This is my first Fanfic and I wasn't planning to do a second chapter but I
got requests for more, and it is so much fun to write, so here goes. By the
way, I don't know if I need to do a disclaimer so just in case, I don't own
the characters, I just manipulate them. I also don't own the songs. Please
r and r. It gives me incentive.
Chapter Two "Turning Over A New Leaf"
Previously on my version of Third Watch:
Sully is feeling ashamed of his actions when, out of anger, he failed to respond to a call for back up by officer Yokas. Yokas was hurt in the incident and is in the hospital. Ty is also ashamed of Sully's actions and is considering looking for a new partner. Bosco had been riding with Cruz in the anti crime unit. Cruz got mad at Bosco for leaving to go see Faith after she was shot, and kicked him off anti Crime.
[Scene opens in Faith's hospital room]
Fred is sitting in a chair looking up at the TV. He says out loud "All right!"
Faith stirs and then awakens. Her left eye is reddish purple and swollen closed. She has a butterfly stitch across the gash on her forehead and her lip is split and swollen. Painfully she speaks. "Fred, when I got back from x-ray you were gone. I thought you went home."
"I did." He said casually. "I had to get the kids off to school. So what did the x-rays show?"
"The doctor said that my eye was not fractured, just badly bruised. I'm gonna be black and blue for a while. I have a few bruised ribs and the bullet went straight through my arm so I won't need surgery. I am going to be-" She pauses in mid sentence. "What time is it?"
"Nine in the morning." Then excitedly he says, "Faith, look- you get HBO and a Bruce Willis movie is on."
"Why aren't you at work?"
"I called and told my boss what happened. He said I could have as much time off as I needed."
"Really? I didn't think you've been there long enough to get personal time."
"I haven't. I gotta take it without pay, but I don't get a black mark on my record, so what the hell. Might as well take advantage of it."
"Fred" she strains to look at him, "we can't afford for you to take off with no pay."
He glances at her and says sarcastically, "Well it's not exactly my fault that I have to do this, is it?"
"You don't need to sit here with me. I'm fine. They may send me home tomorrow." Fred continues to stare at the TV as though he is really engrossed in the story. Faith continues, "The pain killers they're giving me, make me drowsy anyway. I won't be good company. You really should go in to work."
Fred chuckles out loud, still staring at the TV and says, "Oh, this is my favorite part."
Faith gives up. She knows how Fred is. Whenever she tries to talk to him about something he doesn't want to hear, he focuses his attention on something else and ignores her. Normally this would cause a good argument but she is too sore and drowsy to bother. She also knows that in future arguments he will be throwing this back at her, how he had to loose money because of her dangerous job. And look at him, he didn't take off out of concern for her. He took off to watch HBO all day. Venting her anger she growls "Where the hell is that nurse. My pain pills are wearing off."
[Scene cuts to the street in front of Ty Davis' apartment]
Ty pulls up and parks in back of John Sullivan's car. As Ty climbs out of his car, Sully climbs out of his too and says, "I was just about to drive away. I've been waiting about twenty minutes."
Ty grabs his gym bag out of the back seat and without looking at Sully, he says, "I went to shoot some hoops. What do you want Sully?"
Sully looks at the ground sheepishly and says, "I thought maybe we could go get some breakfast, it's on me, [pausing] and maybe we can talk about what happened yesterday."
Ty says coldly, "I've gotta take a shower and then I've got some stuff to do."
"I really need to talk to you. Please. Just give me a few minutes." Sully steps in front of Ty and looks at him pleadingly.
Ty exhales loudly and with a nod says, "Ok. Go ahead. Talk."
"Not here. Lets go inside. It won't take long."
Ty walks up to his door and unlocks it. He motions for Sully to enter and asks, "You want some coffee? I don't have any liquor in the house."
