December 15th, 2002

Carlos tapped his pencil against the dashboard. Doc glanced over at him. He started to bop his head. Doc chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Carlos asked.

"Your rhythm." Doc smiled. Carlos shot him a look. Doc had no rhythm either so he couldn't talk.

"What do you think of Kim?" Carlos asked. Doc chuckled.

"She doesn't want you. She doesn't admire you so don't think about Kim." Doc said. Carlos growled. Doc sighed at his partner. "I like her. She one of my best friends here. Why do you ask?"

"I've just been um…thinking about her a lot lately." Carlos said.

"Uh oh." Doc chuckled as he parked the bus, "Don't even think about her like that. She's totally out of your league."

"She is not." Carlos hissed as he jumped out of the bus. He slammed the door. Doc growled as he jumped out himself.

"You can't think she is reachable for you." Doc said.

"You know what old man, just shut up! I never said I wanted to date her or anything. I just asked how you felt about her!"

"So you can sleep with her." Doc said. All the men in the station stood on the steps watching this small quarrel.

"NO!" Carlos yelled, "I just don't want to bed her and street her."

"Then what do you want, Carlos? You can't expect me to think you are actually having feelings for her. That's not you. You can't have feelings for women. You just have feelings for what's between their legs." Carlos looked at Doc hurt.

"I can't believe you." Carlos said. Kim emerged from the crowd.

"Oh come on, Carlos. Kim is too good for you." Doc laughed.

"I thought you were my friend." Carlos said as he pushed past the crowd. Was that what everyone thought of him?

"Doc…" Kim said. Doc turned to look at him. "Did you see the look on his face?" Doc shook his head.

"Oh come on, Kim. It's Carlos." Doc laughed.

"I can't believe you." She said, "I thought you were better than that. You really shouldn't have said those things." Kim shook her head and walked up the stairs, pushing past all the gawkers. "Carlos?"

"He's upstairs." DK said pouring himself some coffee.

"Thanks." She took the stairs to the bunks. Carlos was sitting on his bed with his face in his hands, "What started that down there?"

"I just…I just asked Doc what he thought of you and he went off on me about trying to get into your pants." He mumbled.

"Well, he was in the wrong." She walked up to him. Carlos shook his head; "I'm not out of your league, Carlos."

"Sure you are. What was I thinking? You're Kim. I'm not your type." Carlos said, "I was stupid to think you'd like me." Kim chuckled as she walked up close to him.

"Carlos, I just said you weren't out of my league." She said. Carlos looked up at her. Her breasts are very close to my face, Carlos thought.

"Does that mean you'd go out on a date with me?" Carlos asked.

"I didn't say that now did I?" Kim chuckled. Carlos sighed, "Listen to yourself, not anyone else, Carlos. Why do you want to go out on a date with me?" Carlos look around him to make sure no men were there.

"Because when I was talking about Kylie you didn't look at me like I shouldn't have feelings for her. You looked at me like a parent…I guess…" Carlos shrugged, "And you're smart and hot."

"Hot." Kim chuckled softly. "You have every right to love Kylie. She's your daughter and anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot." Carlos sighed looking up at her.

"You know what?" He said.

"What?"

"Your breasts are in my face." Carlos smiled. Kim laughed loudly.

"There's the Carlos we all know." Kim smiled. Carlos' smile faded.

"I don't want to be the Carlos everyone thinks I am." He said, "I do have other layers." Kim nodded.

"We all have layers, Carlos. Will you let me see some of them?" She asked. Carlos smirked and nodded.

"Yeah…As long as you don't tell the others." He said. Kim shook her head as she touched his cheek.

"I won't. Are you feeling better?" She asked him. You're touching my face of course I'm feeling better. I'm a man. Carlos nodded.

"Yeah. Thank you for sticking up for me." He said.

"I'll do it again if Doc steps over his bounds." Kim said. Her thumb stroked his cheek. Carlos' eyes couldn't help but to travel over her breasts. Even in the uniform, she looked nice. Kim smiled as she watched his eyes. It was sort of nice to have a man look at her like that.

"Thanks." Carlos said as all units were being called to a car accident. Kim sighed and pulled away from him. "Duty calls." Carlos chuckled as he stood up and headed for the stairs.

"It can wait a second." Kim said walking up to him, "I want to kiss you." Carlos grinned looking her up and down.

"You want to kiss me?" He asked. Kim chuckled.

