Can't believe I am updating this. Been a very long time since I even thought about updating this but lately I thought of how to keep it going, granted it may take me a while because I only have another chapter after this one that I been working on so give me time as I get ideas, because working with the whole cast and trying to write storylines can be a bit difficult so please be a tad bit patient.
Disclaimer: Remember what Yoda has taught you, absolutely nothing! No just that I don't own anything and that I will never own anything because I am, well we won't get into that!
Summery: I'm sure you remember so I'm not repeating that!
Ummm okay enough with the nonsense here you go!
BTW this is exactly where the other one left off so if you don't remember then well what the hell are you reading this one for? ;) ENJOY!
Chapter 9- Morning After
"What do you mean he can't remember who he is?"
Faith couldn't believe, even fathom the fact, that the Bosco that had been her partner for ten years was now sitting there looking at her like he never her in his life. If she hadn't been in a wheelchair she was sure her legs would have buckled out from underneath her. The shock that came over her body, knowing that Bosco had no idea of who he was or what he was, had to be the most frightening thing in the world for him. She could only think how his mother was going to take it.
"Well, Mr. Boscorelli," the doctor thought for a second as though he was trying to find other ways to explain what had happened so Faith could understand a bit more. "You could say in other words he sustained a concussion, jarring the head enough to create swelling in the brain when he took that nasty fall that you both did. Without medical treatment it can only get worse, its actually good thing we got to him in time....but we have stopped the swelling with the medication that we're administrating and seems to be just fine." The doctor finished with a long breathe.
She put her hand up beside her chest as though she was cueing the doctor to stop talking but really she was recalling how Bosco kept forgetting every time he passed out. How he would wake up asking how did they get down there, all he could remember was being in the car, couldn't even remember the tornado that had touched down.
"So you're telling me the reason he kept forgetting every time he woke up because of the swelling?"
"Correct."
"Will he remember anything ever again?" Faith feared the doctor's answer, her entire body tensed and awaited the answer to her question.
"It's hard to say, especially with a head injury like his, he could remember in an hour, few days, few weeks, months or....never again."
Closing her eyes, she couldn't comprehend that Bosco couldn't ever remember himself, family, friends, even her.
"Best you can do is hope for the best and be there for him. He's going to be scared at times, confused at everything and of everyone. Just keep telling him who he is and hopefully everything will work out."
"Thanks."
The doctor smiled a small reassuring smile then with all said turned and walked away, having a ton of other patients to talk to.
Faith stared at her feet that rested on the metal footrests, keeping her feet off the ground. She then brought her head up looked at the room that Bosco was in and breathing in heavily prepared herself once more and wheeled herself back into the room of her partner.
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Kim Zambrano laid in the chair with her head in a weird angle, her hand supporting the full weight of it but she slept on as her mother stayed fast asleep in the hospital bed.
But soon Kim's rest was disturbed, she yawned, stretched and looked about the room trying to figure out what had awakened her. A small groggy sound came from her mother, as she begun to come back to the real world.
Immediately she grabbed her mother's hand into her own, and with that small touch of skin to skin Catherine's eyes fluttered open. Glancing left and right and wondering about the room very confused and disoriented till she found her daughter in front of her.
"Kim?"
"Hey Mom welcome back."
"What happened, is Joey fine?"
As much as Kim wanted nothing more but to forget the terrible nightmare, she told her mother about the tornado, the havoc, how things had been, how hard it was to get her here to the hospital. Kim even told her mother about the boat parked in their firehouse and how Carlos had fallen into a river and how Davis saved him.
"Sounds like a busy day."
"Yep sure is."
"Can we join?"
Both women looked over to see the new voice was of Jimmy Doherty, standing with flowers that seemed to be almost dead, and the roots still dragging loosely. Kim couldn't blame him though, the city just been hit with a twister what more could you expect?
Behind Jimmy out sprung Joey.
"Grandma!"
Catherine threw her arms open as Joey bounded into her arms.
