I slept five hours.pretty good considering I didn't think I could sleep.
Okay so maybe Taylor was right. Maybe I did need some sleep. Don't think
I'm going to admit that to her though. No way.
I was just waking up when I noticed Alex standing in the doorway.
"Morning," she said with a smile on her face. I sensed there was something behind that smile but it was too early in the morning for my mind to be solving any mysteries.
"Hey" I replied not being a morning person. Under normal conditions the only way I'd be awake at 6:30am was if I were still awake from the night before.
"Brought you some coffee," she replied, taking a seat across from me after handing me the Styrofoam cup.
"Thanks," I replied taking the cup.
"So, how you feeling?" she asked, that look still on her face.
"Why are you so happy?" I asked, taking a drink of the coffee. It was hot. A little strong but I needed it that way, especially after the past two days.
"Me, I'm always happy in the morning," she answered
"Why?" I asked with a sarcastic tone. Maybe some sleep had brought back some of my finer qualities like my charming personality.
"Hmm, let me guess. Bosco's not a morning person?"
"Good guess," I replied, answering her question before taking another drink of coffee. "How's my ma doing?"
"She had a good night," Alex began explaining. "Her doctor was just in taking a look at her. He wanted to run some tests."
"Tests? What kind of tests?" I asked cutting Taylor off.
"I'm not sure exactly. Doctor said it was just a precaution after what happened last night."
"Last night." I replied as flashes appeared in my mind. It wasn't as bad as the real thing but the memory of it was still firmly etched in my mind."
"Yeah, look Bos, since your mom's having these tests done, why don't we get something to eat?"
"So you actually eat breakfast too?" I asked. "Damn Taylor.you get up at ungodly hours.you're happy in the morning.and you eat breakfast?"
"Something wrong with that?" she asked.
"I'm lucky if I see the a.m. hours unless I've been up all night. And if I have been up all night.let's just adding food to this scenario would be a mistake."
"The idea is to eat the food before you start drinking," Alex laughed. "You know have some food in your stomach."
"I guess ma's copy of "Raising Bosco" was missing that chapter."
"Now's there's a book I won't be reading," Kim replied, standing next to our table in the cafeteria.
"Hey Kim.morning" Alex replied a little puzzled at the appearance of her partner.
"Morning.hey Bos," she replied.
"Hm." I groaned before placing my head on my arms.
"Whoa.somebody's not a morning person," Kim replied with a laugh.
"What brings you in here at this hour?" Alex asked.
"Oh long story.my neighbor came home drunk last night.fell up the stairs.then he's pounding on my door thinking it was his apartment. The guy scared the shit out of me."
"Was Joey with you last night?"
"No, lucky for him, he was with Jimmy."
"That's lucky?" I asked, earning a glare from both Kim and Alex.
"Anyway," Kim continued. "I looked out my door, saw that it was the guy downstairs so I opened my door and tried to tell him that his apartment was down a floor. Finally got it through his thick head. So he goes back to the stairs and this time he falls down them."
"I thought you were telling us why you're here so early," I asked.
"I'm getting to it," Kim frowned before continuing once more. "Anyway, he's laying there at the bottom of them steps moaning. So I went down to try to see if he was alright."
"And he had an owie so you brought him here?" I reasoned, creating my own ending.
"About this time my next-door neighbor came home and here's this guy laying on the steps. She's trying to manage three bags of groceries without tripping over the bum."
"Let me guess, the bag ripped and a can of corn hit him in the head?"
"No! She didn't drop a can of corn on his head.
"She threw a can of corn at his head?"
"No! Bosco, she didn't throw a can of corn at him."
"Come on Kim," Alex urged her to tell the story.
"You know Bosco, I could tell this story a lot faster if you'd stop asking questions."
"You could tell this story a lot faster if you'd just get to the point."
"I'm trying," she shouted, glancing around to see if anyone was looking at us. She continued in a much lower, more controlled voice. "My next-door neighbor wound up tripping and twisted her ankle. I drove her here in her car."
