Part II
„Pregnant?", Bosco stuttered. "How, when....?"
Faith couldn't help but laugh.
"Didn't your mom tell you about the birds and the bees? I'm sure you know where the babies come from"
"Funny!", he answered. "I do know how you got pregnant! It's just.. I don't know. A little unexpected. What are you planning to do?"
"What I'm planning? Does that mean you don't want the child?", Faith wanted to know, all ready on the verge of crying.
"Hell no! I never said that. It's just we aren't in a relationship, you just got divorced and I don't know if you want another child after the two you have. And especially I'm not sure if you want my child!"
"Why shouldn't I want your baby? Did I miss something? Bosco, this concerns you as much as myself.. What do you want?"
"I'm not good at relationships, I had a bad childhood and don't know if I'm gonna make a good father. You know my reputation.....", he started to answer. "And yes, I want that child but I'm not sure ho we're gonna do this. We aren't really together and even if we don't know if it will work."
"You are good with kids, my kids love there Uncle Bosco! And I'm not worried that you would end up hitting me or the kid!"
"You want the baby? I always imagined the worst a woman could tell you is that you knocked her up..."
"I thought that, too", he laughed. "Honestly, I'm scared to screw that up but at the same time I'm exited. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that we created a child! Out of some cells grows a person inside of you."
"Oh Bosco!", she threw herself at him.
Smiling he wrapped her inside his arms, stood up and twirled her around.
"We're gonna have a baby!"
After the first excitement died down they sat back on the couch. Faith snuggled closer to him and he throw the quilt that lay on the back of the couch over them.
"What are we gonna do, Faith?"
"No matter what happens between us, the baby is yours. I won't keep it from you, it will need his father. I would love to have your there through the pregnancy, the birth and that. But if you don't want that, that's okay, too. I take what you can give."
"I wasn't worried about that! I will be there for you, I told you that more than once all ready. It's my responsibility. I wanted to know what we are gonna tell your kids, the guys at work ..."
"I don't think I want to tell my kids yet. And work, I want to be on the safe side so I'm gonna tell Swersky. I don't want to tell the others, perhaps Ty and Sully but the rest will find out soon enough when I'm beginning to show. Bu what about Rose? Don't you want to tell her?"
"I think it will be better to keep it to ourselves for a bit. But I will tell her eventually, she will be thrilled. She always wanted grandchildren and bugged me from the first time she met you to find myself a woman like you. Guess she will be pleased I settled for the original", he winked at her.
"I have another appointment in a few days, do you want to come with me?"
He nodded eagerly. Faith grinned at his enthusiasm.
"Faith?"
"Yeah?", she lay in his arms and was about to drift off to sleep.
"Can I stay here with you? I don't want to miss anything. I want to be there for you, all the way"
She nodded sleepily. "Sure", she answered before falling asleep.
Next morning; Bosco awoke to hearing Faith throwing up. He quickly went to her side and kneeled down beside her.
"You okay?", he asked while stroking her back.
"Yeah, it'll pass soon. Don't worry, morning sickness is completely normal. I had it with Emily and Charlie, too.!", she answered as the nauseous passed. "I'm gonna eat some toast with herbal tea and than my stomach will calm down."
After he was assures that it was nothing to worry about Bosco grinned.
"What are you grinning about?"
"I just seems more real to see you throw up!"
Shaking her heat she said "Don't worry! It will get even more real in a few weeks! And soon you will see the baby on the ultrasound and hear the heart beating!"
She hadn't thought he would be that enthusiastic. She was never worried that he would leave her alone with the baby but she didn't think he would be this happy, at least not this soon after finding out. She expected more of a "warming up"period for him to get used to the idea of becoming a father. But she wasn't one to complain, she just enjoyed it.
Martin Roberts had found a one room apartment with a small bath and sleeping/living room with a kitchen in one of the corners. He was forced to find a job at a supermarket to earn some money. It much more difficult to find the two cops who arrested him. New York was a big city and without knowing where to search is wasn't easy to find someone here. But he would succeed, it would just take a little more time than expected.