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:all right so, we're onto the movie night, i had lotsa trouble writing this, i'm not sure why, so if it's not the best i'm sorry, it'll get better i promise, if you don't hate it pls review laugh
Kim's day off had been very relaxing, so far. She was just hoping the evening part of it would go as well as the rest of the day had.
She had cleaned up the whole apartment, with Bobby's help. She had also made the desert she had promised to bring the movie night. It always relaxed her to bake, she really enjoyed it.
Despite all that she had to get done, she had managed to get it all done, and have a few minutes to just relax in her fiancé's arms. She always liked it when she was able to find time to just relax with Bobby holding her.
As soon as Joey had gotten home from school he started bugging and asking when they were going to be leaving. He was really excited about seeing his friend, Charlie again. Kim was glad that the two boys got along so well.
The dessert had long since cooled down enough to be put into a Tupperware container so they could bring it over with them when they were ready to go.
"Is it time to go yet?" Joey asked.
"Just about."
"Yes!" Joey exclaimed.
"But before we leave I need to talk to you fore a quick minute, all right?" she told her son, kneeling down to his level.
"All right."
"We're not going to Charlie's house today, remember? So you're not going to have all of his toy to play with. If you want to bring a few of your cars you can. But not your big ones. Just your little matchbox cars all right?"
"Okay. Where are we going then?"
"We're going to my friend Faith's friend's house. His name is Bosco."
"Charlie's told me about him before."
"Good, I'm not really sure how kid friendly his place is so I need you to be extra careful when you're there. I don't want you running around or play fighting with Charlie while you're there. Do you understand me?"
"Yes,. No running or play fighting."
"You don't need a lot of toys, either, okay? Just enough to play with before we eat supper. Then after supper we're gonna be watching movies."
"What movies?"
"I don't know yet. But I'm serious I need you to be on your best behaviour for me, can you do that?"
"Yes Mom," he replied, with a sigh.
Like any kid he hated to be told the rules, because he was smart enough to know them. But of course if she hadn't laid down the rules then he would have thought they didn't apply.
"Good, now go get some of your small toy cars, and we'll leave."
Joey went into his room, and put his favourite fire trucks, and his police cars into a little plastic case that he had. The case had come with a bunch of cars inside, and he always used it to bring a few of his cars anywhere he needed to take them. He then went back into the other room.
"All right, get your shoes on, please." Kim told him. "It's time to go."
"Okay!"
Joey put his shoes on quickly then stood there holding his little case of cars, waiting for everyone else to get their shoes on too. He only had to slip his on, while everyone else had to tie their laces.
"You have your toys?" Kim asked her son.
"Yup," he replied.
"Bobby you got the dessert?"
"Yes, Kim, we have everything, let's go." Bobby replied.
The three of them left the apartment, and Kim locked up behind her. Before long they had pulled up in front of Bosco's building.. They got out of the car, and buzzed up to the apartment. He let them up right away. The door was open when they got up the stairs to his apartment. They went right inside.
"Hi!" called Kim.
Charlie came running, and dragged Joey into another room. Faith appeared in the doorway.
"Okay then." Kim said laughing, getting out of the way of the boys. "Where's the host?"
" Bosco seems to have holed himself up in the kitchen and he won't let me in..
"Oh, the chef likes his privacy?"
"Apparently."
"When did you get here?"
We got here about fifteen minutes ago, and Charlie's been waiting somewhat patiently for Joey's arrival."
"Where do you think I should put this?" Kim asked holding up the Tupperware container.
"I'll take it," Bobby offered. "I'll see if Bosco'll let a guy in the kitchen," he said smiling. "Maybe he just doesn't want to deal with a woman standing over his shoulder telling him what he's doing wrong."
Faith laughed. "That might be it."
"Thank you," Kim replied.
She handed him the container as Bobby went into the kitchen. She the heard the two boys laughing in the other room. Emily was parked on the couch reading a book, pretending not to be paying attention.
"We really have to try to get the boys together more often," laughed Kim.
"Yeah I know, did you see where they ran off to?"
"I don't know, they took off as soon as I walked through the door. I had Joey bring some of his toy cars along with him. I didn't know how much Bosco would have to play with around here."
