Good Morning Beautiful
Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing, but we all know that already.
Authors Note: I realize that Bosco probably wouldn't act half of the way I have him acting but I would like to believe that love could change him a bit :) and if I'm wrong who cares :) It's my little world and what I say goes LOL Thank you all for the continued support and positive feedback for this story :) It means a lot :)
Feedback: Do I even have to tell you I crave it and appreciate it very much?
E-Mail: Wine_into_Water@hotmail.com
I'm getting to predictable....
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"Faith will you marry me?" Bosco grinned and gave a questioning look.
"Will you make me the happiest man on earth and say that you'll be my wife?...I can't imagine living the rest of my life without you by my side, marry me?....What do you say? You wanna get hitched?" Bosco rolled his eyes and sighed as he threw the paper towel he was using to wipe his hands into the trash can and walked back to his locker. It was hopeless he was never going to figure out the perfect way of asking Faith to marry him. It had been two weeks since he picked up the ring. He had known this for a fact because the kids were always to eager to give him this information. But he had to find the right way to ask her. It had to be original, and romantic and...well perfect.
The kids had given him a few ideas about it but he highly doubted that Faith would appreciate the ring master at the circus asking her on the load speakers or seeing it posted on a score board of a game. It just wasn't Faith, she didn't even watch sports. He might as well have dropped her ring in a can of beer. Emily's idea wasn't too bad, buy her a puppy and put the ring on the collar but the last thing they needed with a baby coming was a dog running around.
He opened his locker to start changing for his shift, surprisingly he was the first one there for their shift and the locker room was still empty. The doors swung open and in walked Ty and Sully.
"Hey Bosco you're early, What's up?" Sully asked.
"Nothing...Why?" he asked defensively.
Sully put up his hands, "Nothing I was just asking."
"Oh...sorry." He mumbled.
A few minutes past. Sully and Davis were talking among themselves as Bosco interrupted them.
"Guys say you were going to ask someone to marry you, How would you go about that?" He tried to sound as casual about it as he could.
"If I was going to ask someone? I'm married remember." Sully asked.
Bosco just gave him a confused look.
Davis smiled," So you're going to ask Fa..ow!"
Bosco looked at him puzzled. Davis was rubbing his leg where Sully had kicked him.
"You thinking of asking someone Bos?" Sully asked ignoring the look Davis was giving him.
"Who me? No, No of course not. Who would I be asking? I was just wondering."
"Right of course." Sully smiled.
Ty had opened his mouth to offer his two cents on the subject but was cut off by Sully. "When the time is right Bosco it's right. You won't need any planing or practicing. You'll know when the moment is perfect."
Well that little piece of advise didn't help Bosco at all. What if the right moment never came? What if he ran out of time? What if the right moment came and he froze? What if Faith said no? They hadn't even talked about moving in together never mind getting married. He just assumed that with the baby coming that moving in together was a given and marriage well that was the next step obviously, wasn't it?
As if on cue, Faith entered the locker room. She was surprised to see Bosco their early for his shift. Usually unless she had spent the night at his place he would come rushing in five minutes before roll call. She felt herself get this goofy grin on her face when she saw him standing there. She had missed him. The kids needed to be at home the last couple of nights for school. She was about to say how much she missed him, jokingly of course in front of the guys but she was interrupted by Davis.
"Man what the hell is that smell?"
Before Faith had a chance to answer Bosco replied sadly. "Fried banana with extra crunchy peanut butter sandwich, dunked in chocolate pudding with just a dip," He held his fingers together to stress his point. "of ketchup for a tangy taste."
Faith couldn't help but laugh. She knew Bosco wasn't thrilled about her first craving choice but she really couldn't get enough of it, it was good. She had tried to give him a taste but he had almost gotten sick on her.
Davis and Sully scrunched up there face's in disgust."Are you serious?" Davis asked turning a different shade.
"Oh I'm serious. She's been having it everyday for the past week."
"I'm so sorry for you man. I heard preg...Would you quit that!" Davis told Sully after he was slapped in the head by his partner. Luckily it had went unnoticed by Bosco and Faith who were lost in there own conversation by this time.
"Hey Yokas, why not just put Mayo on there too?"
"Davis you can't put Mayo on here." she said holding up her sandwich.
"Of course not." Davis said amused.
"Mayo goes on raw banana's."
