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At the Bar...
Faith, Ty Sully and Bosco walked in. They were immediately meet with the greetings from their EMS and Fire buddies who had already made themselves at home around a couple of tables.
"What's everyone having?" Ty asked as he made his way to get the drinks in.
"We're good" Kim answered for those already seated.
"Just a coke for me" Sully replied.
"Beer would be good" Faith nodded at Ty.
"Yeah beer, please" Bosco looked around to see who was actually there. His eyes meet Kim's, she smiled at him, he sheepishly smiled back.
"How you doing Bosco?" Carlos was to the point.
"Fine, I'm fine!!" Bosco definitely didn't want to talk about it.
"You sure?" Kim asked after seeing his not so convincing smile.
"Trust me I'm fine, now could everyone stop asking me!" Bosco was already getting stressed at being asked that question and he had only been there two minutes.
"Yeah don't want to piss you off, you might set someone on fire!" Everyone looked at Doc, as the words came out of his mouth.
"Doc?" Faith twisted her face in shock. Bosco stood there, not believing what he just heard, surely to God Doc didn't just say that, not even as a joke.
Ty came back to the tables "Hey what's up?" he looked at everyone realising he just walked into silence.
Bosco stepped back and began to walk away.
"Bosco?" Faith called after him.
"Going to hit the head" was his reply as he made his way to the back of the bar.
"Shit Doc, what'd you say that for" Jimmy asked in disbelief.
"Come on, don't tell me he can't take a joke" Doc blurted out.
"A joke??? What is up with you Doc??? Bosco saw a girl burn to death right in front of him. A joke??" Faith shook her head, wanting Doc to explain him self.
"You KNOW what I mean!" Doc replied trying now to avoid going into detail.
Yes they were all there, witnesses to the horrific incident but they all knew the affect it would have had on anyone of them being that up close and personal, well apparently not Doc that is!
"We staying here for another?" Carlos asked trying to change the subject as he saw Ty give out the drinks to Sully and Faith.
"Yeah, they've just got here" Jimmy said pointing in the direction of the police officers.
Bosco came out of the restroom, he looked at the people across the bar, he couldn't bring himself to go back to them, not yet. He saw a table just off to his left and went to take up residence. As he sat contemplating, he fiddled with his bandage, wincing when he felt his burned skin grate against it. His hand stung like hell, but it was nothing compared to the pain he felt within.
"Hey man I thought you wanted this" Ty said placing the bottle of beer down in front of him.
"Thanks" Bosco said not even looking up.
"You ok?" Ty had to ask.
"No offence Ty, but I just need to be left alone. Ok" Bosco softly answered.
"Sure thing!" Ty didn't really know what else to say, he knew he couldn't magic away the hurt his friend felt, so he did as he was asked and headed back to the others.
The emergency personnel sat around the tables trying to drink the night away. Shunning away if they could from the shifts event.
"Jimmy what took you so long, you've been forever!" Carlos remarked at the time it had taken for Jimmy to get the next lot of drinks.
"Don't blame me, girl behind the bar can't serve for shit!!" Jimmy responded, "man could die of thirst, Ty, you should of gone, she seemed to like you!" The drink was flowing quite well now, Jimmy hadn't bothered to get Bosco another, he knew Ty had given him his first and only drink a while back and from what he could tell Bosco hadn't touched a drop.
Jimmy sat down with the drinks for everyone "Is he going to be ok?" he asked, referring to the solitary figure sitting in the corner of the bar.
"I don't know, he hasn't moved for about twenty minutes" Faith said looking across the room at her partner for the umpteenth time "he's got a lot to sort out in that head of his" the anxiety she felt for her partner was nothing compared to what he would be feeling.
"Someone at least should check on him again?" Kim suggested with concern.
"No I've tried, he just wants to be left alone" Ty answered "guess he wants to be here but not, if you know what I mean?"
"It's affected us all, we were all there, I was only stood a few metres back from him and saw what he did!" Doc stated "I saw how the girl looked after Jimmy put the flames out"
"I only wish we could have done something sooner" Jimmy looked down knowing there was actually nothing more he could of done.
"Yeah but I'm guessing, after trying for God knows how long to stop that son of bitch from torching his girlfriend, then to see her burn to death RIGHT in front of you, screaming YOUR name for help, and there's nothing you can do, you're not gonna be right after that" Sully broke in, trying to justify for Bosco.
"If only" Bosco brought his right forefinger and thumb to his eyes, trying to rub away the visions burned into his mind. He moved his hand over his head; turning slightly in the direction of his colleagues. He glanced briefly at them knowing each of them had judge him, were judging him, he turned back to his beer, holding it securely now to the table with both hands. "If only"
"He should talk to someone, professional ya know" Carlos was the only one to see the Officer look in their direction, he saw the look of despair on Boscos face, he couldn't even begin to imagine what was going through his mind.
