Hit and Run
Chapter 15
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Bosco was being transferred from the recovery room stretcher to the bed in the ICU. He was still knocked out from the anesthesia so it was fairly easy to get him settled this time. Just as the nurse had finished getting him settled and checked his IV lines and monitors, Bosco stirred a little. "Officer Boscorelli, everything's fine. Your back in your room and your surgery went great. I just gave you something for any pain so just relax and let it work." Bosco gave a slight nod and faded back to sleep.
The patient in the next bed awoke at the name he heard the nurse call the new patient in his room. The nurse noticed that he was awake and came over to see if he needed anything. "Mr. Crisafulli. Sorry to wake you. Do you need anything while I'm here?" asked the nurse.
"No, thank you," he replied. "What's with this guy?" he asked trying to get more information on the officer's condition.
"Oh, he just had some surgery for some internal bleeding. He should be out of it the rest of the night. I'll make the proper introductions for you tomorrow," she said cheerfully. With that, the nurse checked Bosco over one more time and left the room.
Crisafulli sat up in bed and looked over at the sleeping man in the other bed. "So, still hanging on I see," he said quietly to himself. "We'll see about that." He slowly sat up and swung his legs over to the other side of the bed. Carefully, he slid off the bed, putting his good foot on the floor. He listened for a moment, trying to hear whether anyone was coming down the hallway. The only sound he heard was that of the even breathing of Bosco and his own heartbeat pounding in his ears. He grabbed hold of the IV pole that held his medications and used it as a cane. He slowly crept toward the bed ignoring the pain shooting through his injured ankle. He looked down at the wires and tubes and tried to figure out a way to injure the man further. He reached the side of Bosco's bed and looked around to see if there was anything he could use to inflict more damage. Just then he heard, "Mr. Crisafulli, what are you doing out of bed?" Crisafulli jumped at the sound of the nurse's voice, silently berating himself for letting himself get so caught up in his revenge so as not to notice someone approaching. Luckily he was a quick thinker and said, "Nurse. I was just going to ring for someone. It sounded like he had stopped breathing," he said hastily, putting alarm in his voice.
The nurse quickly came over to Bosco's side and checked him over. "Mr. Crisafulli. Office Boscorelli is just fine," she said as she came around the bed to help him back to his own bed. "Now, please. We don't want you to hurt yourself anymore."
"But..." he said before being interrupted again. "I understand that you were concerned, but next time just push the button on your bed and we'll be right in," she admonished him as she straightened his covers and checked his IV to assure he hadn't pulled it loose. She checked the bandages on his leg to make sure that he hadn't ripped any anything loose. She patted his arm reassuringly, checked the sleeping officer one more time and left the room again.
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Faith was still wide-awake when the nurse came in to check on her. "Officer Yokas? What on earth are you still doing awake?" she asked her. "You should be exhausted after your therapy and your all day visitors," she said jokingly.
"I know, it's just... Have you heard any information about my partner?" she asked the nurse finally. She had told the nurse about Bosco's surgery and the nurse said that she would check throughout the night and let her know what she found out.
"Well, that's what I was coming in to tell you if you were awake - and you are! I just got off the phone with the ICU. They said that he is back from the recovery room and is sound asleep. The notes in his chart from the surgeon say that everything went fine and that they were able to repair the leak of the spleen," she said reassuringly.
"Great. Thank you so much," said Faith. The nurse straightened out Faith's covers, took a set of vitals as long as she was awake and noted them in her chart. "Now. Do you need anything before I go? Do you need some more pain medicine because you are about due for more if you need it," she said looking at her wristwatch and calculating the time since Faith's last pain pill.
"No, I think I can sleep now that I know Bosco's okay," she said smiling. "Thanks again."
"No problem, dear. Now get some sleep," the nurse replied, reaching up and turning off the overhead light.
Faith settled back and closed her eyes. She still had a nagging feeling in the back of her mind, but finally managed to fall asleep.
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The doctor was talking to Angela Boscorelli at the nurse's station. He was letting her know that Bosco's surgery had gone smoothly. They had found the small nick in his spleen that was causing the problems with his blood count and had been able to repair it without taking the spleen out.
