Faith rounded the corner on her way to Bosco's room, still thinking about what she'd discovered the previous night when her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" she answered. "Oh hi boss… Really? Are you sure? Ok, well, I'm going to check on Bosco, and then I'll be down for my shift… Ok, bye." Mouth gaping, Faith entered Bosco's room to see what resembled a pouting little boy.
"How can they expect me to lie around all day Faith? I mean, there are people who need to be here way more than I do." He moped.
"Bos, I have some bad news…" Faith started.
"Oh shit, Kim!" Bosco exclaimed. "Is she ok? The nurse told me she was going to be ok? What the hell happened Faith?"
"Kim's fine Bos, well, still stable at least. I was just on the phone with Lieutenant Swersky." She assured Bosco.
"Well what then? Don't leave me in suspense." Bosco pleaded.
"They were interviewing witnesses to the shooting, and they think there is another killer out there somewhere." Faith's voice trailed off.
"That's fucking it! I'm not sitting around here while that jag-off that hurt Kim is still running around." Bosco shouted as he started to pull his IV out of his arm.
"Bos! What are you doing? Do you really expect to catch anyone with damaged lungs and broken ribs?" Faith yelled back as she tried to force her partner to lie down.
"I can't just do nothing Faith!" he argued. "When I find this guy I am going to beat the hell out of him."
"That's another good reason not to go after him. Its too personal for you, you'll probably kill the guy, and I don't want your ass to end up in jail over some psycho. He's not worth it Bos. The best thing you can do is stay here and heal. Faith reasoned, "Go visit Kim and make sure she's ok if you feel like you have to do something." She added, knowing that Kim was the only thing that might keep him in the hospital long enough to heal his broken body.
"Fine" he grumbled. "I am going to see Kim right now then, get me outta here."
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Mere minutes later, Bosco shuffled down the hall toward the elevator.
'I hope she's ok,' he thought to himself, 'and there's no way I am letting Jimmy get her back without a fight.' He slowly got into the elevator and gingerly turned around, careful of his injured rib cage. When the car stopped at his floor, he headed towards the nurses' station.
"Kim Zambrano's room" he half stated, half asked the nurse on duty.
"Are you family?" she asked.
"No, I'm just a friend." Bosco sadly admitted.
"I.C.U. doesn't allow non-family at this time of day sir, you'll have to wait for visiting hours" the nurse tried to deliver the bad news as nicely as possible. Bosco, not easily deterred from a goal snapped,
"I was in the building with her when it exploded, I freed her from burning wreckage and I want to see her and make sure she's ok."
"Well, I…I guess it would be ok…" the nurse stuttered. "Room 5"
"Thank-you" Bosco replied through clenched teeth. He walked towards a sleeping Kim and noticed Jimmy slumped over in a chair, Kim's hand in his. Bosco's expression went hard when Jimmy woke with a start.
"Boscorelli? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in bed?" He asked, somewhat kindly.
"I wanted to see Kim. Make sure she was ok." Bosco tersely replied.
"Well, now you see she is, so you can go" Jimmy tried to force Bosco out of the room.
"Look Doherty…" Bosco wanted to have it out with Jimmy right then and there, but one glance at Kim made him hold his tongue. "Don't you have to be at work?" he finished. Jimmy looked at his watch and cursed quietly. He leaned over and kissed Kim on the forehead.
"I'll be back after my shift Kim, I promise. And I'll bring Joey to see you." He said, shot Bosco a dirty look and left. Bosco walked over to the side of the bed and sat in the chair Jimmy just vacated.
"I'm so glad you're ok Kim…" he started, when Kim opened her eyes.
"Bosco? What are you doing here?" she asked in a whisper.
"I came to check on you." He softly replied.
"Nice gown" she joked.
"Yeah, well, it flatters my figure" he said playfully. "I'm so relieved you're ok," he added "when I saw you lying there after the explosion I was so scared…"
"Shhhh…" she quieted him. "I'm going to be ok. I know what you did in there Bosco, and I'm eternally grateful. So is Jimmy."
Bosco snorted.
"He is Bos, he may not show it, but he is." She tried to convince Bosco, mistaking his reaction to be one of disbelief, not jealousy.
"If you say so Kim, you know him better than I do." He replied, putting his hand over hers. Not cluing in to the gesture, and utterly exhausted, Kim's eyes closed and she fell asleep. Bosco stayed in the chair beside her for hours, watching the steady rising and falling of her chest.
'She's beautiful. I can't believe I haven't told her before. Well, things will change now. I'll be the one here for her during her P.T.' he thought, 'if I know Doherty, he'll take off when he realizes things are getting frustrating. That jag-off never could stick around when things got tough.'
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Sorry the last couple of chapters haven't been very exciting and kind of sappy. Things will pick up soon, I promise. Thanks for the reviews, I really appreciate it!