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Chapter 11

You're Never Alone

A few hours later,

"Thanks for letting me stay here, but I need to go and get Faith now."Greg said, as he stood up."

Shawn shook his head. "I don't think that is a good idea."

"I don't care what you think; I'm going to get her," Greg yelled.

Shawn looked at him. "I'm not saying that you can't go after her. But it's late, you've been in a car accident. Why don't you rest, and I'll take you to the hospital tomorrow morning to get her."

Greg looked at the time. "Fine. It's not like she is going to be getting out of the hospital tonight,"

Shawn nodded. "That's right."

"Do you have somewhere I can sleep?" Greg yelled.

"You can use the guest room, you know where it is," Shawn said. Greg nodded, as he walked away from Shawn.

He then smiled to himself. "Tomorrow we'll be together forever, Faith and nobody will stop me."

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The next morning,

Bosco was sitting in the chair next to Faith's bed. He watched her, while she was sleeping. She had only had two more nightmares during the night that which was pretty good, considering what she has been through.

"No" Faith screamed, as she tossed and turned in her sleep. Bosco jumped off the chair and run to her side. "Faith, wake up, it's just a nightmare."

Faith woke up in a sweat. She looked at Bosco. "I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

"Because I keep on doing this..." Faith spoke softly.

"Doing what?" Bosco asked, as he grabbed her hand.

"I keep on having these nightmares and waking you up. You look exhausted."

"Faith, you been through a lot, you don't have to apologize for having nightmares. Even if you slept through the night, I still wouldn't have."

She looked at him with this confused look on her face. "Why?"

"Because I watched you all night to make sure that you were okay." Bosco said.

She looked at him. "You did."

"I did. I was scared that I dreamt finding you." Bosco said.

"You thought I was alive. So that is why you weren't upset at my memorial service," Faith replied.

Bosco looked at her. "What are you talking about?"

"Greg showed me pictures of my memorial service, and I saw one of you and you didn't look sad." Faith explained.

"You thought I didn't care about you."

"No, I know you care, but I just thought because we don't really talk anymore that you weren't that upset."

Bosco grabbed her hand. "I've never stopped thinking about you, Faith."

Faith looked at him with a slight smile. "I never stopped thinking about you either, Bosco, I wish that"

"That I was there for you when." Bosco stopped for a moment; he didn't know if right now was the right time to do this.

"You know don't you?" Faith said, looking directly at him. "You know that they are gone."

Bosco moved closer to her and stroked her hair. "Faith, I know that Emily, Charlie and Fred are gone, I'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you."

"How could you have been there for me if I didn't." but before Faith could say anymore, the doctor walked into the room.

"Good morning, Ms. Mitchell. How are you feeling today?" the doctor asked, as he walked up to Faith. "Okay, I'm feeling a little weak."

The doctor then looked at Bosco. "Could you wait outside while I look over Faith?"

Bosco smiled at Faith. "I'll just be right outside." he said, as he walked outside of the room, where Ty, Sasha and Sully were.

"Thanks for doing this for me. I know Wiggs said that they could get police officers to watch over Faith, but I feel better having it someone I know. I'm surprised to see you here, Sasha, what with being in politics."

"I took a day off." Sasha replied.

Bosco nodded.

"So how's Faith doing today?" Sasha asked. Bosco looked through the window as the doctor was checking out Faith.

"She's doing as well as can be expected." he said, as he turned around. "Have they caught Greg yet?"

Sully shakes his head. "No, Jeff called and said that he and the whole precinct were looking for Greg. They all want him to pay for it, but so far they haven't found any clues of his whereabouts."

"You know I would go find him myself, but I need to be here for Faith.

"Does she know yet that Greg hasn't been caught?" Ty asked.

"No, I'm not going to tell her." Bosco replied. "She's been through enough already; I don't want her to be scared that he will come after her again."

"Are you sure that is wise?" Sasha said. "When she finds out, she's not going to be happy."
"
Well by the time she does find out, he will be captured so it won't matter." Bosco said, as he saw the doctor coming out of the room.

"So how is she doing?" Bosco asked.

"Her wound is doing much better. I took a blood test to see if the drug is still in her system." the doctor explained. "She needs to rest."

"I'll make sure that happens." Bosco said, as he walked back into the room.
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There was a knock at the door, Faith looked up and saw a woman standing in the doorway, she remember seeing her yesterday.

