Dr. Temperance Brennan sat on a bench in front of the reflecting pool of the Washington Monument. Her hands were sweating and her whole body was shaking. In a matter of minutes he would be here. They, herself and Special Agent Seeley Booth, had made a promise to meet here one year from when they left each other at the airport to go their separate ways for a little while.

What if he really moved on?

Her heart stopped. What if he had? What if he didn't love her anymore? She shrugged it off, love isn't real, she told herself in an effort to calm herself down. He probably only thought he loved her. It was probably chemical residue of his coma. I mean he had dreamt they were married and having a child? She looked at her watch. 2:45. Only five more minutes. Now she was really getting nervous. Only five more minutes. She had missed him. She missed him so much. Even though she didn't believe, she had prayed every day that he would be ok. She was terrified that something would happen to him. She looked at her watch again, two minutes left. She looked at the walkway to her left. No, he wasn't there. She looked to her right. Her heart skipped a beat, there he was. Walking towards her in his uniform. He must have just gotten off but she knew he wasn't going back. Well hopefully he wasn't. She noticed there weren't any anomalies in how he walked, just the same as she had remembered. He was looking down. Why wouldn't he look at her? Maybe he didn't know she was already there. She stood up and started walking towards him. He looked up. Their eyes met and the both stopped paralyzed by the mere sight of each other. It truly had been too long. It was as if time had stopped and the entire world was disappearing into thin air. It was as if they were the only two people in the planet. She stared at him in amazement. He was just as handsome, if not more, than she had remembered. His dark chocolate brown eyes, his face, which was the best-looking of all the faces she had seen in her life and she had seen plenty. He stared at her beauty. Her blue eyes that he felt could see right through him, her brown hair that glowed in the sunlight. He loved her and wanted her so bad it hurt but she was unattainable. He started walking towards her but she still couldn't move. It was there she realized she loved Seeley Booth. Not just really liked, she knew that from the beginning but she really and truly loved him. Sure, love was a chemical process which causes delusion, but something had to start that chemical process right? He was now standing only a few feet away from her. He was so close only two feet now. He stopped.

"Hi Bones!" He said as he gave her his special charm smile he saves just for special moments with her.

"Hi Booth," She said as she smiled back. They stood there looking at each other for a very long awkward moment. Brennan was wondering why her heart was pounding so fast. Booth knew why his was. She bent down and picked up both of his pants legs. Neither of his legs were prosthetic. Booth smiled as she inspected his arms and hands those weren't either. She pulled his hands around her waist and hugged him in a hug more like holding on tight than an actual hug."You're okay! Oh, thank God you're okay! I prayed everyday that you would be okay."

Her voice was muffled because she had her face buried in his shirt but he could still understand her or at least he thought he could. Did she say that she had prayed for him?

Brennan sensed his wonder, "I figured it was worth a shot." She smiled at him.

He wanted to kiss her so bad. He already had his arms around her and that was of her own doing all he had to do was lean in and put his lips on hers…..No….He couldn't that would scare her away. This past year was hard enough to live without her he couldn't take the separation any longer. Although he should have kissed her goodbye at the airport but, just like now, he didn't want to scare her away any longer than they were to be apart. He had wondered how things would have turned out if he changed little things like that during their goodbye. Like would she have stayed if he did and asked her to? Or how long would they have stood there holding hands if he hadn't have let go of hers because she was still holding on tight.

"Let me look at you!" He asked in a bad attempt to lessen the temptation.

"Later." She placed her hand on his cheek and then kissed him a first just a friendly one but it soon turned passionate as the dams holding all their emotions for each other let loose. And for a moment they forgot about everything that didn't have to do with each other. His pocket buzzed. He knew he had to answer it. Today was his first day back at work for the FBI. Their first day back at work together. He couldn't risk that. He slid his lips off hers regretfully.

"No…Please don't answer it," She begged.

"I don't want to but I have to," opens his phone, "Booth….What?...Yeah….Ok." Shuts his phone annoyed, "Guess what."

They were standing apart now. "What? A case?"

Booth took her hand in his, "Did you bring your car?"

"No, taxi." She said carefully wondering why he was asking her.

"Great then you can ride with me." He gives her his charm smile again as they began to walk in the direction that he came from.

"What happened?" she asked trying to figure out what could have bothered him.

"A body fell on the car of a mother and her son. Guess who."

"I don't know"

"Rebecca and Parker." So that's why he was walking so fast. They walk to his SUV and get in, Brennan smiling.

"What?"

"Nothing I just missed this."

"What riding in the car?" Booth asked as he backed out of the parking space and turns on his siren.

"With you. Yeah."

"Cool.", he gives her a cocky smile.

Brennan smiles and shakes her head," How's Parker?"

"Well, I saw him for a few minutes before I came to see you…I stopped by his school….. He wanted to come see you but I didn't know if you wanted to see him."

"Booth? I would have wanted to see Parker!"

"Calm down you'll see him in a few minutes. Besides you probably wouldn't have kissed me if he was there." Booth said with a smile forming across his face full of mischief.

"True. Probably not." She smiles at him.

They arrive at the scene police officers, firefighters, and an ambulance is there already.

"I thought you said it just fell onto their car." Brennan asked.

"It did. But Rebecca drove off the road in a panic."

Brennan tries not to laugh, "Oh."

He grabs her hand and they start walking towards where Parker and Rebecca are. But Parker spots his daddy first. " Daddy!" Runs to him and hugs him as if he hadn't seen him in a year.

"Hey buddy! Look who I brought with me," points at Brennan. "DR. Bones!" He takes off after her as Booth goes to Rebecca she is in hysterics. He finally reaches her and wraps his arms around her in a giant hug. Brennan picks him up and hugs him back. "! Dr. Bones! Guess what."

"Hi Parker! And what?"

"One of your skeletons fell on my car! Isn't that cool?"

"Well it's actually not m….. (She stops 'he's just a child' Booth would say) Yeah Parker. That's cool."

"It is! I missed you Dr. Bones." He hugs her tighter.

"I missed you too Parker." He gives her his small version of Booth's charm smile and Brennan couldn't help but laugh.

Booth starts peeling him off Brennan," Hey buddy go stand by your mom we have to go look at the bones."

"Ok! (Gives her on last hug and runs towards his mom) Bye Bones!"

"Bye! (They start walking towards the car) I think he likes me, Booth."

Booth: Of course he likes you; he's related to me isn't he?

Brennan starts looking at the body,"Male…. Caucasian…between 20-30 years old….time of death… looks like two days ago but I won't know…"

Booth interrupting,"until you run some tests so take it all to the Jeffersonian. I didn't forget. (Shouts) GET IT UP. ALL OF IT. AND SEND IT TO THE JEFFERSONIAN!"

The FBI team starts to work.