May 21st , 2004

Week 26

Joey's birthday was coming up, but Kim had no idea what she was going to do for him What was she going to get him for a gift? She had no idea for that too. She would have gone out to Wal-Mart or the mall to look for it, but that would have been too much stress for her to handle.

She was getting bored with staying home so much. She wasn't used to that. Even with Joey she was bouncing all over the place, but that was almost eleven years ago. People age. She waddled into Kylie's room.

"Are you bored, baby?" She asked. Kylie nodded.

"Yeah. Can we go see Daddy?" She asked. Kim nodded as she smiled.

"Sure." Kim said, "Go get something nice on. We'll wow them." Kylie grinned and ran to her closet. She immediately pulled out her blue dress. Kim had bought her the other day.

"This one, Mommy?" She asked. Kim nodded as she grabbed a brush. Kylie immediately started to strip. She loved getting all dressed up for her daddy. Kylie pulled the blue dress on and looked at Kim, "My hair is gonna be nice now huh?" Kim chuckled.

"I'll brush it an put some gel into it if you want." She said as she waddled over to her daughter.

"Thank you." Kylie said softly. "Daddy is gonna be surprised."

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Carlos looked at the cards in his hand. he held back his smile.

"Okay, Let's see." Dave said. "I have a pair of tens."

"Shit. Pair of eights." jimmy cursed. "Nieto? What do you have?"

"A full house." Carlos snickered as he put the cards onto the table. The men groaned as he pulled the money towards him.

"Having fun sweetheart?" Kim asked as she hauled herself up the stairs.

"KIM!!" The men yelled, happy to see her. Kylie ran up to her father who was very surprised to see her.

"Don't I look nice?" She asked. Carlos nodded.

"You look gorgeous.' Carlos kissed Kylie's cheek. "You want to play with Daddy?" She nodded. Doc hugged Kim.

"You're getting big arrant you?" He chuckled. Kim stuck out her tongue.

"Thank you for pointing that out." Kim said, "it's not that obvious is it?" Doc rubbed his chin.

"Can I plead the fifth?" He asked. Kim nodded.

"Just this once." Kim winked an dlooked at Carlos. "You going to win us a new kitchen table?" Carlos nodded.

"I'm going to try." he said as he looked at the cards in his hand. Kylie smiled as she pointed to the cards.

"Daddy look. There's three girls." She said. Carlos gasped and put his hand over her mouth. All the men began to groan and fold. Carlos growled and threw his hand down.

"Thank you Kylie. I could have won." he said. Kylie frowned.

"I'm sorry, Daddy." She said.

"It's okay." Carlos said, "Let's go get you and Mommy something to eat." Kylie nodded as Carlos got up. He balanced his daughter on his hip as he went into the kitchen. "You want a sandwich, Kim?" She nodded as she sat down in front of the television. She looked at Jimmy.

"So you loose a lot of money?" She asked. jimmy shook his head.

"I have the child support check if that's what you mean." he said.

"That's not what I meant, but good." Kim said.

"I'll get it at the next commercial break." Jimmy said.

"You do know Carlos and I are getting married in July right?" She asked him. Jimmy nodded.

"I know." he said. Kim rolled her eyes. He was barely listening to him.

"I want you to come." She said. Finally, he looked away from he screen. he looked at his ex-wife oddly.

"you want me to come to your wedding?" he asked her.

"Yes. You're my friend." Kim said, "Will you come?" he was silent for a moment, but then nodded.

"If it's what you really want." Jimmy said. Kim nodded.

"it's what I really want." Kim said, "you wont have to give me a wedding present.' A small smile came across his face.

"That's always a plus." he said. Kim wrapped her arms around her belly. Her guest list was getting bigger and bigger by the moment. Her and Carlos' wedding would be too big by the time it actually rolled around. But who cared. You only get married once...Well, in Kim's case, twice.

June 2nd, 2004

Week 28

When warm weather came to New York, the crazies seemed to come out. Carlos would have given anything to be home with Kim, but here he was stuck in the bus with doc.

"Are you still going to med school, Carlos?" Doc asked.

"Why would you ask me that?" Carlos frowned. Doc chuckled.

"Because I never see you studying anymore and things are busy with the baby and the wedding." Doc said, "I was just curious."

"Well, I'm still going. I have to focus on passing my classes. okay It'll take me longer because I cut back in my classes, but I will still be a doctor." Carlos said, "I won't give up on my dream."

"Good. I think that's great." Doc said, "you should not ever have to give up on your dreams just because it's hard to achieve them at times."

"Thanks." Carlos smiled softly at him. He looked out the window as a bum jumped out in the front of the bus.

"Shit." Doc slammed on the brakes as the bus hit the bum. Carlos braced himself against the dashboard. "Oh God. See how he is." Carlos unbuckled and jumped out of the bus. He ran over to the bum

"Sir, can you hear me?" He gently tapped the man.

"Came out of nowhere." The bum mumbled. Carlos nodded.

"We need a c-collar, Doc!!!" Carlos cried as Doc ran up to the both of them. Carlos went back on to the radio, "55-Adam to central. Send another unit to the Forest Avenue call. We were involved in a MVA. Bus vs. Bum. We're on our ran to Mercy."

"On my count." Doc said, "One. Two. Three." They got the bum onto the gurney. Carlos pulled him into the bus. "I didn't even see him."
"It's all right. me either. He'll be fine." Carlos said closing the door, "Just get him to Mercy as fast as you can."

"I'll try." Doc mumbled. Boy did he feel bad about this.

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Carlos stood at the admit desk filling out the report. It was a boring report. Faith and Bosco walked up to him with Doc.

"So we got everything sorted out." Faith said, "Just need to get your side." Carlos nodded.

"We were just driving to another call and the bum came out in front of us. I didn't see him so I doubt Doc saw him either."

"That's all we need." Bosco said.

"Good." Carlos said.

"Let's get out of here and back on the road." Doc mumbled.

"Hey, Nieto, how is Kim doing with everything?" Faith asked. Carlos brightened up at the mere mention of her name.

"She's great." He said, "We're counting down the days until Sierra is here." Faith smiled.

"Sweet name, Nieto. Let me know when she finally pops." She said waving as she walked away with her partner.

"Come on, Nieto. I want to get out of here." Doc said.

"Are you all right?" Carlos frowned as they headed back to the bus. Doc ignored him. Carlos growled "Doc, are you okay?"

"I almost killed him." He said. Carlos shook his head.

"No you didn't. It was just an accident." Carlos said, "Patrick will be fine." Doc sighed and nodded.

"I know it's just you're the one who usually hits people when we're driving." A small smile came across Doc's face.

"Oh gee, You were just waiting to say that all day weren't you?" Carlos asked. Doc nodded with a laugh.

"Oh yes. I came up with it on the way to mercy." he winked.

"It's great to know that I'm loved." Carlos shook his head as he got into the bus. yes he wanted to go to medical school, but he loved this job. He loved working with Doc. It would be hard to leave once he did start school.

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