AUTHOR: trista groulx (the dustytiger)
DISCLAIMER: kim, faith, fred, joey, bobby, jimmy, bosco, davis, sully, none of these characters not are mine, i'm just borowing them to play with them for a little while, they belong to their creator and the actors and actresses who portray them, i promise i'll be gentle, don't sue
RATING: PG-13 tops currently
CONTENT: kim/faith friendship, fred/faith , kim/bobby ?
SPOILERS: 32 bullets and a broken heart (missing scene/continuation)
SUMMARY: Kim and Faith become friends after they share their heartaches that Valintines day.
AUTHORS NOTES: all right, this is so not what i had in mind for this part at all, the muse just started whispering in my ear and before long i had this, i usually skip over action scenes cause i'm not good with the jargon, but i think i did this one all right, pls tell me if you think i did i really wanna know... i still have some more ideas on this, and it's developed into something a little bigger then i had planned... might be a little longer on the next part cause i wanna finish writing (not editing and prepping for post) of tw:tng before i dive headfirst into this fic hehe... but i got a bit written so hopefully there won't be toooooo much of a delay
Kim and Bobby were at the scene of a building which had partially collapsed. The building was still under construction, and there were parts whic were just beams, There was scaffolding just about everywhere. The firefighters were helping the guys who had been trapped on higher beams, away from what had already collapsed.
It was possible that the whole thing could fall down, on everyone. It was also possible that just about anything could fall. All the medics were instructed to wear helmets if they had to work on anyone in the construction area.
There was simply not enough hands to make sure that only the firefighters pulled people out, their priority was those who needed ladders, or were stuck. Bobby and Kim were mostly working on people that had minor abrasions from falling debris, who had gotten to them themselves.
The whole place was buzzing with people running around trying to make sure that everyone was all right. For the most part, the injuries seemed minor, and anyone who was stuck was easy to find, as the building only had a few walls.
Bobby had just gone to help Doc and Carlos go to lift someone who Jimmy had just freed from under a fallen beam onto at stretcher.
He was walking back toward his partner when she noticed something falling out of the corner her eye. It looked like a plank from a piece of scaffolding. She couldn't tell if he was directly under it..
"Bobby!" she shouted. "Stop!"
He stopped dead in his tracks, then heard a very loud banging sound. Sure enough a plank from the scaffolding just ahead of him crashing only a foot in front of him. He looked at it, and before he even caught his breath he was greeted with an armful of Kim.
She just held him tight for a long moment, quivering. She had been terrified. Right before it fell she was sure it would hit him. Everyone was looking at the pair, but neither of them cared.
"It's okay, Kim, I'm fine," he assured her, trying to free himself from her embrace.
"I love you," she whispered, but the words were lost when a loud alarm was set off.
"I can't hear you!"
"I said, I love you!" She yelled.
The alarm had been turned off by the time she finished, and everyone had heard what she had said that time.
Bobby
leaned down and kissed her, lightly. She wrapped her arms around his
neck and deepened the kiss. Everyone who wasn't busy was staring at
them. The pulled away, both embarrassed.
"We should uh," Bobby offered.
"Yeah," Kim agreed.
They walked over to the bus, waiting for Lieu to tell them that the building was, in fact, clear, and they could leave.
"Did you mean it?" Bobby asked.
"Yes," she replied. "When I saw it falling I realized that I was just making excuses, but I needed to stop, because anything could happen. I wouldn't want something to happen to you and never tell you the truth."
"And what is the truth?"
She smiled at him. "I love you, Bobby."
"I love you, Kim."
XX
"So he starts AA tomorrow," Faith told her partner.
"Think it'll help?" he asked.
"I really don't know. I hope so."
"What if it doesn't?"
"I told him that if he can't stop I'm gone. I can't have the kids growing up around that."
He nodded. "I understand."
"I refuse to be that person who lets him keep saying, this time I'm really going to quit."
"You don't seem like that kind of person."
She smiled at him. "I don't know if I'm really strong enough to do it."
"I think you are."
"Really?"
"Yeah, when it comes to your kids you're like a lioness. You'll do just about anything to protect your cubs."
"Five-five Charlie come in," crackled the radio.
They then started toward the scene of a car accident. When they got there an bus was already on the scene. There was also another cop car on the scene, which meant that they were there to direct traffic around the collision.
