I'll Be By Your Side
Rating: PG13
Chapter 6
Emily was still talking on the phone with Bosco, he was telling her to stay calm and that he was on his way. But she was so scared that David was going to come and hurt her, like he did before. Suddenly someone grabbed the phone away from her and threw it on the ground. "I told you I was coming back; I'm going to make you pay."
Emily was too scared to turn around because she knew who it was.
"Turn around, bitch." David said, as he grabbed her face and hit her. She yelled. "Someone help me!" She ran into the bathroom, she was about to lock it when he slammed into the door and broke into the bathroom. "Nobody is going to help you."
The flashback of the night that he attacked her was going through her mind, but she wasn't going to let him hurt her this time. "You aren't going to win," she said as she hit him in the face. She started to run out of the apartment when he grabbed her and pulled her towards him. "You bitch, you're going to pay." he said as he hit her face, he then pulled a knife out of his pocket. "I didn't want to do this, all I wanted to do was make you become one of us."
"One of us? Are you in a cult?"
"I'm a vampire, I wanted to make your mother pay for badmouthing my people, by getting you to join us, but I can't do that; So I guess I'll have to do the second best thing, and kill you" he said, as he pushed her on the ground.
"No!" she yelled. He put the knife against her throat. "Anything you want to say before you die?"
"Do you really want to kill me? Why didn't just kill me when you attacked me? You know I'm not afraid of you."
"Well you should be, I'm the one with the knife in my hand, so I do think I'm going to win," he said, as he started to laugh.
"Now sit down on the chair," He said, as he pushed her onto the chair and started to tie her up. Emily didn't know what to do, she was scared that she was going to die, but she wasn't going to let him hurt her, she'd rather die trying to get away from him than just let him win. She could see him watching the window. She slowly started to untie the ropes, but before she could do it, he came up to her. "The police are here, meaning your mom is here, I guess I have to kill you right now. Hmm..To think she is going to come home to her daughter's dead body, so sad." He then leaned over and kissed her. "One last kiss, I always knew you liked me."
"Don't kiss me, get away. I don't like weirdoes." He hit her and was about to stab her when someone hit him over the head and he fell to the ground. She looked up. "Bosco."
He ran and untied her. "Are you okay?" he asked. She nodded. "I'm fine." She replied and hugged him. "You saved me."
"Of course I did, Emily. I wouldn't let anything happen to you. There's a police car waiting outside, go stay there until your mom shows up, okay?"
"What about you?" she asked.
"I'm going to wait for him to wake up and then I'll arrest him. He's never going to hurt you again." Bosco replied as he hugged Emily. "Now go…" Emily turned around. "I don't want to leave you alone."
"I'll be fine, I'm a cop."
Emily smiled. "If anything happens to you, my mom won't be happy with me."
"Em, I'll be fine." Emily nodded and left the apartment.
A few minutes later,
Emily was sitting in the squad car with Sully when Faith walked up to her. "Oh Emily, are you okay, honey?" she said, as she held on tight to her daughter, she didn't want to let go.
"I'm fine, mom. It's Bosco I'm worried about; he's up there with David."
"What's Bosco still doing up there?"
"David is unconscious so Bosco is waiting for to wake up so he can arrest him. I told him to come down with me. I'm so sorry, mom." Emily cried.
"Emily, Bosco can handle himself. He'll be fine."
Emily looked at Faith. "I think you should go up there, just in case he needs your help."
Faith hugged her daughter. "Are you sure you're going to be okay by yourself?"
"Sully is here, I'll be fine." Emily responded.
"Go be with Bosco. I don't want him to get hurt because of me, mom." Faith nodded, and walked up to the apartment, as she was walking, she heard a gun go off. She flashed back to that night at Mercy with Bosco getting shot. She couldn't let this happen again, she couldn't lose him. She opened her door, and saw Bosco standing over David's body.
"Bosco, you're okay!" she said, as she ran to his side, and hugged him. She then saw that his shoulder was bleeding. "What happened?" she asked.
"I'll explain everything to you later."
"What about the gunshot that I heard. Who got shot?" she asked. "That would be David. He's not going to hurt your daughter ever again."
Bosco called 55 Adam through the radio, that he needed their assistance. Bosco and Faith sat down on the couch and she looked at him. "Thank you for saving Emily."
"I'll always be there for your kids just like I'm here for you, Faith." Faith put her arms around him. "I know you will be."
About 10 minutes later, Carlos and Holly showed up. "Where's the patient?" Carlos asked.
"He's on the floor." Bosco told Carlos.
"Bosco is injured too," Faith replied. "He's needs someone to look at it."
