Faith woke up to the sounds of laughter coming from the kitchen. She
turned and looked at the clock. It was after eight. She slipped on a pair
of shorts and a t-shirt and headed toward the sound of giggling.
"Bosco I'm too old for Barbie's." Emily laughed.
"So what does an almost teenage girl want for her birthday." Emily bowed her head. She was quiet for a long minute. "Em?"
"I already have the best birthday present." She looked at Bosco.
"What's that?"
"Mom smiling again. She hasn't done that in such a long time." Emily got up and hugged Bosco. "Thank you uncle Bosco."
"Any time kiddo, any time." Bosco hugged the not so little girl.
Faith leaned agaist the hall way wall. Her kids were getting as attached to Bosco as she was. She hoped they were stong enough to deal with the loss when he decided he didn't need them anymore. Straightening up she walked into the kitchen. Bosco looked up from his pizza.
"Hey sleepy head." He stood up and got her a plate and a coulple of slices of pizza. "I cooked dinner." Bosco laughed and looked at her. She was pale and looked sad. "You okay Faith?"
"Yeah. I think I just got up too quick. Didn't streatch." Charlie pulled out a chair for his mother.
"Sit down and eat mom. You'll feel alot better." He went over and got her a glass and poured her some milk.
"Milk?" She looked at Bosco.
"I told them if we're going to eat junk for dinner it's the least we should do." Faith smiled. The kids listened to him. It was a good thing she knew but it was going to hurt so much more when he was gone.
"Your good at this."
"What?"
"With the kids. It's a wonder you haven't settled down and had some of your own. " Bosco looked at her though lazy lids and smiled.
"Never found anyone I wanted to have any with." He almost said 'till now', but thought he'd be pushing it. The kids just lost the father they had. None of them needed the stress of thinking that far ahead just yet.
"Mom I'm going to bed." Emily rinsed off her plate and glass and kissed her mom. Then Bosco. "If it's alright with you I want to go to school tomorrow."
"Fine sweety if you feel up to it."
"But Wednesday.....were all going right?"
"Were sweety?" Emily rolled her eye's
"You forgot what Wendesday is?" Faith looked at Bosco. She had forgot and so had he. With everything that had happened the last week.
"No baby. I just pushed it to the back of my mind with everything." She grabbed her daughter and hugged her. "Of course we're going right Bosco?"
"Right. We all need to be there. " With everything going on with them and work he had nearly forgotten that Wendnesday was September 11. A day he realized that he was one of the lucky ones. A survivor. Faith and he had worked hard after that day. Worked hard to rescue those who survived and more importantly those who didn't. They needed to be at memorial. They needed to remember the past to go on with the future. He hugged Faith and Emily. And he needed to thank God for the presious gift in front of him.
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Faith took a shower. When she was done she found Bosco laying on the couch. He was reading a magazine and drinking a beer. She grabbed one out of the fridge and sat down on the chair .
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Why?"
"Something upset you earlier. What was it?"
"Really, Bos." He sat up.
"If you say so." He grabed her hand and pulled her off the chair and into his lap. "If I did something wrong you'd tell me right?"
"Bosco, it's nothing. You did nothing. You said nothing. It's just me feeling insucure about a whole lota things right now. And your not one of them." She was never very good at lying.
"If you need to talk about it...you know you can talk to me right?" He took her chin in his hand and looked into her eyes.
"Yeah. I know." She kissed him. They way he felt made all the things running though her mind melt away. "Take me bed Maurice." He lifted her up and carried her into the bedroom. Laying her on the bed he threw off his t-shirt and layed next to her.
"You ment what you said last night? On the phone." He looked into her eyes.
"You know I did."
"Say it. Say it when I can see your face, your eye's."
"I love you." He kissed her.
"God Faith you don't know how long I've waited to here you say that." He kissed his way down her body and back up. "I love you Faith. I have for a long, long time. I was so afraid that I'd lost you after all the shit that last few months."
"Never Bosco. I was just doing it because I cared."
"I know. I just didn't want to disappoint you."
"Oh Bosco you could never disaapoint me." She kissed him. "Never." She sat up and took of her shirt and shorts and helped him remove his jogging pants. He entered her in one storke.
"I love you Faith." She smiled loving the feel of him inside her.
