Far Away:

A Third Watch Fan-Fic.

I do NOT own, or claim to own Third Watch, or any of its characters. The only character's I own are the ones that are unfamiliar to the TV show. This story is rated NC-17 for adult language, as well as some content that may not be appropriate for those with weak stomachs, or sensitivity to extreme situations that some Emergency Services have to go through.

A/N: Alright..........after a long writers-block, we're slowly getting somewhere! Let me know what you think. Opinions and ideas are always welcome :)

Thanks to my reviewers!!: rubadubdubbs and Flutiegal

Chapter 10

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. My alarm clock blared and I nearly jumped. It was the first time my alarm has woken me up in weeks. I quickly reached over and hit it a few times until it shut off. Why do they make those damn things so loud?

Was it really 12:30? Had I really slept nine full hours? I rubbed my eyes a few times, and then looked back at the clock one more time to make sure I had read it right. Yup, 12:31 to be exact. I blinked incredulously at the clock. I couldn't believe it. I looked next to me and realized Bosco wasn't there. Had he even been there at all? Or was it just a dream?

I nearly gasped when I heard a voice come through the door behind me. "Hey, you're awake." He smiled at me. I guess I hadn't been dreaming after all. He was walking in the bedroom door, carrying two coffee's from the shop down the street. "I was hoping to be back before you woke up…" He said as he set the coffee's down on the night stand.

I blinked a few times, to make sure I was really awake. "Uh…Yeah, I just got up... You got coffee?" I asked, still half asleep.

He chuckled. "Yeah, I thought you could use some… Did you sleep alright?" He asked, crawling back into bed, putting his arm around me.

I nodded a little. "Mhm… A lot better than I have in weeks…" I rubbed my eyes again, shook my head side to side for a second trying to wake up. "When did you get up?"

"About an hour ago… I had to run something over to my mom's. You didn't hear her call?" He giggled.

Huh. His phone rang? "No…" I bit my lip. "I guess I really was tired…" I yawned again. He smiled and kissed my forehead. "Is your mom alright?"

"Oh, yeah she's fine. Demanding and pushy as ever…" He smiled, raising his eyebrows. "She just needed to talk to me about something. No biggy."

I didn't want to sound pushy, either… but something wasn't right about his tone. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah… she's just concerned about my brother. Nothing to worry about though." He gave me a reassuring smile, then took a sip of his coffee.

"You have a brother?" I asked. I could vaguely recall him mentioning something about a brother a few nights ago...

"Yeah, Mikey." He playfully rolled his eyes. "My little brother... I love him, but he sure is a handful…" He said, shaking his head. Should I even ask? I bit my lip debating. He answered my unasked question right then. "He's just kind of the rebel out of the two of us, I guess you could say. Ya know - he's involved with drugs and all that." He shrugged - "But I guess he's pretty much past it by now."

"You guess?"

"Well… it's just hard to tell with him sometimes. One day it seems like he's off of it, next day he's back on. It's been that way for years. I haven't seem him in 6 months, but I've been hearing good things from his friends. They all say he's been clean." He smiled then, proud of his baby brother.

That made me smile. "I'm glad to hear that."

"Can I ask you something?" Bosco suddenly asked.

Something about his tone scared me. Please don't let it be bad, please don't let it be bad… "Uh, sure… what's up?"

"How do you feel about…being in a relationship? With…me?" He asked nervously.

I bit my lip again. Now that was unexpected. "Um…" I was trying not to smile. "Well, how do you feel?"

"I would love to be...in one… with you…" He smiled, stuttering. I giggled a little bet at his nervousness.

"Me too…" I smiled back. "But…" I hesitated. Crap. This sucked. He rose an eyebrow, waiting. "There are a few things, though…"

"Well, lets hear it…" He said enthusiastically.

"Being with you, is what I want." I stated. He smiled, and nodded. "It's just that… I'm not ready for the whole label part. All the being 'boyfriend and girlfriend' stuff." I tried to explain, but words weren't coming out right.

"So… you want to wait…?" He asked, confused.

"No. I mean… kinda." Ugh. I wanted to slap myself. "I want you here with me. Just like last night. That's the part I want. I want you. But, Bosco… I'm the new girl at work still. I don't want to be the one that just jumps into relationships." That sounded a bit better.

"Oh…I see where you're coming from. But who cares what everyone thinks?"

"Me." I stated. "I'm still trying to build friendships with all my co-workers. I don't want them to think I'm... that girl."

He bit his lip. "I totally understand. That's sort of what I want, too. The relationship, without everyone else knowing. That's what you're saying, right?"

"Right." I smiled.

"So… you're my…?" He smiled, but didn't finish. I sighed, and chuckled a bit.

