AUTHOR: dustytiger
DISCLAIMER: kim, jimmy, bobby, carlos, lieu et al don't belong to me, they belong to NBC, their creator and the actors and actresses who portray them
RATING: R for sexual situations (tho not in this part)
CONTENT: kim/jimmy r, kim/bobby ust
SUMMARY: bobby and kim go on their "date" but is it a real date, or not? that might be up to kim to decide
AUTHORS NOTES: thnx again to lil bryce for being my reviewer. i really am starting to worry about what ppl think. i know the timeline and stuffage is off but we all need a little fluff once in a while... tho it's gonna go off in a different direction soon, hope you like this fun fluffy filled part tho!
Later that night she went upstairs to get changed, while Bobby stayed at the bottom of the stairs keeping guard. She changed into the dress and wondered if it might be a little much. It was too late for regrets then, she put on the shoes she had gotten at the same time. She also applied a little bit of makeup, lipstick, and cover up to cover the black circles which had started to form under her eyes.
"Okay, I'm coming down!" she warned.
Bobby moved out of the way so that he would not ruin the surprise. He sat at the table, with a few of the other guys who had just arrived back. Who were none to pleased to find that Kim was upstairs, primping, as they put it. However they were not so upset once they saw her in the black dress. It looked amazing on her, almost like a second skin, making her breasts look great, and her body better then it already did. It was long coming down just to her ankles.
She had bought it a long enough time ago, on sale when she went shopping with Alex one day needing some time with another female. She never thought she'd have a chance to wear it, and only bought it because it was just too prefect to leave on the rack. Despite the fact she had a hard time walking in heals, she managed to get down the stairs with grace. She decided just for kicks to do a small pirouette in the dress for the guys; which they thanked her for with a round of whistling, and a few cat calls.
"Hey Taylor, why can't you look that good once in a while?" asked one of them, getting him a not so friendly punch in the arm from Alex.
"Dammit Kim you can save my life any day, mm mmm!" exclaimed another. Kim simply laughed, and blushed a little.
"Aren't you glad I made you buy that now?" Alex asked.
"Thank you!" she said, smiling at her friend.
"So you got a hot date with Jimmy tonight?" asked DK. "Cause I didn't know he had it in him to take you a place where you need to look that nice."
She shook her head. "No, actually, Jimmy's not taking me anywhere tonight."
"So who's the lucky guy?"
She didn't say anything more. She simply walked over to Bobby, they took hands, and walked out like that. Just as they walked out Jimmy was walking in. He even had to stop a moment to let them by. She hardly even looked his way, he was surprised she didn't even say goodbye.
"What the fuck?" he asked.
"Looks like a date to me," said Alex matter-of-factly.
"It's not a real date though, right? I mean you and Bobby were supposed to have gone out tonight like a month ago or something?"
"Not last time I checked."
"Why would she lie to me? She said it wasn't a real date, they were going as friends."
Alex shook her head. "Looked real enough to me."
"Fuck!" "Looks like you've been replaced, Dimples," Carlos joked, followed by a chorus of laughter.
Carlos would have received a serious ass kicking if Lieu had not walked in at that exact moment with a puzzled look on his face. Especially when he realized that Jimmy was there and he had not just imagined Bobby and Kim leaving hand in hand. He decided that they were all up to something, and kept his guard up. Meanwhile Bobby and Kim had arrived at his car, where he stood with the passenger door open for her. She slid inside, and he went around to get into the driver's seat. He looked over at her, and smiled.
"You look beautiful," he told her.
She smiled, blushing again. "Thank you, I just hope that I'm not overdressed."
"If anything I am the one who is under dressed."
"Where are we going anyway?"
"That, Miss Zambrano, is a surprise," he echoed from earlier.
She smiled. "Thank you, I really needed this."
"The night hasn't even really started, Kim."
She grinned, and began to feel like she was on a real date. They got the restaurant, glad that it was a pretty fancy place. She was surprised that he had been able to pull off getting reservations at such a nice place, with such little notice. She wondered if maybe he or his mother had called in favors. She was smiling ear to ear by the time they were seated. She loved how gentlemanly he was being, even pulling out her chair for her. She had never been treated so well before.
