Don't own the song by Linkin Park's By Myself, they wrote it not me, and all the characters I don't own. Don't sure cause I OWN NOTHING BUT a couple of cd's.
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Bosco looked at her. He didn't really know what else to say. He had said all that he felt needed to be out on the open, all the words that had been jumbled up like a broken jigsaw puzzle in his mind what seemed forever. But, He had proven his point, and now he really wasn't all too sure what to do next.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He didn't give anytime to say anything, he unlocked his car jumped in and took off.
A sad smile came to Faith Yokas's lips. She didn't know if that was a sign from her partner that he had forgiven her or not. All she knew at that point in time was she would find out tomorrow.
Faith let out a long and drawn out sigh and then turned around and began to make her way back home.
(Next Day)
Faith Yokas walked in to the headquarters of the 55th Precinct. She smiled and said hi to a couple of coworkers but other then that she was trying to prepare herself for what kind of attitude she would meet in the locker room, the attitude of her partner Boscorelli. When she opened the door she found he wasn't even there yet. She just went to her locker and began to put on her uniform when he walked in.
Faith couldn't help and wonder as Bosco passed her that if he was going to work with the Rookie just to get away from her again.
Bosco had again beaten her somehow in changing, for he stood up and was about to walk out the door when he turned around and spoke to her. "Hey save you a seat, okay." He grinned and then turned around to almost smack into the Rookie.
The Rookie hesitated and got out of Bosco's way. "Are we going to work together again today?"
Bosco opened the door and called over his shoulder with a laugh, as the door slammed shut. "Yeah right. Maybe in my next life."
Faith couldn't help it but a really small smile came to her lips as she laughed mentally inside. With that kind of remark from Boz that meant he had forgiven her, and maybe everything would be okay. Sure he hadn't said he had forgiven her, but that wasn't his style any way. All Bosco did was let on that he had without really coming out and saying it.
Faith knew that Bosco was the type that had been taught to keep his feelings inside. She knew a lot of men where taught that and he happened to be another one of many whom she knew. Yeah it was hard on her, trying to figure out what his true feelings were. What really was going on in that mind of his, what made him do the things he did normally on every day that she had known him.
She knew one day or another she would understand him even more but that road was too far up to even see. So with her eyes gleaming with a smile, made her way into the roll call room.
Her partner was there, sitting in his normal seat. He gave a smile of his own and nodded with his head to the chair next to him, the chair she normally sat in.
Faith sat down in her chair, next to Bosco. She looked over at him and then turned away not really sure what to say. Faith hated when she couldn't come up with a single word, a single discussion. Only when you just get over a big fight it's hard to think of a topic, difficult to think of something so you don't start getting into another brawl.
"They placed a bet on us." Faith looked over at Bosco when he had spoken. She looked around unsure of what he meant.
"What? Who placed a bet on us....what kind of bet?"
"To see who would win the argument, Davis and Carlos and a couple others placed bets on us. So what I was thinking, we should get them back some how."
Faith could see the form of a mischievous grin come across Bosco's features and yet she couldn't help fall for it and she leaned in closer to listen to his plan.
(Later that day)
As Faith picked out something to drink, Carlos came to stand beside her. She remembered what Bosco said to her so she kept her features clear, hiding the fact that she knew what Carlos was up to.
"Hey Yokas." She looked over and gave a nice smile. "Hi Carlos." She picked up the drink she wanted and turned to walk away when Carlos caught up to her quickly and was now standing next to her at the cash register.
He looked behind him to see if Bosco was any way near and with a soft whisper he asked her the question she was looking for.
"So ummmm, heard that you and Bosco were fighting so ummmm," Carlos looked again behind him scared that Boz had sneaked up on him while he wasn't looking "so ummmm, who won the argument?"
Faith wanted to just begin to laugh right there but she kept her cool and posture straightened. As she paid the clerk she turned around and rose one of her eyebrows into an arch.
"I won of course, what do you think that Bosco would beat me?"
Carlos was quick to answer. "Naaaa, I thought you, no. I knew you would win." He gave a nervous laugh and then turned back to the counter man and paid what he owed.
Faith had already begun to walk away. She knew if she didn't get out right away, she would begin to let on that she knew. Faith got into the squad car where her partner was waiting for her. "Phase one complete." She spoke this while handing him his water and he than smiled. "You told him?"
"What do you think?" Bosco looked past Faith to see Carlos walking out of the tiny shop. Carlos had a big grin on his face and he waved like a little kid to Faith and Bosco sitting in their car.
