Promises 10
Sorry…. it's been a long time! Been busy trying to dig myself out of the hole that I created while attempting to write this chapter!
Once again I don't own any of the Third Watch characters. But I do own the characters you've never heard of.
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"So that's why I ran in," finished Rylee as she looked up at her former partner who was staring back at her with a blank expression. "Damn!" She angrily pushed herself up off the arm of the couch where she had been perched. Rylee quickly began pacing around the room. She ran both hands through her hair, and grabbed hold like she was going to pull it out as she faced him again.
"I never should have come here. I never should have told you. I shoulda just left things alone! Dammit!" She continued to pace as Johnny watched her, not knowing what to say to her. "What was I thinking?! See, this is why I never told you."
"I don't know what to say," came his quiet voice. "What do you want me to say?"
"Say something. Anything. Tell me it's OK. Tell me you hate me. It's the reason I almost got you killed so say something!" She looked at him. Fear in here eyes. This was the moment she had been dreading since that night so long ago though it seemed as if it was only yesterday. She knew that any second now he would say he hated her, and could never forgive her. He would say he wanted nothing to do with her and he never wanted to see her again. It would tear her apart inside, but she would understand. It was her fault to begin with.
"I thought I knew you," he said as he shook his head in disbelief.
"You know me better than anyone Johnny, but you only know what I wanted you to." She was ashamed of herself. Keeping this from Johnny was now ruining the best friendship she had, and she knew that soon she would have to tell her new partner as well. That's what really scared her…telling Bosco. Johnny was a saint compared to Boscorelli, and if this was his reaction…
*****
"I can't wait for this shift to be over," growled Bosco as he climbed into the RMP.
"No kidding. Days like this remind me why I became a sergeant."
"Days like today make me reconsider not taking the test."
It was nine o'clock, and as soon as the clock struck five that evening they had been going non-stop. To Boscorelli and Yokas it seemed as if the entire city of New York had decided to try and break some kind of law.
"We better get back to the house and start the paperwork or we might as well just stay through 'til our shift tomorrow."
"Gawd! Can this night get any worse?!"
"Damn it Bosco."
"What?!"
"You do realize you just jinxed us. Now I'm convinced this night isn't over."
****
Rylee slowly sat down on the couch, and looked at Johnny. A sad expression crossed his face. "I don't hate you Rylee. I just wish you would have told me before."
She looked at the floor. "I couldn't," Rylee met his eyes. "Didn't know how."
"We were partners Rylee. Knowing would have helped."
Slowly she nodded. "Sorry," she whispered.
There was a long pause. Rylee didn't like the silence. She contemplated walking out the front door, and never turning back, but he finally spoke. "It's in the past. No harm done."
"What do you mean no harm done?! You got shot and quit the force because of me!"
"I didn't quit the force because of you."
"Henderson said-"
"Screw Henderson. He doesn't know shit."
"But he said you couldn't take working with me. Said you were tired of putting your life at risk and covering my ass, and that's why you quit."
"And you believed that?"
"Well…yeah."
"Rylee we worked together for five years. Don't you think if I didn't want to work with you I would have done something about it sooner?"
She looked at him. Still not believing what he was saying.
"I quit the force because I wanted to spend more time with my family, and the only other option I had was to take an in-house job on a different shift."
"So why didn't you?"
"It's not my style, so instead, after 20 years I hung it up."
"Then why did Henderson say…"
"Come on O'Neill, Henderson always resented you."
"Yeah, what'd I ever do to him anyway?"
Johnny chuckled. "You seriously don't know?"
She shook her head.
"When you came to the 38 Thomas and I were still partners. Lieu said he had this hot-headed female rookie coming in and he needed someone to show her the ropes," he smiled, "I got stuck with ya cause everyone else had already said no."
"Liar," she laughed.
"No. That's true. Anyway, after that first week with you I went and told Lieu I didn't want to work with Henderson anymore. I wanted to work with you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I'd worked with him for close to ten years and I enjoyed my job more in the week I spent with you then I ever did working with him. I was comfortable working with him; knew his style, but I needed a change. That's why you and I became partners, and as you can tell he's still pissed."
"Yeah, but why's he pissed at me and not you?"
"Thomas never was the brightest bulb."
*****
"Look at that Yokas," Bosco pointed to the clock above the exit. "11:10 and we're outta here. Jinx my ass."
"The night isn't over yet Bos."
"No, but our shift is, and that's all that matters to me because I'm starving!" He hurried toward his car. "Come on. I'll drive."
