The rest of the night went by quickly. Neither Bosco or Faith had
time to ponder their budding relationship. Bosco pulled into the station
at elven fifteen. He and Faith sat there for a few minutes not saying a
word. He turned to her. She was nervosly biting hr nails. Bosco
smiled. She looked like a kid that just got caught with her hand in the
cookie jar..
"Hey, you want to grab some take out and a movie? We can hang out at my place."
"I don't have anything to go home to." Her voice was sad.
"Then come home with me. Faith, we'll take this one step at a time. We can call this our first date. If it wasn't almost midnight I'd take you to a nice resturaunt and the movies. Hell we can pretend."
"Nothing spicy and no porno." She looked at him and laughed.
"Promise." They got out of the car. "I'll turn in the paper work and meet you at my car after we change."
"Okay." He held the door open for her as they walked into the station.
"Ten minutes. Don't leave without me." He smiled and headed for the Sargents office.
******
Faith thew her vest in the locker. What the hell was she thinking. Bosco and her. Jezze she had to be nuts. This was never going to work. He had some good arguments but it was never going to work. He was too...sexual, she wasn't. Not that she didn't like it, but it wasn't like it ran her life. With Bosco everything revolved around the sex. Maybe thats why he was never in a relationship for more then five minutes. She closed her locker and headed outside. Maybe if she just headed home. She'd have a few hours to think things out. Not that she hadn't been thinking about it since the first kiss twenty four hours ago. Bosco was still in the Sargents office when she passed by. If she hurried she'd be half way home before he got changed and ready to go.
She haeaded out the door and down the side walk. Faith felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around. Bosco was behind her. She couldn't read his eyes but they were almost troubled.
"My car's the other way." Bosco felt his chest tighten. He knew she had changed her mind.
"I know."
"I thought we were going to try. Take it slow." Here was not the place to discuss what was or wasn't going to happen between them.
"Go get changed Bos. We'll talk about it then." She looked at him. He was apprehensive about going back into the station. "I swear I will be here when you come out."
"Promise?" He wispered. He needed her to know what it ment to him to have her love him. Needed her. In his life. As a friend and now as a lover. Bosco knew he needed more time to convice her it would all work out.
"Promise." He handed her the keys to his car.
"I'll be out in five minutes." He turned and ran back into the station. Faith watched him. The look in his eyes told her he was afraid of her walking away. She'd never seen that before. Women were a dime a dozon in his life. Hell he had a revolving door to his bedroom. What did she have that the others didn't. It wasn't like she was drop dead geogous like the woman he always dated. Or oozing with personality. Why now after seven years was Maurice Boscorelli making her feel the way he did. Faith headed back the way she came and got into Bosco's car and waited.
*******
"Damn it." Bosco thew his vest and work pants into his locker. She was doubting them again. She had too much time to think. What could he do or say to make her realize what he was feeling. He couldn't just say he loved her. She'd be heading to the hills in a second if he told her that like twenty four hours after their fist kiss. But he did love her. He'd been in love with her for a long time. Bosco couln't put a fingure on the exact momment but he couldn't remember a time that he didn't .
He tied his shoes and grabbed his jacket. God he just wanted to take her home and lock the outside world out and make Faith see that he could be the man she needed. A man who loved her uncondionally and without reservation. Bosco walked down the hall heading for the door. He didn't have a clue what he was going to say to her to make here belive him. He half expected her to be gone when he got to the care but she sat in the pasangers seat waithing for him.
"What are you hungry for?" He started the car. He was afraid to look at her. Afraid to look into her eyes and see the fear he saw earlier.
"Bosco, I'm really not hungry." She sat twisting the strap of her bag. "Just take me home."
"I'm not taking you back to that empty apartment."
"It's all I've got." Bosco pulled in front of a diner.
"No Faith. You've got friends and people who care about you. You have two of the best kids I know.. and you have me." He turned to look at her. She was staring strait ahead. "Sure you don't want anything?"
"No." He got out and walked in the diner. He wanted to hit something. What the hell happened in the last couple of hours to change her mind about the chance she was going to give him. The chance to prove she wasn't just one of his meaningless flings. He ordered a couple of burgers and fries and sat watching her. He wondered what was going though her head right now.
*****
He was watching her, she knew. His eyes darkened by the emotions he was feeling. Faith couldn't look at him. She couldn't stay strong if he looked at her with those haunting eyes. God what was she going to do. She couldn't bear not having him a round but how could she trust that he would be there. She needed to be strong. As much as she wanted to lean on Bosco, she couldn't. Not now , not ever.