"Yeah I think you told him. Now for phase two."
(Another Couple Hours Later)
Bosco was directing traffic. Faith was talking to the drivers. There had been a minor accident and they had been there what seemed forever. As Bosco directed another car Davis walked up to him.
"Hey Davis, what up?" Davis shook his head and with a sigh he looked ahead at the traffic. "Oh nothing....you seem to be having fun."
"Yeah great fun." Davis nodded and pretended to walk on as though he had something to do but then he walked back to Bosco who directed a Mini Van to the left.
"Hey Bosco....I know that you and Faith were fighting and I was just wondering, who won this time?"
Bosco let out a laugh as though it was not much important to him anymore. "I always win arguments especially against Faith. Why?"
A small smile came to Davis's lips as Bosco clarified for him. To Davis that meant he had won the bet. But he was caught off guard when Bosco had asked him why he wanted to know.
"Oh no reason at all. Just wanted to see. Hey thanks, see you back at the Precinct."
"Yeah take care Davis." Davis waved when he walked away. Bosco smiled as he still directed traffic. "Phase two is complete now." He murmurs this under his breath.
Bosco and Faith were done with their shift. As they made their way out of the Precinct when they heard arguing coming from the Firehouse. They both smiled at each other and made their way towards the Fire Station. There was Carlos and Davis with a couple also watching the fight, that being Alex and Kim.
Faith and Bosco made sure they didn't get too close so they were not caught as they listened to both them bickering.
"No...look Bosco told me, man, he won so pay up...a bet's a bet."
Carlos shook his head and pointed his finger. "I don't think so! Faith Yokas stood in the store and told me how she had won the argument between herself and Boscorelli. So you have to pay up not me."
Kim stood there watching both Paramedic and Cop pointed at one another and tried to get the other to give in. Only Carlos and Ty Davis were so caught up in their own argument they failed to see Bosco and Faith standing only mere couple feet away with big goofy grins on their faces and just cracking up.
She smiled and then with her shoulder she nudged Alex who looked at her. She hinted with her eyes so not to alert the boys and Alex saw what she was looking at. Alex looked over at Kim and they both began to crack up themselves.
Davis and Carlos stopped long enough to hear the girls laughing. Both looked at the girls with questioned looks, trying to figure out what the hell they were snickering about.
Alex got a grin on her face and walked up and put her hand on Carlos shoulder all not to gently and then looked at Davis. "You've both been played."
Kim and Alex then again started laughing hilariously like little schoolgirls who had just kissed a fellow classmate boy as they both left to go inside.
Carlos and Davis looked at them as they walked away, trying to figure out what they where talking about. Carlos then spotted the two cops who were walking away laughing quiet loudly. Carlos then smacked lightly on Davis trying to get him to turn around. Only Davis took that as something else and he slammed him back in the shoulder.
Carlos rolled his eyes and then turned Davis around for him to see Bosco and Faith walking away. Davis turned around with his own crooked grin, Carlos not looking too amused with his lopsided smile.
"So I will see you again tomorrow." Faith and Bosco had stopped laughing enough to talk again. Faith nodded. She took that as an answer to her question. Bosco had defiantly had forgiven her.
"Yeah sure will." She then turned to walk away he called out to her. "Hey Faith, you want a ride?"
She turned around. "No....I want to walk while it's still nice out....thanks anyways...See you tomorrow Bosco." She smiled and then turned around and began the long walk towards the subways that would take her home.
Bosco watched as his partner walked away. He turned again to look over at the firehouse where Davis and Carlos were standing, probably trying to figure out what to do next.
He let out another laugh and then sighed. He opened his car door and slid into his seat, into his pride and joy...his Mustang.
The key turned when Bosco placed it into the ignition, the engine and the car itself became alive. Music blared from the speakers making the windows thump from the base of Linkin Park's By Myself.
Bosco listened to the words for a couple seconds as he just sat in the car. He let the music sink in and then he threw the car into reverse and then into gear as he took off into the dark night of New York City.
What do I do ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening
Do I sit here and try and to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness.
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By Myself (Myself)
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I can't hold on
(To what I want when I'm stretched so thin)
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
(To anything watching everything spin)
With thoughts of failure sinking in.
If I turn my back I'm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they'll
Take from me till everything is gone
If I let them go I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer
(By Myself)
How do I think I've lost so much
I'm so afraid I'm out of touch
How do you expect I will know what to do
When all I know is what you tell me to
Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside.
The End.
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Author Note: THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!!!!! I can't thank you all enough for the nice reviews I have gotten, thank you so much for the support I got. I'll try and work on some more new stories for u'all, THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!
