~*AND YET, I STILL DO NOT OWN ANYTHING OR ANYONE. JUST THE IDEA OF THE STORY.*~
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Bosco had just woken up as Doctor Roberts walked in the room. He wasn't sure what happened or where he was exactly. But by the way the room smelled, he knew immediately he was at a hospital. He hated the smell of hospitals, but he grew to know them all too well. He tried to move but his hands were restrained to the bed. Now he was even more confused. "What did I do now?' he thought to himself. He tried to talk but couldn't and that made him even more frustrated. His throat hurt really badly. And well, so did his whole body really. The doctor walked over to him and put his hand on his arm.
"Officer Boscorelli, you are on a ventilator. I am going to take it out, but I'm gong to need your complete cooperation or else I won't be able to remove it." He said in a soft voice. Bosco nodded slightly letting the doctor know he would comply with his request. "Okay Maurice, I'm going to tilt your head back. And on the count of three I need you to swallow, so I can take the tube out." The doctor tilted his head back slightly and counted. "One, Two, Three" and he pulled out the tube with ease. And Bosco coughed a little bit. "Officer, there are a few people here that want to come in and see you, but if you're not up to it, I can tell them to come back tomorrow." He said in a teasing tone.
"No." Bosco said shaking his head. "Send them in."
"Okay Maurice, I just need to take your vitals and give you some medicine. Then I'll go get them." He said as he started the round of vitals and drew the shot of morphine.
"Hey, uhh doc." Bosco said confused. "Is Davis okay? I mean, did he make it?" he said softly.
"Yes. Lieutenant Davis is just fine. You are both very lucky." The doctor said with a smile.
"Yeah…lucky alright" Bosco mumbled under his breath, thinking the doctor didn't hear him.
"Well officer, I know a lot of men that would consider you lucky." he said matter of factly.
"Oh yeah. And why's that huh?" Bosco countered and a sarcastic tone. "jealous that they didn't get shot like I did?"
"No. Lucky because you have a beautiful woman downstairs waiting patiently to be able to see you." And with that, the doctor was out the door.
Bosco lay in his bed now very curious as to what the doctor said. "Who would be waiting to see me? Besides my Ma… I think the Doc has lost his mind." So Bosco waited until he heard a voice he recognized. "Emily!" The door opened and there she was. He wondered who called her. 'Maybe matt called her? No, he doesn't have her number.' He thought to himself.
"Bosco! I'm so happy you're okay. You really had us worried!"
"I'm sorry Em. I'm alright though, you didn't have to come all the way back here to see me." He said with a half smile. "Wait Em, I really had who worried?"
Emily knew he caught it. It would be any minute before her mom showed up anyway. "Might as well tell him now" she thought to herself. "Me and mom… They called her. She is still listed as your primary contact for an emergency. She's really worried Bosco.
"Y-Your mom's here? Because of me? Oh great, now she's really gunna hate me." As he rolled his head back onto the pillow the door opened again. 'I thought I remembered hearing her voice earlier, but I thought it was just a dream. Wait, if it wasn't a dream then she actually said that she loves me? Oh god, this is too much to handle' he thought to himself as Faith neared his bed.
"Hey Bosco" the sound of her voice made him snap out of his little day dream.
"H-hey"
"How are you feeling?" she wondered if he remembered what she said to him before.
"im alright… I guess. How are you?
"I'm better now that I know you are awake and okay." She forced a smile that also made him smile.
"Faith, I'm sorry they made you come down here. I'm sure you had better things to be doing."
"Oh. No me and Em were just watching TV. Nothing special." Faith looked up at Emily and she took the hint.
"Hey Bosco, I'm gunna go down to the cafeteria and see if Matt's down there still. I'll be back in a little."
"Alright kiddo." She hugged him gently and turned around and winked at her mom and left the room.
"Sooooo."
"Uhh yeah, so… what's…uhh, how've you been?" Things have never been this awkward between him and Faith, there was so much he wanted to say to her, but didn't know where to start.
"I've been okay. I guess" She lied "How about you?"
"I'm alright. A little tired now, but good"
"Oh well I can go if you want to get some rest?" she said quietly as she stood up
"No. Faith, I would like it if you stayed for a little while. If that's okay with you?" He looked at her with a sad look that he knew even after all these years; she wouldn't be able to resist.
"Yeah, I'll stay." Laughing a little at his sad attempt to make her stay.
They sat there in silence for a few minutes before Bosco looked over at faith twiddling her thumbs. He knew he had to talk to her about everything, but it was so hard to even think about.
"Faith" he reached over and laid his hand on hers "It wasn't your fault."
She looked at him surprised. "What?"
"Earlier, you said that everything was your fault. And it wasn't. A lot of it was my fault, I was stubborn and I should've listened to you about Cruz. I know that you wanted to help me, but at that point I just couldn't see it from your prospective. I've done a lot of things that I cant take back, and I wish I could. But I don't know faith… I-I'm just sorry." He hung his head "I shouldn't have snapped on you when you wouldn't shoot for me. That was just stupid. But the job is my life. If I couldn't shoot, I figured my life would be gone."
"Bos" she grabbed his hand tightly and looked him in the eyes. "I know. I'm sorry too. I should've helped you figure out a way to shoot, but instead I left you out to dry. And you had to do it alone. You're my partner; I should've always had your back. I let you down. And I'm sorry. The Cruz thing had me messed up; she took you away from me. I was jealous. But I really am sorry Bos. I just want you to forgive me. And if you don't want to see me again, I'll understand." She looked at him with tears in her eyes
"Look Faith. We both made some mistakes, big mistakes. But I don't want you to leave me again. Please, just don't leave me again." He pleaded with her.
