Hey!!! This is the author speaking *obviously* I just wanna say
thanks for the great reviews!! I'm working on a couple other stories but
this one is getting the best reviews at this point so I'll be working on it
the most! I'm really excited about it and I'm SO glad you guys like it!
Keep the reviews coming and in turn, I'll keep the chapters coming! I know
that I haven't really introduced a lot of the Horizon stuff yet but the
next chapter is where I'll really get into her stay there. It should be an
interesting course of events I assure you!!! Oh yea, and I don't own any
cast member from Third Watch or Higher Ground I only own Marissa as of
right now! Thanks!! REVIEWS PLEASE!!
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The days had passed and slowly Marissa began to come back to the world of the living. Her eyes dilated properly, and aside from a slight wrist sprain her injuries physically were minimal. It was the emotional trauma contracted from falling victim to the streets that was really taking its toll. Mrs. Boscorelli had okayed the transport to Horizon, not that she had much say in the matter, Bosco was determined, and convinced that this was the right... no the ONLY, was to save his baby sister.
"Hey Boz.." Faith entered the waiting room where Bosco sat, head in hands in a chair.
"Hey , I was just -"
"Yea"
"Yea"
"How she doing?"
"Good good... "
"and you ?"
"Fine." he stood up and quickly left the room.
" Bosco..." Faith sighed quietly to herself, shaking her head
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"Hey, how you doin?" Bosco looked down at his sister
"As well as can be expected I guess you know, for someone who is has an IV hanging out of their disjointed wrist." she laughed slightly but ceased quickly due to the pain in her ribs.
"Risa what the hell did you get yourself into" He looked at her confused and angry. Angry more for the ways of the world, than for his sisters actions.
"Maurice don't"
"Don't what! you're 17 years old and -"
"Listen, I--"
"No YOU listen Marissa, I've had enough of this bullshit, I've had enough of you lying, and enough of you walkin the streets at 4 am doin whoever walks by with a 20 dollar bill or an 8 oz. I'm sick of havin to worry about you bein...you bein..."
"Me bein raped? attacked? murdered?" she looked at him with cold, tired dark eyes.
Bosco looked away as if he'd been slapped. He hadn't said it out loud yet. Saying it out loud would be giving in. It would be accepting, admitting. Without warning, he broke their silence by sending the chair out the window. The glass shattered itself over the building. Beams of light burst within the dust, now shaken from its resting place in every crevice in the room. Marissa let out a scream and then a sob.
"I'm... baby no.. I'm , Risa I'm sorry Risa..." Bosco tried desperately to comfort her but to no avail.
"Get out!"
"Risa.. "
"NO! Get the fuck out of my room!! Get out I don't want to see you! Just LEAVE , leave me alone!!!"
All the screaming had drawn the nursing staff's attention.
"Oh my god, what the hell happened in here"
"Marissa, I'll be back at 6 pm to pick you up" and with that Bosco threw his arms up and left the room
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"SHELBY!!!!"
"What is it queenie" Shelby put down the book she was reading to see what act the drama queen was presenting before her.
"Shelby you were supposed to do kitchens today why is MY name on the schedule??" Juliette looked distressed and pissed off.
"Chill. Don't BE a cow... oops.. well you know what I mean..." Shelby sighed vindictively.
"Shel.." Daisy tried to put a stall on the nonsense before her.
"Whatever Shelby. At least I don't sleep with freshmen to get out of chores." with that Juliette stormed off in her apron and headed toward the kitchen area.
"haha Now, she does appear to have a point" Ezra quipped from the corner.
"Piss off freaken"
"ITS FREIDKIN"
"Whatever." Shelby shrugged off the events and smiled smugly at the thought of Juliette surrounded by the enemy... enemy being food of course.
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"So, you know anything about the new girl who you've gotta baby-sit?" Scott asked Shelby as he played basket ball with some of the guys.
"What, you mean you think she could be something more besides the usual anorexic, psychotic, depressed and suicidal middle class princess with a hint of promiscuity?"
"You never know" he said with a shrug and with that he was called back into the game.
"Yo meat! where your game at!"
"Comin' Auggie!, later Shelby."
"Yea, later" Shelby rolled her eyes and headed off to her dorm to mentally prepare for the trauma of forced socialization.
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Bosco had spent the whole day mentally preparing himself for what he was planning to do. Normally, he'd immerse himself in work or women, but this time, it just wasn't an option, repression wasn't an option. This wasn't Mikey who he could beat the shit out of for being a jackass until he relented and went into rehab, no this was his sweet, little baby sister turned Juvenile Delinquent. There was no other option BUT to send her to Horizon, even after Mikey, especially after Mikey. Her bags were packed and the car was running. She would despise it, no doubt about that, she was far from a country girl let alone a mountain chick but it didn't matter. No more questions, no more thinking.
