How was she going to tell him? This wasn't at all like the time she finally confessed her feelings for him. She had never seen him so elated, so in love…with her.
He came into her office one night after a rough case about a little girl who had been brutally murdered by her abusive foster mother, everyone but her had left for the night. She had been crying for almost twenty minutes when he came in.
"Bones I have never seen you like this over a case." he said.
"It's not that. While it was a difficult and almost distressing case for me that is not why I am crying right now, Booth."
"Then why are you? Is everything okay?" he asked his face showing his great concern for her.
"Everything is fine I think. I've just been thinking about us. About you."
"Did I do something wrong?" he asked taking a seat in a chair across from her at her desk.
"No, you have been so understanding since the night I told you I can't love you." The pain reflected in his eyes. Brennan wiped away a tear that was about to fall and continued. "I can't keep living this lie and I know it is not at all rational of me to say or feel this but…I am hopelessly in love with you."
"What?" a dumbfounded Booth asked, as he tried to hide the smile that was going to make itself known at any second.
"Booth don't make me repeat it. What I said has too much sentiment for something I would say."
"Are you really serious about this, or are you messing with me?"
Temperance stood from her desk chair, walked around to where he sat and said, "Stand up." he did "you tell me if I am 'messing' with you." She drew him into a kiss, first slow and hesitant, but then they both got a feel for each other and deepened the kiss. She brought her hands up to his neck and wrapped them around him. He pulled her in closer by wrapping his arms around her waist. The pulled apart for a bit and just gazed into each others eyes. His eyes were sparkling and hers were nearly tearing up with happiness.
"Your place or mine?" Temperance suggested.
"Why Dr Brennan, I do believe you are trying to seduce me." Booth said, a playful smile spreading across his face.
"What? No!" Temperance demanded, "Is that a reference to something, because I don't know what that means."
That was nearly six weeks ago and now she was probably going to break his heart. She had to tell him though, she had no choice, he'd find out soon enough. She decided to do it when he came in to pick her up for dinner that night.