Title: Is Love Enough? 14/20
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Bosco, Faith
Disclaimer: I don't own Third Watch or it's character

Carter looked at Susan, lying on the hospital bed. Chuny was calling his name asking him what to do, but all he could think about was Lucy and the night that she got killed. He hadn't thought of that night for a very long time... He nearly died himself, but now that Susan was hurt. The moments of that night was flowing back to him, and everything that happened after that, the pain, losing Lucy and his drug addiction.

"Dr. Carter, are you okay?" Faith yelled. Carter then snapped out of it.

"I'm fine… Chuny, I need your help with Susan."

Chuny nodded, and walked over to Carter and Susan. Carter opened Susan's shirt and examined her wounds.

A few minutes later, Faith looked at Carter.

"Is Susan going to be okay?"

"She wasn't injured too badly, I'm more concerned about her being unconcsiousness. Chuny can you call Chuck and tell him that Susan's been hurt. That isn't that serious, but to still come here."

Chuny nodded, and walked out of the room. Faith looked over at Susan.

"She was so good to both me and my family. I just hope that she is going to be okay."

"She will be, I am just finishing stitched up her wound and we just have to wait for her to wake up."

Faith nodded. "I'm sure she will be fine."

A few minutes later...

"Well I have another patient," he said, as he hurried out of the room. Faith wonder what she said to Carter to make him run out of the room, but she didn't really care, all she cared about was Bosco.
She grabbed his hand. "Susan is going to be just fine; it was just a little accident. The kids and I are all worried about you, so you are going to have to get better. I love you, Bosco." she replied, as she kissed his forehead.

Luka then entered the room. "What happened in here?" he asked, looking at Susan, lying in the bed next to Bosco.

"She was stabbed by an unknown suspect; Dr. Carter said that she is going to be fine."

Luka looked at Faith in shock.

"Where's Dr. Carter now?"

"I don't know; he left in a hurry." Luka knew why Carter had rushed out of the room so quickly.

"So are you taking my husband to surgery now?" Faith asked. Luka nodded.

"The surgery normally takes a few hours."

Faith nodded. "He's going to be okay, right?"

"Like I told you before, I don't know." Faith nodded.

She walked up to Bosco, and grabbed his hand.

"You are going to make it through this; I know you will. I love you." she said, as she watched them wheeled Bosco away.

Faith, Rose and Michelle and Hannah were waiting the OR waiting room to hear word about Bosco. Rose looked at Faith.

"I can't just sit here and wait for word on my son, I'm going to go and see my grandchildren. Do you want me to take Michelle and Hannah with me?" she asked.

Faith smiled. "That would be great, I'm sure Emily and Charlie would love to see them." Rose walked up to Hannah and Michelle.

"Go say goodbye to mommy."

"Gonna see daddy?" Hannah asked.

"No, we are going to Emily and Charlie."

"Emmie... Charwie ." Michelle said, as they run to Faith's side, and hugged her. Faith looked at her daughters, they looked so much like their father. He has to be okay. I can't lose him, she thought to herself.

Faith waved goodbye to Rose and her kids, as they left; she then saw Sully and Detective Brown coming towards her.

"Don't tell me that you didn't catch the bastard that hurt my family." Faith yelled.

Sully smiled.
"No, Faith, we have good news finally. Detective Brown and his officers were able to catch Nardo and his people. He is going away for a very long time."

Detective Brown nodded. "I'm sorry about everything that happened. Nardo will never be able to hurt your family ever again."

"Your family is going to have to come in and do a report, but that can wait until your husband is out of surgery."

Faith shook Detective's Brown hand. "Thank you." He nodded his head. "I'm this ended well."

"Well my husband is still in critical condition," Faith said sadly.

Decetive Brown didn't know to say to that.

"We'll be in touch with you later," he said as he walked away from Faith. Sully looked at Faith.

"How you doing?"

"Rose is doing pretty well, she took the kids to go and see Emily and Charlie. I think she just needed something to get her mind off Bosco's surgery."

"I asked how are you doing."

"How do you expect me to feel my husband's life is hanging in the balance? I don't know if he is going to survive or not. I don't know what I would do if anything happen to him. He is my life, he's everything to me."

