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6x09 of Bones made me want to cry. :'( So, here I am, writing a little fic about hope. It's short, but it made me feel better to write, even if I'm lying to myself.
I hope you guys feel the same. Enjoy. R&R. -H.E.831
She starts to cry, her tears like crystals falling from her porcelain face. With her head hung low and her eyes wet she looks so vulnerable and so unlike herself. His heart crumbles in his chest as she professes her love to him, as she gives herself away with complete and utter honesty and irrationalism.
"I was too late," she cries, trying to stop her tears by wiping her eyes, but they just continue to flow.
He wants to say she wasn't, but he can't bring himself to lie to her. He can admit, to himself, that he still loves her. However, he still loves another. He can't bring himself to love them both, so, once again, he does not choose her.
She's his biggest regret, as is he to her. If only they had taken their chance when they first came to it. And, of course, they could not take their second chance, because life got in the way. Now, here they are, sitting in an SUV, after saving her life once again, on their third chance, and he can't stop thinking about chances, and she can't stop thinking about fate.
It is silent in the cab until he hears himself whisper, "I'm with someone," and then, "…she isn't a consolation prize. I love her."
She nods, "I know," wiping her eyes once more, "I'll learn to adjust."
"Like I did," he nods.
A ghost of a smile appears on her face, "Like you did."
"Do you want me to call someone to come and be with you," he asks, wishing he could be the one to stay with her, but his responsibilities as a lover stand in the way.
"No," she sniffles, choking on all of her still unshed tears, "I'll be fine."
When he drops her off at her apartment he waits until she is inside of the building and he can see the light from her bedroom turn on. He silently prays to every Saint he knows of to help him. He prays to them, asking them to give him and her a fourth chance, and to make that fourth chance the one.
When he arrives home, Seeley Booth kisses his girlfriend, Hannah, on the lips, faking a smile, wishing he didn't have such a sick feeling in his stomach.
Across town Temperance Brennan cries herself to sleep, hoping that one day everything will be okay, and that she and him will, one day, get a fourth chance.
I hope you liked it. Review, please! -H.E.831