I do not own any of these characters…..Welcome to the sad reality of my hopeless world.
"Roundin' up hookers, just how I wanted to spend my shift Faith." Bosco said shooting her a cold hard, glare. "Why is it always us?"
"Because you slept with Christopher's fiancé." She said giving him the same look back.
'That was years ago damn it, and she wanted it. I can't help my Italian charm." Bosco said with a cocky smile.
Faith busted out into a hard laugh.. "Yes you're a real Casanova Bos."
"Hey that hurts." He said in a soft tone.
They pulled up to a group of girls standing around talking, or as Bosco would put it "working."
Faith and Bosco stepped out of their RMP and walk over to them. "Okay ladies, time to clock out, go home, do anything, but ya'll can't stay here."
The large group of girls broke off into smaller groups.
"C'mon Officer Boscorelli we needs to make us some money to yo." One of them said, while crossing her arms and gazing at him.
"Then get a REAL - JOB. I hear McDonalds is hiring. If you can manage to say -Would you like fries with that?- I'm sure they will hire you." Bosco continued to scan the rest of the girls locking his eyes on one in particular. She had long dish water blonde hair, hazel eyes, fair skin, and long eyelashes. He stared at her for a while trying to figure it out. 'Why is she so familiar?' He thought as he walked closer to her and then he realized who she was.
She held her hand over the side of her face trying to hide from him. She had already realized who he was. Bosco bit his bottom lip. He walked closer to making his way through the crowd of the girls.
The girl quickly turned away and started to walk away from him.
"Oh no you don't" He said as he reached out and grabbed her by the shoulders turning her around.
The young girl looked down.
"Brittany?" Bosco asked.
Faith joined Bosco by his side. "You know this girl Bosco?" The fact that Bosco would know a hooker didn't seem the surprise her, but to know one as young as this girl looked was a different story.
"You can say that." He said lifting the girls head up by her chin so that he could look into her eyes. "I use to baby sit for her when she was younger."
Faith laughed. "Someone left you in charge of their child?"
Bosco turned his head casting a hard look.
"Okay sorry." She said backing up. "Forget I even brought it up."
The girl pulled her head away from Bosco.
"Brittany Lynn look at me!" Bosco stated.
The girl slowly lifted her head and looked at him.
"What the hell do you think you are doing out here?" He asked crossing his arms and looking at her.
She said nothing.
Bosco raised his voice a little. "I'm talking to you."
She shrugged. "I dunno." She answered shortly.
"How old are you? 15? 16?" Bosco asked.
The girl looked down and away taking her time to answer him. "14." She muttered.
Bosco pulled Brittany away from the other girls to a more private spot. "Hookin' Brittany? I know you aint that stupid now. So why the hell are you out here?"
Bosco had know the girl for a sometime. She grew up in the house next to his mothers. Brittany's Mom was a nurse at Mercy hospital and her Dad was a business name who often found himself away from home on business trips. Brittany's life all changed Sept. 11th when her Dad died in the terrorist attacks, 3 months later unable to live without her husband, Brittany's Mother shot and killed herself.
Shortly there after Brittany moved to Jersey to live with her Aunt and Uncle. Bosco hadn't seen or heard from here ever since. He could obviously tell she wasn't living with them anymore. He wanted to and *had* to know why.
"Maybe I am that stupid." She barked.
"Brittany." Bosco said softly. "Why?"
"I gotta make some money some how." She said.
"What happen with your Aunt and Uncle and why aren't you living with them anymore?" He asked.
Brittany shifted her body weight trying to avoid his question.
"I'm waiting."
She looked up at him, blinking her long eyelashes at him.
'Man she still has the same innocent look she had when she was 11.' Bosco thought to himself.
"My Uncle is a dick. I never wanted to go there. He use - to." The girl stopped and looked away from Bosco.
Bosco titled his head to the side looking at her. "He use to what?" He asked pushing her hair out of her face. "He use to what Brit?"
She sighed. "he hurt me." She said softly.
Faith could tell that Bosco needed to be alone with this girl for a while. "I'm going to go get these other girls on their way, and then I'll meet you back at the squad Bosco."
Brittany looked over at Faith. "I a'int gettin' arrested am I?" She asked.
Bosco shook his head. "No - not this time that is." He looked over at Faith. "Yeah okay I'll be back there in a few." He took his attention back to Brittany. He felt bad for her, if losing her parents wasn't bad enough, now she had all this. "Where you been livin' at?"
"Wit' Joey." She replied.
"Who's Joey?"
"He's -my- my.."
