Three Days later

I wake up from a troubled sleep... I still hear the steady beep from the machines.. I open my eyes and watch the monitor that I cant seem to take my eyes off of.. the one that is looking after our baby's heartbeat.. it is still holding at the same set of numbers that I have been looking at for the past 3 days.. Myself and the kids have been taking turns sitting with Faith.. talking to her.. telling her that we loved her and needed her to come back to us.. I have been home twice to shower and change and that was with Emily threatening to take my gun and shoot me if I didn't...

"You're awake.." Em's voice makes me look up at her... I sit up and breathe deeply as I stretch the sleep from my body..

"Go Home dad...I'll stay here until you get back..."

"Nah that's allright Em.. go home you have been here all night with Charlie..."

I watched as she shrugged her shoulders.. she knew that it was useless to argue with me.. I would go but something is telling me to stay.. I have to stay.. I watch her leave as I lean forward and place my hand on her stomach to where our child grew, as my other hand takes hers..

"Faith.. Baby I'm here... you gotta come back to us today.. you've been sleepin too long.. we all need you here.. especially this one.." I try and keep my voice from cracking as I rub her tummy..

I look over to see that Em had left a knapsack full of things Faith might need when she wakes up.. if she wakes up.. I pick it up and go though it.. inside there is a change of clothes... toiletries.. and at the bottom I feel a lump come to my throat as I pick it up... it is the book of baby names we had picked up when she first found out she was pregnant.. I open it up and flip though the pages.. she has the ones that she likes circled off. I sit back in the chair and start reading them.. I chuckle to myself on some of her choices.. there is no way I would be naming my kid ½ of what she picked for names.. but there are a few that I liked... I kept playing around with them in my mind..

I lean forward and take Faith's hand and kiss it as I rub the back of it with the other hand.. I want to see her wake up.. The Doctors said that it was a waiting game.. at least the swelling hadn't increased and they haven't been forced to perform surgery so the baby was safe... but she hadn't given any signs that she was waking up either.. I heard that people can hear you when they are in a coma and you are talkin' to them... We have all been talkin to Faith.. tellin her how much we missed her.. so I started talkin to her about baby names..

"Hey Faith.. squeeze my hand if you think we should name the baby Goliath.." nothing.... Good because I would keep her in a coma if she squeezed my hand for that one..

"Allright seriously now.. what do you think of Sheila for a girl or Robert for a boy?" I go on naming names from her book that I liked.. I was doing this more for myself.. I got to the last pair of names.. and then I would just start talking about things that were happening in the house.. Monroe and Ty have been coming on a regular basis to see how she was doing and to give us news of what was happening.. being a cop in NY.. you miss a day and you miss a lot.. so I have been keeping Faith up to date in what has been going on..

"All right Faith.. what about Sianna for a Girl or Gawen for a boy?" Nothing from Faith.. but just as put the book down I feel her fingers squeeze my hand gently.. I sit bolt upright as I look at her hand..

"Faith... if you hear me.. do that again..."

Her fingers tighten around my hand.. she is coming out of it.. I feel my trapped breath release slowly as I reach for the call bell and press it repeatedly.. A pair of nurses come rushing into the room followed by the Doctor.. they look at me as I sit there grinning like an idiot..

"She squeezed my hand... I was talking to her and she squeezed me hand.. I think she is coming back!!!" I stand to the side as they start assessing her.. asking her to squeeze their hands...checking her eyes.. making sure that what I said was true..

The Doctor looks at me and smiles... "I think that she is coming back to us Mr. Boscorelli.. this is defiantly a good sign.. possibly the best sign that we could have from her."

They check her over and tell me to notify them when she actually wakes up.. I go back to her and sit on the side of the bed and take her hand in mine.. and look at her laying there...

"Faith I am here.. I am not going anywhere baby.. I love you..."

I feel her hand tighten around mine and then I feel a gentle tug on it.. I let my hand go limp as she moves her arm to bring my hand to her growing belly I press my palm against the skin and I feel the baby turn under my palm.. Oh my God... I just felt my kid move... Suddenly the numbers I have been looking at for the past three days make sense to me.. everything seems so surreal when I feel my baby move.. I feel the tears slip off my face as I hear her voice...

"Boz... did you feel that?"

I look up just as she opens her eyes.. I am so happy to see her finally open her eyes..

"Boz.. what happened? Why am I in the hospital? How long have I been here?"

"Shhh Faith... you have been in a coma for three days now.. you were clubbed by a piece of re-bar... we got the bastard who did it.. Ty and I brought you here.. and they told me that you might... that you might not even wake up...The kids and I have been keeping watch over you for three days now.."

She looks at me and then looks down as I see a tear escape her eye...

"Bosco I shoulda been more careful.. I shoulda seen it coming... the last thing I remember was hearing floorboards groan and then everything went dark... how could I have been so stupid.. I could have lost the baby..."

"But you didn't and you are still here.. you are back with me again.." I chime in before she beats herself up about this..

"If anything I should be the one sorry.. Faith you shoulda been in the car while we waited for back up... maybe its time to go to a desk job... I know that what happened is part of the job but maybe its better this way for the baby if you went to a desk for a while.. I will go with you of course.. I cant have anyone else for a partner but you.. I love you baby.. don't do that again... don't stay away so long..."

I feel the tears fall down my cheeks as guilt takes over I feel her wipe the tears away with her finger and I turn my cheek to nuzzle into her hand.. I love this woman.. and this is three times she has nearly been taken away from me.. I silently thank god for giving me back my Faith and the baby..

"So you liked the last two names that I mentioned.. they weren't in the book..."

She nods her head and laughs at me "Where the hell did you get Goliath from?"

I laughed at her and told her that I was just kiddin about it.. I wouldn't do that to her... The Doctors return and see that Faith is physically awake now... so I am shoved to the side as they assess her again askin her to answer all sorts of questions.. checking her and the baby to make sure that there are going to be no lasting effects on the baby.. while they are doing that I have a few phone calls to make... a few calls to those who were there for us.. and of course one to the kids.. I have to let them know that Faith is awake and talking again... and then I have to make another stop at the Chapel... I have to thank one more person before I can return...

I leave the room humming happily to myself as I go to tell everyone the good news...