Davis again got that sick feeling in his stomach. He stood up and shut his locker door and walked over to Bosco. "You have my sympathies man." He said as he slapped him on the shoulder and he and Sully walked out of the locker room.
Finally alone in the room. Faith wrapped her arms around Bosco and gave him a kiss. Bosco smiled as he pulled his lips away from hers. "Honey you know I love you but that's disgusting." He said as he tasted her banana sandwich on his lips.
Faith pretended to be angry and slapped his arm and turned to walk away. Bosco grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. He slapped on his best puppy dog look and asked, "You're not really mad at me are you?" He rubbed his thumb on her cheek, "Huh? are you?"
She tried to keep up her act but she couldn't and she began to laugh.
Bosco's grin returned. "I thought so."
They continued to change for their shift. Almost done Bosco asked. "You think they know?"
"About what?"
Bosco looked at her as if she had been hit in the head. "Us, The baby?"
"How could they know? We've been careful."
"Yeah but you're starting to show." He stated proudly.
"No I'm not." She said as she looked down.
"Yes you are."
"Bosco I am not."
"You started showing just the other day."
"You noticed the exact minute I started?" She grinned.
Bosco gave her his look, "Not the exact minute, but it was close enough." He laughed.
Faith rolled her eyes, "Come on lets go."
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The shift had kept them pretty busy but nothing serious. They had directed traffic for awhile, gave out some tickets had two shoplifters but that was about it. Bosco was itching for something big, something interesting but he was worried about Faith.
Faith could tell he was worried about her, it wasn't that he would ask her about it. It was that look he'd give her when he thought she couldn't see him. She kept telling him not to worry but with Bosco it was hopeless.
She looked down towards her uniform. She wasn't showing already was she? It didn't look any tighter, didn't seem any tighter and when she had looked at herself in the mirror she never noticed any bulging starting.
"Trust me Faith you're starting to show."
Faith looked over at Bosco, "I wasn't..."
He just gave her a grin.
"If you say so but.."
Just then a call came over the radio, a domestic disturbance a few street's down. Faith answered and said they would take it.
"Great that's all we need. We only have a couple of hours left and now we are going to be here all night."
"Bosco calm down it will be fine."
Bosco sighed and put on the sirens and started toward the street address.
"Faith I've been thinking."
Faith braced herself he had that concerned yet determined tone.
"Maybe you should start thinking about desk duty. What if one of these calls get out of hand? You won't be able to kick ass much longer you know?"
She hated to admit it but he had a point and it wasn't like she hadn't thought about it. It would be for both of their safety. She couldn't provide proper back up for her partner if she was to worried about the baby or to slow and she was still getting the occasional cramp. What if she over did it? Pushed herself to far? She couldn't loose the baby, It was a part of her and Bosco. She hated to let her mind go there but what if she lost the baby then in turn lost Bosco? She didn't think she could handle loosing them both.
Bosco hit a bump as they raced down the street.
"You're probably right but how am I going to tell Swersky about it? Oh by the way I need desk duty because me and Boscorelli are having a baby?"
Bosco looked at her, "You might want to try to break it to him a little easier then that Faith." He gave her a smirk.
"and what's going to happen to you? You'll get paired up with Steve."
"Gusler?! Faith don't even say that." He turned down another street.
"He's not that bad Bosco but if you really don't want to ride with him I'm sure if you talk to Ty he'd be more then happy to ride with Steve so you could ride with Sully."
Bosco almost slammed on the breaks, "I'd rather ride with Gusler."
He noticed a couple houses in front of them was a house in flames. "That our house?"
"Yup." Faith said disappointingly as she realized Bosco was right, they'd never get out of here any time soon.
"I thought it was a domestic?"
"Looks like it got out of hand."
Bosco gave Faith a look. It wasn't like her to be so sarcastic about this kind of thing. It had surprised him. They stepped out of the car as Faith called for fire and a bus.
They approached and older woman who was standing on the sidewalk almost in tears.
"Ma am?"
"Oh thank god you're here! They're still in there."
"How many?"
"They all are. I didn't see any of them come out." She replied. A small crowd had started to form.
Slightly irritated Bosco repeated, "How many ma am?"
"Four, two children, Sam and Peter. Sam's 4 but Peter is barely walking. and their parents .Stan and Jean. I bet that son of a bitch started this you know."