"Joey, you shouldn't be on Grandma's bed." Kim lectured, scared that he would tear out her I.V. or something else.
"Oh hush its perfectly fine." Hugging tightly onto her grandson Joey. Jimmy had come into the room, now leaned over and gave Catherine a kiss on the cheek and then put the flowers down on the night stand next to her bed.
"Sorry they're so pitiful, pulled them out of a flower pot that I found."
Catherine smiled.
"Thanks Jimmy, they are lovely."
Then Joey pulled away from his grandmother as though a sudden thought had occurred to him.
"What is it?"
She read the distress on his face.
"Are you okay Grandma?"
"Yes honey of course I am."
"Because I thought you were dead."
Joey's eyes sparkled in the lights from above and Catherine's heart ached.
"Heaven's no, Grandma is just fine."
"Good, don't do that again Grandma."
Catherine just pulled Joey so he was leaning on her while she hugged him tightly, while Kim and Jimmy stared at them.
Kim then stood up.
"I'm going to go get a drink, I'll be right back."
"I'll come with."
Jimmy turned and followed Kim out of the room.
Kim pressed the button and out shot a canned 12 oz Pepsi, which she reached down and opened it and chugged it till she couldn't bare to anymore. She gestured for Jimmy to take it but he waved it off, he wasn't very thirsty. He looked down the hall. Kim looking another direction as she thought about everything, of what her body been through the last couple of hours.
"Did you," Jimmy paused for a second wondering if this was the right time to be saying this he continued with his question "did you hear about Bosco and Faith?"
She looked at him, like he was nuts. First off she wasn't sure where he had pulled that out of, second, she had heard nothing and fear creeped into her heart. This happened every time when she knew one of her coworkers, someone she knew day in and day out were in jeopardy, it just tore at her gut.
"No, what about them?"
"That accident scene you called us to, remember that?"
"Of course."
"Well they were there, they must have ran into a building and the flooring collapsed out from under them."
"Oh my god, are they...are they...." Kim just couldn't even bare herself to say it let alone want to think about it.
"They're fine, well Faith is better, broken foot and a lot of scrapes and bruises."
"And Boz?"
Jimmy looked down at his feet. Then looked back up at Kim then glanced away again. He turned and looked at her again he wasn't sure how to say it really. He was about to then stopped and stalled again. Kim got frustrated with his waiting and not telling her.
"Jimmy, will you just tell me I'm an adult for godsakes."
"He can't remember who he is."
Kim watched Jimmy's face. She was sure the man was joking, pulling some prank on her. She always knew Jimmy didn't like Bosco, those two always had macho issues with each other, but she wasn't sure anymore now, if her ex-husband was indeed telling the truth.
"I don't understand....what do you mean he doesn't remember?"
"Kim, he has amnesia."
"I know what that is! I just...." Kim's eyes went back and forth, she put her hand to her head and brushed back her bangs, making them go this way and that, wildly her mind was scrambling to think and she shook her head "this is way to much to handle."
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Doc knocked on the door as he walked into the small room that his partner was occupying.
"Hey."
Carlos looked up from the shoe that he had been tying.
"Hey back."
"How you feel?" Doc asking as he looked him up and down, seeing all over his young partner's body that he was nothing but short of tired.
"Like I feel like I been in an icebox, and you?"
A short laugh came to Doc he then shrugged.
Then Carlos's eyes grew wide.
"Kylie I didn't even think about her, oh my god what if she's, no the tornado did it hit near her?" Carlos began to ramble at the mouth but Doc was close enough he only had to take a few steps and he was near he pushed Carlos's shoulders down.
"Don't worry, Carlos, I called them, they're fine. It didn't even hit near them."
Carlos relaxed.
"Can you give me sometime, I'll be out in a little bit."
Doc nodded.
"Sure, I'm going to grab a coffee, I'll meet you outside."
