December 25th, 2008
It took Bosco a week and a half to get out of the hospital. He was healing well, although the physical therapy was terrible. He wanted to go back to work, but her wasn't allowed to until he was 100%. He wasn't sure when that would be.
Bosco grunted as he made his way downstairs. He didn't want to admit things were harder to do. He walked into the living room to see Faith and the boys sitting in a flood of wrapping paper. Faith gave him a look.
"Nice of you to join us." Faith frowned, "We're almost done."
"Sorry. I was tired." Bosco eased himself onto the couch, "What did Santa get you, Champ?"
"A bike." Vincent said, "Can you go riding with me?" Bosco shook his head.
"No for awhile, Son." Bosco said. Vincent frowned.
"Please? You're not fun anymore." He whined.
"Daddy still hurts. Why don't you boys go bring your presents upstairs to your rooms?" Faith suggested.
"Come on, Vince." Charlie took his brother's hand and left this room quickly. Bosco sighed.
"They're gone. Say what you're going to say." He said. Faith sat next to him.
"Stop acting like you're already dead." She said. Bosco shook his head.
"I'm not doing that." He said.
"You have been for the past four days." Faith said, "You didn't even wish me a happy birthday."
"Yes I did...Didn't I?" He asked. Faith shook her head.
"No and that hurt me so much." Faith whispered, "You're my husband and you didn't even do it. Fred did, but you didn't."
"Don't mention Fred please." Bosco said, "I've just had a lot on my mind, and you know it. I'm sorry I forgot your birthday and Christmas. What can I do to make it up to you? Get a tattoo on my forehead?" Faith giggled softly.
"If you do that, I'll tattoo your name on my boob." Faith said.
"You might pop the silicon." He said.
"I don't think the needle penetrates that far down." She said.
"Oh." Bosco said as he touche his tender belly.
"Can I give you your Christmas present now?" Faith asked. Bosco looked at his wife.
"You got me a present?" He asked. Faith nodded.
"Of course I did. It's Christmas." Faith handed him a package.
"Thanks." Bosco opened up the sparkly blue paper. He held the box in his hand and opened it. It was a very expansive looking watch. "Oh wow!!"
"I figured you could time how long you've got off of work on it." Faith smiled.
"I wish I got you something." Bosco said as he put it on. Faith laughed.
"You bought me a car." She said.
"Oh yeah." Bosco chuckled looking at the watch, "God, this is wonderful. I'm never going to take it off." Faith smiled.
"Are you up for Maren and Isaac to come over for Christmas dinner?" Faith asked, "Jay, Em, and Syd will be here around noon. Ty, Alex and the girls may be over for dessert." Bosco nodded.
"Yeah that'd be okay." Bosco said. Faith arched her eyebrow. He wanted to have company over. Those drugs must be some damn good ones.
January 9th, 2009
The New Year brought forth a lot...Okay, not really. Bosco's health was getting a lot better. Physical therapy was going well, although it hurt a lot. He still wasn't back at work. He had a few more weeks depending on what his doctors said.
He was left watching children most of the time. It was like his own little day care. Today was Vincent, Isaac, and Sydney. He had been watching Jade and Caroline Davis for awhile, but Alex picked them up.
"Grandpa, can we go out?" Sydney batted her chocolate brown eyes. Bosco chuckled.
"It's pretty cold out there, Pumpkin." Bosco said.
"We're going." Isaac said.
"Yeah. With you or not." Vincent said.
"Okay. Okay." Bosco puked himself up, "Remember my belly still hurt."
"Cause you're old." Sydney giggled.
"Naaah! He got shot." Vincent said.
"Bundle up." Bosco chuckled.
"No gloves." Isaac said.
"Yes gloves." Bosco said as he zipped up, "Wear gloves, scarves, hat, and everything else. Understood?"
"Yes, Sir." Vincent said. Bosco smiled. He had some good kids here. Bosco walked outside with the kids. He sat down at the picnic table as the kids scattered around the yard.
"Just be careful." Bosco said. The boys began pelting snowballs at each other. Sydney walked over and sat next to Bosco.
"Did ya die?" Sydney asked.
"No, pumpkin." Bosco smiled.
"My daddy is a firefighter." Sydney said softly. Bosco nodded.
"Yeah I know. Your daddy is going to be just fine. He is a good firefighter." Bosco said. He saw that she was worried. Probably about loosing him.
"My mommy's a cop."
"No. Your grandmother is a cop." Bosco corrected her. Sydney shook her head.
"No way. Mommy is a cop." Sydney said pushing the snow off of the table.
"Who told you that, Syd?" Bosco frowned.
"Mommy. She's going to cop school. Her and daddy said so. I'm going now." Sydney jumped and ran after the boys. Bosco leaned back and sighed. Faith was going to flip.
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"Hi mommy. Bye mommy." Vincent ran past Faith as she walked in.
"Hi Buddy." She chuckled talking her jacket off. Bosco walked up and kissed her, "How were the kids?"
"Good." He said, "You really need to talk to Emily."
"What? Why? Did she pick Syd up?" Faith asked. Bosco shook his head.
"She's on her way." Bosco said.
"Why do I need to talk to Emily then?" Faith asked.
"She's becoming a cop." He said. Faith shook her head.
"I don't think so." Faith said.
"Sydney said she heard Jay and Emily talking about going to the academy." Bosco said.
"Oh. She has another thing coming." Faith snapped, "It's bad enough having Justin where he is." Emily opened the front door.
"Hey." She smiled.
"Mommy!!!" Sydney ran into Emily's arms.
"Hey, love bug." Emily kissed Sydney's cheek, "Where you good for grandpa?"
"Yes, mommy." Sydney said.
"Emily, you must have a hole in your head." Faith snapped. Emily looked at her mother shocked.
"Excuse me?"
"I know about you wanting to go to the academy." Faith said.
"Oh." Emily said.
"Have you even thought this through, Emily?" Faith asked. Emily nodded, "Oh please do tell."
"I graduate in May. You only need thirty credit hours to get a basic law enforcement degree, so that's a year." Emily said, "Classes start in June. So I will go. Justin and I talked about this. As long as I'm getting good grades, classes wind down in May, then the main tests start in June. You know the physical and mental stuff and then if I pass, graduation is in July."
"You have thought this through." Bosco said. He was floored.
"Yeah I have. I hope to work in Brooklyn, near Justin, but who knows." Emily said.
"Why, Emily, why?" Faith whispered. Emily smiled.
"Because you're a cop." Emily said, "It's all I've ever seen. You're a great cop. you're a great mother and you're a great wide. I want to be just like you." Faith's breath caught in her throat.
"It's so dangerous though." Faith said.
"I know." Emily smiled at Bosco, "but this is what I want to do this." Faith wrapped her arms around her daughter. This was so frightening. She had to be helpful though. If this was what she wanted, then Faith would help her.
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