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Bosco wasn't back in his room yet so Charlie put his bag on the bed and decided to go get something to eat real fast. Faith sat in the room and just thought about the past day and a half. It all seemed so surreal to her. "So now what? Where do we go from here" she said softly into the empty room as if Bosco were there "Will you even want to continue to talk? Did you even want me to come here yesterday?" she felt stupid sitting in a room alone, talking to herself. But she didn't care; she had so much going through her head, that talking out loud was the only way to slow her thoughts down. She was startled by a man's voice she recognized but wasn't very familiar with, she turned towards the door quickly as he started to speak.

"Faith, I know for a fact he wanted you here." He said in a soft voice, almost a whisper.

"Oh Matt. C'mon, I know that you're just saying that because you want me to feel better. There is no way you could've known what he wanted." She paused and then a slight smile came across her face "there is no way ANYONE could ever know what Bosco wants. I don't even think he knows what he wants half of the time" Matt smiled at her as he came further into the room and sat on the bed.

"Well, I guess you are right about one thing." He looked down trying to convince her that he was just trying to make her feel better "I don't know What Bosco wants. But I do know that when I got to him after he got shot, I was telling him to hold on and stay with me, while I tried to see where he was hit exactly. The only thing he said before he passed out was your name." he looked back up at her. Now with a smile on his face he continued "So you tell me, if he didn't want you here why would he say your name? I don't look like you, so there is no mistaking me for you." He laughed a little. "Faith, just accept the fact that this is right. All of this is right. I may not know what happened between you two exactly, but whatever it was, obviously wasn't enough to keep you away from here and wasn't enough to keep him away from your family. So please. Stop questioning it; let whatever is going to happen, happen."

"H-He said MY name? Wow. I guess you are right Matt. Thanks." She looked up at the young officer with a smile and a tear in her eye. "So, how has he been? Ya know, like in general. Most people would say that you are a crazy man, riding with Bosco every day." They both laughed for a moment, they both knew it was true.

"Yeah, I mean he has his moments. But when he first transferred, everyone said he was a wild man. I became his partner two years ago. He wasn't very happy about it at first. He complained about it all the time, then a few months later he just stopped. It was weird, I was getting used to it and he told me the reason he stopped was because I reminded him of how he used to be." He shook his head as he was remembering his first few months on the job "I never really understood what he meant until Emily started to tell me stories about you two. But now, it really clicks. I see exactly what he means by it."

"Bosco, liking a rookie? That is unheard of!" She said sarcastically "So are you telling me that Bosco has calmed down?" she looked at him with a shocked look.

"According to everyone at the department, he is a hell of a lot calmer than he used to be."

"Hmm. That is strange, I would've never guessed that he would've calmed down." She sat there for a minute just thinking about what Matt had said. 'Bosco calmed down?' she kept thinking to herself as she heard a knock on the door, she turned around immediately and seen Doctor Roberts. He came in the room, but he was alone. Faith started to panic, naturally. "Hey Doc, Where is Bosco? Is everything alright?" she asked quickly

"Yes everything is fine. But since we already had him on the transfer bed, I just had him sent to a more permanent room. One that has a TV." He laughed "I heard he was quite disappointed that he didn't have one last night"

"Yes he was. He even asked the nurse to bring him one in at 2am!"

"Well he has been up there for a while now. I just got the chance to come down here and collect his belongings, but since you two are here, would you mind just taking them to him?"

"Yeah Doc" Matt said jumping off the bed and walked towards the doctor "it won't be a problem. But can you tell us where he is exactly?"

"Ahhh yes. I am truly sorry. I completely forgot. Officer Boscorelli is on floor 5 in the west wing. Room 8"

"Thank you very much." Faith and Matt said at the same time. Matt shook his hand and the doctor left the room "So we've just been sitting here for all this time and this isn't even his room anymore? You'da thought a nurse woulda came in here or something." He chuckled a bit and they both gathered their belongings as well as Bosco's.

"Yeah I know right! Well at least we got to talk a little bit. We haven't had much time to actually talk. Besides yesterday, but that was kinda all pep talk."

"Yeah, Maybe we can talk again some other time. I enjoyed it." He smiled at her slightly, trying not to seem like he was coming on to her. He knew that Bosco would kill him in a second if he even thought Matt looked at Faith weird.

