Family Matters Chapter 11
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. I only wish I could.
Faith an' I were on our way back to the precinct, it was almost dinner time an' I was hopin' Mercedes was still goin' to meet us for dinner. I tried callin' her but she didn't answer. Which really didn't mean anythin'. She could'a been in the shower or somethin'. We get to the precinct and its 5:45pm, believe it or not Mercedes is there. Kinda surprised too, I figured, she'd stand me up jus' so she didn't have to eat in front of me. But she's there. I walk in an' smile at her. "Hey you, glad you made it."
"Yea, I said I was goin' to come, so. Ya know." She says with a shrug.
"Okay I gotta get somethin' from my locker." I tell her, noddin' for her to follow me. She really shouldn't be in the locker room, but I'm not plannin' on stayin' in there long I jus' wanna grab somethin' from my locker.
"So where we goin' to eat?" She asks followin' me into the locker room sittin' down on the bench, next to my locker.
"You pick." I say as I reach into my locker. "Anywhere ya want." I tell her. I pull out my other gun out of my duffle bag.
"That little deli on 85th, how 'bout there. Sound good?" She asked.
I look over at her, she's closin' her eyes tightly and shakes her head a few. 'Nother dizzy spell I'm guessin' though it takes longer to pass this time. I wanna say somethin' but I don' wanna start a 'nother fight, not at work. She shakes her head one more time, an' then slowly stands up. From there it's all slow motion. She grabs hold of the locker, tryin' to blance herself, to keep her footin' but she's too weak, an' her body goes limp and falls to the floor. My heart skips a beat, as her head bounces off the wooden bench. "God! Mercedes! Oh my God!" I say as I kneel next to her. I feel the back of her head and it's wet. There's blood on my hand. "Mercedes! C'mon wake up, baby, talk to me." I turn around as Faith walks into the locker room.
"Oh my God Mercedes!" She yells kneelin' on the other side of her. "Bosco what happen?" She asks, as I take Mercedes limp body into my arms.
"I dunno, she jus' passed out. She shook her head a lil' stood up an' jus' passed out." I said cradlin' her body in my arms. I pushed her hair out of her eyes. "Mercedes, c'mon talk to me Hun, please talk to me." I said shakin' her lightly tryin' to get her to come 'round. "Faith, what'd I do? She unconscious I can't get her to wake up." I fell a tear roll down my cheek as I look down at her cold, lifeless body. I feel for a pulse, it's there but barely. "Mercedes..." I look up at Faith jus' as Sewrksy walks through the door, guess he heard the commotion an' what not. He looks ahead before lookin' down at me an' my sister.
"Boscorelli what the hell is going on here!" He says still lookin' down at me holdin' the locker room door open.
I pull Mercedes closer to me "Lieu, I don' know she jus' passed out, hit her head on the way down." I say as I feel her blood soak through my pants.
"Is she breathing?" He asks.
"Barely." I say as I rock her a bit, lookin' down. Her face is pale, she's cold, she's so lifeless. I give her 'nother light shake. "Merc, wake up. C'mon baby, wake up. Talk to me."
Lieu nods. "I'll get help."
"Thanks Lieu." Faith says to him as she takes Mercedes limp body from my arms. She puts a towel under her head as she lays her body on the locker room floor. I run my hands over my face, leavin' a few streaks of blood, from where my hand was on her head. My heart races, I'm scared to death for her. She still hasn't waken up yet, she's still lifeless. I take her hand in mine an' rub the top of it. "Mercedes I'm right here, I ain't leavin' ya. Okay help will be here soon, okay. Every things goin' be a'ight. Jus' stay with me." I say to her hopin' she can hear me. I kiss the back of her hand an' look up as Kim an' Alex come in, with Lieu behind them. Faith pulls me away from Mercedes. I keep holdin' on to her hand 'till the last second possible.
"C'mon Bosco, let 'em work on her okay." Faith tells me softly, still pullin' me away from her.
