I STILL DO NOT OWN ANYTHING OR ANYONE FROM THIRDWATCH.
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As they began to walk towards Bosco's new house, his phone rang he put down his bag and went to answered it quickly thinking that it was Emily or Charlie but it was a private number. He hated answering blocked calls, but he knew that it could be his Ma, so he answered it anyway.
"Boscorelli."
"Hey Bosco. I heard you're in the hospital, what did you do now?"
"Sully! Oh you know me, got shot on a 10-13 call from Ty. No big deal, I'm out now though, Just about to walk in my door. How ya been?" He stood outside for a moment and talked on the phone. The cold air felt nice after being in the hospital for the past two days.
"Damn, you need to start being more careful." He laughed, knowing that Bosco would never be more careful and that's what made him such a good cop, he was fearless. "But I'm good are you and the kids still going to be able to make it up here next week?"
"I hope I can. I'm not going to be able to drive for a little while though. Is Ty gunna come up too, he's gunna be off for a while as well."
"Yeah I just talked to him. He said that he will bring the boys and Sasha up. I haven't seen them in a few months."
"Yeah I haven't seen the boys in a while either, but Ty and Sasha came by the hospital today to see me."
"Alright man, well I guess I'll see ya next week then. Get better; I don't wanna hear you crying out in pain all week long."
"Ha Ha Ha. Real funny Sul, But I almost forgot to ask you. Do you care if I bring someone else up too?" He looked over at Faith who seemed to be getting cold from standing outside and smiled at her.
"As long as you still bring the kids up, I don't care who you bring. "
"Alright thanks man, I don't know if she'll want to come up. But I'd like to ask her."
"Oh it's a girl, I didn't think you were dating anyone anymore Romeo. I figured it was going to be Price or something."
"Shut up. I'll see ya next week." And with that Bosco hung up the phone and walked back towards Faith, hoping she didn't hear the entire conversation. He didn't want to rush anything on to her, considering they haven't even talked about their problems yet.
"It's about time you got off that phone. I thought we were gunna stand here all night long." She said with a smile.
"I'm sorry. It just feels nice to be in the fresh air. We can go in now." he picked up his bag and walked up the front steps fiddling with his keys. He unlocked the door and held his arm out leading faith into his home.
"Wow Bos, this place is really nice." She took her shoes off and walked into the living room and glanced around the house.
"Thanks, make yourself at home." He threw his bag on the chair next to the hall closet and headed over to the phone to check his messages 'you have 2 new messages'
"Hey Baby, I'm sorry I missed you today, I'm alright though, I should be in town on Sunday I hope to get to see ya then." He rolled his eyes at his moms voicemail and hit delete
"Boscorelli, I need to know your decision soon man. They aren't gunna keep the position open much longer, give me a call." He saved that message, but didn't call the man back. Faith had walked into the kitchen and heard both of the messages.
"Who was that Bos?" he jumped at the sound of her voice.
"Oh. Uhh this guy I grew up with, he lives in Boston." He said shortly hoping that she wouldn't ask about the offer if she had heard it.
"What position is he talking about? Are you planning on leaving New York?" she tried not to show her sadness but she couldn't help it, and Bosco caught on to it immediately.
"Well, uh, I was thinking about it. Rob's a lieutenant, and his precinct is starting a new unit primarily for kids that have parents that are abusive and addicts so they go in and try and help these kids out of this bad place and lead them in a new direction. He wants me to go there and be the Sergeant of the unit."
"Well that would be good for you. You always want to help out kids in those situations." She said with a forced smile. She was happy for him to be able to have such a great opportunity, but she didn't want to lose him again, she had just gotten to see him again after five years and now he is going to be gone just as fast.
"Yeah, it's a great opportunity. I haven't told the kids about it yet. I haven't told anyone about it. I've just been going back and forth with myself over it." He walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed two bottles of water and handed one to Faith.
"Well Bos, if this is what you want to do, I think you should do it."
"Faith, it's a four hour drive from here. I don't think I can just leave everything behind. I want to be involved in something like that unit, but I'm sure I can figure something out here. I even thought about taking the detectives test."
"I just don't want you to pass up this job, and then regret it." She walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him. She knew that this decision would be one of the hardest choices he'd ever have to make.
"Yeah I guess you're right. But enough talk about me moving and everything. It just wears me down to think about it. I have a month to make my decision." He let out a deep sigh and leaned against the counter.
"Okay. That's fine with me, but you know if you wanna talk about it, I'm here for you."
"Yeah I know, and I appreciate it but can you promise me that you won't say anything to the kids. When I figure out what I'm gunna do, I'll tell them about it okay?" she nodded her head in agreement, she knew that it was his choice and not her place to tell anyone about his life, even her own children.
"How's your leg doin?" she asked noticing him favoring his right leg trying to keep as much weight as possible off of his left.
