Later on that evening the doctor that was taking care of Bosco's mom came to talk to him about her condition and explained more clearly on why it was important to let her go. After a lot of convincing Bosco finally agreed to taking her off of life support, because Bosco couldn't leave the ICU I told him that I would be at her side.
I asked the doctor for a few moments as I sat at her side. Lifting her lifeless hand I remembered a time when Bosco was told me that she made him promise that he wouldn't die before her, I thought it was only right to let her know that he kept his promise.
"Rose, it's Faith. Maurice he wanted to be here with you but he was injured. He's okay though, he'll pull through just fine, he kept his promise. I'm sorry you'll never be able see him again and I'm sorry he'll never see you again." I lay her hand back down on the bed "Maurice wanted me to tell you he loves you."
I look towards the doctor standing by the doorway and he walks giving me a slight smile before walking around to the head of the bed. "You ready?" he asks as he has his hands on the ventilator ready to pull it off. I look at him for a moment and then down towards Rose and whisper "yeah".
A soft sound came from the ventilator and with in a few seconds the monitors screeched. The doctor pressed a button to shut the sound off and said "time of death 8:47 pm" to the nurse. With that I decided to stay for a extra moments out of respect. Before I close the door I look back and say a final goodbye for Bosco.
I take my time going back up to Bosco's room knowing that I'll have to face him and tell him that she's gone forever. On the way to the elevator I recognized Swersky down the hall and I remember that he wanted me to contact him on any changes so I figured now would be the best time to do so.
"Lieu! Hey" I say while approaching him.
"Faith. What are doing down here?" Lieu asks.
"Oh they just took Bosco's mom off life support and I came down for him since he couldn't go himself"
"So he's awake then?" he says with arching one eyebrow out of curiosity and concern "is he okay?"
"Yeah he woke up earlier today, but as for if he's okay that's a whole other question. He can't talk yet because off the ventilator but hopefully that'll be gone by tomorrow. They just want to make sure he'll be strong enough to breathe on his own."
"Okay" he softens his expression "keep me updated, and tell him I said Hi" he says before turning to leave.
Watching him leave I wished he would of stuck around a little longer so I could waste more time rather than going back up to Bosco to witness his emotional pain. Turning around on my heels I figured I may as well get it over with. When the elevator doors opened the nurse who claimed they were under staff and far too busy to hear my page earlier was standing in the hall cheating up a storm with a couple other nurses. I gave her a half cocked smile and kept on walking down to Bosco.
Relieved to see that Bosco appeared to be sleeping, I took a seat as quietly as I could beside him and watched him. He looked so sad and alone, I had to resist the temptation of taking him into a loving hug. Just then a shadow at the doorway interrupted my thoughts. Startled by the sudden appearance in of me I let out a sigh of relief when I recognize the intruder.
"Hey, sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Sully says quietly "How's he doing?" Sully adds while looking at Bosco.
"He's still holding on."
Sully nods in understanding that there's really not much more I can say about his condition. " Huh. Well, do you mind if I take a seat, I'm waiting for Davis and Sasha to come up."
"Oh no of course not Sull. It'd be nice to have the different company."
"So I hear that the doctors took his mom off life support today." Sully says a little quieter not wanting to say it to loud since Bosco was right in front of him. As soon as Bosco heard him mention his mother he opened his eyes and started move around. He looked at Faith and saw her nod yes towards Sully.
Bosco is now looking in their direction, hoping that just looking would get their attention. Failing to grab either of their attention because of their conversation was soon becoming annoying but then just like on cue Davis and Sasha walked in.
"Hey! Bosco. Good to see you awake" Sasha said rather happily and practically jogging up to the head of the bed. Turning his head slightly to greet her he ended up jarring the tube slightly and tried to ignore the pain it caused.
"You Okay?" She asked. Bosco nods yes while looking up at her. Faith then grabs Bosco's other hand and he turned his eyes to face her.
"Hey. I didn't know you were awake." She says with a smile. Watching Bosco's eyes she could see the many different emotions that were boiling with in them. His gaze is torn away when he noticed another figure in the room.
"Well Officer, you must be popular. You have a room full of people who I'm going have to ask to leave for a while so I can see how my patient is doing" He says now looking around the room at the different faces.
"Yeah okay we'll be back in a bit then." Faith says.
"Yeah man we'll come right back" Davis reassures Bosco.
Bosco watched as each of them walked out the door and then turned to the doctor. He watched as he looked from the monitors to his clipboard. About five minutes went by before he even said something.
"You're doing well. I think we can try taking you off the ventilator and see how you do." The doctor watched as he nodded and then proceeded to remove the ventilator. At first it was difficult for Bosco to breathe so the doctor put him on an oxygen mask as a precautionary. As soon as Bosco was breathing easier on his own he asked Bosco if he needed something to help him sleep but Bosco responded with no and then went to go and tell his friends they could come back in.