Faith laughed. "Yeah, it's not exactly the most kid friendly place to have this movie night. But it saved me from having to do to clean ups today." Faith laughed. "Charlie forgot his toys as we were leaning. He was so excited to get here he must have forgotten to grab them as he left. He'll be glad to have something to play with before supper."
The two boys came running through the living room pretending to be airplanes. Emily, who was sitting reading a book on the couch, looked up and rolled her eyes at the two them.
"Joey!" Kim yelled at the same time as Faith yelled, "Charlie."
Both boys stopped in their tracks, "what Mom?" they both asked, innocently, at the same time.
"What did I tell you about running?" Kim asked her son.
"But, we," Joey tired to explain.
"But nothing, I don't want you to break anything."
"Same goes for you, Charlie, how about two find somewhere to play with the toy cars Joey brought all right?" Faith asked her son.
"Okay," they echoed.
Emily watched the whole thing, then rolled her eyes again, at the two boys, after they walked off to play with the toys Joey had brought. She flipped the page on her book, and continued to read.
"To be eleven again," Kim laughed.
"Yeah, if I could be eleven again I'd actually appreciate it, that and twelve," quipped Faith.
"Don't forget thirteen, that's a very under appreciated year of youth. I would defiantly appreciate those years more if I could live them again."
"You've got a point there."
"I can hear you!" Emily snapped.
"One day you're gonna realize that I was right," Faith told her daughter.
"Whatever."
Kim pulled Faith out of earshot of her daughter. "Since when did she become a festering ball of rage?"
Faith looked at her friend. "Since she found out that Fred called, and he's not back. She's blaming me for it."
"Oh."
"Yeah. I think she'll get over it, she's just a little bit pissed off with me right now."
"That's understandable."
"She was so mad she almost stayed home with Katri tonight."
"Really?"
"Yeah, but then she realized that she wanted to try Bosco's cooking."
Kim laughed. "Brave kid. You know she'll be fine as soon as she talks to Lyn. She just thinks that you're crazy, and that you don't understand anything about it. Then if someone else tells her the same thing as you're saying, that it's for her own good, she'll get it."
"I know."Faith nodded. "I'm counting down the days, believe me."
"I would imagine so."
"Look, let's change the subject from pre-teens, all right?"
"Sure."
"I know Em's going be fine, she always bounces back. Now to change the subject. How are the wedding plans coming along?"
"They're coming along quiet well, I've asked my sister and Alex to be bridesmaids. Bobby still hasn't decided who he wants as anything, except the flower girl. He has a niece who's the same age as Joey. Their birthdays are just days apart too, so it'll be perfect."
"That's so cute! But still nothing about his best man or groomsmen?"
"No, he's not really sure who he wants. He's thinking of asking the guys at work."
"Is he close to them?"
Kim shook her head. "No, not really. It's just that the people he's closest to are his family, and he only talks to his sisters, since Matty left."
"Right, what about his friends?"
"They're mostly women. The few that aren't he's not really close to. He hardly sees them, he's known them his whole life, and they just go play sports together once in a while. He sees the guys at work more often, but most of his closer friends are female."
"That could be a problem."
"Yeah, he really wanted his brother to be his best man, he always has. Seriously he'd talk about all the time, whenever his relationships lasted more then a month."
"He's really not afraid of commitment is he?"
Kim laughed. "No, I just feel so bad for him. Cause I really don't think that we're ever going to see Matty again."
Faith nodded. "Yeah, I think he's long gone."
"Yeah, he knows it too, but I know it's upsetting him that he won't have his brother there when gets married."
"I'm sure he'll figure it out."
"I'm sure he will too."
"Since we have a few minutes of girl talk left, I figure I should bring up the dress issue."
"Yes, I've been wondering when we'd deal with that."
"I just have to find a time where, you, Alex, Melanie, my mother, and me can all get there to look at stuff. I know where I want to go, it's just a matter of co-coordinating it all."
"That could be difficult."
"Yeah, I just want everyone to be there to help me pick something out, you know. But I am making a rule that no one is allowed to get pissy about my dress size, I'm missing half my stomach so I'm allowed to be a size two!"
Faith laughed. "I guess that's fair. So what are you going to stick us in?"
"I'm gonna let you three pick amongst yourselves, the only thing is that I want you in blue."
"Like light blue?"
