July 1st, 2009

The past few months had been very busy with everything at the house. River was now crawling and getting into everything. Alex had to gate everything up to protect him. Jade finally turned six but she was acting every bit of twenty-one. She was flirting with every boy she saw from six years old to forty years old. It scared Ty. Caroline had begged her parents to start ballet lessons. She looked so cute in her purple tutu.

"MOMMY, TELL CARRIE TO STOP!!!!!!!!!" Jade screamed from the bedroom.

"Jade is breathing funny!!! Tell her to stop!!" Carrie screamed. Alex looked at Ty.

"Do you want to get them?" She asked. Ty shook his head.

"Not particularly." He said. Alex sighed and got up.

"MOMMY!!!!" Jade screamed.

"I'm coming!!" Alex growled walking into the room. "What is going on in here?"

"Carrie drew on my picture." Jade moaned. Alex looked at Caroline.

"Caroline Ruby, is that true?" Alex asked. Caroline batted her eyes at her mother, "Caroline Ruby Davis."

"Just a little." Caroline said.

"Just a little?" Alex picked up Caroline's picture, "Jade, colour on this."

"What?" Jade looked at her mother oddly.

"Colour on the picture. She coloured on yours. This is only fair."

"NO!!" Caroline cried. "I worked hard on it."

"I worked hard on mine." Jade said. Caroline sobbed as Jade drew large blue circles on Caroline's picture.

"I HATEYOU!!!!" Caroline screamed.

"Caroline! Stop it!" Alex snapped.

"I loved that picture!!" Caroline sobbed, "You ruined it!!"

"Maybe that will teach you from colouring on your sister's things, Carrie." Alex said.

"I hate you, Momma! You broke my heart!!" She cried and ran into the closet and slammed the door. Alex sighed.
"I'm sorry, Momma." jade said. Alex shook her head.

"It's not your fault." She said, "Make sure you clean up after you're done with your pictures."

"I will." Jade said as she pulled out a new piece of paper. Alex walked down the stairs and Ty looked at her.

"What was all that screaming about?" Ty asked.

"I don't think I did the best parenting thing up there." Alex said.

"Carrie sounded upset." Ty said.

"She shut herself in her closet." Alex said. Ty nodded. Caroline always went into her closet when she was upset. She felt safer in there. "I'll check on her later."

* * *

Alex walked into Caroline's room and to the closet.

"Carrie?" She said softly.

"Go away." Caroline whimpered. Alex sighed and opened the door up. "I say go away." Alex knelt down.

"I know, but when you're in here I miss you." Alex reached out for Caroline. "it make my heart hurt when you're made at me."

"You made her ruin my pic." She said. Alex sighed.

"I know. I am very sorry." Alex said, "Why don't we go colour a new picture? Jade wont be able to help us. Just you and I."

"Really?" She asked. Alex nodded.

"Yeah. Come on." Alex took Caroline's hand and led her out of the closet. Caroline pulled her mother to the small table in her room. She had a smile upon her face. It felt good to Alex to see her daughter smiling again.

July 15th, 2009

Alex turned forty. She couldn't believe it. She was forty years old. She felt good for being middle age. her kids helped to keep her young. She peered out the window as Lou called her name. She glanced at him.

"What do you want? I was having fun staring off into space." Alex said.

"I need you on the engine tonight." He said. Alex frowned.

"I thought we agreed that I stay on the bus." Alex said.

"When I need you to be, but I need you to be on the engine tonight, Davis." He said, "We don't have enough men on the engine." Alex sighed and nodded.

"Fine." She muttered.

* * *

She held onto the seat as the engine whipped around the corner. Alex watched the scenery whiz by them. She hadn't fought a fire in a very long time. She could do it. She was Alex Davis. The engine stopped in front of a restaurant.

"Davis and Doherty, you get the line." Lou said, "DK Lombardo, run the perimeter." Alex looked at Jimmy and smiled. It felt weird to be here.

"Come on, Davis." Jimmy grabbed the hose and started to run into the restaurant.

"I got it." She said grabbing the hose with Jimmy.

"Let's go." Jimmy yelled. They ran into the restaurant. The flames were coming from the kitchen. She didn't want to be here. She wanted t be safe out there with Kim and Doc. She wanted to be on the bus. Doing this brought back bad memories for her.

"Right there." Alex yelled. Jimmy nodded and he started the house. She held onto it tightly as it fought against the two of them. They aimed it at the flames. It took a few minutes for them to get the flames back. Now the smoke was left.

"Let's pull back." Jimmy said shutting off the hose.

"Okay." Alex said backing out of the restaraunt. "Looks like something caught on fire on the stove."

"Let the fire Marshall handle that, Davis." Jimmy said. Alex gave Jimmy a look. He held his hands up. "Sorry."

"Whatever." She said as she began to put the hose back.

"Hey." Ty walked up to her. Alex immediately brightened up.

"Hey, baby. What are you doing here?" She asked.

"There's a homicide up the block that I was responding to." He said, "they needed a gold shield. I heard the engine and thought it might be you following behind. I didn't know you were back on the engine"

"Well, I'm not. Lou needed me to cover." Alex smiled glancing at the men making Kissy faces behind her husband.

"Want to go get some dinner when you're off?" Ty asked.

"What about the kids?" Alex asked.

"Ma can watch them for an extra hour." Ty said kissing her forehead, "Is it a date?"

"Yeah it is." Alex grinned.

"Davis, get in here so we can leave." Walsh said. Alex blushed.

"Right. I'm coming." She looked at her husband. "So, I'll see you after my shift." Ty nodded.

"It's a date." He said, "get going." Alex smiled and got onto the engine. The guys looked at her.

"You're just jealous." She said. Lombardo chuckled.

"I'm not jealous of you. I have my dream man right here." He threw his arm around Walsh's shoulders. Walsh groaned.

"I don't swing that way." He said.

"Thats not what you said last night." Lombardo winked. Alex chuckled. maybe being back on the fire engine wasn't that bad. She missed riding with these guys. maybe she would pick up a couple shifts. maybe not.

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