"No." Sully says in a whisper. Sully sits down at the table and begins to wring his hands nervously. "Look, I admit that I was angry at Faith for sending me home in the middle of my shift that day. I've been feeling sorry for myself lately and I know I've been a jerk. I guess I just wanted everyone else to be feeling sorry for me too. I thought Faith would be more, understanding I guess, you know, let me be a jerk for a while out of pity or something. Truth is, I've been blaming everyone else for my problems, everyone but me. I said those things about Faith because I was pissed off. I didn't mean any of it. I've been telling myself for so long now, that everyone else is treating me badly, that I actually started believing it."
Sully looks Ty directly in the eye and says, "Honest to God, I didn't believe that Faith really needed backup at that diner. You have to believe that. I've been acting like I don't care about anything, but Ty, my job, my reputation as a cop, is the only thing I have in my life. I would never jeopardize another cop by ignoring a call for help. You have to believe that. Faith called it in as a possible 10-30, 'possible'. I thought it was someone skipping out without paying his tab. She never said there were perps, or that she saw guns. You know Faith, she always calls the details over the radio. This time, her call was only for a possible 10-30."
Davis studies his face for a moment and then asks, "Are you blaming Yokas for not calling it in right? For not making you believe it was important enough for you to respond?"
"NO.God no! I'm not making an excuse for what I did. I was wrong. I'm just explaining to you why it happened. I judged the situation wrong because I was being a jerk, not because I was being malicious. You have to believe that. I need you to understand that I never meant for Faith to be in danger. I will regret what happened for the rest of my life, and believe me, I will never act like that again. I'm gonna get counseling. I'm turning over a new leaf and I'm gonna go back to keeping my personal feelings out of the way of my job."
Davis stares at the floor for a minute. He really wanted to believe his partner, and just say ok, I believe you, I forgive what you did. But instead he said; "Ok then you have to make it right."
Sully looks up at Davis, "I already wrote a report saying that we got there late because of traffic, but I didn't hand it in. You want me to change it and tell the truth? Because I will if."
Davis cuts him off with, "No, I really don't want every one to know what we did. I want you to tell Yokas what really happened. You tell her everything you just told me, and if she can forgive you and if she thinks you're worthy of another chance, well, I trust her judgment."
Sully smiled and said "Really?"
"Really. If she can over look this, I'll sign your report and this whole thing can just go away. But, if she don't, I'm gonna write my own report stating what really happened, blaming you for the whole thing, and washing my hands of it. Internal Affairs can sort it out and you and me will go our separate ways. Deal?"
"Deal." He said, feeling a weight off his shoulders.
Davis then walked over and opened his door and motioned for Sully to leave.
[Scene changes back to the hospital room]
Fred stands up and stretches then calls his wife's name loud enough to wake her up. Faith opens her eyes slowly. Fred says; "I'm going to get some coffee and a sandwich before the next movie starts. You want anything?"
"No. Has the doctor come in yet?"
"No. The nurses came in and out a lot, but you barely woke up. The last nurse said the doctor will be making his rounds after lunch." As he turns towards the door, he sees a familiar figure standing in the doorway, and says under his breath, "Great, Bosco's here."
They exchange hellos and Bosco asks how Faith is doing. Fred says sarcastically, "As well as could be expected, considering she was shot and beat up. She's sleeping, don't wake her. She needs her rest." He then walks past Bosco and leaves the room.
"Hi." Faith gives a weak smile to him.
Bosco walks up slowly to the bed and shows her a small plant that he brought for her. "I got you this. It isn't much. How are you feeling?"
"How do I look." She says.
"You look good" he tells her, then looks uncomfortably around the room.
"I can always tell when you're lying." She says trying to smile and ease the tension of an awkward moment.
"You look like hell." He says grinning. "You look like you were hit by a bus. What did the doctors say? When can you go home?"
"The doctors were worried that I might have fractured the bone around my eye but the x-rays were good. No broken bones. And the bullet went right through my arm so it just has to heal. But I'm really sore. My ribs, you know, where I got shot in the vest."
"Yah, thank God for vests." He looks down at the floor and then his expression changes. "Faith, I'm really sorry. I'm your partner; I should have been there. You should never have been riding alone. This is all my fault. I've been a jerk and "
"Stop it. This was not your fault. We are not partners any more. It was mutual. You want to move on to more excitement and you should. Anti crime is more your style, but obviously, it is too much for me."
