July 3rd, 2010
Bosco and Faith had just celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary. They tried to enjoy it as much as possible. Bosco took Faith out for dinner and got a hotel room where they relax. Today was a bigger day though. Emily was being released.
"Do I look pretty?" Sydney asked as she spun around in her dress.
"YOU look beautiful, Pumpkin." Bosco said pacing back and forth in the parking lot. Sydney grinned with pride. He looked up and Saw Faith and Emily exit the building. His heart pounded in his chest, rubbing Sofia's back.
"Sydney!" Emily cried.
"MOMMY!!" She squealed running into her mother's arms. Emily held onto Sydney tightly. She closed her eyes and smelled her daughters smell.
"Hi, Baby." Emily whispered. Bosco stared at them. Emily had tears in her eyes. God, so did he. She looked up. "Savannah…"
"Here." He said handing the baby to her. Emily held onto Sofia.
"You've gotten so big, baby girl." She said.
"What about me?" Sydney asked. Emily chuckled.
"You've gotten very big." She said standing up looking at Bosco. "How's Sofia?"
"She's just as big as Savannah." He said giving her a quick hug.
"Come on. Let's get home." Faith said, "We have some food waiting and you can take a hot bath, maybe take a nap if you want to."
"Thank you." Emily smiled getting into the car with her daughter. Bosco glanced at Faith.
"How do you think this is going to go?" He asked.
"I have my baby home." Faith said, "It'll go fine." Bosco sighed getting into the car himself. He hoped she was right.
Faith stared at her family. They were all sitting around the table chatting. It was a nice thing to have back.
"Catherine can use my wedding dress if she wants." Emily said gently, "It shouldn't be sitting in the attic." Charlie smiled gently.
"Thank you." HE said, "She'll love it."
"Good." Emily smiled, "This food is great, Mom."
"It's just a casserole." Faith chuckled.
"When you've been eating what I have been, this is a gourmet meal." Emily said taking another forkful.
"I hate to ask this, Em, but has the O'Hara's contacted you at all?" Faith asked her. Emily shook her head as she picked Savannah up.
"No. I'd think they'd b interested in seeing how their granddaughters are." She sighed. "They've never been in their lives though. They weren't in Justin's life either though so what can I expect?"
"The girls have three grandparents who love them to bits." Bosco told her. Emily smiled gently. It was very strange being back, but Emily was so thankful she could do it.
July 10th, 2010
Okay, maybe it was harder than Faith expected to adjust having Emily back. She may be under her roof, but Emily had the right to raise her daughters the way she wanted. It was hard sometimes to watch that. Faith just wanted to help.
"I have a meeting with Swerski today." Emily said changing Savannah's diaper. Faith looked up from Sofia's own dirty diaper.
"He told me." She said, "I suppose he's evaluating you?"
"Yeah. He wants to make sure this is what I want." Emily said to her mother, "And it is."
"Okay. You know I'll stand by you one hundred percent." Faith said. Emily smiled tenderly at her mother.
"I know that." She said, "I also want to look for a new place to live. I don't want to go back to the house."
"I can understand that." Faith said, "But you're welcomed here as long as you guys want to stay."
"I know, but I'm starting to feel cramped and I can imagine how you guys feel." Emily smiled picking Savannah up.
"We're fine. Charlie will be out making his own family sooner or later so we'll have the space." She said.
"Speaking of Charlie and Catherine…How do you feel about this? I know you had a hard time adjusting to Sydney." Emily said. Faith sighed picking Sofia up.
"He'll be eighteen in October. I can't stop him from doing anything." Faith said to her daughter, "He insists they won't get married until next June when they're both graduated, but knowing him he'll get married without telling us." Emily chuckled gently as she laid Savannah in the crib.
"Charlie is one of the smartest people in this whole family." She said, "I'm sure he'll do what's right."
"That's what I'm afraid of." Faith admitted, "If Catherine gets pregnant, he'll marry her in an instant."
"At least Justin and I waited." Emily said leaving the nursery. "Well, any pointers?"
"Call him sir. He likes that." Faith smiled, "Other than that just…Just be yourself."
"Okay." She said running her hand through her hair. "Syd needs her ear drops in by three."
"I know, Emily." Faith said, "Good luck."
"Thanks." Emily said walking down the stairs.
"NOO!!!!!!" Sydney screamed at the top of her lungs. Bosco grabbed her and held onto her little body tightly, "STOP IT!!!"
"It's not going to hurt." Faith growled opening the bottle of ear drops. "Hold her still, Maurice."
"I only have two hands." He said. Sydney shook her head. Bosco pinned her arms to her legs with his legs. He grabbed her head.