"Come in," Faith said.

Lynn walked into the room. "I don't know if you remember me."

"You're Sully's girlfriend." Faith said, as she smiled at Lynn. Lynn nodded. "I just wanted to come by and see how you are doing. I'm surprised Bosco's not here."

Faith smiled. "I made him go have something to eat. He didn't want to leave me, but I told me that I would be fine."

"I bet he still didn't want to leave you." Lynn said, with a smile, as she sat down. Faith smiled.

Faith looked at the window. "You came by to check up on Sully too, didn't you?"

Lynn smiled. "He has been here for a few hours; I just wanted to see how's he doing. I thought I would come by and see you. Sully has told me so much about you."

"I hope it's all good." Faith said, with a smile.

"Of course." Lynn said, with a smile.

"Do you know why Sully and the rest of them are out there? Greg is caught, so why are they guarding my room?" Faith asked, with this confused look on her face. Lynn wasn't sure what Faith knew or didn't know.

"I think it is just because they want to just make sure that you are okay here."

Faith smiled slightly. "I'm sure Bosco put them up to that."

Lynn nodded. "I'm sure he did. He really cares about you."

Faith smiled slightly. "He was my partner that is all there is to it."

Lynn grinned to herself, she knew that there was more than partnership between the two of them. They just didn't know it yet.

Faith then turned to Lynn. "So tell me how you did you meet Sully?" she asked. Lynn smiled at the thought of Sully. "We met in a diner when I was having lunch; he was sweet and looked pretty handsome. And then he started flirt with me."

Faith tried to not laugh, but she couldn't help it. "Sully flirting?" she said.

Lynn grinned at Faith. "I'm guessing that Sully never did that before."

"Not when I knew him. But what I saw yesterday was not the Sully that I knew, he seems so happy with you. I'm really happy for him."

Lynn nodded. "I'm happy that I found him too. You know it is so nice to see him smile again, after what happened but Lynn then stopped herself.

"It's okay; you can say when everybody thought I was dead. I'm just surprised that there were so many people looking for me." Faith said. Lynn looked at Faith.
"You have so many friends that love you, Faith, more than you probably know."

"I guess I do." Faith said, as she started to yawn. "Well I guess I will let you get some rest, it was nice talking to you." Lynn said, as she started to walk away. "Wait."

Lynn turned around. "Is something wrong?" she asked.

Faith shakes her head. "Come see me again, I forgot your name."

"My name's Lynn." she said, as she waved goodbye to Faith and left the room.

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Half an hour later,

Bosco walked back into Faith's room.

"You know you can go home, you don't need to stay here with me," Faith spoke softly.

Bosco sat down on the chair next to Faith. "I'm not going anywhere, Faith, not now that I found you."

"You need to get back to your life, Boz."

"Are you trying to get rid of me?" Bosco said, with a smile.

Faith smiled. "Of course not, but you came here to find me and you did. You don't need to be here anymore."

"I know you well enough to know what you are doing and I'm not going to let you." Bosco said, as he looked directly at her.

"I guess you do."

There was a knock at the door, FBI Agent Michaels, Wiggs and Lieu walked inside. "Lieu, she's not ready yet to talk."

"I'm right here, Bosco, I can speak for myself." Faith replied. "I'm guessing you want to know about what happened." Faith spoke softly.

"We need to know if he told you anywhere he would go to hide." Michael said. Faith looked at Bosco. "What's he talking about?"

Lieu turned to Michaels and Wiggs. "How about we come back in a few minutes?" Lieu said.

"I need to talk to her now! It's the only way we can find him," Michaels said.

"You'll get your information when she's ready," Lieu said as he, Michaels and Wiggs walked out of the room.

Faith looked at Bosco. "He's not caught..."

Bosco sat down to her. "Faith, we are going to catch him, I promise you that."

She then started to shake. "He's going to find me."

"Shh, Faith, I won't let him ever find you."

"You can't stop him, he'll hurt you to get to me. He'll find me." Faith said, still shaking.

Bosco grabbed her hand. "I'll keep you safe, Faith."

Faith moved her hand away from Bosco. "You can't save me. I couldn't save my kids, so why should anybody save me?"

He tried to hug her, but she pushed him out of the way. "You can't save me this time. He's here."

The doctor rushed into the room. "What happened?"

