A/N: This did start out as a B/C fic, then turned into an A/H fic, then B/C again now a A/B fic, man that's confusing. Anyways, I never said I was going to keep any couples together or apart, so A/B may not last, haven't decided yet. This could very well turn out to be a B/C fic, or a B/C maybe ill even do a cross over who the hell knows. If you want to suggest something then be my guest.

He stood their not sure what to say, he'd never heard Ashley utter those words before, especially not to him in the way she meant it now. He wanted to say those words back, but something held them in.

A knock on the door alerted them that they were in a hospital, and that was probably a nurse. Within seconds the door opened, revealing, you guessed it a nurse.

"I'm sorry but visiting hours are over" she eyed both sensing that something had gone on between them, what ever it was, was going to have to wait till morning.

"Can he stay in here until I fall asleep?" Ashley asked the nurse, she already knew her answer before the nurse gave it.

"Only till then" the nurse closed the door behind her.

Ashley very clumsily climbed into bed, and laid on her back, the only un painful position. Her bandaged hands rested beside her on top of the blankets.

Bosco took the chair beside it, not being able to hold her hand was awkward, so he just laid his hand on the bed, he wasn't going to, inflict more pain on her, she'd had enough tonight already.

Her breathing soon slowed, Bosco got up, and kissed her forehead, he left in search of someone.

He found her in room 502, at the other end of the hall from Ashley.

She was sitting in a wheelchair attempting to balance on two wheels. This only angered him more. He strode over to her, he grabbed her out of the wheel chair and gripped her arms hard.

"You selfish Bitch!"

"What the hell?" he dug in deeper

"It bothers you that for once I am actually happy doesn't it?"

"Bosco what are you talking about?" he pushed her back down into her chair, he immediately saw the red marks on her skin.

"It was your fault she almost died" Hayden sat silently watching the scene play out before him

"She didn't have to follow me!"

"SHE LIKED THE THOUGHT OF YOU TWO BECOMING FRIENDS, THAT'S WHY SHE FOLLOWED YOU"

She got out of her chair, trying to stand eye to him, but she was shorter by a few inches.

"Ya well I doubt she wants to be friends, after what I did"

"What is that supposed to mean?" he said through a clenched jaw

"Nothing"

"Tell me" he grabbed her arms again

"NO" he stared into her eyes before letting her go again

"Your nothing but a criminal"

"Those are pretty harsh accusations you're throwing out"

"I still got information, lawyers would love to hear"

"Such a big threat for a mouth so small"

"Try me. Go ahead, call my bluff"

"Oh I will believe you will do it. But let me ask you this, how would Ashley feel after she knew you ratted me out?"

"You said it yourself, she may not want to be friends with you after this. If I have anything to do with it, she won't"

"So now your deciding who she can and cant be friends with?"

"Ya I guess I am" he gritted his teeth, he'd never wanted to hit someone as much as her right now, but he refused to hit a women, now matter how much they provoked him.

"I don't think Ashley would go for that" she stared him down,

"I guess we'll have to see wont we?" he said quietly Hayden had to strain his ears to hear.

"Where is she now? Did she get some sense and drop you?"

"She's sleeping, no thanks to you"

"Get away from me. I think I liked it better when you blamed me for your brothers death"

Bosco slammed the door when he left.

The moment she heard him coming to the door, she stepped back the best she could into another room with its door open and watch him stride off to the elevators looking like he was ready to murder someone. She made her way very slowly back to her room, spending most of the night thinking about who was to blame and all she could come up with was her, she had locked them in there, even if it was accidental. She wondered if Arson knew already what had caused the fire in the first place. She would have to make a trip down to her house once she was out of this place.

What Bosco had done for her, pained her and yet a sense of pride came over her, when he was being protective of her, but that wasn't the point, he'd overstepped the boundaries. And she wasn't going to let him get away with it either.

She'd just managed to doze off when he came in carrying flowers, her eyes protested not wanting to open, maybe she'd pretend she was sleeping so he would leave, but her eyes opened. His face lit up making her recall the conversation her and Cruz had last night

'The way he looks at you, his eyes light up whenever you walk into a room'

"Morning Sunshine" he wore a big grin, she didn't know how he could smile when all she wanted to scream out how much pain she was in, the medication was starting to wear off, a dull pain had started growing in her hands and ankle. She managed a small smile and he noticed how it didn't quite reach her eyes.

"You look tired, did you get enough sleep?" he sat the flowers down on the tray at the foot of the bed, then moved himself to the chair beside her bed, pulled it closer to the bed and plopped down.

"I slept fine, the med's are starting to wear off" his smile became a frown and he looked deep in thought

"Do you want me to go get a nurse?" his eyes never leaving one of the bandaged hands, thinking of what could be under their, he made the mistake of grabbing her hands, he didn't know, he only hoped that didn't slow down the healing.

"No it's fine"

"Are you sure?" he half rose out of the chair

"Yes, sit down" she attempted to adjust herself into a more comfortable position but she couldn't use her hands so she gave up. She really wasn't in the mood to have a heart-to- heart so she chose safe topics like the weather, asking him what kind of flowers their were, if he got the mail and groceries. His answers were one or two words, at least she tried. The more time that passed the more the pain became more intense; finally she couldn't take it anymore.

