AUTHOR: trista groulx (the 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, kim/bobby r
SUMMARY: i goodfed, this is the real part 6, the day of the fight, bobby and kim go to pick up joey.
AUTHORS NOTES: i so screwed the order of this... this should be part six followed by seven about joey, followed by seven jimmy and kim agreeing... and the rest is yet to be posted..
It had been a long day, when she finally arrived at her mother's. Bobby insisted upon driving her over, and going in with her. Catherine was glad to see that Bobby was with her. She sat down on the couch, and her mother sat next to her. Bobby sat in an arm chair across from them.
"Is he sleeping?" Kim asked.
"Yeah, we'll wake him when you're ready to leave," she replied.
"Sounds good. Isn't the restraining order enough, I promise he's never done anything like that before."
"I'm still worried about you."
"I know, Mom, but I'll be fine."
"Please just stay here tonight, just in case."
"Bobby will be with us all night." Kim nodded in his direction.
"Again?"
"Yes, again, he said he wouldn't mind at all. Especially since we are trying to - date." Catherine smiled for the first time that day. "Really?"
"Yes, Mom, we went out last night and I realized that I deserved more." She was grinning. "Finally."
"That's what my mother is going to say too," Bobby laughed. "I don't think Jimmy is going to do anything else, but I'm still going to stick close."
"All right."
"I'm going to go get Joey."
She went into the room where he was sleeping, silently. Nothing seemed to bother him when she looked at him like that. She smiled, and gently brushed the hair from his eyes.
"Mommy?" he asked sleepily.
"Yeah, it's me, Bobby's going to drive us home. Then he's going to stay the night because everyone is worried about Daddy."
"Are you?"
"No, Baby, I'm not." She told him. "We had a big fight today, that's what you saw the end of it. We've never had a fight like that before Joey, and we were just angry at each other. It doesn't mean that either of us love you any less, and that you won't be able to see him all right?"
"What if I don't want to see him anymore?"
"You have to, Joey. Anyway it might be a little bit before you are allowed to see him by yourself. They want him to see a special kind of doctor that will make him better."
He shrugged. "Is he sick?"
"Not really, it's hard to explain. What the doctor will do is talk to him, and ask him why he did what he did. When the doctor thinks that he won't act like that again, then things will be back to normal."
"Oh…"
Bobby had appeared in the doorway as the two spoke. "What was that for?" She asked him.
"I don't like things like this. But I didn't like things before either. Daddy would come over, and sleep over, and you'd be so happy, then you'd start crying all the time."
"That's what we were fighting about Joey."
He looked at Bobby. "Can't Bobby just be my daddy?"
"No, honey, it doesn't work like that. Even if I was to, say, marry Bobby, or someone else, your daddy would still be your daddy."
"But I'm scared of him after today, Mommy!" He started to cry.
Kim looked helpless, as he sobbed. Bobby came over, and sat on the bed, taking them both in an embrace.
"Joey, you know how Mommy said Daddy would be going to a special doctor to talk?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah."
"Would you like to go to a special doctor too, so that he or she can help you to understand what happened today, and before you with your parents?"
He stopped crying. "Can I Mommy?"
"If you want to," she replied.
"Please."
"Now, go get your shoes on, and we'll be out in just a minute."
Bobby kissed her lightly when Joey had left the room. "You know that he's covered with your plan too, it might be the best thing for him."
"I know I'll arrange for it tomorrow. I just wish he didn't have to see a therapist at six years old," she explained.
"I know, it seems stupid. But you know that his life has been far from normal, he's had a good life, but a very confusing one.
The three got their shoes and jackets on, and went back to the apartment to sleep in the comfort of their own beds. Except Bobby who was decided to sleep on the couch so not to confuse Joey more. As Kim fell asleep she couldn't help but think about how Bobby was so good for Joey.