"She heard something not good and she started to shake," Bosco explained, as he walked over to Faith. "Everything's going to be okay,"

Faith looked up at him. "Go before he finds you. He will kill you." Faith said, as she started to rock back and forth. She then rolled into a ball. "He's here, he's going to get me. I'm not safe."

"Not safe" Faith repeated over again.

Bosco turned to the doctor. "Is she going to be okay?"

"I think it would be best if you leave the room." The doctor replied. Bosco looked at Faith. "I don't want to leave her alone, she needs me."

"She needs her rest and visiting hours are nearly over, you can come back and see her later."

Bosco sighed, he didn't want to leave her, but he knew that she needed rest.

He walked up to her. "I'll be back later." He said, but she didn't hear him, because she just kept on saying. "Nobody can save me."

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Bosco walked out of the room and he saw Rose coming towards him. "Maurice." she said, as she pulled him into a hug. "How is she?"

Bosco turned around and looked through the window at her. "She's not doing well."

"I'm sorry," Rose replied.

"She heard something that I didn't want her to know and it upset her pretty bad. She's so fragile, Ma. I have never seen Faith like this; she has always been this strong woman. I don't know what I can do for her."

Rose put her hand on Bosco's shoulder. "You are doing it right now."

Bosco turned around. "I'm doing nothing; I haven't even tried to find her kidnapper."

"Because you are there for her when she needs you."

"But I want to do more." Bosco yelled.

Rose looked at Bosco. "You look exhausted. How about you come back to my place and have some sleep?"

"I think that would be really good for you." Sully said.

"Did I ask you?" Bosco replied.

"You need to get some rest." Rose explained. "Faith wouldn't want you to do this to yourself."

"I'm not leaving this hospital." Bosco yelled. Rose then looked at him. "Well how about we go down to the cafeteria and have some coffee and something to eat."

"I already had something to eat. I'm not leaving her." Bosco replied.

Rose sighed. "You can't do this to yourself. You haven't slept in days."

Bosco turned to his mother. "I know you love me, but I need to be here for her."

Ty looked at Bosco. "All three of us will still be here; we'll be here if Faith needs someone."

Bosco sighed. "I'm not going anywhere."

Rose nodded. "Okay, Maurice, but you need your rest too."

Michaels walked up to Bosco. "How's she doing?" he asked. "Can I talk to Faith now?"

"No you can't." the doctor said, as she walked out of the room. "I had to give Faith a sedative to calm her down; you won't be able to talk to her until tonight at the earliest."

"Why did this happen to Faith?" Lieu asked concerned.

"When Your FBI Agent friend here told Faith that Greg had not been caught she started to lose it, and now she thinks that nobody can save her from him. Are you happy now, Agent Michaels?" Bosco said.

"I'm sorry," Michaels said. "I guess we can wait until tomorrow morning to talk to her."

"Sorry is not enough, if you did something to make Faith worse, I'm going to..."

Lieu placed a hand of Bosco's shoulder. "That's enough."

Lieu turned to Michaels, "I think it is time for you to go. You can come back tomorrow if the doctor says it is okay to."

Bosco nodded, as Michaels walked away from them.

The doctor looked at Bosco. "You should go home too. She's not going to be awake for a few hours."

Bosco glanced at the doctor. "I'm not leaving."

The doctor nodded. "You can stay, but there is nothing you can do."

"So what are you going to do to help Faith?" Bosco asked, with this concerned look on his face.

"The only thing that I suggest is that she talks to someone about what happened."

"You mean a therapist?" Bosco said with a laugh.

The doctor laughed. "I guess you are like most cops and hate therapists. I would have gotten a therapist to talk to her anyhow, but I wasn't in a rush to do After what happened today, it seems that there is a lot of stuff that she needs to deal with."

Bosco looked through the window at Faith sleeping peacefully. "She lost her two kids in a car accident, which she never deal with, so I guess you could say that she has a lot to deal with."

The doctor nodded. "Well I know a therapist that would be really good for her. I'm going to go and see if he has some time to come down. You can go in and sit with her if you want, but she won't be awake until later tonight." the doctor said, as he walked away.

Lieu walked beside Bosco. "How are you doing?"

Bosco turned around. "I'm fine,"

Lieu put his arm on Bosco's shoulder. "You know just because I'm not your boss anymore, doesn't mean I don't know when you are lying. I know that you aren't fine."

"I just need to be with her." Bosco said, as he walked inside the room, and closed the door behind him.

