Too Soon

Chapter 5

Bosco's first thought when he saw Amanda standing in front of him, was that she saw the guy beat him up and now they would be after her.

"You shouldn't be here," Bosco said as he slowly tried to get up. His whole body hurt, but he didn't want to scare her.

"Are you hurt?" Amanda asked, afraid.

"I'm fine." Bosco said, as he started to feel dizzy and then collapsed on the ground.

"No!" she screamed.

"Wake up!" Amanda didn't know what to do; she was scared that Bosco was going to die, just like her parents. She ran away from Bosco and down the street. She suddenly saw the lady that was from the police station. She touched the woman's back and she turned around.

"What are you doing out on your own?" Faith replied.

Amanda looked at Faith with this scared look on her face. "He's hurt; I saw them hurt him."

"Calm down. Honey, who's he?" Faith spoke softly.

"The nice guy… your friend."

Faith looked at her confused. "Are you talking about Bosco?"

"Yes him; he's hurt. He needs help," Amanda said as she ran away from Faith. Faith followed the little girl. She had to be wrong! There's no way that Bosco is hurt, Faith thought to herself, as she got to the place where Amanda stopped.

Faith looked down and saw Bosco lying on the ground, she flashed back to the night that Bosco got shot. When there was blood everywhere, but this time it was totally different. She ran to his side.

"Bosco, wake up!" she shouted. She opened his shirt and saw that there was no gunshot or stab wound, but she could see that he was beaten up pretty badly. She picked up her cell phone and dialed 911.

"I need an ambulance in the alley between 34 Ave. and Cherry Street. There's an off-duty police officer that has been beaten up," Faith cried into her phone.

"Hurry," she told them as she hung up the phone.

"Is he going to be okay?" Amanda asked, as she was kneeled down next to Bosco holding his hand.

Faith smiled slightly.

"Of course he is going to be okay, but what were you doing here?"

But Amanda didn't say anything, she just held on Bosco's hand. Faith could hear her tell him to not leave her like her parents did. Faith moved up to Bosco and Amanda.

"Bosco, you have to be okay. I knew I shouldn't have given you that file." Faith knew that whoever hurt Bosco work with the drug lord. I was the one that gave him the file. If anything happens to you because of me. I would never forgive myself, she thought to herself. She knelt next to Bosco, and grabbed his hand.

"You can't die, Bos; you just can't."

"What? He's going to die?" Amanda screamed. She held onto Bosco.

"No…"

"I didn't mean that he was going to," Faith said, as she walked over to Amanda.

"No.. No" Amanda kept on repeating. Faith tried to calm down Amanda.

"He's going to be okay."

"I saw it. I saw it." she said, as she started to shake. She looked at Bosco.

"I couldn't save you like I couldn't save my mom and dad."

"He's going to be fine," Faith said, as she put her hand on Amanda's shoulder.

"I wouldn't let anything happened to him."

"Because he's your partner." Faith nodded. She would always see Bosco as her partner even though they weren't anymore, she would always be there for him.

"I didn't know we were still partners."

Faith looked down and saw that Bosco was awake. She hugged him.

"Bosco… you're awake." she said with a big grin. He was going to be okay; she wasn't going to lose him.

"Can you let go of me? You know I'm a little sore right now."

Faith smiled. "A little sore?"

"It's nothing, Faith."

"You were beaten up pretty badly Bosco; the ambulance is on it's way."

"There is no way in hell I'm going to the hospital!" Bosco protested.

"You have to go; you don't want to die like my parents," Amanda cried looking directly at Bosco as a single tear fall down her cheek.

"I don't like hospitals."

She grabbed his hand. "Please go!" she cried.

"You know you really should listen to your friend here," Faith explained.

"I'm outnumbered aren't I?"

Amanda smiled for the first time. "Two is better than one; we win."

Just as Bosco was about to say something, the ambulance show up. The paramedics got out of the ambulance and walked up to them.

"Where's the patient?"

"I'm fine; I don't need any help." Bosco responded.

Amanda looked at Bosco. "Please..." she cried, as she held onto him.

"You should listen to your daughter," the paramedic said.

"She's not my daughter."

"Well she seems to care a lot about you."

The paramedics were checking Bosco out. "You definitely need medical attention; you could have some broken ribs."

"Fine," he said, as he looked at Amanda and Faith, who had smiles on their face.

Faith turned to Amanda. "How about we take you back to the shelter?" she suggested.

"No!" She yelled, "I wanna to stay with Bosco."

"Would you like to ride in the ambulance?" one of the paramedics asked.

Amanda grinned. "I've never been in one."

"Well here's your chance," the paramedic said.

Amanda got into the ambulance and waved goodbye to Faith. Faith looked at Bosco.

"I'll meet you at the hospital," she told Bosco, as they closed the doors to the ambulance, and drove off.

Faith walked into the hospital and started to remember the last time Bosco was in the hospital, at least this time she knew Bosco was going to be okay. Faith saw Amanda running towards her.

"What's your name, I forgot?"

