A/N - I apologize for the long delay. I've been working a lot and haven't felt too good lately. I will have chapter 11 up shortly!
This is a rather short chapter for me. I wrote it in one sitting, and have tried to go back and finish the chapter but it feels complete. So I have decided to post it. I hope you guys are still liking this?
Please take a moment and Review.
Disclaimer - I own nothing.
{Bosco/Faith)
Chapter 10
The End of a Era, but The Beginning of Something Better.
*****
"We are here today to finalize the divorce and custody agreements…" Ms. Jennies started.
Fred glanced at Faith, who was sitting across from him. He hadn't planned on making this so easy, truth be told he had been bitter and resentful, he wanted to hurt Faith, turn the kids against her, get full custody and teach her a lesson. He had started going to AA meetings, it was all part of his plan, show that he was clean, long enough to get the kids, his plan backfired, being sober, and the support he got from the AA meetings somehow made him realize that the kids would suffer and hate him tremendously if he kept them from Faith. So he had called her up, and they had talked out a solution.
Faith turned her focus off her speaking attorney and saw that her soon to be ex-husband was intensely starring at her, she gave him a soft smile and mouthed the words "thank you", and turned her attention back to her attorney only glancing briefly at Mr. Jacobs who was Fred's attorney.
"First, Mr. Jacobs and I have drawn up the divorce papers which just need to be read and signed by each of you." She handed Faith and Fred each a stack of papers and a pen.
*****
Bosco sat on his sofa, his fingers tapping slightly on him thigh. 'I wonder what's taking her so long. Maybe she changed her mind?' he shook his head. She was sincere when she said she loved him, he felt sure of it, but he was still nervous. It was only ten o'clock in the morning. He stood up and walked to his bedroom, peering out the window and into the next building, her apartment was still dark, at least her room was, so she probably wasn't home. He cursed himself for being so ridiculous, laid back on the sofa and closed his eyes.
*****
"You have both voiced your concern for Emily and Charlie, and I commend you for coming to a clean agreement on this, so many couples but so much stress onto there children by having messy custody battles. According to this, the kids will stay with their Father during the school weekdays, Monday morning thru Friday night and will reside with there Mother during the weekends, Holidays and school breaks will be divided between both of you." Mr. Jacobs read.
"I just need some signatures and we should be done."
*****
Fred waited outside the office building, for Faith to come out. "Faith, can I talk to you a minute?" Fred stopped her.
"Umm… sure Fred." Faith said cautiously.
"I just wanted to say for what its worth I'm sorry, I know most of the problems were my fault. You gave me more then enough chances." He said gently.
Faith touched his arm lightly. "It wasn't just your fault, I did lie about the abortion, you took me back, we both made mistakes."
"Is this a mistake?" He asked softly.
Faith sighed softly, she could see the plea in his voice, she took a deep breath, "No… This isn't a mistake. But neither was our marriage. Its just, it ran its course, it had to end. For everyone's sake"
"oh… the end of a era." he said sarcastically.
"Yes, I suppose you could say that." she said, squeezing his hand before dropping it and turning towards the blue mustang that was parked twenty feet away.
He watched her retreating "um… well I guess I'll see you when I drop off the kids." he paused staring at the direction she was heading. "Is that Bosco's car?" he asked.
She didn't hear him as she unlocked the door and climbed in, turning the key the engine purred, God she was starting to understand why Bosco loved this car so much!
*****
Faith pulled into the parking spot Bosco always parked the mustang in, she glanced up at his apartment, a silent battle with herself, she felt that Bosco was sincere about his declaration of love towards her, but it had only been thirty-six hours since they admitted their love for one another, part of her brain told her it wouldn't be a good idea to spend all their time together, then the other part of her brain told her that they had been partners for eight years, that they weren't going to get tired of each other. She decided to listen to the first part of her brain and walked to her apartment building, passing Jill the apartment Manager in the lobby.
