Alittle Bit Stronger
"2 days left until the wedding." The forensic anthropologist stared at the calendar on the wall above her desk. Sighing, Brennan plopped down on the couch in her office. She closed her eyes and drifted off to a relaxing sleep. One of the best sleeps she had in a while.
Seeley Booth spun around in his chair, sighing. He heard a sharp knock on his door. He jumped up walked slowly to the door. He opened it, revealing Hannah his fiancée. "Hey! You look beautiful," he breathed while kissing her on the lips. "Thanks Seeley. You're so sweet" Hannah smiled at him. Pulling away Booth asked, "Do you want to go get lunch?"
"Mhm" Hannah kissed Booth on the cheek, then grabbed his hand and pulled him out of his office. Booth and his fiancée walked into 'Founding Fathers.' Booth sighed and mumbled his order when the waiter came.
"You ok Seeley?" Hannah asked, as the waiter walked away. "hm? Oh yeah. fine." Booth lied. Truth was he couldn't think at all, since that rainy night in the car with Brennan. He hadn't talked to her for 2 months about anything. Usually they told each other everything. Then he proposed to Hannah, and now the wedding was 2 days away. Time had slipped away from him.
Angela Montenegro walked into her best friend's office and looked down at the couch. There, she saw Brennan smiling in her sleep. Angela smiled at Brennan. 'Good' she thought. 'She needed sleep.' Brennan opened an eye, shifted her position, mumbled something, then went back to sleep. Angela sat down at Brennan's desk. She saw a folded up piece of paper, in Brennan's desk drawer, sticking out that said 'To Booth' on it. Angela couldn't help herself; she opened it without hesitating and read silently.
'To Booth,
I hate having regrets, I made a mistake. I hate myself for refusing. I know my heart won't be the same, but I'm telling myself I'll be ok, even on the weakest days. I get a little bit stronger.'
"Aw" Angela wiped a tear away from her eye. She heard a groan from Brennan. She stuffed the note back in the drawer and looked at the now awake Brennan. "Hey Sweetie" Angela smiled. "Hey." Brennan looked at her friend. "Uhm. So what's up?" Angela tried to not think about the letter Brennan wrote for Booth. "What do you mean? Only the sky is 'up'." Brennan started. "Just… never mind." Angela cut her off. "Want to go get something to eat?"
"Not really." Brennan sighed
"Well too bad. We're going." Angela smiled as she took Brennan's wrist and ran out the door.
As soon as Angela and Brennan sat down, Brennan looked towards the corner of the restaurant and groaned. "I want to go back home." Angela looked at Brennan weird, then saw what she was looking at and said nothing but "oh. God."