Hey guys its been a while since i've written anything. But here's a one shot. Heres my take on this weeks episode. Or at least here's what i think should happen. [this year i've promised myself, no expectations when it comes to bones.] lol.

Anyway, i've decided to write one more chapter of the brennan/booth diaries [coming up with different murder cases. etc. is pretty hard] and then i'll be continuing the story in a series of one shots. Look out for that in the upcoming weeks. Anyway here's my new fic.

A PICTURE TELLS A STORY : The green eyed monster.

Disclaimer: I dont own Bones. i only own the characters i make up myself.

When Hannah heard the door shut she opened her eyes. She had gotten back home a few days ago. Booth had surprised her by having a cooked dinner ready; it had been quite tasty. But ever since he had told her about Brennan she had wondered how loyal Booth was to her, she had wondered whether she could continue to trust him not to cheat on her with Brennan. But when she had mentioned her doubts about trusting Booth to her brother, her brother had convinced her that there was something she could do. He had talked her into spying on them. She couldnt trust herself to spy on them, but her brother Tyler was a great private detective, she had decided to allow him to spy on them. She tried to tell herself that she was only doing what she had to, she had to figure out whether she was only wasting her time with Booth...

She went over to the front table and grabbed the package that Booth had brought inside and dropped on the table earlier. She opened it and took out the dvd that was in there. She went over to the bed and slipped the dvd into her laptop computer and then began to watch it.

72 HRS EARLIER.

Tyler glanced over at his sister, Hannah, in the passenger seat. He frowned slightly. Today she was pretty quiet. This was unusual for her. Usually she'd be excited and bubbly and chatty. But not today. When she had first started dating Booth she talked non stop about him, but she had started talking about someone else. Some woman named Temperance. Keeping his eyes on the road he asked her what was going on...

The anger started to bubble inside him when she told him. While he had never met Seeley, up to this point he had believed he was a pretty great guy, but he wasnt sure about that anymore either.

'So how loyal is this Seeley, guy, to you? Do you think he ever would cheat on you, with this Temperance woman?'

Hannah sighed, 'I dont know Tyler, I really dont know. Seeley isnt the cheating type, he's never cheated on any woman he's ever dated, but this is Temperance. This is his partner. They have a history together. You know what thats like. You had a history with Jane, your wife.'

He smiled a little bit. 'Yeah i get it, sis. I'm a private detective. I can help you. The only way you're going to find out is if you can see them together.'

'You mean spy, on them? I dont know, Tye, i dont feel good about that.'

'Sis, i love you and care about you, and you need to know whether you can trust Seeley. You need to know whether you're wasting your time with him, and this is the only way to find out.'

Hannah looked out the window unhappily. And against her better judgement, she agreed.

Tyler hugged his sister as he dropped her off at Seeley's place, and then he drove off to the nearest hotel after giving Hannah a bunch of bugged devices that Hannah was supposed to plant inside Brennan and Booths homes and work places.

'Leave the cars to me. You can get access to Seeley's office better than i could. And you can get access to Brennan's home and office. You just need to figure out how you're going to do it without it looking suspicious.'

'Pick me up here tomorrow, I'd like to introduce you to Seeley and the rest of the 'squint squad' as Seeley calls them.'

'I'll be glad to. That way i can meet this Temperance Brennan...' his voice tapered off as he got into the car and drove off.

Booth glanced at Brennan out of the corner of his eyes as he watched her reading the report Angela had given her; she snuck a few of the fries from his plate and pulled her hand away quickly before he could smack it.

He looked at her face as she concentrated on reading the report. He caught a glimpse of her creamy smooth neck and he felt a little faint.

Cam watched Booth with a bit of a smile on her face as Brennan remained oblivious to Booth watching her.

Brennan turned the page of the report, tucking a lock of her hair behind her ear and absently took a sip of her coffee and made a face as she realised that she'd drunk Booth's sugar infested coffee instead of her own.

'Oh my god. Booth. How much sugar do you need in your coffee?'

Booth actually laughed a little. 'Well that'll teach you to drink someone else's coffee instead of yours.'

'it was an accident and you know it,' Brennan said looking up at his face for the first time today.

'Hey i love sugar. Sugar makes coffee taste great. I dont get how you can drink your coffee black. Its yucky.'