"Hey Faith" Jill said with a smile and a friendly wave. "How is that handsome partner of yours?" She asked with a grin.
"He's fine. I'm sorry, I've gotta get going." Faith said heading for the stairs.
"Well you have a nice day, hon." the older women told her.
*****
She opened the door to her apartment. With each day that went by, it truly felt more and more like home. She sat down on the sofa, and sighed, glad she had the day off. It was eleven o'clock, and she had woken up so early, she laid her head back against the sofa and closed her eyes.
*****
Davis stepped outside the precinct followed by Gusler. He had discovered why no one liked working with him, and felt kind of bad for the rookie. He had just worked a double shift and was at the point, Gusler had drove him pretty damn close to crazy, he wanted to get home, take a shower and go to bed. He sped up his speed as he hurried towards his car. He got in and closed his eyes, vowing NEVER to make another negative remark about having to work with Sully. He missed Sully. Sure it had only been two weeks but still, it would be another two months before he's be clear for active duty.
"He reached his apartment a little before noon, yawning loudly as he shut off the engine. He unlocked the door and went in, heading straight for the bathroom, he stripped down, and turned on the shower. He lathered himself up, sixteen hours in a police cruiser and on the streets chasing bad guys did nothing for your personal hygiene. He was still covered in soap when he heard the bathroom door creep open. He could make out the silhouette of a women and instantly identified it. 'Taylor' he thought to himself with a grin.
She crept into the bathroom, already undressed, her plan to scare Davis almost made her chuckled outloud, she started to count to three silently. She was barely on two, his large hands reached out, she screamed as he grabbed her, by surprise.
She broke into giggles. "You caught me."
"Alex, I'm so tired," he whined, but with a grin on his face.
"Oh you say that, but I see other parts of your body do not agree with you." She laughed, lathering her own body up.
"Well I can't argue with you, there." He said, kissing her firmly and pushing his soapy body towards her, gently pinning her against the wall.
******
Bosco woke up and yawned, he glanced at the clock, it was a quarter past noon. He decided to go check and see if Faith was home, if nothing else a short walk would do his rested body some good. He locked his apartment before he left, down the stairs and into the cold air of New York's cold winters. Luckily he didn't have far to walk and pushed his card key into the slot allowing himself access into Faith's building. He passed the older women Jill, he smiled at her like he always did and took to the stairs.
*****
Faith's eyes opened slightly, she could hear the knocking on the door, and smiled slightly as she figured it was probably Bos. She slowly got up, stretching slightly, as she walked to the door.
"Just come in already, I'm sleeping or was." she said, as she opened the door and let Bosco in.
"Sorry. Should I go?" He apologized.
"No, just come in, sit with me on the couch." she said wearily, yawning again.
"I have skills doing that." He joked.
She sat on the couch, and he sat next to her, she leaned onto his shoulder, closing her eyes. "Bos? Get up, this is uncomfortable, lets go to my bed." she murmured.
"Your bed? Are you sure?" he asked.
"Sure about what? I'm so tired… come sleep with me." She raised her eyebrow at him when she saw the grin that was forming. "just SLEEP." she chuckled.
"I resent that. I know what you meant." He said, guiding her to the bed room.
She plopped right down, her eyes shut before she even touched the bed. "Sorry I know this isn't very sexy." she whispered, still with closed eyes.
"Oh-contraire I think its very sexy." He said, sliding in beside her and wrapping her arm around her.
"Oh-contraire? Wow that's a big word for ya Bos." she said, opening her eyes just slightly so she could see his reaction.
He gave her a mock-appalled look. "That hurt Faith" he grinned "Its nice to see that, you having the Boscorelli love curse hasn't affected your humor." He laughed.
"Oh is that funny?" She said sitting up, and turning so she was still pressed up against him, but now facing him.
He tried to keep a serious look on his face but a grin broke and he started chuckling.
Faith grinned, "Oh you're going to get it." She laughed, sliding her uncasted hand under his shirt and tickling him.