"I'm still here Merc, I'm still here."
"What happen?" Kim asks me.
"She jus' passed out, she stood up an' tried to hold herself up, but jus' fell. She hit her head on the bench over there." I say rubbin' my temples tryin' to keep from breakin' down in front of every one.
Kim looks at Alex. "Theres no pulse." I hear her say. It was like I was hit by a truck. My sister had no pulse, she was lyin' there dead. I feel to my knees, I couldn't keep it in anymore. "MERCEDES!" I yell out tears fallin' down my cheeks. "Please don' die, please stay with us, come back to me." I yell to her. Faith tries to pull me from the locker room. But I won't let her.
"Bosco! They need space!" I hear Sewrksy say. "You can wait outside the door, okay." He says helpin' Faith pull me out of the locker room. I try to fight them but I'm in such shock I can't.
"I love ya brat. I love ya." I say to her as the pull me into the hall. Everyone stares but I don' care. My baby sister is in there dyin'.
The locker room door opens and I see Mercedes lyin' limp, lifeless, and still not breathin' on the stretcher. Kim is on top of her doin' CPR.
"Faith can ya give us a hand?" Alex ask as she struggles to pull the stretcher.
Faith looks at me and nods. I follow close behind not takin' my eyes off my sister for anythin'.
"She'll be okay Bosco." I hear Lieu tell me as he puts his hand on my shoulder tryin' to reassure me.
"It won't be okay until she's breathin' again, it's won't be okay 'till then." I tell him as I follow behind Mercedes. "I'm still here Hun, Mo's still here." I cry out to her. Tears still comin' down my face.
They load Mercedes up in the back of the bus, she still isn't breathin'.
"I'll meet ya at Mercy Bos." Faith says to me as she hurries to the RMP.
I hear her but say nothin' as I jump into the bus closin' the door behind me. Still watchin' Kim do CPR on my sister. I can see the look in her face, I can tell it's bad. I jus' pray to God, it ain't that bad. I pray to him not to take my baby sister away.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. I only wish I could.
Faith an' I were on our way back to the precinct, it was almost dinner time an' I was hopin' Mercedes was still goin' to meet us for dinner. I tried callin' her but she didn't answer. Which really didn't mean anythin'. She could'a been in the shower or somethin'. We get to the precinct and its 5:45pm, believe it or not Mercedes is there. Kinda surprised too, I figured, she'd stand me up jus' so she didn't have to eat in front of me. But she's there. I walk in an' smile at her. "Hey you, glad you made it."
"Yea, I said I was goin' to come, so. Ya know." She says with a shrug.
"Okay I gotta get somethin' from my locker." I tell her, noddin' for her to follow me. She really shouldn't be in the locker room, but I'm not plannin' on stayin' in there long I jus' wanna grab somethin' from my locker.
"So where we goin' to eat?" She asks followin' me into the locker room sittin' down on the bench, next to my locker.
"You pick." I say as I reach into my locker. "Anywhere ya want." I tell her. I pull out my other gun out of my duffle bag.
"That little deli on 85th, how 'bout there. Sound good?" She asked.
I look over at her, she's closin' her eyes tightly and shakes her head a few. 'Nother dizzy spell I'm guessin' though it takes longer to pass this time. I wanna say somethin' but I don' wanna start a 'nother fight, not at work. She shakes her head one more time, an' then slowly stands up. From there it's all slow motion. She grabs hold of the locker, tryin' to blance herself, to keep her footin' but she's too weak, an' her body goes limp and falls to the floor. My heart skips a beat, as her head bounces off the wooden bench. "God! Mercedes! Oh my God!" I say as I kneel next to her. I feel the back of her head and it's wet. There's blood on my hand. "Mercedes! C'mon wake up, baby, talk to me." I turn around as Faith walks into the locker room.
"Oh my God Mercedes!" She yells kneelin' on the other side of her. "Bosco what happen?" She asks, as I take Mercedes limp body into my arms.
