Hit and Run
Chapter 11
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Finally, Angela was allowed in to see her son. The other patient was finished being settled in and a nurse was checking Bosco's wounds to make sure he hadn't pulled any sutures loose.
"Officer Boscorelli," Angela heard the nurse saying "You really need to be still. You can't walk anyway because you broke your leg. You don't want to end up having to have the surgery all over again do you?" she chastised.
"No, what I want...." Bosco started impatiently before being interrupted by his mother.
"Maurice Boscorelli! You just stay still and do what the doctors and nurses are telling you to do," she finished, faking an angry look. He looked at his mother, head bowed, as if he were eight years old again, being yelled at for breaking something or not being home on time.
"But Ma, they won't tell me anything. I have to know if Faith's okay," he said pleadingly.
"I just came from Faith's room. I'll tell you anything you want to know and if I don't know then I'll find out for you. Just please stay still. You've been through a terrible time. You need to get your strength back if you're going to help Faith," Angela finished as Bosco calmed down. The nurse finished up, nodded her thanks, and headed out of the room.
Angela walked over to Bosco and leaned over to give him a gentle hug, not knowing exactly where he was still sore. "So, how are you feeling, Maurice?"
"I hurt everywhere," he groaned, again turning into a little boy under his mother's touch. "But I need to know about Faith, Ma. I need to know what's going on."
"Faith is still unconscious. She had a blow to the head, but the doctors did a scan and they seem to think she'll be fine," she finished quickly, noticing the upset look on Bosco's face as he heard that his partner had a head injury.
"What else?" he asked. "Well, I think she has a broken arm and I think something with her leg or ankle - I'm not sure. But, I'll make sure I find out everything for you, okay?" she answered him. He nodded his head and looked over at the man in the next bed.
"What's with this guy?" he asked Angela, noticing something familiar about him.
"I don't know," she answered. "They were just bringing him onto the floor as the doctor was in with you."
"Kim Zambrano woke up today," said Angela. "Jimmy Doherty said the news is good - that she should make a full recovery, but that it will take a little while."
"That's good. I still see her flying through the air," Bosco said, glancing over to the man in the next bed again. He just couldn't seem to let go of the fact that he felt like he'd seen him somewhere before.
"Maurice, why don't you just lay back and get some rest. I'm gonna go call Mikey and let him know your awake. He's been great. He's been running the bar ever since you were here," she said proudly.
"How long have I been here? What day is it?" he asked, suddenly realizing that it was light outside the window. "A few days, honey," answered Angela, putting her hand on the side of his face lovingly. "You gave us quite a scare, you know. But Faith wouldn't let you go. She grabbed onto your hand in the emergency room and just kept yelling at you to fight. Somehow you heard her, thank God," she finished, tears springing to her eyes.
"I felt her holding my hand," Bosco said quietly, closing his eyes and falling asleep again.
Angela kissed her son's forehead and left the room to go tell Mikey the good news.
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Alex and Ty were in Faith's room and Alex was holding onto Faith's hand. "Faith, you have to fight to wake up. Bosco's okay. You pulled him through. Now you have to fight too."
"And Kim woke up today," added Ty. "So, now it's your turn."
Faith slept peacefully.
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"DAVIS!" came Bosco's voice from across the hall. "DAVIS! Get in here," he yelled again.
Alex sighed, "Back to his old self," she said sarcastically as Ty left to go see what he wanted. "You see, Faith? You have to save us. You're the only one that can handle Boscorelli," Alex said to Faith and looked back over her shoulder as Ty walked out of the door.
"Bosco saved me," came the quiet voice and Alex jumped. "Faith?!" Alex said, shocked.
"Faith, can you hear me?" Alex asked again. "Yeah, where's Bosco? Is he okay? Where is he Alex?" Faith asked impatiently.
"Bosco is across the hall, Faith. He's gonna be okay. He's banged up like you, but he's gonna be fine. Let me get the doctor for you," Alex said and Faith nodded as Alex left to get the doctor.
