Thanks to all of you for the support and kind words. And since I haven't
said it in a while, I own nothing but the air bewtween my ears.
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Bosco was waiting on the curb at two o'clock. Faith pulled up and got out of the car. He looked up at her. She looked a whole lot better then she did nine hours ago. She had her hair pulled back and a huge smile on her face.
"Okay what did you do to my car." Sitting next to him she handed him a soda and opened her own.
"I put a new air freshener in it. The other one was ready for the trash. Other then that everythings fine." Bosco smiled. Maybe with the pressure of being more then friends off things could go back to normal. But he still ached to touch her.
"Did you talk to the kids?" He popped open his soda.
"Yeah. Their coming back in two weeks." She looked down at the sidewalk. "Can I ask you a favor?"
"Anything Faith, you know that."
"I need funiture and stuff, would you help me. There's an action this weekend upstate. Jimmy's loaning me a cargo van. Maybe we can pick up a few things."
"Sure. I didn't have anything going and it kinda sounds like fun." He got up and offered Faith a hand and pulled her to her feet. "Ready for another long day in the hot sun?"
"You bet." She handed him the keys and they got in the car. There was a country station on the radio, Faith went to change it but Bosco stopped her. She smiled. "I got you hooked."
"No. It's just it....okay it grows on you. But if anyone asked I will deny it to my death." Bosco felt the weight of the world lift off his shoulders. She was back. The Faith he needed. His partner, his best friend. One day it would all come together when she was ready. Until then he would enjoy the part of her he had.
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Faith doodled on the paper in front of her. She knew Bosco was itching for some action. She smiled and drew a smily face on the paper. She would love to give him some action. Oh, hell where did that come from, she thought. Smiling again, she knew. Bosco looked over at her. His fingures drumming a beat on the steering wheel.
"Want to let me in on the good news. Your smiling like a kid in a candy store." She was so in a good mood today. He wasn't sure what caused it but he was glad it happened.
"Just thinking about stuff." His stuff. The way he made her feel. Jesus. Faith was worse then a kid with a crush. If Bosco knew what she was thinking right now he'd have her head.
"It's getting late, you want to eat."
"Yeah, I could eat." She smiled again. God she was loosing it. She'd come to the conclusion that it wasn't worth fighting. Bosco was the best friend anyone could ask for and as of right now he would take what ever she was willing to give and that suited her just fine. She looked at him as they pulled into the diner's parking lot. Hell if he broke her heart she could just shoot him.
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"Want to sleep on my couch again?" Bosco asked as he changed out of his uniform. Faith was already changed, sitting on the bench.
"Yeah sure, why not." She looked up to see his eyes nearly popping out of his head, "What? I need a bed remeber. If you don't mind putting up with me till Saturday when we go to the action."
"No, I don't mind. You need to stop by your place?"
"No, I packed a bag. It's in your car." She pulled out her jacket from her locker and headed out the door. Bosco watched her. What the hell just happened here? She must of done some seriose soul serching or something this morning. He wasn't going to agure. Fate was on his side for once and he wasn't going to pass up the oppertunity to show her what they could be together.
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Faith sat on the couch, legs crossed watching a horror movie on T.V. Bosco sat on the couch too. On the oppisite end. He watched Faith as she watched the movie. Covering her eyes when the scarier parts came on. Bosco smiled and went back to the book he was reading. The next thing he knew Faith was on top of him, well almost. She had her head buried in his shoulder and was peeking out.
"Faith?" She looked at him.
"Sorry. It was a pretty scary part." She moved away.
"Didn't you mom ever teach you not to watch scary movies before bed?"
"Yeah." She moved over a little bit. He wished she hadn't. She smelled like wildflowers. He just wanted to inhale the soft scent. The movie ended fifteen minutes later. Bosco got up and headed to the bathroom. He needed to splash some cold water on his face. Hell on his whole body. When he went back to the living room Faith was laying down. He head covered with a pillow.
