Bosco sat in front of his locker. It had been a long shift and he still
wasn't any closer to figuring out what had happened earlier. It was like
something out of the twilight zone and he was starting to wonder if he'd
gone crazy.
But it was too real and he knew he didn't imagine it. He had five days. Five days to change fate.
He looked over at Faith and couldn't imagine his life without her. Funny how seeing someone die can make you realize how much you care about them. He had practically stalked her all day, afraid to let her out of his sight, afraid that he might end up right back in that convenience store at any moment. It made him feel better to keep her close to him, just in case.
Faith glanced his way and caught him staring at her, then quickly looked away. He'd been acting weird all day. He wouldn't even stop the RMP to let her use the bathroom, insisting that she wait until they got back to the precinct. He suddenly seemed so protective of her, but she didn't know what to think of it. Part of her loved the fact that he wasn't ignoring her anymore, but the other part dismissed it as another one of his mood swings.
She chanced a look at him again and was surprised to find him still staring at her.
"What is it?"
Bosco snapped back to reality and got up to shut his locker. "Nothin, sorry. Hey, do ya need a lift home?"
"No, I think I'm just gonna walk"
"Well, how 'bout I walk with you?"
She gave him a hesitant look before responding. She couldn't understand what was going on. What was he doing? They hadn't been speaking to each other for weeks and now all of a sudden he wants to be friends again? Does he relay think that a ride home and a smile will take back all the terrible things he said? No, she couldn't do it. She couldn't let him keep playing with her emotions like this.
"No, I'll be fine on my own." She turned to leave but was stopped abruptly when he grabbed her by the arm.
"Faith please, I don't want it to be this way between us anymore. I don't know how it got like this but whatever we're fighting about, it isn't worth it. Cruz isn't worth it."
She couldn't believe what she was hearing and she had a sudden urge to ask him if he was on something.
"Oh really, she's not worth it, huh? You seemed to think a lot differently just yesterday, and the day before that, and the weeks before that. Why the change of heart?"
"I can't really explain it. I just know that ACU isn't what I want. Cruz isn't what I want. And I was to blinded by her to see that, to see what you were trying to tell me all along. I never should have said what I did to you Faith. I didn't mean any of it and if I could take it back I would, in a heartbeat."
He seemed so sincere and she felt all her resolve start to melt away.
"You can't take things like that back Bos. But I shouldn't have said what I did either. I just don't know what to think. If you don't want Cruz anymore, what do you want?"
"I want it to be like it was. I want us to be partners again. But only if you want to" He searched her eyes, waiting for a response and hoping that she wouldn't turn him away.
"You wanna grab a drink?"
Bosco graced her with a wide smile and nodded. That smile was infectious and soon Faith found herself grinning like an idiot too.
Bosco looked around the library as he walked past the different sections. He figured that a quick trip here might help to explain what had happened and decided to drop by before his shift.
He finally came to a stop in front of what he assumed to be the right category. 'Unexplained phenomenon and Witchcraft' Pulling out a few different books and heading over to the nearest table he couldn't help but wonder what other people would think, seeing him with about a dozen books on time travel, premonitions, spells, and other just as weird subjects.
There had to be something in here that would tell him what to do, how to stop what he thought was inevitable. He had hoped that telling Faith how he felt and patching up their friendship would solve everything, but he found out soon enough that it didn't work that way. Yes they were talking to each other and had been reassigned to 55 David permanently, but the basic events of the last two days had still been the same. He still spilled his coffee in his lap earlier that morning, his mother still called last night for some unknown reason, and Christopher still yelled at him for being too rough with a suspect, using the exact same words that he did the first time it happened.
He fingered through the pages of each book, not finding anything even remotely useful. From what he read, he had either been hexed by a leprechaun, traveled through a wormhole, or was somehow physic. But none of them explain how to stop Faith from being shot. He supposed he could just whisk her away to some far off cabin and pray that the shooters didn't follow them, but he had a feeling it wouldn't be that easy. She would just die another way, maybe the cabin would catch on fire, or she'd hit her head on something while making breakfast, the possibilities were endless.
