Ok, so I decided to do another chapter because I got more reviews saying I should continue than I expected. When I was starting to write this, I was going for some fluffy B&B ending, but as I was writing, it went in it's own direction. That means it might be a little sad for a while, but it also means there will be a few more chapters. Not too long though. Please please review. It is my sole motivator. I hope you enjoy :D

I don't own Bones…darn.

"Hannah."

"Seeley. What's going on?"

Booth stood, staring at his girlfriend. There was no right way to explain this. He was literally speechless, and she was waiting for an answer.

He ran his hand over face and sighed. "Hannah, look-"

"You love her?"

He dropped his head, feeling ashamed. He wasn't cheating, not literally. It was more of an emotional thing. But he felt just as bad.

"Yeah." He just barely whispered. He raised his head in time to see her nodding.

"But you love me too?"

"Yes, Hannah." He took a cautious step towards her. "I do love you."

She sighed. "What happened?"

He groaned. It was a long story, but she deserved to hear it. He led her to the couch and they sat down facing each other. Booth took her hand as he began his story. "Bones and I met about six years ago. We didn't work together very well at first, but there was a…connection I guess, outside of work. We kissed after we solved our first case. We were drunk, and I was about to go home with her, but she said no. I was a little hurt, there was something about her, but I let her go. We didn't see each other for another year. Then I convinced her to work with me again, and we were partners. It was a little slow at first, but we got…close. We spent so much time together, it was almost natural. And then we got in all those…situations. We have saved each other lives so many times. Then she started to trust me. Bones isn't a very open person, but I started to get through. And she was my best friend. We started spending time outside of work together too." He took a deep breath, gauging her reactions. He saw nothing. Just like Bones. "During my coma, I had this dream. Me and Bones, we were in love, married. And she was going to have our child." The memory made it hard to hold back smile. "When I woke up, I was a little confused, but I talked to Cam, and even Sweets about it, and then I knew. I was in love with Bones. A little bit before I got shipped out to Afghanistan, I asked Bones to give us a chance. She said no. She said that she couldn't change, that she didn't have an open heart. I tried my best to accept it, and I told her I had to move on." Regret colored his words. "I was hurt. Really hurt, but I told myself that she didn't want me, and that I needed to find happiness. Then she got offered the job in Maluku. Then the Army found me. I wasn't gonna go, but Bones accepted, and I needed something to do. I couldn't go a year without her, especially with a new forensic anthropologist. So I left too. Then I met you." He smiled at her at the last words.

He was trying to fix things, but in that speech, something had changed. He realized he and Brennan had so much more history than he and Hannah. He and Brennan were best friends. He didn't even have that with Hannah. He had something much deeper with Brennan, something he wasn't capable of having with anyone else. But Brennan had already said she didn't want what he wanted, and now he had found someone who did. That's what he wanted right? But was it worth losing his best friend, his true love, in an attempt to be happy with someone who could never be her.

Damn it Seeley. You messed up.

"Did you say you loved her?"

"What?" he pulled himself from his thoughts.

"Did you tell her that you love her?"

"I…no. No, I didn't."

She shook her head. "I'm not gonna lie Seeley. I'm upset and I'm hurt, but I'm not really mad."

"Hannah, what are you talking about?"

"You made a mistake. You don't belong with me." He started to talk, but she continued "You say you love me, and I believe that, but it will never be in the way you love Temperance. And I couldn't live with myself if I was the one that split up two people so…perfect for each other." She choked on her words and started to sob.

"Hannah, no, I-"

She held her hand up to stop him. "Stop it. I'm okay Seeley. Well no, I'm not, but you have to go. You two belong with each other."

He just stared at her. How could he have done this to such a wonderful woman? She just found out that her boyfriend was in love with someone else, and now she was telling him to go. He didn't want to hurt her, but there was no way he was going to leave Brennan again. She was giving him an out. A respectful out, on both of their parts, and he needed to take it.

