AN: Alright, I decided to go with this little scene from Kim's POV. When I write stories, I usually get a bunch of little snippets and I actually got this one from Kim's experience pretty early. I had already decided to do the whole story from Adam's POV, but I will occasionally get scenes in my mind from Kim's POV that I will talk about in the story or infer through conversations that Adam has or that he observes. In this case, He walked in on the aftermath of this scene. So basically, this scene occurred prior to the present scene from the last chapter. I might give you other little out takes from Kim as I go along if I feel that they are relevant or fun. Hope you enjoy this. It doesn't really affect the story, but it might give you a little insight into something that Adam is over looking.


I was making my way up to Atwater's house as quickly as I could. He had said that he had gotten called into work and needed me to babysit since his Mom had the late shift at work. I'd done this before so many times that it didn't even cross my mind to ask questions. I just got moving to help out in any way I could. I knew how hard everyone in Intelligence worked and if they needed Kevin then I would make his and his mother's life easier. Honestly, I was looking forward to it. Gave me something else to focus my attention on and his sister and brothers were always super easy.

I rang the doorbell without hesitation and Kevin answered immediately. I could hear the boys laughing at something as I followed Kevin into the living room. When I finally made my way around Kevin's huge back, I saw what they were laughing at. Kevin's sister was making funny faces at tiny Isabelle and I guess her laugh was infectious for the boys. Honestly, her laugh was absolutely the sweetest sound.

It was a second later when Kevin picked her up and then placed her in my arms that reality hit.

"Wait. Kevin? Does Adam know that I am going to be watching her?"

"Don't worry about it. I told him I had back up if I got called in. He'll be fine with it."

"He doesn't know that I am the backup, does he? Kev, don't you think you should tell him?"

"Nope. Have a good night."

Kevin was gone. Out the door before I could even take a breath. I kept staring at that door for a bit and I could vaguely hear the boys talking about what movies they wanted to watch. I finally looked to Isabelle whose eyes were now studying my face like I was the most interesting thing. I was truly wondering if I could do this. Watch Adam's daughter. The daughter that I knew had become his whole world. That's when Isabelle did the one thing that was guaranteed to melt my heart. She tilted her head to the side and looked up at me from under those long eyelashes and she smiled. Not just any smile. That was Adam's smile. His coy "You know you love me" smile. I was toast.

"Oh you've already learned that from your daddy. That is so not fair."

The smile only got bigger at that point and she nuzzled herself right into my neck. I looked to Kevin's little sister, "Is she like this with everyone?"

"Kind of. Took her a bit to warm up to me, but she loves Momma and the boys."

"Ok, well. Have you guys picked a movie? You've eaten, right?"

There was a chorus of yeses and I was able to settle down on the couch with Isabelle to enjoy the night.