* I STILL DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING, JUST THE IDEA OF THE STORY.*

Thank you to all of you who continued to read on. I know the story is somewhat boring right now. I have a lot of ideas for where I want this to head. So if you are reading this, please dont give up on me just yet. Keep in mind that this is my first FF story. Also if you could review after you have read, I would greatly appreciate it. It would give me more motivation to keep writing. Thank you Again.

Just a few hours later, Doctor Roberts came into the room. He seen the picture in front of him and couldn't help but smile. He'd hate to wake them up from what seemed to be such a peaceful sleep, but he had to take Bosco to get some tests done. So He cleared his throat a little loudly, hoping it would wake them up. Faith woke up almost instantly.

"Oh Doc, I'm so sorry. We were just talking this morning and I must've fallen asleep." She said as she quickly got out of bed and into the other. The doctor just laughed

"No Faith it's perfectly alright. I just need to take Maurice down to get some tests done. It will take a while though, probably around three hours. So if you need to do anything, now would be a great time."

"Okay thank you." She said as she gathered her belongings. She walked over to Bosco's bed and kissed his forehead in attempt to wake him up. He didn't budge. She called his name repeatedly until he finally came to. "Good morning sleepy head. The doc here is going to take you to get some tests done. It's going to be awhile so I'm going to run home and take a shower, then head to work to fill out some paper work. I'll call Charlie and meet up with him so he's not waiting here alone."

"Uhh alright, that sounds good to me. You're coming back though. Right?"

"Yes, I'll be here. With bells on" she laughed

"I really don't know why you always say that. What does it even mean? Geez."

"That's why I say it grouch." She smiled and winked at him "Do you want me to have Charlie pick you up anything from your house while he's there?"

"Yeah, tell him to grab my phone charger, deodorant, two pairs of sweat pants, boxers and like two cut offs and a pair of shorts. Tell him to put it all in my gym bag. He knows where it's all at." She rolled her eyes at his long list of things "Oh Faith. I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but just let Charlie do it? I don't want you to see the house without me there. Okay?" he looked at her with pleading eyes and smiled.

"Yeah. Okay Bos." She joked. "I'll see you in a few hours. Try not to give the nurses too hard of a time. Please?"

"Me? Ha Ha Ha I'd never do such a thing." She just laughed at him. She leaned down and kissed his forehead then turned around and left the room.

"So doc, what are you gunna do to me?"

"We just need to do a CT scan then an MRI on your chest and leg. Then we need to do some blood work. We also wanna fit your leg for a brace so we can get you walking on your own so you can shower by yourself. Then we can probably have you out of here within the next two days. But, if the brace doesn't work, you will have to stay here even longer than expected"

"Well why wouldn't the brace work?"

"Well officer, it is going to be a metal brace. A lot of athletes wear them on their knees. This brace is going to be a custom one for you. It will run from your hip all the way down under your heel. You will be able to bend your knee and your ankle. But it will be uncomfortable for a few days, maybe even weeks. But you will have to wear it for at least two months. You can take it off to sleep but it is to be worn all the time after that. It is going to help you walk. It could hurt you; it could put pressure on your leg near the bullet wound. We are making it custom for you though like I said, so hopefully we can manage to keep it from putting pressure on you anywhere. If it is too close then we can't use it. If the brace does not work, we will have to put you in a hip to toe cast. Then you will be in a wheelchair for 6-12 weeks. You will have to have a home nurse come twice a day and give you a sponge bath. Or we will have to put you into a physical rehabilitation home until it heals fully. Your chest wound seems to be doing well. So you just need to make sure you change it 4 times a day for the first week you are out of here. And then after that you will sleep with the bandage on and once you wake up, you take a shower, and clean it off then you let the air get to it for as long as possible if you are inside. Do not put a shirt on over it without a bandage on. You must avoid all activity that could make you sweat for the next two weeks after you leave. You will not be returning to work for some time. If your wound gets infected, you will be right back here. And it could be ten times worse. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, I get it. I definitely don't want anyone giving me a sponge bath and I sure don't want to be in a wheel chair. I really hope this metal brace works."

