Chapter 14
"Bosco."
He opened his eyes.
Faith was standing over him.
Bosco blinked a couple of times, then turned and sat up do that he was looking at Faith.
"Bosco, Lieu wants you in his office," Faith said to him as she headed over to her locker.
"OK Thanks," Bosco replied standing up slowly.
"Boz is everything OK with you?" Faith asked him.
"Yea why?" he said, rubbing his eyes.
His head was starting to really pound again.
"Why? Because you just haven't been acting like yourself yesterday and today and if something is going on that is gonna affect us then I need to know," she responded.
"I'm fine Faith, nothing is going on," he whispered hoarsely as he headed out the door to the Lieutenant's office.
Faith knew better though.
She had been around Bosco long enough to sense that something was going on with him, and she was not gonna put up with his crap for long.
She was gonna find out what the hell his problem was today or else he was gonna be riding alone for the rest of the week.
Faith sat down at her locker.
As much as she wanted to be pissed off at Bosco for acting like an ass all day, Faith had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach that something just wasn't right at all with Bosco.
Luckily for Bosco, he wasn't in any trouble, all that Lieu had wanted was to ask him was if he was interested in pulling a double shift that night, with the second one running Narcotics around town for a big raid they were setting up.
Surprisingly to the Lieutenant Bosco declined, politely, saying that he needed to catch up on some sleep but if they still needed help tomorrow he was willing to do it then.
Lieu was dumbfounded.
Bosco was one of, of not the most glory hungry, dedicated cops in his precinct, willing to help out anyone anytime, especially when it came to other departments, and declining a chance to work with narcotics on a case meant that something was wrong.
Lieu made a mental note to talk to Faith about him after roll call.
Bosco went back into the locker room to finish getting ready for shift before roll call and tried like hell to ignore both Faith and his stomach, which was grumbling so loud he thought for sure someone was gonna notice.
He stuck his head in his locker, pretending to be looking for something when Ty came over to him and started talking.
"Hey, Bosco you notice that weird smell in here?" Ty said, "It smells to me like a bar bathroom, like puke, but no one else seems to notice, if you smell it then I know I am not going nuts," he joked.
"Huh, no I don't smell anything Davis, what are you talking about?" Bosco lied.
Bosco was already agitated and didn't want anyone finding out that it was he would had caused the smell in the bathroom!
"Well, you were in here earlier so I thought maybe you had seen something," Davis responded.
"Nah man, no one was in here."
Bosco immediately stopped himself.
"I mean I didn't see anything at all, Sorry" he said to Davis.
When Bosco said that, Faith looked over at him.
"He is not telling Davis something," Faith thought.
Bosco never stumbles over words unless he is lying through his teeth or trying to pull one over on someone.
The only thing is, it was so subtle that Davis didn't notice.
No one knew her partner like she did.
All the little things.
Faith's brain started kicking into high gear.
"It does kind of smell bad in here," she thought, "more than its usual nasty locker room smell."
"Bosco was in here all by himself earlier, and he had been so sick yesterday in the alley."
It was all starting to make sense to Faith now.
"He must have gotten sick at the restaurant too," Faith thought, "and that explains why he drove like a madman to get here."
Bosco was sick and he was trying to act like he wasn't and hide it.
Well, his little acting days were over now that Faith had a clue about it.
Faith sighed.
She actually felt really bad for him.
She never understood why some men couldn't admit weakness when they were sick or hurt, they always ended up running themselves into the ground and becoming even worse than they started out at.
Well, Faith wasn't about to let that happen to Bosco, more for her sanity than anything else, but she had seen him deal with enough pain in his day, and didn't want that to happen to him again.
She looked at him in roll call-he looked really pale and listless.
Well, he was usually pale, Faith chuckled to herself, for being Italian he didn't have much color, but he still didn't look like himself today.
"Faith I need to speak with you" The Lieutenant said as roll call started to break up.
"I'll get the radios and be in the car" Bosco said to Faith as he breezed by her, eager to avoid the confrontation he knew was inevitable.
"Faith I'll make this quick" Lieu said to her.
"It's about Bosco-is he all right?" I sense that something is going on there."
"Yea Lieu, he's OK" Faith replied, not wanting to give too much away but kind of startled that the Lieutenant had even noticed. "I think he is just tired, I am sure he will be fine."
"OK, because he turned down the opportunity for a double shift tonight with the Narcotics squad by personal request, and that is more than a little unusual for him" Lieu said, "I just wanted to make sure everything was all right with you two."
Faith was stunned.
"Yea Lieu I'll keep my eye on him," she replied "Thanks," and with that she left the room.
Faith walked out to the RMP concerned that whatever was going on with Bosco was possibly more serious than she had originally thought.
For Bosco to turn down another department's request for help was unheard of, especially narcotics, with whom he had close ties since his brother got popped a couple of times selling dope in their precinct last year.
Bosco was sitting in the passenger's side of the car, another sign to Faith that something was up, because they always split the driving, and she had driven yesterday too even though it was Bosco's day to drive.
Faith got into the driver's side, and started the car.
For what was possibly the first time since she had met him, Faith was unsure how to approach talking to Bosco, and he sure wasn't talking, so they started the shift in silence.