Her attempt at humor was lost on Bosco. He looked sad as he said, "It isn't all it's cracked up to be. Anti Crime. It ends up being ten minutes of excitement and eight hours of paperwork." He hesitates for a second and says softly, "I quit it."
"What? You worked so hard to get into that unit. You can't quit it yet, give it more time."
"Too late, I had a falling out with Cruz. She booted me yesterday."
"Well apologize to her. She's a bitch, but you know how to handle someone like her."
He looked at her and the words seemed hard to get out. "I want to ride with you again. This crap that happened between us- it was stupid. We, [pause] together, we were great. We can really make a difference. That is what I want to do." He studied her, waiting for her reply.
"Bosco, you're just saying that out of guilt."
"No. No I'm not."
"Look, I appreciate what you're saying. I do. I'd be hurt if you didn't feel that way. But I don't want to hold you back. You belong in anti crime."
"I didn't make this decision lightly. This is how I feel."
"Bos, you have to give it another try. Promise me you'll talk to Cruz. Stay on Anti crime at least until I come back. If you still hate it by then, we can talk to the boss about being partners again."
"And What makes you think I'm gonna let you go back?" Startled they both turned, to see Fred standing in the room holding a hospital tray of food. "And if I let you go back, I certainly won't allow you to be partners with him again!"
"You won't allow me?!" Faith shoots back.
"That's right. I cant live like this."
"What, ya mean eating hospital food and watching HBO?" Her attempt at lightening up the conversation, only made him angrier. He slams the try down hard on the counter.
"I mean having Bosco dictate our lives. No more Faith. You never do anything that might inconvenience Bosco. But he moved on and didn't give you a second thought. Not until you went for the sergeant's exam, then suddenly he pops into your life just long enough to mess you up. And whoosh, he's gone again. Now look where you are. Partnering up with him again is not only dangerous, it's a step backwards." Faith tries to interrupt him but he cuts her off. "Don't try to stick up for him. When and if you go back to work, you will take that sergeant's exam and better yourself, for us, your family, or you move the hell out of my home!"
"Your home? You mean the home I grew up in? The home I pay for?" Her head pounded as she raised her voice. "And how are you going to afford living without me on your new ten dollar an hour job? Working nights as a stock boy? This is my job. I'm a cop. I like being a cop, and you have no say in how I do it."
"I mean it Faith. You either quit this job, or you move on up to sergeant [pause] or don't come home." He glares at Bosco for a second, then turns and storms out of the room.
Bosco, feeling really uncomfortable says, "You want me to go after him?"
She answers "No" as if the question was ridiculous. "He's just tired. He's been up all night worrying about me. He tells me I have to quit my job all the time. He'll get over it."
Bosco felt a little relieved but then he asked, "What did he mean about me messing you up on the sergeants exam?"
"Well.when I took it, you were going through that PTSS. He thinks I was distracted because I was worried about you."
"Is he right? I mean, I can't imagine you not passing that exam."
"I don't know. The exam was really hard. I don't think I really wanted to pass it. I don't want to be a sergeant. Fred thinks that I'll be making a lot more money. He thinks it's gonna buy us a house and all kinds of stuff." She looks at him painfully. "More money just means bigger bills and more stress for me, while he enjoys all the extra money with the kids." She unloaded a little more on Bos since she had him listening. "Every time he has to do something for the kids at school, he throws it in my face with; 'I'll do it, someone has to'. Yah. Of course one of their parents has to, but this one works!"
Bosco didn't really want to hear any more. He usually stuck up for Fred when Faith went off on a rant about him, but this felt different. How could Fred be such an asshole to her while she is hurt and in the hospital. He decided he'd better leave before Fred gets back or he may do something to the guy he'll regret. "I've gotta get going. I gotta get to work."
"I'm sorry I went off on a tangent. Don't let me chase you off."
"No, it's not that. I want to get there early, you know, to talk to Cruz."
"Oh, good. Good for you."
