Title: Family Matters Chapter 22
Author: Fyre
Category: Drama/Angst
Email: Boscosbabe55@bellsouth.net
AIM: ToriBoscorelli
Spoilers: My Take on 'Childhood Memories' this now takes place after 'Falling' and 'The Greater Good'
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero and NBC. Those lucky bastards. I'm only renting them for a while, I plan to be kind a rewind
when I return them.
Summary: Bosco finds out a shocking secret concerning the health of his sister.
A/N: Someone talked me into bringing this story back and doing more with it. So I did. Please keep up the R&R's it really gives me ideas, you may not think that they help, but trust me they do.
I managed to get through the night with out Mercedes throwing up, but I knew it still wasn't over yet. I knew I should have taken her to the hospital, I knew she was sick, but when I thought 'bout it, it was like an anvil on my chest that I wouldn't get off. Picturin' Mercedes in the hospital was somethin' I jus' couldn't do and didn't want to do.
It was 'round 9am, when there was a knock at the door. I had already been up, but Mercedes was still asleep. I quickly answered it not wanting to have it wake her up. I peered out the peep hole an' saw Faith standin' at my door.
"Hey." I said giving her a small smile as I opened the door.
"Hey yourself." She said softly. "Jus' came bye to see how you were doin' Did you take her yet?"
I shook my head. "No--no she's still asleep." I closed the door behind her as she came in. "I'm not takin' her Faith. I can't do it."
Faith gives me a stern look. "Bosco, is she's throwing up blood you have to. That's real bad Bosco."
"I'm takin' sometime off of work, an' I'm goin' to help her."
She shakes her head. "No--she needs to be in the hospital Bosco. You can't be with her 24/7, you just can't. She needs to get back to the hospital."
I run my hands through my hair, resting my head in my hands afterwards. "I can't Faith, I jus' can't."
She puts a reassuring hand on my back and speaks softly. "It's only goin' to get worse before it get's better Bos." She rubbed my back. "You are only one man, you can only do so much. This--what Mercedes has, isn't something that can be taking lying down. It needs to be taking care of quickly, and harshly. By trained professionals." She says. I know she's right, but I don' know if she understands.
"Her whole life I've always been there Faith. To protect her from all the evil in the world, to keep her from gettin' hurt. I kept my old man from her as much as possible. Every time he'd hurt her, it would hurt me, 'cause all I wanted to do was keep her safe, not have her go through what I went through. I couldn't I couldn't keep that monster away from her. Then when I was in the rangers....that was the hardest part. Knowin' I wasn't there to keep her from harm, to keep him from hurtin' her." I clenched my hands together in a fist keepin' all my anger at bay, as best as I could. "No I'm here Faith an' I can keep her from harm, this is my chance."
Faith nods. "Bosco, the you can help her is by getting her to the hospital. She's sick, very sick. Throwing up blood...Bosco that's a serious and deadly thing."
I look up at Faith, my eyes rimming with tears. "I don' wanna lose her Faith--I can't lose her, she's my world Faith, without her I'm nothin'"
She squeezes my shoulder. "I know Bosco, this why you need to get her help....serious help."
"But I already told her she didn't have to go. I don' want her hatin' me." I point to myself. "I don' want her to hate me for takin' her there." I look into Faith eyes, they are the most comforting thing at the time. "How did I tell her? What do I say to her?" I asked, scared, confused an' lost.
"I'll talk to her; if you want. When she wakes up." She says holding my hand. "Just as long as you get her the help she needs."
I nod, afraid to talk, afraid of losing it in front of her. I squeeze Faith hand back as a show of thanks.
"Go call the hospital Bosco, and your Mother." She says. "She should get checked in as soon as possible."