"He'll be out of it for the rest of the night Ms. Boscorelli," said the doctor, looking very tired himself. "Why don't you go home and get some rest. He probably won't be ready to talk to anyone until tomorrow afternoon or so," he finished.
"Thank you, Doctor," she said, finally relaxing a little now that she knew he was going to be okay. "I just want to take a peek at him before I go if that's okay?" she asked.
The doctor nodded. "That would be fine," he said, nodding toward the nurse to bring her back for a quick moment. "But then I want you to go home and get some rest," he finished. She shook the doctor's hand. "Thank you, Doctor. You look like you need some rest too," she said and then followed the nurse down the hall to check on her son.
The nurse indicated which room he was in and told her that she could only go in for a quick moment. "Okay, I will. I promise," she said to the nurse. She quietly walked into Bosco's room, noticing the other man in the room also. She walked even quieter, not wanting to disturb the other person. She looked down at her son, a peaceful look on his face. It seemed the only time he looked totally relaxed was when he was knocked out by anesthesia, she thought to herself, chuckling slightly. She leaned over and gave him a kiss on the forehead and squeezed his hand slightly. "Goodnight, Honey. I'll see you in the morning." Then she turned and walked out of the room and toward the elevators, thanking the nurse at the desk on her way out.
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The next day, Ty awoke to the sunshine shining in the room. He looked over at Alex sleeping next to him, wearing nothing but the sheet from the bed. "What did I do to deserve this?" he thought to himself turning toward her and wrapping his arms around her. She stirred and woke up, looking at his smiling face.
"You know, I could get used to this," she mumbled sleepily.
"Oh yeah?" said Ty, suddenly tickling her without warning. She squirmed away from him and found herself on the floor next to the bed in a fit of laughter.
"Are you okay?!" asked Ty quickly, shedding the bed sheet and jumping up, immediately sorry for making her fall off the bed.
"Yes," Alex replied, still laughing as she rubbed her hip where it hit against the hardwood floor. She looked up to see him standing before her and again she wanted him. She slowly took his hand and stood up, moving in close to him quickly.
They could each feel the other's heat. The passion began to build again and soon they were back in bed, exploring each other again. About a half hour later, the alarm went off and they kissed and untangled from each other. Alex threw on Ty's robe and headed out to the kitchen to make coffee, letting Ty have the shower first. She never remembered being so happy.
Ty went into the bathroom and started the water for his shower. He looked at himself in the mirror, noticing the lovesick puppy dog look that Sully said he wore whenever Alex was around. He chuckled, grabbed the shampoo off the counter and stepped into the shower. He had been thinking more and more about how happy he was and how much he wanted to be with Alex all the time. As he stood under the steamy water he made a decision. He would ask Alex to marry him. He couldn't see himself without her in his life. She completed him.
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Jimmy walked into the firehouse and was greeted by all the guys that he hadn't realized he missed so much. Everyone shook his hand as he walked by and asked how Kim was doing. "She's doing great. Thanks," he said.
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He had gotten Joey off to school and his mother was going to pick him up from school and take care of him until Jimmy got off work. His worries about spending the night with Joey away from Kim were soon quieted when he got to Kim's apartment and started the ritual of getting Joey dinner and ready for bed. He was comforted by all of Kim's belongings around him and he had called to check on her twice before he turned in for the night. He was assured by the nurse that Kim was fine and already asleep for the night.
Jimmy looked in on Joey and saw that he was sound asleep. He was probably happy to get into his own bed for a change. Jimmy crawled into Kim's bed without changing the sheets. He wanted her scent near him. He slept soundly for the first time in a week.
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It wasn't long before the bell rang and they were out on their first run of the day. An apartment fire, with people trapped inside. Jimmy eagerly jumped onto the truck after getting his gear on. He hadn't realized how much he missed this and smiled as the truck took off out of the station and rounded the corner toward the smoke rising in the distance.
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Doc and Carlos were on their way to the same call as Jimmy. It was a beautiful day and they had been behind the station getting the rig ready for the day and enjoying the sunshine. Carlos was relating his latest love interest to Doc who just chuckled. "It's a wonder these women even go out with you a second time Carlos," he teased.