"Yeah… I'm you're girlfriend." I bit my lip, that sounded odd. It didn't sound like the right word.

"And I'm you're… boyfriend?" He smiled.

"Yes. But nobody is going to know about it… just us." I told him. He nodded in agreement, then put his warm hand on my cheek. I nearly jumped at the touch, and he giggled at me. And then he slowly leaned in and kissed me. My head spun, just like last night. Although, this kiss was much different. It was more intense. He entangled his fingers through my hair, I hesitated a little bit, slowly tried to pull away from the kiss, but I gave in. We slowly slid down until we were laying completely flat on my bed. He hovered over my body, holding his weight just right so I did not feel it.

It got more and more intense as I ran my hands under his shirt, finally pulling it off. He went to pull my shirt off as well. I hesitated putting my arms up to help him, but again, gave in and let him. Now could feel him hovering over me. Not his weight, but the warmth of his smooth skin over mine. It was getting more intense by the second, until he unexpectedly pulled away. I knew that he had sensed my hesitation. I knew it. Damn it, Dani! Why did you do that? I tried to catch my breath as I looked up to him. His eyes were completely serious, looking me dead in the eye.

"Are you sure you want this?" He said breathlessly. Not smiling, not even grinning. He wanted the truth. I could tell then, if I were to say no, he would definitely stop. I knew I could trust him.

"Yes." I said just as breathlessly as he was when he asked me.

"Dani, I swear, you better tell me the truth. You hesitated. Twice. I will stop right now if you're not ready. I don't want to take advantage of you. Hurting you is the one thing I'm terrified of." His voice cracked, and I knew he wasn't lying to me.

"I'm not lying. You would know if I was." I reminded him, and he was silent. "Bosco, you don't need to worry so much about me. I've been hurt enough to know that I can handle whatever life throws at me." I told him honestly, and his eyes were still locked on mine.

"I know that you can handle it. You're the strongest person I know. I just don't want to be the one hurting you again."

"I know. I want to do this." I told him, honestly.

"Why did you hesitate?" He demanded. I grimaced, and bit my lip. "Please, tell me the truth?" He asked so quietly I almost didn't catch what he said.

I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry…" I whispered, running my fingers through my hair - trying to get it out of my face. "I'm ready… it's just…" I gnawed on my lip. I think I was biting it so hard I could almost taste blood now. His expression was even more concerned now. I took another deep breath and continued - "I haven't… done that, since… ya know…" I looked down in embarrassment. "And when all that happened… I… was a virgin." I said so quietly I wasn't sure he heard me. Part of me was hoping he didn't…but I'm sure my face was as red as a fire engine right now.

He took deep breath and sat up, putting his face in his hands. It was quiet for a few minutes before he spoke again. "We're going to wait… until you're absolutely sure." He said quietly.

"I don't want to wait."

"Dani, this is a big deal… I want you to be positive."

"I am. I want you… now." I insisted, not giving up. I pulled myself closer to him, and kissed his neck. He gently pushed me away to look me in the eyes.

"You're a virgin. This is you're first time. I - " I cut him off.

"I'm not a virgin." I insisted.

"What happened to you..." He spoke very slow, seeming like he was choosing his words very carefully. "That doesn't count, Dani. And you know it." He seemed upset now.

Me, being stubborn, kept pushing it. "Well, I'm sure I want to do this."

It was quiet for a long moment, until he sighed. Caving. "Positive?" His voice cracked.

"Positive." I repeated. I pulled myself back to him to kiss him, this time he cooperated and kissed back; but then stopped. I groaned.

"Fine. But - I just want to tell you that, I won't hurt you. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I ever did." He said quietly, as he looked into my eyes. "I know how much you've been through. How much you've been hurt." - His hand was on my cheek now - "You didn't deserve to go through any of that. All I want is to protect you. Since I met you, I've felt the need to do that. I want..." He paused. "I need to protect you. I feel, its my purpose in life to protect you."

I didn't know what to say to that. I froze. I could tell he meant it too, because he never looked away from my eyes. Ever. I saw that he was even tearing up a little. I placed my hand on his cheek, and then ran it through his hair. "You can't protect me from everything, Bos." I choked, a tear slid down my face.

"I can try." He whispered back.

My heart was racing so fast I could hear it. Like it was going to pump through my chest. I took a few deep breaths trying to calm myself. I slid my hand down from his hair, behind his ear, and then over to his lips - running my finger over them. "I'll be fine." I insisted with a small reassuring smile. "I promise." He half-smiled at me and nodded. I pulled his face back to mine, and we were back to where we left off, only this time… we didn't stop.