"Have I ever mentioned I hate directing traffic?" Bosco asked.
"I bet it'd be better if you kept your mouth shut," she replied.
"Yes, mother."
She shook her head, and they proceeded to direct traffic. The first medics on the scene had left as soon as Doc and Carlos rode up, and they explained who was the next priority.
"Carlos!" Doc called. "Call for another bus, and we need the trucks here there's a possible gas leak!"
Then they heard another crashing sound. The car they had let through after the ambulance went through, had crashed into a car that was turning off of the other one way street, where it ended.
"Geniuses!" Bosco exclaimed, "now everyone's stuck while they clean up that mess!"
The sergeant at the scene barked some orders at a few officers who were about to leave, to get them to access the second accident. The two men had gotten out of the car, with no injuries, but their cars could not be moved. The sergeant went over to Faith and Bosco.
"So, we have a situation here, everyone who's between the two streets are stuck till we get this all cleaned up. I'd like you two to split up and inform everyone who's stuck what's going on," the sergeant told them. "I've got my guys redirecting traffic at the closest cross street."
"All right," said Faith.
He walked away, barking orders at anyone who would listen.
"Perfect!" Bosco grunted.
"Your commentary will not change the situation Bos!"
"If these guys are stuck here how the hell are they gonna get a truck through for that gas leak?" Bosco reasoned, noticed there was not much room for a truck to get through.
"Not our problem."
"I'll take these guys, you take those?"
"Sure."
He walked in one direction and she walked in the other, past the accident, which was just in the middle enough so nothing could get around it. She went to the first car that was stopped. The guy rolled down the window.
"Unfortunately we can't any more cars through at the moment," she explained.
"But the guy in front of me just left just squeezed through."
"I'm sorry, Sir, but I've been ordered to stop the traffic flow."
"Great, how long am I stuck here?"
"I'm not really sure, but they'll work as fast as they can to get everything moving again."
She
went to the next car to tell them what was going on. Then the honking
started. Why did no one get that there was no point in honking where
there was a twenty car line of people sitting there. Chances are if the
first guy could go he would have.
She noticed Bobby and Kim running up the sidewalk, with their med bags and a board. She looked at them quizzically.
"How were we supposed to get past this?" Bobby asked.
Faith went to the second car, the man rolled down his window.
"When are we gonna be moving?" he asked.
"I don't know," she replied. "As fast as we can."
"You don't understand, I have to get moving. My daughter's in labour."
"Kim!" Faith called.
She looked over. "What?"
"We've got a woman in labour over here!"
Kim ran over to the car.
"How far along is she?" Faith asked.
"I don't know!" the man replied. His daughter was in the back seat. "Can you unlock the door to let the medic have a look?"
Kim had arrived, and got into the back seat with the daughter, who was just a teenager.
"Hi," said Kim. "I'm Kim, what's your name?"
"Bri," the young woman replied.
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen."
"When are you due?"
"Last week."
"All right, that's one good thing in all of this. I know we just met but I have to see exactly how far along you are." She looked embarrassed. "Fine."
Kim checked the woman and she was almost fully dilated.
"All right, I hate to tell you this, Bri, but you're gonna have your baby here," she said. "I need to go get some stuff off my rig, you just do the breathing exercises you were taught till I get back."
"All right."
She ran past Faith, who was arguing with a guy about her telling him that he was not moving for a while. She came back with some equipment just in case the baby wasn't breathing. She ducked back into the car.
"It's gonna be cramped in here, but I figure you'd rather have it here then on the street," Kim told her.
The teen smiled. "Yeah."
"Do you know the sex?"
"No."
"All right, if I starting calling it a him, it's cause I've got a little boy myself, and I'm used to saying it all right?"
"Did you get drugs?"
"I had some many drugs I thought I saw God. Had you planned on natural child birth?"
"Until the contractions started."
"Unfortunately we'll have to with the original plan, Bri. Is your dad your birthing coach?"
"No, my Mom, is she was supposed to meet us at the hospital. He doesn't really wanna be around for this." "If I have to I'll get my partner to help me out."
"Was he worth it?"
"Who?"
"Your son, was he worth the pain?"
"And then some."
Across on the other side of the accident, Bosco was getting to the end of his rope. People were honking, and cursing him out when he tried to explain the situation.
"Don't shoot the messenger!" Bosco snapped at a businessman.