'Booth, i've told you so many times, that too much sugar isnt good for you. Do you know how much sugar Americans eat per year?' lectured Brennan.

'No, but i'm sure you're going to tell me,' said Booth, winking at Angela, Hodgins, Daisy, Cam and Sweets, who all looked amused as they sat and watched the banter between Brennan and Booth that they'd seen so many times before.

'150 pounds, Booth. twenty years ago people ate 110 pounds of sugar. These days each of us eats about forty pounds of extra sugar. And they're in soda's, chips, chocolates... I mean the human body was not designed to keep up with that much sugar. Thats why we're seeing an increase in lifestyle related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke...'

Booth groaned. 'Okay, okay, Bones. Thats enough with the lecture, its too early to deal with this.'

'Too early, Booth? Its 2 in the afternoon. What were you doing last night?' asked Brennan.

Before Booth could answer, Angela looked towards the window and saw Hannah with some guy. Booth jumped up to greet her; he really didnt want to answer Bone's question and was relieved to not have to answer it, but all the same Booth looked at Bone's before he got up and noticed that her face fell a little bit. He felt bad.

Hannah and Tyler walked into the diner. Seeley looked up as she walked into the diner, he got up, walked towards her and kissed her, meanwhile looking at the man beside her. Wondering who he was.

'Seeley, i'd like you to meet my brother, Tyler,' said Hannah.

'Wow. I didnt even know you have a brother,' said Booth.

'Well, i do.'

'Hello, Tyler. How are you doing?' said Booth shaking Tylers hand.

'This is the squint squad,' said Hannah introducing everyone to Tyler.

Tyler glanced at Temperance Brennan when Hannah introduced him to her and his eyes widened. He had been angry at Booth before, but when he saw how beautiful she was he couldnt blame Booth for even thinking about taking an interest in somebody else.

'Wow. Hannah's mentioned you before, said Tyler, looking at Brennan with interest. You never told me how hot she is, sis,' said Tyler taking his eyes off Brennan for a split second.

'Oh. Of course. How could i forget to mention that?' said Hannah, looking at him with a bit of a frown.

Booth looked at Tyler, he felt a flash of annoyance at the way he looked at Brennan. He really didnt like the way he was looking at Brennan. Or the way Brennan was looking at him. Booth felt a stab of jealousy, which he tried very hard not to show. He closed his eyes for a split second and gave himself a mental shake as he shook out two more chairs for Hannah and Tyler. Brennan looked at Tyler for a few seconds longer before she sat down too.

Angela had been watching the exchange between Tyler and Brennan and smiled a bit. She had also noticed Booths jealousy which he had tried hard not to show, but without success. Angela glanced down at the basketball tickets that a friend of hers had given her, but she was 7months pregnant and the weather was supposed to be lousy and hot, she really didnt feel like going. She had told Hodgins this and perfect husband that he was he had understood. They had both agreed that they would give the tickets to somebody else. Angela glanced at Hodgins and he nodded. Booths reaction to Tyler and Brennan hadnt escaped his notice either.

Angela took the tickets out of her purse.

'So are you a basketball fan, Tyler? A friend of mine gave me tickets, but Hodgins and i cant go. Did you want them instead? asked Angela.

'Really? Are you sure? I love basketball. In fact i've been wanting to see this game, but the tickets were sold out by the time i went to the ticket office, said Tyler.

'Sure. I'm sure, Said Angela, handing him the tickets with a smile. Think of it as a nice to meet you present on us.'

'This is great. Thanks. There are two tickets. Say, Temperance, did you want to come with me? asked Tyler, looking at her with a bright smile on his face.

'Sure. I mean i'm not a huge basketball fan, but it could be fun. The games on at 8pm right?, Tyler nodded. Yeah i can make it. I'm going to be at work late but you can pick me up at the lab at 7pm. Maybe we could have a drink before or something. That okay with you? asked Brennan.

Tyler nodded happily. Booth looked at Tyler sourly. He should be glad that Bones was finally moving on, but he wasnt happy at all, not one little bit...

Hannah went outside to say goodbye to Tyler. Before she could really let go, she took a few deep breaths and very calmly asked him what the hell he'd been thinking.

'You went a little overboard with that dont you think? I mean telling Temperance she's hot and then asking her out. What were you thinking?'