"You under there Yokas?"
"Yeah." She took the pillow off her head. "I shouldn't of watched that." Bosco smiled a 'I told you so' smile. "Your never going to let me live it down are you Bosco."
"Some day." He went in the kitchen and grabbed an apple. "Hey I'm going to bed. Wake me if the boogie man comes." He walked away. Faith thew a pillow at his retreating form. Bosco was tempted to throw it back but a pillow fight was way to inimate in the state he was in. "Night Faith. Sweet dream." Shutting the door behind him Bosco let out a long breath. It was going to be a long night.
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Faith curled up on the couch. She wanted to sleep but every time she closed her eyes the last horrifing scene of the movie played in her mind. Hell she was a New York City police officer and a little movie had scared the bejezzes out of her. Bosco would never in a million years let her live this one down. If she waited long enough he would be asleep and she could sneak in and sleep on the floor again. Or maybe crawl in next to him and catch a couple of hours. That was a tempting thought. Curled up beside him. God she was loosing her mind.
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Bosco slid under the covers and inhaled deeply. Faith's scent still lingured on the pillow she had slept on last night. With any luck she would be sleeping there again soon. If not tonight. The movie freaked her out badly. He closed his eyes and smiled. Yeah, he gave her oh about an hour before she high tailed her cute little ass in here. He would again promise that he wouldn't touch her. It would be a task, but one he was willing to handle. If it ment that sometime soon Faith would be his he would promise her the moon and the stars.
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An hour and twenty minutes later Faith tip toed into Bosco's room. The small lamp lighted up the room. He had his back to her and the covers on the side closest to her where folded down. It was like he had been waiting for her. She scrambled under the covers and snuggled deep benieth them and fell asleep.
Bosco smiled and turned over. She was shaking. He wanted to put his arms around her and protect her from the boogie man but he knew better. One touch and he'd be lost. He could bairly see the top of her head under the blankets. He watched her sleep for a few minutes and then turned over and tried to get some sleep.
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Bosco was waiting on the curb at two o'clock. Faith pulled up and got out of the car. He looked up at her. She looked a whole lot better then she did nine hours ago. She had her hair pulled back and a huge smile on her face.
"Okay what did you do to my car." Sitting next to him she handed him a soda and opened her own.
"I put a new air freshener in it. The other one was ready for the trash. Other then that everythings fine." Bosco smiled. Maybe with the pressure of being more then friends off things could go back to normal. But he still ached to touch her.
"Did you talk to the kids?" He popped open his soda.
"Yeah. Their coming back in two weeks." She looked down at the sidewalk. "Can I ask you a favor?"
"Anything Faith, you know that."
"I need funiture and stuff, would you help me. There's an action this weekend upstate. Jimmy's loaning me a cargo van. Maybe we can pick up a few things."
"Sure. I didn't have anything going and it kinda sounds like fun." He got up and offered Faith a hand and pulled her to her feet. "Ready for another long day in the hot sun?"
"You bet." She handed him the keys and they got in the car. There was a country station on the radio, Faith went to change it but Bosco stopped her. She smiled. "I got you hooked."
"No. It's just it....okay it grows on you. But if anyone asked I will deny it to my death." Bosco felt the weight of the world lift off his shoulders. She was back. The Faith he needed. His partner, his best friend. One day it would all come together when she was ready. Until then he would enjoy the part of her he had.
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Faith doodled on the paper in front of her. She knew Bosco was itching for some action. She smiled and drew a smily face on the paper. She would love to give him some action. Oh, hell where did that come from, she thought. Smiling again, she knew. Bosco looked over at her. His fingures drumming a beat on the steering wheel.
"Want to let me in on the good news. Your smiling like a kid in a candy store." She was so in a good mood today. He wasn't sure what caused it but he was glad it happened.