PEACE :)
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Bosco looked at her. He didn't really know what else to say. He had said all that he felt needed to be out on the open, all the words that had been jumbled up like a broken jigsaw puzzle in his mind what seemed forever. But, He had proven his point, and now he really wasn't all too sure what to do next.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He didn't give anytime to say anything, he unlocked his car jumped in and took off.
A sad smile came to Faith Yokas's lips. She didn't know if that was a sign from her partner that he had forgiven her or not. All she knew at that point in time was she would find out tomorrow.
Faith let out a long and drawn out sigh and then turned around and began to make her way back home.
(Next Day)
Faith Yokas walked in to the headquarters of the 55th Precinct. She smiled and said hi to a couple of coworkers but other then that she was trying to prepare herself for what kind of attitude she would meet in the locker room, the attitude of her partner Boscorelli. When she opened the door she found he wasn't even there yet. She just went to her locker and began to put on her uniform when he walked in.
Faith couldn't help and wonder as Bosco passed her that if he was going to work with the Rookie just to get away from her again.
Bosco had again beaten her somehow in changing, for he stood up and was about to walk out the door when he turned around and spoke to her. "Hey save you a seat, okay." He grinned and then turned around to almost smack into the Rookie.
The Rookie hesitated and got out of Bosco's way. "Are we going to work together again today?"
Bosco opened the door and called over his shoulder with a laugh, as the door slammed shut. "Yeah right. Maybe in my next life."
Faith couldn't help it but a really small smile came to her lips as she laughed mentally inside. With that kind of remark from Boz that meant he had forgiven her, and maybe everything would be okay. Sure he hadn't said he had forgiven her, but that wasn't his style any way. All Bosco did was let on that he had without really coming out and saying it.
Faith knew that Bosco was the type that had been taught to keep his feelings inside. She knew a lot of men where taught that and he happened to be another one of many whom she knew. Yeah it was hard on her, trying to figure out what his true feelings were. What really was going on in that mind of his, what made him do the things he did normally on every day that she had known him.
She knew one day or another she would understand him even more but that road was too far up to even see. So with her eyes gleaming with a smile, made her way into the roll call room.
Her partner was there, sitting in his normal seat. He gave a smile of his own and nodded with his head to the chair next to him, the chair she normally sat in.
Faith sat down in her chair, next to Bosco. She looked over at him and then turned away not really sure what to say. Faith hated when she couldn't come up with a single word, a single discussion. Only when you just get over a big fight it's hard to think of a topic, difficult to think of something so you don't start getting into another brawl.
"They placed a bet on us." Faith looked over at Bosco when he had spoken. She looked around unsure of what he meant.
"What? Who placed a bet on us....what kind of bet?"
"To see who would win the argument, Davis and Carlos and a couple others placed bets on us. So what I was thinking, we should get them back some how."
Faith could see the form of a mischievous grin come across Bosco's features and yet she couldn't help fall for it and she leaned in closer to listen to his plan.
(Later that day)
As Faith picked out something to drink, Carlos came to stand beside her. She remembered what Bosco said to her so she kept her features clear, hiding the fact that she knew what Carlos was up to.
"Hey Yokas." She looked over and gave a nice smile. "Hi Carlos." She picked up the drink she wanted and turned to walk away when Carlos caught up to her quickly and was now standing next to her at the cash register.
He looked behind him to see if Bosco was any way near and with a soft whisper he asked her the question she was looking for.
"So ummmm, heard that you and Bosco were fighting so ummmm," Carlos looked again behind him scared that Boz had sneaked up on him while he wasn't looking "so ummmm, who won the argument?"
Faith wanted to just begin to laugh right there but she kept her cool and posture straightened. As she paid the clerk she turned around and rose one of her eyebrows into an arch.
"I won of course, what do you think that Bosco would beat me?"
Carlos was quick to answer. "Naaaa, I thought you, no. I knew you would win." He gave a nervous laugh and then turned back to the counter man and paid what he owed.
Faith had already begun to walk away. She knew if she didn't get out right away, she would begin to let on that she knew. Faith got into the squad car where her partner was waiting for her. "Phase one complete." She spoke this while handing him his water and he than smiled. "You told him?"
"What do you think?" Bosco looked past Faith to see Carlos walking out of the tiny shop. Carlos had a big grin on his face and he waved like a little kid to Faith and Bosco sitting in their car.
"Yeah I think you told him. Now for phase two."