Bosco knew he couldn't just prevent it, he had to stop it, and he only had three more days to figure out how.
But it was too real and he knew he didn't imagine it. He had five days. Five days to change fate.
He looked over at Faith and couldn't imagine his life without her. Funny how seeing someone die can make you realize how much you care about them. He had practically stalked her all day, afraid to let her out of his sight, afraid that he might end up right back in that convenience store at any moment. It made him feel better to keep her close to him, just in case.
Faith glanced his way and caught him staring at her, then quickly looked away. He'd been acting weird all day. He wouldn't even stop the RMP to let her use the bathroom, insisting that she wait until they got back to the precinct. He suddenly seemed so protective of her, but she didn't know what to think of it. Part of her loved the fact that he wasn't ignoring her anymore, but the other part dismissed it as another one of his mood swings.
She chanced a look at him again and was surprised to find him still staring at her.
"What is it?"
Bosco snapped back to reality and got up to shut his locker. "Nothin, sorry. Hey, do ya need a lift home?"
"No, I think I'm just gonna walk"
"Well, how 'bout I walk with you?"
She gave him a hesitant look before responding. She couldn't understand what was going on. What was he doing? They hadn't been speaking to each other for weeks and now all of a sudden he wants to be friends again? Does he relay think that a ride home and a smile will take back all the terrible things he said? No, she couldn't do it. She couldn't let him keep playing with her emotions like this.
"No, I'll be fine on my own." She turned to leave but was stopped abruptly when he grabbed her by the arm.
"Faith please, I don't want it to be this way between us anymore. I don't know how it got like this but whatever we're fighting about, it isn't worth it. Cruz isn't worth it."
She couldn't believe what she was hearing and she had a sudden urge to ask him if he was on something.
"Oh really, she's not worth it, huh? You seemed to think a lot differently just yesterday, and the day before that, and the weeks before that. Why the change of heart?"
"I can't really explain it. I just know that ACU isn't what I want. Cruz isn't what I want. And I was to blinded by her to see that, to see what you were trying to tell me all along. I never should have said what I did to you Faith. I didn't mean any of it and if I could take it back I would, in a heartbeat."
He seemed so sincere and she felt all her resolve start to melt away.
"You can't take things like that back Bos. But I shouldn't have said what I did either. I just don't know what to think. If you don't want Cruz anymore, what do you want?"
"I want it to be like it was. I want us to be partners again. But only if you want to" He searched her eyes, waiting for a response and hoping that she wouldn't turn him away.
"You wanna grab a drink?"
Bosco graced her with a wide smile and nodded. That smile was infectious and soon Faith found herself grinning like an idiot too.
Bosco looked around the library as he walked past the different sections. He figured that a quick trip here might help to explain what had happened and decided to drop by before his shift.
He finally came to a stop in front of what he assumed to be the right category. 'Unexplained phenomenon and Witchcraft' Pulling out a few different books and heading over to the nearest table he couldn't help but wonder what other people would think, seeing him with about a dozen books on time travel, premonitions, spells, and other just as weird subjects.
There had to be something in here that would tell him what to do, how to stop what he thought was inevitable. He had hoped that telling Faith how he felt and patching up their friendship would solve everything, but he found out soon enough that it didn't work that way. Yes they were talking to each other and had been reassigned to 55 David permanently, but the basic events of the last two days had still been the same. He still spilled his coffee in his lap earlier that morning, his mother still called last night for some unknown reason, and Christopher still yelled at him for being too rough with a suspect, using the exact same words that he did the first time it happened.
He fingered through the pages of each book, not finding anything even remotely useful. From what he read, he had either been hexed by a leprechaun, traveled through a wormhole, or was somehow physic. But none of them explain how to stop Faith from being shot. He supposed he could just whisk her away to some far off cabin and pray that the shooters didn't follow them, but he had a feeling it wouldn't be that easy. She would just die another way, maybe the cabin would catch on fire, or she'd hit her head on something while making breakfast, the possibilities were endless.
Bosco knew he couldn't just prevent it, he had to stop it, and he only had three more days to figure out how.
