Author: Kate Anderson
Email: [email protected]
Disclaimer: The characters used in this story aren't mine. They belong to Ed Bernero and bunch of other people that I don't know. Please don't sue - or else I will sic my rat on you! Go get 'em Maisy!
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Up through Season four's "Firestarter"
Summary: Can Ty and Alex give it another shot?
Author's Notes: I've been writing TW fanfic for a couple months now, but this is my first try at something that isn't Bosco/Faith!
I'm a little unsure of writing these other characters - so forgive me if this stinks. Any and all feedback is eagerly welcomed!
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Ty straightened his jacket and waited impatiently by the car for Chief Hancock. He looked down and scuffed his shoes around on the ground for a while, not caring that the shiny blackness was now marred with dirt. If Hancock noticed, Ty wouldn't care. He couldn't always be perfect.
Hancock was talking with some other members of the police brass on a street corner. Ty was standing on the other side of the road so he couldn't hear the conversation but he could see them wildly waving their arms about. They were having quite an animated conversation.
"Hey Ty."
Ty looked up at the sound of a familiar voice. He saw Alex standing a few feet away, clutching a few bags in her hands.
"Hey." Ty replied, not quite sure what else to say.
"I heard you got a new assignment." Alex said. "Spiffy clothes part of the job?"
Ty tugged on his dress jacket. "Yeah, gotta look good when you're escorting a police chief around town. How are you doing?"
Alex sort of nodded. "Can't complain. It's good to be out of that hospital. Thanks for the flowers you sent by the way, that was sweet."
"Yeah, sorry I couldn't stop by. With what happened with Sully and then this assignment..." Ty's voice trailed off.
"Kim told me what happened to Sully's wife. That's terrible! How's he taking it?"
"He's been staying with Carlos and I. He spends most of his days sleeping and drinking. He's supposed to be going to counselling, but I think he's skipping out on the sessions."
Alex turned her head and looked at the group of men across the street. "Which one is yours?" she asked with a slight nod of her head.
"That one, on the right." Ty replied.
"He looks...friendly."
Ty chuckled. "That's one word that I would never use to describe him. So, are you back at work yet?"
"Tomorrow will be my first day back. I'm going to be working with Kim again." Alex looked a little unsure as she said that. "I just needed to relax today, so I decided to try going shopping."
Ty scuffed his shoes in the dirt a few more times. "We should have coffee sometime." he said, looking at Alex. "You know, catch up on old times. I feel like I hardly ever see you anymore."
"That's probably because you never do." Alex replied. Her palms were starting to feel sweaty so she shifted her bags around a bit.
The group of police brass across the street looked as though they were almost through with their conversation. "So, coffee sometime?" Ty asked again.
"Yeah sure." Alex said quickly. She glanced across the street and saw the older gentlemen that Ty had pointed as being his heading towards them. "I should get going. I'll um, give you a call, okay?"
Ty nodded and watched as Alex took off down the street. Chief Hancock approached Ty and gave him a disapproving look. "That your girlfriend Davis?" he asked.
"No, just a friend." Ty replied and opened the door for Hancock.
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"And he invited you out for coffee?" Kim threw her bags into the back of the ambulance and gave her friend a look as she slammed the doors shut.
"Yeah, said he wanted to catch up."
Kim laughed. "Sounds like he wants to do more than just catch up Alex! You gonna go for it?"
"I told him that I'd call him."
Kim glanced across the street at the police station. "He's a sweet guy Alex, you could do worse. Why did you two ever break up in the first place?"
"Because he dropped my hand when his mother walked into the room! Do you how embarrassing that was? He didn't even want his own mother to know that we were involved."
Kim frowned. "Right, I remember you telling me about that now. You wanna drive?"
"No, you can drive." Alex opened the door to the passenger's side and hopped into the seat. "I just don't know if I can get back together with the guy after he did that."
Kim shot Alex another look. "Come on Alex, it's not like he slept with another woman or anything. So, he's still a bit insecure when it comes to his mom, does that really matter?"
"It matters to me." Alex replied. "But I'll still call him. Maybe he isn't even interested in getting back together. Maybe he's just looking for a friend right now."
Kim pulled the ambulance out onto the road. "What's the address for that call again?" Alex told her the address and then Kim said, "He's been through a lot lately, with Sully. I guess you could be right."
"Exactly." Alex said and then turned her head to gaze out the window.
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Ty sat facing Sully at the kitchen table. Sully rubbed his face, which was covered with stubble and yawned. "You slept all day, how could you still be tired?" Ty asked.
Sully shrugged but didn't say anything. Ty frowned, he was hoping to get Sully to talk. He decided to try something else, a different topic. "So, I ran into Alex yesterday."
"Taylor?" Sully finally said something.
Ty nodded. "The one and the only."
"How's she doing? She back at work yet?" At least Sully seemed a bit concerned about Alex.
"Today's supposed to be her first day back. She's riding in the bus with Kim again. I don't know if that's permanent or just until she feels up to running into burning buildings again."
Sully stood up and wandered over to the fridge. He threw the door opened and looked inside. "We're out of beer." he said.
"Carlos finished it off last night." Ty replied. "I haven't had a chance to pick up more yet."
"I hate that kid." Sully grumbled and headed out to the living room where he lay back down on the sofa bed.
"Don't you even want to know how it went with Alex?" Ty called out. He stood up and followed Sully.
"Did she throw you up against a wall, kiss you passionately and beg for forgiveness?"
"Not quite. I invited her for coffee, she said she'd call me. Probably wanted to talk it over with Kim first or something, knowing women."
"Good for you." Sully replied, burying his head in a pillow.
"I gotta go to work now." Ty said, looking at the clock on the VCR. "You need me to pick you up anything Sul?"
"More beer would be good." Sully pulled the blanket up over himself. "If you see Carlos, tell him not to make so much noise when he comes home tonight."
"Will do." Ty sighed and went into the bathroom to shave and get himself ready for work.