[Scene changes to the precinct locker-room]
Bosco is sitting on the bench in front of his locker, his elbows on his knees, hands locked, with his chin resting on his knuckles. He keeps trying to get his thoughts together on what he will say to Cruz, but his mind keeps drifting back to Faith. How scared she must have been when she entered that diner alone. How hurt and fragile she looked lying in that hospital bed. He feels a sinking in his chest. He rubs his eyes hard with his fingers as if to wipe that image off his mind.
He glances over at Cruz's locker and Fred's words start sounding in his head. "If I let you go back to work, won't allow you to be partners with him again, you never inconvenience Bosco, he moved on and didn't give you a second thought, he pops into your life long enough to mess you up."
The sound of a locker slamming open made him jump. "Cruz" he said out loud jumping up. He hurried over to her. "Sergeant, can I talk to you for a second?"
"No." she said glancing away from him and slamming her locker shut. "I'm in a hurry."
He put his arm out to stop her and began with "I just want- "
She promptly stiff arms him out of her way and says "later." And as she opens the door to leave, her voice seems a little less harsh when she says, "Boscarelli, you're gonna be late for roll call."
He looks up at the clock, starts to the door, darts back to his locker to grab his hat, and then races out of the room.
[Scene changes to the de-briefing room]
Bosco rushes in and slides into a chair. Lieu is handing out sheets of paper with the faces of three young men on them. He offers one to Bosco as he goes back up to the podium. "These men have robbed three diners that we know of. They are armed and extremely dangerous. They carry automatic weapons and have already shot one cop. If you find them, call for back up."
Cruz walks in. A few of the cops whistle and she torts at them, "These children need discipline."
Bosco barks, "Knock it off." Then realizing that every one is staring at him he says, "Grow up."
Cruz says "Lieu, I need to borrow officer Boscarelli."
Bosco looks up surprised. Lieu nods and motions for him to go. Bosco stands up and struts towards the door. "See, when you act mature you get to work with the real cops."
Lieu tells everyone to settle down. "Sullivan, I'm still waiting for your report on the diner shooting."
Sully says, "Yah Lieu, I'm still worken on it. I need to, uh, get a few facts straight with Yokas."
"Ok then that's it. Keep your eyes open out there."
Bosco catches up to Cruz who is hurrying ahead of him, and holds the paper in front of her face. "Are we going after them?"
Cruz stops and grabs the paper from him and says, "You have paper work to do. Remember yesterday? 'I'll do it later.' Well it's later. I need that paper work done, and if it isn't done right, you will do it over and over until I'm satisfied with it." She starts to walk away and then she is struck with another thought. "Oh yah," Holding up the paper, "We are going to get these guys, and I'm gonna show Yokas how to do this job right."
Bosco grabs her arm hard. "When you find these guys, I want to be there."
She considers him for a moment and says, "Then you better get that paper work done, coz we ain't gonna wait for you." She turns and walks away.
Bosco watches her walk away, not really sure just what happened. Is he back on anti crime? Is she mad at him? "God I don't understand women!"
[Music starts playing. Matchbox 20's "Push"]
Faith is alone in her hospital room.
[She said I don't know if I've ever been good enough
I'm a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in ]
Fred is sitting in a bar staring angrily at his beer.
[And I don't know if I've ever been really loved
By a hand that's touched me, well I feel like something's gonna give
And I'm a little bit angry, well
This ain't over, no not here, not while I still need you around
You don't owe me, we might change
Yeah we just might feel good]
Bosco is riding with Cruz.
[I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will]
[I wanna push you down, well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted, yeah I will,]
Sully and Davis are riding together, looking miserable.
[She said I don't know why you ever would lie to me
Like I'm a little untrusting when I think that the truth is gonna hurt ya]
Sully glares at Davis.
[And I don't know why you couldn't just stay with me
You couldn't stand to be near me
When my face don't seem to want to shine
'cuz It's a little bit dirty, well ]
Faith is still alone in the hospital. She looks sad.
[Don't just stand there, say nice things to me
I've been cheated I've been wronged,
And you don't know me, I can't change
I won't do anything at all ]
Fred orders another drink.