Bosco tried to adjust his position in the bed but just didn't have the strength to do much. He was then greeted with smiling faces and weakly tried to smile back.
"Hi" Bosco said in a raspy voice while pulling away the mask.
Faith took the mask and placed it back on "You did just fine before with communicating so keep the mask on to talk."
"No…I'm fine." He said while pulling away the mask again and leaving it off to prove the point. Bosco looked Sully in time to see him roll his eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me" Bosco said with his breathing becoming a little quicker and shorter causing the monitor to beep out of order. Faith took that as a bad sign and worriedly put the mask back on him.
"Boz, please just leave the mask on" Faith smiled when she saw that he finally gave and nodded. "Thank you."
"So I guess we should get going let you rest, Boz" Davis says and looks at Sasha.
"Yeah, we'll come by tomorrow since we're off the whole day."
"Sounds like a good plan to me." Sully adds and hears Bosco chuckle lightly under the mask "What?"
Bosco took the mask down for a moment "Never thought I'd see the day…where you thought it was a good plan to see me" he then put the mask before Faith would jump in to do it.
"Good night Bosco!" they all said in unison and nodded towards Faith. Bosco watched as they left and turned to face Faith when he felt a gentle touch on his arm. He was greeted with a large smile written across her face.
"What?" he asked softly with the mask partially off but this time Faith didn't fight him with it.
"You know how to clear a room real fast." Bosco smiled at the response but soon faded to a frown.
"How'd it go with my ma?" he asked sadly.
"It went fine. She didn't suffer. I told her you kept your promise you made with her." Bosco looked at Faith for a few seconds and then let a few tears slide down. "At least I did something right."
Faith looked into his sad eyes and wiped away the fallen tears for him "You should get some rest." She said not wanting to continue the conversation seeing how it upset him.
"You staying?" He asked gently.
"Yeah sure I'll stay with you" Faith said while pushing back a few hairs that were lying on his forehead.
"Fred won't be mad?"
Unsure of how to answer that because she didn't want to lie to him anymore about anything. So she looked him in the eye and said "Fred won't care."
Bosco stared into her eyes and she looked away "He left you didn't he?"
"How'd you guess that?" she looked back at him.
"I see it in your eyes, the pain he left behind. I'm sorry"
"Don't be he was stupid to leave. It's not your fault" She look at him and grabbed the mask ready to put it on him.
"Damn right he is stupid" She smiled and put the mask back on him.
Bosco watched as she fell asleep at his side, 'but I'm pretty much the reason' he thought to himself as he watched Faith sleep peacefully at his side.
I asked the doctor for a few moments as I sat at her side. Lifting her lifeless hand I remembered a time when Bosco was told me that she made him promise that he wouldn't die before her, I thought it was only right to let her know that he kept his promise.
"Rose, it's Faith. Maurice he wanted to be here with you but he was injured. He's okay though, he'll pull through just fine, he kept his promise. I'm sorry you'll never be able see him again and I'm sorry he'll never see you again." I lay her hand back down on the bed "Maurice wanted me to tell you he loves you."
I look towards the doctor standing by the doorway and he walks giving me a slight smile before walking around to the head of the bed. "You ready?" he asks as he has his hands on the ventilator ready to pull it off. I look at him for a moment and then down towards Rose and whisper "yeah".
A soft sound came from the ventilator and with in a few seconds the monitors screeched. The doctor pressed a button to shut the sound off and said "time of death 8:47 pm" to the nurse. With that I decided to stay for a extra moments out of respect. Before I close the door I look back and say a final goodbye for Bosco.
I take my time going back up to Bosco's room knowing that I'll have to face him and tell him that she's gone forever. On the way to the elevator I recognized Swersky down the hall and I remember that he wanted me to contact him on any changes so I figured now would be the best time to do so.
"Lieu! Hey" I say while approaching him.
"Faith. What are doing down here?" Lieu asks.
"Oh they just took Bosco's mom off life support and I came down for him since he couldn't go himself"
"So he's awake then?" he says with arching one eyebrow out of curiosity and concern "is he okay?"
"Yeah he woke up earlier today, but as for if he's okay that's a whole other question. He can't talk yet because off the ventilator but hopefully that'll be gone by tomorrow. They just want to make sure he'll be strong enough to breathe on his own."
"Okay" he softens his expression "keep me updated, and tell him I said Hi" he says before turning to leave.
Watching him leave I wished he would of stuck around a little longer so I could waste more time rather than going back up to Bosco to witness his emotional pain. Turning around on my heels I figured I may as well get it over with. When the elevator doors opened the nurse who claimed they were under staff and far too busy to hear my page earlier was standing in the hall cheating up a storm with a couple other nurses. I gave her a half cocked smile and kept on walking down to Bosco.
