Title: The Pain In Loving You
Rating: T just to be safe.
Summary: Brennan met someone else and has been spending less and less time with Booth. He finds out that she is engaged. What will he do to try to win back the love of his life? Will Brennan realize shes alienating her friends before its too late?
Disclaimer: Obviously, I dont own Bones or any of its characters. If I did, it would probably be off the air because B/B would've gotten together a long time ago.
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Booth was sitting in his office, thinking about everything that has happened in the last 6 months. Brennan had been dating a guy named Matthew Denman. When she first started dating him, Booth ran a background check on him. It had come up clean, of course. He found out that Matt was an Historic Archaeologist, causing him and Brennan to have quite a lot in common.
Booth got angrier and angrier, because they kept getting closer and closer within every month. Booth had never seen her so serious with a guy before in all 5 years of their partnership. He would never tell her how jealous he was. They never went out to dinner anymore. Never went to each others house's and enjoy each other's company. On occasion they do go to the diner for lunch during the case, but that's the only time their together outside of work.
It made him very upset that after how close they got after his brain surgery, that was now all in the past. She doesn't call him anymore, only when she has information on the case their working on. He'll walk into the lab and ask where she is, and the squint squad tell's him, "In her office, with Matt."
It was inevitable. Booth was losing the love of his life, and there was no way he could get her back.
***
He was brought out of his line of thought by a knock on the door.
"Angela? What are you doing here? You never come here."
He stood up.
"Did something happen to Brennan?"
"No, no. Everything's fine. Sit down."
He directed his hand to the chair, indicating for her to sit down as well.
"What's up Ange?"
"Nothing. Whats been up with you? I don't see you that much anymore."
"I see you every time we have a case."
"Yeah, but 6 months ago I saw you all the time. Even when we didn't have a case, you would come to the Jeffersonian to see Bren. Wait, I just realized, you didn't call her Bones."
"Yeah, so?"
"So? Booth! I have never heard you call her Brennan. Ever! Whats going on?"
"Shes not my Bones anymore!" he spit out.
"Ah, I see. Its because of Matt, isn't it?"
He nodded.
"Do you want to talk? Get anything out? Because I would be glad to listen."
"I miss her Angela. Before she started dating Matt, we were always together. We would always go out for lunch, dinner, then go and get drinks. Sometimes we would go to each others houses and spend time together. There was never a day where we went without talking. And now…now I'm lucky to talk to her once throughout a whole week. I feel like I'm losing her."
"Then why don't you just tell her that?"
"I don't know. Because…because…"
"Your scared. Your afraid she would get the wrong idea and freak out. Then you two would never talk again."
"Exactly. Angela, I love her. God I love her sooo much. She doesn't realize what shes doing to me. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything without her in my life. Parker misses her too. When I had him on the weekends, all three of us would do something together. Parker thinks we aren't friends anymore. She spends all of her time with Matt. I realize she's happy, and that's all I want for her, but its killing me watching her be like this when I'm so miserable. I'm losing my partner, my best friend, the love of my life. And theres not a damn thing I can do about it."
"Booth, I.."
Before she could finish, her phone rang.
"Excuse me." she told Booth.
"Hello? Hey Bren..Um, sure I can meet you at the diner. Give me like 10 minutes ok? Alright see you there. Bye."
She hung up the phone.
"That was Brennan. She has something important she wants to tell me."
"Go, its fine Angela. Thanks for listening."
"No problem. Hang in there Booth. I'll talk to her."
"No, please don't. I don't want to seem like a pussy."
"I know. If what shes going to tell me is what I think it is, I'll let you know. Ok?"
"Thanks Angela."
"No problem."
She kissed him on the cheek.
"Stop by more often. I miss you."
"Will do."
She walked out of the office, leaving Booth worried about what Brennan had to tell Angela.
***
Angela walked into the diner, where she saw Brennan and Matt sitting at a table near the window.
"Great. This ought a be good." She thought to herself.
"Angela! Hey, over here." Brennan said.
Angela walked over to the table and sat down.
"Hey Bren, Matt. What did you have to talk to me about?" she asked.
"Well….I know its only been 6 months since Matt and I have started dating, but I really feel like I can spend the rest of my life with him. So, that's why I said yes to his marriage proposal." She said, holding her hand out so Angela could admire the huge rock on her finger.
"Wow Bren! I don't know what to say."
"How about congratulations?"
"Of course. Congratulations."
"Thanks. I never thought that I would accept to such a archaic ritual like a wedding, but I learned a lot from someone and I've seen how happy people can be joined by marriage and I decided that I should give it a try."
"Bren, can I talk to you, alone?"
"Sure. Would you excuse me Matt?"
"Of course. Take your time." He said, as she kissed him.
Brennan followed Angela outside.
"Whats wrong Angela?"
"Who did you learn a lot off of?"
"Excuse me?"
"You said you learned a lot from someone. Who was it?"
"Booth. He has shown me that love does exist, and that love creates a reaction in the brain, rather than the other way around."
Angela sighed.
"Whats wrong?"
"When's the last time you talked to Booth?"
"I don't know..um, I honestly don't remember."
"Exactly. You learned all of this stuff from him and now your just going to forget he ever existed? After everything he has done for you? You don't even call him anymore. Or go to lunch or dinner. Or go to his house and have drinks at the Founding Fathers. Or even, ride in the same car to a crime scene. Why Brennan?"
"Are you mad because I haven't been spending enough time with Booth?"
"No, I'm mad that your not spending ANY time with Booth. He misses you Bren."
"He told you that?"
"Yes. You guys used to do everything together. Its making me really mad that your just throwing you friendship away, after almost 6 years. Booth took a bullet for you. He's killed for you. He's saved your life more than once. He even agreed to donate his sperm just so you can have a baby. He's loved you. And now, your ruining that just because you met someone else? I'm sorry Bren, but, I can't be happy for you."
"Booth doesn't love me! Did you ever think that maybe I have been waiting for him to say something to me? To tell me he loves me and not cover it up as an 'atta girl kind of way?' To tell me that he wants nothing more than to spend every minute of every day with me? Going to bed with me? Waking up with me? Spending the rest of his life with me? No! not once did he say anything. So I moved on! I met Matt and I fell in love with him. And now, I'm going to marry him. And if you cant be happy for me and be my maid of honor, then fine. I'll find someone else. So don't get mad at me, because I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of waking up and wishing that he would say those three little words and kiss me. I'm tired. Okay? So I'm going to go back in and have lunch with my fiancée. You can either join us, or you can leave. Either option is fine with me."
"I think I'll leave."
"Fine."
"Fine."
And just like that, their friendship was over.
"When is Brennan going to stop herself, before she alienates everybody that loves her?" Angela thought.
She pulled out her phone and dialed Booths number.
"Booth."
"Booth, I need to tell you something."
"Okay?"
"Brennan's getting married."
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