"Yea, I'd like that Matt. You're a nice guy." They both left the room and started to head towards the elevators. "Oh man. I forgot that Charlie went to the cafeteria to get something to eat. You can just go up and I'll go find him"

"Well, how about we go get him together then we all go up. I haven't seen Charlie in awhile and I could use a drink."

"Okay." They turned around and headed down the hallway. "Déjà vu." Faith said as they walked by Bosco's former room, they both laughed. They finally made it down to the cafeteria and seen Charlie sitting at a table eating his lunch.

"Go ahead and sit with him, I'm gunna grab a drink then I'll be over" Faith nodded her head and Matt turned and headed toward the line. He turned around again and shouted to faith, which was almost at the table with Charlie. "Do you want anything?"

Faith turned around and started to walk towards him again so she too didn't have to yell. She blushed as everyone in the room watched her. "Actually, yeah, can you grab me a mountain dew and some fries?" she reached in her purse to give him money and he shook his head.

"I got it Faith. Its Three dollars, not a big deal." He laughed as he turned back to stand in line.

"Thanks Matt." Faith went over to sit with Charlie. She noticed that he barely ate anything off his plate and he has been down here for over an hour. "Hey Charlie, What's wrong?"

"Mom!" He said surprised. He had his headphones on and didn't hear matt yell to her before. "Sorry, I didn't even see you come in. What are you doing here?"

"Matt and I were waiting in Bosco's room for him to get back from his tests. The doctor came in to get his stuff and told us he was moved to another room awhile ago. We were sitting there for an hour thinking he was coming back" she laughed as she looked at his uneaten food. "So we figured we would come find you so we could all go up together. But by the looks of things,
you are not ready to go anywhere yet." She gestured towards his plate.

"Yeah, well I just figured that I would give you two a little time to talk. So I've just been picking at my food. "

"Well thank you Charlie, but I'm sure he would like to see you too. Bosco and I will talk later on if he wants to. So start eating, Matt is bringing me some fries over and after we are finished, we are gunna go see Bos together. Alright?"

"Alright." He said with a sad look. "I just want you two to be okay mom. I want everything to be back to how it was before."

"I know. I do too." She said with a smile as Matt made his way towards them. "Charlie, If Bosco wants to work on making things be how they used to be, it's going to take awhile. It's not going to happen overnight. But I am willing to work on it as much as I have to. But for now, let's just focus on helping him get better. We can talk more later on if you want, but Matt is coming and he is excited to see you again." Just as she got finished, Matt was at the table. He put Faiths drink and fries down and sat across from her and Charlie. "Thank you Matt. Are you sure I can't give you money for this?"

"You're welcome Faith." He shook his head and ignored the question "Hey Charlie, How ya been man? I haven't seen you in forever!" He said in complete joy. Both of their faces lit up like they were long lost best friends that haven't seen each other in years.

"I'm good Matt. Ya know, minus the fact that Dad is hurt and everything." Faith smiled when Charlie referred to Bosco as Dad. "How about you, you stayin out of trouble?" They all laughed. Charlie was so grown up now. Faith couldn't believe it; she had never seen him talking to someone the way he and Matt were talking now. She'd only seen him at home really. They all sat and talked for awhile until faith and Charlie finished eating, then they were finally headed up to Bosco's room.


Bosco had just gotten done with all of his tests and Doctor Roberts was taking him back to his room when he had woken up.

"Maurice, I heard that you wanted a TV in your room?"

"Ughhhh, yeah." He yawned; he was still a bit groggy from just waking up. "Yeah Doc, that'd be nice. Unless you wanna just let me go home so I can watch my TV?" the doctor laughed at how persistent Bosco was about being discharged.

"How about we get you into a more permanent room? One with a TV, you are going to be here for quite some time." Bosco wasn't pleased with the fact that he was going to have to stay at the hospital for awhile, but a TV would lessen his boredom.

"Yeah. Whatever. How long do I gotta be here for? I feel perfectly fine!"

"We will see about that when the tests come back and when I get you fitted for that brace, and then I can give you an answer. But even if the tests come back and say that you are perfectly fine and the brace works, I will have to keep you for another 24 hours." The doctor could see right through Bosco's tough exterior. He knew he wasn't okay; he just didn't want to be there. But he played along with him.

