June 1st, 2008
Vincent grinned at Isaac as they jumped down the stairs.
"I can jumped higher than you." Vincent said.
"You're a liar." Isaac said, "I'm better." Vincent took a running start and jumped. He giggled.
"See?" He asked. Isaac chuckled walking up to his cousin.
"Well, My hair is lighter than yours." He said.
"So?" Vincent looked at him.
"I'm just saying….Vince, look." Isaac pointed to a dog across the street, "Let's go see him." Vincent shook his head.
"Aunt Maren said to stay in the front yard." He said.
"We be quick." Isaac said looking both ways before he crossed the street. Vincent bit his lip. His mother always told him he wasn't allowed to cross the street without an adult, but Isaac was over there. He was only three so he needed someone to help him back across the street.
"Come on, Isaac." Vincent said looking at the pitbull. It was growling at the boys. "We need to go home." He reached for Isaac and the dog lunged at Vincent. The child screamed as jaws came down on his arm.
* * *
Maren stood at the sink drying off her dishes. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end as she heard Vincent's screams. She dropped the dish and ran outside to see the dog whipping his head as he held onto Vincent's arm.
"Oh god!" Maren ran across the street, "Get off him!!!" Maren didn't want to kick the dog, but she had to get him off of her nephew. "Isaac, go call 9-1-1." Isaac ran across the street and inside the house. The dog let go of Vincent and Maren grabbed the sobbing and bleeding boy. She laid him on the ground. There was so much blood.
"M-Mommy!!!" Vincent sobbed.
"I'll get her. Don't worry buddy." Maren said taking her over shirt off. She gently wrapped it around his arm. She had never seen flesh hang off of bone before. She had to stay calm though of Isaac and Vincent would both be hysterical.
"I called Mommy." Isaac came back across the street.
"Good boy." Maren said watching her Nephew. She was trained in first aide, but she seemed to forget it all.
"IT HURTS!!!!" Vincent sobbed. Maren brushed back his brown hair.
"I know, Buddy." Maren said pulling out her cell phone and dialing the station's number, "Hi. This is Maren Boscorelli. Are Maurice or Faith there? Could you please tell them to go to Mercy? There's been an accident with their son...Thanks." Maren stayed on the phone as they tried to call both officers. The ambulance screeched in front of them and Kim and Alex jumped out.
"Oh god." Alex whispered and ran to Vincent's side, "Hey, Vinny. We're gonna take you to the hospital."
"Al-Alex..." Vincent whimpered, "I w-want mommy."
"I know, Buddy." She said getting him on the gurney. Everyone got in the ambulance. Maren hung up the phone. They couldn't get a hold of Faith or Bosco. They probably had their radios off.
"I'm going to call Em okay Vincent?" Maren smiled softly as Alex began to dress the wound. Maren dialed Emily's number. "Em, it's Maren...There's been an accident with Vincent...I think he'll be okay....Dog bite...I cant find your parents...Mercy, okay?...Thanks." Maren hung up the phone and smiled softly at Vincent, "Emily is going to meet us at the hospital. Vincent nodded slowly.
"O-Okay." He whispered.
* * *
Emily paced up and down the hallway as the doctor checked on Vincent. He looked so small in that hospital bed and she still couldn't find Bosco or Faith.
"I'm going to go into the ER and see if they are there." Emily said. Maren nodded slowly. She felt so guilty. Emily walked down to the ER. It was getting really busy, but she didn't even notice it when she saw Bosco walk in with a perp. She breathed and ran up to him, "Dad."
"Em? What are you doing here?" Bosco frowned, "Is Sydney okay?" Emily nodded.
"Yes." She croaked.
"Then what is it?" Bosco asked.
"Wh-Where ma?" She asked.
"Outside. Is something wrong, Emily?" Bosco asked. Emily nodded, trying not to cry.
"It's Vincent." She said. The colour drained from Bosco's face.
"V-Vince? What happened?" He asked.