"I have to get to my meeting, it's really important."
"And I'd rather be eating my lunch, we don't always get what we want."
"I want your badge number."
"Gimme a break!"
"I need that to report you!"
"The last name is Boscorelli, I work at the fifty fifth precinct, you complain about me they'll find me."
"You're being unreasonable. I have something important to do."
"And none of the people in all these other cars do? I bet if you went around asking, there's even people who have more important things to do then you, and aren't bitching half as much as you."
"I don't see why you can't tell everyone to just back up."
Bosco watched as Jimmy, DK, and Billy ran past him.
"Sir! We can't even get a damn fire truck though right! Your meeting won't mean a thing to my sergeant. I'm done here, have a good day."
"Where the hell's your truck?" the sergeant demanded upon seeing Jimmy.
"Up my ass!" he snapped. "It's a block down, you've stopped traffic flow, and we can't get through."
Lieutenant Johnson caught up to them, and had heard Jimmy snap at the sergeant. "I'll take over from here, Doherty, just see what you can do with what we have."
"I need that truck here!" the sergeant snapped.
"We can't get it through, because of the traffic. Unless you want us to run over all the cars in our way."
"What about over there?" He pointed at the part of the road before the street they were on, behind where the second accident was.
"If I get the truck on that street, then nothing else can get through, and we'll never get moving."
"Then I'll let the traffic through."
"Not till I give the okay. If there's a gas leak, it's not safe to let upwards of twenty cars through." The sergeant was annoyed, but knew that they were between a rock and hard place. It was really bad luck where the two accidents had happened, and the vehicles that were there were there to stay.
"We gotta get this guy to hospital," Doc reasoned. "If we don't he'll bleed out."
"There's no way we're getting our rig out," Carlos reminded him. "A car can hardly squeeze by those cars."
"Can't you do the transport?" Doc asked Bobby.
"Kim's with a pregnant lady, there's no way she's leaving. What if you take our rig, and we'll meet up at the hospital with yours when we bring in our patient?"
"I guess that's what we'll have to do then."
"Carlos, go get the stretcher.'
Carlos went to get the stretcher, while Bobby and Doc exchanged keys. He came back and the three men lifted him up onto it. Bobby went up ahead to make sure the path was clear, as people had started to get out of their cars to see what was going on. They raced up the sidewalk of the second street till they got to the rig. They loaded
"Bobby!" Kim called.
"No men!" the girl's father protested.
"He's a medic," Kim reasoned.
"I don't want a man who's not a doctor see my daughter like this!"
"Fine. Bobby I need help, I think Yokas is the only other female here, can you get her?"
"Sure," he said, leaving.
Bri smiled at Kim. "I'm sorry my dad's been a little overbearing since he found out I was pregnant."
"That's fine. I'm sure officer Yokas is better for the job anyway, she has two kids."
"After this, I really don't want another one."
"Then you've learned your lesson," the father said.
"You needed me?" Faith asked.
"Yeah," Kim replied. "She's going to have the baby here, soon. I need you to just find a way to sit with her."
"Be the like my husband when I was in labour?"
"Exactly! Only you know what's she's going though."
Faith went around and opened the other side car door.
"Hi, there," she said. "I'm Faith, you are?"
"Bri," she answered.
"All right, Bri, I'm not gonna lie to you, this is gonna hurt, but it'll all be worth it when you're through." Bri had a contraction and screamed in pain.
"It hurts," she sobbed.
"You shouldn't have done what it took to get the baby in there," her father scalded.
"Sir, you're not helping," Kim huffed. "If you're not gonna support her, I'll ask you to get out of the car."
Bosco had finished talking to everyone. The only thing they hadn't done was pulled a weapon on him. One little old lady had actually spit at him. He wanted to find Faith to tell her about what had happened.
He couldn't see her. She should have been done too. Bobby was sitting on the bumper of an ambulance, as the fire crew cleaned up the mess from the car with the gas leak.
He noticed that some tow trucks had arrived, and he thought everything would start flowing again soon.
"Where's Yokas?" he asked Bobby.
"Helping Kim."
"Aren't you supposed to be doing that?"
"They're delivering a baby, no boys allowed. Have a seat, we're gonna be here a while yet."
"So what do mean no boys allowed?"
"Teenaged mother, her father doesn't want any more guys looking at his little girl."