"What!" Bosco almost yelled at the doctor. "Another 24 hours even if I'm fine? That's just stupid if you ask me."

"Well its hospital procedure. I can keep you here longer. If you'd like?"

"NO! I want outta here as soon as possible! I'm probably getting sicker just by being here." He stated with a sour look on his face. "All these sick people here, I'm healthy and I gotta stay here with them. You want me to get sick so I can stay here, don't you?"

"Yes. You caught me. That's exactly what I want. I'd love to have another patient hassle me all day long." The doctor couldn't believe how adamant he was on leaving. "If you want, I can take you back down stairs to your old room, the one without the TV." Bosco quickly stopped complaining. He knew that if he had to stay another night without some type of noise besides the heart monitors and the nurses walking by talking, he would go crazy. "That's what I thought Maurice. Now I'm going to get you set up in this room and then I have to go check on a few of my other patients and see if your tests came back. Then I will go down to the other room and gather your belongings, unless you need something out of there right now, I can have a nurse bring them up. I will also advise the nurses' station that you have been moved so if you have any visitors they can come to the right room."

"Alright, thanks Doc. No I don't need anything from there right now." He suddenly remembered that Charlie and Faith were supposed to come see him and a large smile grew on his face. "Just make sure you tell the nurses' station I'm here first. Faith is supposed to come back."

"I will. Don't worry about it. I'll see you in a few hours to fit you for the brace Maurice. Try and relax a little that's the only way your body will recover, and you will be outta here sooner than later." He knew that if he added that last part in that Bosco might consider relaxing. He hoped.

"Alright Doc, I'll try. Oh and uhh thanks for putting me in a room with a TV." He said with a smirk as the doctor nodded his head and left the room. Bosco turned on the TV almost immediately, he started to flip through the channels until he found something to watch "this has to be the worst cable in the world, there is seriously only like 25 channels" he said out loud as he grew irritated. He finally found a channel he actually liked, ESPN. He laid there for about twenty minutes watching highlights from last night's games, he glanced over at the clock and it was already two. He thought that Faith would've already been there by now or at least Charlie. He turned back and started watching the TV when he heard a knock at the door. A sudden feeling of relief came over him. He couldn't stand being there, let alone being there by himself.

"Hey Dad. How ya feelin?" she noticed that he was alone "Mom and Charlie come by yet?"

"Well now that you are here, I'm feeling a lot better. I was starting to feel like a caged animal that's in isolation." He frowned slightly "No, they aren't here. I was hoping you would be with them."

"Well mom had to run to work and do some stuff there and Charlie was going to pick her up after. Maybe she just got busy; they'll be here soon though." She noted his sad expression "I'm sure you'll be outta here soon enough. That is, as long as you aren't giving the nurses too much trouble."

"C'mon Em, you think I'd give them trouble? It's not like they are sticking me with needles every two hours or waking me up as soon as I fall asleep or keeping me here against my own will." They both laughed at his sarcastic humor

"I'm serious. I don't want you to be in here longer than you already have to. I miss coming over and hanging out with you." She said with a slight frown that Bosco immediately caught before she turned to hide it. Something was wrong; he just needed to find out what. Emily wasn't the type of person that you could just immediately ask her what the problem was because she would make something up. He knew he would have to ease his way into this one.

"Em." He reached over and put his hand over hers. "I'll be outta here in no time. And until I am, you can come and hangout with me here." He said trying to encourage her to stay and keep him company.

"Yeah I know. It's just… just not the same as being at your house and hanging out. There are all these people around, it's like there is never any privacy, like we are being watched or something weird. I feel like everyone can hear what we talk about."

"Tell me about it. I hate it here." He looked around in disgust "But no one can hear what we say unless they are in the room with us or we are yelling at each other. And the If you want, you can pull the blinds on the window so no one can see in here. I was actually thinking about having the nurse do that anyway, I think it's pretty creepy having that big window looking out into the hall way." He shook his head as they both gave a little chuckle. Emily also thought the window was very strange. "So ya see Em, it can be like we are at home, we can talk about whatever you want and no one can see you or hear what is said." Bosco was trying to get her to open up to him. He knew that the room was nothing like being at his house, but he was starting to worry about what was weighing on her mind so much.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." She got up and closed the blinds. "Can I lock the door too, so no one just comes barging in here?"