[I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will
I wanna push you down, well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted, yeah I will, I will ]
Chapter Two "Turning Over A New Leaf"
Previously on my version of Third Watch:
Sully is feeling ashamed of his actions when, out of anger, he failed to respond to a call for back up by officer Yokas. Yokas was hurt in the incident and is in the hospital. Ty is also ashamed of Sully's actions and is considering looking for a new partner. Bosco had been riding with Cruz in the anti crime unit. Cruz got mad at Bosco for leaving to go see Faith after she was shot, and kicked him off anti Crime.
[Scene opens in Faith's hospital room]
Fred is sitting in a chair looking up at the TV. He says out loud "All right!"
Faith stirs and then awakens. Her left eye is reddish purple and swollen closed. She has a butterfly stitch across the gash on her forehead and her lip is split and swollen. Painfully she speaks. "Fred, when I got back from x-ray you were gone. I thought you went home."
"I did." He said casually. "I had to get the kids off to school. So what did the x-rays show?"
"The doctor said that my eye was not fractured, just badly bruised. I'm gonna be black and blue for a while. I have a few bruised ribs and the bullet went straight through my arm so I won't need surgery. I am going to be-" She pauses in mid sentence. "What time is it?"
"Nine in the morning." Then excitedly he says, "Faith, look- you get HBO and a Bruce Willis movie is on."
"Why aren't you at work?"
"I called and told my boss what happened. He said I could have as much time off as I needed."
"Really? I didn't think you've been there long enough to get personal time."
"I haven't. I gotta take it without pay, but I don't get a black mark on my record, so what the hell. Might as well take advantage of it."
"Fred" she strains to look at him, "we can't afford for you to take off with no pay."
He glances at her and says sarcastically, "Well it's not exactly my fault that I have to do this, is it?"
"You don't need to sit here with me. I'm fine. They may send me home tomorrow." Fred continues to stare at the TV as though he is really engrossed in the story. Faith continues, "The pain killers they're giving me, make me drowsy anyway. I won't be good company. You really should go in to work."
Fred chuckles out loud, still staring at the TV and says, "Oh, this is my favorite part."
Faith gives up. She knows how Fred is. Whenever she tries to talk to him about something he doesn't want to hear, he focuses his attention on something else and ignores her. Normally this would cause a good argument but she is too sore and drowsy to bother. She also knows that in future arguments he will be throwing this back at her, how he had to loose money because of her dangerous job. And look at him, he didn't take off out of concern for her. He took off to watch HBO all day. Venting her anger she growls "Where the hell is that nurse. My pain pills are wearing off."
[Scene cuts to the street in front of Ty Davis' apartment]
Ty pulls up and parks in back of John Sullivan's car. As Ty climbs out of his car, Sully climbs out of his too and says, "I was just about to drive away. I've been waiting about twenty minutes."
Ty grabs his gym bag out of the back seat and without looking at Sully, he says, "I went to shoot some hoops. What do you want Sully?"
Sully looks at the ground sheepishly and says, "I thought maybe we could go get some breakfast, it's on me, [pausing] and maybe we can talk about what happened yesterday."
Ty says coldly, "I've gotta take a shower and then I've got some stuff to do."
"I really need to talk to you. Please. Just give me a few minutes." Sully steps in front of Ty and looks at him pleadingly.
Ty exhales loudly and with a nod says, "Ok. Go ahead. Talk."
"Not here. Lets go inside. It won't take long."
Ty walks up to his door and unlocks it. He motions for Sully to enter and asks, "You want some coffee? I don't have any liquor in the house."
"No." Sully says in a whisper. Sully sits down at the table and begins to wring his hands nervously. "Look, I admit that I was angry at Faith for sending me home in the middle of my shift that day. I've been feeling sorry for myself lately and I know I've been a jerk. I guess I just wanted everyone else to be feeling sorry for me too. I thought Faith would be more, understanding I guess, you know, let me be a jerk for a while out of pity or something. Truth is, I've been blaming everyone else for my problems, everyone but me. I said those things about Faith because I was pissed off. I didn't mean any of it. I've been telling myself for so long now, that everyone else is treating me badly, that I actually started believing it."