"Faith stop!" He said in-between breaths. "Not fair…" he couldn't speak as his face continued turning shades of pink in fits of laughter. "…that illegal use of a cast!" he spoke, pulling his own hands free from her pinned possession beneath her casted arm. "Awe-ha! How the tides have turned!"
"Don't you dare Boscorelli! I'm a injured women!" She pleaded laughing. And she tried to pull herself out of his grasp.
He held her still for a second, considering this. "Okay, I'll let you go on one condition." he said with a guilty grin.
"Okay, but I swear, you say one thing perverted and you are not gonna be in this bed again for a long time" she teased.
"Go on a date with me tonight." he said, ignoring her comment.
"Have you always been so sweet?" Faith asked, grazing his cheek with her hand.
He smirked at her, reached for her hand and pulled her closer to him, kissed her lips softly.
She reluctantly pulled back, "Where do you want to go?" She asked, curling up and resting her head comfortably on his chest, conscious of his abdomen wound. She closed her eyes, listening to his heart beat.
He thought about it for a minute. "We could stop by Ma's bar, then grab some dinner…" he paused, Faith's breathing had become steady, she had fallen asleep. He never imagined something as simple as laying in bed, doing nothing but just laying there, could be so erotic and comforting at the same time. He had to take things slow with her. He wanted nothing more then to pull her closer and show her just how much he loved her, but he knew this was not like the other girls that had been in his life. This was Faith, this was the only women he had ever loved, and knew he would ever love. "Faith, I promise I'm not going to screw this up, I'm going to take this slow," he whispered softly. He had finally found something worth holding on to, he was truly scared of screwing this up. He closed his eyes, trying hard to fall asleep but the warmth of Faith's body so close to him, and him not able to do anything about it, made it nearly impossible, he opened his eyes and glanced down his body and towards his lap, willing all his body to sleep. He laughed softly, just wishing for a cold shower at this point, but he couldn't move out of the bed without waking her, he knew how much she needed the rest. He closed his eyes again, and this time sleep came easier.
*****
TBC…
This is a rather short chapter for me. I wrote it in one sitting, and have tried to go back and finish the chapter but it feels complete. So I have decided to post it. I hope you guys are still liking this?
Please take a moment and Review.
Disclaimer - I own nothing.
{Bosco/Faith)
Chapter 10
The End of a Era, but The Beginning of Something Better.
*****
"We are here today to finalize the divorce and custody agreements…" Ms. Jennies started.
Fred glanced at Faith, who was sitting across from him. He hadn't planned on making this so easy, truth be told he had been bitter and resentful, he wanted to hurt Faith, turn the kids against her, get full custody and teach her a lesson. He had started going to AA meetings, it was all part of his plan, show that he was clean, long enough to get the kids, his plan backfired, being sober, and the support he got from the AA meetings somehow made him realize that the kids would suffer and hate him tremendously if he kept them from Faith. So he had called her up, and they had talked out a solution.
Faith turned her focus off her speaking attorney and saw that her soon to be ex-husband was intensely starring at her, she gave him a soft smile and mouthed the words "thank you", and turned her attention back to her attorney only glancing briefly at Mr. Jacobs who was Fred's attorney.
"First, Mr. Jacobs and I have drawn up the divorce papers which just need to be read and signed by each of you." She handed Faith and Fred each a stack of papers and a pen.
*****
Bosco sat on his sofa, his fingers tapping slightly on him thigh. 'I wonder what's taking her so long. Maybe she changed her mind?' he shook his head. She was sincere when she said she loved him, he felt sure of it, but he was still nervous. It was only ten o'clock in the morning. He stood up and walked to his bedroom, peering out the window and into the next building, her apartment was still dark, at least her room was, so she probably wasn't home. He cursed himself for being so ridiculous, laid back on the sofa and closed his eyes.
