A/N: Hey everyone, okay so I'm like the BIGGEST Bones nerd/fan/fanatic that you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting. So I've been rewatching the 3rd season all week and some other things when, in the middle of a nice warm shower, this idea hit and I just had to jump right out and run to my laptop. I hope you love reading this as much as I loved writing it. I mean, I swear I poured my Bones-loving heart into this story so I just hope that showed enjoy!

Sitting there, under the stars on the Maluku islands, world renowned Dr. Temperance Brennan lay on her back and sighed. She could do quantum physics. She could look at a small pile of bones and tell you age, sex, height, favorite activities, what they've done before such as break a bone in a stupid bike accident or fall down and conk their heads. She could rationalize and compartmentalize almost anything. Anything that DOESN'T involve Seeley Booth. She thought to herself.

Before she had met him, she had been purely a scientist, no belief in such trivial fantasies such as love or sorrow over a death. But when he came to her, him in his arrogant glory and belief in God and love and feelings, everything she knew nothing about, she felt her resolve waver. Over the years she had felt her heart melting and melting until now it was just full of emotions she didn't know she was capable of feeling. After all, a scientist, a rational and logical scientist should be above such things, right? Ridiculous. Ha! A heart melting, my heart couldn't be frozen in the first place or I'd be dead and…ah, what's the use? It really was frozen until he came along. She thought.

He was her best friend. They fought at first, but softened each other up. She did it by tearing down his arrogance while filling up his ego and building him up at the same time. He tore down the walls of her past hurt and agony and truly cared, gaining her trust. Was she capable of love? She didn't really know. She knew her body's reactions to him. She knew that she could always trust him to be there for her. She counted on him to catch her when she fell, when she was attacked she knew he'd be there to find her and rescue her. Even just a year ago when that doctor attacked her, she felt it in her gut that he would be just outside that door to save the day.

Then, when she'd settled down into a comfortable relationship with him, not so much sexual tension as before yes, I did notice that…not that I could do anything about it. But more strength, compassion, maybe even love. Certainly love on his part. He'd admitted it, they'd kissed and it felt amazing but she knew that she couldn't be enough for him. She just couldn't. No…that's a lie. She thought. She could. Oh, she definitely could, but she was so scared to be hurt again.

After her parents had left, come back, and then left her again. After she had been the one to identify and hold her own mothers corpse. After her father came back, only to be put in jail for murder and then almost get taken away from her. After her brother walked out when she needed him the most. After those awful foster homes, after getting locked in the trunk of a car for 4 days, after the feelings when Booth had 'died' back in their third year of partnership, after he'd been kidnapped and nearly blown up not a year later. After all of this she was downright terrified to even consider that she just might be in love.

And yet…the feeling when she saw him in that military uniform standing there in warrior pose, twisting his cap as if he was nervous, staring at her with those dark puppy-like eyes full of innocence despite what he'd done in the past and what had happened to him in his childhood. They looked at her with the love and warmth that can only come from what must be the deepest , most sincere part of his soul. He also looked nervous, as if she could possibly reject him or reprimand him for sneaking off base to see her.

She had stopped what she was doing, forgetting that she was about to be late for her flight, and rushed over to him. They'd held hands, his big comforting hand clasped around hers making her feel content to just stay there forever. He'd come close and she'd tilted her head up almost expecting a kiss. But what he'd told her was better than any kiss. And she knew that in about 8 more months they'd hold steady to their promise and meet up in their spot.

She rolled over on her stomach and reached into her messenger bag, pulling out her ipod. That was one of the only luxuries she allowed herself, and since there wasn't electricity, she had limited herself to one song every month or few weeks. It was her big pleasure. She turned it on and scrolled through until she reached Faraway by Nickleback. Her memory flashed back to that case, the one she sang for and the one Booth risked his life for. As she listened to it, she took the words to heart.

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

Tears began to slip from her eyes as realizations took her over and over in a fast paced epiphany above all others she'd ever had. It came at her like a white-hot flash of lightning and she jumped up and began to run.

[CHORUS]
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

Sobs ripped through her. She knew then beyond a shadow of a doubt. She was totally and completely in love with Booth. She had been for quite some time. Every casual touch, every seemingly meaningless gesture was suddenly precious in her mind. The 'guy hugs', the little gifts like the smurf and Jasper that she kept for years. The comfort he offered, the way he always knew the right thing to do, the way they'd held each other's glances for long periods of time, the unspoken messages, diner meetings, it all made sense now.

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

[CHORUS]

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go

She sat there, looking at the same beautiful moon and stars that were probably captivating Booth's heart too and she knew. She knew that she'd made a bad decision coming to Maluku. She should have stopped him and kissed the living daylights out of him at the airport, begged him not to go without her. She was always the one to leave but now…now she wouldn't. Now she knew she couldn't, wouldn't give up. Not until she could be in her loving embrace and be able to call him hers.

She threw her ipod into the messenger bag and paced, thinking. There was no way around it. She'd have to wait until the end of her trip, she was still a scientist, a new one who found love but an anthropologist none-the-less who had committed to this trip. But she held on to that thought. Just 8 months Temperance. 8 months 'til he's yours and you're his. She thought as she wept and smiled at that thought.

Before drifting off, she prayed for the first time since she was a little girl. She prayed with all her heart that it wasn't too late. That he'd be okay, in one big happy piece as usual and that she wouldn't be too late in her realizations. When she went to sleep that night, she dreamed of being with him on the beach, wrapped up in his strong arms, never letting go. Little did she know he was thinking of her too where he was.

A/N: And so ends chapter 1 of my two shot. What'd ya think? I just watched the last episode for the first time since it aired. I mean, I watched it the night it came on, but was just too heart-broken to watch it again until months later. I personally can't wait for season 6 to come out and I swear if they try to make Booth or Brennan have moved on and gotten a girl/boyfriend or something like that, I'm gonna go kill hart hanson. Who's with me? Haha, jk. But…I've gotten some ideas from Bones;) once again, it's a joke people! Gosh, tough crowd.