Im Still In Love,
Why Aren't You?

B/B, season 6, Hannah is with Booth - just as in the show.

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"Bones, what are you saying?" Booth asked, fear in his voice. They sat at the Founding Fathers, sharing a drink after closing their case, just like always.

"You know what I am saying Booth." She said, calmly, trying not to allow him to hear the hurt in her words, or see the sadness on her face.

"I think what your saying is that your.." He trailed off, he was so confused.

"Leaving Booth, back to Maluku." She stated, mater of factly.

"For.." he continued, he couldn't believe this was happening.

She swallowed hard, and took another sip of her wine.

"Well, I comitted to a project, we came back to help Cam, and we have done that."

"No.." he said, still trying to sort it out in his head, "No for how long?"

"Indefinitely, Booth." She sighed heavily, this was proving to be much harder than she expected.

"But why? why." He asked desperately, "I thought you wanted to be here - you know solving murders.. with me." He added shyly.

She looked at him, trying to memorize his face. His eyes, the warmness of them, the openness, the small laugh lines that jumped from the corners of them and danced across his skin.

"I did, I do Booth...I just ,cant anymore." She bit the inside of her cheek, trying to will the tears to not form in her eyes.

"What do you mean?" he asked, so softly she hardly heard him. He knew what she meant. He knew what was happening here, but hearing it out loud was a whole other story.

"Booth.. I cant do it, I thought when we came back.. things would be different." She couldn't stop herself, everything in her mind was telling her to stop it, your going to ruin everything for him. He is happy! Stop! But her tongue, her heart, had other ideas. "I learned a lot in Maluku, and not all of it was to do with the dig.." She sighed, "Booth, I cant see you with her, I tried to ignore it, to compartmentalize, but the thought of you with her makes me.. crazy. I thought when we came back.. we could.." another sigh, ".. be a real couple. But, I am too late. You moved on, and thats only my fault. I want to be supportive, and I want you to be happy, and I fear that I am going to ruin that for you, someway - if I have to see you with her everyday. One of these days, im going to break."

She lowered her head, she couldn't look at him anymore.

"Booth, I should have said yes. In front of the Hoover, I should have said yes. I should have ignored the fact that I was terrified and just said yes. I want you to know that I wanted to, desperately, I just.. couldn't."

"Bones.." he didn't know what to say, he placed his thumb under her chin and turned her head lightly so he could look at her, she was visably crying now.

"Im still in love," she cried softly, "so why aren't you?" She looked so defenseless, small.

"Oh God, baby." He placed both hands on the sides of her face and drew her into him, kissing her lips passionately, whispering "I am.. I am.." into her lips.

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