Bosco didn't have time to get the details on what she meant. He needed to get those kids out of there. He turned to Faith, "Stay here. I'll go in for them.
"Bosco."
"Stay here Faith, I mean it." She was about to protest again but he was already running into the burning house.
A couple of minutes passed and Faith was growing more and more worried when she saw Bosco come out with the two kids. Both seemed to be ok but were coughing. The little girl told Bosco that her parents were upstairs so he turned to go back in.
"Bos wait I can hear the trucks, let them go in ok?"
"Faith there isn't enough time. I can handle it and If I can't I'll come back, promise."
Again she didn't have time to stop him before he was already in the house. She swore under her breath. Why couldn't he have waited?
Seconds after Bosco ran into the house Sam remembered something and began running towards the house.
"Samantha you can't go back in there." Faith tried to reason with her as she caught hold of the girl not far from the front door."
"I have to! Sparky's in there!" She began to cry.
"Sparky?"
"Her dog" the older lady offered.
"He's in the laundry room. Dad put him in there, he can't get out!"
Faiths heart was breaking for the little girl. If it would have been Em or Charlie in front of her she would have already been in the building getting the dog.
She looked down the street for the fire trucks but they still weren't there and she didn't want to radio Bosco and get him distracted. "Where is the laundry room?"
"At the back, just past the kitchen." The older lady spoke again.
The little girl was still fighting Faiths hold on her. "Sam I'll get him but you have to promise me that you'll stay here with this lady ok?"
"I promise, just please get him."
Faith gave another listen for the sirens but they didn't seem to be getting any closer. She reasoned with herself that it wouldn't be so bad. It looked like the majority of the fire was still up stairs and to the other end of the house. She should still have a clear way through. She better have because if she didn't neither did Bosco to get out. She said a quick prayer and made her way into the flaming house.
Not even a full minute later the fire trucks and ambulance showed up just as Bosco was leaving the house with a woman in his arms. He went straight for Kim and Alex and placed her on the stretcher.
"Bosco anybody left?"
Bosco turned his attention to Jimmy." No it's clear, only the father left and he's already dead. You won't get him out on time. He's on the top floor and the roof is starting to come down in places."
Bosco turned back to Kim and Alex, "Either of you seen Faith?"
Both shook their heads. She wasn't here when we got here.
Bosco began getting a sick feeling. He called over his radio "Faith?" But all he got in response was static.
The older lady came up beside him, "Is she your partner?"
Bosco nodded.
"She went in for Sparky."
"What?" A chill and anger flashing over him. "Sparky? She went in there for a damn dog!"
He turned and ran towards the house. His knee's were week with fear but the adrenalin pumping through him kept him going.
Jimmy stopped him. "What the hell do you think your going?"
"Faith's in there!"
A flash of sadness swept over Jimmy's eyes. "Bosco you can't go in there. That house is coming down any minute."
"I don't care. You guys go in or I will."
Jimmy didn't move.
"Screw you!." Bosco pulled his arm away from Jimmy and ran to the front steps for the third time that evening.
"Bosco stop!" He didn't even pause the only thing going threw his head was getting Faith out of there before it was to late. He placed one foot on the bottom step when suddenly there was a loud bang followed by crashing sounds. He was thrown back with the force of it. He looked up to see the whole house engulfed in flames smoke rising quickly into the sky staining what would have been a beautiful sunset.
"The roof is coming down!" Somebody had shouted.
"FAITH!" He shouted as he found extra strength and stood back up on his feet. He was stopped by Sully and Davis who had just arrived on the scene.
"Bosco you can't" Davis said as he restrained him.
"Let me go damn it!" He said almost in hysterics. "Let me go!" He was fighting against there hold on him but he couldn't get away.
More loud crashing came screaming towards him as the roof caved in taking most of the house with it.
He fell to his knees, "FAITH!"
"Bos man I'm sorry.."
"Faith no." Bosco began to cry a flood of tears rushing down his cheek.
Ty and Sully stood there not knowing what to do. While others just gave looks of concern and sadness as they continued on with there jobs.
Bosco's world began to slip away. People became blurry and sounds became muffled, turning into humming and buzzing. Flashes of the first night him and Faith spent together, the morning after, finding out she was pregnant, doctors appointments all started to go through his mind. His greatest fear had come true. He lost her.
