My Lie
I lied to Angela once. After her boyfriend died in the desert. When she was worried that she would never get a second chance at a love that good.
I lied to her.
I told her that nothing in the universe happens once. I told her that infinity goes both ways.
It isn't right. It sounds impressive, but it isn't right.
She told me that when she found me crying over the letter Booth... no, Seely wrote me.
I know that I don't live the safest life. That's why I wrote this letter for you. Because I want you to know that I love you, Temperance, and I always will.
I don't know if you love me the same way, but I want you to know anyway.
He didn't know that I love him too. That I would give anything for him to still be there. I wish that he hadn't seen that man with the gun. I wish hadn't taken the bullet meant for me.
And more then anything, I want you to be happy.
I still dream about it. I can see the blood splatter. I can see him fall. I can see his lips move as he tries to tell me something, while he lies dying in my arms.
"I love you, Temperance."
That's what he was trying to say.
I told Angela that I was scared. I told her what she told me. I told her that I thought I would never get a chance to love like that again.
Do you know what she told me? She told me my lie. She told me that nothing happens just once.
"Infinity goes both ways, right?"
And it was true. But it starts a zero. Infinity starts at zero, and then goes both ways. Zero happens once.
Just like what I shared with Seely.
"But zero happens just once."
"I love you, Temperance"
But I didn't get to tell him I love him too, not even once.
My first Bones fic. Please review and let me know what you think.