"Ehh it's alright. It's starting to hurt a little bit, but not too bad."
"How about I call Price and have him go and get your prescriptions filled, I completely forgot to stop on our way here."
"We can just go and get them, and while we are out, we can just grab something to eat and bring it back. I don't have much to eat here. Me and Em were supposed to go grocery shopping this morning but, well that didn't happen." He laughed as he gestured to his leg.
"Alright, I can go by myself so you don't have to keep walkin around." Knowing that he would say no, she offered anyway.
"Yeah, right. Let's get going." They got ready and left the house, the pharmacy was only a few blocks away so they stopped there first. They got out of the car and Faith handed him the prescriptions. "Geez how many things do they have me taking?" he groaned "I'm like an old man now."
"Stop your bitchin and let's go they're for your own good. Two of them are for pain, one is an antibiotic, one is for your anxiety, and the last one is to help you sleep." Bosco just shook his head. He hated taking medicine especially pills. They began walking to the back of the store to the pharmacy when faith remembered she needed to pick up a few things. "Hey Bos, you just go back and I'll meet you there, I need to grab shampoo and toothpaste, do you need anything?"
"Yeah, grab me some shaving cream please."
"Alright same stuff you usually use?"
"Yep." Faith walked away from Bosco and he continued back to the counter. He stood there for a moment before a lady came over to take the scripts from him.
"Hello, how may I help you sir?" She asked him with a large smile as she leaned slightly over the counter towards him. She was a very attractive woman, about 5'5 with long brown hair and light brown eyes wearing a long white lab coat with the top revealing her dressy pink shirt underneath that showed a lot more skin than a professional should. She was trying to get Bosco's attention and it was very plain to see, but Bosco's attention was elsewhere. He noticed the woman, but he didn't give her the attention she was seeking.
"Uh yeah, I need these filled." He handed her the papers and noticed her aggravation when he didn't flirt back.
"Is that all you need?" she asked, still trying to flirt with the uncooperative Bosco.
"Yep." He said shortly as he watched Faith roam the isles looking for shampoo.
"So how did you get hurt" she looked at the papers noticing his name. "M-Maurice?" She now got his attention. Not the attention she wanted, but she sure got it now.
"I got shot." He said quickly in a stern voice. "I'm in a lot of pain, and I'd rather not have to stand here all night." She was shocked by his sudden burst of anger.
"Oh I'm sorry sir. I'll get these ready for you now." she sighed and hurried away to fill the bottles no embarrassed by her flirtatious behavior.
"Thanks." Just then, Faith had made her way back to the counter to stand with him while he waited. "Wait till we get back to the car, I got a story for you."
"What could you of possibly done in the five minutes I was gone?" She chuckled a bit before noticing his agitated expression. "Are you okay? She asked quickly
"Yeah I'm fine, but little miss sunshine behind us, can't take a hint if it would come up and smack her in the face."
"Oh god Bos, you weren't mean were you?"
"No. She was just practically throwing herself at me and I politely tried to reject her, but she just kept going, and I kinda raised my voice I guess. I just want my damn medicine so we can get something to eat and go home." He said now smiling at Faith. She had never known Bosco to turn down a pretty woman like that one. She was kind of taken by surprise.
"Alright Bos, well it looks like she is done so we can get out of here, just be nice to her for a second while we pay please."
"Alright, give me the stuff so I can just pay for it back here, it will be easier." The woman came back with the prescriptions and gave Faith a dirty look when she seen that she was with Bosco. Faith noticed the grimace look and just laughed about it. She put her things on the counter so Bosco could pay and then they were on their way out of there.
"Geez, she was friendly wasn't she."
"I thought you were gunna rip her face off when she gave you that dirty look." He laughed.
"No big deal. I'm not worried about her at all."
"Good, you shouldn't be" he smiled and got in the car "Where we getting food from?"
"I don't know, I don't live here remember. What's your favorite place?"
"I'm not really sure. How's pizza sound to you?"
"Perfect. You wanna go pick it up or have it delivered?"
"I'd say delivered, my leg hurts and I just wanna get back home and sit in my chair and relax."
"Okay, you call and order it then, it don't matter what you get on it-." Before she could finish her sentence Bosco cut her off.
"Anything except anchovies or mushrooms, I know. I remember Faith don't worry." She loved the way he would do that, he always knew what she wanted even when she didn't. Being with him all day long made her miss the way they used to be more than ever. She was happy, and yet she was very sad at the same time. She knew that once they got back to the house, they would begin to talk about things and that worried her. Everything was going so well, she didn't want that to get ruined. Bosco ordered the pizza from Little Tony's and they said it would be there in 30-45 minutes. The rest of the car ride was pretty quiet but it was only a ten minute ride so it wasn't that bad. They went back inside the house and for some reason Faith felt like she was at home. She was instantly relaxed. Bosco went to sit down in the living room but remembered that he hadn't shown Faith the house yet. "You wanna see the rest of the place before the food gets here?"