"I was thinking dark blue since it's going to be the fall. I think that would be nice."
"Yeah, I agree, dark blue would be really nice, with all the fall colours, if you can do photos outside."
"I know, I'm getting so excited."
"So what do you want your dress to look like?"
"I want a long sleeves, obviously, where the arms are all long and dangly, you know like those hippie shirts."
"Oh! That sounds so fun!"
"I know, I used to love to wear those kinds of shirt. I really don't care what the rest of it looks like as long as I have my long flowing sleeves. I'd like to have something that's poofy, but I'm not sure it would work with the sleeves."
"Yeah, that would be hard to find something that didn't look stupid."
Kim laughed. "Just a lot, and I'm not sure how much time we're going to have either."
"Are you starting to get excited?"
"Yeah, very excited. I was thinking for the centre pieces to have candles, with colourful leaves, and maybe some pine cones and things stuck on the holders."
"That sounds really nice."
"I'm gonna be having a fall wedding I want to play that up a little you know?"
"I think that's a really good idea."
The two women continued talking about the wedding plans, until supper was ready.
Meanwhile Bobby and Bosco were shooting the shit, as guys like to say, in the kitchen. While Bosco finished making supper.
"Kim's whatever the hell she calls them look really good," Bosco said, upon opening the Tupperware container.
"I think she's made them a couple of times for me, they're really good," Bobby assured him.
"Good, you picked a good one to marry."
Bobby laughed. "Yeah, I guess."
"If she was available I'd go after her."
"And if you weren't in love with your own partner."
"I'm not in love with my partner."
"All right, you just keep telling yourself that, and one day it might be true."
"Am I that obvious?"
Bobby laughed. "We sound like the hens in there. But yes, a year ago when we'd meet up with you two for lunch, you'd be checking everyone out. You'd be ogling Kim, and just plain being yourself. But you've changed. The only person you look at now is Faith. You'll make a few off the cuff comments about Kim, when I'm around, but when you do you're looking right at Faith."
"You're way too attentive. If you weren't engaged to Kim I'd swear you were gay."
Bobby shrugged. "Bosco, you're taking her kids on your day off, instead of going off to look for some innocent ass to tap, there has to be something there. The fact that you're cooking tonight tells me there has to be something going on there."
Bosco laughed. "All right you caught me. I want more from her. I was with her once, and I got myself addicted. Even still, Faith and I are just friend, for now though."
"I should warn you that Kim's plotting something to get you to two together. She hasn't told me what yet, but I know her well enough to know when she's up to something."
Bosco laughed. "Who knows, maybe we need it."
"Just be ready for whatever curveball she throws."
"Thanks for the heads up. You sure Joey's gonna eat this?"
"Believe it or not, he'll try it. He's not a picky eater at all."
"I guess I'm just used to Emily and Charlie, they would never try anything like this. Go figure, and Joey's younger then them."
"He never was a too picky of an eater. I think it might have been cause he used to like to try to be tough around Jimmy and try whatever he was eating."
"That'd make sense."
"Yeah."
"Well this is done, I'll dish it out, if you go get everyone," Bosco told his friend.
"Yeah, no problem."
Bobby went into the other room, and found Faith and Kim talking about the wedding, he smiled at her. He was so excited about the wedding too, he couldn't wait to make her his wife. He was going to give her the wedding of her dreams.
"It's ready. I think Bosco wants you two at the table. I'll get the kids," he told them.
The two of them smiled, and went to the table, while he got the kids. The two were very surprised when he saw the way the table was set up.
He had the kitchen table set with wine glasses, and everything. He only had a four person table, so he had also set the coffee table up as the kid's table. They too had wine glasses, but they were plastic with grape juice in a pitcher in the middle of their table.
Bobby came in with the kids, and they went immediately to what they knew was the kid's table. Bosco gave them their food first, remembering to put the ketchup down for Emily and Charlie.
He then served everyone else, and poured the wine, before sitting down himself. He was sitting facing Faith. He smiled at her, and made eyes at her almost as much as Bobby and Kim were. They were all fairly quiet at the started to eat.
The kids meanwhile, were much more talkative. Emily had poured them each some grape juice. They were all looking at Joey's plate.
"Are you gonna eat that?" Charlie asked Joey, seeing the food on his place.