Alex stuck her head in the doorway to Bosco's room and called in, "Faith's awake and talking. I'm getting the doctor."
Ty and Bosco looked at each other and Bosco called, "FAITH!? Can you hear me?" Yelling caused his ribs to hurt, but he didn't care. He needed to hear her voice. "FAITH!"
"Yeah, Bos," came the weak reply. "I hear ya'. Now will you shut-up. I have a terrible headache."
"Oh, that old excuse," he called back over to her. The nurse came into the room quickly.
"Now, Officer Boscorelli, you really must remember that you have another person in the room with you. Please keep your voice down," she admonished as she went around his bed to check on the sleeping man on the other side of the room.
"Oh yeah, I forgot," he answered, making a mocking face at Ty who then chuckled. "You're bad, man. You're bad," Ty said.
"You don't know the half of it, Davis," he replied, letting his head fall back on the pillows as he quickly tired.
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Alex returned with the doctor and a nurse and was asked to wait outside while they checked Faith over. Alex told Ty that she was going to go see if Fred was in the waiting room.
"What's that idiot doing here?" asked Bosco angrily.
"He's been here to bring the kids and to check on her condition for the kids," explained Ty.
"Oh," said Bosco, not wanting Fred anywhere near Faith. "Is the doctor done with Faith yet? Go check Davis. And tell that doctor that I want to talk to him too," he yelled after Ty. The nurse immediately shushed him again.
Bosco sneered at the nurse, "Yeah, sorry again. What's his name anyway? I swear I've seen him before."
The nurse glanced at the chart and answered Bosco, "Says his name is Simon Crisafulli. Sound familiar?"
"Mmm, nope," he said, looking over at the man again. "But I know him from somewhere."
"Well, just relax and think about it. I'm sure it'll come back to you, Maurice," said the nurse. "Please, call me Bosco," he said.
"I thought your name was Maurice," she said, raising an eyebrow and looking at the chart next to his bed. "Only my Ma calls me Maurice," he said with a grimace. "Oh, okay.... Bosco. Do you need anything right now?" she replied.
"I just need to know how my partner is. Maybe they can put her in here and put him over there," he said hopefully. "This ward isn't co-ed Bosco," said the nurse as she walked out into the hall.
"She's not a girl - she's my partner!" he called after her.
"Hey, I heard that Bosco!" he heard Faith call across the hallway. "Sorry. You know what I mean," he said laughing. It was good to hear her sarcastic mouth again.
At the nurse's station, the doctor and nurses all looked at each other. "You know the only way we're going to get them to shut-up is to put them in the same room," said the nurse that had just come from Bosco's room. "I know, I know," said the doctor. "Make it so. Hopefully, the Admissions Board won't bring me up on charges, but if it means getting some peace and quiet in the ICU then so-be-it."
About an hour later, Bosco and Faith were being put in the same room. Because of all the wires and stuff still connected to Bosco, it was easier to move Faith. First, they brought Simon Crisafulli into Faith's room and got him settled on the other side of the room. While they were settling him in, Faith couldn't help but notice how familiar he looked. She asked his name and was told. Then she asked if he was one of the victims of the hit and run driver they were hit by.
The nurse looked at the chart and said, "No, says here he's homeless and was brought in by FDNY with multiple cuts, bruises, broken ribs and wrist, and a piece of metal in his ankle for an unknown duration of time. He's here because of the infection caused by the foreign object. Doesn't say how the metal got - oh wait, it says he fell through a floor in an abandoned building he was living in. But, you didn't hear that confidential patient information from me," said the nurse with a wink and a smile.
"What information?" said Faith with a smile. "I don't know a thing."
As they wheeled Faith's bed out of the room, she couldn't help but look again at the man. "I know him from somewhere. I've seen him recently," she thought to herself, trying to think where she could have seen him before.
As they brought Faith into the room, she looked over and saw Bosco sound asleep. "Well, that's a fine thing. He has company and he can't even stay awake long enough," she joked with the nurses.
