AUTHOR: trista groulx (the dustytiger)
DISCLAIMER: kim, faith, fred, joey, bobby, jimmy, bosco, davis, sully, none of these characters 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 divorce, kim/bobby r, faith/bosco sex/ust
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: thought it would cool to write about if the kids get along, didn't expect it to be a whole part but, i think it works, there's some major drama on the way so this a good cusion before it laugh anywho tell me what you think of this one pls?
Joey and Charlie were the first two up at Kim's place the next morning. They had slept in sleeping bags on the floor in Joey's room. Joey told Emily that she could sleep in his bed. They went into the kitchen, quietly so not to wake up Faith, who was sleeping on the couch.
"What's for breakfast?" Charlie asked.
"Cereal," Joey replied.
"What do you got?"
"The gross stuff that my mom eats, and Fruit Loops."
"Mm, Fruit Loops."
"They're my favourite."
"Mine too."
Joey got the cereal, and some milk and put on the table. He then got two bowls and two spoons, and handed one of each to his new friend. They each poured themselves a bowl, and started eating their breakfast quietly. Emily came out of the room next.
"Hi," said Emily.
"You want Fruit Loops?" Joey asked.
"All right."
"We got toast, and Eggos too."
"No, Fruit Loops are good."
Joey went and got Emily a bowl and a spoon, and gave them to her.
"The only rule is you gotta eat what you took," Joey explained.
"All right, thank you."
"You can come play with us when you're done," Charlie offered.
"That's all right," Emily told her brother.
She sat down at the table, and the boys put their dishes in the sink. Joey went back into his room to play with Charlie. They decided to play with Joey's toy cars and trucks.
He had a fairly large storage bin half full of toy cars and trucks, and some race track pieces for the cars.
"You got a lot of fire trucks," Charlie commented.
"Yeah, my dad buys 'em for me. He's a fireman," Joey explained. "What does your dad do?"
Charlie shrugged. "I dunno, but my mom's a police lady."
"Really? Cool!"
"What does your mom do?"
"She's a paramedic," Joey told his new friend.
"What's that?"
"I don't know, but she works at the same place as Daddy, and she helps people who are sick."
"Oh," Charlie replied, not sure what that was exactly. "Where is your dad?"
"He doesn't live here anymore."
"Oh," said Charlie, then he realize what that might mean. "So he's not married to your mom anymore?"
"Nope."
"Do you like it?"
Joey looked at his new friend, a little puzzled. "Like what?"
"Not having your mom and dad live together?"
Joey shrugged. "Well it's a sin to not be married when you have a kid, you know?"
"What's a sin?"
"It's really bad. If you do a sin, then you go to hell."
"I know what hell is, and that's really bad!"
"I know. They tell me that at school all the time, but I don't think it's true. I like it that my mommy and daddy aren't married anymore."
"Why?"
"Cause now I get to two bedrooms."
"You have two bedrooms? I gotta share my one with my sister."
"That's no fun!"
Charlie laughed. "Is there anything else good about your mom and dad not being married?"
"When I go to his house I get junk food I'm not allowed to eat here."
"Really?"
"Yeah! My dad always gives me the best junk food! Like chocolate bars, and chips and stuff."
"Wow!"
"Yeah, we always have eat-out food, too. I don't get eat out food with my mom a lot, but I almost always get it when I'm with my dad. And like the good stuff, like McDonald's and stuff."
"That sounds really cool!"
"It is! And sometimes I get to meet his girlfriends, and they're all really nice to me."
Charlie thought about it for a moment. "Then maybe it's not so bad that my mom and dad might be getting one."
"I don't think it's so bad, it's better then having your mom and dad screaming at each other all the time."
"Yeah," Charlie agreed.
Charlie was looking through Joey's bin of cars and trucks, looking for something, and pulling out the fire trucks as he went.
"Do you got any police cars?" Charlie asked.
"I got some," Joey replied.