"Yeah, you can do whatever will make you feel more comfortable." He forced a smile as he watched the troubled girl fiddle around the room.

"It would make me feel more comfortable if I could take you back home. I guess this will just have to do." She tried to smile at him but couldn't force the frown away.

"Emily." He said in a firm but concerned voice "Will you please tell me what's going on?" he almost pleaded with her. She could see that he was concerned; she didn't want to cause him anymore trouble than he already had but she always talked to him about everything. He always helped her through all the rough times she had in life. She just felt selfish talking about her problems while he was laying in a hospital bed unable to do anything for himself.

"Dad, I don't know. I don't want you to worry about me, you already have so much to worry about." She said sadly

"Em, I always worry about you. If you don't tell me, it's going to concern me even more." He patted the bed next to him, gesturing her to sit down. She sat on the bed and faced him and let out a huge sigh "Spill it kiddo."

"Alright, it's not just one thing. It's a whole bunch of things put together." She looked down at him and he nodded, telling her to continue. "Okay the first thing is Mike. We went to lunch before I came here, I was going to have him come in with me but I knew I just needed to spend time with you and talk about stuff. I really like him and we have been going out for awhile, I just don't think that he feels the way I do. It frustrates me. He's not the kind of guy that shows a lot of emotion. You would think I could read him by now, but I can't. It's impossible. Don't get me wrong, he is cute with me and doesn't treat me like I'm just a friend, but… I just don't know what to do." She paused as she felt Bosco grab her hand again.

"Emily, I've seen you both together. If he didn't feel the same way you feel, he wouldn't still be with you sweetie. You doubt yourself too much. You're a beautiful, smart, loving and funny young lady. You have everything that he could ever possibly look for. Believe me, I'm not the type of guy to wear my heart on my sleeve either, it's hard to show someone how much you truly care about them. Sometimes, you don't even really know how much you do care about them until you don't have them anymore. You should just try and talk to him, explain to him the way you feel, just like you did with me. It would be a shame for him to have to lose you to realize how much he cares for you." He wiped a tear away as it dropped from her eye.

"I guess, I just feel like if I try and talk to him, he will leave me. You don't wear your heart on your sleeve, but you show emotion, you show that you love me."

"Yeah Em, you're right, I do, now. Before though, I never knew how to show it, you can go and ask anyone of my EX girlfriends. I had to lose someone that I loved to learn how to show the people that I still had that I really do love them. Especially with you and Charlie, you guys make me feel like I am a part of something special in this world and that really helps. Give it time Emily; just don't give up on him. It might take him awhile to figure out how to be more open about his feelings, but give him the chance to do it."

"I really don't know what I would do without you, Dad. But that also brings me to my next problem." Bosco took in a deep breath; he hadn't realized he was holding his breath while he awaited her reply.

"Em, I don't know what I would do without you either." He held his arm up to her "come here" she leaned toward him and he pulled her close and hugged her tight. She embraced his hug but didn't squeeze as tight in fear she might hurt him. "So what else is going on?" he asked as she sat back up and smiled at him

"Well school is almost over; finals start right after spring break. I have so much studying to do and you know how much that stresses me out. On top of that, I'll be graduating next year and I have no clue where I'm going to get a job at or even if I will get a job. I don't know what the real world is like. Where am I going to live? Will mom let me live there? Will I have to find my own place? Will I have to get a job that has nothing to do with my major? What am I supposed to do with a business major, get out of college and start my own business? Ughhhh I just don't know Dad. It's just so much. " she sighed in relief as she finished her rant. She already felt better just getting it off of her chest.

"Oh Emily, you really do worry too much. You are very smart; I know you will do great on your finals. Graduation is a year away darling, worry about what is going on in your life now. It's okay to think ahead, but geez Em, you are going to have a heart attack. You can't plan your future right this second. Your mother and I will be right next to you every step of the way, if you need a place to live, she will gladly have you back home, and if you get sick of it there, you can always come to my house. Not everyone gets a job right after they graduate. Give it time, have some fun while you can. You are still so young, don't push growing up. It will hit you like a brick wall soon enough, trust me. You can get a job at some clothing store or something little while you enjoy your freedom for a while and during that time, you can start looking for a job that fits your major. Just remember that you have people that support every decision you make."

