Chapter: Return Of Faith

Disclaimer: I do not own Third Watch nor do I own any of the characters from the show. (frowns).

A/N: Hello, so here is the next chapter. It's not exactly the way that I wanted it, but I think it turned out alright. The next chapter will be a little more interesting, as it will explain more about what actually happened to Faith. Please let me know what you think! Thanks for reading!

Bosco was awaken early the next morning, by the sounds of Faith thrashing around in the hospital bed. He looked at her, it appeared that she was dreaming, but he wasn't sure.

"Faith, it's alright, ssh it's going to be alright," he said ever so gently, as he lightly brushed his hand through her hair. "It's alright, wake up, it's only a dream. You're going to be alright now,"

Faith's eyes slowly flickered open. She looked up at him. "Bosco?" she asked, her voice sounded very weak.

Bosco smiled instantly. She was awake, and she had just said his name. After so much time had passed, he finally heard the voice that he had been longing for so long to hear. "Yeah Faith, it's me. It's Bosco," he said softly.

"Where... where am I?" she asked him, as looked around the room.

"You're in the hospital, Faith," he replied, as he took her hand, and held it tightly.

In an instant, her eyes filled up with tears. She started to cry, as a wave of relief washed over her. Finally, after all the time that she had spent being held captive, after all of the hell that she'd been through, she was finally free again. Suddenly, Faith remembered that Bosco was there. Feeling very ashamed that he was seeing her this way, she turned away from him.

"Hey Faith, what's the matter?" Bosco asked, feeling slightly confused. "It's alright, you're safe now," he said, placing his hand gently on her shoulder, but she flinched and pulled away.

"It's alright, it's just me, Bosco," he said softly. "I'm not going to hurt you,"

Still, Faith continued to cry. In fact, she was crying even harder now, her cries turning into sobs. Bosco felt so helpless as he sat there. He wished that there was something he could do to make everything better, but there wasn't. He wanted nothing more than to just pull Faith into his arms, hold her tight, and never let her go. But, he couldn't do that either since she didn't seem to want him to touch her.

"Faith, it's alright... you're safe now," Bosco said softly. "No one is going to hurt you like this again,"

"Bosco, just go away..." Faith managed to say through her tears. "Please, just go away and leave me alone,"

That hurt, it really hurt. Bosco couldn't believe what he had just heard. Did she really want him to leave? He knew that they hadn't been on the best terms when she went missing. A lot had happened that year, and they were just started to talk to each other somewhat when she vanished. Even after everything that had happened between them, Bosco had always considered himself to be her friend. Sure, they had their share of problems, but they had always been friends. They had always shared some sort of strange bond between them. He couldn't understand why Faith was pushing him away, now.

"Faith please, i'm just trying to help you," Bosco said softly.

"I... I know, Bosco," Faith cried. "It's just, I don't want you to see me this way... I don't want anyone to see me this way,"

"Faith, I know you're hurting right now, but I want to be here with you," Bosco told her. "I want to be here for you. You're my best friend, i'll always been here for you,"

That statement took Faith somewhat by surprise. It took her back, to a better place and time. She remembered years ago, when Bosco had told her that. After all this time, he still meant it. He still wanted to be there for her. Faith started to cry even harder again, she wished that they could just go back to that time. She wished that she could just go back, and get all of the horrible memories that flooded her mind out of her head. Bosco placed his hand on her shoulder once again, but this time, she didn't pull away. She turned back towards him.

"Oh Bosco," was all she could manage to say before she completely broke down. Bosco wrapped his arms around her, and just held her while she cried. He couldn't even image the horror that she had went through. They just sat there, finding comfort in each other. Bosco didn't want this moment to end. He just wanted to stay right there, holding Faith in his arms forever. He held her tightly, almost as though he feared that it was a dream, that he was going to wake up, and she would be gone once again. Bosco knew that it was going to be a long day. He knew that since Faith was now awake, there would be detectives coming down to talk to her. They would need to find out what happened, so they could attempt to bring whoever did this to justice. He knew that was going to be really hard for her, but for the moment he managed to push that thought of out his mind. He just sat there, holding Faith tightly in his arms as she cried. Just happy to finally have his best friend back.

To Be Continued...