TITLE: Elementary Chaos Theory: Lesson 17: The Hat Trick?
AUTHOR: trista groulx (dustytiger)
DISCLAIMER: alex, jimmy, kim, bobby, bosco, yokas, sully, davis, DK, walsh, lombardo, carlos, doc, ect NOT MINE don't own 'em, it's unfortunate really, i'm just borrowing 'em, letting them play a little, and then returning them (reltivly) unharmed, still not working, so don't sue, all you'll get is my credit card debt and two bratty calico cats!
RATING: PG-13, T, TV14, if you can handle the show you can handle this, just adult situations and language warnings, nudity but it's fic you don't see anything unless you've got a graphic imagination!
CONTENT: so far... alex/jimmy sex, bobby/kim r, kim/bosco sex, bosco/jimmy feud, walsh/alex ust, jimmy/kim ust
SPOILERS: anything and everything up to a rock and hard place
SUMMARY: so who is going for the hat trick?
AUTHORS NOTES: oh you evil little rabbid rabbit of doom, why do you these things, a hat trick is of course a hockey reference meaning the third goal hehe
DEDICATION: to hockey, not nhl hockey cause it didn't do a damn this year, but to real hockey like the chl, ahl, and street hockey

Kim woke up that morning, feeling like shit. As soon as she sat up she felt sick, and ran to the bathroom. She flushed the toilet, then brushed her teeth.

She then went into the kitchen to make herself some toast for breakfast. Her stomach was doing flip flops, she had not felt this sick in a very long time. She drank a few glasses of water, and that seemed to help

She didn't even butter the toast, and after one piece she was in the bathroom again. She decided that she wouldn't try eating again for a while. She had a few more glasses of water, knowing better then to even try some of the apple juice she had in the fridge. Water wasn't making her sick, so she would stick to that.

Joey came out of his room a few minutes later, looking a little groggy. He was still in his pajamas, but this way he wouldn't have to change if he spilled any of his breakfast.

"How are you feeling this morning?" she asked him.

He rubbed his eyes. "I'm still tired," he replied.

"You can sleep later tomorrow, you don't have school."

He smiled. "Okay."

"Is it cause you're not feeling good?"

He shrugged. "No, I feel good."

She smiled at him, she had kind of hoped that he would tell her that he wasn't feeling well, and that his stomach hurt too. That way she could tell anyone who asked her that Joey was sick, and that's why her stomach was upset.

She pulled out a bowl, and poured Joey some fruit loops, and put some milk on them. He sat down at the table and began eating. She was glad that the smell of food wasn't making her sick, that was a good sign, she thought.

She still remembered how sick she was when she was pregnant with Joey. She actually lost weight during her first trimester cause she was having so much trouble eating. After that things got better, and she had not real complications.

"Mommy?" Joey asked, finishing up his breakfast.

"Yes, honey," she replied.

"Aren't you going to have breakfast?"

"I had some toast before you got up, sweetie."

"Oh, all right."

"Did daddy talk to you last night?"

"Yeah, about the babies."

"All right good. Did you have any more questions?"

"Yeah, what'll the babies be?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well Marc is my cousin, and Jon is my second cousin. What would the babies be?"

"They'd be your half brothers or half sisters," she explained.

"All right."

"You could call them your brother or sister, if you wanted to. But they are your half brother or sister because you'll have the same dad, but a different Mom."

"Okay," said Joey.

"Any other questions?"

"Is it the same when you and Bobby have a baby?"

"Can you stop saying when, please, honey."

"Well then IF you have a baby, will it be a half brother or sister too?"

"Yeah, it would be, but I don't think that'll be for a long time yet, all right. Anything else?"

"Is Daddy gonna get married again?"

"Why?"

"Cause you're supposed to be married to have kids."

"No he isn't going to get married again."

"So how can he have kids with them if they're not married?"

"I have to look into that all right?"

"All right."

"Now how about you go get dressed, and ready for school?"

"'Kay!"

He ran off into his room, and started to get ready for the day. Kim was not sure how she was going to explain to Joey how it was that two women who, neither of whom were Jimmy's new wife, were pregnant.

She also hoped that she was wrong, about the way she was feeling, and it was only a stomach bug that she had picked up at work. Her son really didn't need to learn how to explain to all of his friends in Catholic school how it is that he had three half siblings, and neither of his parents are married.

She was starting to think that the school was a bad idea, but she wasn't sure how to tell Jimmy that that was the way she felt. His parents were the ones paying for the school after all.

Joey came out of his room, dressed in a pair of jeans and bright red shirt. He had his backpack slung over one shoulder. When she asked him why he did that, he'd tell her that older kids were all doing it.

She didn't really care at that point, he didn't really carry enough it to hurt his back yet, anyway. She walked him downstairs to his bus, and waited until he got on, and the bus had pulled away before she went back to the apartment.

She sat down on the couch, and began to wonder why she was going to tell people if she was pregnant. She loved Bobby with all over her heart, and she knew that he would support her, and the baby fully, if it was his.

The problem was if she was pregnant the baby could just as easily be Bosco's and she wasn't sure how either man would react to that fact. Then there was the problem with Joey. He didn't even know who Bosco was, and would just assume that she was marring Bobby and having a baby with him.

She stated to feel like a horrible mother for her son. If she was, in fact, pregnant too, she would have to really explain to him where babies came from. She knew that she was going to have a very long day, with that on her mind.

It was not long before she had to go to work. She left her apartment, and took a taxi to work, cause it was raining. When she got there she was surprised that Bobby wasn't already there.

She went up to Doc, wondering what was going on, "where's Bobby today?" she asked him.