"I dunno, she jus' passed out. She shook her head a lil' stood up an' jus' passed out." I said cradlin' her body in my arms. I pushed her hair out of her eyes. "Mercedes, c'mon talk to me Hun, please talk to me." I said shakin' her lightly tryin' to get her to come 'round. "Faith, what'd I do? She unconscious I can't get her to wake up." I fell a tear roll down my cheek as I look down at her cold, lifeless body. I feel for a pulse, it's there but barely. "Mercedes..." I look up at Faith jus' as Sewrksy walks through the door, guess he heard the commotion an' what not. He looks ahead before lookin' down at me an' my sister.
"Boscorelli what the hell is going on here!" He says still lookin' down at me holdin' the locker room door open.
I pull Mercedes closer to me "Lieu, I don' know she jus' passed out, hit her head on the way down." I say as I feel her blood soak through my pants.
"Is she breathing?" He asks.
"Barely." I say as I rock her a bit, lookin' down. Her face is pale, she's cold, she's so lifeless. I give her 'nother light shake. "Merc, wake up. C'mon baby, wake up. Talk to me."
Lieu nods. "I'll get help."
"Thanks Lieu." Faith says to him as she takes Mercedes limp body from my arms. She puts a towel under her head as she lays her body on the locker room floor. I run my hands over my face, leavin' a few streaks of blood, from where my hand was on her head. My heart races, I'm scared to death for her. She still hasn't waken up yet, she's still lifeless. I take her hand in mine an' rub the top of it. "Mercedes I'm right here, I ain't leavin' ya. Okay help will be here soon, okay. Every things goin' be a'ight. Jus' stay with me." I say to her hopin' she can hear me. I kiss the back of her hand an' look up as Kim an' Alex come in, with Lieu behind them. Faith pulls me away from Mercedes. I keep holdin' on to her hand 'till the last second possible.
"C'mon Bosco, let 'em work on her okay." Faith tells me softly, still pullin' me away from her.
"I'm still here Merc, I'm still here."
"What happen?" Kim asks me.
"She jus' passed out, she stood up an' tried to hold herself up, but jus' fell. She hit her head on the bench over there." I say rubbin' my temples tryin' to keep from breakin' down in front of every one.
Kim looks at Alex. "Theres no pulse." I hear her say. It was like I was hit by a truck. My sister had no pulse, she was lyin' there dead. I feel to my knees, I couldn't keep it in anymore. "MERCEDES!" I yell out tears fallin' down my cheeks. "Please don' die, please stay with us, come back to me." I yell to her. Faith tries to pull me from the locker room. But I won't let her.
"Bosco! They need space!" I hear Sewrksy say. "You can wait outside the door, okay." He says helpin' Faith pull me out of the locker room. I try to fight them but I'm in such shock I can't.
"I love ya brat. I love ya." I say to her as the pull me into the hall. Everyone stares but I don' care. My baby sister is in there dyin'.
The locker room door opens and I see Mercedes lyin' limp, lifeless, and still not breathin' on the stretcher. Kim is on top of her doin' CPR.
"Faith can ya give us a hand?" Alex ask as she struggles to pull the stretcher.
Faith looks at me and nods. I follow close behind not takin' my eyes off my sister for anythin'.
"She'll be okay Bosco." I hear Lieu tell me as he puts his hand on my shoulder tryin' to reassure me.
"It won't be okay until she's breathin' again, it's won't be okay 'till then." I tell him as I follow behind Mercedes. "I'm still here Hun, Mo's still here." I cry out to her. Tears still comin' down my face.
They load Mercedes up in the back of the bus, she still isn't breathin'.
"I'll meet ya at Mercy Bos." Faith says to me as she hurries to the RMP.
I hear her but say nothin' as I jump into the bus closin' the door behind me. Still watchin' Kim do CPR on my sister. I can see the look in her face, I can tell it's bad. I jus' pray to God, it ain't that bad. I pray to him not to take my baby sister away.