Mercedes woke up the next afternoon to the phone next to her head ringing. Picking it up, she moaned a 'Hello'. Carlos rolled over as she hung up and got out of bed.
"Who was that, Love?" Not answering him she moved to the bathroom to shower. Carlos got out of bed and followed her.
"What's going on? Why are you getting dressed this early? Work doesn't start until 3. It's 10."
"I got called to central. About the news reporter. They want to see me at 11:30 in the Fire Chiefs office." Carlos nodded.
"I'll go with you." He grabbed some clothes.
"No. I'll go. Just meet me at work. I'll be fine." She got in the shower as he sighed, walking out of the bedroom into the hallway. Bosco's door opened as he growled about the phone ringing.
"Why are you up this early?" Bosco looked at Carlos.
"Mercedes got a call. She has to go to the Chiefs office for a meeting about that reporter." Bosco growled. He knew what he did last night, and he hoped that woman dropped whatever charges she filed.
"I'll make some Coffee." Carlos moved past him as he went for the bedroom. Bosco knocked on the bathroom door and asked if she was all right. Getting an answer he went back into his bedroom and shut the door, falling onto his bed.
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At the station, Carlos walked in, passing Doc. Doc saw him and smiled. Carlos went to his locker and got out his work clothes and went upstairs to change. Jimmy watched him go upstairs, wondering where Mercedes was. Moving to Lieu's office, he knocked.
"Come in" Lieu said, looking up.
"Have you heard from Mercedes?" Jimmy asked, curiously. He wanted to make sure she was all right.
"Not yet. Why, isn't she here?" Lieu looked at him, slightly concerned.
"No, and Carlos just came in, without her." Jimmy got nervous as Lieu stood up and went out to get Carlos. Stopping he saw Mercedes walking up the stairs. Her eyes were red-rimmed with tears as she stopped before Lieu and passed him an envelope. Taking it he read it as she moved to her locker. Jimmy followed her, asking her what happened. She said nothing as the firefighters sitting to watch TV stood up. Moving towards her, Carlos came down and saw her cleaning out her locker. She slammed the locker as Lieu grabbed her arm.
"What are you doing?" Lieu looked down at her. He read the notice and shook his head.
"What they told me to do! I've just been fired." With that she struggled out of her grasp, running down the stairs, slamming into Kim and Taylor, who saw her and tried to move. Looking up at the line of firefighters and Paramedics chasing her, they joined, not sure of what was going on. Jimmy got in front and grabbed her arm stopping her before she got to her car. Bosco came out of the precinct with Faith just in time to see Jimmy grab her.
"You can't leave! With Walsh out and Taylor as a Paramedic, we need you!" Mercedes shoved him off of her, and started walking towards her car, slamming into her brother.
"Where are you going?" He looked down to her, blocking her from getting in her car.
"Home! Get out of my way!" Carlos ran besides Jimmy and looked at Bosco.
"Why? What happened?" Bosco looked at her as Lieu walked up.
"I was fired! Get out of my way!" She shoved him with all of the power in her and knocked him back.
"Knock it off!" Lieu jumped in and pulled her back. Stopping her from beating him up, he moved her away form the group. Putting her down he looked down at her.
"We're gunna get you back on the team. It was all a mis-understanding. Trust me, we won't let you go." She looked up at him, then heard her name.
"Mercedes Boscorelli?" Mercedes turned to look at a woman who must have been about her age. She was obviously either a prostitute or a druggie, or both. Looking at her, she carried a bundle in her hands and was dressed in what most consider slutty clothes.
"Yeah. What do you want?" She was pissed, and was tired of people bothering her. She just wanted to go home and cry.
"You're Mikey's sister, right?" The woman asked timidly.
"Jesus. Yes! What the hell do you want?" Mercedes looked at her and waited. The group was starting to turn and watch the woman.
"I think this belongs to you. It was Mikey's." She put the bundle on the ground and ran off, disappearing behind the station house. Blinking she moved towards the bundle as Bosco and Carlos came up behind her. Opening the bundle slowly, she saw a baby. About 2 weeks old. Gasping she looked up at Bosco and Carlos.