Sully looks Ty directly in the eye and says, "Honest to God, I didn't believe that Faith really needed backup at that diner. You have to believe that. I've been acting like I don't care about anything, but Ty, my job, my reputation as a cop, is the only thing I have in my life. I would never jeopardize another cop by ignoring a call for help. You have to believe that. Faith called it in as a possible 10-30, 'possible'. I thought it was someone skipping out without paying his tab. She never said there were perps, or that she saw guns. You know Faith, she always calls the details over the radio. This time, her call was only for a possible 10-30."
Davis studies his face for a moment and then asks, "Are you blaming Yokas for not calling it in right? For not making you believe it was important enough for you to respond?"
"NO.God no! I'm not making an excuse for what I did. I was wrong. I'm just explaining to you why it happened. I judged the situation wrong because I was being a jerk, not because I was being malicious. You have to believe that. I need you to understand that I never meant for Faith to be in danger. I will regret what happened for the rest of my life, and believe me, I will never act like that again. I'm gonna get counseling. I'm turning over a new leaf and I'm gonna go back to keeping my personal feelings out of the way of my job."
Davis stares at the floor for a minute. He really wanted to believe his partner, and just say ok, I believe you, I forgive what you did. But instead he said; "Ok then you have to make it right."
Sully looks up at Davis, "I already wrote a report saying that we got there late because of traffic, but I didn't hand it in. You want me to change it and tell the truth? Because I will if."
Davis cuts him off with, "No, I really don't want every one to know what we did. I want you to tell Yokas what really happened. You tell her everything you just told me, and if she can forgive you and if she thinks you're worthy of another chance, well, I trust her judgment."
Sully smiled and said "Really?"
"Really. If she can over look this, I'll sign your report and this whole thing can just go away. But, if she don't, I'm gonna write my own report stating what really happened, blaming you for the whole thing, and washing my hands of it. Internal Affairs can sort it out and you and me will go our separate ways. Deal?"
"Deal." He said, feeling a weight off his shoulders.
Davis then walked over and opened his door and motioned for Sully to leave.
[Scene changes back to the hospital room]
Fred stands up and stretches then calls his wife's name loud enough to wake her up. Faith opens her eyes slowly. Fred says; "I'm going to get some coffee and a sandwich before the next movie starts. You want anything?"
"No. Has the doctor come in yet?"
"No. The nurses came in and out a lot, but you barely woke up. The last nurse said the doctor will be making his rounds after lunch." As he turns towards the door, he sees a familiar figure standing in the doorway, and says under his breath, "Great, Bosco's here."
They exchange hellos and Bosco asks how Faith is doing. Fred says sarcastically, "As well as could be expected, considering she was shot and beat up. She's sleeping, don't wake her. She needs her rest." He then walks past Bosco and leaves the room.
"Hi." Faith gives a weak smile to him.
Bosco walks up slowly to the bed and shows her a small plant that he brought for her. "I got you this. It isn't much. How are you feeling?"
"How do I look." She says.
"You look good" he tells her, then looks uncomfortably around the room.
"I can always tell when you're lying." She says trying to smile and ease the tension of an awkward moment.
"You look like hell." He says grinning. "You look like you were hit by a bus. What did the doctors say? When can you go home?"
"The doctors were worried that I might have fractured the bone around my eye but the x-rays were good. No broken bones. And the bullet went right through my arm so it just has to heal. But I'm really sore. My ribs, you know, where I got shot in the vest."
"Yah, thank God for vests." He looks down at the floor and then his expression changes. "Faith, I'm really sorry. I'm your partner; I should have been there. You should never have been riding alone. This is all my fault. I've been a jerk and "
"Stop it. This was not your fault. We are not partners any more. It was mutual. You want to move on to more excitement and you should. Anti crime is more your style, but obviously, it is too much for me."
