Chapter 1: The Letter

On the plane home, I sat with the letter Booth had written me, gently placed on my lap. Although I wanted to open it the first moment I had received it, but I had waited until we'd lifted off from the runway. From the window, I could see the airport get smaller until it finally disappeared from my sight.

"Doctor Brennan, I am going to head to the bathroom." Daisy informed me as she unbuckled her seat belt.

"Okay." I replied as I watched her disappear into the bathroom. When I was ready, I opened the letter.

Dear Bones,

There is so much that I want to say to you, but I am not sure where to begin. Should I start by telling you that I love you so much? Or that the days that I have spent working with you have been the happiest days of my life since parker was born? Well, I could say either of those things and they would be true, but as I reread them, all I can think is that I wish I could be there with you now.

I will think about you every day until we meet again at the reflecting pool by the coffee cart. But, part of me is scared that there will come a time where you don't feel the same way, that you will somehow forget about the times we shared, so, here is what I want you to do. Wherever you are and no matter what is going on in your life, I want you to stop and find the moon in the dark sky and think about me and the night that we shared. Because, wherever I am and no matter what is going on in my life, that is what I will be doing, I will be thinking of you.

I love you, Temperance Brennan, and I am going to hold you to this. And even though I know what your answer is going to be, I will ask anyway. Marry me. Let's have a life together. Think about it Bones.

Love,

Booth.

I took a deep breath as tears began to threaten to fall from my eyes. I had no idea where we were, but all I knew was that I wanted to hurry up and get home.

Home, the place where I was meant to be.