"Your next door neighbor tripped and hurt an ankle? Why didn't you just say 'My next door neighbor tripped and hurt an ankle?'"
"She alright?" Alex asked, ignoring me as I opened my mouth to speak.
"I'm gonna check on ma," I said, pushing my chair away from the table.
"How's the neighbor?" Alex repeated.
"She's in x-ray," Kim replied. "I thought I'd check and see how your Bosco's mom was doing while I waited."
"They're running some tests on her right now," Alex explained.
"Test? For what?"
"Bosco's mom gave us quite a scare last night."
"Us?"
"Well, actually I came in after it'd happened. I talked to a nurse and she told me that they almost lost her due to some complication of surgery."
"Wow! Where was Bosco when it happened?"
"He was in the room with her when she arrested."
"Oh man," Kim replied. "That couldn't have been a pretty site."
"Well, I came back for my jacket and I heard the page from CICU. I guess my curiosity got the best of me. It was pretty busy near her room. I managed to talk to one of the nurses. She kind of filled me in on what had happened. Bosco wasn't around so I asked her if she'd seen him. Another nurse said he'd been there when it'd happened but she hadn't seen him since. So I figured I'd better see if I could find him."
"Obviously you found him." Kim replied.
"Yeah I found him.listen, I sort of promised him I wouldn't tell anyone about this."
"That bad huh?"
"Yeah, that bad and then some."
"That's okay, I don't need details," Kim replied, not digging for any more information. "So you stayed here with Bosco all night?"
"No actually, we talked to the doctor. Then he came down here with me to get my jacket since I hadn't made it yet when I heard the page. We talked a bit. I told him I thought he needed some sleep. I figured he hadn't slept for close to two days. He disagreed, of course, not wanting to leave his mother especially after what'd happened. So I offered to stay with her while he got some sleep. One of the doctors suggested the doctors lounge and he agreed as long as I promised to wake him up if anything changed with his mom's condition."
"You must be exhausted then."
"To be honest, I crashed for a couple hours myself in that lounge. Of course, Bosco doesn't know about that and he doesn't need to know that."
"You sleeping with Bosco now?" Kim teased.
"Yeah right, now there's a rumor I could live without."
"Don't worry about it. Your secret's safe with me," Kim said with a laugh.
"Funny," Alex said glaring.
"Look, why don't you go home and get some sleep. Looks like I'm gonna be here awhile anyway."
"Oh I get it. You're kicking me out so you can have Bosco all to yourself?"
"Been there, done that," Kim replied with a half smile.
"Excuse me?" Alex asked with sudden interest.
"Another long story," Kim explained.
"How bout giving me the Reader's Digest condensed version?"
"Remember the night those teens were killed and we all stood and watched, nothing else for us to do?"
Alex nodded.
"You stayed at the bar with Bobby and Ty but I left with Bosco, Jimmy, and Carlos. Five minutes later, Jimmy and Carlos need to take a leak so Bos stops at the bowling alley. So I'm sitting in Bos' car talking about this ex-boyfriend I had and how I dated him cause I liked his car. Next thing I know we're going at it, hands everywhere."
"Damn Kim, how come I never heard about this?"
"I'm surprised you didn't given that Jimmy came back to the car to find me in Bosco's lap."
"Oh man, that had to be a little uncomfortable."
"Oh yeah just a little.what was worse was Jimmy giving me the old "I worry about you" speech and how he couldn't believe I was 'hooking up' with Bosco."
"Concern? Yeah right. More jealousy or real concern?"
"A little of both I think."
"So, did Jimmy really have anything to be jealous of?"
"I don't believe you're asking me this?"
"And you're avoiding the question which means something."
"Yeah okay, the answer is yes. Bosco's a great kisser."
"Does Jimmy know this?" Alex teased.
"It was just a couple kisses," Kim commented. "I thought you were leaving?"