"There was a dog. He um...He attacked Vincent." Emily took a deep breath, "he almost pulled all his arm skin off, but M-Maren stopped it. He lost a lot of blood." Bosco felt sick to his stomach.
"Where is he?" Bosco whispered as Faith walked up to them.
"Hey." She smiled but it quickly faded, "What happened?"
* * *
Bosco and Faith slowly walked into Vincent's room. His arm was completely bandaged up and he looked so pale as he slept. Faith looked at the doctor.
"How is he?" She whispered. Dr. Smith nodded.
"He has over eighty stitches on his arm. The damage was pretty bad, but we don't think there was any tendon damage. He was able to move his fingers." he said.
"Thank god." Bosco whispered.
"He did loose a lot of blood though." Dr. Smith said, "We want to keep him here for awhile and make sure infection doesn't set in all right?" Faith nodded.
"All right." She went over to his bed and gave him a soft kiss. Vincent opened his blue eyes, "Hey buddy."
"Hi, Mommy." Vincent whispered, "Am I in trouble?"
"No." She said, "Don't worry about that. Just rest." Vincent nodded slowly. Faith kissed him again, "I love you."
"I love you too, Mommy." Vincent closed his eyes. Faith took in a shuddery breath. She was so afraid to see what his arm looked like when the bandages come off. She hated seeing her babies hurt.
June 15th, 2008
Things were pretty sober around the Boscorelli home. Faith was so protective over Vincent. She barely let him out of her sight. When the doctor's took the bandages off, she was shocked to see the actual damage. He would be scarred for a very long time.
Faith put all the frogs into a box so she could clean their cage. These were family pets but she seemed to be the only one who cleaned the cage. Bosco watched her.
"You don't want more kids right?" he asked. Faith laughed loudly.
"Lord no!" She cried. "I'm forty-one. I'm too old for anymore kids. Why?" Bosco shrugged.
"I was just thinking and making sure we were on the same level."
"Are we?" She glanced at him as she scrubbed the cage.
"Yeah we are." He chuckled, "I've been thinking about getting the snip so we can have sex with out protection and you on the pills." Faith shook her head.
"It costs money to have that done and our health insurance doesn't cover it." Faith said. She smiled at him, "But thank you for offering." Bosco nodded.
"No problem." He chuckled. "I like having all my parts."
"I like you having all your parts too." She said. Bosco picked up one of the frogs on put it on his forehead.
"Faith, I think I have a pimple." He said. She looked at him and laughed loudly.
"God, you're such a doofus." She said, picking up the frog, "Give me Kermit." She dumped the frogs into the tank. Bosco took the frog off of him and handed it to Faith, "Thank you kindly."
"Maybe we should get him another frog." Bosco said.
"Who?" She asked snapping the cover back on.
"Our son. The child you gave birth to." Bosco said, "He's been very depressed lately."
"Well, a dog almost killed him. I would be depressed too, but he don't need more pets that he doesn't take care of." Faith frowned.
"Fine. It was just a suggestion." Bosco said, "I want to do something for him though…You know we haven't really ever been on a family trip."
"Yes we have." Faith said.
"Not a real one." Bosco said. "It's summer time. Maybe the four of us should go camping before school starts up again." Faith bit her lip.
"I'd want Emily to come too." Faith said.
"Fine then all seven of us can go camping." He smiled, "We need some family time." Faith stood there for a moment and then nodded.
"I haven't been camping in years." She said. Bosco smiled.
"Me either." Bosco said, "I could go for some fishing…Taking my boys fishing. That's life." Faith chuckled as she sat on her husband's lap.
"You fish?" She asked him.
"Well…Not really, but I know how to." Bosco said, "But I know how to." Faith chuckled.
"I can't picture you and a fishing pole." She said. "Well…I can….but not that type of pole." She winked playfully. Bosco kissed her shoulder.
"So does this mean you want to go?" he asked her. Faith nodded.
"I would love to, Bosco." She said softly. The Boscorelli family camping. That sounded like a bad sitcom episode.
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