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The days slowly ticked by. Minutes seemed like hours and hours seemed like days. Jimmy and Bosco were still the same; both unconsious but they weren't dead yet. Alex, Faith, and Kim seemed to be the ones who stayed at the hospital twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Neither of them ever really talked to each other; they just sat there, in the waiting room, in silence. Occasionally each of them, one by one, would visit the two patients, coming out with tears gleaming in their eyes all of which were a piercing blue.

By the time a week rolled around Jimmy was doing much better than Bosco. Of course Bosco was in the fire much longer than Jimmy had and Jimmy had an oxygen mask until it got knocked of with the debris.

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Kim was sitting hunched over Jimmy's bed rubbing his hand gently. She could hear the heart monitor beeping normally in her right ear and the sounds of the ventilator pumping air into Jimmy's chest.

Slowly, without Kim noticing, Jimmy opened his eyes looking around frantically and moving his arms. His eyes darted all over the room with a look of fear in them. He tried to talk but only gagging noises would come out. 'What's happening to me? Why can't I breathe? Help!' he thought starting to sweat.

"Jimmy...Jimmy calm down!" Kim spoke reassuringly as she rubbed his forehead. "Please, calm down!"

However, her words didn't work. Jimmy was still panicking trying to pull out the tube with his hands. 'I need to get this out! I can't breathe!'

"Listen to me Jimmy. You have a tube down your throat to help you breathe! You can't take it out by yourself." She paused unsure of what she should say next. "You're in a hospital Jimmy. You were hurt saving Bosco in a fire; ceiling debris fell ontop of you. You'll be alright." She said still stroking his forehand with a mixture of kisses as well.

Jimmy started to calm down, but was still pretty worked up. Kim continued to lie there stroking him. He reached up and placed a hand on her arm, his eyes still full of fear. "Really, Jimmy. It will be alright. Don't worry. I'm here for you. Everyone is here for you. Speaking of everyone, I'll go get Alex, she'll want to see you. She's been here ever since you came in you know." And with that Kim got up and left Jimmy's room.

As she neared the waiting room a smile broaden her gloomy face. She tied her long brown hair back and walked straight to Alex. She whispered, "He's awake. You can go see him if you like."

"Okay," Alex said nervously and started for his room. As she entered she started wrenching her hands together once she saw him in that state. She quietly walked over to him and sat in the same chair Kim was sitting in minutes before. Tears started to roll down her face as she placed her tiny hand on his rather large one. "I'm sorry Jimmy," She began, tears falling even more now. "It should have been me; not you. I left knowing that the ceiling was going to come crashing down with you two there. You didn't deserve this. You're out there fighting fires and saving peoples life. You're such a good guy Jimmy, you don't deserve to be lying in this bed with a tube down your throat. You just don't." She said shaking her head.

Jimmy felt tears protruding down his cheeks. He lifted his left hand and stroked her blonde hair, crying. He kept doing so until she calmed down.

"I'm sorry Jimmy," She said leaving the room. Once she left the waterworks started up once again. She ran past the waiting room and out the Emergency Room doors.

Kim noticed this and ran after her. "Alex! Alex!" She screamed as she ran. "What's the matter? Is Jimmy alright?" she said starting to panic.

"J-Jimmy's fine," she said falling into Kim's arms. "It's my fault Kim. It should have been me, not Jimmy. He doesn't deserve this. I do."

"No it isn't. It's no ones fault. Not yours, Jimmy's or Bosco's. Don't think like that Alex." She said rubbing her best friends back.

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Faith entered Bosco's room where he was lying there, unconsious. He was improving, but very little. Jimmy was doing far better than Bosco was. Faith sat in the empty chair beside the bed where Bosco was lying. The minute she sat down, she began to sob. Not little tears but giant drops that dropped onto he lap. "Bosco..." she kept muttering through her heavy sobs.

Ty walked into the room a few minutes later and sat down in the chair opposite Faith. "How is he?" He questioned.

"Same."

Ty just noticed her crying and stood up to go comfort her, "Faith, it will be alright. Bosco will be fine. Don't worry," he said.

"What if he's not? You don't know that. I'm sick and tired of people saying that to make me feel better. It's not working!" She said sobbing harder into Ty's jacket.

Ty was speechless. He had no clue what so ever to say or do. He just stood there letting Faith sob into his jacket.

Just then Bosco started convolsing violently. His heart monitor started to beep frantically. Ty ran out to find a doctor while Faith started to scream at Bosco to stop, knowing that that wouldn't work. The doctor and Ty came running in with a couple nurses at their tails. "Faith...Ty, we need you out now!" he yelled out at them.

Faith just sat there, not taking in any of the doctor's orders. "Come on Fatih. We need to get out," Ty said pulling on her sweater. She followed suite out into the waiting room crying hysterically.

"What's wrong?" Kim asked.

"Bosco's started to convolse." Ty responded.

They all looked down at their feet, "Will he be okay?" Carlos spoke after an hour in silence.

"I dunno," was the answer.

Just then, the doctor walked quietly in. "Excuse me, are you here for Maurice Boscorelli?"