Sully hugged Faith.
"I know he is. He's a fighter; he'll make it through this."

"I hope you are right. So where are Ty, Lieu and Sasha?"

"They all went back to their hotel room as they weren't sure they would be much help for you. Ty is still pretty shaken up about what happened, although he won't admit it."

"What happened?" Faith asked.

"You don't know, do you?" Sully asked, concerned.

"Andrew Nardo pointed a gun to Ty's head. Ty said that he was ok about it, but I know he is upset."

"I'm so sorry to hear that Sully. Tell Ty thank you for everything that all you did, you didn't have to come here but you did." Sully hugged Faith.

"We are all part of a family."

A hour later, Sully decided to stay with Faith, as he knew that she needed someone to be
there for her.

"You know you don't have to stay here, Sully. I'll be fine."

"Faith, I'm not leaving, you need someone here."

"In case he dies... Isn't that what you were going to say, Sul?" Faith asked, as she stood up and walked away the waiting area.

"No, Faith, that's not what I meant... I just meant that you needed someone to talk to. I didn't mean that he is going to die. I know that Bosco is a fighter."

Faith turned around and looked at Sully.

"I'm sorry that I snapped at you, I'm just so upset about everything. I can't lose him, Sully."

Sully hugged Faith. "You won't lose him." Faith then saw a surgeon coming towards her and Sully.

"You must be Mrs. Boscorelli, I'm Dr. Dubanko. Your husband made it through the surgery, but he is still in critical condition."

"He's going to be okay right?"

"The next 48 hours are going to be the most critical." Dr. Dubanko replied.

Faith nodded. "Can I see him?" she asked.

"We are taking him up to ICU right now, you can see him in a few minutes," he told Faith.

Faith nodded. "Is he awake yet?"

"He's still pretty medicated."

"Thank you for everything."

"Don't thank me yet." he said, as he walked away from Faith.

Faith turned to Sully. "He made it through the surgery."

"I told you he would." Sully responded. "Bosco would never leave you and his kids"

"I know that." Faith responded.

"Do you want me to come with you to the ICU?" he asked.

Faith shakes her head. "No, I have to do this myself. Go back to the hotel room, and get some rest, you deserve it."

"You know where we are staying if you need us right?" Sully asked.

"Yes, Sully. You don't have to be so protective of me. I'm not at work right now, you don't have to be my boss."

"I'm your friend before your boss." Faith smiled slightly.

"Thank you, Sul. I'll call you guys as soon as I've seen Bosco." Sully nodded, and say goodbye to Faith and then walked away.

Luka looked everywhere for Carter, but he couldn't find him. He was starting to get worried about him. He saw Abby and Ray coming towards him.

"Hey have you guys seen Carter?"

"No," Abby said. Abby looked at Luka.

"What's wrong? You look upset."

"You know what happened to Susan right?"

Abby nodded. "I heard that she got stabbed, but she is awake."

"Well Carter was the doctor that work on her, and I think it upset him pretty bad."

"If Susan is okay why is he upset?" Ray asked.

"Carter and his med student were stabbed many years ago. The med student didn't surived, and I think it just brought back memories for him," Luka replied.

"I can try and find him and see if he is okay." Luka nodded.

"That is a good idea."

"I thought we were going for lunch," Ray responded.

"Another time," Abby said, as she walked away.

Carter was sitting on the bench and all he could think about was what happened to Lucy. He thought that he had gone over that a long time ago, but it is all rushing back to him now.

"Do you need someone to talk?"

He looked up and saw Abby standing in front of him. "Hey."

She sat down next to him. "I heard about what happened. Are you okay?"

He looked at her with a look of fear. "I thought that I was over it. It has been years since it happened."

"It doesn't matter how long it has been. Today you were afraid that you were going to lose a co-worker again to a stab wound. Of course you would remember about Lucy and what happened."

He then pulled something out of his pocket. She looked at him in shock.

"Oh please don't tell me you took one of them."

"I wanted to; I really want to. To forget about what happened to Lucy and what happened to Susan today. I was so close to doing it, but I stopped myself."

She grabbed the pills and put them into her pocket. "I'm taking you to an AA meeting right now?"

Carter looked at her. "I don't need to go, I'm fine."

