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The Only One - Chapter 3
Bosco and Faith returned to his place to have some dinner and talk some more before they had to go to work. He still wasn't quite sure what to do about Alicia. He had known her since his mid teens. His mother and her father....well, you get the picture. As a result, the two of them had spent a lot of time together at his mother's bar or her father's house. When Faith and Fred had been on the outs the next to last time, Bosco really thought that something might happen between he and Faith. But, as usual, she made up with Fred and let it go. When she told him that she was staying with Fred, it hit Bosco hard. He cursed himself for thinking that she would run to him, although it was always his secret fantasy.
That very evening after hearing that Faith was not going to leave her husband, he had been feeling sorry for himself and ended up at his mother's bar. Alicia was there, sitting in the corner drinking shot after shot of Whisky. She was a really pretty girl, bosco had to admit that much. With her long brown hair and big blue eyes, she turned many an eye. She was about five foot five, with a very curvy body.
When she saw him at the bar she immediately ran over and hugged him. He had always felt a little weird about being touched by other people. But, that night he didn't mind. After all, it wasn't like he and Faith had anything going . He was just wasting his time pining away for his partner, whom he would never end up with. She had asked him what he was up to and told him in great detail what she had been doing for the last ten years or so. She and her current boyfriend had just broken up that evening, to be exact, and she had needed to forget the events of that day, so she had ended up at Rose's bar. Bosco had almost given up on getting away from her when she point blank asked him if he'd like to go home with her. He wasn't about to argue with that. He hadn't had to do a thing. She was in control and was running this show. All he had to do was go back to her place.....what could happen, right?
Bosco heard his name being called, bringing him back into the present. He and Faith were sitting at the kitchen table having coffee and sandwiches before their shift.
" Oh, what? Sorry." he mumbled apologetically.
" I just asked if you had any idea what you wanted to do about the baby". she said quietly.
Bosco could tell that she was giving this baby thing a great deal of thought already. That was Faith. Always the thinker. And he was the one who always flew by the seat of his pants.
" I, uh, I'm not really sure. I mean, I know that I can't be like my dad was. I have to be there for it, right?" he looked at her as if to ask her what he should do.
" Bos, I can't tell you what to do. I just want to know what to expect from Alicia. I mean, does she know we're together? Faith asked as she stirred her coffee around.
" Ya. I told her that I had been with you for the last three months and she didn't say anything one way or the other. It was like she didn't even hear me. I gotta tell you Faith, she's pretty worked up over this baby. I mean in a weird kinda way. She was talking about names and stuff that we would do together and.....almost as if she thought we were gonna be together...I dunno..." he trailed off while trying to pick up on what she was feeling.
Faith looked down at her plate. Her food was hardly touched. She didn't really want to hear about Alicia, but she did...she just couldn't get over this intensely jealous feeling in her heart. She was having Bos's baby, not Faith. Faith had secretly longed for her and Bosco to have a family together. Since Emily and Charlie's deaths, she missed being a mom so much that she thought that she might die. If Bosco hadn't been there for her, she might have well comitted suicide. But she had to know what she would be dealing with.
" Bos, do you think that maybe you should be together with her? I mean, do think it would be the right thing or something"? she blurted out
Faith was quite unprepared for his answer and the anger behind it.
Bosco pushed his chair out from under him and stood up. " Is that what you want, Faith"? he spat at her. " Do you want me to leave you for her? If you really wanted out that bad all you had to do was say so. Don't cover it up by being all concerned about Alicia".
He turned and walked into the livingroom and stared out the window. He was seething on the inside. He had just emptied his heart out onto the sidewalk of New York just to find out that Faith thought he may be better with someone else. Man, he felt like a total jack ass for being so open with her. He looked out over the buildings across the street, wondering if anyone in those apartments had an easy life. No complications, just a sweet easy ride on the highway of life. Of course, he knew that that wasn't reality. Everyone makes their own beds...and sooner or later we all lie in them. Too bad he had laid in Alicia's bed.
Recovered from her shock at Bosco's outburst, Faith cleared the dishes from the table and put them in the sink. She walked into the livingroom and wrapped her arms around Bosco's waist, her head on his back. " Bos" she said in a soothing tone, " I don't want you to leave me for anyone. I just thought that maybe you would want to try it with the mother of your child, that's all. I love you. I was just trying to help.."