"Cause everyone who works for the city is a pedophile?"
Bobby laughed. "I don't ask questions anymore."
"So how long do you think before we're out of here?"
"Whenever the baby's ready, I'd say."
"True. I get to direct traffic while she's gets to help delivery a baby, what a world."
"Would you really want to help?"
"Probably not, might deter me from having sex for a while, my girl- Nicole wouldn't like that too much."
"Did you just go to say the "g" word?"
"No!"
"You were going to."
"How's that coming?" the sergeant barked, at the firefighters.
"If you keep asking them it'll take longer!" Lieutenant Johnston snapped.
"Think they're gonna be have a fight?" Bosco asked.
"If he asks the same question one more time, I wouldn't blame Lieu for punching him." Back at the car, the father had been kicked out of the car, and was pacing next to it. Also making sure no one came too close see what was going on.
"It hurts!" Bri screamed, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"I know it does, honey, I wish had something to give you," Kim told her.
"All right, just breathe, this one is over," Faith told her, brushing her hair with her hand.
"I'll never have sex again," she sobbed.
"We all say that, and none of us mean it."
"Not for a long time. Not till I'm married."
Kim smiled. "You're doing a really good job, Bri."
"OWWW!" she screamed as another contraction came.
"Good, the baby's crowning."
"You're getting there Bri," Faith assured the teen.
"All right, I need you to push now, Bri, all right?" Kim instructed her.
"Okay!"
She pushed, Faith was brushing her hair with her hand, as she screamed. Telling her it was okay, while Kim instructed her what to do."
"All right, one more big push should do it, sweetie," Kim said at long last.
The baby came and Kim had it in her arms. Kim was worried, it hadn't started to cry.
"Why isn't it crying?" Bri asked, worried.
"Just a second honey," Kim assured her.
She used the suction cup she had gotten earlier to clear the airway. Still nothing, she got worried. The turned the baby upside and preformed the baby Heimlich very carefully. Unsure what else to do. The baby began to scream.
"See, there we go, her lungs are working just fine," Kim smiled.
"Her?" asked Bri.
"Yes, congratulations, you've got a baby girl."
She wrapped the child up in her FDNY jacket, having nothing else at hand. She then passed the baby over to the teenager. Who looked a little shocked to see the baby in her arms.
"Is there any way we can get to the hospital?" Kim asked.
Faith got out of the car, and looked around. "Yeah, the second one's cleared. You should be able get the bus through."
"All right, you get Bobby and ask him to bring a chair."
Bobby came over, and they helped her onto the chair, and then carried her to the bus. Faith watched, helplessly knowing her job was done, and soon she'd have to go back to directing traffic.
"What about my car?" asked the father.
"Do you want to stay with it?" Faith asked.
"Her mother should be at the hospital, yes."
"All right."
Faith went over to the bus.
"Your father says your mom should be at the hospital," she told Bri.
"All right, thank you for everything, officer," Bri told her. "I'd like it if you came by later to see her."
"Sure."
Kim was sitting in the back with the teenager. Bobby slammed the doors shut, and ran to the driver's seat, and started toward the hospital. Bosco was standing off to the side.
"Emily's not having another birthday," Faith quipped.
"What?"
"That girl was fifteen years old."
"You can't keep her from the big bad world forever. Just hope you teach her how to not make those kinds of mistakes." Faith nodded. "That's one of the smartest things you've ever said."
"Sometimes I surprise myself."
"Can one of you get the traffic going on the side street?" asked the sergeant.
"I'll go," Bosco offered.
"Once that's done, you and your partner can leave."
"Thanks."
It took a little longer then they had planned to be able to leave. Because right as they were about to go, they started clearing the cars from the first accident. And took a while to get them onto the trucks to tow them away. Faith and Bosco just watched from their car.
"So what was it like?" Bosco asked.
"What?" asked Faith.
"Being a medic for a day."
"I'd take this, over that any day, Bos. It was interesting to be on the other side of the delivery, though. Fifteen, my god, I wasn't even thinking about sex at that age."
"I sure was. That's about all I thought about."
She shook her head. "I really need to talk to Emily when I get home."
"She's ten."
"It's never too early."
tbc...
end notes: wow, that was not what i was planning at all... it's not the best action scene in the world, but i think i did an okay job, tell if you think i did some justice, so there's still some more ideas left on this so tell me what you're thinking!