Bosco seemed to be looking at nothing, but tears welled in his eyes as he saw yet again the girl in front of him. He took in a deep breath and slowly let it out bringing his head down so his forehead came to a rest on the rim of the bottle. "Shit, why me?" He asked himself, trying to find the answers to the many questions in his head. "If I see that prick again I'll shoot the fucking son of a bitch!"
"Bosco?" Ty heard what his friend had said as he was making his way to the restroom, "man are you ok?
Bosco was startled; he lifted his head to see a concerned looking Ty "yeah fine, just thinking what I'd do if I ever see that jagoff again"
"You don't mean that Bos" Ty hoped at least that Bosco didn't.
"Yeah I do!" Bosco moved to get up "look I'm going I can't stay here anymore, tell them I've gone and I'll go out the back door!"
"Bosco wait I'll come with you" Ty fidgeted not really knowing if he should actually go.
"No seriously Davis, stay! I've got some shit to figure out alone" Bosco patted Ty on the back and headed for the back door.
"Bosco?" Faith called after him. Having seen him get up she went over to see what was going on.
"PLEASE WOULD YOU ALL JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Bosco now had had enough of peoples concern for him. He just wanted to go and make sense of things by himself.
Ty and Faith looked at each other as the door out to the alley shut behind the leaving officer.
"Should we go after him?" Ty asked.
"No I don't think that would help him now, he is too worked up, he'll just go home and try to forget about it" Faith answered like she knew the man too well "come on, lets get back to the others he'll be alright!"
The door shut behind him, as he stepped out into the alley. He wanted to scream, he wanted to let out every bit of frustration he had, he wanted so badly to kill that son of a bitch, perhaps meet him in an alley, then pull the trigger, world would be a better place!! He kicked at the garbage in his way as he circled round and round. Shouting "why me, son of bitch, if I ever see you again, I'll kill your fucking sorry ass!" as he again kicked out, throwing his arms up to the heavens beckoning for some sort of help! He cried out "I can't take it anymore, why me, why me!" He swung out his foot and made contact with a garbage can sending it crashing into the wall. He stood staring into nothing yet again, tears rolling freely down his cheeks. He held out his hand and touched the wall. Pushing his back into it, he made no attempt to keep standing; he slid down the wall ending up unceremoniously on his arse. He buried his head in his knees and hugged his legs, crying uncontrollably.
He didn't know if it was him; but he heard a noise, sounding like a cry for help. Hell he thought it probably was him until he noticed some movement from the garbage can. He wiped the tears away from his eyes, waiting to see what was going to appear.
"meeeooowww" a high-pitched noise came from a little bundle of black fur. Bosco stared at the moving black thing, trying to figure out what the hell it was.
"What the fuck?" he asked as he sniffed and again wiped the tears away.
"meeeoooooowwww" again the noise.
Bosco bent over to pick it up. Taking a careful hold he saw the little black bundle was indeed a tiny kitten. "Hello little fella" he said as he tapped it on the noise "you been hiding in those shadows trying to scare the life out of me" Bosco who moments earlier was crying his heart out, found himself with a smile on his face. "You lost? I feel lost tonight, been sitting hear crying, you probably heard that right?"
"meeeoooowww"
"Yeah you heard, not the done thing, I mean a man crying, well if you saw what I did, then you'd know" Bosco hung his head briefly remembering, having the kitten safely cradled in both hands, he looked back at it "but you don't want to hear my sad story do you?"
Bosco laughed as he looked at the ball of fluff, "you're not gonna ask me if I feel ok either are you?"
"meeoooowww" came the response.
"Good, well that's sorted between us then. Friends can be the biggest pains in the ass!!!" Bosco said lifting himself from the floor.
"Ouch, you little..." Bosco pulled his left hand away as the kitten tried to play with the bandage "guess you don't care what happened do ya little fella!"
Bosco looked at the kitten and couldn't help but smile, his heart melting with the innocence of it, "I'm sure you're too young to be out and about, I gonna take you home, got to give you a name though" Bosco carried on talking to the kitten as he now made his way home "Hope! I'll call you Hope, no hold on you can't be Hope if you're a boy" Bosco pulled up the tail to see if he could tell the sex "hahaha I have no idea what I'm looking for!! Ok I'm going to call you Shadow, oh yeah Shadow I love that!! You came out of the shadows scared the life out of me, that's a good name!!!" Bosco smiled pleased with himself, he found someone that wasn't going to judge him.