"STOP IT!!!!!" Sydney screamed. Faith ignored her granddaughter. She had experience in putting ear drops into screaming children's ears. Faith quickly squeezed the drops into her ears.
"There." Faith said. Bosco released her. Sydney fell into a heap of tears.
"I h-hate you." She sobbed.
"I know." Faith said getting up. Emily walked into the house.
"Is my daughter being murdered?" She asked.
"She'll be lucky if I don't do that." Faith chuckled. "So? How did it go?"
"Fantastic." Emily smiled picking Sydney up off of the floor, "Swerski was really nice. I had a phsyc evaluation. Everything went very well and he welcomed me to the force."
"You're a member of the 55?" Bosco asked. Emily reached into her pocket and pulled out a small clear box. Inside was her 55 golden pin.
"Yup." Emily beamed with pride, "Who would have guessed."
"Congratulations." Bosco leaned over and kissed her forehead. Faith smiled pleasantly. Sure she was thrilled her daughter was well enough to start working, but as a cop? Savannah and Sydney already lost one parent. She hated to think they'd loose another one.
July 17th, 2010
Faith knocked on the bathroom door. Emily had been in there for a long time. It sounded like she was throwing up.
"Em, we need to get to work." Faith said.
"God, I'm coming." Emily flushed the toilet and walked out. Faith smiled softly. Emily looked great in her blues.
"Is everything all right?" Faith asked.
"It's just nerves." She said walking down the stairs, "Let's go."
Faith was disappointed that she hadn't been paired up with Emily, but she understood why. She was just glad Bosco had been. She didn't mind riding with Davis. Emily was thankful she was riding with her stepfather.
"I don't feel like driving." Emily said hooking her radio on.
"That's fine. I don't like riding." Bosco chuckled getting into the car, "You haven't been yourself this morning."
"I'm just feeling a little under the weather." Emily smirked. Bosco looked at her doubtfully as he pulled out onto the road.
"Is there something you want to tell me? Did something happen?" He asked. Emily sighed deeply.
"I can't tell you yet." She said looking out the window. "Anything on our plate today?"
"No. just keep your eyes peeled." Bosco said, "You know, O'Hara, I'm not your stepfather today. I'm your partner. Partners have a bond." Emily chuckled.
"You married yours." She said.
"I know, but Faith and I had and still have a bond." He said, "What is said in this car stays in this car."
"How do you know something is up with me?" Emily asked.
"A partner knows, O'Hara." He said. Emily sighed deeply.
"Don't freak out because I'm happy about it. It's pulled me out of the depths of despair." She said.
"Tell me, Emily." Bosco said.
"I'm pregnant." Emily said. Bosco nearly slammed on the brakes. He looked at her with wide eyes.
"How? Justin…How?" he asked. Emily giggled.
"We had sex the day he…Before he left." She said. "We were careless, but the thought never crossed our minds that I could get pregnant again since I just had a baby." Bosco was in utter shock. "I don't want this to screw up my career."
"Faith was pregnant and a cop." He said.
"I know, but just keep this on the down low for a few more weeks okay?" Emily asked, "I just know by the test. I want to go to the doctors and make sure everything is all right first."
"I won't say a word. Partners don't snitch." Bosco said.
"Thanks." Emily smiled looking out the window. "Whoa, wait."
"What?" Bosco asked. Emily nodded.
"10-30." She said picking up her radio. "55-David to central, we have a 10-30 in progress at our location." Bosco slowed the car down glancing over at the small convenient store. How the hell did she see that? She obviously had better eyes than him.
"Good one." Bosco muttered.
"It's my job to keep my eyes open." Emily smiled at him, "Now I know why you haven't made detective yet." She winked playfully as she got out of the car.
"Very funny." bosco got out. He watched Emily carefully. She was pregnant. One wrong move and she could loose the baby. She wouldn't be able to handle that. Bosco knew that. Emily pulled her gun out and approached the building. "Be careful."
"Really?" Emily chuckled. She got a thrill doing this. She knew this was the right career for her. She never understood why her mother loved it that much, until now. Emily held the gun out in front of her and kicked the convenient store door open. "Drop your weapon now!" Bosco ran up behind her getting her back. The man at the counter turned and stared at Emily. He looked terrified. "I said drop your weapon now. It's not worth it man."
"Shit." he cursed throwing the gun on the ground and he put his hands up. Emily kicked the gun back to Bosco.
"Put your hands on the counter." She commanded. The man turned and put his hands on the counter. Emily pressed her gun into his back as she patted the man down, "he's clean." Bosco watched at Emily pulled his arms behind his back and slapped the handcuffs on him. He was highly impressed. He could tell Emily was going to be a tough cop. She wouldn't take anything from anyone. He liked that.
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