It was 11:33 when the two officers were seated at the corner booth in the Choo Choo Diner. Bosco sat next to the window and faced the back wall. Faith sat next to him. "Think Rylee will be able to find us back here in this corner," questioned Faith.
Bosco didn't look up from his menu. "She knows I like to sit in the corner. She'll find us."
A few minutes later Faith looked up as two people approached the table. "Johnny?" asked a shocked Faith.
"Faith? My God is that you? How are you?"
"I'm good. Wow! I never expected to see you again."
"Same here. Hey you still partnered with that young son of a bitch. Oh what's his name? The hot-headed Italian."
Bosco looked up from his menu for the first time, and glared at the man Faith was talking to. He noticed Rylee was standing next to this man he had never seen before, but who was currently insulting him.
"Oh, oops. That's him," Johnny chuckled.
"Johnny, meet my new partner, Maurice Boscorelli."
"I knew that name was familiar when you said it earlier." The two men shook hands. "Sorry about that," apologized Johnny.
"Whatever," replied Bosco as he put down his menu.
Faith looked at Rylee and Johnny, and waved her finger between the two of them. "So that means your tough as nails female partner is…" she pointed at Rylee.
"The very same," smiled Johnny as he sat down next to Rylee and across from Faith.
"Small world," sighed Faith. "Can you believe these two are partners now?"
"Yeah, "our" kids are all grown up," he laughed. "They deserve each other."
"What the hell does that mean?!" spat Bosco. Faith and Johnny began to laugh as Bosco and Rylee just looked at each other.
"OK this is real cute and all," chimed Rylee. "Now will somebody explain how you two know each other?"
Faith took a deep breath to control herself. "You guys remember a couple years back, the big drug and arms bust that all went down at the same time?" O'Neill and Bosco both nodded. "Bosco, you and I were working with the Feds on the firearms aspect."
"And Rylee you and I were on drug detail."
"I remember," came Rylee's reply.
"Yeah, me too, but that doesn't explain how you two know each other," said an irritated and confused Boscorelli.
"Well, let us set it up for you. Do you wanna start Faith or should I?"
"Go ahead."
"OK, well. Rylee and I were working with the FBI trying to bring down this big drug ring. The agents who brief us say whatever happens we need to stay out of sight until a plain clothes agent can get close enough to make an ID." Bosco nodded his understanding. "So Rylee and I are sittin' in our squad around the corner when the guy we're after comes walking down the street."
"The feds totally blew it!" interrupted Rylee. "They walked right past him, and didn't even know it was him."
"Yeah, so super cop here goes busting after him, and makes the arrest."
"Yeah, so? What's the big deal?" asks Bosco.
"The big deal is the feds decided at the last second they didn't want to move on it just yet, but they didn't tell us "lowly" patrol officers. So Rylee ends up at their headquarters and just chewed out by some administrative big shots."
Rylee and Bosco look at each other, then at Faith. "OK, my turn. While all of that was going on Bosco and I were on the firearm detail with another group of feds in a different part of the city. We were told to stay to the back of the group as the building was cleared. You know, let the agents who are "trained" for this stuff take care of it."
"Yeah. Like I'm not trained," gripes Bosco.
"So Bosco and I are staying back like we're told when this agent in front of us starts having problems dealing with one of the perps."
"The guy was manhandling this old geezer of an agent, so I step in to help him out. I take the guy down and cuff him. End of story."
"Or so we thought. Turns out this "old geezer" is a well respected and decorated agent who tells the supervising agent that Bosco disrespected him and disobeyed orders to stay back."
"Guy had a major stick up his ass," groaned Bosco.
"Anyway. Bosco ends up at headquarters where he promptly gets taken into an office and heavily reprimanded."
"So Faith and I met while we were waiting for you two. We had a good hour to get to know each other.
"From the stories we shared we figured you two had the exact same style of policing."
"And I knew that you two were exactly alike when Boscorelli stormed out of that office and didn't even look at Faith, just yelled 'LET'S GO!'." Johnny laughed at the memory.
"I can't *believe* I didn't remember all this when Swersky was telling me who our new officer was. I refused to believe anyone could be like Bosco. Totally forgot that I *knew* there was someone like him out there."
"Hey, it's not like it's a bad thing," said Rylee as she tried to defend herself and Bosco.
"No, just highly unusual," said Johnny. "And now you're partners. That must be a real treat for your superior officers."
"Tell me about it. I'm one of those superior officers now."
"We aren't that bad," interjected Bosco.
"You just keep telling yourself that," chuckled Faith.
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Well my friends…that's where I'm leaving it for now! Hehehe!
