Booth and Bones return from sabbatical

by IHEARTSEELEYJBOOTH

Booth and Bones return from their separate sabbaticals with the hope and desire to finally be together but only find sadness and pain. Booth has a surprise visitor. Will they be able to make it work or will Bones return to Maluku? This is my first multi chapters, I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for taking the time to read my story.

1. Booth gets called home

Chapter 1 – Booth gets called home

Receiving a call from the Federal Prosecutor Carolyn Julian informing him that Cam, his oldest and dearest friend needed help and that arrangements have been made for his return, he did not hesitate to pack up. Booth told Hannah that he was leaving due to an emergency back home.

Hannah was a journalist that was embedded in his camp to report on the progress of the war. Booth and his men had rescued her enough to know her by her first name. She immediately took interest in Booth. Booth was the first man that she met that didn't fall at her feet and she wanted to know what his story was. She found him to be extremely attractive and didn't really care if he was already in a relationship.

Booth was in Afghanistan to train soldiers how to be snipers. He had already been there for five months when he first met Hannah. She was beautiful and if he was honest with himself she fell into what was known as his "type". Well his type before Bones of course. Bones was in a league of her own. No one could hold a candle to her. Booth was sitting under a tree thinking about home and Bones when Hannah came and sat next to him and said " You look like someone ran over your puppy soldier". Booth just snorted and asked her what did she need. He was not in the mood for company at the moment but she continued to initiate a conversation. Even during this time he kept thinking about where he went wrong with Bones. He just hoped they could still be friends and renew their partnership when they returned. He needed her in his life. He knew he would never love anyone the way he loves her.

During the two months he spent with Hannah they started a very casual no commitment relationship. Let's say friends with benefits. Whenever he talked about home, he told her about Parker his son and the squints. He talked about Bones and their work. The way he talked about Bones and the way he lit up when he thought of her, Hannah could tell there was more there and wasn't being shared. He never noticed the look of jealousy that came over her whenever he mentioned Bones.

When Booth told her he was leaving early and not completing his one year commitment, she was disappointed. She thought she had time to get his affection and gain access to his heart. To hear him talking about going home, how excited he was to be leaving she had to wonder if his precious Bones was going to be there too. She didn't want to ask, but she had to do something. She couldn't just let him go. She wasn't giving him up yet, she wanted more time. She continued to watch him pack up his footlocker and his other personal items he kept to remind him of home. That's when she noticed him remove a picture of him and Bones from under his pillow and he placed it his shirt pocket over his heart. She wondered if that's the reason they always spent time in her tent and not his.

"Seeley, what about us? What is going to happen now that your going home?" Hannah asked with a slight whine in her voice. Booth let out a sign and said " Hannah I asked you to please stop calling me Seeley, and we agreed to keep this light. I told you I wasn't ready for a relationship."

"Hey if your ever in the D.C. area look me up", he threw out there to lighten the mood. Hannah pulled him in for a passionate kiss and said she will see him one day soon. Of course Booth didn't take her comment to heart, to him this was good bye. He was on his way home. On his way to help a friend and hopefully repair whatever damage was done to his relationship with Bones.