"Just thinking about stuff." His stuff. The way he made her feel. Jesus. Faith was worse then a kid with a crush. If Bosco knew what she was thinking right now he'd have her head.
"It's getting late, you want to eat."
"Yeah, I could eat." She smiled again. God she was loosing it. She'd come to the conclusion that it wasn't worth fighting. Bosco was the best friend anyone could ask for and as of right now he would take what ever she was willing to give and that suited her just fine. She looked at him as they pulled into the diner's parking lot. Hell if he broke her heart she could just shoot him.
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"Want to sleep on my couch again?" Bosco asked as he changed out of his uniform. Faith was already changed, sitting on the bench.
"Yeah sure, why not." She looked up to see his eyes nearly popping out of his head, "What? I need a bed remeber. If you don't mind putting up with me till Saturday when we go to the action."
"No, I don't mind. You need to stop by your place?"
"No, I packed a bag. It's in your car." She pulled out her jacket from her locker and headed out the door. Bosco watched her. What the hell just happened here? She must of done some seriose soul serching or something this morning. He wasn't going to agure. Fate was on his side for once and he wasn't going to pass up the oppertunity to show her what they could be together.
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Faith sat on the couch, legs crossed watching a horror movie on T.V. Bosco sat on the couch too. On the oppisite end. He watched Faith as she watched the movie. Covering her eyes when the scarier parts came on. Bosco smiled and went back to the book he was reading. The next thing he knew Faith was on top of him, well almost. She had her head buried in his shoulder and was peeking out.
"Faith?" She looked at him.
"Sorry. It was a pretty scary part." She moved away.
"Didn't you mom ever teach you not to watch scary movies before bed?"
"Yeah." She moved over a little bit. He wished she hadn't. She smelled like wildflowers. He just wanted to inhale the soft scent. The movie ended fifteen minutes later. Bosco got up and headed to the bathroom. He needed to splash some cold water on his face. Hell on his whole body. When he went back to the living room Faith was laying down. He head covered with a pillow.
"You under there Yokas?"
"Yeah." She took the pillow off her head. "I shouldn't of watched that." Bosco smiled a 'I told you so' smile. "Your never going to let me live it down are you Bosco."
"Some day." He went in the kitchen and grabbed an apple. "Hey I'm going to bed. Wake me if the boogie man comes." He walked away. Faith thew a pillow at his retreating form. Bosco was tempted to throw it back but a pillow fight was way to inimate in the state he was in. "Night Faith. Sweet dream." Shutting the door behind him Bosco let out a long breath. It was going to be a long night.
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Faith curled up on the couch. She wanted to sleep but every time she closed her eyes the last horrifing scene of the movie played in her mind. Hell she was a New York City police officer and a little movie had scared the bejezzes out of her. Bosco would never in a million years let her live this one down. If she waited long enough he would be asleep and she could sneak in and sleep on the floor again. Or maybe crawl in next to him and catch a couple of hours. That was a tempting thought. Curled up beside him. God she was loosing her mind.
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Bosco slid under the covers and inhaled deeply. Faith's scent still lingured on the pillow she had slept on last night. With any luck she would be sleeping there again soon. If not tonight. The movie freaked her out badly. He closed his eyes and smiled. Yeah, he gave her oh about an hour before she high tailed her cute little ass in here. He would again promise that he wouldn't touch her. It would be a task, but one he was willing to handle. If it ment that sometime soon Faith would be his he would promise her the moon and the stars.
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An hour and twenty minutes later Faith tip toed into Bosco's room. The small lamp lighted up the room. He had his back to her and the covers on the side closest to her where folded down. It was like he had been waiting for her. She scrambled under the covers and snuggled deep benieth them and fell asleep.
Bosco smiled and turned over. She was shaking. He wanted to put his arms around her and protect her from the boogie man but he knew better. One touch and he'd be lost. He could bairly see the top of her head under the blankets. He watched her sleep for a few minutes and then turned over and tried to get some sleep.