"Pimp? Is that who he is Brittany. Your Pimp?" Bosco asked angrily.
Brittany nodded.
"Damn it!" He yelled. "Well your not going to live with him anymore." Bosco said pulling her to his RMP.
"Where we goin' Where you takin' me. Ya said ya wasn't gunna arrest me." She pleaded.
"I'm not taking you to jail Brittany." He told her. "I'm going to take you to my place for a while okay. You aren't staying with Joey anymore, and this - this hooking thing you aren't doing this either."
Brittany pulled herself away. "I have no choice Maurice!"
"Says who? It was easy enough for you to make the choice to do it, so it should be easy to undo it."
"No. You don't understand. If I don't come back and go back to Joey tonight he will come after me." She said chocking back tears.
Bosco turned around and looked at her. "He has to get through me first." He said taking her by the arm and leading her back to the car. He looked at Faith. "Faith we're going to stop by my place quickly. She's going to stay there for a while." He gazed at Brittany. "And if she quits this, I'll help her out and she can stay with me. She won't have to go back to her Uncle." He said.
Brittany rolled her eyes at him. You keep sayin' she. Who's *she* the cats mother?"
Bosco shook his head. "I was talking about you." he said.
"I have a name you know."
"Yes I know." He said.
Brittany shook her head. "Then use it."
"Okay *Brittany* this is my partner Faith Yokas."
She smiled "Hi." She said softly.
Faith looked back at her through the rearview mirror. "Hi Brittany, nice to meet you."
"Yeah I guess." She said gazing out the window as Faith drove off.
Bosco turned around to look at her. "Hey when was the last time you ate?" He asked noticing her thinning appearance.
"I don't know. I a'int hungry really." She said shyly, while spinning some of her hair around her index finger.
"No way! You aren't doing that speed shit. Ya know to stay thin and all?" Bosco hissed at her.
"No - I'm not hungry, can't a girl not be hungry. Or is that a crime?"
Bosco looked over at faith. "I don't know, let me ask my partner."
She shot him a glance. "No It's not a crime." She told her. "It's not Bos, the girls just not hungry."
Bosco whispered to Faith. "But she's so thin, Faith. One shouldn't be that thin."
Faith noticed Brittany watching them. "We'll talk later Bosco." She said softly. "let's just get her to your place alright."
Bosco nodded. "Yeah later we'll talk, because there's things I need to know, if stuff happens." He said to her.
"Like what kinda stuff?" She asked.
"Talk." he said. "Later. You - me. Okay?"
"Okay Bosco." Faith said as she made a left and continued driving. "Later."
A short time later they arrived at Bosco apartment, he opened the door for Brittany. "Okay so I have sweats on you probably sleep in. They'll be a little big, but it will do for now. Tomorrow you and I, we'll go get the rest of your stuff. Okay."
The girl nodded and followed behind Bosco, up the steps to his apartment.
"Do not answer the door, and if the phone rings let the machine pick up. If I happen to call I'll let you know it's me then you can pick it up. There's plenty of food for you to eat, so just make yourself at home." Bosco said as he unlocked the door to his place letting her walk in first. "Just don't touch the beer!"
"Whatda' think I'm stupid?" Brittany asked him.
He smiled and gave her a light chuckle. "No I was just letting you know." he made his way to a back bedroom, quickly fixing up a bed for her. Then coming out and going to a hallway closet. He took out a few towels and tossed them at her. "Here if ya wanna take a shower there shampoo and all that other good stuff. Sorry if it doesn't smell like roses and what not, but there's no way in hell I'm washing my hair, with some Sun-Ripened Raspberry shit!" She walked into the living room and stood by the door. "I'll be home a little after a 11:30pm. Do you have some type of bedtime or anything like that?"
The girl gave him a confused look. "No. I a'int 5 anymore." She told him.
"Well them - Uhm just go to bed when you feel sleepy." he said in a somewhat parental voice. "Okay?"
"Okay." She replied.
"Don't leave this house you got me? If you do and I find you, I will arrest you." He told her.
'Whatever, you a'int the boss of me. I can do what I want, I know what I'm doing'. She thought to herself, as she smiled at him, nodding once more. "Okay."
"Well then I guess I will see you tonight." He said to her, while trying to give her a hug, but stopping. He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. Feeling awkward he opted to shake her hand instead. "And don't burn the place down." He walked out of his place. While Brittany locked the door behind him.
"Don't worry 'bout me burin' the place down." She said to herself. "I'll be gone before you get her. Arrest me? Ha-ha! I'd like to see that. Ya a'int never gunna find me." She laughed. "Sucker."