"Could you go get the nurse for me? I'd do it myself" she held up her hands, he nodded and disappeared out the door.

She was lost deep in thought about how she was going to bring it up, she couldn't very well say 'I'm flattered that you are protective of me, but don't do it again, I'm a big girl' that wasn't exactly tea conversation.

"This gentleman says that you're in pain" her eyes snapped to the nurse in front of her, who at the moment was in her personal space. She nodded. Hoping her answer would get the nurse away from her, it didn't the nurse came even closer and injected a needle into her IV. She felt the drugs almost instantly taking the pain to intense, to dull to non-existent.

"This will also make her drowsy, so I suggest you come back another time" Bosco didn't like that idea but left soon after. Within minutes of him leaving she fell into a dreamless sleep.

Ashley was released later that day after she woke up and was fitted for crouches, they were a pain in the ass, she didn't understand why she just couldn't limp everywhere it was quicker and gave her the use of her hands but the doctor told her she was to use these. For six weeks, then depending how healed her ankle was she could stop using them a week after the cast was taken off. Just another damn inconvenience.

By the third week she had grown fed up with him, he didn't bring it up about what he'd done and he had also grown more moody as the days progressed, she said it halfway through supper one day, he was on his dinner break, his partner for the day at the deli across the seat.

"I don't need defending, I followed her into the closet" he dropped his fork and looked at her.

"Cruz tell you?"

"No"

"So it was Hayden then"

"No"

"Which one was it, they're were the only ones in there"

"I was outside listening"

"How much did you hear?" suddenly loosing his appetite he pushed his plate away

"Every word" he looked down at the abandoned plate in front of him, he remained silent so she started again

"Why are you always blaming someone for something they couldn't control?" "Cruz was upset, I followed her in there, I let the door shut behind me, the door knob came off in my hand first, so don't go blaming her for she didn't start" he reached into his pocket and laid money on the table and rose, he looked at her one final time and walked out. Thankfully her bandages had been taken off earlier that morning, she picked up her crouches and tried to catch up but he was already in the car pulling away from the curb when she reached the sidewalk. She was thankful that her left ankle had broken, meaning she could still drive. She was at the station in record time. Her crutches were more of a hassle than useful but she took them out and hopped her way into the precinct.

Chaotic noise met her, she suddenly missed all this, she'd had a rough couple of months and couldn't wait to jump in again. She hobbled over to the front desk, the Sgt greeting her warmly.

"Have you seen Bosco?"

"He came in about ten minutes ago with a perp, should be in lock up" Lock up was up the stairs great.

Cruz came in and saved her,

"Hey Ashley, what are you doing here?" she started writing things on the sheets the desk Sgt had just given her.

"Looking for a pig-headed idiot"

"Haven't seen him"

"I know what happened between you two, I told him that I didn't need him to protect me"

"He doesn't seem to think so"

"Ya well we all know how much he uses his brain" Cruz smiled and signed the last document, handing the documents back.

"You know where he is?"

"Ya in lock up" "Ya I know its up the stairs"

"Here let me help" she reached out and took hold of Ashley's elbow. They were half way up when he came down, ignoring both of them. She turned and was helped back down the stairs; he was at the front desk doing something. Cruz made herself scarce.

"Bosco"

"Yes?" his voice tinted with anger, he didn't look at her

"Why do you always run off, when someone's right and you know it?"

"And here we have two members of the morning shift, however Boscorelli is on afternoons, and Ryan's is out on injury" the Lt told two people Ashley had never seen before, Jessica Black and Shane Carter.

"Officers, I would like you to-"

"NOT NOW" they both said together, neither looking up, Bosco focused on the papers in front of him and Ashley on him. Bosco shut the folder and walked off up a different set of stairs. She followed him with the crutches until she got to the bottom of the stairs.

"For fuck sakes" she threw the crutches aside and started up the stairs.

"Your doing it again" she said to half the precinct as she made it up the stairs. She pushed the locker room door open, it was unusually quiet and then she heard why, loud bangs coming from the back of the room.

"Bosco?" she said receiving no reply she limped over to find him kicking a garbage can. She didn't say anything, she stood their letting him get his frustrations out on the garbage can, glad that it wasn't flesh and bone he was hitting.

"Bosco" she said softly this time, he stopped in mid kick and looked at her, she'd never seen so much fear in his eyes it scared her.

"When you were in there, it scared the hell out of me, which scared the hell out of me"

Surprisingly enough she understood that, that was about the closet thing he was going to say about his feelings towards her, he already said he loved her but she knew he wouldn't say it again, he wasn't the kind to flaunt it.

"I'm right here" now she knew why the doctor had told her to use the crutches, it hurt. She sat down on the bench; she hadn't seen before and stretched both legs.

"But at the time, you weren't"

"I didn't know there was going to be a fire when I went in there, hell I didn't even know I was going to get locked in there, it was funny at first cause Cruz looked like she was about to strangle me" he half smiled, Gotcha, with the smile it told her that he wasn't mad at her anymore, he picked up the dented can and sat it upright, he then sat beside her on the bench.

He slouched; his head bent, shoulders sunk and he stared at his hands. She wrapped her arm around him, he leaned into her, his head on her chest, his arms came around her, she heard quiet sobbing and wrapped her other arm around him, comforting him the best way she could.

A/N: I have decided to do a cross over, can you guess with what show?