Bosco was in the locker room changing. He looked up and saw Faith walk in. She seemed happy about something. He wondered what.
"What are you so happy about?" Bosco asked. Faith opened her locker and started getting changed.
"I talked to the boss and he's letting you and I work together," Faith said. She wanted to work with Bosco. Now that her and Fred were divorcing she would be able to tell Bosco how she really felt about him. Just not today. It was their first day working with each other again. She didn't want things between them to get complicated or weird. Plus Bosco might not feel the same way. She wanted to wait and see if she could find out and see if he liked her as more than a friend.
"That's great," Bosco replied. He was happy Faith was giving him another chance. He didn't deserve on though. He had screwed up so many times. And his recent mistake put Faith in the hospital and out of work for a while.
"You don't sound too happy about this," Faith said, "Is something wrong? If you don't want to work with me you can tell me."
"Of course I'm happy. If I didn't want to work with you I would've told you by now," Bosco said. They finished getting changed. It'd be weird having Faith back at work. Things were so different with her gone, but now they'd be different again.
"Well we better get to roll call," Faith said trying to get rid of the silence. They never had silence unless they were fighting or mad at each other.
"Yeah," Bosco replied and he and Faith went left the locker room. He was starting to wonder if Faith should be at work today. Her and Fred were getting divorced. She had a lot to deal with. But she wouldn't be here if she wasn't ready.
After their shift Bosco and Faith walked outside. It was cold out.
"Do you want a ride home?" Bosco asked Faith. Faith smiled. She remembered all the times Bosco had drove her home. She wondered if Bosco had noticed her staring at him most of their shift.
"Sure," Faith said. She followed Bosco to his car and got in. Less than half the ride there was silent.
"Are you sure you're okay with divorcing Fred?" Bosco asked. He looked over ta Faith. He still couldn't believe she would be okay with this. She seemed to move past it quickly. That wasn't like the Faith he knew. The Faith he knew would be upset about this.
"Of course I'm sure. I'm just tired of fighting with him. Every time I would try to talk with him he wouldn't understand and we'd wind up fighting. I just don't need that and neither do our kids," Faith replied. Why would Bosco care if she minded about divorcing Fred? She was tried of telling that it was what she wanted. But she could tell he was just concerned about her.
"I just don't want you to feel like you made a mistake and have it be too late to fix things. That's all. I don't want to see you hurt. You're my best friend and I want you to be happy," Bosco said. Which was the truth. But he was glad that Faith and Fred were divorcing. He knew that soon he'd be able to tell Faith how he felt. He just hoped she'd feel the same way. Bosco pulled up at Faith's.
"I'll see you tomorrow," Bosco said.
"Yeah," Faith replied. Bosco watched Faith leave. He had the perfect chance to tell her tonight, but it wasn't the right time. Maybe tomorrow he would tell her. Hopefully she'd feel the same.
TBC...