"Roundin' up hookers, just how I wanted to spend my shift Faith." Bosco said shooting her a cold hard, glare. "Why is it always us?"
"Because you slept with Christopher's fiancé." She said giving him the same look back.
'That was years ago damn it, and she wanted it. I can't help my Italian charm." Bosco said with a cocky smile.
Faith busted out into a hard laugh.. "Yes you're a real Casanova Bos."
"Hey that hurts." He said in a soft tone.
They pulled up to a group of girls standing around talking, or as Bosco would put it "working."
Faith and Bosco stepped out of their RMP and walk over to them. "Okay ladies, time to clock out, go home, do anything, but ya'll can't stay here."
The large group of girls broke off into smaller groups.
"C'mon Officer Boscorelli we needs to make us some money to yo." One of them said, while crossing her arms and gazing at him.
"Then get a REAL - JOB. I hear McDonalds is hiring. If you can manage to say -Would you like fries with that?- I'm sure they will hire you." Bosco continued to scan the rest of the girls locking his eyes on one in particular. She had long dish water blonde hair, hazel eyes, fair skin, and long eyelashes. He stared at her for a while trying to figure it out. 'Why is she so familiar?' He thought as he walked closer to her and then he realized who she was.
She held her hand over the side of her face trying to hide from him. She had already realized who he was. Bosco bit his bottom lip. He walked closer to making his way through the crowd of the girls.
The girl quickly turned away and started to walk away from him.
"Oh no you don't" He said as he reached out and grabbed her by the shoulders turning her around.
The young girl looked down.
"Brittany?" Bosco asked.
Faith joined Bosco by his side. "You know this girl Bosco?" The fact that Bosco would know a hooker didn't seem the surprise her, but to know one as young as this girl looked was a different story.
"You can say that." He said lifting the girls head up by her chin so that he could look into her eyes. "I use to baby sit for her when she was younger."
Faith laughed. "Someone left you in charge of their child?"
Bosco turned his head casting a hard look.
"Okay sorry." She said backing up. "Forget I even brought it up."
The girl pulled her head away from Bosco.
"Brittany Lynn look at me!" Bosco stated.
The girl slowly lifted her head and looked at him.
"What the hell do you think you are doing out here?" He asked crossing his arms and looking at her.
She said nothing.
Bosco raised his voice a little. "I'm talking to you."
She shrugged. "I dunno." She answered shortly.
"How old are you? 15? 16?" Bosco asked.
The girl looked down and away taking her time to answer him. "14." She muttered.
Bosco pulled Brittany away from the other girls to a more private spot. "Hookin' Brittany? I know you aint that stupid now. So why the hell are you out here?"
Bosco had know the girl for a sometime. She grew up in the house next to his mothers. Brittany's Mom was a nurse at Mercy hospital and her Dad was a business name who often found himself away from home on business trips. Brittany's life all changed Sept. 11th when her Dad died in the terrorist attacks, 3 months later unable to live without her husband, Brittany's Mother shot and killed herself.
Shortly there after Brittany moved to Jersey to live with her Aunt and Uncle. Bosco hadn't seen or heard from here ever since. He could obviously tell she wasn't living with them anymore. He wanted to and *had* to know why.
"Maybe I am that stupid." She barked.
"Brittany." Bosco said softly. "Why?"
"I gotta make some money some how." She said.
"What happen with your Aunt and Uncle and why aren't you living with them anymore?" He asked.
Brittany shifted her body weight trying to avoid his question.
"I'm waiting."
She looked up at him, blinking her long eyelashes at him.
'Man she still has the same innocent look she had when she was 11.' Bosco thought to himself.
"My Uncle is a dick. I never wanted to go there. He use - to." The girl stopped and looked away from Bosco.
Bosco titled his head to the side looking at her. "He use to what?" He asked pushing her hair out of her face. "He use to what Brit?"
She sighed. "he hurt me." She said softly.
Faith could tell that Bosco needed to be alone with this girl for a while. "I'm going to go get these other girls on their way, and then I'll meet you back at the squad Bosco."
Brittany looked over at Faith. "I a'int gettin' arrested am I?" She asked.
Bosco shook his head. "No - not this time that is." He looked over at Faith. "Yeah okay I'll be back there in a few." He took his attention back to Brittany. He felt bad for her, if losing her parents wasn't bad enough, now she had all this. "Where you been livin' at?"
"Wit' Joey." She replied.
"Who's Joey?"
"He's -my- my.."
"Pimp? Is that who he is Brittany. Your Pimp?" Bosco asked angrily.
