Chapter 2: A DAY AT WORK

Bosco walks into the locker room to change into his uniform. Since it is one of the rare days that he is actually early for a shift he is alone. He ponders his morning as he gets ready, thinking back to their morning run and the steamy joint shower that followed. He got to thinking about the future, their future. They weren't officially living together, except for the fact that she spent almost every night with him and that most of her things were at his apartment as well. He couldn't remember the last night that he spent alone. It seemed the apartment stopped being his and became theirs a long time ago. As he was buttoning up his shirt the locker room door opened and he notices Sargent Cruz saunter in with the ever present grim look on her face. She doesn't acknowledge his presence in the room even though they both are very aware of each other. She just turns to her locker and starts to get ready for her day at work. They haven't spoken at work or worked a shift together for a few weeks now, not since the day of all the fake 10-13's the night that Cruz almost lost her life. If it wasn't for Faith, Cruz wouldn't be standing there right now. Cruz and Faith were like oil and water; they didn't get along at all. Faith hated Cruz and Cruz knew it. Faith thought Cruz was a renegade cop, Bosco knew better though. She just wanted to get rid of the crime, because it had ruled her life for so long and she wanted to rid the world of it. It had killed her sister and Cruz was afraid it would kill her one day too. Cruz didn't hate Faith, she just did not like how Faith tried to play Bosco's mommy and she felt she tried to run his life. Bosco also knew this wasn't the case with Faith, she just loved her partner like a brother and didn't want to see him hurt or see him do something stupid. Something stupid was usually what Bos was known for. It was better this way; Anti-Crime was full and besides that Bosco's home was in 55-David with Faith. It had been his home for so long, he liked it with her. Shifts with Faith were never dull, they always had something to talk about, or she always had something to yell at him about. He did miss the action in Anti-Crime. Faith and Bosco had been partners and friends for so long, and it pissed her off so much when he spoke with or of Cruz that Bosco kept away from her it seemed to make everything easier for all parties. Once again the door opens and Sully, Ty and Faith all walk in together laughing over something Ty had said. They all look over and see Bosco, so Ty and Sully both greet him with a "Hey Bosco". Faith on the other hand notices Cruz in the room and she quickly looks at Bosco to see if he is watching her. Noticing Bosco is ignoring the fact that Cruz is in the room, Faith walks up and slaps him on the back laughing and says "Hey Bosco, getting any lately." The room falls silent as Bosco stares at her and says "Wow Faith, take your Midol lately". Bosco glances over at Cruz and notices how rigid her body looks and waits for her to explode at Faith, but she just turns shuts her locker and walks out of the room. Faith notices that Cruz has left so she says, "wow can't she even take a joke". Bosco says to Faith, "well faith sometimes when the joke is about you, it doesn't seem as funny". Bosco can't believe that even though him and Faith had a long discussion about Cruz and how Bosco was steering clear of her, that she couldn't drop the issue. "Faith, cut it out, that long discussion we had seems to be for nothing, since you can't leave it alone, IM sick of you nagging me on how I should live my life, I made a mistake, can't you just understand that and leave it in the past. No you keep bringing it up over and over again", Bosco yells at Faith. He didn't wait for a response he just turned and walked out the door and towards the squad room for roll call. Great he thinks, This is going to be a wonderful night I can see already.

TBC
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