Bosco insisted on driving us to work (together). We actually ended up being 15 minutes late. I would have been there five minutes earlier, but I forced him to drop me off around the corner so no one would think anything of him dropping me off. I ran up the stairs into the firehouse, and ran to my locker. Adam 55-3 (aka me and Carlos) was getting a call as I ran.

"You're late." I heard Doc call from the table. He was stressed out looking for a new paramedic to even everyone out. He hadn't been on call the past few weeks since I started working because there was no one for him to pair up with. It was always me with Carlos, and Kim with Bobby. He just stayed at the firehouse, taking care of the daily paper work for everyone, and reading over resumes.

"I know! Sorry!" I yelled back as I quickly changed into my work clothes. I grabbed my stethoscope, and slammed my locker shut. I ran downstairs and jumped into the ambulance that was waiting for me outside, Carlos already inside with the engine running. Before I could even get the door shut, we were moving. "What was the call?" I asked Carlos, breathlessly. "I didn't hear the beginning."

"Car accident. 2 cars. They asked for two buses to come to the scene… shouldn't be too bad." He said rather calmly. I nodded and combed my hair out with my fingers, pulling it up into a high pony-tail. We pulled up to the scene, and the first thing I noticed was one car was absolutely, no doubt about it, totaled. The other one, just a big dent in the side, with a little bit of smoke coming out of the hood. Bobby and Kim were already at the car that was totaled. I jumped out and grabbed the bags out of the back, and ran towards the other car.

"It's about time!" I heard both Kim, and Sully say at the same time. Kim, obviously talking to me and Carlos. Sully, I was a bit confused with. Then I realized why he was saying that, when I looked up and saw Faith and Bosco pulling up. Whoops, he must have been late too. My bad. I chuckled a bit to myself as ran up to the door of the car. I looked inside to find a man unconscious. He didn't look injured, except for a very small cut at the top of his head.

"Carlos, come here. He's unconscious but - " I started, but Bobby cut me off.

"Dani, he's drunk. He must have fallen asleep." He yelled from a few yards away - struggling to work on the person who was obviously in much more need than this guy. I got a little closer to him to make sure he was breathing, that's when I noticed he reeked of alcohol. Ugh.

"You guys need to get out of there. There's gas leaking… this thing could blow any minute!" I heard Jimmy yell from behind me. I ignored him, and tried to pull the door open. It was stuck.

"Someone help me! We gotta get him out!" I yelled as I tried to yank the door open. Jimmy and Joe came over and tried to force it open, but it wouldn't budge. That's when a flame burst out of the engine.

"Lets move! It's gonna blow!" Jimmy yelled as he tried to pull me away, as I was still tugging on the door.

"We can't just leave him!" I yelled, and kicked the window in with my foot.

"Dani! Leave him!" Joe yelled, but I ignored him. I climbed into the man's lap and tried to unbuckle his seat belt.

I could hear everyone screaming behind me. I knew I didn't have much time before this whole car would explode.

" Dani! Get out of the damn car!" Bosco screamed. I hesitated when I heard his voice. I wanted to listen, but I had to save this guy. Even if this whole incident was his fault.

There was smoke everywhere, making it hard to breathe. But I continued to tug at the seat belt until finally it came off. I tried kicking the door open one more time, but it still wouldn't budge. I climbed out and tried to pull him, but he was too heavy. Suddenly I had someone helping me pull, and within ten seconds he was out, and we were running away. We had just barely escaped before it blew. The force of the explosion knocked us to the ground. I turned around to see the whole car engulfed in flames. My heart was racing, but I felt no emotion from all the adrenaline running through my veins. Everthing was in slow motion. Bosco was pulling at my arm trying to get my attention. It had been him who helped get the man out.

"What the hell were you thinking!? You could have been killed!" He screamed. I stared at him blankly. I didn't know what to say. He calmed himself a little and whispered. "Don't ever do that to me again."

I could tell he was upset, and I felt pretty bad. But I would have felt even worse if I would have let the guy die. And then he looked up to see Faith, Sully, Ty, Kim, Carlos and Jimmy all running towards us. He quickly got up and walked away, remembering our deal we had made earlier. No one was to find out about us.

"Dani, are you alright?!" Kim yelled. I just nodded.

"Where'd Bosco go?" Faith asked me.

"Umm.. I'm not sure." I replied.

"Why'd he take off like that?" She asked.

"I don't know... He just helped get this guy out and then left....." I explained, and she rolled her eyes.

Everyone but Kim and Carlos walked away, but they both looked at me as if I were insane. And for a second, I would have agreed with them. Kim rolled her eyes and walked away, but Carlos rose his eyebrow at me.

"What?" I asked, rudely; standing up and brushing off my clothes. He giggled and shook his head.

"Nothing at all..." He said, now bending down to check on the drunken man.

Oh joy... this was going to be a long day.