Title: When a Girl

Author: Kiley

Rating:PG 13

Pairing - Bobby and Kim

Disclaimer - This is in no way connected with the actual people who wrote this show.. i mean c'mon if it were..we'd still have Thirdwatch wouldn't we..

Author notes - Well... give me time to ease back into the writingness.. it's been a Loooooooooong time.. thank god for holidays.

Summary - The damage that had been done remained to be decided. They both knew this.
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When a girl is not arguing, she is thinking deeply...

They resided in a small cafe' the hustle and bustle of lunch making it hard to hear, their ears straining to listen to each others mindless small talk.

She felt the unresiding tension build between them in the bus, and now, in plain clothes, away from the blood and vicous cycle they went through each day at work. In plain clothes, it almost seemed as though they were naked. Exposed to each other much diffrently rather than at work.

He watched her silently, as her long slender finger traced the rim of the coffee cup before her, her mind deep in thought. The wisps of steam colliding with her open palm, the persperation it brought upon because of it.

She looked dismayed. Almost at a cross roads.

Grasping his own coffee, he consumed the bitter liquid, as if it were the bitterness he had come to have accepted since he attempted to kiss her.

She watched the rich brown liquid spill onto the counter of the bench they had chosen. Right up the back away from prying eyes. Reflexively she grabbed ahold of a napkin and placed it upon the spilt beverage, watching the brazen white melt into bleeding brown.

"Kim, we can just pretend that.. you know it never happened" Bobby suggested, visably awkard, the seating almost seeming too firm as he writhed in a fuitle effort to get comfartable.

"I don't want to forget it Bobby" she sighed. Lifting the napking off of the bench scrunching it lightly and placing it beside her coffee.

"Kimmy" He winced, his voice almost pleading as he consumed what little courage he had left. "It's fine.. you want us to be freinds, we'll be freinds" He stated calmly, avoiding her eyes, burying the inner tormoil bubbling beneath the surface.

"Bobby.. in case you haven't noticed, things haven't exactly been pleasure city in the bus lately" she stated through impatience her temper getting the better of her.

"Look, Kim, what do you want to do?" Bobby exhaled loudly bowing his head to examine the foam that had formed ontop of his coffee.

"Bobby, your my best freind" Her eyes bleared slightly, pending tears waiting behind glistening orbs of a woman.

"And your mine too" He exclaimed "And i can't help the way i feel for you" The hurt became suddenly blatantly obvious as they sat, seemingly alone in the crowded cafe.

The damage that had been done remained to be decided. They both knew this.

"I don't want to forget Bobby" She stated her fingers tentively locking with his. Her lips puckering in thought as of what to say next. "I don't want to forget" she reinstated to make sure that he understood.

"Kim.. i can't do this" He sighed "I'd rather be your freind than nothing at all"

She slumped against the leather of the bench, her eyes transfixed on him, his body language, she highly doubted that he would treat her badly, exploit her for his own needs, she knew that he was good, almost a father to joey. She sighed aloud to herself, this was a mess.. a giant pooling mess. That seemed to grow bigger with each passing day.

"Bobby your a good guy... and"

"Don't" he held up his hand in defense signaling for her to stop. "Don't do that"

"Do what" she exclaimed a smile falling upon her lips her eyes thinning in confusion.

"Do the whole.. Bobby your a really good guy.. BUT..." He gestured animatedly over pronouncing the but.

"But" Kim snided mocking him. Cocking her head to the side.

"But we're better off as freinds" He sighed, the laughter fading. "I'm always the freind" He sighed drinking some more of the steaming liquid. "In fact, you know what i learnt from this.."

"What's that Bobby" Kim sighed residing to her previous position, arms folded across her chest, a slight smile apparent on her lips.

"That nice guys finish last.. they always..." Bobby sighed, peircing her eyes with his.. "Finish Last"

TBC...

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