At the Bar...
Faith, Ty Sully and Bosco walked in. They were immediately meet with the greetings from their EMS and Fire buddies who had already made themselves at home around a couple of tables.
"What's everyone having?" Ty asked as he made his way to get the drinks in.
"We're good" Kim answered for those already seated.
"Just a coke for me" Sully replied.
"Beer would be good" Faith nodded at Ty.
"Yeah beer, please" Bosco looked around to see who was actually there. His eyes meet Kim's, she smiled at him, he sheepishly smiled back.
"How you doing Bosco?" Carlos was to the point.
"Fine, I'm fine!!" Bosco definitely didn't want to talk about it.
"You sure?" Kim asked after seeing his not so convincing smile.
"Trust me I'm fine, now could everyone stop asking me!" Bosco was already getting stressed at being asked that question and he had only been there two minutes.
"Yeah don't want to piss you off, you might set someone on fire!" Everyone looked at Doc, as the words came out of his mouth.
"Doc?" Faith twisted her face in shock. Bosco stood there, not believing what he just heard, surely to God Doc didn't just say that, not even as a joke.
Ty came back to the tables "Hey what's up?" he looked at everyone realising he just walked into silence.
Bosco stepped back and began to walk away.
"Bosco?" Faith called after him.
"Going to hit the head" was his reply as he made his way to the back of the bar.
"Shit Doc, what'd you say that for" Jimmy asked in disbelief.
"Come on, don't tell me he can't take a joke" Doc blurted out.
"A joke??? What is up with you Doc??? Bosco saw a girl burn to death right in front of him. A joke??" Faith shook her head, wanting Doc to explain him self.
"You KNOW what I mean!" Doc replied trying now to avoid going into detail.
Yes they were all there, witnesses to the horrific incident but they all knew the affect it would have had on anyone of them being that up close and personal, well apparently not Doc that is!
"We staying here for another?" Carlos asked trying to change the subject as he saw Ty give out the drinks to Sully and Faith.
"Yeah, they've just got here" Jimmy said pointing in the direction of the police officers.
Bosco came out of the restroom, he looked at the people across the bar, he couldn't bring himself to go back to them, not yet. He saw a table just off to his left and went to take up residence. As he sat contemplating, he fiddled with his bandage, wincing when he felt his burned skin grate against it. His hand stung like hell, but it was nothing compared to the pain he felt within.
"Hey man I thought you wanted this" Ty said placing the bottle of beer down in front of him.
"Thanks" Bosco said not even looking up.
"You ok?" Ty had to ask.
"No offence Ty, but I just need to be left alone. Ok" Bosco softly answered.
"Sure thing!" Ty didn't really know what else to say, he knew he couldn't magic away the hurt his friend felt, so he did as he was asked and headed back to the others.
The emergency personnel sat around the tables trying to drink the night away. Shunning away if they could from the shifts event.
"Jimmy what took you so long, you've been forever!" Carlos remarked at the time it had taken for Jimmy to get the next lot of drinks.
"Don't blame me, girl behind the bar can't serve for shit!!" Jimmy responded, "man could die of thirst, Ty, you should of gone, she seemed to like you!" The drink was flowing quite well now, Jimmy hadn't bothered to get Bosco another, he knew Ty had given him his first and only drink a while back and from what he could tell Bosco hadn't touched a drop.
Jimmy sat down with the drinks for everyone "Is he going to be ok?" he asked, referring to the solitary figure sitting in the corner of the bar.
"I don't know, he hasn't moved for about twenty minutes" Faith said looking across the room at her partner for the umpteenth time "he's got a lot to sort out in that head of his" the anxiety she felt for her partner was nothing compared to what he would be feeling.
"Someone at least should check on him again?" Kim suggested with concern.
"No I've tried, he just wants to be left alone" Ty answered "guess he wants to be here but not, if you know what I mean?"
"It's affected us all, we were all there, I was only stood a few metres back from him and saw what he did!" Doc stated "I saw how the girl looked after Jimmy put the flames out"
"I only wish we could have done something sooner" Jimmy looked down knowing there was actually nothing more he could of done.
"Yeah but I'm guessing, after trying for God knows how long to stop that son of bitch from torching his girlfriend, then to see her burn to death RIGHT in front of you, screaming YOUR name for help, and there's nothing you can do, you're not gonna be right after that" Sully broke in, trying to justify for Bosco.
"If only" Bosco brought his right forefinger and thumb to his eyes, trying to rub away the visions burned into his mind. He moved his hand over his head; turning slightly in the direction of his colleagues. He glanced briefly at them knowing each of them had judge him, were judging him, he turned back to his beer, holding it securely now to the table with both hands. "If only"
"He should talk to someone, professional ya know" Carlos was the only one to see the Officer look in their direction, he saw the look of despair on Boscos face, he couldn't even begin to imagine what was going through his mind.