"What?" said Carlos as the radio crackled sending them to the apartment building fire along with Boy 55-2. The two men closed the equipment doors and jumped into the rig. Carlos was driving, something that it had taken him about a month to talk Doc into. Ever since he hit that guy in the crosswalk Doc had been reluctant to let him drive again. Finally, Doc must have gotten tired of his begging and gave in.
They pulled up to the apartment fire and the Captain was frantically waving for them to hurry over. "This doesn't look too good," said Carlos to Doc as they grabbed their equipment. "It never is," answered Doc, wondering what they would find this time.
They hurried over to find Jimmy Doherty and DK doing CPR on a young woman they had brought from the third floor of the building. Doc and Carlos had assumed it was another firefighter that was injured, most likely Jimmy. "Okay, Jimmy, we got her," said Doc as he and Carlos nudged the two firefighters out of the way. The two men stood up and looked down at their victim. "She gonna be okay, Doc?" asked DK. "Don't know yet, DK," answered Doc as he continued to work on the woman.
"Okay, you two. Get back in there. There's an older guy missing from the 8th floor," ordered the Captain. "Yes sir," replied Doherty as the two men grabbed their tools and headed back in.
Doc and Carlos worked on the woman at the scene for another half hour before they got her stabilized and loaded into the bus. They took off, Doc in the back with the patient and Carlos driving. They had rounded the corner leaving the fire scene and were immediately run off the road by an oncoming car. Carlos swerved to avoid a collision, throwing Doc to other side of the rig where he struck his shoulder on a cabinet, feeling immediate pain. "Not again!" he shouted. Then to Doc, "That WAS NOT my fault!" He saw the look of pain on Doc's face.
"You okay back there?" yelled Carlos from the front as he steered the ambulance back onto the road. "What the hell happened?" asked Doc trying to move his shoulder without success. "Dammit! I think I dislocated my shoulder," he advised Carlos.
"You want me to come back there?" Carlos asked, pulling the ambulance to a stop. "No, no. Just keep going. She's stabilized for now. Let's just get her to the hospital," Doc answered, unbuttoning the front of his shirt and tucking his hand inside to support his arm until they got to the hospital.
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TBC... Hope you enjoyed this chapter. More to come.
Chapter 15
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Bosco was being transferred from the recovery room stretcher to the bed in the ICU. He was still knocked out from the anesthesia so it was fairly easy to get him settled this time. Just as the nurse had finished getting him settled and checked his IV lines and monitors, Bosco stirred a little. "Officer Boscorelli, everything's fine. Your back in your room and your surgery went great. I just gave you something for any pain so just relax and let it work." Bosco gave a slight nod and faded back to sleep.
The patient in the next bed awoke at the name he heard the nurse call the new patient in his room. The nurse noticed that he was awake and came over to see if he needed anything. "Mr. Crisafulli. Sorry to wake you. Do you need anything while I'm here?" asked the nurse.
"No, thank you," he replied. "What's with this guy?" he asked trying to get more information on the officer's condition.
"Oh, he just had some surgery for some internal bleeding. He should be out of it the rest of the night. I'll make the proper introductions for you tomorrow," she said cheerfully. With that, the nurse checked Bosco over one more time and left the room.
Crisafulli sat up in bed and looked over at the sleeping man in the other bed. "So, still hanging on I see," he said quietly to himself. "We'll see about that." He slowly sat up and swung his legs over to the other side of the bed. Carefully, he slid off the bed, putting his good foot on the floor. He listened for a moment, trying to hear whether anyone was coming down the hallway. The only sound he heard was that of the even breathing of Bosco and his own heartbeat pounding in his ears. He grabbed hold of the IV pole that held his medications and used it as a cane. He slowly crept toward the bed ignoring the pain shooting through his injured ankle. He looked down at the wires and tubes and tried to figure out a way to injure the man further. He reached the side of Bosco's bed and looked around to see if there was anything he could use to inflict more damage. Just then he heard, "Mr. Crisafulli, what are you doing out of bed?" Crisafulli jumped at the sound of the nurse's voice, silently berating himself for letting himself get so caught up in his revenge so as not to notice someone approaching. Luckily he was a quick thinker and said, "Nurse. I was just going to ring for someone. It sounded like he had stopped breathing," he said hastily, putting alarm in his voice.