Joey started looking through his cars, knowing he had some. When he found four, and put them with the fire trucks that were already out.
"I think that's all I got," Joey told him.
"Do you wanna race the police cars and the fire trucks?"
"Okay!"
The two boys pulled out some plastic race tracks, and set them up on the floor, so they could race the police cars against the fire trucks.
In the kitchen Emily was just finishing her cereal, when Kim came out of her room, stretching. She was wearing a shirt she had taken from Bobby's and a pair of black shorts.
"Good morning," Kim said to the ten year old sitting at her kitchen table.
"Good morning," said Emily.
"If you're still hungry you can have something else."
"I'm good."
"Is anyone else up?"
"Yeah, my brother and Joey are in his room playing."
Kim put some coffee on, then went to see what the two boys were doing. She peaked into Joey room, and they seemed to be having fun.
"All right, now this one versus this one," said Charlie, holding up a police car and a fire truck.
"Okay!" Joey exclaimed.
"Have you two had breakfast yet?" Kim asked.
"Yeah!" they both said, not even looking up, placing the toys on the track.
Kim went back into her room to get changed. When she went back into the kitchen, Faith had woken up, and had poured two cups of coffee. She handed Kim one.
"Thanks," Kim said.
"No problem, it's the least I can do," Faith replied. "Thank you so much for letting us stay here,"
"Not a problem, I think our two munchkins hit off."
"Why do you say that?"
"They're playing in Joey's room racing police cars against fire trucks."
Faith laughed. "Let's hope it stays friendly."
"So are we going home today?" Emily asked.
"Yes, we are." Faith replied.
The phone started to ring, indicating that someone was buzzing to be let up. Kim didn't even check to see who it was, she just hit the button to let them up. She heard a knock at the door.
She went to go let the person in, but he opened the door and let himself in before she got there. She was surprised to see Jimmy in her doorway, looking confused.
"Why did you come over?" Kim asked Jimmy.
"Since you're working today, and I'm not, and it's Saturday, I figured I'd come by and surprise Joey, and take him for the day," he replied.
"Joey'll love that, he's in his room playing with Charlie."
"Who's Charlie?"
"My son," Faith replied.
"Right."
Jimmy decided not to ask why Faith was there with her kids. He went into the Joey's room, and saw the two boys racing the cars. Joey didn't even see him, he was so interested in his game.
"Hey, Champ," Jimmy said.
"Daddy!" Joey exclaimed, jumping up and hugging his father. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm not working today, I thought it would be fun to hang out with you today. We haven't been doing that a lot lately."
"You wanna play with Charlie and me till he has to go home?"
"Sure. What are you playing?"
"We're racing Joey's fire trucks against his police cars," Charlie explained.
Jimmy laughed, and then sat down on the floor with the two boys. Who went back to racing the different fire trucks against the few police cars.
Jimmy enjoyed watching his son just be a kid. Sometimes when he saw him he tried too hard to make him a little adult. He had been trying harder lately to figure out what Joey liked, but he still hadn't gotten it completely right.
In the living room, Faith and Kim had sat down on the couch with their coffee. Emily had pulled out a book and was reading it sitting at the kitchen table.
"Does Jimmy do this often?" Faith asked.
"Come by and surprise Joey?" Kim asked.
"Yeah."
"No, he doesn't, which makes me wonder if he's up to something."
"Like what?"
"I don't know, but he was not expecting anyone else here, that's for sure."
Faith laughed. "Does he know about you and Bobby?"
"Everyone does, after I kind of yelled it out for everyone to hear a while ago."
Faith laughed. "I'm still sorry I missed that."
Kim smiled. "That certainly wasn't one of my best moments."
"Are you happy you got a divorce?" Emily asked suddenly, putting down her book, and going into the living room.
"Emily!" Faith scolded her daughter.
"It's all right," Kim assured her friend. "I don't think it's being happy or sad, it's something else."
"What do you mean?" asked Emily.
