It is me. Back again. This is my first Bones fic actually involving Booth, Bones, and Hodgens. It is what happens after Booth wakes up.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Spoilers: The Beginning at the end.
"I don't know you."
Bones felt her heart sink in her chest. The look in Booth's eyes was enough to tell her that he was telling the truth. "That's okay," Bones told him.
"I want to see my girl friend," Booth told her. Bones was not thrilled with the idea but if it help Booth get his memory back it would be worth putting up with almost any girl.
'Stop it,' she told herself. She had no right to feel jealous of a woman Booth had dated before he even met her. Heck she had no right to feel jealous of anyone he dated. She had made it clear that she wanted them to remain only partners.
"Who is your girl friend?" she asked him, with a small hope that he wouldn't remember.
"Camille Saroyan," Booth told her. Bones nodded, not trusting her voice to hold steady. Why did it have to be Cam? She had always felt her relationship with Booth to be a little threatened by Cam, but this was worse. To him there was only Cam.
"Could I stay a little longer," Temperance asked tentatively.
Booth paused and then he snapped, "No! I don't know you. I just want to see Camille. Get out now."
Bones felt the tear gathering in her eyes and nodded before fleeing the room. She turned immediately right and walked into the bathroom. She leaned against the wall for several minutes, before she was sure the tears were in check. She splashed a little water on her face and walked out of the bathroom towards the waiting room.
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Angela, Cam, Hodgens, and Sweets all stood to meet her as she walked into the nearly empty waiting room. She stopped in the doorway looking at her friends. Angela looked tired and there was an undertone of worry in her eyes, but she was holding herself together well. Hodgens had his hand on Angela's wrist and looked at Temperance expectantly. Sweets was curious and probably analyzing her, but she could not bring herself to care at the moment. Then there was Cam. Bones couldn't bring herself to look the other woman in the eye.
"Is he awake?" Angela asked hurriedly.
"Yes," Bones answered shortly.
"What did he say?" Angela pressed her, before seeing the pain in Brennan's face and wishing that she hadn't.
"Not much," Bones replied fighting the tears again, but her friends deserved an answer. "He doesn't remember me." Horror was reflected on the faces of the team. No one was closer to Booth than Brennan was and if he didn't remember her… "He told me to get out of the room, and he only wanted to see his girlfriend…" Bones voice trailed off. She couldn't make herself say it but at the same time knew she that she had to.
"What is his girlfriend's name?" Hodgens asked to the room at large.
"Well, Booth has worked with Dr. Brennan for six years so that means this girlfriend is prior to that," Sweets deducted.
"She is," Temperance said quietly.
"You know her name?" Cam asked.
"You do too," Brennan told her sadly.
"I do?" Cam asked confused. Then it hit her, but that couldn't be it. "Is it…" Cam didn't finish the question but knew that Temperance didn't need her to. Bones nodded silently and sank down in a chair, burying her head in her hands. The group turned confused to look at Cam, whose face had lost all color.
"Who is it?" Angela asked quietly.
"Me," Cam told her bleakly. There was dead silence in the room, as everyone started at Cam.
"Can I talk to you for a sec?" Angela asked slowly. Cam nodded and the two women walked in to the hall out of earshot of any of the others. Angela was torn between hitting Cam for hurting Brennan, and knowing that this wasn't Cam's fault. Heck it wasn't anyone's fault; fate just had a nasty sense of humor.
"Just do it," Cam told her, "I probably would if it were me."
Angela didn't smile. She threw a punch, admittedly not a hard one, into Camille's shoulder. Angela looked at Cam for a full minute before speaking, "Go talk to Booth. I am not going to tell you what to do about this, but for all of our sakes we need him back." Cam nodded as Angela walked away.
Then she slid down against the wall and put her head in her hands. She would go see Booth, but she needed a minute.
WAITING ROOM
As Angela walked back in, she realized that the two boys were standing exactly where she had left them. She walked straight over to where Brennan was and sat down next to her. "Sweetie," Angela said hesitantly, rubbing her back, "let's go home."
Angela expected her best friend to argue. She had hoped her best friend would argue, but her best friend just nodded quietly and stood up. Angela made a mental note to kill Booth when he got out of the hospital then she led Brennan down the hall and out of the hospital.
Hodgens followed the two women out to his car, because he knew Angela had no intention of leaving Brennan alone. Hodgens had already extended the offer to stay at his place to the entire team, because it was closest to the hospital. "Are you coming?" he asked Sweets.
"I will be there in a little while. I have a couple things I need to do," Sweets explained to Hodgens, who nodded and walked away. Sweets waited until the other man was out of sight before he turned and walked down the hall in the other direction. It didn't take long to find the person he was looking for. "Dr. Saroyan…" Sweets asked her hesitantly.
Camille looked up and smiled, "What can I do for you Dr. Sweets?" She quickly buried all hints of emotion behind her professional exterior.
"Nothing, I just wanted to…um…let know that…" Sweets hesitate, "if you needed someone to talk to, as a friend not a shrink, I'm here."
Camille smiled at the young man, "Thank you." It meant a lot right then that she knew that at least some of the team was not annoyed with her. Heck, she was annoyed with herself. After a moments of silence, Camille added, "I need to go talk to Booth, now."
"Alright, see you at Hodgens later," Sweet bid her good bye then headed out of the hospital. There was one more person he needed to talk to.
Please review. No flames but advice is welcome. Who is Sweets going to talk to? Review and you will know. For the record. I love Camille and I am not going to make her the bad guy. Kay? Kay! Now please Review.