Doc walked out of Carlos's room. He saw all the gurney's, people hurt left and right. But his shift had ended, and he had to let his body rest for a few hours but he was certainly going to be out there helping as much as he can. Walking to the coffee machine he bumped into Jimmy.
"Hey."
Doc nodded his head.
"How you holding up?"
"Pretty good, and you?"
"Great," he said with pure sarcastic in his tone "stopped by and to see how Kim's mother doing and told Kim about..." Jimmy stopped not wanting to go any further. Doc just simply nodded, he to had known for sometime now.
"So how did Joey do throughout this whole thing?" Doc asked as he watched as Sully and Davis passed. He gave a slight wave as Sully nodded his head.
"Ummm, he really hasn't talked about it all too much. Asked if another one was going to hit us, thinks that the twister had to do with Catherine's illness."
Taking his coffee out of the little machine he sipped it.
"Look I'm going to go find the gang, I'll see you later Doc."
"Okay."
Jimmy then turned and left, while Doc took his coffee and walked outside, the nice air hitting his skin, the warmth of the sun starting to heat up his cold body.
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Sully and Davis passed Doc and Jimmy nodding to them as they talked to themselves. The medic gave a slight wave and that was it as they both made their way towards Bosco's and Faith's rooms. First room they stopped by was Bosco's, but it was empty or somewhat empty besides his roommates, a nurse saw them and had told them that he was down in x-ray room to check up on the swelling that had taken place in his brain. When they asked about the female officer that been there, they were told that she gone back to her own room and that is exactly were 55-Charlie headed next and found her.
"Hey guys." She said this quietly, she thought it was nice to see them but really she hadn't been in the mood to talk to anybody, not after finding out about her partner.
"Nice shoe." Davis pointed down to Faith's special blue boot that kept her foot protected.
"Did it hurt?" Sully said this while also looking at Faith's foot then he looked back up.
"You know....I didn't even realize I had broken it till I was told by the doctor, I guess I blocked it out, more things to worry about." Her eyes then glanced down sadly, the sound of Bosco's voice playing in her head, the flash of his innocent eyes not remembering who he was.
"Faith....Faith?"
Faith cleared her head and the vision by gently shaking her head softly.
"I'm sorry, what was it that you said Sully?"
"Where did Fred go?"
"Back to the apartment, to tell them everything and I'm going to meet him outside in a few minutes."
Sully nodded while Davis let his mind wonder and look outside then he came back and looked at Faith.
"Do you need our help at all?"
"No thanks Davis, I think I have all what I need."
"Okay....then see you later Faith."
She smiled and picking up one bag she then left the room she turned down the hall and walked to the desk to sign out while Davis and Sully walked another way.
Faith had lied to the two of them, her husband wasn't going to be there for another few hours. But really she wanted time to think, time to get her mind settled and be able to think clearly without so much confusion. She wanted to get out of the hospital and try and decided what to do next. It had killed her finding out about Bosco.
Of course she had always heard about amnesia, but to actually know somebody, know somebody that can sit there stare at you as though they never talked to you in a day of their life. It hurt really and that's what she had to clear with her mind, let her mind wrap around it that she had to be there for Bosco, because it wasn't about her, it was about him and she could only imagine what he was going through.
After she was done, the wheelchair guy came, being policy that she couldn't argue with, she got in the chair and was taken downstairs. Never in her life, in all the times she had been to that hospital, had she seen so many sick and injured people. But there wasn't really anything she could do so she stayed silent and tried to keep her mind off that until she was better and could help out.
Getting out of the chair she thanked the man and slowly and limply walked out; the morning sun feeling good on her skin. She could feel the slight breeze but it didn't bug her. The sun was warming her enough. When she went around the corner and looked to the skyline she saw the group, the group of her friends. From were she was walking she could see the entire gang was there, the FD with the EMS and Sully and Davis making up the PD. They where staring at the statue of Liberty. Faith found it remarkable it survived the twister but she was quiet thrilled it did because nothing could replace her.
