A Little "Family" Fun

Chapter 4 of 4

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original characters or places.

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Six month's later:

Bosco sat, tapping the end of his cane on the floor, watching Sully study the glass of water he was twirling in his hands. Clearing his throat, he asked, "You ready, Sul?"

"Hum?" Sully looked up and swallowed dryly.

"Are you ready to go? They're going to need this table. We've been sitting here for over an hour." Bosco answered.

"Oh, yeah." Sully muttered. "NO…wait!" Sully called out, grabbing Bosco's arm as he started to stand up. "Wait…ummm…I need to talk to you…about…about something." Sully stammered.

Bosco sat back down in the booth with a sigh, leaning the cane against the seat.

Sully started twirling his glass again.

Bosco tapped his fingers on the tabletop waiting for Sully to speak. Finally, he couldn't take it any longer. He knew why Sully had invited him out for lunch and what Sully wanted to talk to him about. "Just spit it out, Sul." He grumbled, reaching across the table and snatching the glass from Sully's hand, placing it on his side of the table out of Sully's reach.

Sully grabbed his napkin and began twisting the edge of it. His gaze finally met Bosco's and he licked his dry lips. "I umm….I guess you know why we're here Bosco." Sully commented quietly.

Of course he knew, but he wasn't going to let Sully off that easily, so Bosco crossed his arms across his chest and shrugged.

"Well, I ahhh….your mother and I….well…." Sully paused briefly as the napkin in his hand disintegrated. He cleared his suddenly parched throat. "Ahh…Rose and I …well… um…we were a… thinking ….that we might like to ah ..get…m..married….umm…if…if that's alright with you, Bosco." Sully finished quickly, looking up at Bosco with wide eyes, waiting for the explosion.

Bosco swallowed hard. Even though he knew what Sully was about to say, it still seemed shocking. He hesitated a moment to steady his voice. "You…you don't need my permission to marry her, Sullivan. She's a grown woman."

"No…no, I know…but she…...we…wanted your blessing, Bosco." Sully shrugged, suddenly feeling very foolish and not really knowing what else to say.

"Do you still think you love her?" Bosco asked quietly.

"What?" Sully questioned.

"At the zoo….you told me that you 'thought' you loved her. Do you still 'think' that?" Bosco clarified, suddenly twisting his own napkin.

"Oh…um….No….no, Bosco. I don't think I love her. I mean, I thought I loved Tatiana. I…I liked her a lot and I learned to love her, despite our problems, but…..I didn't love her….at least…not at first. But Rose….Rose is different. I don't 'think' that I love her, Bosco. I know I love her….more than anything in this world." Sully smiled softly. "She's funny…kind….beautiful….spunky. She's the first person I think about every morning and the last person I think about every night. She even invades my dreams…"

"WHOA! Whoa!" Bosco threw his hands up and scrunched his face. "I don't need that visual, donut boy."

Sully chuckled, then became more serious as his eyes met Bosco's once more. "I love her, Bosco. And I would never…ever hurt her. I hope you know that."

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"Nice place, Bosco." Ty commented, looking around Bosco's new apartment.

"Yeah, it's not the same as the old place. But it's mine, so…"

"You didn't have to move out just yet, you know." Rose interjected. "There would still be plenty of room for you at my place after the wedding."

"Maaaa…I'm not going to live with you and Sully. We've already talked about that. I'm able to take care of myself now. Besides, if I want to experience the mating of the wildebeest, I can watch it on TV instead of listening to it in the room next door."

"MAURICE!" Rose shouted and blushed, swatting at Bosco's arm.

Ty tried to stifle a laugh, as Sully muttered something about having furniture to move and headed towards the door.

Rose sighed and followed Sully. "There's no denying that you're Anthony Boscorelli's son, that's for sure."

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"You ready?" Bosco asked quietly.

"I'm as ready as I'm ever going to be." Rose chuckled. "How do I look?"

"You look beautiful, Ma." Bosco answered, taking Rose's hands in his.

"You look awfully handsome yourself, Maurice." Rose replied, looking at Bosco's black suit.

"Yeah" Bosco commented softly.

"What's wrong, Maurice?"

"Nothing, Ma" Bosco answered, forcing a smile.

"Do you think that I believe that, Maurice? I know you, baby. What's wrong?" Rose coaxed.

"Nothing, Ma…it's just…."

"Just what?"

"It's just…I don't know… I feel like I'm losing you…" Bosco whispered, looking down at his feet.

"Oh, baby." Rose leaned forward, placing her hands on both sides of his face, pulling his forehead down to hers. "You're not losing me, Maurice. That will never happen. You're my baby. My first love…. always. John can't change that and he doesn't want to. He cares about you too. So don't you ever worry about losing me. Ok?"

Bosco shook his head slightly. "I know. I know, Ma." He hugged Rose close. "I just needed to hear you say it, I guess."

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"I can't believe you're having a church wedding." Ty whispered.

"Bosco's idea." Sully muttered, straightening his tie for the tenth time.

"Bosco? You're kidding."

"No, I'm not. Said no mother of his was going to run off to Atlantic City with John Sullivan to get married."

Ty chuckled lightly.

Sully cleared his throat, looking up the isle of the small church as Rose entered the sanctuary on Bosco's arm. Ty followed his gaze.

"She's beautiful." Sully said softly.

"Yeah"

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Bosco cleared his throat as the priest asked who gave this woman to be married. "I…I do." He hesitantly placed Rose's hand in Sully's, leaning over to give Rose a kiss on the cheek, then leaning over to Sully to whisper something in his ear.

Sully was shocked to hear Bosco's 'welcome to the family, Sul' instead of the 'if you hurt her, I'll kill you' that he expected.

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"Ty, have you seen Bosco?" Sully asked. "We're getting ready to leave and Rose wants to tell him goodbye." Sully was ready for the reception to end and the honeymoon to begin.

"Did you find him?" Rose asked, stepping up beside Sully and wrapping her arms around his.

"No, I was just asking Ty." Sully looked back to see Ty pointing across the room.

"I think he's a little preoccupied." Ty commented with a grin.

Sully and Rose looked across the room to see Bosco slow dancing with one of the hostesses. His cane was hung over the back of a nearby chair. The hostess, a beautiful tall blond, twirled her finger through the back of his hair and giggled at something he whispered in her ear.

"The Boscorelli magic at work." Ty noted, causing Sully and Rose to laugh.

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The End. Hope you enjoyed.