Relieved to see that Bosco appeared to be sleeping, I took a seat as quietly as I could beside him and watched him. He looked so sad and alone, I had to resist the temptation of taking him into a loving hug. Just then a shadow at the doorway interrupted my thoughts. Startled by the sudden appearance in of me I let out a sigh of relief when I recognize the intruder.
"Hey, sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Sully says quietly "How's he doing?" Sully adds while looking at Bosco.
"He's still holding on."
Sully nods in understanding that there's really not much more I can say about his condition. " Huh. Well, do you mind if I take a seat, I'm waiting for Davis and Sasha to come up."
"Oh no of course not Sull. It'd be nice to have the different company."
"So I hear that the doctors took his mom off life support today." Sully says a little quieter not wanting to say it to loud since Bosco was right in front of him. As soon as Bosco heard him mention his mother he opened his eyes and started move around. He looked at Faith and saw her nod yes towards Sully.
Bosco is now looking in their direction, hoping that just looking would get their attention. Failing to grab either of their attention because of their conversation was soon becoming annoying but then just like on cue Davis and Sasha walked in.
"Hey! Bosco. Good to see you awake" Sasha said rather happily and practically jogging up to the head of the bed. Turning his head slightly to greet her he ended up jarring the tube slightly and tried to ignore the pain it caused.
"You Okay?" She asked. Bosco nods yes while looking up at her. Faith then grabs Bosco's other hand and he turned his eyes to face her.
"Hey. I didn't know you were awake." She says with a smile. Watching Bosco's eyes she could see the many different emotions that were boiling with in them. His gaze is torn away when he noticed another figure in the room.
"Well Officer, you must be popular. You have a room full of people who I'm going have to ask to leave for a while so I can see how my patient is doing" He says now looking around the room at the different faces.
"Yeah okay we'll be back in a bit then." Faith says.
"Yeah man we'll come right back" Davis reassures Bosco.
Bosco watched as each of them walked out the door and then turned to the doctor. He watched as he looked from the monitors to his clipboard. About five minutes went by before he even said something.
"You're doing well. I think we can try taking you off the ventilator and see how you do." The doctor watched as he nodded and then proceeded to remove the ventilator. At first it was difficult for Bosco to breathe so the doctor put him on an oxygen mask as a precautionary. As soon as Bosco was breathing easier on his own he asked Bosco if he needed something to help him sleep but Bosco responded with no and then went to go and tell his friends they could come back in.
Bosco tried to adjust his position in the bed but just didn't have the strength to do much. He was then greeted with smiling faces and weakly tried to smile back.
"Hi" Bosco said in a raspy voice while pulling away the mask.
Faith took the mask and placed it back on "You did just fine before with communicating so keep the mask on to talk."
"No…I'm fine." He said while pulling away the mask again and leaving it off to prove the point. Bosco looked Sully in time to see him roll his eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me" Bosco said with his breathing becoming a little quicker and shorter causing the monitor to beep out of order. Faith took that as a bad sign and worriedly put the mask back on him.
"Boz, please just leave the mask on" Faith smiled when she saw that he finally gave and nodded. "Thank you."
"So I guess we should get going let you rest, Boz" Davis says and looks at Sasha.
"Yeah, we'll come by tomorrow since we're off the whole day."
"Sounds like a good plan to me." Sully adds and hears Bosco chuckle lightly under the mask "What?"
Bosco took the mask down for a moment "Never thought I'd see the day…where you thought it was a good plan to see me" he then put the mask before Faith would jump in to do it.
"Good night Bosco!" they all said in unison and nodded towards Faith. Bosco watched as they left and turned to face Faith when he felt a gentle touch on his arm. He was greeted with a large smile written across her face.
"What?" he asked softly with the mask partially off but this time Faith didn't fight him with it.
"You know how to clear a room real fast." Bosco smiled at the response but soon faded to a frown.
"How'd it go with my ma?" he asked sadly.
"It went fine. She didn't suffer. I told her you kept your promise you made with her." Bosco looked at Faith for a few seconds and then let a few tears slide down. "At least I did something right."
Faith looked into his sad eyes and wiped away the fallen tears for him "You should get some rest." She said not wanting to continue the conversation seeing how it upset him.
"You staying?" He asked gently.
"Yeah sure I'll stay with you" Faith said while pushing back a few hairs that were lying on his forehead.
"Fred won't be mad?"
Unsure of how to answer that because she didn't want to lie to him anymore about anything. So she looked him in the eye and said "Fred won't care."
Bosco stared into her eyes and she looked away "He left you didn't he?"
"How'd you guess that?" she looked back at him.
"I see it in your eyes, the pain he left behind. I'm sorry"
"Don't be he was stupid to leave. It's not your fault" She look at him and grabbed the mask ready to put it on him.
"Damn right he is stupid" She smiled and put the mask back on him.
Bosco watched as she fell asleep at his side, 'but I'm pretty much the reason' he thought to himself as he watched Faith sleep peacefully at his side.