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Her laughter could be heard from down the hallway as he stepped off the elevator and turned the corner. Bosco's eyes furrowed as he approached the door.
"Who the hell..." Bosco opened the door and rage burned through his chest like lava at the sight before him.
"Hey, Maurice! How you doin!' a nervous guy in his early 20's sat at the foot of Marissa's bed with a bouquet of flowers, orange lilies, her favorite. Marissa winced and prepared herself for scene that would surely explode before her.
"When the fuck they let you out and what the fuck are you doing here?! Get the fuck out, get the fuck out!!" Bosco ripped Mikey, his younger drug dealing brother off the bed and flung him towards the door.
"Hey! she's my sister too Maurice and I have a right to see her!" Mikey stepped up towards Bosco who shoved him up against the door.
"Mikey! Maurice! stop!!!" Marissa fruitlessly tried to calm them down. Realizing it was pointless and that they had to deal with it how they had to deal with it, she got off the bed to get dressed, she was going home.
"You ain't her brother, cause a brother wouldn't let this happen to his sister."
"Me? you're blamin me for this shit?"
"Its your fuckin fault she's on the streets in the first place, you KNOW she looks up to you and then you bring home your fucked up druggie posse and you introduce her to them and you expect me to believe this isn't your fault. This IS your fuckin fault Mikey now get the hell outta here!"
"Thats bull shit BULL SHIT, she looks up to you just as much as she looks up to me and I don't see her out there fighting crime its called FREE WILL Maurice, don't get me wrong, I'm gonna catch the son of the bitch who did this and I'm gonna take care of it Maurice, I'm gonna take care of it!" Mikey left the room and walked out punching the walls towards the elevator.
"Not if I get to him first."
"Get to who first? " Marissa stepped out of the bathroom in a pair of light blue denim flares and a black tank top. She was wearing black boots and had thrown her hair up in a claw clip exposing the bruises on her face and neck. Track lines ran up her thin arms.
Bosco walked over to her and lifted her arm to look at them.
"Maurice don't, I'm sorry okay, I'm gonna stop, I have stopped, I swear, Please can we just go home, Please Maurice, I just want my bed." She smiled pleadingly and he took her into an embrace, kissing her on the forehead.
"Let's go"
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The pain killers the doctor gave Marissa knocked her out long enough for them to make it up into the mountains before she came to. For a second she sighed and re adjusted herself in the seat. Then, upon realizing she was still IN a seat, she sat upright in a panic. The clock on the dashboard read 12:47 am.
"Where are we going?" she turned to Bosco concerned
"You hungry?" was all he had to say in response
"No, I'm confused"
"Don't worry about it , go back to sleep we'll stop in a little while for some food."
"I'm not going back to sleep where are we going?"
He looked at his sister, the medicine had bought him some time but that time was over. He saw a sign for a Holiday Inn up the road and decided then would be a good time to pull in for the night.
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"YOU ARE TAKING WHERE!!!!!???!" Marissa shrieked at the top of her lungs
"It ain't gonna be so bad!" Bosco tried to calm her down
"Ain't gonna be so bad!!! are you fuckin CRAZY ?? Do I look like the type of girl who can handle WOODS, do I look like fuckin girl scout??!! You asshole! I can't believe you would do this to me!, well, fuck you I am NOT going" Marissa picked up her black bag and headed for the door
"Where the hell do you think you are gonna go, this ain't the city no more" Bosco stepped in front of her
"Oh gee what was your first clue the HERD OF SHEEP BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE TO THE ONE DESOLATE WAWA??? what the fuck is a "WAWA" anyhow!!!"
"Its just a minimart thing"
"That is not a minimart. Maurice you can't force me to go there, I can't go to a place like that, I'm not a criminal!"
"Not yet, but you're well on your way. At least there I'll know you are safe" He sat down on the bed next to her. "I couldn't protect you this time Risa, but I'm gonna make sure that you will be okay, I'm getting you off the streets and thats it."
"It wasn't' your job to protect me, it was my own fault not yours, and not Mikeys"
Bosco visibly tensed at the mention of the name and he quickly stood off the bed and grabbed a drink off the counter.
"Punk ass"
"Oh shut up, you know you love him and you know he's you, just without the whole criminal thing. Its got a little poetic irony no? you're the cop he's the criminal"
"Yea, real ironic"
"Come on just take me home please! I promise I'll be good, I'll even come live with you if you want, I'll go into rehab, I'll get a job just please! Don't get rid of me cause you don't think you can handle me"
"I'm not getting rid of you cause I can't handle you, I'm saving your life. I'm doin for you what I couldn't do for Mikey."