Brittany nodded.
"Damn it!" He yelled. "Well your not going to live with him anymore." Bosco said pulling her to his RMP.
"Where we goin' Where you takin' me. Ya said ya wasn't gunna arrest me." She pleaded.
"I'm not taking you to jail Brittany." He told her. "I'm going to take you to my place for a while okay. You aren't staying with Joey anymore, and this - this hooking thing you aren't doing this either."
Brittany pulled herself away. "I have no choice Maurice!"
"Says who? It was easy enough for you to make the choice to do it, so it should be easy to undo it."
"No. You don't understand. If I don't come back and go back to Joey tonight he will come after me." She said chocking back tears.
Bosco turned around and looked at her. "He has to get through me first." He said taking her by the arm and leading her back to the car. He looked at Faith. "Faith we're going to stop by my place quickly. She's going to stay there for a while." He gazed at Brittany. "And if she quits this, I'll help her out and she can stay with me. She won't have to go back to her Uncle." He said.
Brittany rolled her eyes at him. You keep sayin' she. Who's *she* the cats mother?"
Bosco shook his head. "I was talking about you." he said.
"I have a name you know."
"Yes I know." He said.
Brittany shook her head. "Then use it."
"Okay *Brittany* this is my partner Faith Yokas."
She smiled "Hi." She said softly.
Faith looked back at her through the rearview mirror. "Hi Brittany, nice to meet you."
"Yeah I guess." She said gazing out the window as Faith drove off.
Bosco turned around to look at her. "Hey when was the last time you ate?" He asked noticing her thinning appearance.
"I don't know. I a'int hungry really." She said shyly, while spinning some of her hair around her index finger.
"No way! You aren't doing that speed shit. Ya know to stay thin and all?" Bosco hissed at her.
"No - I'm not hungry, can't a girl not be hungry. Or is that a crime?"
Bosco looked over at faith. "I don't know, let me ask my partner."
She shot him a glance. "No It's not a crime." She told her. "It's not Bos, the girls just not hungry."
Bosco whispered to Faith. "But she's so thin, Faith. One shouldn't be that thin."
Faith noticed Brittany watching them. "We'll talk later Bosco." She said softly. "let's just get her to your place alright."
Bosco nodded. "Yeah later we'll talk, because there's things I need to know, if stuff happens." He said to her.
"Like what kinda stuff?" She asked.
"Talk." he said. "Later. You - me. Okay?"
"Okay Bosco." Faith said as she made a left and continued driving. "Later."
A short time later they arrived at Bosco apartment, he opened the door for Brittany. "Okay so I have sweats on you probably sleep in. They'll be a little big, but it will do for now. Tomorrow you and I, we'll go get the rest of your stuff. Okay."
The girl nodded and followed behind Bosco, up the steps to his apartment.
"Do not answer the door, and if the phone rings let the machine pick up. If I happen to call I'll let you know it's me then you can pick it up. There's plenty of food for you to eat, so just make yourself at home." Bosco said as he unlocked the door to his place letting her walk in first. "Just don't touch the beer!"
"Whatda' think I'm stupid?" Brittany asked him.
He smiled and gave her a light chuckle. "No I was just letting you know." he made his way to a back bedroom, quickly fixing up a bed for her. Then coming out and going to a hallway closet. He took out a few towels and tossed them at her. "Here if ya wanna take a shower there shampoo and all that other good stuff. Sorry if it doesn't smell like roses and what not, but there's no way in hell I'm washing my hair, with some Sun-Ripened Raspberry shit!" She walked into the living room and stood by the door. "I'll be home a little after a 11:30pm. Do you have some type of bedtime or anything like that?"
The girl gave him a confused look. "No. I a'int 5 anymore." She told him.
"Well them - Uhm just go to bed when you feel sleepy." he said in a somewhat parental voice. "Okay?"
"Okay." She replied.
"Don't leave this house you got me? If you do and I find you, I will arrest you." He told her.
'Whatever, you a'int the boss of me. I can do what I want, I know what I'm doing'. She thought to herself, as she smiled at him, nodding once more. "Okay."
"Well then I guess I will see you tonight." He said to her, while trying to give her a hug, but stopping. He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. Feeling awkward he opted to shake her hand instead. "And don't burn the place down." He walked out of his place. While Brittany locked the door behind him.
"Don't worry 'bout me burin' the place down." She said to herself. "I'll be gone before you get her. Arrest me? Ha-ha! I'd like to see that. Ya a'int never gunna find me." She laughed. "Sucker."