"This is nice," she stated, picking up her menu.
"The wine you selected when you called earlier, Sir," said a waiter said as soon as he noticed that they were settled.
He carefully poured them each a glass. He couldn't stop staring at her, he hoped she didn't notice. But that dress looked so great on her. He wondered how he lucked out and got to be the one she wore it with. Their eyes met, and he noticed that they were sparkling. It had been a long time since he had seen her eyes look like that, he was glad he could do his part to help. He knew that she would be delighted with his next surprise, he couldn't wait to see the look on her face. She looked down at the menu, this time looking a little more closely, he could tell she had seen the prices.
"Get anything you'd like, Kim, don't worry about the price," he assured her.
"This is not the kind of thing I'm used to," she whispered, taking a sip of her wine.
"That's why I'm glad I was able to take you to a place like this."
"It's very nice, but I'm not sure that I deserve this."
"Everyone deserves a night of pampering once in a while. You especially Kim."
She continued looking at the menu, not seeing a person approaching their table, until he stopped. He cleared his throat, and stood next her. She looked up a little surprised when from behind his back he produced a one white rose, two red roses, and a card. He left, and she looked at Bobby, knowing he was up to something. She took the card, it read; One for friendship, two for something more. When you're ready show me how you feel xx Bobby.
She looked at him again, there were tears in her eyes once again. But not tears like she had shed so many times before. These were tears of joy, and he was glad that she was happy with what he had done. She could hardly believe it, no one had ever been so nice to her, but she knew she liked the feeling, and didn't want to turn away from it.
She was glad that Joey was at her mother's that night, thanks to Jimmy. She was also glad that she was out with Bobby instead of Jimmy. They ordered soon after and ate in relative silence. Not because she had nothing to say, but because the restaurant was so quiet she felt strange when she did open her mouth. The only steady sound was of steady classical music being played in the corner.
As he was driving home he wondered if maybe what had done was an exercise in futility. She had hardly uttered any words most of the evening. He wondered if Jimmy's spell was more powerful then they both had thought. He stopped in front of the building, and got out of the car, and opened her door. She slid out, and he shut the door behind her. He started toward the driver's side.
"Aren't you coming up?" she asked, softly.
"I didn't realize I was invited," he replied.
"You know you're always welcome."
She lead him up to her apartment. Although he had been there many times before, this felt so much different. Perhaps because his heart was on the line this time. Why wouldn't she just tell him what he wanted, needed, to know? She opened the door, and he followed her inside, and sat down on the couch while she went into the kitchen to boil some water.
"Make yourself at home," she said coming back into the living room for a moment before disappearing into her bedroom.
She emerged a few moments later, wearing a black tank top, and ladies boxers, free of all the make up. She went back into the kitchen and came out with two cup of tea. Both black the way they both liked their tea. She sat down next to him, and he found it hard not to react to what she was wearing. He was never so glad to have such loose fitting dress pants.
"You like?" she asked, standing up, and pirouetting, and little more slowly and seductively then before.
"Yes," Bobby managed to choke out.
She sat down next to him once again, this time a little bit closer. She wrapped her arms around him, and snuggled up close to him, her cheek on his chest. Seemingly from nowhere she produced the red rose. He took it, the kissed her lightly on the lips. Soon they were gently exploring each other's mouths.
His kisses were so different from Jimmy's she thought to herself. His were so much more gentle, almost teasing with their gentleness, hardly even there. She moaned a little at the feel of just his kisses, and she knew that she was in for a very good night of release.
"Oh, Bobby," she whispered, breaking their kiss. "Touch me."
He was more then happy to oblige. He kissed her again, this time his hands also found their way to her breasts. She sighed with delight at his gentle teasing of her breasts. This lasted a few minutes, with her trying to get comfortable on top of him. She soon removed her shirt, so that his hands were touching her bare breasts. She began to gently straddle him, feeling his hardness.
"Slow down, Kim," he whispered.
"Oh, but Bobby," she pouted.
"Don't, please, I don't want to rush this.
"It's been so long." She purred, taking his mouth in hers.
