Title: Brotherly Love

Rating: K+, for swearing- This is the Boscorelli brothers we're talking about!

Spoilers: Up to and including the fourth season. This fiction does not extend past that point in the series.

Summary: Bosco and his brother get into a heated argument, Bos is seriously injured shortly afterwards, leaving his younger brother guilt ridden.

Special Note: Here's chapter nine…the finale! Hope you enjoyed the re-vamped version of this fiction! I will be editing my other Third Watch stories when I get the time, if you'd like to know when they have been fixed up, please state so in a signed in review, or e-mail me and I will let you know!

On with the chapter!

Brotherly Love

Chapter Nine: Surprise!

Christmas Day

"WOW! Thanks Uncle B!" Charlie exclaimed happily as he opened his new game boy game. He scrambled from the chair he had been sitting in and rushed over to Bosco.

Bosco let out a soft laugh as Charlie carefully hugged him awkwardly over the bedside. "Glad you like it, Chuckie." He said affectionately as he ruffled up the young boy's hair with his good hand.

Faith smiled from her spot on the end of her partner's bed. That was the last of the presents...except for one, of course.

Bosco turned to Faith and said seriously, "I hope you like what I got you."

Faith looked down at the white gold charm bracelet that sparkled on her wrist. So far it only had two charms, one which was the number 55, for the precinct. The other one was a charm of a police car, their RMP.

"It's beautiful...and perfect." She replied with a bright smile.

Bosco relaxed, knowing that she was telling him the truth. "Where'd Fred go anyways?" He asked curiously. Everyone in the room suddenly wore bright smiles on their faces. The type of smile which told him that they knew something he didn't.

"What's going on?" He demanded.

"Nothing!" Rose quickly replied.

Bosco looked over at Mikey and Melissa, both of them stared back innocently.

Bosco sighed and gave up, if something was going on, he wasn't going to get it out of them.

"Melissa, lets run downstairs and grab some coffee, okay?" Mikey suddenly said, after glancing down at his watch.

Melissa nodded and they made for the door.

"HEY!" Bosco suddenly cried, causing them both to stop underneath the door.

"What is it?" Mikey asked, worried that Maurice was going to delay them from their part of the surprise.

"Look up." Bosco said evilly, pointing upwards.

Mikey and Melissa both looked up slowly, their eyes widening when they saw the mistletoe above them.

Everyone in the room started laughing.

"You know the drill." Bosco chuckled, grinning.

Mikey looked at Melissa, who blushed lightly, but was smiling at the same time. Without hesitation, he slowly leant towards her and kissed her, and not just some peck kiss, but a real kiss.

"Uh, guys? We have two children in the area." Faith smirked.

"Mommmm!" Emily rolled her eyes as Mikey and Melissa broke their kiss.

"So...how about that coffee?" Mikey whispered, his face red.

"Oh, yeah." Melissa replied, and they both left the room slowly.

Rose sighed happily; it seemed her youngest son had finally found love.

Faith looked over at her partner with warmth in her eyes. She couldn't even imagine what life would have been like without him. He was her best friend, and to lose him would be like losing Fred, a void that would never be filled again. She wouldn't have ever gotten over something as horrible as what had almost happened.

"We better clean up this mess before the nurse comes in and sees it." Rose suddenly spoke up.

Faith nodded and everyone except Bosco started to throw crumpled wrapping paper into a garbage bag that Rose had brought along.

"Sorry guys, I wish I could get up and help out...I feel so lazy." Bosco mumbled, his cheeks blushing a light pink.

"Don't be silly Bos, you need to relax. Besides, the nurse's would have all of our heads if you got out of that bed without a wheelchair." Faith replied quickly.

Bosco frowned at the mention of a wheelchair.

Rose noticed her sons frown and said sternly, "I don't care what you say Maurice, if the doctor says you need to be in a wheelchair to help you recover, you WILL sit your butt in one...even if I have to make you."

Emily smothered her laugh desperately with her hands when she saw the look on Bosco's face, even all grown-up, he didn't dare contradict his mothers words.

Faith's cell phone suddenly rang, causing everyone in the room to stop what they were doing as they watched her answer it.

"This is Faith." She spoke into it. A second later, she covered the mouth piece and told everyone in the room she'd be just a second. Before anyone could reply, she had quickly stepped out of the room and into the hallway.

"Is everything ready?" Faith asked Fred quietly.

"Yeah! The car is parked directly outside, underneath that window at the end of Bosco's hall, he won't even have to go downstairs. Everyone is out here too; we're just waiting on you guys now." Fred replied, in the background, Faith could hear Sully yell, "Faith...would you hurry this up!? It's freezing out here!"

Faith chuckled, hung up her phone, and quickly made her way to the end of the hall, towards the window. She looked out it and saw everyone grouped around Bosco's new car. Sully was playfully brandishing his fist in her direction. She quickly waved, to signal that the car was in a good spot for viewing and turned back towards her partner's room.

"What was that all about?" Bosco asked instantly upon her entry.

Faith smirked as she pocketed her cell and replied, "It's ready."

Everyone in the room except Bosco knew what she was talking about, and this made him very, very annoyed.

"I'm going to ask once more and only once more...what the hell is going on?" He asked with an air of impatience.

"Lets get you in the wheelchair and you will find out." Rose spoke up, ringing the nurse.

After 15 fun filled minutes of Bosco arguing about sitting in a wheelchair, the nurse had left and the group was ready to make its way down the hallway.

"Where are we going?" Bosco asked curiously, his embarrassment of being wheeled by his mother in the chair momentarily forgotten.

Nobody answered him as Rose maneuvered his chair so that he could see directly out of the window in front of him.

Bosco's mouth dropped at what he saw. "H-how?" He asked weakly as he stared at the near exact copy of his previous Mustang.

Faith smiled and said softly, "Fred had some connections. We got some donations, everyone at the house put in money, same with the people at your moms bar and the fire station, too."

Everyone outside smiled and waved at the small group at the window, muffled shouts of "SURPRISE!" could be heard through the glass.

Faith looked down at her partner; she could tell that he didn't know what to say. It didn't matter anyhow; he was safe, happy and alive.

"When am I going to be able to get out of this place to try her?" Bosco moaned.

Everyone chuckled light-heartedly at this. "Not soon enough for you, Bos." Faith laughed.

Bosco suddenly said, "Seriously though, this is the best Christmas gift ever. I wish I could make it up to all of you."

"Don't be silly Bos; I know I speak for everyone when I say that you gave us the best Christmas gift of all." Faith replied evenly.

He looked at her with questioning eyes.

"You' are still with us." She whispered.

Bosco looked into her eyes and gave a slight nod. He then turned to look back out the window, and noticed that it had started to lightly snow. Everything was looking up, he had his car, his life, and most of all, the respect and love of his little brother back.

THE END

…Yeah, still couldn't figure out a way to make that ending better…haha guess endings just aren't my thing…hope you liked this story! Doesn't it make you miss Mikey, and more importantly, the show itself?!

I LOVE YOU BOSCO!

Haha…