A noise broke through his hypnotic state. He looked in the direction the noise was coming from. Another loud noise. He figured out what it was. A bark. He focused more and saw a big Lassie collie running out of a yard a couple of houses down and up to the little girl he had pulled out of the fire. The dog jumped on the girl licking her face and wagging it's tail.
'The dog hadn't even been in the house. Faith and his baby died and the damn dog wasn't even in the house' He didn't have any control over his actions. Anger had taken over and it was acting on it's own. He took his gun out of his holster and raised it. Pointing it towards the beautiful golden collie that still stood with her owner. He had lost everything he had ever wanted in a matter of minutes because of that mutt. His finger started to pull down on the trigger.
"Bosco!"
His hand froze. He looked up to make sure he had heard what he thought he did. Past the dog coming down the side walk was a smoke covered Faith.
He dropped his gun. "Faith?!"
She walked closer. "I didn't just save that dog for you to go and shoot it." She said slightly pissed.
"Faith?" He stood up and ran up to her, "Faith you're ok!" He wrapped his arms around her and squeezed her tight.
A little confused by his actions all Faith could say was, "Yeah of course I am."
He reluctantly pulled away and cupped her face in his hands. "I thought I lost you. Don't you ever do that to me again Faith, ever. Do you hear me?"
Faith touched his cheek, "I'm sorry Bos. I tried to radio you but it wasn't working."
"Not ever Faith." He still had tears running down his cheek but this time they were out of happiness.
"I promise." Faith replied back as she swept the tears from his cheek.
He brought her lips to his and gave her a soft kiss. He rested his forehead to hers, "Faith, marry me?"
She didn't think she had heard him correctly. She pulled her head away from his and looked into his eyes and in that instant she knew she had heard him right. She felt her face break into a smile. "Of course I'll marry you." A tear escaped from her eye as he kissed her again.
They probably would have stayed in that exact spot just holding each other all night if they weren't shaken out of the moment by on lookers beginning to clap. They pulled apart to see what was going on and that's when they saw the neighbors of the family and there friends who should have been busy putting out the fire or helping the family standing there with smiling at them like idiots clapping.
They turned back to each other blushing, "I guess this takes care of us telling them."
They shared another kiss getting lost in there world again.
Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing, but we all know that already.
Authors Note: I realize that Bosco probably wouldn't act half of the way I have him acting but I would like to believe that love could change him a bit :) and if I'm wrong who cares :) It's my little world and what I say goes LOL Thank you all for the continued support and positive feedback for this story :) It means a lot :)
Feedback: Do I even have to tell you I crave it and appreciate it very much?
E-Mail: Wine_into_Water@hotmail.com
I'm getting to predictable....
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"Faith will you marry me?" Bosco grinned and gave a questioning look.
"Will you make me the happiest man on earth and say that you'll be my wife?...I can't imagine living the rest of my life without you by my side, marry me?....What do you say? You wanna get hitched?" Bosco rolled his eyes and sighed as he threw the paper towel he was using to wipe his hands into the trash can and walked back to his locker. It was hopeless he was never going to figure out the perfect way of asking Faith to marry him. It had been two weeks since he picked up the ring. He had known this for a fact because the kids were always to eager to give him this information. But he had to find the right way to ask her. It had to be original, and romantic and...well perfect.
The kids had given him a few ideas about it but he highly doubted that Faith would appreciate the ring master at the circus asking her on the load speakers or seeing it posted on a score board of a game. It just wasn't Faith, she didn't even watch sports. He might as well have dropped her ring in a can of beer. Emily's idea wasn't too bad, buy her a puppy and put the ring on the collar but the last thing they needed with a baby coming was a dog running around.
He opened his locker to start changing for his shift, surprisingly he was the first one there for their shift and the locker room was still empty. The doors swung open and in walked Ty and Sully.
"Hey Bosco you're early, What's up?" Sully asked.
"Nothing...Why?" he asked defensively.
Sully put up his hands, "Nothing I was just asking."
"Oh...sorry." He mumbled.
A few minutes past. Sully and Davis were talking among themselves as Bosco interrupted them.
"Guys say you were going to ask someone to marry you, How would you go about that?" He tried to sound as casual about it as he could.
"If I was going to ask someone? I'm married remember." Sully asked.
Bosco just gave him a confused look.
Davis smiled," So you're going to ask Fa..ow!"