"Me leaving was your idea," Alex teased getting the reaction she expected. "Okay, okay, let's go see how Mrs. Boscerelli is doing and then I'm out of here."
I was just waking up when I noticed Alex standing in the doorway.
"Morning," she said with a smile on her face. I sensed there was something behind that smile but it was too early in the morning for my mind to be solving any mysteries.
"Hey" I replied not being a morning person. Under normal conditions the only way I'd be awake at 6:30am was if I were still awake from the night before.
"Brought you some coffee," she replied, taking a seat across from me after handing me the Styrofoam cup.
"Thanks," I replied taking the cup.
"So, how you feeling?" she asked, that look still on her face.
"Why are you so happy?" I asked, taking a drink of the coffee. It was hot. A little strong but I needed it that way, especially after the past two days.
"Me, I'm always happy in the morning," she answered
"Why?" I asked with a sarcastic tone. Maybe some sleep had brought back some of my finer qualities like my charming personality.
"Hmm, let me guess. Bosco's not a morning person?"
"Good guess," I replied, answering her question before taking another drink of coffee. "How's my ma doing?"
"She had a good night," Alex began explaining. "Her doctor was just in taking a look at her. He wanted to run some tests."
"Tests? What kind of tests?" I asked cutting Taylor off.
"I'm not sure exactly. Doctor said it was just a precaution after what happened last night."
"Last night." I replied as flashes appeared in my mind. It wasn't as bad as the real thing but the memory of it was still firmly etched in my mind."
"Yeah, look Bos, since your mom's having these tests done, why don't we get something to eat?"
"So you actually eat breakfast too?" I asked. "Damn Taylor.you get up at ungodly hours.you're happy in the morning.and you eat breakfast?"
"Something wrong with that?" she asked.
"I'm lucky if I see the a.m. hours unless I've been up all night. And if I have been up all night.let's just adding food to this scenario would be a mistake."
"The idea is to eat the food before you start drinking," Alex laughed. "You know have some food in your stomach."
"I guess ma's copy of "Raising Bosco" was missing that chapter."
"Now's there's a book I won't be reading," Kim replied, standing next to our table in the cafeteria.
"Hey Kim.morning" Alex replied a little puzzled at the appearance of her partner.
"Morning.hey Bos," she replied.
"Hm." I groaned before placing my head on my arms.
"Whoa.somebody's not a morning person," Kim replied with a laugh.
"What brings you in here at this hour?" Alex asked.
"Oh long story.my neighbor came home drunk last night.fell up the stairs.then he's pounding on my door thinking it was his apartment. The guy scared the shit out of me."
"Was Joey with you last night?"
"No, lucky for him, he was with Jimmy."
"That's lucky?" I asked, earning a glare from both Kim and Alex.
"Anyway," Kim continued. "I looked out my door, saw that it was the guy downstairs so I opened my door and tried to tell him that his apartment was down a floor. Finally got it through his thick head. So he goes back to the stairs and this time he falls down them."
"I thought you were telling us why you're here so early," I asked.
"I'm getting to it," Kim frowned before continuing once more. "Anyway, he's laying there at the bottom of them steps moaning. So I went down to try to see if he was alright."
"And he had an owie so you brought him here?" I reasoned, creating my own ending.
"About this time my next-door neighbor came home and here's this guy laying on the steps. She's trying to manage three bags of groceries without tripping over the bum."
"Let me guess, the bag ripped and a can of corn hit him in the head?"
"No! She didn't drop a can of corn on his head.
"She threw a can of corn at his head?"
"No! Bosco, she didn't throw a can of corn at him."
"Come on Kim," Alex urged her to tell the story.
"You know Bosco, I could tell this story a lot faster if you'd stop asking questions."
"You could tell this story a lot faster if you'd just get to the point."
"I'm trying," she shouted, glancing around to see if anyone was looking at us. She continued in a much lower, more controlled voice. "My next-door neighbor wound up tripping and twisted her ankle. I drove her here in her car."