"Hannah." He stood up pulling her with him. His arms wrapped around her. "Thank you and I'm sorry."

She pulled away from him; her eyes were red from the tears. She smiled weakly at him and he took that as his queue to leave.

He made his way to Brennan's apartment. It was one A.M., but he really didn't care. It took him too long to realize his mistake and he needed to fix it. Now.

He pulled into her apartment building parking and carefully put his SUV in a spot. Pausing for a moment, he took a breath. What was he supposed to say? There was no way she was going to give him another chance. Not with how much he had hurt her. But he had to try.

He walked up to her apartment and knocked heavily, making sure she would be awake. A few seconds later, Brennan answered her door. The sleep disappeared from her eyes as soon as she who was standing at her door.

"Booth?" she looked at him. His head was low and he looked…sad. "What are you doing here?"

"Hannah broke up with me." There was so much more to the story, but there wasn't time for that.

Happiness, hope, and relief swelled inside her. But anger flashed through her too. Who did he think he was? He thinks that he can leave her, come back with a new girlfriend, break her heart, and expect her to be there for him when his precious girlfriend left him? No. That wasn't going to happen.

"I'm sorry Booth. We can talk about it in the morning." It broke her heart to say that to him. All she wanted to do was be with him, to love him, to let him love her. But he had hurt her, in a way nobody before had, and she couldn't totally trust him like she had before.

He slipped his foot across the threshold, stopping the door from closing. "Bones, please. I need to talk to you." He begged.

She sighed and looked at him again. He looked so dejected and hurt. She walked away from the door letting him follow her. She sat down on her couch, but didn't invite him to do the same, so he stood in his place, a few feet from her.

"What Booth?"

"Bones, I messed up. I made a huge mistake."

"What do you mean?"

"I love you. I love you so much Bones. I never told you that. I don't know if it would have really made a difference, but you should have known. And I shouldn't have let you walk away so easily. And I shouldn't have said I would move on. And I shouldn't have let you go to Maluku. I shouldn't have gone to Afghanistan. And I defiantly shouldn't have fallen in love with Hannah. I made so many mistakes and I'm sorry Bones. You have no idea how much I am sorry."

She stared at him, contemplating what she should say. Booth looked back at her. "I accept your apology Booth."

"Great ,Bones. We can start over." His eyes sparkled and his words cut off hers.

"No Booth." The happiness in his eyes vanished immediately. "I accept your apology, and I believe you are sorry, but…you hurt me and you broke your promise. I have been hurt before Booth, but…you mean so much to me. I have never let anyone in as much as you. And you promised you'd never leave me. Physically you are here, but I haven't seen you outside of work in months, you don't call anymore, you come around the lab only when pertinent to our cases. You were always so good at reading me Booth. But when I really needed it, when I actually wanted your help, you didn't care. You left me, alone. I finally get it Booth. I understand my emotions now. And I understand that by letting you in as much as I did, you hurt me more than anyone else ever has."

His gut wrenched at her words. Brennan finally had a grasp on her emotions, and it happened to be when he broke her heart.

He moved closer to her, but didn't sit down. "I know Bones. You're right. And I'm sorry. I was hurting. I thought I loved Hannah, but even that is not an excuse for what I did. But I'm here now Bones. I'm here and I love you. Please, Bones, please?" He moved to kneel in front of the couch.

She wrapped her arms around herself and looked down. "I love you too Booth. But I can't do it. I…I don't know if I can trust you like before. I'm sorry."

He stood, his heart broken. His voice was weak when he spoke. "Alright Bones. I understand. But I want you to know, I'm yours. Always. You'll see. You can trust me again and I won't ever break my promise. I swear." He turned to leave. He was pulling the door closed when he heard he small voice from the living room.

"Wait. Don't leave." She was looking at him. The vulnerability and hurt in her eyes was like a knife to his heart. He walked back into her apartment and took a seat in the chair across from her.

"Whatever you want Bones. Anything."