"So do I. Okay so let me get a transfer bed in here, and then we will start with the tests"

"Thanks Doc." Bosco watched the doctor walk out of the room when he started to feel panic arise. He had a million questions running through his head about these tests and the brace. 'What if it didn't work? I would be in a home .I couldn't do that' he thought to himself. He hated feeling this way. He could feel a panic attack coming on. He hadn't had one in such a long time. He just hoped that the doctor would come back soon. And he did. "Geez Doc, that was pretty fast. "

"Yeah I'd like to get this all said and done before your wife and kids come back."

"Oh no, doc. Faith is just my friend. And those are her kids. I'm just really close with them. And they lost their father a while back so I'm kind alike their father figure. They just call me dad…. I mean. I consider them my kids. But… oh. It's complicated." He looked at the doctor then put his head down in shame. "Doc, a while back, I was diagnosed with PTSD. And things like the MRI and stuff bring on my panic attacks. Do you think there is any way that I could get around doing this?"

"I'm sorry officer. You have to do these tests." He looked at Bosco's now pale face "but I can give you something that will help you cope with it. I promise it will help. I have a lot of people that have the same thing and I give it to them and they are fine."

"But Doc, Mine are really bad. I black out and go into a state where I'm like seizing or something weird." Bosco said sheepishly.

"Okay Bosco. I promise you will be okay. If you start to feel weird, I will give you a button and you just push it and I will be able to hear you talk. I'll be behind the glass and there is a speaker on both sides. If anything happens, I will be right in. the medicine I give you may make you a bit drowsy, and if you feel more comfortable going to sleep, that's fine. I will just wake you up when it's over, okay?"

"Yeah. I'll do anything as long as it gets me out of this hospital soon!" he said in a firm voice.

"Alright here take these. And by the time we get to the room you will be out of it."

"Kay"

The doctor took Bosco down to the room and started his CT scan first. Bosco was dozing in and out of consciousness already. By the time it was over, Bosco was completely asleep.

Faith had just pulled up to her apartment. She paid the cab driver and started up the stairs. She pulled out her phone to call Charlie but her cell was dead. She walked into her home and Emily was still asleep. And went and plugged in her phone and looked at the clock. It was already 9:45. She knew she had to call Charlie now.

"Hey Charlie, where are you at?"

"I'm about 45 minutes from home mom, why what's wrong?"

"Nothing I just came home to shower real quickly and grab some things then I have to go to work and fill out papers for family medical leave. Bosco is having some tests ran and the doctor said it would take around 3 hours until they were done."

"Oh okay. How is he?

"He's okay baby."

"How are you mom? I know this is tough on you."

"I'm alright too. I'll be better when I get to see you!" she teased "Bosco wants you to bring him some things to the hospital once you get to his house."

"Okay. What does he need?"

"Deodorant, his cell phone charger, two pairs of sweat pants, a pair of shorts, two cut offs and boxers. He said to put it all in his old gym bag. He said that you would know where it's at."

"Okay. Yeah I know where it's at."

"Charlie, when you are done at Bosco's do you want to swing by my work and pick me up, we will go to the hospital together? I know Bosco is really excited to see you."

"Yeah mom, that sounds good to me. Just call me whenever you are ready. Alright?"

"Yep. I love you Charlie. Be careful the rest of the way here okay?"

"Yeah mom. I will. I love you too. See ya." Faith hung up the phone and hurried into the bathroom. She couldn't wait to take a nice hot relaxing shower. She had plenty of time to kill. She turned on the water then went into her room and grabber her bath robe and a clean towel out of the closet. She walked back into the bathroom and started to get undressed. She stepped into the shower and immediately felt relaxed. As if the water dripping off of her was all the stress she carried around with her from the past day and a half. She stood there for awhile before she even started to wash herself. She couldn't believe how amazing this shower felt. When she finally felt relaxed enough, she washed herself and then got out of the shower. She sat in the bathroom with her robe on and her hair up in a towel and let the steam engulf her for awhile. She still felt so relaxed. She couldn't remember the last time she felt so good. Even with everything that happened last night being so stressful, she didn't have a worry in the world at that moment.

Faith went into her bed room and started to get ready for the day ahead of her when she heard a knock on her door. She looked up and seen Emily standing there still half asleep.

"Hey mom. What are you doing back here?"

"Bos had to get some tests done and the doctor said it was going to take a few hours so I figured I would come take a shower then head down to work so I can fill out my family medical leave papers."