Lieu turned to Sully. "He's not fine." Sully walked up to Lieu. "I know, we all know that, but Bosco won't let us help him. He never has."

"What can we do then?" Sasha asked, as she had her hands around Ty's arms as they were looking at Bosco through the window.

"Well, I guess we just have to keep an eye on him." Lieu said.

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A hour later,

Lieu had just left to go back to the station with Michaels, so Sully, Sasha and Ty were the only ones standing guarding at Faith's room when a man came up to the room. "May we help you?" Sasha asked.

"I was just going to go in and see Faith. She's an old friend of mine."

"She's not having any visitors right now. You can come by later." Ty said.

"What's your name?" Sasha asked.

"Its fine, I'll come by later," the man said, as he walked away from them, and got onto the elevator.

"You don't think that guy was Greg, do you?" Ty asked, looking at Sasha and Sully.Â

"Well he was a little suspicious." Sully replied.

Ty and Sasha ran towards the fire exit. Sully followed them.

Ty turned around and shouted. "Stay here in case he comes back, or if it wasn't him.

Sully sighed. He never realized how much he missed the thrill of being a cop, until a moment like right now when they thought that the man was Greg. He thought his days being a cop were over, but they are never really over.

He hopes that Ty and Sasha caught Greg, because he wants that bastard to pay for everything that he did to Faith.
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Half an hour later,

When Ty and Sasha returned, Sully looked at them. "Did you catch him?" he asked.

Sasha walked up to the window and looked at Faith. We almost got him, but we lost him. We were this close to getting the bastard that hurt Faith, but he was able to get away from us. How are we supposed to tell Bosco that Greg was here, but we couldn't catch him?" Sasha said, sadly.

Lieu walked up to them. "What happened?" Sully turned to Lieu. "I thought you were at the station."

Lieu smiled. "I had to come back; I couldn't just stay at the station." Ty nodded. " We almost caught Greg, but he got away."

"Are you sure it was him?"Sully asked.

"It was definitely was him. Why would be running from us, we don't have our uniforms on? He knew exactly who we were." Sasha replied, as Ty put his arms around her.

"We'll get him next time."

Sasha turned around. "What if we don't and Faith is always going to wonder where he is? She doesn't deserve that."

Sully looked at Ty and Sasha. "Why don't the two of you and Sully, go home for the rest of the day. I'll stay here."

"We want to stay here." Ty said. "You know you are acting like our boss again."

"I guess that never goes away." Lieu said, as he looked at Bosco holding Faith's hand. "You know even though I am retired, I often think of all of you from the 55th. You were like my family. I was very proud of you all. Sasha to see doing politics. I always knew that you would do something like that"

Sasha looked at Lieu. "Thanks."

She then looked at Ty. "Maybe Lieu is right and we should go home."

Ty nodded, as he walked into Faith's room. "Bosco, we are going to go now. Lieu is going to be standing guard outside the room.

Bosco stood up. "Thanks for being here, both of you. I know that it must not be easy taking a day off, Sasha."

"You're my friends." Sasha said, as she walked over to Faith. I know that all those years ago, when I worked for IAB, Faith thought that I was only being her friend to get information, but that's not true."

Ty put his hand on Sasha's shoulder. "I don't think this is the time to talk about it."

Sasha nodded. "I guess you are right," she said, as she hugged Bosco, and then left the room.

As Ty and Sasha were walking out of the room, Ty turned to Sasha. "Why didn't you tell them that you are going to be leaving politics?"

"Because I didn't think it was the right time to say that." Sasha replied, as she grabbed Ty's hand. "You're the only one that knows."

"So are you coming home with us, Sully?" Ty asked. Sully turned to Ty. "
No, I think I'll stay here with Lieu for a little while."

"Okay, we'll see you later." Ty said, as he and Sasha walked away. Lieu looked at Sully. "You don't have to stay."

"I want to. Sully said. "It's the least I can do."

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Greg sat in the tiny room in the empty warehouse, where nobody could find him. He nearly got caught once running from the two cops, but he was able to lose them. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. "Shawn, I need to come get me."

"Is that the way you talk to the person that helped you last night?" Shawn said.

"I don't have time for this, Shawn. Just come and get me at the old warehouse." Greg yelled.

"Why are you at a warehouse?" Shawn asked.

"Don't ask me questions, just come here." Greg said, as he told Shawn the address and hung up the phone.

