CHAPTER ONE

"Will you stay?" He asked in a tender voice. "Sure if you want me to." She said

"Don't ever leave me" "I won't" She said holding him. He looked up and they stared at each other for some time till Faith looked down and said "try to get some sleep" Bosco nodded, but he kept looking at her, so did she… again... He came closer, Faith took a deep breath. His hand rests on her cheek, hers on his. They both leaned in and they kissed softly…

He was on top of her, kissing her… then she was on top of him. She felt something wet; she looked at her hands then at Bosco: both her hands and Bosco were covered in blood. She wasn't at his apartment anymore but back at the hospital, reliving that horrible day again.

"Bos" She woke up at the hospital. Still after 9 months she went every day to visit him and to tell him everything that happened at the house and on the street. It wasn't much but she hoped he could hear her. Emily was watching how tender her mother held her former partners hand. The way she touched his hair, the way she always gave him a kiss when she entered and left even if his mother was there.

"Mom, dad isn't the father, is he?" Emily said out of the blue. Faith didn't really know what to say. "Em,…" "It's Bosco's right?" Faith looked at her and she couldn't do anything else but to tell her daughter the truth.

"Yes, but I never cheated on your father. It just happened one time when his brother died"

"Its okay mom, I believe you. And I'm sorry I never said anything about dad... He wanted to tell you it himself and I, I agreed. I'm sorry."

"You don't have to be sorry. This wasn't your fault, come here" They hugged before Emily left the room to go to school.

"Em is right: the baby is yours. You're going to be a dad. It won't be long anymore so you better wake up. I wouldn't want you to miss anything, I want you to be the first person who gets to see, hold him, kiss him and… oh my god" The tears followed each other very quickly. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder; she turned around to see no one less than Cruz. Her "enemy". Still lately Cruz was there in some way for her. She took a new point of view when Cruz covered the whole mann thing up and didn't rated her out even when she had to go to jail.

They still weren't friends and probably never will be, but they respected each other. Cruz, well she knew best of all people how much he meant to her and how much she meant to him. The only thing Bosco could think of when Faith was shot, was to clear her name and to help her even if it meant ending his career or even go to jail. From that day on it was clear to Cruz that nothing would ever come between them.

"He's gonna wake up." "You don't know that" "Faith, he took 4 bullets; the doctors said he would never breathe on his own again and look at him. It will only be a matter of time before he opens his eyes. Trust me" Faith looked at her, she wanted to make a comment but she was interrupted by a severe pain in her stomach. "Oh my God, goh…." Cruz looked at her with a questioning look. "What? The baby?" " Get a doctor"

Cruz rushed off to get a doctor but unfortually it was a false contraction. Still it had scared Faith especially because Bosco wasn't awake yet…

It was Rose her turn to keep watch over Bosco that night. She was talking to him about his brother, which flowers she putted on his grave and so on till suddenly he moved his hand.

"hey baby, hey… welcome back. I missed you so much"

"M…Mom.."

"Shhh, don't try to talk I'll get the doctor okay" She kissed him on his forehead and searched the doctor. The doctor said Bosco seemed be fine at first site but of course he still needed to do some tests. Both the doctor and his mother were talking to him, but all he could think of was Faith. He wanted to see her, to see how she was doing, if she got hurt… He remembered faintly the way she smelled, the way her skin felt…So his first word was:

"F.. Fai.. Faith"