Bosco looked out at the road as he drove. All he wanted was to go home and
see Kim and thank whatever God existed that Paulie Fuentes hadn't pulled
the trigger twice the day he shot Bobby. He spared a quick glance at Sully
before looking back at the road. He just wanted to hold his wife.
~&~&~&~&~&~
"Alex!"
"What? You chose truth," she pointed out.
"But that's personal," Kim said nervously. What Alex had just asked was not the kind of thing she had in mind when she agreed to play 'Truth or Dare' while they waited for another call.
"Oh, it must be really good if you don't wanna tell me," Alex said with a grin.
"Okay but it doesn't go any further this ambulance."
"I swear," Alex said.
Kim took a deep breath. "The front seat of Bosco's RMP."
"Excuse me?" Alex looked at her. "Are you serious?"
"You asked."
"Oh my God," Alex said. "Really?"
"Oh it gets better," Kim said, smiling. "We got caught on video tape and the restaurant owner gave it to Stick."
"Did they figure out it was Bosco?"
"Yes," Kim nodded. "But they don't know who the girl was. In fact to this day, Faith thinks it was the captain's daughter. She had a crush on him and when she saw him, she called him 'Maurice' so Faith thinks they were closer then they were."
"Oh my God and she never figured out that he wasn't doing the captain's daughter, who was what a few years ago, eighteen?"
"Nineteen. Faith thought it was her birthday present."
"Oh my God!" Alex shrieked, laughing.
Kim had to smile too. She parked the bus in front of the firehouse and got out. Alex followed still laughing. She stopped and pointed, "You've got a visitor. Maybe he wants to fool around."
Kim looked and saw Bosco. "Well he's not working today so we'll have to go with what our second choice was that day."
"Do I wanna know?"
"The back of Boy-55-3," Kim said innocently. "By the way, get your thinking cap on. You have the same question to answer when I get inside."
"I didn't choose truth," Alex protested.
"You will," Kim assured her. "'Cause the dare? It's to kiss Jimmy in front of all the guys."
"That's just- ew!" Alex said as Kim walked towards Bosco.
"Hey," Kim said when she got to him.
"Hey. What's with Taylor?"
"I'll tell you later. You okay?"
"I am now," Bosco hugged Kim. "Any chance you can fake sick and come home with me?"
"I'd love it but we're short handed already," Kim said. "Sorry."
"It's okay. The kids?"
"Mom's spoiling them. She said she was taking them all shopping for something to wear on Easter. Then she said we should take them to get a picture down so she can hang up a picture of her three beautiful grandchildren and let the neighbors see and be jealous."
"I'll go see if they're back yet. If they are, I'll take 'em home and feed them."
"Okay. I'll be home as soon as I possibly can. I promise."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Because I have a feeling that you have a lot to tell me."
"Just how grateful I am that you love me," Bosco smiled.
"Always Copper," Kim teased.
~^~^~^~^~
"Wow," Kim said after Bosco had told her the whole story. "But he's gonna be okay?"
"Yeah, hopefully," Bosco said. He watched Kim lean back against the headboard. "What?"
"Suddenly very grateful nobody offered me a drink after Bobby died."
"Yeah me too, considering you were pregnant with Johnny. Ow!" he yelped when Kim pinched his calf.
"You know what I mean," she said.
"Yeah, I know," he nodded. He moved and then laid his head down on her lap. "It was strange to see Sully like that."
"What do you mean?"
"He was just so," Bosco couldn't think of a word to describe the gruff cop's demeanor.
"Human?" Kim supplied.
"Yeah, something like that. And he was scared too."
"We all have our demons. Sometimes they're just a little more present then other times," she said softly.
"Tell me about it."
"I don't have to," she said, stroking his hair.
"No, you don't," he agreed.
~&~&~&~&~&~
"Alex!"
"What? You chose truth," she pointed out.
"But that's personal," Kim said nervously. What Alex had just asked was not the kind of thing she had in mind when she agreed to play 'Truth or Dare' while they waited for another call.
"Oh, it must be really good if you don't wanna tell me," Alex said with a grin.
"Okay but it doesn't go any further this ambulance."
"I swear," Alex said.
Kim took a deep breath. "The front seat of Bosco's RMP."
"Excuse me?" Alex looked at her. "Are you serious?"
"You asked."
"Oh my God," Alex said. "Really?"
"Oh it gets better," Kim said, smiling. "We got caught on video tape and the restaurant owner gave it to Stick."
"Did they figure out it was Bosco?"
"Yes," Kim nodded. "But they don't know who the girl was. In fact to this day, Faith thinks it was the captain's daughter. She had a crush on him and when she saw him, she called him 'Maurice' so Faith thinks they were closer then they were."
"Oh my God and she never figured out that he wasn't doing the captain's daughter, who was what a few years ago, eighteen?"
"Nineteen. Faith thought it was her birthday present."
"Oh my God!" Alex shrieked, laughing.
Kim had to smile too. She parked the bus in front of the firehouse and got out. Alex followed still laughing. She stopped and pointed, "You've got a visitor. Maybe he wants to fool around."
Kim looked and saw Bosco. "Well he's not working today so we'll have to go with what our second choice was that day."
"Do I wanna know?"
"The back of Boy-55-3," Kim said innocently. "By the way, get your thinking cap on. You have the same question to answer when I get inside."
"I didn't choose truth," Alex protested.
"You will," Kim assured her. "'Cause the dare? It's to kiss Jimmy in front of all the guys."
"That's just- ew!" Alex said as Kim walked towards Bosco.
"Hey," Kim said when she got to him.
"Hey. What's with Taylor?"
"I'll tell you later. You okay?"
"I am now," Bosco hugged Kim. "Any chance you can fake sick and come home with me?"
"I'd love it but we're short handed already," Kim said. "Sorry."
"It's okay. The kids?"
"Mom's spoiling them. She said she was taking them all shopping for something to wear on Easter. Then she said we should take them to get a picture down so she can hang up a picture of her three beautiful grandchildren and let the neighbors see and be jealous."
"I'll go see if they're back yet. If they are, I'll take 'em home and feed them."
"Okay. I'll be home as soon as I possibly can. I promise."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Because I have a feeling that you have a lot to tell me."
"Just how grateful I am that you love me," Bosco smiled.
"Always Copper," Kim teased.
~^~^~^~^~
"Wow," Kim said after Bosco had told her the whole story. "But he's gonna be okay?"
"Yeah, hopefully," Bosco said. He watched Kim lean back against the headboard. "What?"
"Suddenly very grateful nobody offered me a drink after Bobby died."
"Yeah me too, considering you were pregnant with Johnny. Ow!" he yelped when Kim pinched his calf.
"You know what I mean," she said.
"Yeah, I know," he nodded. He moved and then laid his head down on her lap. "It was strange to see Sully like that."
"What do you mean?"
"He was just so," Bosco couldn't think of a word to describe the gruff cop's demeanor.
"Human?" Kim supplied.
"Yeah, something like that. And he was scared too."
"We all have our demons. Sometimes they're just a little more present then other times," she said softly.
"Tell me about it."
"I don't have to," she said, stroking his hair.
"No, you don't," he agreed.