Bosco looked at him puzzled. Davis was rubbing his leg where Sully had kicked him.
"You thinking of asking someone Bos?" Sully asked ignoring the look Davis was giving him.
"Who me? No, No of course not. Who would I be asking? I was just wondering."
"Right of course." Sully smiled.
Ty had opened his mouth to offer his two cents on the subject but was cut off by Sully. "When the time is right Bosco it's right. You won't need any planing or practicing. You'll know when the moment is perfect."
Well that little piece of advise didn't help Bosco at all. What if the right moment never came? What if he ran out of time? What if the right moment came and he froze? What if Faith said no? They hadn't even talked about moving in together never mind getting married. He just assumed that with the baby coming that moving in together was a given and marriage well that was the next step obviously, wasn't it?
As if on cue, Faith entered the locker room. She was surprised to see Bosco their early for his shift. Usually unless she had spent the night at his place he would come rushing in five minutes before roll call. She felt herself get this goofy grin on her face when she saw him standing there. She had missed him. The kids needed to be at home the last couple of nights for school. She was about to say how much she missed him, jokingly of course in front of the guys but she was interrupted by Davis.
"Man what the hell is that smell?"
Before Faith had a chance to answer Bosco replied sadly. "Fried banana with extra crunchy peanut butter sandwich, dunked in chocolate pudding with just a dip," He held his fingers together to stress his point. "of ketchup for a tangy taste."
Faith couldn't help but laugh. She knew Bosco wasn't thrilled about her first craving choice but she really couldn't get enough of it, it was good. She had tried to give him a taste but he had almost gotten sick on her.
Davis and Sully scrunched up there face's in disgust."Are you serious?" Davis asked turning a different shade.
"Oh I'm serious. She's been having it everyday for the past week."
"I'm so sorry for you man. I heard preg...Would you quit that!" Davis told Sully after he was slapped in the head by his partner. Luckily it had went unnoticed by Bosco and Faith who were lost in there own conversation by this time.
"Hey Yokas, why not just put Mayo on there too?"
"Davis you can't put Mayo on here." she said holding up her sandwich.
"Of course not." Davis said amused.
"Mayo goes on raw banana's."
Davis again got that sick feeling in his stomach. He stood up and shut his locker door and walked over to Bosco. "You have my sympathies man." He said as he slapped him on the shoulder and he and Sully walked out of the locker room.
Finally alone in the room. Faith wrapped her arms around Bosco and gave him a kiss. Bosco smiled as he pulled his lips away from hers. "Honey you know I love you but that's disgusting." He said as he tasted her banana sandwich on his lips.
Faith pretended to be angry and slapped his arm and turned to walk away. Bosco grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. He slapped on his best puppy dog look and asked, "You're not really mad at me are you?" He rubbed his thumb on her cheek, "Huh? are you?"
She tried to keep up her act but she couldn't and she began to laugh.
Bosco's grin returned. "I thought so."
They continued to change for their shift. Almost done Bosco asked. "You think they know?"
"About what?"
Bosco looked at her as if she had been hit in the head. "Us, The baby?"
"How could they know? We've been careful."
"Yeah but you're starting to show." He stated proudly.
"No I'm not." She said as she looked down.
"Yes you are."
"Bosco I am not."
"You started showing just the other day."
"You noticed the exact minute I started?" She grinned.
Bosco gave her his look, "Not the exact minute, but it was close enough." He laughed.
Faith rolled her eyes, "Come on lets go."
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The shift had kept them pretty busy but nothing serious. They had directed traffic for awhile, gave out some tickets had two shoplifters but that was about it. Bosco was itching for something big, something interesting but he was worried about Faith.
Faith could tell he was worried about her, it wasn't that he would ask her about it. It was that look he'd give her when he thought she couldn't see him. She kept telling him not to worry but with Bosco it was hopeless.
She looked down towards her uniform. She wasn't showing already was she? It didn't look any tighter, didn't seem any tighter and when she had looked at herself in the mirror she never noticed any bulging starting.
"Trust me Faith you're starting to show."
Faith looked over at Bosco, "I wasn't..."
He just gave her a grin.
"If you say so but.."
Just then a call came over the radio, a domestic disturbance a few street's down. Faith answered and said they would take it.
"Great that's all we need. We only have a couple of hours left and now we are going to be here all night."
"Bosco calm down it will be fine."