*****
"You have both voiced your concern for Emily and Charlie, and I commend you for coming to a clean agreement on this, so many couples but so much stress onto there children by having messy custody battles. According to this, the kids will stay with their Father during the school weekdays, Monday morning thru Friday night and will reside with there Mother during the weekends, Holidays and school breaks will be divided between both of you." Mr. Jacobs read.
"I just need some signatures and we should be done."
*****
Fred waited outside the office building, for Faith to come out. "Faith, can I talk to you a minute?" Fred stopped her.
"Umm… sure Fred." Faith said cautiously.
"I just wanted to say for what its worth I'm sorry, I know most of the problems were my fault. You gave me more then enough chances." He said gently.
Faith touched his arm lightly. "It wasn't just your fault, I did lie about the abortion, you took me back, we both made mistakes."
"Is this a mistake?" He asked softly.
Faith sighed softly, she could see the plea in his voice, she took a deep breath, "No… This isn't a mistake. But neither was our marriage. Its just, it ran its course, it had to end. For everyone's sake"
"oh… the end of a era." he said sarcastically.
"Yes, I suppose you could say that." she said, squeezing his hand before dropping it and turning towards the blue mustang that was parked twenty feet away.
He watched her retreating "um… well I guess I'll see you when I drop off the kids." he paused staring at the direction she was heading. "Is that Bosco's car?" he asked.
She didn't hear him as she unlocked the door and climbed in, turning the key the engine purred, God she was starting to understand why Bosco loved this car so much!
*****
Faith pulled into the parking spot Bosco always parked the mustang in, she glanced up at his apartment, a silent battle with herself, she felt that Bosco was sincere about his declaration of love towards her, but it had only been thirty-six hours since they admitted their love for one another, part of her brain told her it wouldn't be a good idea to spend all their time together, then the other part of her brain told her that they had been partners for eight years, that they weren't going to get tired of each other. She decided to listen to the first part of her brain and walked to her apartment building, passing Jill the apartment Manager in the lobby.
"Hey Faith" Jill said with a smile and a friendly wave. "How is that handsome partner of yours?" She asked with a grin.
"He's fine. I'm sorry, I've gotta get going." Faith said heading for the stairs.
"Well you have a nice day, hon." the older women told her.
*****
She opened the door to her apartment. With each day that went by, it truly felt more and more like home. She sat down on the sofa, and sighed, glad she had the day off. It was eleven o'clock, and she had woken up so early, she laid her head back against the sofa and closed her eyes.
*****
Davis stepped outside the precinct followed by Gusler. He had discovered why no one liked working with him, and felt kind of bad for the rookie. He had just worked a double shift and was at the point, Gusler had drove him pretty damn close to crazy, he wanted to get home, take a shower and go to bed. He sped up his speed as he hurried towards his car. He got in and closed his eyes, vowing NEVER to make another negative remark about having to work with Sully. He missed Sully. Sure it had only been two weeks but still, it would be another two months before he's be clear for active duty.
"He reached his apartment a little before noon, yawning loudly as he shut off the engine. He unlocked the door and went in, heading straight for the bathroom, he stripped down, and turned on the shower. He lathered himself up, sixteen hours in a police cruiser and on the streets chasing bad guys did nothing for your personal hygiene. He was still covered in soap when he heard the bathroom door creep open. He could make out the silhouette of a women and instantly identified it. 'Taylor' he thought to himself with a grin.
She crept into the bathroom, already undressed, her plan to scare Davis almost made her chuckled outloud, she started to count to three silently. She was barely on two, his large hands reached out, she screamed as he grabbed her, by surprise.
She broke into giggles. "You caught me."
"Alex, I'm so tired," he whined, but with a grin on his face.
"Oh you say that, but I see other parts of your body do not agree with you." She laughed, lathering her own body up.
"Well I can't argue with you, there." He said, kissing her firmly and pushing his soapy body towards her, gently pinning her against the wall.