'Calm down little sis. I'm trying to help you out remember? I'm testing the strength of Booths loyalty to you. And one way i could do that is to see his reaction when someone asks Temperance out on a date. Look, i know this must be hard to hear, but i dont think Seeley is very invested in this. You saw his face when I asked Temperance out. He was mad and upset. I'm just looking out for you sis. I'm not going to be doing anything with Temperance...'

Brennan was tired. But she had a date with Tyler to look forward to. After a hard day of work all she wanted to do was call Tyler and cancel but she knew she couldnt. She had felt a twinge of sexual attraction to Tyler, the first time she'd felt that in a long time; so she knew she couldnt cancel. She buttoned up her top and then looked at her face. Eyeliner, blush and eyeshadow. Perfect, she said to herself. Lipstick left. She looked towards the doorway and noticed that Booth was staring at her with an expression on his face that she couldnt identify.

'Uh. i'm sorry to interrupt but we have a new case, Bones. I need your help with it,' he said with a pleading look on his face. Brennan felt annoyed; he had used that begging expression so many times on her and it had always worked, but this time Brennan wasnt fooled. This time Brennan didnt give in.

'Put it on in my office. I'll get to it, tomorrow. If you remember, i have a date with Tyler.'

'Oh thats right. A date with Tyler. To a basketball game. You're not even a fan of basketball Bones, you've been working all day, i dont think its a good idea for you to be going on a date right now.'

'Thats your opinion Booth. I dont need your permission. I'm going. And by the way i think you should be worrying about your own girlfriend instead of me.'

'You only met this guy today, Bones. I'm just looking out for you, i'm your partner.' Implored Booth.

'Really? Booth. You're sounding more like a jealous boyfriend rather than my partner, said Brennan looking at him.

Booth breathed in and out. What was he doing? he asked himself. I'm trying to convince Bones not to go on a date with a guy. I love Hannah and here i am in Bone's office trying to convince her not to go out with Tyler. Trying to convince her not to move on. I told her i loved Hannah, i made this choice. She has the right to move on. But he was jealous. He hated other men looking at his Bones, he hated her looking at other men. In desperation Booth grabbed her and pushed her against the wall and kissed her. Brennan struggled for a few seconds but Booth leaned his body against hers and kissed her harder and more passionately. Brennan knew she could stop him if she wanted to, and she knew that she should, but she didnt. She just put her arms around his neck and kissed him back. Booth lifted her shirt with one of his hands and caressed her creamy skin. They both pulled apart when they heard a cough behind them.

'Booth...' said Brennan. They both turned around and saw Sweets shocked expression. Booth and Brennan were breathing heavily. But then Brennan grabbed her jacket and walked out of the office. Booth looked a little ashamed.

'What are you doing here, Sweets? asked Booth.

'I'm sorry. I needed your advice, said Sweets looking at Booth.

'Okay, hurry up, i have to leave.'

'I want your advice on how to propose to Daisy.' said Sweets.

'You've already asked her once. What happened to the advice i gave you a few months ago? About giving yourself a chance to be happy? Are you sure you want to go there again, with Daisy?'

Sweets looked at Booth for a few seconds in silence.

'I know. I thought about that. But i love Daisy. And i cant be happy with anyone else but her. When it comes to being in love with someone there's no compromise. You've got to want to be with a person. Not be with them because you feel like you have to out of loyalty. Should we be talking about what i just witnessed between you and Dr Brennan just now?' asked Sweets.

'No. said Booth. I dont want to talk about that...'

Booth was sitting on his couch channel surfing. Flick. Flick. Flick. He changed channels not really paying any attention to what was on the television. He turned the television off and sat on the couch in silence. He didnt feel like staying home. He felt restless. Hannah had decided to go out for a run. Bones was on a date with Tyler and Sweets was probably proposing to Daisy right at this moment. Booth thought about the kiss between him and Bones again and then he got up and walked outside. He needed some air. He walked past shop after shop. Then he glanced at the jewellery shop that he had stopped in front of. He felt guilty about what he'd done. I love Hannah. I want to be with her. He glanced at the lockets and smiled. He knew exactly how to show Hannah how much he loved her...