Bosco put his hands over hers and squeezed gently. " I know. Faith, I'm so sorry. I've been such an ass today. I'm just really mad that she waited for all those months before telling me. Why would she do that"? he asked while he turned around to look into her eyes, his own tearning over. He cupped her face with his hands. " You're the one I wanted to have kids with. Do you know that I always hoped that you would leave Fred? I wanted you to be with me, not him. He never knew how to treat you right. And now I get the chance to show you what kind of man I can be and I go and screw things up...worse than anything. I got another woman pregnant. A woman that I don't even love, let alone like".
Faith was shocked at his revelations. She had never known that he thought of her that way when she was still with Fred. Still, she liked the fact that he wanted to make a family with her....and if her hunch was close to right, he might be getting that wish a little sooner then he expected..............
Two tears escaped his eyes and made their descent down his cheeks. " Faith, you'd be crazy to stay with me now. I understand if you don't want to be with me. I wouldn't blame you a bit."
Her heart breaking for the man she loved, Faith wiped the tears off his face. Then she took his face in her hands and looked him in the eye. " Maurice Boscorelli, I love you. It wouldn't matter to me if you got ten woman pregnant before we got together. Ok, rephrase that. I WOULD care if you did that..but it wouldn't change the way I feel about you. You are my partner, and my best friend. We'll get through this together, babe. Just like everything else. Oh, when are you going to see her again"?
" I told her I'd come by on my lunch break tonight.....you wanna come with me"? he asked gingerley, not sure if she would actually want to go.
She leaned forward and kissed him deeply before she replied " Where ever you go I'll follow".
They hugged tightly, reassuring each other that everything would be fine. Bosco grabbed his keys, took Faith's hand and locked the door behind them.
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Apartment of Alicia Garland
Alicia Garland was dancing around her small apartment while swinging a mop back and forth over the honey colored hard wood floor. In her condition, which was four and a half months pregnant, she couldn't be too careful. After all, she was having Mo Boscorelli's baby. A son, to be exact.
She smiled when she thought of all the great times the three of them would be able to have together. He had told her that he was dating someone else, but it didn't matter to her. She would charm him into staying with her. She loved him. She needed him. They had known each other since they were kids. She knew him inside out. They had slept together quite a few times in the years gone by. She was his first. She had been very pleased with herself for that. They said that you never forget your first. She knew from the last time that they had sex that he hadn't forgotten. She knew it would only be a matter of time before he came into Rose's bar and picked her up. She had to wait until the time was right, though. She knew that between the first and seventh of the month was her prime time to get pregnant.
She again smiled at herself when she thought about how easy it had been to stop him from using any protection with her. Another thing that she had been very proud of. He used one with everyone else he had sex with, but not with her. That said something, right? She was special. She was deemed un-condom worthy...and in this day and age that had to mean something important.
Alicia was sure that this girlfriend of his was just a fling. What kind of stupid name was 'Faith' anyway? It sounded like one of those hippy chicks who were really spaced out, with no brain power whatsoever. Mo didn't have serious relationships. She knew that. But he had never gotten anyone pregnant before, that she knew of. Rose was always telling her that she was just dying for a grandchild.
Alicia thought back to the day before Mo had taken her home. She was at Rose's bar having a few whisky sours, listening to the older woman tell her how much she was looking forward to being a grandma. It was a sign! Alicia knew that for sure. In some way Rose was telling her just what she needed to hear. After all, Rose liked her well enough, and she sure would be happy to know that Alicia was going to give birth to her first grandchild! Yes, she knew that she had done the right thing by tricking Mo. How else was he going to settle down? No, he was just what she needed.
Happy with the apartment, Alicia sat down at her vanity table and began to prepare herself for Bosco's visit. It was only 4:00, but you never could be too careful when it came to one's looks, she told herself. She brushed her long, wavy brown hair until it shone, carefully pinning it up in a chignon. She had done her hair that way the night she and Mo were together and he had said that he loved it. Satisfied with her hair, she started on her make up. Putting on foundation and silky face powder, flattering eye shadow and eyeliner and finishing with pink lip gloss. Now it was time to get dressed. Alicia was so happy she could hardly contain her excitement. When she finished dressing in her most flattering dress, she patted her pertruding stomach. " Tonight is the night that I bring your daddy home to stay, little guy. Wish momma good luck". With that, she went to sit in the living room to wait for Bosco, even though he wasn't due for at least three hours.