"You take Bosco, I'll take the other person. " Carlos told Holly. Holly went up to Bosco and looked at his wound. "It doesn't look too serious, but we should take you in have the doctors check you out."
"I'm not going to the hospital again." Bosco yelled. Faith grabbed his arm. "I'll get him there."
"It's not life threatening is it?" Faith asked Holly. She smiled. "No, it is just a little cut, but he should still get it checked out."
Faith smiled. "I'll make sure that he gets it checked out." Bosco walked up to David. "You're going to go to jail for a very long time." He read David his rights and put handcuffs on him. Faith walked up to David. "Did you really think that you could get away with hurting my daughter?"
"Your daughter is going to be hurting for a very long time. I got my payback for you badmouthing me to my people."
"That's why you hurt my daughter? You're going to regret this." Faith replied, as she started to lunge at David. "Faith, don't do this." Bosco said, as he grabbed hold of her. "He's not worth it, he's going to go to jail for a long time."
"We need to get him to the hospital." Carlos said, as he wheeled David out of the apartment. Faith stood there. "This was entirely my fault." Bosco put his arms around her. "Don't let him do this to you. You can't blame yourself."
"But it is." she said, as they walked out of the apartment.
Emily was waiting outside for her mom and Bosco to come out; she was so scared that something was going to happen to Bosco because of her. She looked up and saw Bosco and Faith walking out of the apartment. "Mom." she said, with a smile on her face, as she hugged her. She then looked at Bosco. "You're okay." she said, as she hugged him. "I was so worried that something happened to you."
"I'm fine, Em." She looked at him and saw that he was bleeding. "You aren't fine, you're hurt. What are you doing standing here? Why aren't you in an ambulance?"
"It's not that serious."
Emily looked at Faith. "Why aren't you doing anything about this? He's hurt because of me. You can't let him not go to the hospital."
"Don't worry, Emily. I'm taking him to the hospital now." Faith told her daughter.
"I don't need to go, Faith." Bosco yelled.
"I didn't ask you, I'm telling you. You're going to the hospital." Sully walked up to Faith and Bosco. "How about I ride in the ambulance with our suspect? So you three can get to the hospital."
"Thanks Sully," replied Faith as she put her arms around Emily and her and Bosco walked back to her car.
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At the hospital,
Emily was sitting in the waiting room with Faith while a doctor was checking Bosco out. "He saved my life today, mom. I don't know what I would have done if he hadn't gotten there in time. I thought I was going to die, mom. I love you, I'm sorry that I haven't been a great daughter."
"Emily, you are a great daughter, I love you." she said, as she hugged Emily.
Bosco walked out of the exam room, and walked up to Emily and Faith who were hugging. He was so glad that Emily was alright. "The doctors said that I'm fine. It was just a little cut. They said I needed two stitches, but I said no way." Bosco announced to Faith and Emily as he walked up to them.
Faith looked at Bosco. "You're going to go back in there and do what the doctor says."
"I don't do needles."
"Do you want to teach Emily that is okay to run from your fears?" Bosco looked at Emily. "Emily's a teenager, she doesn't need to be taught anything."
"I know you're scared. How about we all go in with you and we can talk to you, you won't feel anything. It is the least I can for you for saving my life tonight." Emily said.
Bosco looked at Emily and could see how much she was like her mom at that moment. "Fine…" Bosco said, as he walked back into the room. "Thanks honey." Faith said, as she put her arms around Emily.
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Later that night,
"So how did you get hurt, Bosco?" Faith asked, as she was scrubbing the floor to get the blood out of the carpet.
"He woke up and I was about to handcuff him when he jumped me, and then I shot him. I didn't even realize he had hurt me until later."
"I'm glad that you're okay, I couldn't lose you. I was so scared that you got shot again and this time nobody would have been able to save you."
"But I didn't get shot."
"But you could have." Faith said, nervously, as she started to scrub the floor again. "I'm glad that Emily called Fred and decided to stay with him for the night, he wasn't happy to hear about what happened; I don't blame him, I would feel the same way if the roles were reversed. I also think she was scared to come home, but she didn't want to tell me. That's why I have to get this blood out so when she gets home tomorrow, she doesn't have to think about this night. Just need to get the blood out."
"Stop it, Faith," Bosco said, as he grabbed her hand. She looked at him. "How could I let my daughter get hurt again? I saw the bruises on her face, he hurt her again."
"It's not your fault, don't blame yourself." Bosco said, as he hugged her. "He can't hurt her anymore."
Faith then looked into Bosco's eyes. "Thanks for being there for Emily tonight."
"You already told me that Faith." She then leaned over and kissed him. Bosco looked at her in shock. "Why did you just do that?"
"I'm so sorry, Bosco, I shouldn't have done that. I don't know even why I did it." She looked at him. "I've been so stressed lately. I don't even know what I am doing anymore."