*******
Bosco paid the man for the food and headed back to the car. She wasn't it the mood to listen to him but he wasn't going to take her to that empty apartment. He's toss her some sheets and she could take the couch. It was better then her speanding the night on a cold floor. Bosco smiled as he opened the door. Last night the floor wasn't a bad place to be. He tossed the bag in the back seat and got in. Faith was still clutching her purse strap like it was her life line to sanity.
"What kind of movie are you up for? Action? Romance?"
"Just bring me home Bosco. I'm just not in the mood."
"Faith, I'm not taking you back to that empty depressing place. I will not let you sit there and dwell on what ever it is going though your head. You don't have to look at me or talk to me. I'll lock myself in my bed room but I'm not taking you to that place." He pulled up in front of his apartment. Grabbing the bag of food he went around and opened the door for Faith. She didn't move. "I'll carry your ass up there if I have to."
"You talk this way to all the girls Bosco?"
"Just the ones that are pissing me off. Now get out of the car." She did as she was told. He put his hand on the small of her back and lead her to the outer door. He unlocked it and held it open as she went inside. "Now see that wasn't so bad was it?" They walked up the steps and stopped at Bosco's door. He unlocked it and guided her inside. "Sit. I'll get the sheets and stuff for the couch." He threw the food bag on the counter with his keys.
******
Faith sat on the recliner. She never really looked at Bosco's apartment. It was cleaner then she expected. He came out of the bedroom with a pillow, sheets and a blanket. She watched as he made up the couch. She couldn't help notice the way his jeans clung to his butt. She had to admit he had a great ass. Faith closed her eyes and leaned back in the chair. God he was makeing her crazy. She opened her eyes. He had taked his jacket off and the black t-shirt clung to him like a second skin. The muscles in his back rippling with every move. Bosco thew the puillow at her when he noticed she had closed her eyes again.
"Wake up. You sure you don't want a burger. I got two." He went to the fridge and got out two beers.
"I could eat, I guess." She sat across from him as he grabbed plates and napkins. Bosco watched her as he got their food. She still wouldn't look at him, except when he had his back turned. He could feel her watching him as he made up the couch. He handed her a beer. "Thanks."
"Sure. You want to watch a movie or someting? I got a bunch. I might even have one you might like." He took a bite of his hamburger.
"I'm pretty beat. Thanks for the offer though." She slowly ate her burger wishing she was home, alone. He made her feel things she shouldn't. Not now. Not so soon after Fred. Bosco downed his beer and threw out what was left of his burger.
"Good night Faith." He thew the beer bottle in the recycle can and headed to the bedroom. "I hope you sleep well. Cause I know I'm not." He slammed the door hard.
"Hey, you want to grab some take out and a movie? We can hang out at my place."
"I don't have anything to go home to." Her voice was sad.
"Then come home with me. Faith, we'll take this one step at a time. We can call this our first date. If it wasn't almost midnight I'd take you to a nice resturaunt and the movies. Hell we can pretend."
"Nothing spicy and no porno." She looked at him and laughed.
"Promise." They got out of the car. "I'll turn in the paper work and meet you at my car after we change."
"Okay." He held the door open for her as they walked into the station.
"Ten minutes. Don't leave without me." He smiled and headed for the Sargents office.
******
Faith thew her vest in the locker. What the hell was she thinking. Bosco and her. Jezze she had to be nuts. This was never going to work. He had some good arguments but it was never going to work. He was too...sexual, she wasn't. Not that she didn't like it, but it wasn't like it ran her life. With Bosco everything revolved around the sex. Maybe thats why he was never in a relationship for more then five minutes. She closed her locker and headed outside. Maybe if she just headed home. She'd have a few hours to think things out. Not that she hadn't been thinking about it since the first kiss twenty four hours ago. Bosco was still in the Sargents office when she passed by. If she hurried she'd be half way home before he got changed and ready to go.
She haeaded out the door and down the side walk. Faith felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around. Bosco was behind her. She couldn't read his eyes but they were almost troubled.
"My car's the other way." Bosco felt his chest tighten. He knew she had changed her mind.
"I know."
"I thought we were going to try. Take it slow." Here was not the place to discuss what was or wasn't going to happen between them.
"Go get changed Bos. We'll talk about it then." She looked at him. He was apprehensive about going back into the station. "I swear I will be here when you come out."
"Promise?" He wispered. He needed her to know what it ment to him to have her love him. Needed her. In his life. As a friend and now as a lover. Bosco knew he needed more time to convice her it would all work out.
"Promise." He handed her the keys to his car.
"I'll be out in five minutes." He turned and ran back into the station. Faith watched him. The look in his eyes told her he was afraid of her walking away. She'd never seen that before. Women were a dime a dozon in his life. Hell he had a revolving door to his bedroom. What did she have that the others didn't. It wasn't like she was drop dead geogous like the woman he always dated. Or oozing with personality. Why now after seven years was Maurice Boscorelli making her feel the way he did. Faith headed back the way she came and got into Bosco's car and waited.
