Let The Sun Shine Through

Part 12…GEEZ! Never thought my shipper story would last this long!

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Same old same old when it comes to the stuff I DON'T own!

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JULY 9^th…FLORIDA…Day 8

Faith spent most of the night tossing and turning. She hardly slept at all as she laid there thinking about the fight she and Bosco had. She still couldn't believe he had said those things to her. Sure Bosco had been known to say some stupid things to the women in his life, but after spending a week with him, and getting to know him on a different level she never saw this coming.

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Bosco laid awake most of the night. As he watched the red and green lights blink on the smoke detector above his bed all he could think about was how badly he had treated Faith. As he listened to the rain he played different scenarios of how to apologize to her in his head. Unfortunately none of them had a happy ending.

 

It was 6:15AM when Bosco finally gave up on trying to sleep. He kicked off the covers, grabbed some clothes and went to take a shower.

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When Bosco closed the bathroom door Faith sat up, and pulled her knees to her chest. She wrapped her arms around her legs and rested her head on her knees. "I hate this. I already miss him," she said to herself. "But he was so wrong." Faith dragged herself out of bed and went to the kitchen to make some coffee.

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"Hey look," Bosco said as he sat down next to Faith at the kitchen table. He pointed at his left eye, which was still severely bruised, but was no longer swollen shut.

 

"How's your vision?" she asked dryly.

 

"Blurry, but at least I can see."

 

"Yeah," Faith went back to reading the newspaper she had gotten from the front desk.

 

"Can you uh…would you help me with this?" he asked as he held up the eye drops and gauze pads.

 

"What, you can't do it yourself?"

 

"Never mind," he said as he looked down. "I hate this!" he thought to himself.

 

"I'll do it," she said with a sigh. "Put your head back." Bosco did what he was told and Faith once again took care of his eye and covered his cuts. "There," she said when she had finished.

 

"Thanks." Bosco noticed how cold she was toward him.

 

"I'm going to shower."

 

When he heard the water running Bosco went into the bedroom and pulled three packages out of his duffle bag. He took them into the living room and put them on the floor next to the couch so they were out of sight. He took a deep breath. "I hope this works."

 

While he waited for Faith to finish showering he sat and watched the rain. "I thought Florida was supposed to be the sunshine state."

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Faith opened the bathroom door and the steam quickly escaped. As soon as he heard the click of the door opening Bosco walked into the bedroom. "Faith can we talk?"

 

"There's nothing to talk about. I heard you loud and clear yesterday."

 

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it."

 

"You must have meant it because you said it."

 

"But I didn't."

 

"What? This coming from the same guy that believes everything his mother says is true just because it comes out of her mouth."

 

"What's that got to do with this?!"

 

"You said it Bosco, and it hurt me. If you said it, you must have meant it. You must really feel that I just used you because you were convenient."

 

"Faith it's not true. I don't know why I said it."

 

"So you just want to pass it off as temporary insanity. Is that it?!"

 

"No! I want to apologize."

 

"You want me to say everything's OK because you say you're sorry?!"

 

"Gawd Faith would you just hear me out?!"

 

She crossed her arms. "OK. I'm listening."

 

"Come here," he said as he walked into the living room and sat on the couch. She sat on the other end. "Look," he sighed. "What I said yesterday was stupid and thoughtless, and I'm sorry. Truly sorry. It's just that…well, you seemed like you were having second thoughts and I thought you were questioning being with me," he said sadly.

 

Faith softened a little as she listened to him. "How can I not accept his apology? Yes, what he said hurt, but it would hurt so much more not to have him in my life," she thought as she looked at him. She started to say something, but he stopped her.

 

"I'm just a little insecure. It's been a long time since I've been in a meaningful relationship, and it's just…I don't know, I've never felt this way before." Bosco moved closer to Faith and took her hand. "I don't know if you'll be able to forgive me for what I said, but I hope you can."

 

There was an awkward moment of silence, and Bosco feared the worst. He put his head down, and started to let go of her hand. Faith moved her hand to the side of his face. "Bos, I'm sorry too. I should have talked to you about this instead of assuming you'd understand how I felt," She ran her hand through his hair. "I missed you last night." She leaned in and kissed his lips.

 

"So you forgive me?"

 

She smiled. "You know I could never stay mad at you."

 

He laughed. "Really?! Cause you've been pretty mad at me before and---"

 

"Yeah well I can't help it. You do some pretty stupid stuff at work."

 

"What? Me? Never!" He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. After they kissed again he smiled. "Hold on a sec. I have something for you." Bosco grabbed one of the packages from next to the couch. "Here." He handed her the bag.

 

"What's this?"

 

"Just open it."

 

She laughed. "What? Were you going to try to buy me back with gifts?"

 

"Well, yeah, if the apology didn't work I figured it couldn't hurt. Now open it."