He leaned over and kissed her. "Faith" She put her hands on his face. "I need you, Bosco, right now, more than I have ever needed you before." Bosco knew this wasn't right, she was upset about Emily, but he loved Faith for a very long time and he couldn't stop himself.
When Bosco kissed her, it was like something she had never felt before. Her head told her to stop, but her heart told her that she loves Bosco and wants to be with him. "I love you, Bosco; I have for a very long time. I think I realized it when you got shot. I don't ever want to lose you, I love you too much." she said, as she pulled his shirt off and kissed his scars. "I love you too, Faith" he said.
Faith laid her head on his chest. "I can't believe what we just did, Bosco. I didn't plan on doing this."
He sat up and put his arms around her. "You don't have to plan everything, Faith. I've wanted to do that for a very long time." he said, as he started to kiss her again. "Stop it, Bosco."
"Did I miss something?" Bosco questioned her. "Just half an hour ago, you told me that you love me and now you are telling me to stop?"
"I can't do this to you; it's not fair to you." Bosco looked at Faith. "I understand that you didn't plan on sleeping with me tonight, but it happened."
Faith got up from the couch and started to put her clothes on. "You don't understand, Bosco."
"Then explain to me why you are doing this to me. I'm normally the one that does this to somebody. This has never happened to me."
"Just leave, Bosco. Forget this ever happened."
"Forgot this ever happened. I just slept with my old partner who I've been partners with for as long as I can remember. I've wanted to kiss you and be in your arms like this for a very long time, Faith. I loved you for a long time. But I never did anything because of your marriage, but there is nothing stopping us now. You told me that you love me, and I don't think it is in a friendly way. So what's the problem, Faith?"
Faith looked at Bosco. "It was a spur of the moment thing, I should have never done that. I'm really sorry, Bosco. I was just so upset about Emily and needed you."
"So you telling me that you don't need me anymore; That you just slept with me, and now you want to dump me. That's not like you, Faith. Talk to me."
Faith turned around. "I went behind your back."
Bosco walked up to her. "What the hell are you talking about?" This wasn't how she wanted to tell Bosco this, but she knew that she had to. She grabbed his hand and led him to the couch. "This isn't how I wanted to tell you."
"Tell me what? What did you do?" Bosco asked, starting to get annoyed. She looked at him. "Remember when I asked to talk to you earlier."
Bosco nodded.
"I needed to tell you that I went behind your back, and looked into how you got back into the force."
"I don't understand what you're saying Faith. I told you how I got back into the force."
"I called someone at the target range because I wanted to see how you did it."
"You think I cheated."
"I thought you cheated, but I don't anymore."
Bosco looked at Faith. "You thought I cheated, how could you?" he said, as he started to get dressed.
Faith walked up to him. "What do you expect me to think? You came to my house asking me to shoot for you and then a few days you got reinstated."
"I practiced ten hours straight. Figured out where my aim was off and compensated. I didn't cheat. I can't believe that you thought I would."
"You asked me to shoot for you, why wouldn't you cheat?"
"I was desperate at the moment, but you were the only person I trusted to ask that."
He started to put on his jacket. "Let's talk about this. You can't leave." she said, as she put her arms around him. "I'm sorry that I thought you cheated, but I knew how much you wanted to go back to work."
He moved her arms away from him. "My real partner would have never thought that I cheated, but you aren't my real partner, are you? My real partner died the day that she became a detective."
"I'm sorry, Bosco. I don't know what else to say. I should have never gone behind your back, but it's just because I love you and I don't want anything to happen to you."
"I don't care anymore, Faith. We are over; I don't ever want to see you again."
She grabbed his hand. "Please don't go, I love you, we can sort this out. I'm sorry that I didn't trust you."
He turned around. "When did this start to happen, Faith? Why did you lose your trust in me? Was it when I was lying in the hospital bed trying to recover from the four bullet wounds that I took for you?
"I never lost my trust in you. I don't know how to say I'm sorry." Faith responded.
"Don't say sorry." Bosco said as he ran out of the apartment. She rans after him. "Don't go." She yelled after him, but he wouldn't turn around.
She walked back into the apartment; she couldn't believe that she just ruined the best friendship and what could have been the beginning of something great between them. "I did it because I didn't want you to die and be without you." she mumbled to herself, as she walked over to the couch and sighed. She put her hands on her face, and started to cry.
As Bosco was walking to his car, he couldn't stop thinking about what just happened. The one person that he could always trust just betrayed him. 'What am I supposed to do now?' Bosco thought to himself, as he got into his car, he looked up at Faith's apartment. He loves her and always will, but he can't be with her.
To be continued!