December 15th, 2002

The past two weeks were hard for Alex. Jimmy had kissed her. That changed everything whether she wanted to admit it or not. She tried hard to avoid Jimmy. During every call, she would ride in the back. Maybe that wasn't the most mature thing to do. She didn't have feelings for Jimmy. But then why couldn't she stop thinking about him?

"What are you doing for New Years?" Kim sat next to Alex at the table. She sipped her coffee.

"Sleeping." Alex smiled.

"We need to do something. " Kim said, "Maybe pick up some hot men." Alex chuckled slightly.

"I'll see." Alex cleared her throat, "Kim, can I ask you a very personal question? You don't have to answer it." Kim nodded.

"Ask away." She smiled, "I'll be the judge of whether its too personal or not." Alex bit her lip slightly.

"What attracted you to Jimmy the first time you started seeing each other?" She asked. Kim chuckled as she put her coffee down.

"Ahhh…The ex. Well, his smiled is what drew me in. You know those dimples are to die for." Kim smiled, "Then his kisses. They were awfully nice." Alex nodded.

"Yeah, I guess." She said as she sipped her coffee, "Did you know he would be the one?"

"I thought so." Kim said, "Why all these questions?"

"I just…Jimmy kissed me." She said. Kim's eyes widened as she nearly choked on her coffee.

"What?" Kim almost burst out laughing, "Are you serious? When?"

"A couple of weeks ago." Alex said, "It wasn't like a full fledged kiss, just like a regular one. I like freaked out on him though."

"Oh wow." Kim shook her head; "I can't believe this."

"I haven't been able to talk to him." Alex said softly.

"You need to talk to him." Kim Said, "You can't ignore this."

"I know." Alex sighed, "What am I suppose to say?"

"Jimmy, we kissed and we're partners. We really need to talk." Kim said, "That sounds good to me." Alex smiled softly.

"I wish it was that easy." She said.

"Well, go try it out now." Kim said nodding over to Jimmy as he walked up the stairs, "I'll be in the bathroom."

"Kim, don't go." Alex said.

"Do this now, Alexandra." Kim said seriously walking off. Alex took in a deep breath and stood up. She really had to do this. There was no way around it. She walked up to Jimmy.

"Hey." Alex said softly. Jimmy looked at her.

"Oh…Hey." Jimmy said softly.

"We really need to talk." Alex said almost in a whisper.

"About what?" Jimmy shut his locker door. Alex growled.

"You kissed me, Jimmy. We can't pretend that it didn't happen." She said. Jimmy looked at her.

"Why not? You obviously want to forget it." He frowned.

"No. I don't want to forget it." Alex said, "I um…I liked the kiss." Jimmy chuckled, "Don't laugh at me."

"I'm not laughing at you. You think I should be happy or jumping for joy that you liked the kiss? You think I should be grabbing you by your waist and gather you up in a passionate kiss? Well, I'm not." He said, "You made me feel like shit, Alex. I haven't felt this way in a very long time and you just act like this. You made me feel two inches tall." Alex stared at him.

"I'm sorry." She said softly.

"Me too." Jimmy said walking away from her.

"Jimmy, please don't walk away from me." Alex said, "I want you. I want more. Our friendship is great, but I can't ignore these feelings I've been feeling for you the past couple of weeks." Jimmy stopped in his tracks listening to her. So did everyone else in the station. He turned to face her.

"You have feelings for me?" He asked. Alex nodded.

"Yes. I want you to grab me by my waist and gather me up in a passionate kiss." Alex said softly, "Please Jimmy, give me a second chance." Jimmy sighed softly and walked up to her.

"I'll give you a first chance." He said, "Let's start this over."

"Thank you." Alex whispered softly. Jimmy didn't care that DK and Carlos were sitting there watching them. He slipped his hand behind her head and pulled her close to him. Alex pressed her lips against his as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Their lips fit perfectly together. Alex's heart pounded I her chest. This kiss was so different than their first one. This time when Jimmy's tongue traced her lower lip she didn't freak out. She welcomed him in. Both of them groaned as their tongues touched. They almost forgot that they were in the station. Reluctantly, Alex pulled away.