"It's Faith."

Amanda nodded.

"Faith, the doctors won't let me see Bosco."

Faith grabbed Amanda's hand. "The doctors have to check him out first and make sure he is okay. But I'm sure as soon as they are finished, Bosco will want to see you. So why were you out late at night? You should have been inside."

"I wanted to see Bosco."

"But you shouldn't be out alone at night."

"I did it before. I just wanted to see Bosco; I don't want to be in a shelter." Faith sighed. They tried to find her relatives, but they couldn't find any, so they put her in a temporary shelter, until they find a foster family. Faith and Amanda sat down.

"I know, but it won't be for long."

"Does he have any kids?" Amanda asked Faith.

Faith looked at Amanda confused

"Bosco?"

Amanda nodded.

"He never told me."

"No, he doesn't have any kids," she replied. But he would make a great father, she thought to herself. Amanda then put her head on the chair and started to go to sleep. Faith then saw a woman coming towards her.

"You must the Mrs. London from the shelter," Faith replied, as she stood up. The woman nodded.

"I'm here to take Amanda back. Thanks for finding her; I don't know why she left."

"I know why." Faith replied, looking at Amanda. "She just wanted to see Bosco."

"Who's Bosco?" Mrs. London asked.

"He's the one that found her, I guess you can say that have form a bond already." Faith explained.

Mrs. London nodded.

"That's nice, but I should really be getting her back to the shelter."

"I don't think that is wise, she needs to see Bosco and see that he is okay," she responded.

Mrs. London sat down.

"I know I shouldn't be getting her back to the shelter, but she was talking a lot of Bosco at the shelter, so I guess he is important to her. I don't think it would do any harm waiting just a little
bit longer."

Faith smiled. "Thanks." The doctor came out of Bosco's room. Faith ran towards the doctor's side.

"How's Bosco?" she asked, anxiously.

"He has a broken nose and few broken ribs and a broken arm," the doctor replied.

"But he should make a full recovery in a few weeks."

Faith nodded.

She then turned around and saw that Amanda was still sleeping.

"Can you wait here for a moment; I'm just going to see if Bosco is up to see her."

Mrs. London nodded. "Sure."

Faith walked into Bosco's room. She smiled at him.

"I never wanted to see you in the hospital again, but at least this time you didn't get shot trying
to save me," she said with a slightly smile.

"Yeah, I just got beaten up."

"I told you that you shouldn't have gone after that drug-lord! Do you know how much you scared me?" Faith said, as she sat down next to Bosco.

"I thought I was going to lose you."

"You'll never lose me, Faith."

She smiled. "I better not."

"So what were doing by my apartment anyhow?" he asked.

"I was coming by to see you, as I knew that you were have a hard time about not finding this guy, I just wanted to make sure that you were okay."

"Is Amanda okay?" Bosco asked with this concerned look on his face.

"You're really worried about her?"

"I am. I think she saw the people that beat me up."

Faith nodded. "She did."

Bosco shook his head. I can't believe that, she shouldn't have been there."

"She was there because she wanted to see you. She seems to like you."

"Doesn't everybody?" Bosco said with a laugh. Faith could see that he was in pain.

"Are you okay?"

He nodded. "I'm just in a little pain, but it's not as bad as before," he replied, looking directly at her.

She looked at him. "I remember when I came to visit you in the hospital before."

"And you told me that you missed me."

"I never said that," Faith said with a grin.

"Yes you did, I remember everything you said that day."

"I'm going to go and get Amanda; she is eagerly waiting to see you." Bosco sat up.

"She's still here."

"Yes, I tried to get her to go back to the shelter, but she wanted to make sure that you were going to be okay. I think she's scared you are going to die."

"I guess she doesn't know I'm superman, nothing will happen to me." Bosco said with a grin. Faith moved closer to him and rolled her eyes.

"That's not true, Bosco, you aren't invisible! You can die."

"But I won't, Faith." She hugged him.

"You better not; I would miss you too much."

"See you just told me again that you miss me." Bosco said with a laugh. Faith didn't say anything, she just left the room.

A few minutes later, Faith returned to the room with Amanda. Amanda walked up to Bosco.

"You're going to be okay?"

"Of course I am. Why don't you come up here and sit with me." Bosco suggested.

"No, I'll hurt you." Amanda spoke softly.

Faith walked up to Amanda. "You won't hurt him; he'll be okay. I'm sure he'll tell you if he is hurting, right, Bosco?"

"Yes I will."

Faith grabbed Amanda and put her on the bed. Amanda put her arms around him and wouldn't let go.

Faith looked at Bosco and Amanda.

"I'll be outside if you need me," she replied, as she left the room. Amanda finally let go of Bosco.

"Are you in a lot of pain?" she asked.

He looked at her. "It's nothing."

She smiled at him. "You are really brave. Can I sign your cast? Are you going to be getting out of here tonight? You aren't going to die, are you?" she asked.

He couldn't believe how many questions one little girl had. But he knew he had to ask one of those questions.