"I know I'm not your sponsor anymore, but I'm your friend aren't I?" she asked.

He nodded.
"
Well you nearly went off the wagon again and I'm not going to let you get into that happen again."

Carter smiled slightly to her. "Fine, but there isn't a meeting yet. I really want to go and see Susan," he said, as he stood up.

"Okay, but promise me you will go with me soon."

"I will," he said, as they walked away.

Faith walked to ICU floor, and was walking to the admitting desk.

"Where is Maurice Boscorelli's room?" she asked.

"Room 3b, you go down this hallway and turn left and it is the second door." The nurse told Faith.

"Thank you." she replied, as she walked down the hallway, she opened the door, and couldn't believe what she saw.

Bosco looked all pale and hurt. She walked up to him, and grabbed his hand. "I knew that you would make it through the surgery. I love you, Bosco. Everything is going to be okay now," she said, as she put her head on his chest.

"Faith…" said a voice softly. She looked up and saw that Bosco had woken up.

"Bosco…" she said, with a smile.

He looked at her. "Faith." She held his hand.

"I never thought that I was going to see you ever again," she said, as she hugged and kissed him.

He looked at her and smiled at her. He was so happy to see his Faith again; he thought he would never see her.

She sat down next to him. "Are you in a lot of pain?"
"I feel like a truck run over me."

"It's good to see that you still have your sense of humor" Faith said, with a smile. She then leaned over and kissed him.

"I'm just so glad that you are going to be okay. I couldn't live without you; you are everything to me."

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and two little girls ran towards Faith.

"Daddy...see daddy." Michelle said.

"Daddy.." Hannah said. Rose helped Michelle and Hannah on to the bed. They crawled next to Bosco, and hugged him.

"Daddy.. love you." Bosco hugged his daughters.

"I love you too.."

Rose looked at her son. "Oh Maurice…. " she said, as she hugged him,

"I was so scared that I was going to lose you, remember the promise you told me."

"Yes Ma, I keep my promise, not just once but twice." he said.

She moved closer. "You make sure you always keep that promise. You nearly gave me a heart attack today that you were going to go before me." Tears started to fall down Rose's cheeks.

"I love you, Maurice."

"I love you too, Ma."

"Don't we get to say hi too," said a voice. Bosco looked up and saw Emily and Charlie. He couldn't believe how hurt they looked. He never wanted them to ever get hurt like this.

"Are the two of you okay?"
Charlie smiled. "I'm feeling a little better. I should be resting, but I wanted to see you."

Bosco smiled. "Is my whole family here?"

Faith put her arms around him. "Yes your whole family is here." she said, as she smiled as she looked over the room.

"Your other family is here too"

Bosco looked at her confused. "What other family?

"Your family from the 55; Sully, Ty, Lieu and Sasha were here to help find you." she said.

He nodded. She looked at him, and hugged him again.

"Is that all you are going to do now, Faith?" he asked.

She smiled at him. "I'm just so happy that you are alive. He leaned over and kissed her.

"I love you, Faith."

"Love you too." She said. She then stood up.

"I'm going to go for a while."

"Already sick of me."

"Never." she said, as she waved goodbye to Bosco and the rest of the family.

Carter was walking towards Susan's room, when he saw her talking to someone. He didn't want to disrupt her, but at least he knew that she was going to be okay. He was just about to walk away when he heard someone call his name.

"Dr. Carter." Faith replied. He turned around, and looked at her.

"Hello, Mrs. Boscorelli."

"Call me Faith."

"Faith it is."

"Susan is asking for you," Faith replied. "You know you did a great job in the trauma room when Susan was hurt."

"Thanks." I was scared to death, that she was going to die just like Lucy, he thought to himself.

"You seemed in control. I know how hard it is when your co-worker is hurt," Faith responded, as she thought of all the times that Bosco got hurt.

"I guess you do being a police officer."

Faith smiled. "Yes I have seen my share of co-workers hurt."

"I thought I had it bad," Carter said, outloud to himself.

"Susan told me about what happened to you."

Carter couldn't believe that Susan told Faith that. Faith looked at Carter.

"I know it is a really personal thing, but I think she just wanted to know if you were okay, and I told her that you seem okay, and she told me what happened to you."