"Yeah, that'd be nice. Should I take my stuff upstairs?"
"I'll grab it Faith." He grabbed her old work bag that had a few pairs of clothes in it and the shaving cream out of the bag from the pharmacy and headed upstairs with Faith right behind him. They reached the top of the stairs and then began down the hall. The first door on the right was a bathroom; the second door was the Guest bedroom. "This is the Guest room, you can sleep in here or on the couch or in any room really."
"Wow Bos, this is really nice. It's big for being a guest bedroom." She said as she looked around. She noticed the walk in closet and the queen size bed along with a very large flat screen TV that was mounted to the wall and the paintings that also hung up on the walls.
"Yeah, well it's the smallest of the four rooms. You can thank the kids for the stuff that's in here, they picked it all out."
"It looks like a room out of an IKEA magazine, it's wonderful." She took her bag from Bosco and put it on the bed. "Do you mind if I unpack really quickly?"
"No, go ahead we have time." He sat in the chaise lounge that was near the door, and watched her unpacked her things. "You can hang them up in the closet if you want."
"Okay thank you. I wasn't sure how long you would be in the hospital, so I just packed a lot of stuff. I guess I didn't even realize how much I had in here." She blushed as she kept pulling things from her bag.
"It is fine Faith; I just thought you were moving in here." He joked as she finally finished. "Okay now with the rest of the house." He got up and exited the room, directly across the hall was Emily's room. The walls were a deep pastel purple and a queen size sleigh bed in the corner of the room that had a pink purple and white bed set on it, two dressers that matched the wood from the bed exactly and a large full body mirror, a bulletin board that hung next to her bed full of pictures and letters, another large TV mounted to the wall, and her own Bathroom that was all purple with black accents throughout it. "So what do ya think?"
"Bosco, this….This is just too much."
"So you like it?" he asked dumbly
"I love it. It's amazing, this room is totally Emily."
"Well I sure hope it is. She's the one that picked everything out." He laughed. "Now let's go see Charlie's room." they left the room and went to the door down the hall way a little on the left. They walked into the room and Faith Gasped immediately. The first thing she seen on the light grey walls was a picture hanging next to the bed, Faith and Bosco sitting on the hood of 5-5 David with Emily and Charlie leaning against the side of the car. Faith felt her eyes start to tear up and she stared at the picture, as one fell down her cheek Bosco instinctively wiped it away and put his arm around her. She looked around the rest of the room two dressers a large bed a large TV a Rack with dumbbells on it. But she kept going back to the picture. "Well now we can go see my room if you want. It's nothing special, not like the other rooms. My room is basic."
"Bos."
"Yeah?"
"This is wonderful, I can't believe you did all of this for them."
"Faith, I love them. I was glad to be able to have a place that they can come and hangout at."
"But still. This is way more than just a place to hang out at."
"I know. C'mon last room of the house and then the pizza should be here soon."
"Alright." They left Charlie's room and headed to the room at the end of the hall, no on either side, directly in the middle. They walked in; Bosco had Tan walls with dark stained crown molding and wood work. His bed was in the middle of the room against the back wall. He had a California king size bed that looked like a cloud with the large black down comforter and white pillows a walk in closet that had everything organized very well. All of his plaques from work hung on the walls in his room. On his dresser, he had a few framed pictures. One of him, Matt and the kids, another of him and his brother when they were young, one of him and his Mother, one of Him, Ty, Faith, Sully, and Sasha and the picture in the middle of his dresser was of Him and Faith on graduation day from the academy. The only picture he had hanging up was the same one that Charlie had in his room, the four of them on 5-5 David. He had another huge TV that was mounted on the wall that could swing out and be closer to his bed. He had a Bathroom that also connected to his room marble counter tops a walk in shower and a Jacuzzi bathtub in the corner that could probably fit five people. Faith was absolutely stunned by his house. She couldn't believe he had welcomed her children in and gave them their own rooms. She also couldn't believe that he still had all of those pictures of them in his room she would've guessed he would've thrown them away or at least put them in storage. But to look at them every day, she was stunned. Just as Bosco finished showing her around, the doorbell rang.
"That must be the pizza. Wanna run down and grab it, its gunna take me a minute to get there." She nodded in response so he handed her the money for the food and she hurried to the door to get it. She put the pizza down in the kitchen and went back to the door and locked it. She knew how Bosco was about locks. She waited in the kitchen until Bosco made his way down stairs. He got plates out and they went into the dining room to eat. They ate in silence; a few times one of them would say something, but just small talk. They knew that it was almost time to begin talking about the past. They were both dreading it.