Faith wanted to go over there and talk to them but it just wasn't the time, so Faith passed them and kept going. She had to go and sit down until her husband showed up.
TBC.... more is to come so be on the look out!
Disclaimer: Remember what Yoda has taught you, absolutely nothing! No just that I don't own anything and that I will never own anything because I am, well we won't get into that!
Summery: I'm sure you remember so I'm not repeating that!
Ummm okay enough with the nonsense here you go!
BTW this is exactly where the other one left off so if you don't remember then well what the hell are you reading this one for? ;) ENJOY!
Chapter 9- Morning After
"What do you mean he can't remember who he is?"
Faith couldn't believe, even fathom the fact, that the Bosco that had been her partner for ten years was now sitting there looking at her like he never her in his life. If she hadn't been in a wheelchair she was sure her legs would have buckled out from underneath her. The shock that came over her body, knowing that Bosco had no idea of who he was or what he was, had to be the most frightening thing in the world for him. She could only think how his mother was going to take it.
"Well, Mr. Boscorelli," the doctor thought for a second as though he was trying to find other ways to explain what had happened so Faith could understand a bit more. "You could say in other words he sustained a concussion, jarring the head enough to create swelling in the brain when he took that nasty fall that you both did. Without medical treatment it can only get worse, its actually good thing we got to him in time....but we have stopped the swelling with the medication that we're administrating and seems to be just fine." The doctor finished with a long breathe.
She put her hand up beside her chest as though she was cueing the doctor to stop talking but really she was recalling how Bosco kept forgetting every time he passed out. How he would wake up asking how did they get down there, all he could remember was being in the car, couldn't even remember the tornado that had touched down.
"So you're telling me the reason he kept forgetting every time he woke up because of the swelling?"
"Correct."
"Will he remember anything ever again?" Faith feared the doctor's answer, her entire body tensed and awaited the answer to her question.
"It's hard to say, especially with a head injury like his, he could remember in an hour, few days, few weeks, months or....never again."
Closing her eyes, she couldn't comprehend that Bosco couldn't ever remember himself, family, friends, even her.
"Best you can do is hope for the best and be there for him. He's going to be scared at times, confused at everything and of everyone. Just keep telling him who he is and hopefully everything will work out."
"Thanks."
The doctor smiled a small reassuring smile then with all said turned and walked away, having a ton of other patients to talk to.
Faith stared at her feet that rested on the metal footrests, keeping her feet off the ground. She then brought her head up looked at the room that Bosco was in and breathing in heavily prepared herself once more and wheeled herself back into the room of her partner.
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Kim Zambrano laid in the chair with her head in a weird angle, her hand supporting the full weight of it but she slept on as her mother stayed fast asleep in the hospital bed.
But soon Kim's rest was disturbed, she yawned, stretched and looked about the room trying to figure out what had awakened her. A small groggy sound came from her mother, as she begun to come back to the real world.
Immediately she grabbed her mother's hand into her own, and with that small touch of skin to skin Catherine's eyes fluttered open. Glancing left and right and wondering about the room very confused and disoriented till she found her daughter in front of her.
"Kim?"
"Hey Mom welcome back."
"What happened, is Joey fine?"
As much as Kim wanted nothing more but to forget the terrible nightmare, she told her mother about the tornado, the havoc, how things had been, how hard it was to get her here to the hospital. Kim even told her mother about the boat parked in their firehouse and how Carlos had fallen into a river and how Davis saved him.
"Sounds like a busy day."
"Yep sure is."
"Can we join?"
Both women looked over to see the new voice was of Jimmy Doherty, standing with flowers that seemed to be almost dead, and the roots still dragging loosely. Kim couldn't blame him though, the city just been hit with a twister what more could you expect?
Behind Jimmy out sprung Joey.
"Grandma!"
Catherine threw her arms open as Joey bounded into her arms.
"Joey, you shouldn't be on Grandma's bed." Kim lectured, scared that he would tear out her I.V. or something else.