Bosco sighed and put on the sirens and started toward the street address.
"Faith I've been thinking."
Faith braced herself he had that concerned yet determined tone.
"Maybe you should start thinking about desk duty. What if one of these calls get out of hand? You won't be able to kick ass much longer you know?"
She hated to admit it but he had a point and it wasn't like she hadn't thought about it. It would be for both of their safety. She couldn't provide proper back up for her partner if she was to worried about the baby or to slow and she was still getting the occasional cramp. What if she over did it? Pushed herself to far? She couldn't loose the baby, It was a part of her and Bosco. She hated to let her mind go there but what if she lost the baby then in turn lost Bosco? She didn't think she could handle loosing them both.
Bosco hit a bump as they raced down the street.
"You're probably right but how am I going to tell Swersky about it? Oh by the way I need desk duty because me and Boscorelli are having a baby?"
Bosco looked at her, "You might want to try to break it to him a little easier then that Faith." He gave her a smirk.
"and what's going to happen to you? You'll get paired up with Steve."
"Gusler?! Faith don't even say that." He turned down another street.
"He's not that bad Bosco but if you really don't want to ride with him I'm sure if you talk to Ty he'd be more then happy to ride with Steve so you could ride with Sully."
Bosco almost slammed on the breaks, "I'd rather ride with Gusler."
He noticed a couple houses in front of them was a house in flames. "That our house?"
"Yup." Faith said disappointingly as she realized Bosco was right, they'd never get out of here any time soon.
"I thought it was a domestic?"
"Looks like it got out of hand."
Bosco gave Faith a look. It wasn't like her to be so sarcastic about this kind of thing. It had surprised him. They stepped out of the car as Faith called for fire and a bus.
They approached and older woman who was standing on the sidewalk almost in tears.
"Ma am?"
"Oh thank god you're here! They're still in there."
"How many?"
"They all are. I didn't see any of them come out." She replied. A small crowd had started to form.
Slightly irritated Bosco repeated, "How many ma am?"
"Four, two children, Sam and Peter. Sam's 4 but Peter is barely walking. and their parents .Stan and Jean. I bet that son of a bitch started this you know."
Bosco didn't have time to get the details on what she meant. He needed to get those kids out of there. He turned to Faith, "Stay here. I'll go in for them.
"Bosco."
"Stay here Faith, I mean it." She was about to protest again but he was already running into the burning house.
A couple of minutes passed and Faith was growing more and more worried when she saw Bosco come out with the two kids. Both seemed to be ok but were coughing. The little girl told Bosco that her parents were upstairs so he turned to go back in.
"Bos wait I can hear the trucks, let them go in ok?"
"Faith there isn't enough time. I can handle it and If I can't I'll come back, promise."
Again she didn't have time to stop him before he was already in the house. She swore under her breath. Why couldn't he have waited?
Seconds after Bosco ran into the house Sam remembered something and began running towards the house.
"Samantha you can't go back in there." Faith tried to reason with her as she caught hold of the girl not far from the front door."
"I have to! Sparky's in there!" She began to cry.
"Sparky?"
"Her dog" the older lady offered.
"He's in the laundry room. Dad put him in there, he can't get out!"
Faiths heart was breaking for the little girl. If it would have been Em or Charlie in front of her she would have already been in the building getting the dog.
She looked down the street for the fire trucks but they still weren't there and she didn't want to radio Bosco and get him distracted. "Where is the laundry room?"
"At the back, just past the kitchen." The older lady spoke again.
The little girl was still fighting Faiths hold on her. "Sam I'll get him but you have to promise me that you'll stay here with this lady ok?"
"I promise, just please get him."
Faith gave another listen for the sirens but they didn't seem to be getting any closer. She reasoned with herself that it wouldn't be so bad. It looked like the majority of the fire was still up stairs and to the other end of the house. She should still have a clear way through. She better have because if she didn't neither did Bosco to get out. She said a quick prayer and made her way into the flaming house.
Not even a full minute later the fire trucks and ambulance showed up just as Bosco was leaving the house with a woman in his arms. He went straight for Kim and Alex and placed her on the stretcher.
"Bosco anybody left?"
Bosco turned his attention to Jimmy." No it's clear, only the father left and he's already dead. You won't get him out on time. He's on the top floor and the roof is starting to come down in places."