"He did try, but the medication was too strong for him. He overdid it today and the doctor wanted him to get some rest so he ordered something to knock him out for a while," answered one of the nurses. "How are you doing? Do you need any pain medicine, because you can have more now if you need it."
"You know, I could use a little something for this ankle and arm," Faith conceded. Soon after she was settled, Faith fell asleep also.
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"BOSCO! Fight, damn it! You have to fight. Do you hear me?"
Bosco woke with a start as a nurse came running into the room, expecting to see Bosco in some sort of distress. She looked quickly at Bosco and saw that he was just as puzzled as she was. He was asleep when Faith was moved into his room and didn't realize she was there. Finally, they realized that the yelling was coming from Faith as she started to yell again. She was dreaming.
The nurse tried to gently wake her, but she was too tuned into the dream. "Pull her over here," said Bosco. "Just pull her closer," he ordered. The nurse remembered hearing about what happened between the two in the emergency room and immediately moved Faith's bed closer to Bosco.
Bosco reached, causing him to grunt out loud as the pain shot through his broken ribs. He grabbed Faith's hand and said, "Faith, it's me. I'm okay. Just wake up Faith. I'm right here." Faith calmed at his touch and opened her eyes.
"What? What happened?" she asked, unsure what was going on. "You were having a dream, Faith," answered Bosco calmly. "But it's okay. We're both okay," he said laying back against his pillows again.
"Ah, jeez. I'm sorry Bos," said Faith, somewhat embarrassed by her yelling. "I'm sorry," she said to the nurse who was smoothing out her covers, checking her IV lines and checking her vital signs. The nurse shrugged it off, "Don't worry about it Officer Yokas. It's not a problem. Now, do you need anything? Maybe some water? I'm sorry but you can't have anything to eat just yet."
"Water's fine. Thank you," she said as the nurse poured her a cup of ice water from the pitcher at the side of her bed.
"Now let's make sure you didn't rip anything lose, Bosco," she said turning to him.
"Oh, I'm uh... I'm okay," he said as she started to check his dressings and IV lines. "I'll just take a set of vitals as long as I'm here. You're about due for that anyway. Do you need anything? Unfortunately, you can't even have water yet," she sad in an apologetic tone.
"No, I don't need anything," he answered, looking over at Faith to make sure she was okay. She was laying back against the pillows with her eyes closed, but he could tell that she wasn't asleep. He'd seen her do that in the RMP when she was trying to regain her composure after a particularly hairy call or one involving a kid. She hated the ones involving kids. The nurse finished up and left the room.
Bosco looked at Faith for a moment, taking in every perfect feature. "I'm sorry, Faith," he said quietly and she opened her eyes and looked over at him. "About what?" she said, not knowing what he was referring to.
"About not getting you out of the way. I'm sorry that you got hurt," he finished.
"Bosco. You saved my life!" she said, smiling. "You almost died because of me. I thought I was going to lose you down in the ER. I was so scared," she said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"When I saw that car coming at you I was so scared, Faith. I almost couldn't move. Maybe if I moved quicker we both would have gotten out of the way in time," he said.
"No, Bos. It was me. I froze and you saved me," she said again. She sat forward and reached out to take his hand in her own. "You didn't freeze Faith. You were getting that little kid out of the way. You didn't freeze," he reminded her. "I don't remember that," she said slowly. "Must be from the head injury," she said, shrugging.
They just sat in silence for a few moments, still holding hands. It was so peaceful, neither wanted to let go. Then Bosco said so very quietly, "I felt you. Down in the ER. I felt you hold my hand Faith. I could feel myself leaving and then I felt your hand and heard your voice and I didn't want to leave. I never want to leave you Faith," he said, a tear rolling down the side of his face. He looked over to her and saw that she was crying too.
"I love you too Bosco," she said.
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TBC..... Hope this wasn't too sappy for you. Please let me know if I should keep going or wind this puppy up quicker. Thanks.