******
Bosco woke up and yawned, he glanced at the clock, it was a quarter past noon. He decided to go check and see if Faith was home, if nothing else a short walk would do his rested body some good. He locked his apartment before he left, down the stairs and into the cold air of New York's cold winters. Luckily he didn't have far to walk and pushed his card key into the slot allowing himself access into Faith's building. He passed the older women Jill, he smiled at her like he always did and took to the stairs.
*****
Faith's eyes opened slightly, she could hear the knocking on the door, and smiled slightly as she figured it was probably Bos. She slowly got up, stretching slightly, as she walked to the door.
"Just come in already, I'm sleeping or was." she said, as she opened the door and let Bosco in.
"Sorry. Should I go?" He apologized.
"No, just come in, sit with me on the couch." she said wearily, yawning again.
"I have skills doing that." He joked.
She sat on the couch, and he sat next to her, she leaned onto his shoulder, closing her eyes. "Bos? Get up, this is uncomfortable, lets go to my bed." she murmured.
"Your bed? Are you sure?" he asked.
"Sure about what? I'm so tired… come sleep with me." She raised her eyebrow at him when she saw the grin that was forming. "just SLEEP." she chuckled.
"I resent that. I know what you meant." He said, guiding her to the bed room.
She plopped right down, her eyes shut before she even touched the bed. "Sorry I know this isn't very sexy." she whispered, still with closed eyes.
"Oh-contraire I think its very sexy." He said, sliding in beside her and wrapping her arm around her.
"Oh-contraire? Wow that's a big word for ya Bos." she said, opening her eyes just slightly so she could see his reaction.
He gave her a mock-appalled look. "That hurt Faith" he grinned "Its nice to see that, you having the Boscorelli love curse hasn't affected your humor." He laughed.
"Oh is that funny?" She said sitting up, and turning so she was still pressed up against him, but now facing him.
He tried to keep a serious look on his face but a grin broke and he started chuckling.
Faith grinned, "Oh you're going to get it." She laughed, sliding her uncasted hand under his shirt and tickling him.
"Faith stop!" He said in-between breaths. "Not fair…" he couldn't speak as his face continued turning shades of pink in fits of laughter. "…that illegal use of a cast!" he spoke, pulling his own hands free from her pinned possession beneath her casted arm. "Awe-ha! How the tides have turned!"
"Don't you dare Boscorelli! I'm a injured women!" She pleaded laughing. And she tried to pull herself out of his grasp.
He held her still for a second, considering this. "Okay, I'll let you go on one condition." he said with a guilty grin.
"Okay, but I swear, you say one thing perverted and you are not gonna be in this bed again for a long time" she teased.
"Go on a date with me tonight." he said, ignoring her comment.
"Have you always been so sweet?" Faith asked, grazing his cheek with her hand.
He smirked at her, reached for her hand and pulled her closer to him, kissed her lips softly.
She reluctantly pulled back, "Where do you want to go?" She asked, curling up and resting her head comfortably on his chest, conscious of his abdomen wound. She closed her eyes, listening to his heart beat.
He thought about it for a minute. "We could stop by Ma's bar, then grab some dinner…" he paused, Faith's breathing had become steady, she had fallen asleep. He never imagined something as simple as laying in bed, doing nothing but just laying there, could be so erotic and comforting at the same time. He had to take things slow with her. He wanted nothing more then to pull her closer and show her just how much he loved her, but he knew this was not like the other girls that had been in his life. This was Faith, this was the only women he had ever loved, and knew he would ever love. "Faith, I promise I'm not going to screw this up, I'm going to take this slow," he whispered softly. He had finally found something worth holding on to, he was truly scared of screwing this up. He closed his eyes, trying hard to fall asleep but the warmth of Faith's body so close to him, and him not able to do anything about it, made it nearly impossible, he opened his eyes and glanced down his body and towards his lap, willing all his body to sleep. He laughed softly, just wishing for a cold shower at this point, but he couldn't move out of the bed without waking her, he knew how much she needed the rest. He closed his eyes again, and this time sleep came easier.
*****
TBC…