 

Faith opened the package and took out two tickets. She turned them over and a huge smile crept across her face. "Tickets to Disney World?!" He nodded with a boyish grin. "But I thought you said there was no way you would go there."

 

"Hey, I was prepared to grovel. Still am."

 

"When are we going?"

 

"Put on your shoes and grab your purse."

 

"Serious?"

 

"Yeah."

 

Faith gave him a hug, and while they embraced she noticed that it had stopped raining. "Hey, looks like the sun's going to shine through."

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Bosco had just finished stuffing the other two packages into his backpack when Faith came into the room all ready to go. "You ready?" she asked as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.

 

"Yeah." He tossed her the car keys. "You obviously have to drive. Unless of course you want to ride around with a one eyed guy," he joked.

 

She caught the keys. "All right, move it out." Faith motioned for Bosco to walk ahead of her. As she started to follow him she spotted his bottle of eye drops sitting on the table. "Bosco I think you forgot something," she said as she went back and picked up the bottle.

 

He groaned when he saw what she was talking about. "Oh come on Faith. Isn't it bad enough that I have to walk around looking like this all day?"

 

"Are you still hung up on how you look?"

 

"You would be too if it looked like someone used your face for a punching bag."

 

"Come here," she grabbed him by the arm and started pulling him through the room.

 

"What are you--? Where are---?" Bosco was shocked. "Faith."

 

She pulled him into the bathroom, closed the lid to the toilet and sat Bosco down. Faith grabbed her makeup bag and pulled out her cover-up. She turned toward him.

 

He put his hands in front of his face. "Whoa. Whoa! What the hell are you doing?!"

 

"I'm gonna cover you bruises."

 

He shook his head. "Like hell! No way!" He crossed his arms over his chest. "No way. I'm not wearing makeup. Forget it!"

 

Faith put the makeup back in her bag. "OK. I've got another idea." She left the bathroom and returned with his baseball hat and sunglasses. "Put these on." He did as instructed. When he was done she pulled him to his feet and turned him so he was looking in the mirror. "See, you can hardly tell." She wrapped her arms around his waist and stood behind him.

 

"Hey not bad," he smiled. "You can't even see the bandage on my forehead and the brim is so low you can hardly see the eye patch. I think I can live with this showing," he pointed at his cheek. He turned around and kissed her. "Thanks Faith. I never would have thought of this."

 

"Yeah well it comes with being a mom. It just took me a little while to get in "boy mode". The makeup solution worked for Emily when she had a black eye after Charlie threw a toy car at her," she laughed at the memory. "I should have known it wouldn't work for you. Can we go now?"

 

"Absolutely."

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They pulled into the Disney World parking lot a little before one o'clock. Bosco got out of the car and stretched his arms before throwing his backpack over his shoulder. "OK Bosco. Help me remember where we parked."

 

He looked up at the sign. "For cryin' out loud."

 

"What?"

 

Bosco pointed to the sign above them "We're in the Goofy parking lot. Geez. I swear Faith if anyone at the station finds out that I went to Disney World you and I are going to have some problems."

 

"Oh get over it. You're going to have a blast."

 

"Yeah, I better."

 

Hand in hand they walked toward the main entrance of the Magic Kingdom. They presented their tickets to the man at the gate, and were on their way. "So, what do you want to do first Faith? Rides, shopping, food, just walk around? You name it and that's what we'll do."

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They spent the day going from ride to ride and occasionally stopping to look at the small stores that were spread out along the way. Every line they had to wait in seemed to move slowly, but they didn't care because they were once again happy to be together. While they waited in line Bosco would stand behind Faith with his arms wrapped tightly around her waist, his chin resting on her shoulder, and in each line they would ask someone standing by them to take their picture.

 

"Man, I never thought I would actually have a good time at Disney World, but these rides are great," grinned Bosco.

 

"Yeah? Which was your favorite?"

 

"Definitely Space Mountain, but Splash Mountain was good too. What about you? Which was your favorite? And please don't say 'It's a Small World'. That was the lamest thing I've ever seen."

 

"Oh I don't know. I think I'm partial to the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. I don't know why I just liked that one."

 

"Hey there's one more we have to go on."

 

"Which one?"

 

"That teacup one. What's it called? The Mad Tea Party. I mean, that's a classic isn't it? No trip would be complete without taking a spin in a teacup." Once again they stood in a long line, but they enjoyed their time together. It was as if the rest of the world didn't exist when he had his arms around her.

 

When they got to the front of the line the person running the ride realized that Bosco and Faith were obviously a couple, and placed them in their own teacup. As they sat waiting for the ride to start Bosco got a smirk on his face. "Oh no. I don’t like the look on your face."

 

"What look?"

 

"That one. The one that says you're cooking up some idea that I'm not going to like."

 

He tried to hide his smile. "Honest Faith I don't know what you are talking about." The ride started slowly just as Bosco finished his sentence. As soon as the ride picked up speed Bosco began to turn the wheel that was between them. The wheel that would make their teacup spin just as fast or as slow as they wanted.