"Yeah," Joey replied.
"How can you eat that?" Emily asked him.
"I just spin it on my fork, open my mouth, chew it up and swallow it?" Joey offered, not really understanding why she was asking such a ridiculous question.
"Isn't it gross?" Charlie asked.
"Dunno I haven't tried it yet."
The kids went quiet for a minute, as the older two watched Joey take the first bite of his supper. They were both watching him quiet intently, as if the food was might kill him.
"It's good," Joey told them both.
"But, that's, like, grown up food," Emily told him.
Joey scrunched up his nose. "Grown up food?"
He had no idea what she was talking about. He almost always ate the same thing everyone else did. Even when he went out sometimes he would get to try everyone else's if he wanted to.
"Yeah, you eat stuff like that when you're a grown up."
"I dunno about that. I always ate this stuff with my dad."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's good."
"Even the tomatoes?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, I like tomatoes."
"We don't."
"You know ketchup is tomatoes?"
"That's different," Emily reasoned.
"I guess so, but if you don't like tomatoes you don't like anything with them in it."
"Nu-uh," Charlie stated.
Joey shrugged. "Grown up food is good anyway. You should try it sometimes."
"Do you eat like, hot dogs, and hamburgers, and stuff?" Emily asked him.
"Yeah, but I eat this stuff too," Joey explained.
"Can I try some of yours?" Charlie asked trying to be brave.
"Just a little, don't eat it all!" Joey told him.
Charlie tried some, and liked it, but knew better then to take more. He decided to just eat his own supper. A few minutes later, Emily being the oldest, also had to try some of the food of Joey's plate.
Faith watched, almost shocked to see her kids eating like that. She had never seen them actually try something new, and not make faces about it. She had certainly never seen them just decide that they wanted to try something like that.
"I told you so," Kim told Faith.
Faith smiled at her friend. "That you did. We're going to have to get those kids together at meal times more often."
"Yeah," Kim laughed.
"I'm still surprised that he's actually eating that," Bosco commented.
"Joey's always tried almost anything you put in front of him," Kim told Bosco.
"I guess I'm just used to picky kids."
"Cause you hang you with so many other kids but mine," Faith laughed.
"I come from a pretty big extended family, I've been around kids before. Most of them won't eat any pasta that's not smothered in tomato sauce."
"I guess I'm just lucky then, cause Joey's never been a picky eater. This is really good, by the way."
"Yeah," Faith agreed. "I'm just a little disappointed I didn't know about your culinary skills sooner."
Bosco smiled. "I'm glad you both like it."
"Yeah, this is really good, you defiantly know how to cook. I'm pleasantly surprise," laughed Bobby. "Just don't forget to save room for Kim's dessert."
"I won't, I really want to try that, it looks amazing."
Kim laughed. "Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna be saving room for dessert. This is defiantly something I could make myself sick eating."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's just so good. But I think I'm done."
"Really? I think the kids ate more then you did," Faith commented.
"I really can't eat a lot at once. That's why I snack so much at work, and why I need those awful shakes. But I saved as much of my appetite as I could for tonight."
"Thank you for that then," Bosco laughed.
They all finished eating shortly after, and served desert. The kids all loved it, and Emily and Charlie didn't even noticed they were eating fruit.
After everything was put away Bosco started the first movie. Everyone had a great time, glad that Bosco had planned it.
After the first movie the kids had all fallen asleep, so they all decided it was time to go home. Bobby picked up Joey, to bring him to the car.
"I think we should be getting home," Kim said. "We should do this again sometime. See you later."
"Yeah, see you later," Bobby said, before leaving
"Bye!" called Faith and Bosco.
Faith woke up her two, who were still groggy.
"I'll see you tomorrow?" she asked Bosco.
"Of course, see you tomorrow Faith," he said. "See you next week kids."
They each gave him a hug, and said their goodbyes before following their mother out.
Bosco was pleased with how the evening had gone, and decided the may try it again.
tbc...
end notes: my cousins became festering balls of rage at about eleven so that's where i got emily being a bit of a snot from, hope it works, hope the boys work too, have no boy cousins that ages (they're all my age) so i can't really base that off anyone that i currently know, anyway hope you enjoyed stayed tuned, and pls leave a quick reivew ;)