"When I was married I was happy, when everything was good. Then one day I woke up and it hurt to be married because of something that Joey's father did. Every day it hurt a little bit more. I'd get mad, at him, and sometimes at Joey. I knew that Joey's shouldn't have to see or deal with like that and I didn't like the way I was acting. The more I hurt, the more I hurt everyone around me. Eventually it just hurt too much, and I had to get away from him. So we got a divorce, and it doesn't hurt anymore. I'm not happy I had to do it, but I'm happy the pain is gone."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I know that you probably like things the way they are at home, right now, right?"
"Yeah."
"Even if you don't see it your mom's hurting, and it's better for her, and you, and your brother, in the long run, if she makes the hurt go away."
Emily still looked a little puzzled. "I think I understand."
"It's not going to be easy adjusting to all the changes, but both your parents love you, and that will never change. As long as you have them you can get through anything."
Emily nodded. "What does Joey think about it?"
"There are days he wants us to be married again, and there are days that he's happy that we're not."
"Does he understand?"
"As much as a six year old can. You're a little older, so I'm sure you understand what divorce is a little bit better then he would."
"Emily," said Faith. "We still have a lot that we need to talk about, how about you go get dressed and ready to go home?"
She nodded, and went to go get changed out of her pajamas.
"Thank you, Kim," Faith told her friend. "That was really nice what you said to her."
Kim smiled. "It's the truth, or as much of it as a ten year old can handle."
The phone rang again to indicate someone was looking to be buzzed up. Kim didn't check to see who was there, and just let whoever it was up. There was a knock at the door, and then it opened.
"Welcome to Grand Central Station," Kim laughed, upon seeing Bobby.
"I can come back later," he offered, going to turn around.
Kim stood up, and walked over to him. She kissed him lightly on the lips.
"It's okay," Kim assured him. "It's just a little crowded."
Bobby laughed. "All right, the more the merrier right?"
Emily came back into the room dressed, surprised to see someone else in the small apartment.
"Emily, how about you go ask your brother to get ready, so we can go home, and talk about everything that's going on?" Faith told her daughter.
"All right," Emily replied, going toward Joey's room.
"Faith, I nearly forgot, Bosco gave me this, when I saw him yesterday," Kim said, handing her friend her wedding ring.
"Thank you," Faith said, relieved.
"I wanted to give it to you when the kids were out of eyesight so you didn't have to explain anything to them."
Faith laughed. "I would have had a hell of a time explaining that."
Bobby had sat down next to Kim. She smiled at him, and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"You've got a full house today," Bobby laughed.
"Yeah, Faith and the kids stayed over last night, as you know. Then Jimmy dropped by to pick up Joey out of the blue since it's his day off. So to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" Kim asked.
"Just wanted to see you."
She grinned, happy to hear what he had to say. She loved him so much, especially when he said stuff like that.
"You two are enough to give people cavities, you know that?" Faith laughed.
Kim smiled. "Sorry."
"Not a big deal, I'm in your space."
Emily came back into the living room, with Charlie in toe. Both kids had their backpacks on, and were ready to go.
"Joey's still playing with his dad," Charlie told Kim.
"Thank you," Kim replied.
"So we're gonna get out of your hair," Faith laughed, hugging her friend. "Thank you so much for making room for us, I really appreciate it."
"Yeah," Charlie agreed. "Thank you for letting us stay."
"Not a problem, I'm glad you and Joey got along so well."
"Thank you," said Emily.
"Not a problem."
"I'll call you soon, and maybe Charlie can come over to play again sometime," Faith offered.
Kim smiled. "That sounds great, good luck with Fred. Call me if you need to talk, all right?"
"Thanks, I'm gonna need it. You won't have your phone off?"
"Probably not."
They all said their goodbyes, then Faith and the kids left. It suddenly seemed to quiet in the apartment. Kim fell onto the couch, and Bobby wrapped his arm around her shoulder. He leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips. She pulled away, and smiled at him.
