I think this is my third Bones Fanfic. Set after Harbingers in the Fountain. What I feel is going through Brennan's head when Booth says he loves her, even "In a professional, 'Atta girl' kind of way."

Chapter One

Brennan stands on the side walk looking at Booth, "What did you want to tell me?"

Booth looks at her, pausing for a minute, not knowing if he should tell her, he soon decides, "That I love you." His face grows serious.

Panic rises in Brennan, and all she can do is stand there, frozen and terrified. "In a professional, 'atta girl' kind of way." Booth says, uncomfortably, pretty much taking back how he feels, without notice.

Brennan raises an eyebrow, and replies back doubtful, " 'Atta girl' kind of way?" She recovers from the shock, and punches Booth playfully. "Right back at'cha Booth. I love you too. 'Atta Boy!" She laughs nervously, and then jerks her head when she hears Caroline talking to them. Slightly relieved, and yet disappointed for the distraction.

"What all works out eventually?" Brennan follows Booth into the next room after Ms. Harmonia leaves them. And surprisingly, it doesn't take her to long to connect what Booth had told her long ago, Everything happens eventually, Bones.

"It's Nothing, Bones." Booth smiles in that childish way, that lets her know he's may not know other's human emotions, but she sure knows his.

"Your lying to me, Booth." She sounds hurt, and irritated. She'd normally let it slip, but everything has been out of focus since his surgery; She's looking for a bit more normalcy, to ease her mind.

By now she's followed him into a deserted hallway. He turns abruptly, and backs her up into a far wall. The look on his face is so intense, it sends a controlled panic through Brennan. He has on the same face he expressed when he told her he loved her, before making light of it with, "atta Girl". With the way he is looking at her, she thinks he's going to kiss her, Instead, he reaches into his jacket pocket, and pulls out a Manila Folder. She looks at it, Cocking her head to the side, again feeling irrationally disappointed.

"This." He says, slapping the contents onto the wall, left of her head.. resting his other hand on her right, caging her in.

"Is a scan of my head."

"You mean a PET." She corrects him, and then wishes she didn't.

He ignores her and she turns around, her back now against his chest.

"What is this exactly?" She tries not to shiver when she feels his breath on the back of her neck.

"PET. A scan they did of my brain, before my surgery..." He pauses, coming down from his intensity, and breathing in her scent.

"Okay...Why are you showing me this Booth?" She sounds concerned.

Booth points to two areas of his brain. "These two areas, whatever ya call em, are proven to be linked to Romantic love....and..sexual arousal." He says the last part under his breath.

"What does this mean?" She turns her head slightly.

"Well I guess the blue and green areas mean low activity."

"As in you didn't feel Romantic love, or sexual arousal." She asks in her scientific tone.

"Just in a low activity Bones, doesn't mean not at all." He defends himself backing up a little, no longer caging her in, but still leaning close on her right. She backs up against the wall, and looks at the scan.

"And what is this one." She flips to the other sheet, where the blue and green is replaced with pinks and purples.

" The same scan while I was in a coma..." He pauses for a long time, searching her face for a reaction. All he sees her her processing.

When I read him my book...where we were married...

Brennan flips from the first sheet to the second and back again, her brow wrinkled in concentration, and then she nods. In her head, she's getting the answers as to why he's not himself, in her heart, she's aching.

"And this last scan....taken three days ago..." He pulls out the last sheet.

"Looks the same, Booth."

"I know." He looks down at the floor.

Brennan stares at all three sheets, and comes to the conclusion she didnt' know she was dreading. Disappointment washes over her, but never actually shows to it's full complexity on the outside, so it goes unnoticed by Booth. Booth hasn't been himself since his surgery. He's forgotten the very things that make him Booth. So in all reality. When Booth said he loved her, and then simplified it. He was telling the truth..in a sense. But like his funky socks being remembered, this so called "Romantic Love" may very well dissappear as all the rest of Booth reappears.

"That's all very interesting Booth." Brennan finally says, in a detached tone.

"Umm..yea..I mean..yea." He's thrown back by her sudden change in demeanor. He defiantly didn't know what to expect, he didn't even really want to show her, but something told him he should, something was nagging him at the back of his mind, that showing her this, will make it easier down the road.

Brennan looks at him unsure.

"Sweetie?" Angela pokes her head in. "There you two are, the rest of us are going out for drinks, a kind of celebratory thing for Booths return."

"Oh great!" Booth sounds a little to over enthusiastic.

Brennan looks away from the tow of them, and then back at Angela, "I don't know Ange, I still have some things I need to catch up on."

"Oh come on Bren, Liv a little."

"Yea Bones, Live a little." Booth grins at her.

Brennan smiles and shrugs her shoulders, following angela out, leaving Booth behind to think by himself before he follows.

Okay, don't worry. I know that Sweets and Cam told him not to do that until he was sure he felt those feelings, but I have a point, eventually, so if you like it. I can continue. Reviews are always welcome!