"Get over here." Kim smiled. Carlos stared at her as he took one step towards her, closing the space between them. Kim leaned over and placed her lips upon his. He was the perfect height for her. Carlos slid his hand behind her head pulling her lips even closer. Kim's skin grew flushed. She never thought Carlos could kiss like this. Hell, she never imagined how Carlos kissed before. Doc stood at the top of the stairs. He cleared his throat.

"We need to go." He said. Carlos pulled away from Kim and nodded.

"I'm coming." He flashed Kim a grin and headed for the stairs. Doc gave Kim a disapproving look as he went downstairs. Kim sighed, grabbing her jacket. She could care less what Doc thought. It was just a kiss and nothing more.

December 29th, 2002

Okay so she couldn't stop thinking about the kiss. It was a damn good kiss. It had been awhile since she had been kissed like that. It had sort of been awkward at work though. Doc was the only one who knew they had kissed and he didn't let them forget that.

"Do you want Joey tonight or tomorrow night?" Jimmy asked taking his shirt off. Kim shrugged.

"Whenever you want." She said. Jimmy nodded.

"I was thinking about taking him ice skating after work today."

"He'd like that." Kim smiled as her bus was called out onto a scene. "See ya." Kim ran down the stairs, almost running into Carlos. She flashed him a smile and ran to her bus, "What do we have?"

"Woman in labour." Alex said. Kim nodded.

"Sounds easy enough." She said. Alex chuckled.

"Yeah. Giving birth. It's an easy thing." Alex smiled as she drove. "So tell me, what has been going on in that little head of yours."

"What do you mean?" Kim said looking at her partner.

"You've been really quiet lately and that's totally not like you." Alex said, "Did something happen over Christmas? Something with Jimmy?" Kim smiled with amusement.

"Promise me you won't freak out." She said. Alex laughed.

"I hate sentences that start out like that." She said, "Go ahead."

"I kissed someone." Kim said. Alex glanced at her.

"You kissed someone?" She smiled, "Was it Jimmy?"

"No it wasn't Jimmy." Kim shook her head; "It was um…a paramedic." Alex narrowed her eyes.

"Who?" She asked.

"Nieto." Kim said. Alex's eyes widened.

"Oh my god!! You didn't!" Alex cried, "He's a little perv!"

"No he-….Okay, he is, but there's a lot more going for him." Kim said with a chuckled, "it was such a nice kiss and we connected. I can talk to him."

"Are you sure he's just not trying to get in your pants?" She asked.

"Why is everyone asking that?" Kim frowned.

"Because it's Carlos." Alex said. Kim shok her head, "If this is a relationship you want to pursue then go for it."

"Oh I don't know…. A relationship? I never even thought about it." Kim said, "Don't think he's that type."

"Have you asked?" Alex asked her. Kim shook her head.

"No. I'm not ready or a relationship yet." Kim said. Alex growled.

"Yes you are. You haven't been in a stable relationship forever." She said, "You need to have some kind of relations."

"Relations." Kim laughed as the bus stopped. "You sound like my mother."

"Well, it's been a long time hasn't it?" Alex asked. Kim grabbed the bag and nodded.

"Too long, but this conversation is over." Kim smiled as they rushed into the home.

* * *

Ty scratched his stomach as he settled at the kitchen table. He wanted to curl up on the couch with a beer and watch the game, but Sully was sound asleep. He sighed deeply as someone knocked on the door. Ty jumped up and went to the door.

"Kim…" He looked at her oddly. She smiled at him.

"Nice to see you too." Kim chuckled, "Is Carlos here?"

"Yeah. He's watching TV in his room." Ty said letting Kim in, "It's that door right there."

"Thanks." Kim went to Carlos' bedroom and knocked softly.

"Go away, Davis." He said. Kim chuckled and walked in.

"You sure you want me to go away?" She asked. Carlos sat up in bed and shut the television on.

"Kim!" he ran his hand through his hair, "What are you doing here?" Kim shut the door behind her and locked it.

"I wanted to come talk with you." She said taking her jacket off. Carlos cleared his throat.

"What about?" He asked watching her.

"The kiss." Kim said, "I haven't really been able to stop thinking about it." Carlos nodded.

"M-Me either." He mumbled as she walked up to his bed, "Ah…is this a booty call?" Kim smiled.

"Would you like it to be?" She asked. Carlos nodded.

"Oh yes." He smiled.

"All right." She said pushing him back against the bed. Kim's actions startled both of them, but neither was complaining. Sex, regardless of who it was, was great. But having sex with each other was amazing. Neither of them had expected to be calling out each other's names in pure ecstasy two times that night.