Her attempt at humor was lost on Bosco. He looked sad as he said, "It isn't all it's cracked up to be. Anti Crime. It ends up being ten minutes of excitement and eight hours of paperwork." He hesitates for a second and says softly, "I quit it."
"What? You worked so hard to get into that unit. You can't quit it yet, give it more time."
"Too late, I had a falling out with Cruz. She booted me yesterday."
"Well apologize to her. She's a bitch, but you know how to handle someone like her."
He looked at her and the words seemed hard to get out. "I want to ride with you again. This crap that happened between us- it was stupid. We, [pause] together, we were great. We can really make a difference. That is what I want to do." He studied her, waiting for her reply.
"Bosco, you're just saying that out of guilt."
"No. No I'm not."
"Look, I appreciate what you're saying. I do. I'd be hurt if you didn't feel that way. But I don't want to hold you back. You belong in anti crime."
"I didn't make this decision lightly. This is how I feel."
"Bos, you have to give it another try. Promise me you'll talk to Cruz. Stay on Anti crime at least until I come back. If you still hate it by then, we can talk to the boss about being partners again."
"And What makes you think I'm gonna let you go back?" Startled they both turned, to see Fred standing in the room holding a hospital tray of food. "And if I let you go back, I certainly won't allow you to be partners with him again!"
"You won't allow me?!" Faith shoots back.
"That's right. I cant live like this."
"What, ya mean eating hospital food and watching HBO?" Her attempt at lightening up the conversation, only made him angrier. He slams the try down hard on the counter.
"I mean having Bosco dictate our lives. No more Faith. You never do anything that might inconvenience Bosco. But he moved on and didn't give you a second thought. Not until you went for the sergeant's exam, then suddenly he pops into your life just long enough to mess you up. And whoosh, he's gone again. Now look where you are. Partnering up with him again is not only dangerous, it's a step backwards." Faith tries to interrupt him but he cuts her off. "Don't try to stick up for him. When and if you go back to work, you will take that sergeant's exam and better yourself, for us, your family, or you move the hell out of my home!"
"Your home? You mean the home I grew up in? The home I pay for?" Her head pounded as she raised her voice. "And how are you going to afford living without me on your new ten dollar an hour job? Working nights as a stock boy? This is my job. I'm a cop. I like being a cop, and you have no say in how I do it."
"I mean it Faith. You either quit this job, or you move on up to sergeant [pause] or don't come home." He glares at Bosco for a second, then turns and storms out of the room.
Bosco, feeling really uncomfortable says, "You want me to go after him?"
She answers "No" as if the question was ridiculous. "He's just tired. He's been up all night worrying about me. He tells me I have to quit my job all the time. He'll get over it."
Bosco felt a little relieved but then he asked, "What did he mean about me messing you up on the sergeants exam?"
"Well.when I took it, you were going through that PTSS. He thinks I was distracted because I was worried about you."
"Is he right? I mean, I can't imagine you not passing that exam."
"I don't know. The exam was really hard. I don't think I really wanted to pass it. I don't want to be a sergeant. Fred thinks that I'll be making a lot more money. He thinks it's gonna buy us a house and all kinds of stuff." She looks at him painfully. "More money just means bigger bills and more stress for me, while he enjoys all the extra money with the kids." She unloaded a little more on Bos since she had him listening. "Every time he has to do something for the kids at school, he throws it in my face with; 'I'll do it, someone has to'. Yah. Of course one of their parents has to, but this one works!"
Bosco didn't really want to hear any more. He usually stuck up for Fred when Faith went off on a rant about him, but this felt different. How could Fred be such an asshole to her while she is hurt and in the hospital. He decided he'd better leave before Fred gets back or he may do something to the guy he'll regret. "I've gotta get going. I gotta get to work."
"I'm sorry I went off on a tangent. Don't let me chase you off."
"No, it's not that. I want to get there early, you know, to talk to Cruz."
"Oh, good. Good for you."
