A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I got a review that made me think if I should abandon this story. You know how that goes. But, I am writing another chapter, and would love it if you reviewed!
Disclaimer: I forgot to do this. I don't own Bones
Chapter 2
At first I didn't notice that Jack left. I was too engrossed with watching the way Bren still reacted to Booth, even while he was sleeping. Sure she was pretending that she was working hard on her book, but every few seconds she looked up again at Booth's sleeping form, as if she hoped that he would wake up again, and he would magically say, "I remember you!" So far, that hadn't happened. That didn't stop her, or me, or even the whole team from keeping on hoping that it would. Brennan looked up at me, and said, "Ange, have you seen Hodgins? He said he had to go to the bathroom, and that was more than twenty minutes ago." I shook my head.
"I thought he had already left. It is my shift." I said. Bren rolled her eyes, and I grinned. She hated us always being there, because she said she was a grown woman, and if she wanted to stay all night in the hospital, she had the right to. That's when we all rolled our eyes, and stayed anyway. "I gonna go look for him," I said, "don't go anywhere, OK?" She glared at me, but nodded. I walked down the hallway, hoping that on the way I would meet him, and that would save the awkwardness of pushing the bathroom door in, just to figure out that he wasn't in there, and there would be some fifty something men staring at me. Yeah, I was so hoping that he would be on the way back from the bathroom. About half-way down the hall I saw a nurse, and hoped she had at least seen Hodgins leave, or go into the bathroom. "Excuse me ma'am." I said, calling over to her. She stopped what she was doing, and came over to me.
"Yes?" she asked rather wearyingly.
"Have you seen a man, grouchy look on his face heading for the bathroom?" I asked. Hmm, maybe that was a vague description. I opened my mouth to give a better description, but the nurse had already started to speak
"Grouchy look on his face, you say?"She said. I nodded. "Yeah, I saw a guy with a grouchy, sort of sad look on his face."
"Great! So where?" I asked.
"He was going into the chapel." She said. The chapel? Sure Hodgins had believed in God, but I thought he had stopped years ago! I shook my head.
"Thanks." I told the nurse. She nodded, and continued on her way. I walked to the chapel door, and opened as quietly as I could. Then I stood as close to the door as possible, looking all around the chapel. There he was, in a pew, on his knees, praying. The look on his face tells me exactly what he is praying about, and I can't hold back the tears. I try to not cry so loud, but Jack hears me anyway. "Hi Jack. I saw you weren't in the room, so I went looking for you. A nurse told me where to find you. I never expected to find you here." I said
"Yeah, I guess last resorts will make you do anything." He said, in a tone I had only heard him use once before. He pats the seat next to him, and I can think of nothing better to do then to rest my head on his shoulder, so I sit. He looks up to the sky with a thoughtful look on his face.
"What are thinking about?" I ask. He hesitates before answering.
"...God, I guess. I was asking Him to get Booth to remember Dr. Brennan." He said. "Silly, I know, but... you never know." He looked down at his feet. I touch his cheek, where tears were rolling down.
"Can you add my same prayer to yours?" I asked. He nodded. As he looked to the ceiling again, I couldn't help but hope that God would come through for us.
A/N: This may not be what you were hoping for. It morphed as I wrote it into this. If you have any requests for the next POV, I am always waiting for your opinion. Sorry if the future/present/past tense changed from chapter one to two. I have a problem with that. PLEASE REVIEW!