"Wow…" Jimmy whispered as he looked into her eyes, "Don't stop kissing me like that." Alex smiled at him.

"I never will stop." She whispered.

December 29th, 2002

They were trying really hard to have a nice relationship. Jimmy didn't know he could enjoy Alex's company this much. Alex was certainly enjoying it. They hadn't slept together, but they enjoyed being close to each other. They wanted to see where this relationship was going before they took it to the next step.

"Catch." Joey jumped off the top step into Jimmy's arms.

"Watch it, Buddy." He chuckled dropping his boy to the ground. Jimmy smiled at Alex, "You cold?" She shook her head.

"I'm just right." She said. Joey took Alex's and Jimmy's hands. Alex smiled down at the boy; "You excited to ice skate?"

"Yeah." Joey said as they walked to the ice skating rink, "Can you ice skate really well, Alex? I can skate really well."

"I can skate really well." Alex smiled softly at the boy. "You'll need to have a lot of energy to keep up with me." Joey grinned.

"Daddy can skate better than me so maybe he skates better than you too, Alex." Joey giggled, "Right, Daddy?" Jimmy smiled.

"Well, I don't know. Alex is a firefighter too. She may be better than me." Jimmy said leading the three of them to a bench.

"Oh I know that I am better than you." Alex winked as she sat down and pulled her shoes off. Jimmy chuckled as he helped Joey.

"We'll just see about that Taylor." Soon, the three of them had their ice skates on and were on the ice. Joey immediately took off ahead of Jimmy and Alex. Jimmy took Alex's hand.

"Thanks for suggesting this." Alex smiled as she skated with him.

"There's nothing more romantic than skating with the person you lo…like." Jimmy said in a soft tone, "And being able to bring Joey along is a plus." Alex giggled softly spinning in front of Jimmy.

"I really like Joey." She said, "He can come whenever he wants." Jimmy looked at her and smiled ever so softly.

"That means a lot to me." He said. "Finally I have a girl I feel proud to show Joey to." Alex rested her head on his shoulder as they skated along with the flow.

"I could get used to this." She whispered.

"Me too." Jimmy said softly.

"Daddy! Alex! Look!" Joey skated past them and spun around as he almost fell, "See that? I almost fell!" Jimmy chuckled.

"I saw that, Buddy." He said, "Be careful."

"Or no hot chocolate." Alex said. Joey gasped with wide eyes.

"Okay! I'll be careful!" He cried. Alex laughed as she sped close to Joey, trying to keep up with the child. Alex brought Jimmy's hand to her lips and kissed it softly. Jimmy was right. This certainly was very romantic. This is what they needed.

* * *

Jimmy carried a very heavy and sleeping Joey in his arms. He kicked the door close behind him and walked to the child's bedroom. He carefully laid him on the bed. Joey mumbled something.

"We're home, Buddy." Jimmy said as he took Joey's shoes off.

"Alex home?" Joey mumbled.

"Yeah. I dropped Alex off at her house, remember?" Jimmy asked his little boy. Joey rubbed his eyes and then shook his head.

"No." Joey yawned as he pulled his shirt off, "I like Alex."

"Really?" Jimmy smiled as he threw Joey's superman pjs at him.

"Yeah. She's pretty and nice." Joey said. Jimmy chuckled.

"She's really pretty." He said, "It means a lot to me that you like her. I really like her, Joe, but if you didn't I would have to give her the old heave ho, You know what I mean?"

"I know." Joey giggled pulling on his pj bottoms, "Keep her. She's better than the others." Jimmy chuckled.

"Go to sleep, Joey." Jimmy said. Joey jumped back into bed.

"Daddy?" Joey asked, "Do you love Alex more than you loved Mommy?" Jimmy looked at his son.

"Go to sleep, Joey. We'll talk more in the morning." Jimmy walked out of Joey's bedroom. Jimmy was glad Joey liked Alex so much but that love word. Did he love Alex? It was too early to tell. Jimmy did know that he didn't want to screw this up. This woman had to be special. He didn't stop having sec for just anyone.