"It's fine," Carter responded.

"I forgot about it a long time ago."

"When you get hurt. You never forgot about it, you just hide it away. And then something happened that make you think about it. Like when Bosco got shot." she said.

"I see you have experience with this."

Faith smiled slightly. "Yes I do, but I have this great guy in my life that helps me to deal with it. He doesn't even realize he does it."

Carter smiled. "Tell Susan, that I will come by and see her later, but I need to go and do something with Abby."

Faith nodded, as she walked Carter walked away. She didn't know what she said to him, but she must have said something.

A few days later, Faith walked back into Bosco's room, and she saw that Bosco looked upset.

"Are you in pain?" she asked, concerned. She hurried over to his bed.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Tell you what?" she asked, as she sat down next to him.

"That Susan got hurt because of me." Bosco said, angrily.

"She's fine, this wasn't your fault."

"Yes it was, she was in my room because she wanted to see me, she shouldn't have been there, now she is hurt."

"Susan's fine. It was just a minor wound, she didn't have to stay here overnight."

"How did you find out?" she asked. He looked at her.

"Cosmo wanted to see the kids and the nurse told him that they were here."

"I was going to tell you, but I totally forgot about it. It was nothing, Susan is back at work." she replied.

"Please don't be mad."

"I'm not mad at you, Faith. I'm mad at me. I'm always hurting the people that I love … my ma, my kids.. you, Emily and Charlie. You all got hurt because of me. I'm a screwup just like Fred said. You should go back to him."

She grabbed his hand. "I love you, Bosco, I don't love Fred."

"Faith, just leave and don't come back, just forgot about me. The kids will be better off without me."

"Boz, don't do this. I love you. You aren't a screw- up, none of this is your fault. This is Andrew Nardo and Fred's fault."

"You know about Fred?" Bosco asked.

"Yes he is in jail; he can't hurt us ever again."

"But don't you see, Fred wouldn't have done any of this, if I didn't marry you, I knew that I would screw this marriage up somehow. I'm not the marrying and father type of person. Just leave me alone, and forgot about me."

Faith leaned over and kissed him. "I'll never forget about you. I'm not going to let you go. You are the best husband and father I know. Don't do this to us, because of what happened, none of this was your fault."

Bosco pressed the button for the nurse to come in. The nurse came in.

"What can I do for you, Mr. Boscorelli?"

"Visiting hours are over right?" Faith looked at Bosco.

"I'm not giving up on you." she said, as she left the room.

Susan was talking to Luka when she saw Faith coming off the elevator.

"I'll talk to you later, Luka."

"Hey Faith, you must be so happy that Bosco is going to be okay." Susan said, as she walked up to Faith.

Faith turned around.

"Yeah, it's great," she said, as she walked away from her.
Susan followed her.

"What's wrong?" she asked. "It's nothing really." Faith replied.

Susan looked at her. " I know we aren't best of friends, but you can talk to me, if you want to."

"Bosco is blaming himself for everything that happened, and doesn't want to be with me. He thinks that me and the kids will be better off without him. Doesn't he know how much I love him?"

Susan smiled slightly. "He knows how much you love him, and he loves you too. But sometimes when a patient has been through a trauma like he has, he is trying to distance himself from everything, so he doesn't have to think about what happened."

"That sounds like Bosco, blaming himself for everything that happen. I'm just so scared for him."

"Faith, just be there for him. That's really all you can do."

Faith smiled. "Thanks, you really are a great listener; I see why you are such a great doctor."

Susan laughed. "Thanks." Suddenly Susan's pager went off.

"Are you going to be okay?" Faith nodded.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, thanks for listening." Susan smiled.

"It's no problem. I'll see you later." she said, as she walked away from Faith.

Bosco lay his head on his pillow, all he could think about was Faith and his family, but it doesn't matter now because they deserve to have someone who isn't a screwup like he is. He deserved to be on his own, alone for the rest of his life.

He then saw her walking in the room.

"I thought I told you to leave me alone."

"Yes you did, but you didn't think that I was going to listen to you did you?" she said with a grin.

"Just go, Faith."

"No, Boz, I'm not leaving, and neither is your family," she said, as everybody walked into his room.

To be continued!