A/N: Oh my God wow! thank you so much for all your wonderful feedback :D I cannot believe my story was so popular - I hope this chapter lives up to the last one
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Chapter 2
Hannah had spent the evening in what could only be described as a trance. Temperance's words kept circling in her mind. He was shot! Dead! She had tried to make sense of it but had failed, so in the end at 1am she gave up on waiting for Seeley to come home and explain. She went to bed, hoping that a good night's sleep would make things clearer, unfortunately they didn't and she was still awake at 2:47am when the apartment door clicked open signalling Seeley's return, she listened carefully to the sounds of the apartment, expecting him to slip into the room and silently climb into bed next to her but he didn't. Instead she heard him cross the den and enter the kitchen, the telltale click signalled him opening the refrigerator and popping a beer open. Hannah knew that for him to be drinking alone at this hour he must have something on his mind so she slipped from the bed and watched as he flopped onto the couch and pulled out his cell phone, hitting a number in the speed dial. The calm of the apartment building meant Hannah could faintly here the phone ringing and a 'hello' as it was answered.
"Hey Bones, it's me, I'm back at the apartment now. Are you ok?"
"Yes Booth, I am fine. I just found that after earlier I wanted to know that you were safe."
"Well I am Bones, I wish you had agreed to come and stay here tonight, that way I could have kept an eye on you!"
"That's not necessary Booth, my reaction earlier was merely a psychosomatic response to the memory of a traumatic event"
"Be that as it may Bones, on Monday we are going to see Sweets" He cut her off before she could argue "And don't tell me you don't believe in psychology, because I know you don't but he needs to know what he's done to you and he needs to explain and apologise. If he had just told you I was ok and that my death was a covert op then tonight wouldn't of happened."
"You cannot be sure of that Booth"
"I think I can Bones, now promise me you will try and get some sleep ok, if you need me just call" He paused for a second sighing "Goodnight Bones"
"Goodnight Booth"
Both remained on the line unwilling to be the first to hang up, after a full minute of silence Brennan spoke.
"Booth, would you stay on the phone until I fall asleep? I feel more comfortable knowing you're there"
"Of course Bones"
Sighing Hannah watched the scene and a little sadly she slipped back to bed unnoticed.
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The next morning Hannah wasn't surprised when she found she woke up alone, pulling on a pair of sweat pants she made her way through the den, where Seeley was fast asleep on the couch and into the kitchen. She flicked on the coffee pot and grabbed some bread from the bread bin, dropping 4 slices into the toaster.
She moved back to the den a few minutes later and placed two steaming cups and the plate of toast with Jelly on the coffee table. She gave a sad sigh but knew that she had to have this conversation.
"Hey wakey wakey" She nudged the sleeping form of her lover who stirred and struggled for a few seconds to focus on her,
"Oh God, I fell asleep on the couch! I'm so sorry!"
Hannah shook her head, handed him the steaming cup and grabbed herself a slice of the toast.
"It's ok, Temperance needed you! Now what happened last night"
Taking a deep breath Booth pushed himself to a sitting position and began the painful process of explaining to Hannah what had caused Brennan's emotional breakdown,
"...So after that night she never listened to that song again, I think when it came on last night it just broke her resolve to compartmentalise the pain and she snapped"
Having listened intently to the story Hannah sighed, knowing what she had to do.
"You need to be with her Seeley," She said simply.
"She told me last night that she didn't want us to fuss over her, she is embarrassed that she broke down in front of us last night"
"No Seeley, I mean you need to be with her, you love her and she loves you, I saw it last night. You deserve to be together!" Seeley jumped in shock at Hannah's frank statement and automatically tried to argue with her, she placed her finger to his lips to silence him.
"Please, don't argue with me, I know you're going to say and I do believe you when you say you love me, but you don't love me like you love Temperance and I'm not angry because I saw it in her eyes last night and I could never love you like she does. So please Seeley, give yourself that chance and be happy, go and see Temperance and tell her, I'll pack my things and be gone when you get home." She kissed him tenderly once on the lips "Goodbye Seeley, thank you for a great few month. I won't ever forget you"
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A/N: I Hope everyone enjoyed - Looks like there will be more to come my muse appears to have woken up :D