"What? Why did she give you a baby?" Bosco looked at her. Mercedes looked from him to the baby.
"She said it was Mikey's...."
"Who was that, Love?" Not answering him she moved to the bathroom to shower. Carlos got out of bed and followed her.
"What's going on? Why are you getting dressed this early? Work doesn't start until 3. It's 10."
"I got called to central. About the news reporter. They want to see me at 11:30 in the Fire Chiefs office." Carlos nodded.
"I'll go with you." He grabbed some clothes.
"No. I'll go. Just meet me at work. I'll be fine." She got in the shower as he sighed, walking out of the bedroom into the hallway. Bosco's door opened as he growled about the phone ringing.
"Why are you up this early?" Bosco looked at Carlos.
"Mercedes got a call. She has to go to the Chiefs office for a meeting about that reporter." Bosco growled. He knew what he did last night, and he hoped that woman dropped whatever charges she filed.
"I'll make some Coffee." Carlos moved past him as he went for the bedroom. Bosco knocked on the bathroom door and asked if she was all right. Getting an answer he went back into his bedroom and shut the door, falling onto his bed.
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At the station, Carlos walked in, passing Doc. Doc saw him and smiled. Carlos went to his locker and got out his work clothes and went upstairs to change. Jimmy watched him go upstairs, wondering where Mercedes was. Moving to Lieu's office, he knocked.
"Come in" Lieu said, looking up.
"Have you heard from Mercedes?" Jimmy asked, curiously. He wanted to make sure she was all right.
"Not yet. Why, isn't she here?" Lieu looked at him, slightly concerned.
"No, and Carlos just came in, without her." Jimmy got nervous as Lieu stood up and went out to get Carlos. Stopping he saw Mercedes walking up the stairs. Her eyes were red-rimmed with tears as she stopped before Lieu and passed him an envelope. Taking it he read it as she moved to her locker. Jimmy followed her, asking her what happened. She said nothing as the firefighters sitting to watch TV stood up. Moving towards her, Carlos came down and saw her cleaning out her locker. She slammed the locker as Lieu grabbed her arm.
"What are you doing?" Lieu looked down at her. He read the notice and shook his head.
"What they told me to do! I've just been fired." With that she struggled out of her grasp, running down the stairs, slamming into Kim and Taylor, who saw her and tried to move. Looking up at the line of firefighters and Paramedics chasing her, they joined, not sure of what was going on. Jimmy got in front and grabbed her arm stopping her before she got to her car. Bosco came out of the precinct with Faith just in time to see Jimmy grab her.
"You can't leave! With Walsh out and Taylor as a Paramedic, we need you!" Mercedes shoved him off of her, and started walking towards her car, slamming into her brother.
"Where are you going?" He looked down to her, blocking her from getting in her car.
"Home! Get out of my way!" Carlos ran besides Jimmy and looked at Bosco.
"Why? What happened?" Bosco looked at her as Lieu walked up.
"I was fired! Get out of my way!" She shoved him with all of the power in her and knocked him back.
"Knock it off!" Lieu jumped in and pulled her back. Stopping her from beating him up, he moved her away form the group. Putting her down he looked down at her.
"We're gunna get you back on the team. It was all a mis-understanding. Trust me, we won't let you go." She looked up at him, then heard her name.
"Mercedes Boscorelli?" Mercedes turned to look at a woman who must have been about her age. She was obviously either a prostitute or a druggie, or both. Looking at her, she carried a bundle in her hands and was dressed in what most consider slutty clothes.
"Yeah. What do you want?" She was pissed, and was tired of people bothering her. She just wanted to go home and cry.
"You're Mikey's sister, right?" The woman asked timidly.
"Jesus. Yes! What the hell do you want?" Mercedes looked at her and waited. The group was starting to turn and watch the woman.
"I think this belongs to you. It was Mikey's." She put the bundle on the ground and ran off, disappearing behind the station house. Blinking she moved towards the bundle as Bosco and Carlos came up behind her. Opening the bundle slowly, she saw a baby. About 2 weeks old. Gasping she looked up at Bosco and Carlos.
"What? Why did she give you a baby?" Bosco looked at her. Mercedes looked from him to the baby.
"She said it was Mikey's...."