"He called in sick. Taylor's gonna take his shift."

"All right, he didn't happen to mention what was wrong with him did he?"

"I didn't take the call, I just got it on the post board. All it said was that he called in and said he was too sick to come in."

"All right."

Since they found out that Alex was pregnant she had not been on the squad, and had been picking medic shifts where they could fit her in. Kim went upstairs, and Alex was already changing.

"So I get to work with you today," Alex said.

"Yup," Kim replied, smiling.

She was actually kind of glad that she was working with Alex that day. She hoped to be able to find out what was wrong with Bobby, to see if maybe his stomach was bothering him too.

She knew that if he was sick that he'd probably end up at his mother's or she'd end up there, and she wouldn't let him have any calls. She still liked to baby him when he was sick.

She got changed, and then followed Alex down to the bus they were going to be riding that day. They did the clean up and checks together, which was a nice change from taking turns.

They got into the rig, and started off for the day.

"I'm kind of glad that Bobby didn't come in," Kim said.

"Oh, trouble in paradise?"

"I hope not, I don't think so," Kim replied.

"Why then?"

"Just needed to talk to you without him being around."

"Girl talk?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, kind of."

"What's up?"

"I think I might possibly be pregnant."

"You too? Yikes, there has to be something in the water around here!" Alex laughed.

"The thing is, I'm not sure. I didn't have time to do go the drugstore, and do a test."

"So what makes you think you're pregnant?"

"I'm late for one thing."

"Well, that doesn't necessarily mean that you're pregnant."

"Normally you could make a calendar around me," Kim explained.

"All right, but stress, and stuff can knock that out of whack you know that. And I'm sure this Jimmy having two women pregnant and trying to explain this to your son has been pretty stressful."

"True enough. But I can't stomach anything. I couldn't even have dry toast this morning. All I've had is water."

"That could be a cold."

"I know, but when I was pregnant with Joey I couldn't keep anything down."

"Really? Cause I've heard all this crap about morning sickness, and I've been thinking what are they talking about. I've been sick maybe once."

"Lucky you. When I pregnant with Joey I actually lost weight in the first trimester, I was that sick. The only thing I could drink was water, and I could occasionally stomach chicken broth."

"Yikes, that had to have sucked."

"Just a lot."

"The only upside is they let you work till you start showing, then you get bumped down to glorified janitor, who can handle an emergency walk in, if everyone's out."

Alex nodded. "I guess that's a good thing."

"So what's the big deal if you are pregnant anyway?"

"I wouldn't know who's it was."

"Are you serious?"

"Totally, one night I was with Bosco, two nights later I was with Bobby."

"Kim!"

"I know, the thing is I love Bobby, with all my heart. And Joey at least knows him, so that would be less confusing for him. But, could you imagine the poor kid having three half siblings within two months of each other."

"Poor kid."

"I have no idea how to explain this to him."

"Stop worrying about that until you know for sure what your current condition is."

"I know, but still. I'm just worried about this."

"That's understandable. What did you tell him about the two on the way?"

"I haven't figured that out either." She shook her head. "I am thinking about putting him into public school."

"Why?"

"Cause I don't want to have to explain the whole situation to the sisters at the Catholic school. Yes, Sister, that's right Joseph is not just telling tales, he really does have a baby brother and baby sister that are only one month apart in age. How did that happen? Oh, well you see, his father can't keep it in his pants, and managed to get to women who weren't his second wife pregnant. I don't think so!"

Alex laughed. "I could see how that could be difficult to deal with."

"Yeah. And then if I end up pregnant too. The poor kid'll probably get run out of school for being so un-Catholic. Can you imagine, that's right, sister, I'm not really sure who the father is, it can be one of two men."

"Aren't you a good Catholic family." Alex laughed.

"They knew we weren't as soon as they started teaching them that divorce was a sin, and that I was going to hell."

"Really?"

"Yeah, last year, Joey kept asking me if Jimmy was coming, and if we were getting married again. I finally sat him down and asked why he suddenly wanted us to be married again when he knew how much we used to fight. He told me that it's cause divorce was a sin, and he was afraid I'd go to hell."

"So why's he still there?"

"We don't really want him in public school, but since Jimmy's parents are paying for the private school, they pick where he goes. Plus, I don't want to pull him out of school , and away from all his friends for no reason."

"That makes sense. So are you going to tell Bobby what you're thinking about being pregnant?"

"Not if the pregnancy test comes up negative."

"Think he'd be mad?"

"No, we weren't seeing each other when I slept with Bosco. If it was his he'd probably go crazy buying stuff for the baby."

Alex laughed. "That's really sweet."

"That's Bobby."

"I picked the wrong guy."

Kim laughed. "Maybe. It could be worse, at least you know who the father is."

"I guess so."

"I mean here I was complaining about Jimmy getting two people pregnant, and now I might have a kid that I don't know who the father is. As much as I complain about him needing to keep in his pants. I can't really talk. I need to learn to keep my damn legs closed."

"It's not the same thing at all though. You weren't married to anyone else at the time, were you?"

Kim nodded. "I guess you're right."

Alex smiled at her friend. "I am right, stop stressing, you don't know for sure about it. And if it turns out to be a bad burrito from last night, I'll take this to the grave."

Kim smiled at her friend, and if it wasn't for the fact that she was driving she would have hugged her.

"Thank you so much, I appreciate it."

The radio crackled that they had a call, and soon they were racing toward the scene.

tbc... and next we have lesson 18; seeing red

end notes; yes, i realise that the hat trick refernce is a tad flawed cause the same person has to score the goals, but hey it was more to be a tease then anything else, well tell me what you think, hugz and kissez trista