeah. She said that from the time Alex could walk she wanted to do everything her father did. Fishing. Football. Whenever he'd fix something around the house, she'd just watch. She got kinda quiet after she said the part about him getting himself killed."
"Right," Carlos nodded.
"How's Davis?"
"I don't know. I called the station and they said he'd taken the rest of the shift as lost time. I tried the apartment but if he's there he's not picking up."
"Maybe he went to see his mom," Kim theorized.
"Yeah that could be it. I never know what to say to him when things like this happen."
"You mean when people on the job die in the line?"
"Yeah. You know why right?"
"Yeah. His dad died on the job. Taylor told me."
"Think she knew?"
"Knew what?"
"That I was lying when I said that she'd be okay."
"I don't think what you said mattered. I think the way you said it did. You were trying to comfort her. You knew that she was going to die. She knew she was going to die. In the end, how we die isn't important. It's who's there with you that does. Alex was with her friends, her family. For that, she was okay. She knew that we'd take care of her."
"Thank you," Carlos said quietly.
"Sure," Kim sniffled. "Can I tell you a secret?"
"Okay."
"Mrs. Taylor kind of scared me tonight."
"Why?"
"Alex adored her dad. She wanted to do everything he did. Amanda adores Bosco. What if...?" Kim didn't finish the thought.
She didn't need to. Carlos knew what she was thinking. "Then you'll worry about her, but on the day she graduates from the academy you'll be proud of her. You and Bosco will hold hands and he'll get choked up because his little girl is following in his footsteps. Joey and Johnny will tease her but they'll be proud of their sister and they'll worry about her too. It's what a family does Kim."
"You really did find your brain," Kim sniffled and laughed at the same time.
"Yeah I guess I did," Carlos laughed too. "I wouldn't worry. Amanda has a long time before she has to start thinking about jobs. By then, she might want to become a doctor or a lawyer."
"Or an Indian chief," Kim laughed. Then she started to laugh harder.
"What?" Carlos asked.
"I was just thinking about Jimmy's wedding."
Carlos started to laugh too. "Or the time they hung her on the wall. Oh man you should have been there to see that. I only heard about it but they say she was up there for hours."
"She once told Bobby that it was a tradition for her to have a threesome on the night she slept with a guy for the first time."
The two paramedics laughed for a few more minutes before they sobered.
"She'll be alright," Kim nodded.
"She's got her dad and Bobby. They'll help her," Carlos agreed. "C'mon. Let's go get some of the guys and go have a beer or something."
"Sounds good. But let's just sit for a little while longer."
"Okay," Carlos leaned back in his chair.
Kim and Carlos sat without talking after that, together with their thoughts. The still night was interrupted by the sound of Kim's cell phone ringing...
"Nice night," Kim said after she walked out on the roof.
"I don't want to talk about it Kim," Carlos said.
"Hey, who said I wanted to talk? I just like the view sometimes," she told him, settling into a chair. "Besides it's not as cold as it has been."
Carlos sighed. He knew Kim a little bit better than either of them liked to let on. They both knew she was out there to talk to him. Might as well get started. He went and sat down in the chair next to her.
"You okay?" he asked.
"No, not so much." she looked at him. "You?"
"Not really. How's everyone else?"
"Sad. Mad."
"How's Mrs. Taylor? I didn't see her at the hospital."
"She's less then okay at the moment," Kim said quietly. "I think part of her blames Alex's dad."
"Chief Taylor," Carlos nodded.
"Yeah. She said that from the time Alex could walk she wanted to do everything her father did. Fishing. Football. Whenever he'd fix something around the house, she'd just watch. She got kinda quiet after she said the part about him getting himself killed."
"Right," Carlos nodded.
"How's Davis?"
"I don't know. I called the station and they said he'd taken the rest of the shift as lost time. I tried the apartment but if he's there he's not picking up."
"Maybe he went to see his mom," Kim theorized.
"Yeah that could be it. I never know what to say to him when things like this happen."
"You mean when people on the job die in the line?"
"Yeah. You know why right?"
"Yeah. His dad died on the job. Taylor told me."
"Think she knew?"
"Knew what?"
"That I was lying when I said that she'd be okay."
"I don't think what you said mattered. I think the way you said it did. You were trying to comfort her. You knew that she was going to die. She knew she was going to die. In the end, how we die isn't important. It's who's there with you that does. Alex was with her friends, her family. For that, she was okay. She knew that we'd take care of her."
"Thank you," Carlos said quietly.
"Sure," Kim sniffled. "Can I tell you a secret?"
"Okay."
"Mrs. Taylor kind of scared me tonight."
"Why?"
"Alex adored her dad. She wanted to do everything he did. Amanda adores Bosco. What if...?" Kim didn't finish the thought.
She didn't need to. Carlos knew what she was thinking. "Then you'll worry about her, but on the day she graduates from the academy you'll be proud of her. You and Bosco will hold hands and he'll get choked up because his little girl is following in his footsteps. Joey and Johnny will tease her but they'll be proud of their sister and they'll worry about her too. It's what a family does Kim."
"You really did find your brain," Kim sniffled and laughed at the same time.
"Yeah I guess I did," Carlos laughed too. "I wouldn't worry. Amanda has a long time before she has to start thinking about jobs. By then, she might want to become a doctor or a lawyer."
"Or an Indian chief," Kim laughed. Then she started to laugh harder.
"What?" Carlos asked.
"I was just thinking about Jimmy's wedding."
Carlos started to laugh too. "Or the time they hung her on the wall. Oh man you should have been there to see that. I only heard about it but they say she was up there for hours."
"She once told Bobby that it was a tradition for her to have a threesome on the night she slept with a guy for the first time."
The two paramedics laughed for a few more minutes before they sobered.
"She'll be alright," Kim nodded.
"She's got her dad and Bobby. They'll help her," Carlos agreed. "C'mon. Let's go get some of the guys and go have a beer or something."
"Sounds good. But let's just sit for a little while longer."
"Okay," Carlos leaned back in his chair.
Kim and Carlos sat without talking after that, together with their thoughts. The still night was interrupted by the sound of Kim's cell phone ringing...