"I love you too Bosco." He began to move and as he did he watched her. He wanted to rember the look on her face when he made her explode. Etch itin his mind so when she finally realized this was a mistake he'd have something to hold on to.
"Bosco I'm too old for Barbie's." Emily laughed.
"So what does an almost teenage girl want for her birthday." Emily bowed her head. She was quiet for a long minute. "Em?"
"I already have the best birthday present." She looked at Bosco.
"What's that?"
"Mom smiling again. She hasn't done that in such a long time." Emily got up and hugged Bosco. "Thank you uncle Bosco."
"Any time kiddo, any time." Bosco hugged the not so little girl.
Faith leaned agaist the hall way wall. Her kids were getting as attached to Bosco as she was. She hoped they were stong enough to deal with the loss when he decided he didn't need them anymore. Straightening up she walked into the kitchen. Bosco looked up from his pizza.
"Hey sleepy head." He stood up and got her a plate and a coulple of slices of pizza. "I cooked dinner." Bosco laughed and looked at her. She was pale and looked sad. "You okay Faith?"
"Yeah. I think I just got up too quick. Didn't streatch." Charlie pulled out a chair for his mother.
"Sit down and eat mom. You'll feel alot better." He went over and got her a glass and poured her some milk.
"Milk?" She looked at Bosco.
"I told them if we're going to eat junk for dinner it's the least we should do." Faith smiled. The kids listened to him. It was a good thing she knew but it was going to hurt so much more when he was gone.
"Your good at this."
"What?"
"With the kids. It's a wonder you haven't settled down and had some of your own. " Bosco looked at her though lazy lids and smiled.
"Never found anyone I wanted to have any with." He almost said 'till now', but thought he'd be pushing it. The kids just lost the father they had. None of them needed the stress of thinking that far ahead just yet.
"Mom I'm going to bed." Emily rinsed off her plate and glass and kissed her mom. Then Bosco. "If it's alright with you I want to go to school tomorrow."
"Fine sweety if you feel up to it."
"But Wednesday.....were all going right?"
"Were sweety?" Emily rolled her eye's
"You forgot what Wendesday is?" Faith looked at Bosco. She had forgot and so had he. With everything that had happened the last week.
"No baby. I just pushed it to the back of my mind with everything." She grabbed her daughter and hugged her. "Of course we're going right Bosco?"
"Right. We all need to be there. " With everything going on with them and work he had nearly forgotten that Wendnesday was September 11. A day he realized that he was one of the lucky ones. A survivor. Faith and he had worked hard after that day. Worked hard to rescue those who survived and more importantly those who didn't. They needed to be at memorial. They needed to remember the past to go on with the future. He hugged Faith and Emily. And he needed to thank God for the presious gift in front of him.
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Faith took a shower. When she was done she found Bosco laying on the couch. He was reading a magazine and drinking a beer. She grabbed one out of the fridge and sat down on the chair .
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Why?"
"Something upset you earlier. What was it?"
"Really, Bos." He sat up.
"If you say so." He grabed her hand and pulled her off the chair and into his lap. "If I did something wrong you'd tell me right?"
"Bosco, it's nothing. You did nothing. You said nothing. It's just me feeling insucure about a whole lota things right now. And your not one of them." She was never very good at lying.
"If you need to talk about it...you know you can talk to me right?" He took her chin in his hand and looked into her eyes.
"Yeah. I know." She kissed him. They way he felt made all the things running though her mind melt away. "Take me bed Maurice." He lifted her up and carried her into the bedroom. Laying her on the bed he threw off his t-shirt and layed next to her.
"You ment what you said last night? On the phone." He looked into her eyes.
"You know I did."
"Say it. Say it when I can see your face, your eye's."
"I love you." He kissed her.
"God Faith you don't know how long I've waited to here you say that." He kissed his way down her body and back up. "I love you Faith. I have for a long, long time. I was so afraid that I'd lost you after all the shit that last few months."
"Never Bosco. I was just doing it because I cared."
"I know. I just didn't want to disappoint you."
"Oh Bosco you could never disaapoint me." She kissed him. "Never." She sat up and took of her shirt and shorts and helped him remove his jogging pants. He entered her in one storke.
"I love you Faith." She smiled loving the feel of him inside her.
"I love you too Bosco." He began to move and as he did he watched her. He wanted to rember the look on her face when he made her explode. Etch itin his mind so when she finally realized this was a mistake he'd have something to hold on to.