Half an hour later,

Shawn showed up at the warehouse. Well it's about time." Greg said. Shawn then looked at Greg. "Why are you here? What do you want with me?"

"I need your help to get me out of the country." Greg replied. Shawn looked at him.
"What about Faith?"

Greg sighed. "I love Faith, but I need to get out of here before they catch me."He said, as they started to walk out of the warehouse. Faith and I will be together again, it's just won't be right now. She'll wait for me.

"You are crazy." Shawn said. "You kidnapped her, she doesn't love you."

Greg hit Shawn across the face. "Don't say that."

Shawn looked at Greg. "I don't have to help you; I can call the cops right now and tell them where you are."

"You do that, you go to jail right along with me. You already lost your job, do you want to go to jail for the rest of your life?"

"Of course not."

"Well then you are going to help me get out of New York now!" Greg replied

Shawn nodded. "Fine, I'll help you." Shawn said. Greg then put his disguise back on, that he worn earlier to go to the hospital.

Greg could see the expression on Shawn's face. "What did you think I was going to go to the hospital without disguising myself? I didn't want to get caught you know."

Shawn smiled. "Well we better go now before they catch you,"

Greg nodded, as they walked outside of the warehouse."

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That evening,

Bosco was sitting next to Faith when she woke up in a sweat " Boz?"

"I'm right here, Faith."Bosco said, as he got up from his chair, and walked over to her. She looked at him. "He came after me and he said that I would never see you ever again."

Bosco grabbed her hand. "He won't come after you, I promise." Bosco said, as he put his arms around her. "You trust me?"

Faith nodded. "Of course I do."

Bosco smiled. "So how are you feeling?"

"I feel a little tired."

"That's probably from the sedative that they had to give you." Bosco replied.

"Why?" Faith asked.

"You needed something to calm you down." Bosco explained.

"Because I found out that." Faith stopped in mid sentence as tears fall down her cheeks.

"Shh, Faith. It's okay." Bosco replied. "Don't think about that."

Faith shakes her head. "I always think about it."

Before Bosco could say anything, Jeff and his wife Tracey walked into Faith's room. Faith smiled at them as they walked in.

"How are you feeling?" Jeff asked, as he walked up to Faith and pulled her into a hug. She smiled at him. "I'm doing well."

Jeff sat down next to her. "I'm glad that you are doing well. We need you back at the office. It's not the same without you."

"I'm sure you handled it fine," Faith said. Tracey smiled at Faith. "I'm glad that my husband was right, for once."

"I'm right more than once, honey." Jeff said, as he put his arms around Tracey. Faith smiled at them. "So you are getting pretty big."

"I can't wait for" Before she could say anything, Tracy got a pain in her side. She grabbed Jeff's arm. "I think the baby is coming."

"What? Your due date isn't until next week."

"Calm down, Jeff." Faith explained. "Everything's going to be okay. Bosco, go get a nurse, and tell them that a woman is in labor. How far apart are the contractions? Is the pain sharp?" Faith asked Tracey.

"Every few minute and the pain is"

Tracy then yelled out in pain. "Sharp."

"Okay, Bosco, remember to tell the nurse all that," Faith said. Bosco nodded as he ran out of the room. A few seconds later, Bosco returned with a wheelchair and a nurse. The nurse looked at Tracey. "Well let's go check you out."

"Good luck," Faith said, with a smile. Jeff smiled at her. "Thanks." He said, as he ran out of the room and followed Tracey and the nurse.

Bosco sat back next to Faith. "You're amazing."

Faith looked at Bosco. "I didn't do anything. He smiled at her. "I know it is hard for you thinking about somebody having a new baby when."

She grabbed his hand and placed hers on his. "I miss them everyday. I didn't even get to say goodbye to them."

"I know you miss them." Bosco said, as he gently touched her face. She looked at him. "I didn't want you there because you are the only one that really knows me, and you wouldn't let me distant myself from you. You would have wanted to be there for me. I didn't want anybody to be there for me. I wanted to be on my own."

"I know, Faith, but you're never going to be on your own again. I'm going to be there for you now, always" Bosco said.

A few hours later,

Faith's doctor walked inside with the therapist. "Faith, this is Dr. Jenkins, she is going to talk to for a bit."

Bosco looked at Faith. "I'll go out for a bit."

"No, Bosco, I want you to stay."

Dr. Jenkins looked at Faith." I don't think that is a good idea."