"Speaking of Mikey, is this place..."
"You aren't Mikey, it'll work for you, It has to, now go to bed, wake up calls early."
***************You like? yes? no? if you want more you know the drill... its all about the reviews!!*************
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The days had passed and slowly Marissa began to come back to the world of the living. Her eyes dilated properly, and aside from a slight wrist sprain her injuries physically were minimal. It was the emotional trauma contracted from falling victim to the streets that was really taking its toll. Mrs. Boscorelli had okayed the transport to Horizon, not that she had much say in the matter, Bosco was determined, and convinced that this was the right... no the ONLY, was to save his baby sister.
"Hey Boz.." Faith entered the waiting room where Bosco sat, head in hands in a chair.
"Hey , I was just -"
"Yea"
"Yea"
"How she doing?"
"Good good... "
"and you ?"
"Fine." he stood up and quickly left the room.
" Bosco..." Faith sighed quietly to herself, shaking her head
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"Hey, how you doin?" Bosco looked down at his sister
"As well as can be expected I guess you know, for someone who is has an IV hanging out of their disjointed wrist." she laughed slightly but ceased quickly due to the pain in her ribs.
"Risa what the hell did you get yourself into" He looked at her confused and angry. Angry more for the ways of the world, than for his sisters actions.
"Maurice don't"
"Don't what! you're 17 years old and -"
"Listen, I--"
"No YOU listen Marissa, I've had enough of this bullshit, I've had enough of you lying, and enough of you walkin the streets at 4 am doin whoever walks by with a 20 dollar bill or an 8 oz. I'm sick of havin to worry about you bein...you bein..."
"Me bein raped? attacked? murdered?" she looked at him with cold, tired dark eyes.
Bosco looked away as if he'd been slapped. He hadn't said it out loud yet. Saying it out loud would be giving in. It would be accepting, admitting. Without warning, he broke their silence by sending the chair out the window. The glass shattered itself over the building. Beams of light burst within the dust, now shaken from its resting place in every crevice in the room. Marissa let out a scream and then a sob.
"I'm... baby no.. I'm , Risa I'm sorry Risa..." Bosco tried desperately to comfort her but to no avail.
"Get out!"
"Risa.. "
"NO! Get the fuck out of my room!! Get out I don't want to see you! Just LEAVE , leave me alone!!!"
All the screaming had drawn the nursing staff's attention.
"Oh my god, what the hell happened in here"
"Marissa, I'll be back at 6 pm to pick you up" and with that Bosco threw his arms up and left the room
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"SHELBY!!!!"
"What is it queenie" Shelby put down the book she was reading to see what act the drama queen was presenting before her.
"Shelby you were supposed to do kitchens today why is MY name on the schedule??" Juliette looked distressed and pissed off.
"Chill. Don't BE a cow... oops.. well you know what I mean..." Shelby sighed vindictively.
"Shel.." Daisy tried to put a stall on the nonsense before her.
"Whatever Shelby. At least I don't sleep with freshmen to get out of chores." with that Juliette stormed off in her apron and headed toward the kitchen area.
"haha Now, she does appear to have a point" Ezra quipped from the corner.
"Piss off freaken"
"ITS FREIDKIN"
"Whatever." Shelby shrugged off the events and smiled smugly at the thought of Juliette surrounded by the enemy... enemy being food of course.
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"So, you know anything about the new girl who you've gotta baby-sit?" Scott asked Shelby as he played basket ball with some of the guys.
"What, you mean you think she could be something more besides the usual anorexic, psychotic, depressed and suicidal middle class princess with a hint of promiscuity?"
"You never know" he said with a shrug and with that he was called back into the game.
"Yo meat! where your game at!"
"Comin' Auggie!, later Shelby."
"Yea, later" Shelby rolled her eyes and headed off to her dorm to mentally prepare for the trauma of forced socialization.
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Bosco had spent the whole day mentally preparing himself for what he was planning to do. Normally, he'd immerse himself in work or women, but this time, it just wasn't an option, repression wasn't an option. This wasn't Mikey who he could beat the shit out of for being a jackass until he relented and went into rehab, no this was his sweet, little baby sister turned Juvenile Delinquent. There was no other option BUT to send her to Horizon, even after Mikey, especially after Mikey. Her bags were packed and the car was running. She would despise it, no doubt about that, she was far from a country girl let alone a mountain chick but it didn't matter. No more questions, no more thinking.
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Her laughter could be heard from down the hallway as he stepped off the elevator and turned the corner. Bosco's eyes furrowed as he approached the door.