*******
"Damn it." Bosco thew his vest and work pants into his locker. She was doubting them again. She had too much time to think. What could he do or say to make her realize what he was feeling. He couldn't just say he loved her. She'd be heading to the hills in a second if he told her that like twenty four hours after their fist kiss. But he did love her. He'd been in love with her for a long time. Bosco couln't put a fingure on the exact momment but he couldn't remember a time that he didn't .
He tied his shoes and grabbed his jacket. God he just wanted to take her home and lock the outside world out and make Faith see that he could be the man she needed. A man who loved her uncondionally and without reservation. Bosco walked down the hall heading for the door. He didn't have a clue what he was going to say to her to make here belive him. He half expected her to be gone when he got to the care but she sat in the pasangers seat waithing for him.
"What are you hungry for?" He started the car. He was afraid to look at her. Afraid to look into her eyes and see the fear he saw earlier.
"Bosco, I'm really not hungry." She sat twisting the strap of her bag. "Just take me home."
"I'm not taking you back to that empty apartment."
"It's all I've got." Bosco pulled in front of a diner.
"No Faith. You've got friends and people who care about you. You have two of the best kids I know.. and you have me." He turned to look at her. She was staring strait ahead. "Sure you don't want anything?"
"No." He got out and walked in the diner. He wanted to hit something. What the hell happened in the last couple of hours to change her mind about the chance she was going to give him. The chance to prove she wasn't just one of his meaningless flings. He ordered a couple of burgers and fries and sat watching her. He wondered what was going though her head right now.
*****
He was watching her, she knew. His eyes darkened by the emotions he was feeling. Faith couldn't look at him. She couldn't stay strong if he looked at her with those haunting eyes. God what was she going to do. She couldn't bear not having him a round but how could she trust that he would be there. She needed to be strong. As much as she wanted to lean on Bosco, she couldn't. Not now , not ever.
*******
Bosco paid the man for the food and headed back to the car. She wasn't it the mood to listen to him but he wasn't going to take her to that empty apartment. He's toss her some sheets and she could take the couch. It was better then her speanding the night on a cold floor. Bosco smiled as he opened the door. Last night the floor wasn't a bad place to be. He tossed the bag in the back seat and got in. Faith was still clutching her purse strap like it was her life line to sanity.
"What kind of movie are you up for? Action? Romance?"
"Just bring me home Bosco. I'm just not in the mood."
"Faith, I'm not taking you back to that empty depressing place. I will not let you sit there and dwell on what ever it is going though your head. You don't have to look at me or talk to me. I'll lock myself in my bed room but I'm not taking you to that place." He pulled up in front of his apartment. Grabbing the bag of food he went around and opened the door for Faith. She didn't move. "I'll carry your ass up there if I have to."
"You talk this way to all the girls Bosco?"
"Just the ones that are pissing me off. Now get out of the car." She did as she was told. He put his hand on the small of her back and lead her to the outer door. He unlocked it and held it open as she went inside. "Now see that wasn't so bad was it?" They walked up the steps and stopped at Bosco's door. He unlocked it and guided her inside. "Sit. I'll get the sheets and stuff for the couch." He threw the food bag on the counter with his keys.
******
Faith sat on the recliner. She never really looked at Bosco's apartment. It was cleaner then she expected. He came out of the bedroom with a pillow, sheets and a blanket. She watched as he made up the couch. She couldn't help notice the way his jeans clung to his butt. She had to admit he had a great ass. Faith closed her eyes and leaned back in the chair. God he was makeing her crazy. She opened her eyes. He had taked his jacket off and the black t-shirt clung to him like a second skin. The muscles in his back rippling with every move. Bosco thew the puillow at her when he noticed she had closed her eyes again.
"Wake up. You sure you don't want a burger. I got two." He went to the fridge and got out two beers.
"I could eat, I guess." She sat across from him as he grabbed plates and napkins. Bosco watched her as he got their food. She still wouldn't look at him, except when he had his back turned. He could feel her watching him as he made up the couch. He handed her a beer. "Thanks."
"Sure. You want to watch a movie or someting? I got a bunch. I might even have one you might like." He took a bite of his hamburger.
"I'm pretty beat. Thanks for the offer though." She slowly ate her burger wishing she was home, alone. He made her feel things she shouldn't. Not now. Not so soon after Fred. Bosco downed his beer and threw out what was left of his burger.
"Good night Faith." He thew the beer bottle in the recycle can and headed to the bedroom. "I hope you sleep well. Cause I know I'm not." He slammed the door hard.