"Well, then I'm not talking, either Bosco stays or I'm not talking."

Dr. Jenkins sat down. "I guess it would be okay."

Bosco nodded, as he sat down next to Faith the therapist started to talk.

A while later,

"So Faith, can you tell me about what you remember about the kidnapping?"

"What is there is to remember, he tied me up, there is nothing more to say." Faith said, quietly. Dr. Jenkins looked at Faith. "I really think you need to talk about this. That is the only way that you are going to heal."

"What do you want to know?" Faith said, as tears started to fall down her cheeks.

"I need to know what you went through."

Faith looked at Dr. Jenkins and then Bosco. Bosco grabbed her hand. "I'm here."

"Just take your time." Dr. Jenkins said.

Faith looked at Dr. Jenkins. "Where do you want me to start?"

"From the beginning."

"I was getting ready for bed when Greg came into my room, I tried to fight him as best as I could, but he was too strong. Next thing I remember was in a room with Greg."

Faith took a deep breath. Greg killed a man because he came to the door, and he didn't want anybody to find me. I'm the reason that someone is dead."

"No, you're not, Faith." Dr. Jenkins said. "None of this is your fault. Do you think you could keep talking about this?"

" I can try." Faith said, as she begins again. "I tried to escape, but Greg caught me and tied me up and brought me down to some basement. I thought he was going to kill me." Faith said, as tears started to fall down her cheeks.

I don't think Faith should talk about this anymore." Bosco said.

Faith looked at Bosco. "No, I'm okay." She said, as she begins again. "He kept on moving me from one place to another. One day we went to a supermarket and I almost escaped, but he caught me, and then when we got to the place that he was keeping me, he."

Faith took a deep breath before she spoke again. "That is when he handcuffed me to a pole, and stabbed me," Faith said. "I thought I was going to die."

Bosco held her hand as tears started streaming from her eyes. The therapist, Dr. Jenkins sat and watched his face almost stoic at her breakdown. "It's ok, Faith."
Bosco whispered, leaning over the bedrail and kissing her forehead.
It's over."

"It's never over." She cried, sniffling as Bosco pressed his lips to her forehead in an attempt to soothe her.

It's over for that man that he killed, but it'll never be over for me."

"We'll get you through this, I promise, ok?"

She started shaking her head, her stomach hurting from her gasps as she continued crying. Looking to the therapist, Bosco cleared his throat. "I think that's enough for today, doc, thanks."

Nodding his head, the therapist turned and left, quietly pulling the door closed.

"Faith, don't cry." Bosco whispered, still keeping firm hold of her hand. "Just breathe, ok?"

"He's coming, Bosco." Sniffling again, she burrowed her way into the sheets "He'll come back for me, I know he will-"

"Don't even think that." Bosco replied sternly, watching as her tear-stained eyes went bloodshot. "I won't let him, you hear me?"

"Promise me?"

Using his free hand, Bosco lowered the railing to Faith's bed and carefully climbed up beside her, pulling her against his chest. She relaxed at his touch and he sighed, placing a gentle kiss in her hair. "I promise you Faith... He won't ever come near you again, ok?"

"He's dangerous, Bosco." Faith said softly after a short silence. She'd stopped crying however her nose was plugged lightly. "He might hurt you-"Â

"If he comes near you again, the only one who'll get hurt is him." Bosco replied, his voice harsher than he intended. Letting out another sigh, he tried to soften it as he continued.

"There will be hell to pay if I ever see that jag-off again"

"Don't do something stupid, Bosco, please."

"This is me your talking to Faith...I live on doing stupid things."

He couldn't help but smile as she let a small chuckle escape her...it was nice to hear it. "I know, believe me, but I need you. Please, don't go looking for trouble..."

Sighing, he kissed her hair again. "I promise, I won't, ok?"

"Thank you."

"I promise I won't let anything happen to you...not again" He said softly, tightening his embrace.

"You don't have to promise-"

"I am promising...I'm swearing, God as my witness, you'll never get hurt again."

She fell silent at his words, content with listening to his heartbeat, the feeling of his chest rising and falling beneath her cheek as he breathed. His smell surrounded her and brought to her a peace that she hadn't felt for a long time...a peace that only Bosco could offer her. Falling into a peaceful sleep, she didn't notice as once again as he kissed the top of her hair, mumbling a "You're going to be okay." as he too fell into dreams.

To be continued!