The nurse quickly came over to Bosco's side and checked him over. "Mr. Crisafulli. Office Boscorelli is just fine," she said as she came around the bed to help him back to his own bed. "Now, please. We don't want you to hurt yourself anymore."
"But..." he said before being interrupted again. "I understand that you were concerned, but next time just push the button on your bed and we'll be right in," she admonished him as she straightened his covers and checked his IV to assure he hadn't pulled it loose. She checked the bandages on his leg to make sure that he hadn't ripped any anything loose. She patted his arm reassuringly, checked the sleeping officer one more time and left the room again.
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Faith was still wide-awake when the nurse came in to check on her. "Officer Yokas? What on earth are you still doing awake?" she asked her. "You should be exhausted after your therapy and your all day visitors," she said jokingly.
"I know, it's just... Have you heard any information about my partner?" she asked the nurse finally. She had told the nurse about Bosco's surgery and the nurse said that she would check throughout the night and let her know what she found out.
"Well, that's what I was coming in to tell you if you were awake - and you are! I just got off the phone with the ICU. They said that he is back from the recovery room and is sound asleep. The notes in his chart from the surgeon say that everything went fine and that they were able to repair the leak of the spleen," she said reassuringly.
"Great. Thank you so much," said Faith. The nurse straightened out Faith's covers, took a set of vitals as long as she was awake and noted them in her chart. "Now. Do you need anything before I go? Do you need some more pain medicine because you are about due for more if you need it," she said looking at her wristwatch and calculating the time since Faith's last pain pill.
"No, I think I can sleep now that I know Bosco's okay," she said smiling. "Thanks again."
"No problem, dear. Now get some sleep," the nurse replied, reaching up and turning off the overhead light.
Faith settled back and closed her eyes. She still had a nagging feeling in the back of her mind, but finally managed to fall asleep.
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The doctor was talking to Angela Boscorelli at the nurse's station. He was letting her know that Bosco's surgery had gone smoothly. They had found the small nick in his spleen that was causing the problems with his blood count and had been able to repair it without taking the spleen out.
"He'll be out of it for the rest of the night Ms. Boscorelli," said the doctor, looking very tired himself. "Why don't you go home and get some rest. He probably won't be ready to talk to anyone until tomorrow afternoon or so," he finished.
"Thank you, Doctor," she said, finally relaxing a little now that she knew he was going to be okay. "I just want to take a peek at him before I go if that's okay?" she asked.
The doctor nodded. "That would be fine," he said, nodding toward the nurse to bring her back for a quick moment. "But then I want you to go home and get some rest," he finished. She shook the doctor's hand. "Thank you, Doctor. You look like you need some rest too," she said and then followed the nurse down the hall to check on her son.
The nurse indicated which room he was in and told her that she could only go in for a quick moment. "Okay, I will. I promise," she said to the nurse. She quietly walked into Bosco's room, noticing the other man in the room also. She walked even quieter, not wanting to disturb the other person. She looked down at her son, a peaceful look on his face. It seemed the only time he looked totally relaxed was when he was knocked out by anesthesia, she thought to herself, chuckling slightly. She leaned over and gave him a kiss on the forehead and squeezed his hand slightly. "Goodnight, Honey. I'll see you in the morning." Then she turned and walked out of the room and toward the elevators, thanking the nurse at the desk on her way out.
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The next day, Ty awoke to the sunshine shining in the room. He looked over at Alex sleeping next to him, wearing nothing but the sheet from the bed. "What did I do to deserve this?" he thought to himself turning toward her and wrapping his arms around her. She stirred and woke up, looking at his smiling face.
"You know, I could get used to this," she mumbled sleepily.
"Oh yeah?" said Ty, suddenly tickling her without warning. She squirmed away from him and found herself on the floor next to the bed in a fit of laughter.
"Are you okay?!" asked Ty quickly, shedding the bed sheet and jumping up, immediately sorry for making her fall off the bed.
"Yes," Alex replied, still laughing as she rubbed her hip where it hit against the hardwood floor. She looked up to see him standing before her and again she wanted him. She slowly took his hand and stood up, moving in close to him quickly.