"You're going to take time off of work?"

"Yes Emily. When bos gets out of the hospital he is going to need to stay with someone for a few weeks to make sure everything is okay. I can't just leave him hanging."

"Okay mom. Geez, I was just asking."

"Awe c'mon Em. I didn't mean it like that. I'm just in a hurry. I want to get everything done so I can go back to the hospital." She grabbed her purse and started to panic when she couldn't fine her phone.

"It's on the night stand mom." Emily laughed at her mom's distress. "I'm going to get a shower and then Mike is going to pick me up and we are gunna get something to eat. Do you care if mike comes to the hospital to see Da-…Bosco?"

"Emily, you can call him Dad. It's okay, really. As long as he's okay with it, I'm okay with it sweetie. You and Mike are more than welcome to come to the hospital. Charlie is going to pick me up at work after he is done at Bosco's and then we are heading over there." She kissed her forehead "I'll see you there Em. I love you" she turned and headed out of the room, grabbed her phone and charger and was headed out of the apartment.

"I love you too mom. Tell Bosco I'll be there shortly."

"I will." She said as she looked back at Emily and smiled. She was nearly running out of her building. She knew she had pleanty of time, it was only eleven. "I gotta call lieu."

"Hey Lieu, its Faith. I was just wondering if I could come in now and talk to you. I have about an hour to spare."

"Yeah Faith, that's fine. I'll be here"

"Okay. Thank you so much."

She felt like she had been walking forever. She just wanted to get this over with. She needed to get back to the hospital. 'I need to get back to the hospital?' she thought 'okay, maybe I just need to see him and make sure he's okay' she said again trying to cover-up her true feelings. Finally she was at the Station. She had explained everything to the lieutenant and filled out all the paperwork. She was heading out of the door to call Charlie when a familiar face walked in the building almost knocking her over.

"Oh my god! Faith, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" the man asked with a devilish grin on his face.

'Great just what I need right now.' she said to herself. "Yeah, John I'm fine." She said in a firm tone that he knew all too well.

"How about I take you out for a cup of coffee or something? Ya know, catch up a bit?" Miller asked

"I'm really busy right now. But thanks." She said rolling her eyes as she tried to leave. But he stepped in front of her.

"Well do you need a lift somewhere? I'd be more than happy to take you."

She would rather have a crackhead push her in a shopping cart to the hospital than have him take her anywhere "NO!" she said loudly "John, stop trying to be nice to me now. It's been three years. Get over yourself already. You blew it." She said with a smirk "Now, will you please get out of my way!"

He stepped out of her way and just stood there shocked as she left the building. He contemplated going out after her but feared that she might hit him this time. "Maybe she's just having a bad day. I'll catch up to her again."

Faith stood outside and waited for Charlie to get there. She hoped Miller didn't decide to come out and try to talk to her again or she would lose her mind on him. 'How could he possibly think that I would want to spend another moment of my life near him after he cheated on me? He must be crazy' she thought to herself as she heard a loud car come around the corner. The car looked very familiar a Blue 1973 Mach 1 mustang. Faith was shocked when the car pulled up to her. Charlie was driving Bosco's car. She got in and looked at him with a very strange looked on her face.

"What's wrong Ma?" He said trying not to laugh.

"Why" she paused and just shook her head "why are you driving Bosco's car Charlie!" He started to laugh and she just stared at him, still in shock. "You know he's going to kill you if he finds out!"

"Ma, relax."

"No Charlie. Don't tell me to relax! This car is Bosco's baby! And you are my baby. I'd rather him not kill you!"

"MOM!" he yelled over her rant "Dad gave it to me when I went to college. He said as long as I take care of it I can have it." He smiled from ear to ear remembering the day he got the car.

"Wh-What? There is no way. Charlie, you better not be lying to me!" She shook her head in disbelief until they arrived at the hospital. "You know, I'm going to have a talk with him about this. He has never even let me sit in the driver seat before and he just gave it to you!"

"Oh c'mon mom, Relax. He knows that I'll take care of it. He taught me how to drive it and everything." Faith still shaking her head, began to laugh.

"You better be thankful, he must really love you Charlie." They both laughed as they headed towards Bosco's room.