The Only One - Chapter 3
Bosco and Faith returned to his place to have some dinner and talk some more before they had to go to work. He still wasn't quite sure what to do about Alicia. He had known her since his mid teens. His mother and her father....well, you get the picture. As a result, the two of them had spent a lot of time together at his mother's bar or her father's house. When Faith and Fred had been on the outs the next to last time, Bosco really thought that something might happen between he and Faith. But, as usual, she made up with Fred and let it go. When she told him that she was staying with Fred, it hit Bosco hard. He cursed himself for thinking that she would run to him, although it was always his secret fantasy.
That very evening after hearing that Faith was not going to leave her husband, he had been feeling sorry for himself and ended up at his mother's bar. Alicia was there, sitting in the corner drinking shot after shot of Whisky. She was a really pretty girl, bosco had to admit that much. With her long brown hair and big blue eyes, she turned many an eye. She was about five foot five, with a very curvy body.
When she saw him at the bar she immediately ran over and hugged him. He had always felt a little weird about being touched by other people. But, that night he didn't mind. After all, it wasn't like he and Faith had anything going . He was just wasting his time pining away for his partner, whom he would never end up with. She had asked him what he was up to and told him in great detail what she had been doing for the last ten years or so. She and her current boyfriend had just broken up that evening, to be exact, and she had needed to forget the events of that day, so she had ended up at Rose's bar. Bosco had almost given up on getting away from her when she point blank asked him if he'd like to go home with her. He wasn't about to argue with that. He hadn't had to do a thing. She was in control and was running this show. All he had to do was go back to her place.....what could happen, right?
Bosco heard his name being called, bringing him back into the present. He and Faith were sitting at the kitchen table having coffee and sandwiches before their shift.
" Oh, what? Sorry." he mumbled apologetically.
" I just asked if you had any idea what you wanted to do about the baby". she said quietly.
Bosco could tell that she was giving this baby thing a great deal of thought already. That was Faith. Always the thinker. And he was the one who always flew by the seat of his pants.
" I, uh, I'm not really sure. I mean, I know that I can't be like my dad was. I have to be there for it, right?" he looked at her as if to ask her what he should do.
" Bos, I can't tell you what to do. I just want to know what to expect from Alicia. I mean, does she know we're together? Faith asked as she stirred her coffee around.
" Ya. I told her that I had been with you for the last three months and she didn't say anything one way or the other. It was like she didn't even hear me. I gotta tell you Faith, she's pretty worked up over this baby. I mean in a weird kinda way. She was talking about names and stuff that we would do together and.....almost as if she thought we were gonna be together...I dunno..." he trailed off while trying to pick up on what she was feeling.
Faith looked down at her plate. Her food was hardly touched. She didn't really want to hear about Alicia, but she did...she just couldn't get over this intensely jealous feeling in her heart. She was having Bos's baby, not Faith. Faith had secretly longed for her and Bosco to have a family together. Since Emily and Charlie's deaths, she missed being a mom so much that she thought that she might die. If Bosco hadn't been there for her, she might have well comitted suicide. But she had to know what she would be dealing with.
" Bos, do you think that maybe you should be together with her? I mean, do think it would be the right thing or something"? she blurted out
Faith was quite unprepared for his answer and the anger behind it.
Bosco pushed his chair out from under him and stood up. " Is that what you want, Faith"? he spat at her. " Do you want me to leave you for her? If you really wanted out that bad all you had to do was say so. Don't cover it up by being all concerned about Alicia".
He turned and walked into the livingroom and stared out the window. He was seething on the inside. He had just emptied his heart out onto the sidewalk of New York just to find out that Faith thought he may be better with someone else. Man, he felt like a total jack ass for being so open with her. He looked out over the buildings across the street, wondering if anyone in those apartments had an easy life. No complications, just a sweet easy ride on the highway of life. Of course, he knew that that wasn't reality. Everyone makes their own beds...and sooner or later we all lie in them. Too bad he had laid in Alicia's bed.
Recovered from her shock at Bosco's outburst, Faith cleared the dishes from the table and put them in the sink. She walked into the livingroom and wrapped her arms around Bosco's waist, her head on his back. " Bos" she said in a soothing tone, " I don't want you to leave me for anyone. I just thought that maybe you would want to try it with the mother of your child, that's all. I love you. I was just trying to help.."