Hannah looked on in shock and anger as she witnessed the kiss between Booth and Temperance in her office. She grabbed her keys and threw it at the floor in a jealous rage. She closed her eyes and told herself to calm down. There's only one thing i can do. And thats to talk to him, confront him about what i know.

Daisy held up her hands to show everyone the gleaming diamond that Sweets had placed on her finger when he had proposed to her.

'Isnt it beautiful? This ring is so beatiful. I love it! I mean, here i was sitting on a chair eating icecream when Sweets got down on his knees and asked me to marry him. And then he placed the ring on my finger. Isnt it breathtaking? gushed Daisy.

'Yes. Its beautiful. Agreed Angela with tears in her eyes at how happy Daisy and Sweets looked.

'Marriage is an archaic institution. But yes. It is beautiful.' said Brennan, avoiding Booths eyes as he looked at her.

Hannah and Tyler watched how uncomfortable Booth and Brennan were with each other. If Hannah hadnt known something had happened between them she wouldnt have given it a second thought. She would have just believed it was Booth trying not to give Brennan any ideas. But the kiss had changed everything. Hannah looked over at Booth when he placed a jewellery box in front of her plate. She raised her eyebrows at him.

'Whats this?'

'Its something i brought for you. When i saw it, it made me think of you.'

Hannah opened it and saw a beautiful silver locket in there. She turned it over and noticed that Booth had had it enscribed with her name. Hannah. I love you, always and forever.

'Its nice, Seeley. Thanks. Why'd you buy this for me?'

'Because i love you, Hannah, said Booth looking at her confused.

Hannah looked at him sharply. 'Something happened didnt it?' asked Hannah.

'What? said Booth going pale. No. Nothing happened.

'Well something obviously did. Did you kiss Temperance? Did you have sex with her? asked Hannah looking at Temperance accusingly.

'Of course not, said Brennan, incensed.

'No. I never had sex with her, said Booth. I just wanted to give you a gift to show how much I love you.'

'I know you love me. You've said it a million times. Why would you think i doubt that? Why would you need to prove that you love me? The fact that you feel the need to prove that you love me Seeley, means that you have feelings for Temperance.'

'Nothing happened, Hannah.' said Booth.

'I know you're lying Seeley. Tyler saw you kiss Temperance in her office a few nights ago.'

Booth turned absolutely white. And everyone at the table gasped. Brennan blushed as she looked up and noticed everyone looking at her. But then she saw Hannah and Tyler glaring at her.

'You. You were my friend. I trusted you to be around Booth and then you pull something like this.' asked Hannah.

'Booth kissed me. It wasnt my fault,' said Brennan standing her ground but also knowing that what she said was partly a lie.

'It is your fault. You were the one who decided to tell Booth how you feel. You were the one who told him how you felt knowing that he wasnt available. Seeley might have kissed you first but you kissed him back, you didnt bother trying to stop him. I cant trust you, Temperance. And i cant trust you, Seeley.'

'It was a mistake, Hannah. Besides that, i've never cheated on you. You can trust me, Hannah. You can.' Said Booth.

'How do i know that Seeley? I've been away the last three weeks. How do i know you havent been hooking up with Temperance those three weeks i was away?'

'Because i told you i didnt. You have my word on that.' said Booth.

'Well, Seeley. Your word doesnt mean that much. You've won, Temperance. You can have Booth.' said Hannah.

'Look i'm going to go. Are you coming with me, Tyler?' asked Hannah.

Tyler got up, took Hannah's hand and led her outside.

Once she got outside she started to cry. Tyler put her hand around her shoulder and hugged her. 'You did the right thing sis.' Hannah nodded through her tears but then she continued to cry. She was about to go back home to pack up her stuff when Booth came running out of the restaurant, frantically looking for her. She groaned. And ran away. She ran towards the brook. After running for five minutes Hannah got tired of running, she stopped and got on the swing. Booth came over and sat next to her. It was a cold night, she shivered and wrapped her jacket around her more tightly. Booth reached out to push a lock of hair out of her eyes but thought better of it. She smelled the nearby lavender bushes and it soothed her. After her little outburst at the diner she felt calmer.

'Tylers a private investigator Seeley. I saw everything.'

'You had me under surveillance, Hannah? Why?' asked Booth upset.

