Sweet Dreams (10)

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"Faith! What the hell are you doing?! I told you to stay off your feet!"

Bosco slammed the door and put the groceries on the floor. He helped her off the chair and over to the couch. She glared up at him and put her hand on her stomach. "I had to change the battery in that thing! What if there's a fire when Jake is here and we don't know because the batteries in that thing are dead?!"

He stared at her oddly then shook his head. "This nesting thing is killing me." He said and grabbed the bags. "I got you that ice cream that you like."

"Cookies and cream?! It's about time." She said and pushed herself off the couch and wobbled to the kitchen. "What about the barbeque chips?"

"They were out. I'll get it tomorrow after I get off work. I'm not leaving this apartment again. It's like a desert out there. The streets are hell too." He tossed the groceries in their proper homes then leaned against the counter and watched as she ate out of the carton of ice cream with a large spoon. "We got an apartment again tomorrow right?"

"Yep." She said as she shoved a large spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. "It's at nine so you need to get up early."

He rolled his eyes and walked over to the living room. "Of course!" He turned the television on.

The phone began ringing and Faith picked it up as she put another spoonful in her mouth. "Hello?"

"Umm... yeah... hi... is Maurice Boscorelli there?"

"May I ask who is calling?"

"This is Melissa. I met him a couple days ago at a baby store and he gave me his number. He was picking up some clothes for his nephew." She said with a slight chuckle.

Faith stared at Bosco as he sat on his recliner and flipped through the channels. She put her spoon down then threw the phone at him. "It's for you!" She said and stormed off to the room.

"What the hell is your problem?!" He called after her then picked up the phone and held it to his ear. "Hello?" He said.

"Hi... Maurice? This is Melissa from Baby Factory."

Bosco's eyes widened when he heard her voice then looked at Faith's door when it slammed. "Uh... yeah Melissa I'm gonna have to call you back." He hung up the phone and walked over to Faith's door. "Faith." He called and knocked. "Faith open the door. I know you're mad but you need to open the door."

"Stay the hell away from me!" She screamed.

He rolled his eyes and opened the door. She had a suitcase on her bed and was throwing clothes from her dresser in it. "Wait, what are you doing?" He asked and stood between her and the bed. "No, no, no! You're not leaving." He grabbed a pile of clothes that she was about to toss in the case.

"You were at a baby store buying clothes for your nephew huh?!" She shouted as tears ran down her face. "I guess I missed the news that Mikey was gonna be a dad!"

"Faith look I'm sorry!"

"Why?! Bosco why?! Why did you decide to let me live with you?! Why did you let me think that you would change?!" She put her hands over her face as she shook her head.

"I have changed Faith! Ok! I have! It was a one time mistake! I didn't even do anything with her!"

"You didn't even tell her about me!" She screamed and threw the rest of the clothes in her suitcase. "All those nights when you let me sleep in your bed and you tell me that you don't want to see anyone else! And that after Jake was born that you may want to get married!" Her face was now red as she yelled.

Bosco put his hands on the top of his head as he watched her close the bag. "Where the hell are you gonna go?!" He asked and stopped her from grabbing the bag. "You're due date is in two days! It's over 100 degrees outside! You're not leaving this apartment!"

"I'm not staying here! I don't want to be anywhere near you!" She grabbing her cell phone and searched through the phonebook.

He watched her as she called her mother to pick her up. She was crying and he could tell that Lydia was asking her what was wrong but Faith was too upset to talk about it.

"That's my son! You know that right?!" He asked when she hung the phone up.

"No... It's your nephew remember?" She stared at him and shook her head. "I'm staying with my mom. I'll let you know when he's born and you can come see him."

"You really think you're gonna keep me from not being in that delivery room?" He asked with a smirk.

Faith sniffled and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "You kept yourself away when you gave that woman my phone number and lied to her... and me." She said softly and he shook his head and walked out of her bedroom.

"So isn't the baby due tomorrow?" Matthew asked.

"Yep, doctor's appointment was tomorrow but I didn't go 'cause she's still mad at me." He ran his hands over his face. "I tried calling her mom's house but no one answered. I know Swersky's at work but Lydia and Faith gotta be there."

"Give her time man. She'll come around."

"I just wish that dumb bitch never called. I mean if you call looking for a girl and a guy answers, you're not gonna tell him how you guys met and exactly what she said to you right?"

"It's not her fault."

"Who's side are you on?!" Bosco shouted and stood up then started pacing. He started to calm down and looked at Matthew who was grinning as he read his newspaper. "I need to get in contact with Faith or see her or something. She thinks I betrayed her and it looks bad but I was just being stupid."

"If you want her to marry you then you have to stop being stupid."

Bosco stopped and looked over at him. "Who the hell said anything about marriage?"

"You were talking about marriage when you guys started living together. I thought you were still considering it." He shrugged again.

"I don't think I'm ready for marriage."

"What else do you need dude? She's carrying your kid. She's about to have that kid."

"Son."

"What?"

"She's having my son. Not kid. I hate when people say that." He said and looked at Matthew who was grinning again. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"

"Man, you don't even see it! Look at you! You're so in love with your son and he's not even here yet! I think you're ready to get married and you don't even know it! A couple weeks ago when she was missing, you know how scared you sounded on the phone? You sounded like a husband who didn't know where his wife and baby were. You need to find her and make sure that she knows that you're ready to be serious but its too late."

Bosco sat down and stared at his friend. "Too late? What do you mean too late?"

He shook his head. "Before she finds someone who wants to be a dad and husband. Someone who is on the same page that she is at the right time."

"No one is gonna be my son's dad but me!" He shouted.

"There you go!" He shook his head and looked back down at the paper. "Now after the shift you have to go over there and tell her how you feel."

Bosco made a face and Matthew just glared at him. "All right... I'll give it a shot." He said and stood up when he heard a call come in. "Can't think about that now." He said as he and Matthew put their gear on. "I got lives to save."

Faith was sitting on a large sofa chair in her mother's sunroom, reading a romance novel. She threw the book down and looked at her watch. She was bored just being cooped up in the house all day. They had gone to her doctor's appointment earlier in the day but now she was bored. Her mind was on Bosco all day and she wanted to go do something so she wouldn't think about him. She wanted to be at their apartment making everything look nice for when he got home.

"You ready for some dinner?" Lydia asked as she stood in the doorway. "I was thinking about Chinese or something?"

"Sure." Faith said and stood up and followed her mother to the kitchen. "Mom, do you think I did the right thing by leaving?"

"I think you made the right decision that you thought was best for you and your son." She answered as she flipped through the phonebook. "If he's being dishonest with you then you need to get out of there. That's not a healthy relationship."

"I don't even know if we were in a relationship." Faith said as she sat down. "I mean, he told me that maybe after Jake was born starting things up. He was even talking marriage."

She shrugged and grabbed the phone. "Doesn't sound like he wanted a relationship after all."

Faith sighed and watched her mother order their dinner. She put her head on her hand then looked down at her lap. Lydia hung up and looked at her daughter's face. "What's wrong honey?"

"I'm bleeding!" Faith screamed and looked at her mother's terrified face.

To be continued...

So yeah I bet you all wondered what happened to this story. Sorry I have the worst problem with that! Please review!