Chapter 11
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Finally, Angela was allowed in to see her son. The other patient was finished being settled in and a nurse was checking Bosco's wounds to make sure he hadn't pulled any sutures loose.
"Officer Boscorelli," Angela heard the nurse saying "You really need to be still. You can't walk anyway because you broke your leg. You don't want to end up having to have the surgery all over again do you?" she chastised.
"No, what I want...." Bosco started impatiently before being interrupted by his mother.
"Maurice Boscorelli! You just stay still and do what the doctors and nurses are telling you to do," she finished, faking an angry look. He looked at his mother, head bowed, as if he were eight years old again, being yelled at for breaking something or not being home on time.
"But Ma, they won't tell me anything. I have to know if Faith's okay," he said pleadingly.
"I just came from Faith's room. I'll tell you anything you want to know and if I don't know then I'll find out for you. Just please stay still. You've been through a terrible time. You need to get your strength back if you're going to help Faith," Angela finished as Bosco calmed down. The nurse finished up, nodded her thanks, and headed out of the room.
Angela walked over to Bosco and leaned over to give him a gentle hug, not knowing exactly where he was still sore. "So, how are you feeling, Maurice?"
"I hurt everywhere," he groaned, again turning into a little boy under his mother's touch. "But I need to know about Faith, Ma. I need to know what's going on."
"Faith is still unconscious. She had a blow to the head, but the doctors did a scan and they seem to think she'll be fine," she finished quickly, noticing the upset look on Bosco's face as he heard that his partner had a head injury.
"What else?" he asked. "Well, I think she has a broken arm and I think something with her leg or ankle - I'm not sure. But, I'll make sure I find out everything for you, okay?" she answered him. He nodded his head and looked over at the man in the next bed.
"What's with this guy?" he asked Angela, noticing something familiar about him.
"I don't know," she answered. "They were just bringing him onto the floor as the doctor was in with you."
"Kim Zambrano woke up today," said Angela. "Jimmy Doherty said the news is good - that she should make a full recovery, but that it will take a little while."
"That's good. I still see her flying through the air," Bosco said, glancing over to the man in the next bed again. He just couldn't seem to let go of the fact that he felt like he'd seen him somewhere before.
"Maurice, why don't you just lay back and get some rest. I'm gonna go call Mikey and let him know your awake. He's been great. He's been running the bar ever since you were here," she said proudly.
"How long have I been here? What day is it?" he asked, suddenly realizing that it was light outside the window. "A few days, honey," answered Angela, putting her hand on the side of his face lovingly. "You gave us quite a scare, you know. But Faith wouldn't let you go. She grabbed onto your hand in the emergency room and just kept yelling at you to fight. Somehow you heard her, thank God," she finished, tears springing to her eyes.
"I felt her holding my hand," Bosco said quietly, closing his eyes and falling asleep again.
Angela kissed her son's forehead and left the room to go tell Mikey the good news.
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Alex and Ty were in Faith's room and Alex was holding onto Faith's hand. "Faith, you have to fight to wake up. Bosco's okay. You pulled him through. Now you have to fight too."
"And Kim woke up today," added Ty. "So, now it's your turn."
Faith slept peacefully.
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"DAVIS!" came Bosco's voice from across the hall. "DAVIS! Get in here," he yelled again.
Alex sighed, "Back to his old self," she said sarcastically as Ty left to go see what he wanted. "You see, Faith? You have to save us. You're the only one that can handle Boscorelli," Alex said to Faith and looked back over her shoulder as Ty walked out of the door.
"Bosco saved me," came the quiet voice and Alex jumped. "Faith?!" Alex said, shocked.
"Faith, can you hear me?" Alex asked again. "Yeah, where's Bosco? Is he okay? Where is he Alex?" Faith asked impatiently.
"Bosco is across the hall, Faith. He's gonna be okay. He's banged up like you, but he's gonna be fine. Let me get the doctor for you," Alex said and Faith nodded as Alex left to get the doctor.
