Author Note: I don't own Bones.
I should be happy for him.
I got what I wanted.
He's found someone he can be with.
Now they are living together.
I should be happy for him.
This should be one of the happiest moments of my life.
So why do I feel so…what am I feeling?
I'm at a loss for words.
Clarity strikes after a moment of contemplation and I know what this is.
Abandoned
I've felt this feeling before when I found out my father was alive and hadn't come back for me.
I feel a sense of abandonment.
But that feeling doesn't make sense.
I got what I wanted.
So I'll push this feeling away.
Wrap it up tight and place it in a box at the back of my mind.
I've compartmentalized my feelings for Booth.
I can do the same with this feeling.
And tomorrow I will smile and bear it.
Because that's what people like myself do.
We don't get happily ever after.
We get what we asked for.