Bosco seemed to be looking at nothing, but tears welled in his eyes as he saw yet again the girl in front of him. He took in a deep breath and slowly let it out bringing his head down so his forehead came to a rest on the rim of the bottle. "Shit, why me?" He asked himself, trying to find the answers to the many questions in his head. "If I see that prick again I'll shoot the fucking son of a bitch!"
"Bosco?" Ty heard what his friend had said as he was making his way to the restroom, "man are you ok?
Bosco was startled; he lifted his head to see a concerned looking Ty "yeah fine, just thinking what I'd do if I ever see that jagoff again"
"You don't mean that Bos" Ty hoped at least that Bosco didn't.
"Yeah I do!" Bosco moved to get up "look I'm going I can't stay here anymore, tell them I've gone and I'll go out the back door!"
"Bosco wait I'll come with you" Ty fidgeted not really knowing if he should actually go.
"No seriously Davis, stay! I've got some shit to figure out alone" Bosco patted Ty on the back and headed for the back door.
"Bosco?" Faith called after him. Having seen him get up she went over to see what was going on.
"PLEASE WOULD YOU ALL JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Bosco now had had enough of peoples concern for him. He just wanted to go and make sense of things by himself.
Ty and Faith looked at each other as the door out to the alley shut behind the leaving officer.
"Should we go after him?" Ty asked.
"No I don't think that would help him now, he is too worked up, he'll just go home and try to forget about it" Faith answered like she knew the man too well "come on, lets get back to the others he'll be alright!"
The door shut behind him, as he stepped out into the alley. He wanted to scream, he wanted to let out every bit of frustration he had, he wanted so badly to kill that son of a bitch, perhaps meet him in an alley, then pull the trigger, world would be a better place!! He kicked at the garbage in his way as he circled round and round. Shouting "why me, son of bitch, if I ever see you again, I'll kill your fucking sorry ass!" as he again kicked out, throwing his arms up to the heavens beckoning for some sort of help! He cried out "I can't take it anymore, why me, why me!" He swung out his foot and made contact with a garbage can sending it crashing into the wall. He stood staring into nothing yet again, tears rolling freely down his cheeks. He held out his hand and touched the wall. Pushing his back into it, he made no attempt to keep standing; he slid down the wall ending up unceremoniously on his arse. He buried his head in his knees and hugged his legs, crying uncontrollably.
He didn't know if it was him; but he heard a noise, sounding like a cry for help. Hell he thought it probably was him until he noticed some movement from the garbage can. He wiped the tears away from his eyes, waiting to see what was going to appear.
"meeeooowww" a high-pitched noise came from a little bundle of black fur. Bosco stared at the moving black thing, trying to figure out what the hell it was.
"What the fuck?" he asked as he sniffed and again wiped the tears away.
"meeeoooooowwww" again the noise.
Bosco bent over to pick it up. Taking a careful hold he saw the little black bundle was indeed a tiny kitten. "Hello little fella" he said as he tapped it on the noise "you been hiding in those shadows trying to scare the life out of me" Bosco who moments earlier was crying his heart out, found himself with a smile on his face. "You lost? I feel lost tonight, been sitting hear crying, you probably heard that right?"
"meeeoooowww"
"Yeah you heard, not the done thing, I mean a man crying, well if you saw what I did, then you'd know" Bosco hung his head briefly remembering, having the kitten safely cradled in both hands, he looked back at it "but you don't want to hear my sad story do you?"
Bosco laughed as he looked at the ball of fluff, "you're not gonna ask me if I feel ok either are you?"
"meeoooowww" came the response.
"Good, well that's sorted between us then. Friends can be the biggest pains in the ass!!!" Bosco said lifting himself from the floor.
"Ouch, you little..." Bosco pulled his left hand away as the kitten tried to play with the bandage "guess you don't care what happened do ya little fella!"
Bosco looked at the kitten and couldn't help but smile, his heart melting with the innocence of it, "I'm sure you're too young to be out and about, I gonna take you home, got to give you a name though" Bosco carried on talking to the kitten as he now made his way home "Hope! I'll call you Hope, no hold on you can't be Hope if you're a boy" Bosco pulled up the tail to see if he could tell the sex "hahaha I have no idea what I'm looking for!! Ok I'm going to call you Shadow, oh yeah Shadow I love that!! You came out of the shadows scared the life out of me, that's a good name!!!" Bosco smiled pleased with himself, he found someone that wasn't going to judge him.