"Bos I won't leave you." She got up and hugged him gently, trying not to hurt him even more. "Oh, I wanted to thank you."
"For what?"
"For spending so much time with Charlie and Emily. They really love you. Even know we didn't talk, you still kept them in your life. That means so much to me." He looked at her with tears now in his eyes
"Charlie and Em are like kids to me Faith. They will always be a huge part of my life, I love them so much."
"I know you do Bos. I know" they sat there in silence for a while longer still holding each others hand until Emily came back with Matt.
"Bosco. Man am I glad to see you!" Matt yelled
"Wish I could say the same about your homely face" Bosco countered and they all laughed
"Glad to see you didn't lose your attitude" Faith mumbled
"yeah yeah yeah." Bosco said with a smile.
They all talked for a few hours until Bosco was obviously getting tired.
"Hey man, I'm gunna get outta here, I'll be back tomorrow before shift."
"alright price, take it easy."
"will do." He nodded "nice to finally meet you Faith, and Em, I'll see ya later. Keep an eye on him for me will ya?"
"Yeah Matt, I will. See ya!" Emily said as she looked at Bosco and laughed.
"Okay Bosco, you look pretty tired, so we are gunna get out of here too." faith said as Emily gathered all of their things.
"Oh." He said shaking his head slowly. "I was hoping that you were gunna stay here."
"Mom, you should stay here and make sure he doesn't give the nurses too hard of a time. I will go home and get some sleep and come back in the morning before I go back to school." Emily not giving her mother much of a choice stood up and gave her a hug before she went over to Bosco's bed and hugged him goodbye. "good luck bos" she whispered in his ear before she left he just smiled and watched her leave.
"Some kid you got there." They both laughed
"She just abandoned me. Can you believe that?" Faith said in a joking manner
"Yeah, well that's Emily for ya. Always trying to set something up." Looking at faith who is now blushing "she really is a great kid though faith"
"Yeah I know." shaking her head. "she's a handful sometimes though."
"Oh I know that. Every time I pick her up she's going on and on about something or other." He rolled his eyes and laughed. "Faith, I'm glad you stayed here. Even know you were kind of forced to. I'm still glad you did." He said seriously
"Bos, I was going to stay even if Em didn't abandon me." She looked down at the floor and tried to fight back her tears.
"what's wrong?" He asked nervously. "Faith, are you okay?"
"Yeah Bos, I'm fine. I just feel like… I don't know. Like maybe if I fall asleep, when I wake up you won't be here. Like this is all some kind of dream. Ya know?" He knew exactly what she meant. He was feeling the same way.
"Faith, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here when you wake up. I promise. It's not like I can get too far anyway." He laughed. "I'm kind of stuck in this bed."
She nodded and let out a small laugh too. Doctor Roberts came in the room to do his last set of vitals for the night and gave him more pain medicine.
"Faith will you be staying the night here with Officer Boscorelli?" He asked with a smile.
"Yes I am Doc."
"Alright well I will have a nurse bring in another bed for you then. I know those chairs are not the most comfortable things here."
"Wow. Thanks Doc. I appreciate it."
He left and a few minutes later a nurse brought faith a bed to sleep on. She got situated in her bed and looked at Bosco. He was starting to fall asleep and she could tell he was trying to fight it. He looked tired, but even as tired as he was, she still though he looked gorgeous. She didn't know how he could manage to still look so good when he was so hurt.
"What?" he asked quietly as he looked over at faith
"Huh?"
"What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing, what do you mean?" she said quickly trying to regain her composure.
"Oh c'mon Faith. Don't lie to me now. I know when you are deep in thought about something. So spill it." He said very seriously
"Uhh, I was just thinking bos. I don't know."
"Well what were you thinking about?"
"I guess I was just thinking about you." She blushed
"Hmm. Thinking about me? Anything good?" he said with a smirk
"Ha! You'll never know!" she teased. "C'mon Bos let's get some sleep. We got all day tomorrow to talk."
"I like the sound of that." He smiled. "Goodnight faith"
"Goodnight Bosco" she sat up for a little while longer and just thought about all the time that has passed. She was looking forward to tomorrow. Just to be able to talk to him again felt so surreal.
"Hey, are you going to get me out of this hospital in the morning or what?" she jumped when she heard him talking. She though he had went to sleep.
"Bosco, you have to stay here for a few more days so they can keep an eye on you." She laughed a little. 'I guess some things never change' she thought to herself
"You can keep an eye on me for a few more days though. I hate these places. I can't ever sleep." He groaned.
"I know you do. And when you get out of here, you are going to have to have someone stay with you for about a week or so. They don't want you to be alone for awhile"
"Yeah, I never want to be alone again" he said as he rolled over and winked at Faith.
"Okay prince charming, I'm tired now too. So let's try and get some sleep. Please?"
"Ugh! Alright. Goodnight…again"
"Night Bosco" she laughed
Faith rolled over and closed her eyes hoping to fall asleep fast. Bosco stayed facing Faith and just watched her for a moment. He knew he wasn't going to get much sleep unless he told her. So he figured that now was as good as time as any.
"I love you Faith." He said in a low voice as she rolled back over facing him now. She smiled. 'Okay that's a good sign, she didn't jump up and leave the room' he thought to himself.
"Bosco, I love you too. I always have." He smiled back at her and they both gazed into each other's eyes for a little while until faith finally fell asleep.