Alex stuck her head in the doorway to Bosco's room and called in, "Faith's awake and talking. I'm getting the doctor."
Ty and Bosco looked at each other and Bosco called, "FAITH!? Can you hear me?" Yelling caused his ribs to hurt, but he didn't care. He needed to hear her voice. "FAITH!"
"Yeah, Bos," came the weak reply. "I hear ya'. Now will you shut-up. I have a terrible headache."
"Oh, that old excuse," he called back over to her. The nurse came into the room quickly.
"Now, Officer Boscorelli, you really must remember that you have another person in the room with you. Please keep your voice down," she admonished as she went around his bed to check on the sleeping man on the other side of the room.
"Oh yeah, I forgot," he answered, making a mocking face at Ty who then chuckled. "You're bad, man. You're bad," Ty said.
"You don't know the half of it, Davis," he replied, letting his head fall back on the pillows as he quickly tired.
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Alex returned with the doctor and a nurse and was asked to wait outside while they checked Faith over. Alex told Ty that she was going to go see if Fred was in the waiting room.
"What's that idiot doing here?" asked Bosco angrily.
"He's been here to bring the kids and to check on her condition for the kids," explained Ty.
"Oh," said Bosco, not wanting Fred anywhere near Faith. "Is the doctor done with Faith yet? Go check Davis. And tell that doctor that I want to talk to him too," he yelled after Ty. The nurse immediately shushed him again.
Bosco sneered at the nurse, "Yeah, sorry again. What's his name anyway? I swear I've seen him before."
The nurse glanced at the chart and answered Bosco, "Says his name is Simon Crisafulli. Sound familiar?"
"Mmm, nope," he said, looking over at the man again. "But I know him from somewhere."
"Well, just relax and think about it. I'm sure it'll come back to you, Maurice," said the nurse. "Please, call me Bosco," he said.
"I thought your name was Maurice," she said, raising an eyebrow and looking at the chart next to his bed. "Only my Ma calls me Maurice," he said with a grimace. "Oh, okay.... Bosco. Do you need anything right now?" she replied.
"I just need to know how my partner is. Maybe they can put her in here and put him over there," he said hopefully. "This ward isn't co-ed Bosco," said the nurse as she walked out into the hall.
"She's not a girl - she's my partner!" he called after her.
"Hey, I heard that Bosco!" he heard Faith call across the hallway. "Sorry. You know what I mean," he said laughing. It was good to hear her sarcastic mouth again.
At the nurse's station, the doctor and nurses all looked at each other. "You know the only way we're going to get them to shut-up is to put them in the same room," said the nurse that had just come from Bosco's room. "I know, I know," said the doctor. "Make it so. Hopefully, the Admissions Board won't bring me up on charges, but if it means getting some peace and quiet in the ICU then so-be-it."
About an hour later, Bosco and Faith were being put in the same room. Because of all the wires and stuff still connected to Bosco, it was easier to move Faith. First, they brought Simon Crisafulli into Faith's room and got him settled on the other side of the room. While they were settling him in, Faith couldn't help but notice how familiar he looked. She asked his name and was told. Then she asked if he was one of the victims of the hit and run driver they were hit by.
The nurse looked at the chart and said, "No, says here he's homeless and was brought in by FDNY with multiple cuts, bruises, broken ribs and wrist, and a piece of metal in his ankle for an unknown duration of time. He's here because of the infection caused by the foreign object. Doesn't say how the metal got - oh wait, it says he fell through a floor in an abandoned building he was living in. But, you didn't hear that confidential patient information from me," said the nurse with a wink and a smile.
"What information?" said Faith with a smile. "I don't know a thing."
As they wheeled Faith's bed out of the room, she couldn't help but look again at the man. "I know him from somewhere. I've seen him recently," she thought to herself, trying to think where she could have seen him before.
As they brought Faith into the room, she looked over and saw Bosco sound asleep. "Well, that's a fine thing. He has company and he can't even stay awake long enough," she joked with the nurses.
