Flashback to Now
Chapter 5
He was riding with Faith again. He didn't want to, but it was better than the idiot who he rode with last time. Faith for one wanted to talk, but she didn't know what to say. Faith cleared her throat. "I saw you talking to that pretty girl yesterday," Faith said. "Hmm?" Bosco said. "That girl at the desk. She was pretty. You got something going there?" Faith asked. "No," Bosco said. "No, she was just looking for Ty." Bosco started to smile a little, "You should have seen them together, they were..." Bosco trailed off, remembering he was mad at Faith and mad at Ty for knowing the mystery girl so well.
Liz was still holding Pete's hand, but she had fallen silent. It wasn't working today. She needed someone to talk to who would talk back, she needed to be held. She heard footsteps behind her, but she didn't look up until she heard her name. "Sweet pea...Liz..."the voice said. Liz snapped to attention at the nickname. "Sully? What are you doing here?" Liz asked, shocked to see him. "Oh, hi Ty," Liz said, noticing him in the doorway. "Hi Liz," Ty said. Sully was quiet for a moment, not used to hearing her call him "Sully." He walked over to the other side of the hospital bed and sat down. "So, um, how's he doing?" Sully asked, looking at Pete. Liz sighed, "He's got his days. Some good, some bad. He doesn't know who I am anymore." Sully could see the pain in her face, he felt badly for her. "Do you still play, Liz?" Sully asked. He wasn't going to call her by her nickname until he heard his. "Play what?" Liz asked, confused. "Guitar, do you still play guitar?" Sully asked. Liz smiled. Playing the guitar had been her greatest escape, she was forever in Sully's debt for teaching her. "Yes. I do play a lot," Liz said, still smiling. "Sometime we'll have to play together again. Maybe for Pete," Sully suggested. Liz smiled more, she felt some of the anger dissipate. This was the Sully she knew. "That would be wonderful," Liz said. Ty leaned against the doorjamb, smiling and watching the two.
"So I guess you still don't want to talk to me, do you Bosco?" Faith asked, exasperated. "Well thank you Captain Obvious!" Bosco snapped. Faith glared at him, silent. She gave up and looked out the window. Bosco stared out the windshield, watching the road, silent.
"Hey Sul, sorry man but we gotta go," Ty said. "I have to get on shift." Sully looked up. He and Liz had been pretty silent for a while, but it was a good silence this time. Sully felt like they were connecting again somehow, he hoped he didn't wreck it. Liz looked up, too. "I can take him home, or is he working?" Liz asked. "No, I'm not working today," Sully said quietly. "I go back tomorrow." "In that case, why don't I bring you home? I won't be staying much longer, anyhow," Liz said. Ty looked at them and said, "Well whatever happens I'm going now, so if you're coming Sul, just follow." Sully didn't. Liz smiled, but inside she knew that things were happening too quickly. She knew that there was a long road ahead, things were bound to happen. A thought echoed in her head that had been there for the past few days, people don't change for the better and stay that way, they only change for the worse.