"Who the hell..." Bosco opened the door and rage burned through his chest like lava at the sight before him.
"Hey, Maurice! How you doin!' a nervous guy in his early 20's sat at the foot of Marissa's bed with a bouquet of flowers, orange lilies, her favorite. Marissa winced and prepared herself for scene that would surely explode before her.
"When the fuck they let you out and what the fuck are you doing here?! Get the fuck out, get the fuck out!!" Bosco ripped Mikey, his younger drug dealing brother off the bed and flung him towards the door.
"Hey! she's my sister too Maurice and I have a right to see her!" Mikey stepped up towards Bosco who shoved him up against the door.
"Mikey! Maurice! stop!!!" Marissa fruitlessly tried to calm them down. Realizing it was pointless and that they had to deal with it how they had to deal with it, she got off the bed to get dressed, she was going home.
"You ain't her brother, cause a brother wouldn't let this happen to his sister."
"Me? you're blamin me for this shit?"
"Its your fuckin fault she's on the streets in the first place, you KNOW she looks up to you and then you bring home your fucked up druggie posse and you introduce her to them and you expect me to believe this isn't your fault. This IS your fuckin fault Mikey now get the hell outta here!"
"Thats bull shit BULL SHIT, she looks up to you just as much as she looks up to me and I don't see her out there fighting crime its called FREE WILL Maurice, don't get me wrong, I'm gonna catch the son of the bitch who did this and I'm gonna take care of it Maurice, I'm gonna take care of it!" Mikey left the room and walked out punching the walls towards the elevator.
"Not if I get to him first."
"Get to who first? " Marissa stepped out of the bathroom in a pair of light blue denim flares and a black tank top. She was wearing black boots and had thrown her hair up in a claw clip exposing the bruises on her face and neck. Track lines ran up her thin arms.
Bosco walked over to her and lifted her arm to look at them.
"Maurice don't, I'm sorry okay, I'm gonna stop, I have stopped, I swear, Please can we just go home, Please Maurice, I just want my bed." She smiled pleadingly and he took her into an embrace, kissing her on the forehead.
"Let's go"
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The pain killers the doctor gave Marissa knocked her out long enough for them to make it up into the mountains before she came to. For a second she sighed and re adjusted herself in the seat. Then, upon realizing she was still IN a seat, she sat upright in a panic. The clock on the dashboard read 12:47 am.
"Where are we going?" she turned to Bosco concerned
"You hungry?" was all he had to say in response
"No, I'm confused"
"Don't worry about it , go back to sleep we'll stop in a little while for some food."
"I'm not going back to sleep where are we going?"
He looked at his sister, the medicine had bought him some time but that time was over. He saw a sign for a Holiday Inn up the road and decided then would be a good time to pull in for the night.
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"YOU ARE TAKING WHERE!!!!!???!" Marissa shrieked at the top of her lungs
"It ain't gonna be so bad!" Bosco tried to calm her down
"Ain't gonna be so bad!!! are you fuckin CRAZY ?? Do I look like the type of girl who can handle WOODS, do I look like fuckin girl scout??!! You asshole! I can't believe you would do this to me!, well, fuck you I am NOT going" Marissa picked up her black bag and headed for the door
"Where the hell do you think you are gonna go, this ain't the city no more" Bosco stepped in front of her
"Oh gee what was your first clue the HERD OF SHEEP BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE TO THE ONE DESOLATE WAWA??? what the fuck is a "WAWA" anyhow!!!"
"Its just a minimart thing"
"That is not a minimart. Maurice you can't force me to go there, I can't go to a place like that, I'm not a criminal!"
"Not yet, but you're well on your way. At least there I'll know you are safe" He sat down on the bed next to her. "I couldn't protect you this time Risa, but I'm gonna make sure that you will be okay, I'm getting you off the streets and thats it."
"It wasn't' your job to protect me, it was my own fault not yours, and not Mikeys"
Bosco visibly tensed at the mention of the name and he quickly stood off the bed and grabbed a drink off the counter.
"Punk ass"
"Oh shut up, you know you love him and you know he's you, just without the whole criminal thing. Its got a little poetic irony no? you're the cop he's the criminal"
"Yea, real ironic"
"Come on just take me home please! I promise I'll be good, I'll even come live with you if you want, I'll go into rehab, I'll get a job just please! Don't get rid of me cause you don't think you can handle me"
"I'm not getting rid of you cause I can't handle you, I'm saving your life. I'm doin for you what I couldn't do for Mikey."
"Speaking of Mikey, is this place..."
"You aren't Mikey, it'll work for you, It has to, now go to bed, wake up calls early."
***************You like? yes? no? if you want more you know the drill... its all about the reviews!!*************