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 (not really anything really "r" about this one)
SUMMARY: So Doc knows but Kim and Bobby doesn't know that he knows, but doc doesn't want to split them up, same can be said if you sub in the name Jimmy, 'cept the not splitting them up part!
AUTHORS NOTES: just the little plot bunny that made me write this whole darn fic... doc knowing that bobby and kim are together but doesn't want to let carlos off the leash, so he goes to ask some of their patients what they think hehe
Planting Carlos had worked perfectly. Doc knew that if there was something going on between them Carlos would be able to find out the truth. The only problem was he saw no reason why they actually needed to be separated. When they were in the field they acted like they always did. If anything they seemed to work better then they ever had. He didn't want to break up that team, they just clicked. Besides, he still wanted Carlos to be on a pretty short leash.
Doc knew he had to think of a way to make sure that there were no conflicts of interest though. He had to make sure none of their patients felt uncomfortable with the couple. He decided the best way was to go to the source. Anytime he noticed anyone in any condition to talk still in the ER while he was there he'd talk to them. He knew it would be a little tedious, but it would be the best way.
He and Carlos had brought in a heart attack victim who had died on the bus. They had tried everything, but it had been hopeless. Carlos had gone to the bathroom, while Doc picked up some paperwork. He flipped to see if Kim and Bobby had brought anyone in, and looked who had signed out. He asked one of the nurses to point him in the direction of a young couple who were in a quiet room, waiting for someone to pick them. They were in their early twenties.
"Can I ask you a few questions?" Doc asked.
"I guess, so why?" the young man asked.
"Just some personnel stuff, the medics that brought you in are under my watch, and I'd like to just check a few things."
"All right, shoot, ask whatever you need."
"Did you think they acted professionally while they treated and transported you?"
"Absolutely," they both said.
"Were you pleased with the attention you both received?"
They nodded, the young woman added. "I think they treated us better then staff here. They saw we were young, and just got bumped a little, and told us to wait here. But the two of them were great, made us think that we were just as important as any other call."
"Good, last one would you believe me if I told you they were engaged?"
"To each other?" she asked.
"Yeah," Doc replied
"No way," the young man replied. "At the most they are good friends."
"All right, sorry to have taken up your time."
"It's all right," he assured him.
They passed that test, but he knew that there would be many more to come. He simply could not let them slip up. He needed to be sure their jobs came first, and their personal lives were second.
Later that day, between runs Doc found another person who Kim and Bobby had brought in. He was going to ask as many people as he could, who were in different ages, and had different backgrounds about the pair. He was about the same age as them, and was sitting in a waiting room. He had needed a cast on his foot after a fall at work.
"Hi, you must be Russell Black," Doc said, shaking his hand.
"Yeah, and you are?" he asked.
"Monty Parker, I supervise the two paramedics that brought you in. Would you mind if I ask you a couple of questions about them?"
"No problem."
"First do you think they acted in a professional manner through the whole process, from arriving on the scene to getting you here?"
"Yes, they were really good, very efficient."
"Was there anything you would say they would have to improve on?"
"Not really, I was very pleased with them."
Doc nodded. "What would you say if I said they were engaged?"
"She doesn't have a ring." He reasoned.
"You noticed that?"
"She's hot, it's the first thing I check!" He chuckled. "Do you mean to each other?"
"Yeah."
"No way, he didn't look at her like that."
"Like what?"
"Guys look at a girl like that a certain way, especially when another guy is checking her out. He looked at her light she was a friend, or even family." He explained. "I mean you'd have to be either has to be pretty blind, to not notice her. Or you pee sitting down, if you know what I mean."
Doc chuckled. "All right, thank you."
He was glad the answers he seemed to be getting indicated that they were keeping it all at home, he just hoped they would be able to keep it up. At least when it had been Kim and Jimmy they didn't work together very closely, they had different jobs but worked at the same place. With Kim and Bobby it would be different, and he could not have them slipping up in front of patients.
They were a really good team, and he did not want to have to split them up. From what he had gotten from the few people had talked to they were very efficient at working together, and he didn't really want anything to get in the way of that.
Even at the house they didn't act any differently toward each other. They both came in at different times, and they acted just like they always had. At first Doc had a hard time believing Carlos, but why would he lie about it?
He had said that Bobby had told him that they were dating, and asked if it was all right if he invited Kim to join them when they went on lunch. They happened to be in her neighbourhood, and he had wanted to know how the hearing had gone. So that was what had happened.
Doc was a little annoyed that he had had to find out from someone else. But from the story that Carlos had told him, they wanted to keep it all under wraps. Doc hoped that they would not wait too long to let the cat out of the bag. He needed a few more days to talk to people, still, but if everyone still said the same thing then there would be no real reason to split up such a good team.
tbc...
end notes: yeah, it's rather short, but this was one of my orignal ideas when i first went to write it so i couldn't really scrap it.. oh the peeing sitting down thing is a 50's refrence, it's not meant to be offensive so pls don't take it as such, it's just what my little sis and i say when we wanna be discreet when we're guy scoping and we think he may not be into gals! hope it works, stay tuned to see what's up next, and pls tell me if you're still diggin' what i'm doing,