"Bosco."
He opened his eyes.
Faith was standing over him.
Bosco blinked a couple of times, then turned and sat up do that he was looking at Faith.
"Bosco, Lieu wants you in his office," Faith said to him as she headed over to her locker.
"OK Thanks," Bosco replied standing up slowly.
"Boz is everything OK with you?" Faith asked him.
"Yea why?" he said, rubbing his eyes.
His head was starting to really pound again.
"Why? Because you just haven't been acting like yourself yesterday and today and if something is going on that is gonna affect us then I need to know," she responded.
"I'm fine Faith, nothing is going on," he whispered hoarsely as he headed out the door to the Lieutenant's office.
Faith knew better though.
She had been around Bosco long enough to sense that something was going on with him, and she was not gonna put up with his crap for long.
She was gonna find out what the hell his problem was today or else he was gonna be riding alone for the rest of the week.
Faith sat down at her locker.
As much as she wanted to be pissed off at Bosco for acting like an ass all day, Faith had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach that something just wasn't right at all with Bosco.
Luckily for Bosco, he wasn't in any trouble, all that Lieu had wanted was to ask him was if he was interested in pulling a double shift that night, with the second one running Narcotics around town for a big raid they were setting up.
Surprisingly to the Lieutenant Bosco declined, politely, saying that he needed to catch up on some sleep but if they still needed help tomorrow he was willing to do it then.
Lieu was dumbfounded.
Bosco was one of, of not the most glory hungry, dedicated cops in his precinct, willing to help out anyone anytime, especially when it came to other departments, and declining a chance to work with narcotics on a case meant that something was wrong.
Lieu made a mental note to talk to Faith about him after roll call.
Bosco went back into the locker room to finish getting ready for shift before roll call and tried like hell to ignore both Faith and his stomach, which was grumbling so loud he thought for sure someone was gonna notice.
He stuck his head in his locker, pretending to be looking for something when Ty came over to him and started talking.
"Hey, Bosco you notice that weird smell in here?" Ty said, "It smells to me like a bar bathroom, like puke, but no one else seems to notice, if you smell it then I know I am not going nuts," he joked.
"Huh, no I don't smell anything Davis, what are you talking about?" Bosco lied.
Bosco was already agitated and didn't want anyone finding out that it was he would had caused the smell in the bathroom!
"Well, you were in here earlier so I thought maybe you had seen something," Davis responded.
"Nah man, no one was in here."
Bosco immediately stopped himself.
"I mean I didn't see anything at all, Sorry" he said to Davis.
When Bosco said that, Faith looked over at him.
"He is not telling Davis something," Faith thought.
Bosco never stumbles over words unless he is lying through his teeth or trying to pull one over on someone.
The only thing is, it was so subtle that Davis didn't notice.
No one knew her partner like she did.
All the little things.
Faith's brain started kicking into high gear.
"It does kind of smell bad in here," she thought, "more than its usual nasty locker room smell."
"Bosco was in here all by himself earlier, and he had been so sick yesterday in the alley."
It was all starting to make sense to Faith now.
"He must have gotten sick at the restaurant too," Faith thought, "and that explains why he drove like a madman to get here."
Bosco was sick and he was trying to act like he wasn't and hide it.
Well, his little acting days were over now that Faith had a clue about it.
Faith sighed.
She actually felt really bad for him.
She never understood why some men couldn't admit weakness when they were sick or hurt, they always ended up running themselves into the ground and becoming even worse than they started out at.
Well, Faith wasn't about to let that happen to Bosco, more for her sanity than anything else, but she had seen him deal with enough pain in his day, and didn't want that to happen to him again.
She looked at him in roll call-he looked really pale and listless.
Well, he was usually pale, Faith chuckled to herself, for being Italian he didn't have much color, but he still didn't look like himself today.
"Faith I need to speak with you" The Lieutenant said as roll call started to break up.
"I'll get the radios and be in the car" Bosco said to Faith as he breezed by her, eager to avoid the confrontation he knew was inevitable.
"Faith I'll make this quick" Lieu said to her.
"It's about Bosco-is he all right?" I sense that something is going on there."
"Yea Lieu, he's OK" Faith replied, not wanting to give too much away but kind of startled that the Lieutenant had even noticed. "I think he is just tired, I am sure he will be fine."
"OK, because he turned down the opportunity for a double shift tonight with the Narcotics squad by personal request, and that is more than a little unusual for him" Lieu said, "I just wanted to make sure everything was all right with you two."
Faith was stunned.
"Yea Lieu I'll keep my eye on him," she replied "Thanks," and with that she left the room.
Faith walked out to the RMP concerned that whatever was going on with Bosco was possibly more serious than she had originally thought.
For Bosco to turn down another department's request for help was unheard of, especially narcotics, with whom he had close ties since his brother got popped a couple of times selling dope in their precinct last year.
Bosco was sitting in the passenger's side of the car, another sign to Faith that something was up, because they always split the driving, and she had driven yesterday too even though it was Bosco's day to drive.
Faith got into the driver's side, and started the car.
For what was possibly the first time since she had met him, Faith was unsure how to approach talking to Bosco, and he sure wasn't talking, so they started the shift in silence.