"You promise you will be there no matter what, Dad?"

"Yes Emily I promise." He said with a smile "You are so much like your mother, it's incredible."

"Ha Ha Ha. Real funny Dad!" she said sarcastically as they both began to laugh. "Thank you." She said as she turned around to lie down and put her head on his shoulder.

"Not a problem sweetheart. Anything I can do for my daughter is my pleasure." He was smiling ear to ear as he spoke. He felt accomplished, he helped his daughter through something was really bothering her. Even though he was in the hospital, he couldn't be happier than he was at that moment, he would remember that forever. Something so small to someone else was such a huge deal to him. She had saved the biggest problem for last. This problem seemed to never have a solution. She was anticipating talking about it since she entered the room; she waited a few minutes to gather up her courage and then began again.

"Dad." She said softly, almost in a whisper.

"Yeah?"

"There is just one more thing." He thought that everything was solved. 'What else could possibly be wrong' he thought to himself. 'This has to be something bad. Oh god.' He continued in his head.

"Well, what's up Em?" he tried to keep his cool but he was freaking out inside. He looked over at the girl lying beside him; praying that she was okay.

"Okay. So mom and I came here last night to make sure you were okay. She stayed here. Did you two talk yet?" she sighed "You should've seen her, Dad. As soon as she hung up the phone, she was like a crazed lunatic running around the house getting things together to come here. She even took family medical leave so she could come here and be able to help you." She looked over at Bosco trying to get a read on him, but he was just staring blankly at the ceiling with tears in his eyes. She wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing or even if she should continue, but she did. "What I'm trying to say is that I'm worried about you both. I know it's been a long time, but I know you two can work through it all. I don't even know what happened exactly. I just got bits and pieces every once and awhile. But Dad, I just want you to be happy, and I want mom to be happy too. The only way that is going to happen is if you two stop being so stubborn and talk about it. I know you two are being civil and what not, but what happens when you get out of here? Are you going to want to see her again? You need to stop tip toeing around the elephant in the room." she now had tears in her eyes as well. "I just want you to be happy, both of you."

"Geez Em, way to lay it on thick." He tried to laugh but couldn't muster up the energy to mask his sadness, even for just a moment. "I want to talk to her Emily. I really do. I apologized briefly, and she accepted it and apologized as well. But there is just so much more that we need to talk about. That I need to talk about. I just don't know where to start. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. I've played the scenario over in my head a million times, what I would say to her if she ever gave me the chance, what she would say back. But now, I just can't find the words. I'd like to talk to her when I get out of here. I think that would be easier, so I know that she isn't just pitying me when she accepts my apology." He immediately felt exhausted at the thought of talking to Faith about everything. "Em, I never want to lose her again. I plan on doing everything in my power to keep her around. But there may be a slight problem that wouldn't allow me to try and make things be how they used to be."

"What's that?" she asked confused. Not knowing what could possibly stop him

"What is Miller going to say about me and her talking again?" he frowned and didn't think that Emily caught it, but she did. She smiled when he told her what the problem was, because the problem was nonexistent.

"Oh Dad." She said with a sigh of relief. "He hasn't been around for a few years now. So there is no problem there."

"Really?" he said quickly as a smile spread across his face for the first time in the past half hour.

"Yep. He's old news. So you are going to talk to her then?"

"I sure am." He said proudly "But for now Em, I just wanna keep it simple until I'm outta here. Ya know?"

"Yeah I know." They laid there for a bit longer just talking about little stuff. Bosco had just dozed off from all the mental exhaustion he had endured. Emily looked over at the clock. 'Whoa, it's already 3:45. I wonder where everyone is at they should've been here by now.' She thought to herself as she got up slowly, trying not to wake up Bosco. She walked over to the door and unlocked it; she figured they would be there soon. She began to watch TV in the chair next to the bed when she heard a faint knock on the door. She got up and swiftly made her way to the door, trying not to be too loud as she opened it.

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