"He did try, but the medication was too strong for him. He overdid it today and the doctor wanted him to get some rest so he ordered something to knock him out for a while," answered one of the nurses. "How are you doing? Do you need any pain medicine, because you can have more now if you need it."
"You know, I could use a little something for this ankle and arm," Faith conceded. Soon after she was settled, Faith fell asleep also.
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"BOSCO! Fight, damn it! You have to fight. Do you hear me?"
Bosco woke with a start as a nurse came running into the room, expecting to see Bosco in some sort of distress. She looked quickly at Bosco and saw that he was just as puzzled as she was. He was asleep when Faith was moved into his room and didn't realize she was there. Finally, they realized that the yelling was coming from Faith as she started to yell again. She was dreaming.
The nurse tried to gently wake her, but she was too tuned into the dream. "Pull her over here," said Bosco. "Just pull her closer," he ordered. The nurse remembered hearing about what happened between the two in the emergency room and immediately moved Faith's bed closer to Bosco.
Bosco reached, causing him to grunt out loud as the pain shot through his broken ribs. He grabbed Faith's hand and said, "Faith, it's me. I'm okay. Just wake up Faith. I'm right here." Faith calmed at his touch and opened her eyes.
"What? What happened?" she asked, unsure what was going on. "You were having a dream, Faith," answered Bosco calmly. "But it's okay. We're both okay," he said laying back against his pillows again.
"Ah, jeez. I'm sorry Bos," said Faith, somewhat embarrassed by her yelling. "I'm sorry," she said to the nurse who was smoothing out her covers, checking her IV lines and checking her vital signs. The nurse shrugged it off, "Don't worry about it Officer Yokas. It's not a problem. Now, do you need anything? Maybe some water? I'm sorry but you can't have anything to eat just yet."
"Water's fine. Thank you," she said as the nurse poured her a cup of ice water from the pitcher at the side of her bed.
"Now let's make sure you didn't rip anything lose, Bosco," she said turning to him.
"Oh, I'm uh... I'm okay," he said as she started to check his dressings and IV lines. "I'll just take a set of vitals as long as I'm here. You're about due for that anyway. Do you need anything? Unfortunately, you can't even have water yet," she sad in an apologetic tone.
"No, I don't need anything," he answered, looking over at Faith to make sure she was okay. She was laying back against the pillows with her eyes closed, but he could tell that she wasn't asleep. He'd seen her do that in the RMP when she was trying to regain her composure after a particularly hairy call or one involving a kid. She hated the ones involving kids. The nurse finished up and left the room.
Bosco looked at Faith for a moment, taking in every perfect feature. "I'm sorry, Faith," he said quietly and she opened her eyes and looked over at him. "About what?" she said, not knowing what he was referring to.
"About not getting you out of the way. I'm sorry that you got hurt," he finished.
"Bosco. You saved my life!" she said, smiling. "You almost died because of me. I thought I was going to lose you down in the ER. I was so scared," she said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"When I saw that car coming at you I was so scared, Faith. I almost couldn't move. Maybe if I moved quicker we both would have gotten out of the way in time," he said.
"No, Bos. It was me. I froze and you saved me," she said again. She sat forward and reached out to take his hand in her own. "You didn't freeze Faith. You were getting that little kid out of the way. You didn't freeze," he reminded her. "I don't remember that," she said slowly. "Must be from the head injury," she said, shrugging.
They just sat in silence for a few moments, still holding hands. It was so peaceful, neither wanted to let go. Then Bosco said so very quietly, "I felt you. Down in the ER. I felt you hold my hand Faith. I could feel myself leaving and then I felt your hand and heard your voice and I didn't want to leave. I never want to leave you Faith," he said, a tear rolling down the side of his face. He looked over to her and saw that she was crying too.
"I love you too Bosco," she said.
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TBC..... Hope this wasn't too sappy for you. Please let me know if I should keep going or wind this puppy up quicker. Thanks.