Just something that I couldn't shake let me know what you think. I own nothing and Kenny Rogers owns "The Gambler"

"The way I see it you have a gamble to make. You either break Hannah's heart, or you continue to break bones and inevitably you."

So I can hold and do nothing, wait for it to blow up in my face

I can fold, cut my losses and try the next hand

Quit the game entirely

Run the other direction

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away and know when to run.

Holding not an option, what would bones say 'you can't fight evolution' and the longer I hold Hannah the further and further Bones slips away

I am done folding, in my line of work you never know how many hands the dealer has left; I can work with these cards

I have never been called a quitter. Bones even said it "I knew you wouldn't give up" I had repeated those words right back to her

Now every gambler knows the secret to surviving is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep

So I am going to run then. Run as fast and as hard as I can in her direction and hope it's not too late.

If you're gonna play the game boy you better play it right

Hannah called the bluff. She was a reporter a damn good one at that. She saw there was something between her 'Seeley' and the great Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennen.

Son I have made a living out of reading people's faces

I have one more ace. I know where to find her. It's late on a Friday night as I walk thru the dimly lit lab. There she is, the brightest light in the building and the light of my life. She types away at her desk, curses, assaults the delete key.

"Hey there bones what did the keyboard ever do to you?" she nearly jumps out of her skin

"Booth you scared me. What are you doing here; I thought you and Hannah had plans tonight."

"I had plans; a whole life's worth of plans but it turns out they are not with Hannah"

She couldn't look more confused and before she can say 'I don't know what that means' I am standing beside her.

"Bones I lied to you"

"About having plans tonight?"

"No bones, about moving on" she is officially confused now "I told you I was going to move on. You said no on the steps of the Hoover, and I was going to get on with my life. But Bones you are my life and to try and live a life with anyone else is a mistake. I know that old phone was all your idea. You knew what it would mean to me and wanted me to have it even if it wasn't you who gave it to me. That is an open heart Bones, you can't tell me yours isn't open after you do a thing like that." I can see the tears pooling in the corner of her eyes but she doesn't stop me, so I continue the gamble and up the ante

"I don't want you to change a thing about you. You are capable of love and you prove it to everybody around you. You heart is open and you just need to put it in drive. I love you because you are you."

I can see the tears slowly falling from the corners of her lids; she can't bring herself to look at me. I brush one tear away with my thumb as a cup her cheek.

"Booth, I lied too. I wanted to say 'yes' but wasn't ready. I don't want you to move on. We are the center and we move together not separate."

I gently lift her chin and she doesn't resist. Soft brown eyes meet glistening blues as I slowly lean in. She meets her lips with mine. She tastes of cherry chapstick and something that can only be described as bones. The kiss is sweet and full of promise interrupted only by the sound of an angry stomach.

"Bones when was the last time you ate?"

Silence

"That's what I thought, we are going for pie"

"Booth, you know I don't like my fruit cooked"

And somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even. But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.