"Oh hush its perfectly fine." Hugging tightly onto her grandson Joey. Jimmy had come into the room, now leaned over and gave Catherine a kiss on the cheek and then put the flowers down on the night stand next to her bed.
"Sorry they're so pitiful, pulled them out of a flower pot that I found."
Catherine smiled.
"Thanks Jimmy, they are lovely."
Then Joey pulled away from his grandmother as though a sudden thought had occurred to him.
"What is it?"
She read the distress on his face.
"Are you okay Grandma?"
"Yes honey of course I am."
"Because I thought you were dead."
Joey's eyes sparkled in the lights from above and Catherine's heart ached.
"Heaven's no, Grandma is just fine."
"Good, don't do that again Grandma."
Catherine just pulled Joey so he was leaning on her while she hugged him tightly, while Kim and Jimmy stared at them.
Kim then stood up.
"I'm going to go get a drink, I'll be right back."
"I'll come with."
Jimmy turned and followed Kim out of the room.
Kim pressed the button and out shot a canned 12 oz Pepsi, which she reached down and opened it and chugged it till she couldn't bare to anymore. She gestured for Jimmy to take it but he waved it off, he wasn't very thirsty. He looked down the hall. Kim looking another direction as she thought about everything, of what her body been through the last couple of hours.
"Did you," Jimmy paused for a second wondering if this was the right time to be saying this he continued with his question "did you hear about Bosco and Faith?"
She looked at him, like he was nuts. First off she wasn't sure where he had pulled that out of, second, she had heard nothing and fear creeped into her heart. This happened every time when she knew one of her coworkers, someone she knew day in and day out were in jeopardy, it just tore at her gut.
"No, what about them?"
"That accident scene you called us to, remember that?"
"Of course."
"Well they were there, they must have ran into a building and the flooring collapsed out from under them."
"Oh my god, are they...are they...." Kim just couldn't even bare herself to say it let alone want to think about it.
"They're fine, well Faith is better, broken foot and a lot of scrapes and bruises."
"And Boz?"
Jimmy looked down at his feet. Then looked back up at Kim then glanced away again. He turned and looked at her again he wasn't sure how to say it really. He was about to then stopped and stalled again. Kim got frustrated with his waiting and not telling her.
"Jimmy, will you just tell me I'm an adult for godsakes."
"He can't remember who he is."
Kim watched Jimmy's face. She was sure the man was joking, pulling some prank on her. She always knew Jimmy didn't like Bosco, those two always had macho issues with each other, but she wasn't sure anymore now, if her ex-husband was indeed telling the truth.
"I don't understand....what do you mean he doesn't remember?"
"Kim, he has amnesia."
"I know what that is! I just...." Kim's eyes went back and forth, she put her hand to her head and brushed back her bangs, making them go this way and that, wildly her mind was scrambling to think and she shook her head "this is way to much to handle."
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Doc knocked on the door as he walked into the small room that his partner was occupying.
"Hey."
Carlos looked up from the shoe that he had been tying.
"Hey back."
"How you feel?" Doc asking as he looked him up and down, seeing all over his young partner's body that he was nothing but short of tired.
"Like I feel like I been in an icebox, and you?"
A short laugh came to Doc he then shrugged.
Then Carlos's eyes grew wide.
"Kylie I didn't even think about her, oh my god what if she's, no the tornado did it hit near her?" Carlos began to ramble at the mouth but Doc was close enough he only had to take a few steps and he was near he pushed Carlos's shoulders down.
"Don't worry, Carlos, I called them, they're fine. It didn't even hit near them."
Carlos relaxed.
"Can you give me sometime, I'll be out in a little bit."
Doc nodded.
"Sure, I'm going to grab a coffee, I'll meet you outside."
Doc walked out of Carlos's room. He saw all the gurney's, people hurt left and right. But his shift had ended, and he had to let his body rest for a few hours but he was certainly going to be out there helping as much as he can. Walking to the coffee machine he bumped into Jimmy.