Bosco put his hands over hers and squeezed gently. " I know. Faith, I'm so sorry. I've been such an ass today. I'm just really mad that she waited for all those months before telling me. Why would she do that"? he asked while he turned around to look into her eyes, his own tearning over. He cupped her face with his hands. " You're the one I wanted to have kids with. Do you know that I always hoped that you would leave Fred? I wanted you to be with me, not him. He never knew how to treat you right. And now I get the chance to show you what kind of man I can be and I go and screw things up...worse than anything. I got another woman pregnant. A woman that I don't even love, let alone like".
Faith was shocked at his revelations. She had never known that he thought of her that way when she was still with Fred. Still, she liked the fact that he wanted to make a family with her....and if her hunch was close to right, he might be getting that wish a little sooner then he expected..............
Two tears escaped his eyes and made their descent down his cheeks. " Faith, you'd be crazy to stay with me now. I understand if you don't want to be with me. I wouldn't blame you a bit."
Her heart breaking for the man she loved, Faith wiped the tears off his face. Then she took his face in her hands and looked him in the eye. " Maurice Boscorelli, I love you. It wouldn't matter to me if you got ten woman pregnant before we got together. Ok, rephrase that. I WOULD care if you did that..but it wouldn't change the way I feel about you. You are my partner, and my best friend. We'll get through this together, babe. Just like everything else. Oh, when are you going to see her again"?
" I told her I'd come by on my lunch break tonight.....you wanna come with me"? he asked gingerley, not sure if she would actually want to go.
She leaned forward and kissed him deeply before she replied " Where ever you go I'll follow".
They hugged tightly, reassuring each other that everything would be fine. Bosco grabbed his keys, took Faith's hand and locked the door behind them.
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Apartment of Alicia Garland
Alicia Garland was dancing around her small apartment while swinging a mop back and forth over the honey colored hard wood floor. In her condition, which was four and a half months pregnant, she couldn't be too careful. After all, she was having Mo Boscorelli's baby. A son, to be exact.
She smiled when she thought of all the great times the three of them would be able to have together. He had told her that he was dating someone else, but it didn't matter to her. She would charm him into staying with her. She loved him. She needed him. They had known each other since they were kids. She knew him inside out. They had slept together quite a few times in the years gone by. She was his first. She had been very pleased with herself for that. They said that you never forget your first. She knew from the last time that they had sex that he hadn't forgotten. She knew it would only be a matter of time before he came into Rose's bar and picked her up. She had to wait until the time was right, though. She knew that between the first and seventh of the month was her prime time to get pregnant.
She again smiled at herself when she thought about how easy it had been to stop him from using any protection with her. Another thing that she had been very proud of. He used one with everyone else he had sex with, but not with her. That said something, right? She was special. She was deemed un-condom worthy...and in this day and age that had to mean something important.
Alicia was sure that this girlfriend of his was just a fling. What kind of stupid name was 'Faith' anyway? It sounded like one of those hippy chicks who were really spaced out, with no brain power whatsoever. Mo didn't have serious relationships. She knew that. But he had never gotten anyone pregnant before, that she knew of. Rose was always telling her that she was just dying for a grandchild.
Alicia thought back to the day before Mo had taken her home. She was at Rose's bar having a few whisky sours, listening to the older woman tell her how much she was looking forward to being a grandma. It was a sign! Alicia knew that for sure. In some way Rose was telling her just what she needed to hear. After all, Rose liked her well enough, and she sure would be happy to know that Alicia was going to give birth to her first grandchild! Yes, she knew that she had done the right thing by tricking Mo. How else was he going to settle down? No, he was just what she needed.
Happy with the apartment, Alicia sat down at her vanity table and began to prepare herself for Bosco's visit. It was only 4:00, but you never could be too careful when it came to one's looks, she told herself. She brushed her long, wavy brown hair until it shone, carefully pinning it up in a chignon. She had done her hair that way the night she and Mo were together and he had said that he loved it. Satisfied with her hair, she started on her make up. Putting on foundation and silky face powder, flattering eye shadow and eyeliner and finishing with pink lip gloss. Now it was time to get dressed. Alicia was so happy she could hardly contain her excitement. When she finished dressing in her most flattering dress, she patted her pertruding stomach. " Tonight is the night that I bring your daddy home to stay, little guy. Wish momma good luck". With that, she went to sit in the living room to wait for Bosco, even though he wasn't due for at least three hours.