Bosco turned back to Kim and Alex, "Either of you seen Faith?"
Both shook their heads. She wasn't here when we got here.
Bosco began getting a sick feeling. He called over his radio "Faith?" But all he got in response was static.
The older lady came up beside him, "Is she your partner?"
Bosco nodded.
"She went in for Sparky."
"What?" A chill and anger flashing over him. "Sparky? She went in there for a damn dog!"
He turned and ran towards the house. His knee's were week with fear but the adrenalin pumping through him kept him going.
Jimmy stopped him. "What the hell do you think your going?"
"Faith's in there!"
A flash of sadness swept over Jimmy's eyes. "Bosco you can't go in there. That house is coming down any minute."
"I don't care. You guys go in or I will."
Jimmy didn't move.
"Screw you!." Bosco pulled his arm away from Jimmy and ran to the front steps for the third time that evening.
"Bosco stop!" He didn't even pause the only thing going threw his head was getting Faith out of there before it was to late. He placed one foot on the bottom step when suddenly there was a loud bang followed by crashing sounds. He was thrown back with the force of it. He looked up to see the whole house engulfed in flames smoke rising quickly into the sky staining what would have been a beautiful sunset.
"The roof is coming down!" Somebody had shouted.
"FAITH!" He shouted as he found extra strength and stood back up on his feet. He was stopped by Sully and Davis who had just arrived on the scene.
"Bosco you can't" Davis said as he restrained him.
"Let me go damn it!" He said almost in hysterics. "Let me go!" He was fighting against there hold on him but he couldn't get away.
More loud crashing came screaming towards him as the roof caved in taking most of the house with it.
He fell to his knees, "FAITH!"
"Bos man I'm sorry.."
"Faith no." Bosco began to cry a flood of tears rushing down his cheek.
Ty and Sully stood there not knowing what to do. While others just gave looks of concern and sadness as they continued on with there jobs.
Bosco's world began to slip away. People became blurry and sounds became muffled, turning into humming and buzzing. Flashes of the first night him and Faith spent together, the morning after, finding out she was pregnant, doctors appointments all started to go through his mind. His greatest fear had come true. He lost her.
A noise broke through his hypnotic state. He looked in the direction the noise was coming from. Another loud noise. He figured out what it was. A bark. He focused more and saw a big Lassie collie running out of a yard a couple of houses down and up to the little girl he had pulled out of the fire. The dog jumped on the girl licking her face and wagging it's tail.
'The dog hadn't even been in the house. Faith and his baby died and the damn dog wasn't even in the house' He didn't have any control over his actions. Anger had taken over and it was acting on it's own. He took his gun out of his holster and raised it. Pointing it towards the beautiful golden collie that still stood with her owner. He had lost everything he had ever wanted in a matter of minutes because of that mutt. His finger started to pull down on the trigger.
"Bosco!"
His hand froze. He looked up to make sure he had heard what he thought he did. Past the dog coming down the side walk was a smoke covered Faith.
He dropped his gun. "Faith?!"
She walked closer. "I didn't just save that dog for you to go and shoot it." She said slightly pissed.
"Faith?" He stood up and ran up to her, "Faith you're ok!" He wrapped his arms around her and squeezed her tight.
A little confused by his actions all Faith could say was, "Yeah of course I am."
He reluctantly pulled away and cupped her face in his hands. "I thought I lost you. Don't you ever do that to me again Faith, ever. Do you hear me?"
Faith touched his cheek, "I'm sorry Bos. I tried to radio you but it wasn't working."
"Not ever Faith." He still had tears running down his cheek but this time they were out of happiness.
"I promise." Faith replied back as she swept the tears from his cheek.
He brought her lips to his and gave her a soft kiss. He rested his forehead to hers, "Faith, marry me?"
She didn't think she had heard him correctly. She pulled her head away from his and looked into his eyes and in that instant she knew she had heard him right. She felt her face break into a smile. "Of course I'll marry you." A tear escaped from her eye as he kissed her again.
They probably would have stayed in that exact spot just holding each other all night if they weren't shaken out of the moment by on lookers beginning to clap. They pulled apart to see what was going on and that's when they saw the neighbors of the family and there friends who should have been busy putting out the fire or helping the family standing there with smiling at them like idiots clapping.
They turned back to each other blushing, "I guess this takes care of us telling them."
They shared another kiss getting lost in there world again.