He pulled away. "It's been longer for me, I assure you."
She took him by the hand, leaving her shirt where it was in hopes of getting what she wanted. She pulled him onto the bed next to her. Instead of kissing her again, he began to caress her temple lightly, making her tired, she tried to get away, but it did feel very nice. He covered her with her blankets, and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
He woke up a only a few hours later to the phone ringing. He didn't even think, it was closer to him so he just answered it. "Hello?" he said groggily into the phone.
"Hi, um, Jimmy?" he heard a familiar female voice ask.
"Oh, no, it's Bobby, Catherine," he explained.
"Did I get the wrong number?"
"No, no, I fell asleep here."
"I thought Jimmy need to talk to Kim."
"We already had plans, I thought she had called you to tell you. She must have forgotten. What's wrong with Joey?" "Nothing's wrong. He just had a nightmare."
"Would you like me to wake Kim?"
"Please."
He rolled over, and nudged her gently, which didn't work. He kissed her lightly on the forehead, and she awoke. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled him close for a better kiss. He pulled away, and she went to roll over and go back to sleep.
"Your mother's on the phone," he explained. She flew up into a sitting position, taking the phone from his hand almost violently. "What's wrong with Joey?!" she asked, frantic.
"Nothing, Sweetie, calm down, he's had a nightmare, and won't go back to sleep till he talks to you."
"Oh, okay."
She heard footsteps on the other end, and the a small voice on the other end, saying, "Mommy?"
"Yeah, Baby, it's me. What's wrong?"
"I had a bad dream."
"Want to tell me about it?"
"Yeah… Mommy you left!" he began to sob. "And Daddy! And Bobby too! You all left me alone!"
"Where did we go?"
"You all went to heaven without me! There was a fire at my school, and you were all trying to save the kids, and you saved me, but you went back to get somebody else, and you never came out!" He began to wheeze a little he was crying so hard.
"Shh, Baby, Joey, calm down it's okay, we're all fine," she tried to assure him over the phone.
"Is Daddy still there?" he asked hopefully.
"No, Baby, I had made plans with Bobby, and he decided to sleep over if you want to talk to him."
"It's okay, I believe you, but where's Daddy?"
"I would guess he's at home. You can ask Grandma to call him when we get off the phone all right?"
"There wasn't a fire?"
"No, Baby, not today, it was only a bad dream, I promise."
"All right, I'm gonna call Daddy."
"Okay, I love you."
"Yeah, bye."
He was always like that when he wanted to talk to his dad. He wasn't too old to tell her that he loved her, he just forgot sometimes when Jimmy was involved, as if he was trying to act tougher for him. Bobby leaned over, and brushed her arm. She laid back down next to him, laying her head on his chest.
"He's all right?" he asked, running his fingers through her hair.
"Yeah, he had a dream that we all died in a fire."
"We who?"
"Jimmy, you, and me."
"Why was I included in that list?"
"Don't ask me why but he thinks of you as his second dad. He even calls you Daddy Two with his friends when he thinks I don't hear. He loves you to pieces Bobby."
"And we only just started dating."
She punched him playfully. "He doesn't know about this yet."
"True. So how are we going to tell people about this little change?"
"I'll tell my mother right away, and Joey when he asks me if something is different."
"What if Joey tells Jimmy?"
"He won't."
"And what do we tell everyone at work?"
"We don't tell them, anything, we keep it to ourselves until something happens and one of us is forced to slip up."
"So Jimmy finds out when everyone at work does?"
"Pretty much."
"How do you know Joey won't say anything."
"Call it mother's intuition."
"So why do you want to hide this from everyone at work?"
"Because when Doc finds out he'll split us up and one of us will have to work with Carlos."
"I see your point."
She leaned forward and kissed him. She then rolled off his chest, and curled up on her pillow. He took her in his arms, spooning with her. He wanted so much to tell her that he loved her. But he didn't want to scare her away, he had just finally gotten her. He kissed her back, and soon they were both asleep.
tbc end notes: oh with the fluffiness... warning next part will be on the short side, but the next part should make up for it! pls ppl tell me what you think one person cannot be reading this story!