Sorry…. it's been a long time! Been busy trying to dig myself out of the hole that I created while attempting to write this chapter!
Once again I don't own any of the Third Watch characters. But I do own the characters you've never heard of.
*****
"So that's why I ran in," finished Rylee as she looked up at her former partner who was staring back at her with a blank expression. "Damn!" She angrily pushed herself up off the arm of the couch where she had been perched. Rylee quickly began pacing around the room. She ran both hands through her hair, and grabbed hold like she was going to pull it out as she faced him again.
"I never should have come here. I never should have told you. I shoulda just left things alone! Dammit!" She continued to pace as Johnny watched her, not knowing what to say to her. "What was I thinking?! See, this is why I never told you."
"I don't know what to say," came his quiet voice. "What do you want me to say?"
"Say something. Anything. Tell me it's OK. Tell me you hate me. It's the reason I almost got you killed so say something!" She looked at him. Fear in here eyes. This was the moment she had been dreading since that night so long ago though it seemed as if it was only yesterday. She knew that any second now he would say he hated her, and could never forgive her. He would say he wanted nothing to do with her and he never wanted to see her again. It would tear her apart inside, but she would understand. It was her fault to begin with.
"I thought I knew you," he said as he shook his head in disbelief.
"You know me better than anyone Johnny, but you only know what I wanted you to." She was ashamed of herself. Keeping this from Johnny was now ruining the best friendship she had, and she knew that soon she would have to tell her new partner as well. That's what really scared her…telling Bosco. Johnny was a saint compared to Boscorelli, and if this was his reaction…
*****
"I can't wait for this shift to be over," growled Bosco as he climbed into the RMP.
"No kidding. Days like this remind me why I became a sergeant."
"Days like today make me reconsider not taking the test."
It was nine o'clock, and as soon as the clock struck five that evening they had been going non-stop. To Boscorelli and Yokas it seemed as if the entire city of New York had decided to try and break some kind of law.
"We better get back to the house and start the paperwork or we might as well just stay through 'til our shift tomorrow."
"Gawd! Can this night get any worse?!"
"Damn it Bosco."
"What?!"
"You do realize you just jinxed us. Now I'm convinced this night isn't over."
****
Rylee slowly sat down on the couch, and looked at Johnny. A sad expression crossed his face. "I don't hate you Rylee. I just wish you would have told me before."
She looked at the floor. "I couldn't," Rylee met his eyes. "Didn't know how."
"We were partners Rylee. Knowing would have helped."
Slowly she nodded. "Sorry," she whispered.
There was a long pause. Rylee didn't like the silence. She contemplated walking out the front door, and never turning back, but he finally spoke. "It's in the past. No harm done."
"What do you mean no harm done?! You got shot and quit the force because of me!"
"I didn't quit the force because of you."
"Henderson said-"
"Screw Henderson. He doesn't know shit."
"But he said you couldn't take working with me. Said you were tired of putting your life at risk and covering my ass, and that's why you quit."
"And you believed that?"
"Well…yeah."
"Rylee we worked together for five years. Don't you think if I didn't want to work with you I would have done something about it sooner?"
She looked at him. Still not believing what he was saying.
"I quit the force because I wanted to spend more time with my family, and the only other option I had was to take an in-house job on a different shift."
"So why didn't you?"
"It's not my style, so instead, after 20 years I hung it up."
"Then why did Henderson say…"
"Come on O'Neill, Henderson always resented you."
"Yeah, what'd I ever do to him anyway?"
Johnny chuckled. "You seriously don't know?"
She shook her head.
"When you came to the 38 Thomas and I were still partners. Lieu said he had this hot-headed female rookie coming in and he needed someone to show her the ropes," he smiled, "I got stuck with ya cause everyone else had already said no."
"Liar," she laughed.
"No. That's true. Anyway, after that first week with you I went and told Lieu I didn't want to work with Henderson anymore. I wanted to work with you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I'd worked with him for close to ten years and I enjoyed my job more in the week I spent with you then I ever did working with him. I was comfortable working with him; knew his style, but I needed a change. That's why you and I became partners, and as you can tell he's still pissed."
"Yeah, but why's he pissed at me and not you?"
"Thomas never was the brightest bulb."
*****
"Look at that Yokas," Bosco pointed to the clock above the exit. "11:10 and we're outta here. Jinx my ass."
"The night isn't over yet Bos."
"No, but our shift is, and that's all that matters to me because I'm starving!" He hurried toward his car. "Come on. I'll drive."