"Amanda, I'm not going to die. I'm going to be sore for a few days, but it's nothing serious."

She smiled. "Your friend told me that."

Bosco smiled. "She's very smart isn't she?"

"And pretty too," Amanda said. "Is she married?"

"Do you always ask these many questions?" Bosco asked.

She looked at him with this sad look on her face. "I'm sorry.. I won't ask anything."

"Amanda, you can ask me anything."

She smiled at him. "Can I see your scars?"

Bosco never knew that a little girl would be so interested in his scars.

"So this is where you got shot?" she asked, as Bosco opened his hospital gown, so she could see it. He could tell that she wanted to touch his scars.

"You can touch them if you want, but be careful," he said, as she touched one and he cried out in pain.

Amanda ran out of the room and into Faith's arms. A few minutes later, Faith returned to the room with Amanda.

"See Bosco is fine."

"Sorry," she said, as she walked closer to him. He grabbed her hand.

"I'm fine… I was just a little sore."

"You know my mom use to kiss my booboo when I got hurt. Do you want me to do that to you? It always made it go away. I miss my mommy." she cried.

Bosco looked at Amanda. "I know you miss your mommy," he said, as he hugged her.

"I don't think you need to kiss my scars," he said with a smile.

"Maybe someone else will," she said, with a smile, as she looked at Faith.

The doctor then entered the room.

"Mr. Boscorelli, I would like to keep you overnight."

"There is no way that I am staying here anymore! I'm not dying. I'm going home." Bosco replied, as he got out of the bed.

"I would really advise you to stay tonight."

"No…" Bosco replied.

Faith walked up to the doctor. "Do you really think he should stay overnight?"

"Well since he was beaten up pretty bad; I wanted to be on the safe side."

"But you did all the tests and he had no head injury or anything right?"

The doctor nodded. "But he could have a concussion, if he really wants to go home; I would like someone at home with him, does he?"

"Yes he does," Faith said. The doctor walked up to Bosco.

"It looks like you can go home tonight after all. I'll go and get the paperwork started," he said, as he left the room. Bosco looked at Faith.

"How did you get him to change his mind?"

"I told him that you would have someone there to look after you tonight?" Faith responded.

"Thanks for lying, Faith," he said, as he hugged her.

"I wasn't lying, Bosco. I'll come and stay at your place tonight," she answered.

He looked at her. "You?"

"Unless you wanted to stay in the hospital, I can arrange that." Faith said with a grin.

"No, I want to go home; you can stay one night," he replied.

Amanda looked at Bosco. "Are you going home?"

He nodded.

"But the bad guys will get you," she said with an afraid look on her face.

Bosco walked up to Amanda slowly. "They won't get me, I promise you that."

"I'll be watching out for him." Faith told Amanda.

Amanda smiled. "Good."

Mrs. London walked into the room.

"Amanda, it's time to take you back to the shelter."

"No… I don't want to go." Amanda cried, as she ran out of the room. Bosco was about to run after her when Faith stopped him.

"I'll handle it." she said, as she left the room.

Faith and Amanda return back 10 minutes later,

"Amanda has decided she will go back," Faith responded.

Bosco looked at Faith and Amanda. "Well Mrs. London and I talked and we decided since it is pretty late, she can stay with me tonight, if that is what you want Amanda."

"Yes!" she said, as she hugged Bosco.

"But only for tonight! I shouldn't even really be doing this, but I've known both you and Faith for many years, and have seemed to have a bond with Amanda. She has been through a lot tonight and I don't want to upset her anymore than I have to. Make sure that you bring her by first thing in the morning."

Bosco nodded. "I will."

"Do you even know what you are doing, Bosco?" Faith asked.

Bosco smiled. "Do I ever think about what I am doing?"

"Good point."

Bosco looked at Amanda. "I have to get dressed now, so why don't you wait outside with Faith."

Half an hour later, the doctor returned to Bosco's room.

"Just sign here and you are free to go," he told Bosco. Bosco signed the papers.

"Can I go now?

"Yes you can. Come back in a few weeks to get your cast taking off. You can take your family home now," the doctor replied, as he left the room.

Bosco smiled at the comment.

"Come on, Faith, it's time to go home." he said with a grin.

"What are you my husband now?" she said, grinning.

Amanda looked at Faith and Bosco. "You act like you are husband and wife. You aren't are you?"

Faith laughed. " I would never marry him." she said.

Amanda grabbed Bosco's arm. "I would marry you."

Bosco laughed. "Come on. Let's go home wife," he said, as he and Amanda walked out of the hospital, holding hands. Faith followed them outside. She smiled to herself, she always knew that Bosco would make a great father, he is showing that right now with Amanda, I just hope he knows what he is doing by bring her home tonight.

"Are you coming?" Bosco yelled out to Faith. Faith runs up to Amanda and Bosco. She then turned to Bosco.

"Now are you still my husband?"

"No, he's mine." Amanda said with a smile.

"I guess we just have to share him. " Faith replied, as they all headed out towards the car.

To be continued!