"So Jimmy's here?" Bobby asked.
"Yup," Jimmy replied, startling them both.
"Hi," Bobby said.
"Bobby!" Joey exclaimed coming out of his room, and then running toward Bobby to give him a hug.
"Hey Joey," said Bobby.
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"Daddy's gonna spend his whole day off with me!"
"That's great, pal."
"So what brought you by?" Jimmy asked Bobby.
"You wanted to see your son," Bobby replied. "I wanted to see my girl."
Jimmy shook his head. "Right. Anyway, I have a big day planned for Joey and me so I'll see you later Kim?"
Jimmy still wasn't entirely used Kim and Bobby being together. He still thought that he might have a chance of winning her back. It was just a matter of getting her alone, he had convinced him.
Kim suspected that Jimmy was going to try to get her to take him back but she wasn't going to do it. She was finally happy with someone she loved, and she was not about to let that go on a gamble.
She nodded. "Call me if you decide you want him to stay overnight."
"Can I stay over?" Joey asked, hopefully.
"I don't know, Champ, I wanted to have someone over for a little bit, but your mom doesn't want you to meet anyone anymore," Jimmy told his son.
"Aw, please Mom?"
Kim glared at Jimmy. "It's your dad's choice. If you want to stay over, you better get your toothbrush."
"Okay," Joey went into the bathroom.
"Don't do that, Jimmy," Kim snapped.
"What?" Jimmy asked, innocently.
"Don't make me out to be the bad guy all the time. You know my reasons for asking you what I asked, and he doesn't."
"Look Kim, if you're allowed to have Bobby hanging out with him."
"Bobby's different, Joey's always known him."
"You know," said Bobby. "He's in the room. Kim's got a point, Jimmy it's not like I suddenly appeared here one day. I've always been around, I'm just here more."
"Stay out of this, Caffey," Jimmy grumbled. "Kim, I can't see why I can't let my girlfriend see him."
"Girlfriends, Jimmy, if you had one girlfriend, I wouldn't care so much. I don't want him to that think that a girlfriend is something you change every week."
Jimmy shrugged. "Look, I'm sorry, about that. But I am kind of serious with this girl, and she asked to meet him."
"Then that's fine, but if she's not around the next time Joey goes to visit, I'm not going to trust you again."
He smiled at her. "Thanks, Kim. You really don't mind me taking him today?"
"Not at all, it give my mother a break, and you need to spend more time with him anyway."
"Also gives you some alone time with Bobby."
Kim shook her head. "We have to work."
Joey came out of the bathroom. "All right, I have my toothbrush, can I go now?" he asked.
"After I get a hug," Kim replied.
Joey came over and gave Kim a hug. She kissed him on the cheek, and he rubbed it as soon as he pulled away.
"Bye Mom, bye Bobby."
"Love you," Kim told her son.
"Yeah, yeah." He went over to his father.
"See you later, Kim," Jimmy said, purposely ignoring Bobby.
He opened the door, and Joey followed him out. Kim went over and locked the door behind them.
"No else is getting in here," Kim smiled.
Bobby stood up, wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed her, hard. She relaxed right into kiss, and deepened it. She enjoyed it for a long moment before pulling away.
"I needed that," she whispered.
"I thought so," he told her.
"If Joey's going to be with Jimmy tonight, maybe we could do something here after work?"
He smiled. "I really like the sound of that."
She kissed him again. "How long do we have before work?"
"Not long enough."
She looked at her watch and noticed they had about half an hour before they had to be at work. "That's the other reason I swung by, thought you might need a lift to arrive on time," he explained.
She laughed. "Thanks. Let me get some socks on, and we'll get out of here."
tbc...
end notes: so what did you think? i sometimes like to not ignore the kids, but since i have no 6, 8 or 10 year olds around i prolly have them acting wrong for their ages, sorry... there's some mega drama around the bend (you'll see so stay tuned) pls review it makes me very very happy