[Scene changes to the precinct locker-room]
Bosco is sitting on the bench in front of his locker, his elbows on his knees, hands locked, with his chin resting on his knuckles. He keeps trying to get his thoughts together on what he will say to Cruz, but his mind keeps drifting back to Faith. How scared she must have been when she entered that diner alone. How hurt and fragile she looked lying in that hospital bed. He feels a sinking in his chest. He rubs his eyes hard with his fingers as if to wipe that image off his mind.
He glances over at Cruz's locker and Fred's words start sounding in his head. "If I let you go back to work, won't allow you to be partners with him again, you never inconvenience Bosco, he moved on and didn't give you a second thought, he pops into your life long enough to mess you up."
The sound of a locker slamming open made him jump. "Cruz" he said out loud jumping up. He hurried over to her. "Sergeant, can I talk to you for a second?"
"No." she said glancing away from him and slamming her locker shut. "I'm in a hurry."
He put his arm out to stop her and began with "I just want- "
She promptly stiff arms him out of her way and says "later." And as she opens the door to leave, her voice seems a little less harsh when she says, "Boscarelli, you're gonna be late for roll call."
He looks up at the clock, starts to the door, darts back to his locker to grab his hat, and then races out of the room.
[Scene changes to the de-briefing room]
Bosco rushes in and slides into a chair. Lieu is handing out sheets of paper with the faces of three young men on them. He offers one to Bosco as he goes back up to the podium. "These men have robbed three diners that we know of. They are armed and extremely dangerous. They carry automatic weapons and have already shot one cop. If you find them, call for back up."
Cruz walks in. A few of the cops whistle and she torts at them, "These children need discipline."
Bosco barks, "Knock it off." Then realizing that every one is staring at him he says, "Grow up."
Cruz says "Lieu, I need to borrow officer Boscarelli."
Bosco looks up surprised. Lieu nods and motions for him to go. Bosco stands up and struts towards the door. "See, when you act mature you get to work with the real cops."
Lieu tells everyone to settle down. "Sullivan, I'm still waiting for your report on the diner shooting."
Sully says, "Yah Lieu, I'm still worken on it. I need to, uh, get a few facts straight with Yokas."
"Ok then that's it. Keep your eyes open out there."
Bosco catches up to Cruz who is hurrying ahead of him, and holds the paper in front of her face. "Are we going after them?"
Cruz stops and grabs the paper from him and says, "You have paper work to do. Remember yesterday? 'I'll do it later.' Well it's later. I need that paper work done, and if it isn't done right, you will do it over and over until I'm satisfied with it." She starts to walk away and then she is struck with another thought. "Oh yah," Holding up the paper, "We are going to get these guys, and I'm gonna show Yokas how to do this job right."
Bosco grabs her arm hard. "When you find these guys, I want to be there."
She considers him for a moment and says, "Then you better get that paper work done, coz we ain't gonna wait for you." She turns and walks away.
Bosco watches her walk away, not really sure just what happened. Is he back on anti crime? Is she mad at him? "God I don't understand women!"
[Music starts playing. Matchbox 20's "Push"]
Faith is alone in her hospital room.
[She said I don't know if I've ever been good enough
I'm a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in ]
Fred is sitting in a bar staring angrily at his beer.
[And I don't know if I've ever been really loved
By a hand that's touched me, well I feel like something's gonna give
And I'm a little bit angry, well
This ain't over, no not here, not while I still need you around
You don't owe me, we might change
Yeah we just might feel good]
Bosco is riding with Cruz.
[I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will]
[I wanna push you down, well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted, yeah I will,]
Sully and Davis are riding together, looking miserable.
[She said I don't know why you ever would lie to me
Like I'm a little untrusting when I think that the truth is gonna hurt ya]
Sully glares at Davis.
[And I don't know why you couldn't just stay with me
You couldn't stand to be near me
When my face don't seem to want to shine
'cuz It's a little bit dirty, well ]
Faith is still alone in the hospital. She looks sad.
[Don't just stand there, say nice things to me
I've been cheated I've been wronged,
And you don't know me, I can't change
I won't do anything at all ]
Fred orders another drink.
[I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will
I wanna push you down, well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted, yeah I will, I will ]