If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw

Brennan opened her mail. Booth had been gone for a few months. The Rangers had called him back for a tour of Iraq. There were some terrorists in high places that they had gotten information on. Booth was the one person they trusted more than anything with this job. Her heart stopped beating when she found a letter from Booth. He had told her that when he was called by the Rangers that he always wrote a letter to a loved one for just in case he didn't come back. He gave it to whoever his commander was at the time of the mission with the instructions on what to do if he were to go MIA or if he was killed.

Cullen knew what he had to do. The Rangers had called him and told him that there would be someone who would come to him later in the day with Booth's personal belongings. He was also told that there was a note especially for him included with his belongings. Booth told him to give Bones a gun permit and to make sure that she was still able to go out in the field. Cullen knew that Booth wanted Brennan to be protected and that he didn't trust anyone else to do it well enough. Knowing the trouble the doctor could get herself into, it didn't surprise him. Booth also wanted Parker to be able to know of his father as he grew up. He wanted Hodgins to make sure that the boy knew of it and exactly everything that his father's job entailed. Cullen knew that Booth would be in Heaven with his God. Everything was laid out as to his funeral. He wanted to be buried near Brennan's mother.

Cullen had given each of the "Squints" the letters Booth had written to each of them. Hodgins was honored that Booth would want him to make sure that his son knew of his job and exactly what kind of man his father was. There was so much that he would miss now that his father was gone. Angela read hers with tears falling quickly down her cheeks. Booth asked that she take care of Brennan and to make sure that she ate and went home sometimes. He also asked that she made sure that Parker still came to the lab and that he treated women with respect. Zach read his letter with sincere seriousness. He was asked to make sure that Parker learned and made good grades. He also asked that Zack tell his father that he was proud to be a soldier like him and that he wouldn't change a thing. Cam got a letter asking that she never threatened to fire Brennan and that she try to help the young doctor seeing as this was going to be hard for her. Cam realized that the last case she had worked with Booth would probably be the last case that Dr. Brennan worked with the FBI. She hadn't worked on anything but Limbo cases since Booth left.

Booth's family were taking it extremely hard. They had just found out that their oldest son was gone. His father still blamed himself for allowing his son to join the military and he dang sure blamed himself for this. His mother cried and cried and cried. She couldn't believe that her son was gone. Jared, his brother, tried to be strong for his mother and tried to convince his father that it wasn't his fault that Seeley was dead, but he couldn't get his head around it either. His brother was supposed to be invincible. He wasn't supposed to be able to die.

Brennan didn't know how she was going to work with the FBI after this. Booth was finally being laid to rest and she was the only one not crying there. Even Zach had let tears fly loose. She really didn't care if people thought she was cold and unfeeling. She had just lost her best friend and her partner. If she showed emotion now, she would break down. Something she had seldom done. Booth was the only person she would willingly allow to see her when she was showing strong emotions and breaking down. She requested time off from Cam which was given easily. She then said good bye to everyone and went home. Nothing would make her feel better unless Booth was to come back and that couldn't happen. She turned her stereo on with the volume on all the way. It was the one way that she had learned to deal with things. Everything would be better when she woke up in the morning and this was just a dream┘