They could each feel the other's heat. The passion began to build again and soon they were back in bed, exploring each other again. About a half hour later, the alarm went off and they kissed and untangled from each other. Alex threw on Ty's robe and headed out to the kitchen to make coffee, letting Ty have the shower first. She never remembered being so happy.
Ty went into the bathroom and started the water for his shower. He looked at himself in the mirror, noticing the lovesick puppy dog look that Sully said he wore whenever Alex was around. He chuckled, grabbed the shampoo off the counter and stepped into the shower. He had been thinking more and more about how happy he was and how much he wanted to be with Alex all the time. As he stood under the steamy water he made a decision. He would ask Alex to marry him. He couldn't see himself without her in his life. She completed him.
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Jimmy walked into the firehouse and was greeted by all the guys that he hadn't realized he missed so much. Everyone shook his hand as he walked by and asked how Kim was doing. "She's doing great. Thanks," he said.
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He had gotten Joey off to school and his mother was going to pick him up from school and take care of him until Jimmy got off work. His worries about spending the night with Joey away from Kim were soon quieted when he got to Kim's apartment and started the ritual of getting Joey dinner and ready for bed. He was comforted by all of Kim's belongings around him and he had called to check on her twice before he turned in for the night. He was assured by the nurse that Kim was fine and already asleep for the night.
Jimmy looked in on Joey and saw that he was sound asleep. He was probably happy to get into his own bed for a change. Jimmy crawled into Kim's bed without changing the sheets. He wanted her scent near him. He slept soundly for the first time in a week.
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It wasn't long before the bell rang and they were out on their first run of the day. An apartment fire, with people trapped inside. Jimmy eagerly jumped onto the truck after getting his gear on. He hadn't realized how much he missed this and smiled as the truck took off out of the station and rounded the corner toward the smoke rising in the distance.
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Doc and Carlos were on their way to the same call as Jimmy. It was a beautiful day and they had been behind the station getting the rig ready for the day and enjoying the sunshine. Carlos was relating his latest love interest to Doc who just chuckled. "It's a wonder these women even go out with you a second time Carlos," he teased.
"What?" said Carlos as the radio crackled sending them to the apartment building fire along with Boy 55-2. The two men closed the equipment doors and jumped into the rig. Carlos was driving, something that it had taken him about a month to talk Doc into. Ever since he hit that guy in the crosswalk Doc had been reluctant to let him drive again. Finally, Doc must have gotten tired of his begging and gave in.
They pulled up to the apartment fire and the Captain was frantically waving for them to hurry over. "This doesn't look too good," said Carlos to Doc as they grabbed their equipment. "It never is," answered Doc, wondering what they would find this time.
They hurried over to find Jimmy Doherty and DK doing CPR on a young woman they had brought from the third floor of the building. Doc and Carlos had assumed it was another firefighter that was injured, most likely Jimmy. "Okay, Jimmy, we got her," said Doc as he and Carlos nudged the two firefighters out of the way. The two men stood up and looked down at their victim. "She gonna be okay, Doc?" asked DK. "Don't know yet, DK," answered Doc as he continued to work on the woman.
"Okay, you two. Get back in there. There's an older guy missing from the 8th floor," ordered the Captain. "Yes sir," replied Doherty as the two men grabbed their tools and headed back in.
Doc and Carlos worked on the woman at the scene for another half hour before they got her stabilized and loaded into the bus. They took off, Doc in the back with the patient and Carlos driving. They had rounded the corner leaving the fire scene and were immediately run off the road by an oncoming car. Carlos swerved to avoid a collision, throwing Doc to other side of the rig where he struck his shoulder on a cabinet, feeling immediate pain. "Not again!" he shouted. Then to Doc, "That WAS NOT my fault!" He saw the look of pain on Doc's face.
"You okay back there?" yelled Carlos from the front as he steered the ambulance back onto the road. "What the hell happened?" asked Doc trying to move his shoulder without success. "Dammit! I think I dislocated my shoulder," he advised Carlos.
"You want me to come back there?" Carlos asked, pulling the ambulance to a stop. "No, no. Just keep going. She's stabilized for now. Let's just get her to the hospital," Doc answered, unbuttoning the front of his shirt and tucking his hand inside to support his arm until they got to the hospital.
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TBC... Hope you enjoyed this chapter. More to come.