It was 11:33 when the two officers were seated at the corner booth in the Choo Choo Diner. Bosco sat next to the window and faced the back wall. Faith sat next to him. "Think Rylee will be able to find us back here in this corner," questioned Faith.
Bosco didn't look up from his menu. "She knows I like to sit in the corner. She'll find us."
A few minutes later Faith looked up as two people approached the table. "Johnny?" asked a shocked Faith.
"Faith? My God is that you? How are you?"
"I'm good. Wow! I never expected to see you again."
"Same here. Hey you still partnered with that young son of a bitch. Oh what's his name? The hot-headed Italian."
Bosco looked up from his menu for the first time, and glared at the man Faith was talking to. He noticed Rylee was standing next to this man he had never seen before, but who was currently insulting him.
"Oh, oops. That's him," Johnny chuckled.
"Johnny, meet my new partner, Maurice Boscorelli."
"I knew that name was familiar when you said it earlier." The two men shook hands. "Sorry about that," apologized Johnny.
"Whatever," replied Bosco as he put down his menu.
Faith looked at Rylee and Johnny, and waved her finger between the two of them. "So that means your tough as nails female partner is…" she pointed at Rylee.
"The very same," smiled Johnny as he sat down next to Rylee and across from Faith.
"Small world," sighed Faith. "Can you believe these two are partners now?"
"Yeah, "our" kids are all grown up," he laughed. "They deserve each other."
"What the hell does that mean?!" spat Bosco. Faith and Johnny began to laugh as Bosco and Rylee just looked at each other.
"OK this is real cute and all," chimed Rylee. "Now will somebody explain how you two know each other?"
Faith took a deep breath to control herself. "You guys remember a couple years back, the big drug and arms bust that all went down at the same time?" O'Neill and Bosco both nodded. "Bosco, you and I were working with the Feds on the firearms aspect."
"And Rylee you and I were on drug detail."
"I remember," came Rylee's reply.
"Yeah, me too, but that doesn't explain how you two know each other," said an irritated and confused Boscorelli.
"Well, let us set it up for you. Do you wanna start Faith or should I?"
"Go ahead."
"OK, well. Rylee and I were working with the FBI trying to bring down this big drug ring. The agents who brief us say whatever happens we need to stay out of sight until a plain clothes agent can get close enough to make an ID." Bosco nodded his understanding. "So Rylee and I are sittin' in our squad around the corner when the guy we're after comes walking down the street."
"The feds totally blew it!" interrupted Rylee. "They walked right past him, and didn't even know it was him."
"Yeah, so super cop here goes busting after him, and makes the arrest."
"Yeah, so? What's the big deal?" asks Bosco.
"The big deal is the feds decided at the last second they didn't want to move on it just yet, but they didn't tell us "lowly" patrol officers. So Rylee ends up at their headquarters and just chewed out by some administrative big shots."
Rylee and Bosco look at each other, then at Faith. "OK, my turn. While all of that was going on Bosco and I were on the firearm detail with another group of feds in a different part of the city. We were told to stay to the back of the group as the building was cleared. You know, let the agents who are "trained" for this stuff take care of it."
"Yeah. Like I'm not trained," gripes Bosco.
"So Bosco and I are staying back like we're told when this agent in front of us starts having problems dealing with one of the perps."
"The guy was manhandling this old geezer of an agent, so I step in to help him out. I take the guy down and cuff him. End of story."
"Or so we thought. Turns out this "old geezer" is a well respected and decorated agent who tells the supervising agent that Bosco disrespected him and disobeyed orders to stay back."
"Guy had a major stick up his ass," groaned Bosco.
"Anyway. Bosco ends up at headquarters where he promptly gets taken into an office and heavily reprimanded."
"So Faith and I met while we were waiting for you two. We had a good hour to get to know each other.
"From the stories we shared we figured you two had the exact same style of policing."
"And I knew that you two were exactly alike when Boscorelli stormed out of that office and didn't even look at Faith, just yelled 'LET'S GO!'." Johnny laughed at the memory.
"I can't *believe* I didn't remember all this when Swersky was telling me who our new officer was. I refused to believe anyone could be like Bosco. Totally forgot that I *knew* there was someone like him out there."
"Hey, it's not like it's a bad thing," said Rylee as she tried to defend herself and Bosco.
"No, just highly unusual," said Johnny. "And now you're partners. That must be a real treat for your superior officers."
"Tell me about it. I'm one of those superior officers now."
"We aren't that bad," interjected Bosco.
"You just keep telling yourself that," chuckled Faith.
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Well my friends…that's where I'm leaving it for now! Hehehe!