 

"Bosco don't you dare," warned Faith, but his smile grew bigger and bigger as the seconds passed and he kept turning the wheel.  Everything went blurry as their teacup spun out of control. "Bosco stop," laughed Faith.

 

The ride slowed, and came to a stop. Bosco and Faith exited the ride laughing hysterically and trying to stand upright. As they stumbled away Bosco looked at Faith. "That was fun. Wanna do it again?"

 

"No! I can't believe you did that. My head is spinning," she laughed.

 

"Your head is spinning, imagine how I feel. This was how I felt the last couple days."

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They went and found a place where they could sit down and have dinner. After they finished eating Bosco walked Faith over to Main Street U.S.A. where the SpectroMagic Parade was set to start in about forty-five minutes. "Wow Bosco you really had this planned out didn't you?"

 

"Well, you were gone for a long time yesterday. I had lots of time on my hands. I'm just glad that everything is OK between us and we were able to come here and enjoy it."

 

"Yeah, me too," she squeezed his hand. "Thanks for bringing me here."

 

He nodded. "So where did you go yesterday anyway?"

 

"I just drove. Stopped at a restaurant, and drank about two pots of coffee. Then I drove some more. Basically that's what I did all day long." She looked at him. "Sorry about just taking your car like that."

 

"It's OK. With what I said to you, you deserved to take the car. Besides it wasn't like I could drive it anyway."

 

They found a vacant bench and sat down to wait for the parade to start. It didn't take long and the street was lined with people. Bosco sat with his arm around Faith as they watched the people walking by.

 

The parade started and they were amazed at what could be done with Disney characters, moving parts and a bunch of lights. Bosco still couldn't believe he was having this much fun. He looked over at Faith and saw the smile on her face, and it reminded him of why he came here. He would do anything for her.

 

Bosco reached into his bag and pulled out the two packages that he had brought along. The parade was coming to an end, and he wanted to give these to her. He turned to her. "Faith I have something else for you."

 

"What? On top of all this you have something else? You really were prepared to grovel," she laughed. Faith took in the serious look on his face as he handed her the first package. Carefully she opened the bag, and took out the small jewelry box that was inside. "Bosco what is this?" she asked quietly.

 

"Look and see."

 

Faith pulled back the cover and found a ring inside. She looked at him. "Bos?"

 

He took the ring out of the box. "This in an Irish Friendship Ring." He held it so they could both look at it. "The crown is for loyalty. The hands are for friendship. And the heart is for love." He smiled. "I wish I could take off this damn eye patch and look at you with both my eyes, but we're going to have to settle for just one." She nodded with a smile. Bosco took a deep breath. "Earlier today I told you that I had never felt this way before. When I was dating Nicole I thought I was in love with her. I thought that she was the one, and I was wrong. I never told her I loved her, well, at least I never meant it. I didn't know what it meant. But right here. Right now. I know what it means." He took her right hand in his. "I love you Faith. More than I've ever loved anyone before."

 

A tear rolled down her cheek. "I love you too Bos."

 

"When this ring is worn on the ring finger of your right hand with the heart pointing toward you it means that you are spoken for. I'd like it if you would wear this." He looked at her, and she nodded her head. Bosco slipped the ring onto her finger. "I don't know where this is headed Faith, but I'm going to give it all I have." He wiped the tears from her cheeks. "And if for some reason things don't work out between us. I still want you to wear the ring because you'll always have a special place in my heart."

 

Faith looked at the ring she was now wearing on her right hand, and without hesitating she took her wedding ring off of her left hand and put it in her pocket. She kissed Bosco tenderly. When they separated Bosco pulled out another package and handed it to her. "Bosco, don't you think this is enough?" He shook his head, and she opened the next package to find another jewelry box. She opened it, and found another ring, but this was a man's ring. Faith looked up at Bosco. He could see the question in her eyes.

 

"And this is my friendship ring to show everyone that I am spoken for."

 

Faith placed the ring on his finger. She took the hat off his head, and kissed him passionately. After what seemed like an eternity they broke their connection and carefully rested their foreheads together. "Faith I love you."

 

"I know Bos, and I love you." They sat together on the park bench and watched Disney's Fantasy in the Sky outside of Cinderella's Castle. Bosco had his arm around Faith. She turned to him. "Since when have you been such a romantic? Ever since I've known you, you have always been asking me for ideas. What happened?"

 

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. I guess it just took finding the right woman to bring out my good side," he grinned.

 

They kissed once more then returned their gaze to the fireworks when Bosco began to think out loud. "Maybe someday we can take Emily and Lil' Charlie to Disney Land. That could be fun."

 

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Author's Note: For those of you who have been to Disney World and know the place well I apologize if any of that is wrong! It's been a LONG time since I've been there, and I'm just hoping I got the names right!