"Hey."
Doc nodded his head.
"How you holding up?"
"Pretty good, and you?"
"Great," he said with pure sarcastic in his tone "stopped by and to see how Kim's mother doing and told Kim about..." Jimmy stopped not wanting to go any further. Doc just simply nodded, he to had known for sometime now.
"So how did Joey do throughout this whole thing?" Doc asked as he watched as Sully and Davis passed. He gave a slight wave as Sully nodded his head.
"Ummm, he really hasn't talked about it all too much. Asked if another one was going to hit us, thinks that the twister had to do with Catherine's illness."
Taking his coffee out of the little machine he sipped it.
"Look I'm going to go find the gang, I'll see you later Doc."
"Okay."
Jimmy then turned and left, while Doc took his coffee and walked outside, the nice air hitting his skin, the warmth of the sun starting to heat up his cold body.
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Sully and Davis passed Doc and Jimmy nodding to them as they talked to themselves. The medic gave a slight wave and that was it as they both made their way towards Bosco's and Faith's rooms. First room they stopped by was Bosco's, but it was empty or somewhat empty besides his roommates, a nurse saw them and had told them that he was down in x-ray room to check up on the swelling that had taken place in his brain. When they asked about the female officer that been there, they were told that she gone back to her own room and that is exactly were 55-Charlie headed next and found her.
"Hey guys." She said this quietly, she thought it was nice to see them but really she hadn't been in the mood to talk to anybody, not after finding out about her partner.
"Nice shoe." Davis pointed down to Faith's special blue boot that kept her foot protected.
"Did it hurt?" Sully said this while also looking at Faith's foot then he looked back up.
"You know....I didn't even realize I had broken it till I was told by the doctor, I guess I blocked it out, more things to worry about." Her eyes then glanced down sadly, the sound of Bosco's voice playing in her head, the flash of his innocent eyes not remembering who he was.
"Faith....Faith?"
Faith cleared her head and the vision by gently shaking her head softly.
"I'm sorry, what was it that you said Sully?"
"Where did Fred go?"
"Back to the apartment, to tell them everything and I'm going to meet him outside in a few minutes."
Sully nodded while Davis let his mind wonder and look outside then he came back and looked at Faith.
"Do you need our help at all?"
"No thanks Davis, I think I have all what I need."
"Okay....then see you later Faith."
She smiled and picking up one bag she then left the room she turned down the hall and walked to the desk to sign out while Davis and Sully walked another way.
Faith had lied to the two of them, her husband wasn't going to be there for another few hours. But really she wanted time to think, time to get her mind settled and be able to think clearly without so much confusion. She wanted to get out of the hospital and try and decided what to do next. It had killed her finding out about Bosco.
Of course she had always heard about amnesia, but to actually know somebody, know somebody that can sit there stare at you as though they never talked to you in a day of their life. It hurt really and that's what she had to clear with her mind, let her mind wrap around it that she had to be there for Bosco, because it wasn't about her, it was about him and she could only imagine what he was going through.
After she was done, the wheelchair guy came, being policy that she couldn't argue with, she got in the chair and was taken downstairs. Never in her life, in all the times she had been to that hospital, had she seen so many sick and injured people. But there wasn't really anything she could do so she stayed silent and tried to keep her mind off that until she was better and could help out.
Getting out of the chair she thanked the man and slowly and limply walked out; the morning sun feeling good on her skin. She could feel the slight breeze but it didn't bug her. The sun was warming her enough. When she went around the corner and looked to the skyline she saw the group, the group of her friends. From were she was walking she could see the entire gang was there, the FD with the EMS and Sully and Davis making up the PD. They where staring at the statue of Liberty. Faith found it remarkable it survived the twister but she was quiet thrilled it did because nothing could replace her.
Faith wanted to go over there and talk to them but it just wasn't the time, so Faith passed them and kept going. She had to go and sit down until her husband showed up.
TBC.... more is to come so be on the look out!