'I wasnt sure if i could trust you, Seeley. I had to know. Look i went into a relattionship with you knowing that you and Temperance had a history; i knew it was a risk. But i never expected that you'd lie to me about it. Tyler does this for a living, he convinced me that i needed to know whether i was wasting my time with you. I needed to know whether you were in this for the long haul, not just for now.' said Hannah.

'But couldnt you trust me?' asked Seeley.

Hannah looked at Booth meaningfully. He thought about how he had kissed Bones. And he answered his own question.

'No. I guess not.' said Booth, looking sad.

'I think we should take a break, said Hannah, sadly. I've been offered a job in New York for the next three months Booth. I'd suggest that you use this time to figure out how you feel about Temperance. We can talk again when i come back.'

Booth sat back in his swing. His heart lurched. He felt both mad and sad. But there was also something else. Booth closed his eyes for a minute concentrating on the feeling and then he realised with a shock that he felt a sense of relief. He reached out and held Hannahs hand for a minute.

Booth went into the bar and sat down in a chair, he felt like a zombie. He had decided to give Hannah some space to pack her stuff. He couldnt go back to the restaurant and face the others. The bartender placed a shot of alcohol in front of him and he downed it quickly. He looked around in recognition. If he had wanted to find a place to forget this was the wrong place. He remembered he had taken Bones to this bar during their first case and he smiled a little bit as he remembered their night. The kiss they had shared outside in the rain. He closed his eyes and tried to conjure exactly what he had felt that night. He tried to figure out exactly how things had ended up so wrong. When he opened his eyes he saw Bones standing watching him.

'Bones. What are you doing here?'

'I thought you might be here. I can leave if you want to be alone.' said Brennan gently.

Booth looked up at her. 'Stay, Bones.'

Brennan sat down and for a minute she looked down at the glass of vodka the bartender placed in front of her. Booth wiped the sweat off his forehead and they both watched a couple playing pool nearby.

'You know, i loved Hannah. I thought that Hannah was the one person who'd never end up hurting me. But she did. She did.'

'Are you two okay?' asked Bones.

'She broke up with me, Bones. I thought she'd never hurt me.'

'Is that why?... Bones voice trailed off as she thought about last year. She remembered how hurt she'd felt when Booth had rejected her and she realised that if she had been hurt then so had Booth. She sighed for a second, then looked up into his eyes.

'Well, you kind of got back at me for that. I thought you'd feel a bit happier.'

'Bones. I didnt intend to hurt you. And i'd never be happy about hurting you, in any way,' he said looking at her.

'I didnt intend to hurt you either, Booth. I was scared. It had nothing to do with you. It wasnt anything you did. Or didnt do.'

'If it'd been anyone else. Would you have reacted that way, Bones?'

'Maybe not. You're important to me, Booth. I care about you. You and i have too much to lose. And i couldnt risk losing you in any way. I'm sorry, Booth. I'm sorry about you and Hannah...'

'No you're not Bones.'

'I am Booth. I am sorry. You and Hannah breaking up. It shouldnt have been because of me. I'm sorry about last year. I know how much i hurt you, because you hurt me too. Can you forgive me for that?' asked Bones.

Booth looked at her for a few seconds. Booth took Bones hand in his. 'Yeah Bones. If you can forgive me, i'll forgive you.'

Bones nodded.

'I really loved her you know?'

'Yeah i know.' said Bones.

Booth looked at her meaningfully. Bones looked up and went over what he'd just said. I reallly LOVED her. Past tense. She looked up at him as she realised the significance.

Booth smiled. 'Are you scared yet, Bones?

Brennan looked at him. 'Were you trying to scare me?'

Brennan leaned in and kissed him softly. 'No. I'm not scared. I cant promise you that i wont get scared, cos. i probably will. But...'

'Bones. Just promise me that if you do get scared, you'll talk to me. Okay?'

Bones nodded. 'I can do that Booth.' she said, placing her hand on top of his and sighing. She glanced over at the pool table and smiled as the man hugged the woman when she won the game. Booth looked over at the pool table too.

'Wanna play a game, Bones?'

'Yeah. Booth. I'll beat the pants off you.' said Bones, jokingly.

'Huh huh. Bones. Very funny. How do you even know that expression? But we'll see about that!' said Booth putting his arms around her and leading her to the pool table...