(Another Couple Hours Later)
Bosco was directing traffic. Faith was talking to the drivers. There had been a minor accident and they had been there what seemed forever. As Bosco directed another car Davis walked up to him.
"Hey Davis, what up?" Davis shook his head and with a sigh he looked ahead at the traffic. "Oh nothing....you seem to be having fun."
"Yeah great fun." Davis nodded and pretended to walk on as though he had something to do but then he walked back to Bosco who directed a Mini Van to the left.
"Hey Bosco....I know that you and Faith were fighting and I was just wondering, who won this time?"
Bosco let out a laugh as though it was not much important to him anymore. "I always win arguments especially against Faith. Why?"
A small smile came to Davis's lips as Bosco clarified for him. To Davis that meant he had won the bet. But he was caught off guard when Bosco had asked him why he wanted to know.
"Oh no reason at all. Just wanted to see. Hey thanks, see you back at the Precinct."
"Yeah take care Davis." Davis waved when he walked away. Bosco smiled as he still directed traffic. "Phase two is complete now." He murmurs this under his breath.
Bosco and Faith were done with their shift. As they made their way out of the Precinct when they heard arguing coming from the Firehouse. They both smiled at each other and made their way towards the Fire Station. There was Carlos and Davis with a couple also watching the fight, that being Alex and Kim.
Faith and Bosco made sure they didn't get too close so they were not caught as they listened to both them bickering.
"No...look Bosco told me, man, he won so pay up...a bet's a bet."
Carlos shook his head and pointed his finger. "I don't think so! Faith Yokas stood in the store and told me how she had won the argument between herself and Boscorelli. So you have to pay up not me."
Kim stood there watching both Paramedic and Cop pointed at one another and tried to get the other to give in. Only Carlos and Ty Davis were so caught up in their own argument they failed to see Bosco and Faith standing only mere couple feet away with big goofy grins on their faces and just cracking up.
She smiled and then with her shoulder she nudged Alex who looked at her. She hinted with her eyes so not to alert the boys and Alex saw what she was looking at. Alex looked over at Kim and they both began to crack up themselves.
Davis and Carlos stopped long enough to hear the girls laughing. Both looked at the girls with questioned looks, trying to figure out what the hell they were snickering about.
Alex got a grin on her face and walked up and put her hand on Carlos shoulder all not to gently and then looked at Davis. "You've both been played."
Kim and Alex then again started laughing hilariously like little schoolgirls who had just kissed a fellow classmate boy as they both left to go inside.
Carlos and Davis looked at them as they walked away, trying to figure out what they where talking about. Carlos then spotted the two cops who were walking away laughing quiet loudly. Carlos then smacked lightly on Davis trying to get him to turn around. Only Davis took that as something else and he slammed him back in the shoulder.
Carlos rolled his eyes and then turned Davis around for him to see Bosco and Faith walking away. Davis turned around with his own crooked grin, Carlos not looking too amused with his lopsided smile.
"So I will see you again tomorrow." Faith and Bosco had stopped laughing enough to talk again. Faith nodded. She took that as an answer to her question. Bosco had defiantly had forgiven her.
"Yeah sure will." She then turned to walk away he called out to her. "Hey Faith, you want a ride?"
She turned around. "No....I want to walk while it's still nice out....thanks anyways...See you tomorrow Bosco." She smiled and then turned around and began the long walk towards the subways that would take her home.
Bosco watched as his partner walked away. He turned again to look over at the firehouse where Davis and Carlos were standing, probably trying to figure out what to do next.
He let out another laugh and then sighed. He opened his car door and slid into his seat, into his pride and joy...his Mustang.
The key turned when Bosco placed it into the ignition, the engine and the car itself became alive. Music blared from the speakers making the windows thump from the base of Linkin Park's By Myself.
Bosco listened to the words for a couple seconds as he just sat in the car. He let the music sink in and then he threw the car into reverse and then into gear as he took off into the dark night of New York City.
What do I do ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening
Do I sit here and try and to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness.
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By Myself (Myself)
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I can't hold on
(To what I want when I'm stretched so thin)
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
(To anything watching everything spin)
With thoughts of failure sinking in.
If I turn my back I'm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they'll
Take from me till everything is gone
If I let them go I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer
(By Myself)
How do I think I've lost so much
I'm so afraid I'm out of touch
How do you expect I will know what to do
When all I know is what you tell me to
Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside.
The End.
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Author Note: THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!!!!! I can't thank you all enough for the nice reviews I have gotten, thank you so much for the support I got. I'll try and work on some more new stories for u'all, THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!
PEACE :)