"Your next door neighbor tripped and hurt an ankle? Why didn't you just say 'My next door neighbor tripped and hurt an ankle?'"
"She alright?" Alex asked, ignoring me as I opened my mouth to speak.
"I'm gonna check on ma," I said, pushing my chair away from the table.
"How's the neighbor?" Alex repeated.
"She's in x-ray," Kim replied. "I thought I'd check and see how your Bosco's mom was doing while I waited."
"They're running some tests on her right now," Alex explained.
"Test? For what?"
"Bosco's mom gave us quite a scare last night."
"Us?"
"Well, actually I came in after it'd happened. I talked to a nurse and she told me that they almost lost her due to some complication of surgery."
"Wow! Where was Bosco when it happened?"
"He was in the room with her when she arrested."
"Oh man," Kim replied. "That couldn't have been a pretty site."
"Well, I came back for my jacket and I heard the page from CICU. I guess my curiosity got the best of me. It was pretty busy near her room. I managed to talk to one of the nurses. She kind of filled me in on what had happened. Bosco wasn't around so I asked her if she'd seen him. Another nurse said he'd been there when it'd happened but she hadn't seen him since. So I figured I'd better see if I could find him."
"Obviously you found him." Kim replied.
"Yeah I found him.listen, I sort of promised him I wouldn't tell anyone about this."
"That bad huh?"
"Yeah, that bad and then some."
"That's okay, I don't need details," Kim replied, not digging for any more information. "So you stayed here with Bosco all night?"
"No actually, we talked to the doctor. Then he came down here with me to get my jacket since I hadn't made it yet when I heard the page. We talked a bit. I told him I thought he needed some sleep. I figured he hadn't slept for close to two days. He disagreed, of course, not wanting to leave his mother especially after what'd happened. So I offered to stay with her while he got some sleep. One of the doctors suggested the doctors lounge and he agreed as long as I promised to wake him up if anything changed with his mom's condition."
"You must be exhausted then."
"To be honest, I crashed for a couple hours myself in that lounge. Of course, Bosco doesn't know about that and he doesn't need to know that."
"You sleeping with Bosco now?" Kim teased.
"Yeah right, now there's a rumor I could live without."
"Don't worry about it. Your secret's safe with me," Kim said with a laugh.
"Funny," Alex said glaring.
"Look, why don't you go home and get some sleep. Looks like I'm gonna be here awhile anyway."
"Oh I get it. You're kicking me out so you can have Bosco all to yourself?"
"Been there, done that," Kim replied with a half smile.
"Excuse me?" Alex asked with sudden interest.
"Another long story," Kim explained.
"How bout giving me the Reader's Digest condensed version?"
"Remember the night those teens were killed and we all stood and watched, nothing else for us to do?"
Alex nodded.
"You stayed at the bar with Bobby and Ty but I left with Bosco, Jimmy, and Carlos. Five minutes later, Jimmy and Carlos need to take a leak so Bos stops at the bowling alley. So I'm sitting in Bos' car talking about this ex-boyfriend I had and how I dated him cause I liked his car. Next thing I know we're going at it, hands everywhere."
"Damn Kim, how come I never heard about this?"
"I'm surprised you didn't given that Jimmy came back to the car to find me in Bosco's lap."
"Oh man, that had to be a little uncomfortable."
"Oh yeah just a little.what was worse was Jimmy giving me the old "I worry about you" speech and how he couldn't believe I was 'hooking up' with Bosco."
"Concern? Yeah right. More jealousy or real concern?"
"A little of both I think."
"So, did Jimmy really have anything to be jealous of?"
"I don't believe you're asking me this?"
"And you're avoiding the question which means something."
"Yeah okay, the answer is yes. Bosco's a great kisser."
"Does Jimmy know this?" Alex teased.
"It was just a couple kisses," Kim commented. "I thought you were leaving?"
"Me leaving was your idea," Alex teased getting the reaction she expected. "Okay, okay, let's go see how Mrs. Boscerelli is doing and then I'm out of here."