Authors Note- I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. This is also my first Story so any feedback would be greatly appreciated to help me improve my writing. I wasn't happy with how Booth reacted to Brennan in The Doctor in the Photo so I wanted to create my own version. I'm not sure how long this story will be, I guess it depends on whether I've covered everything that I've wanted to before finishing.

I don't own Bones, nor do I own the characters affiliated in Bones. Although, any additional characters are of my creation.

Booths POV

I sat in my car outside of my Apartment for a while, dreading a conversation that was long time coming. Moving on is something that is so hard when you are so in love with a person, you feel the need to protect them, to care for them and to love them, Bones is the one that I do that with. Well, at least I used to, I'm distant now and I can tell that it's hurting her but she left, she ran away. She has her excuse, to think of her life and find a new discovery about cultural Anthropology, but I know her real reason. She wasn't ready and I pushed her. I pushed her so hard that she left. I needed to move on, she needed to think and that's what we did. I found Hannah and she found her feelings but it was too late because I didn't wait and she waited too long.

I slowly walked up the stairs, keeping a steady pace, taking time to gather my thoughts and process what I was about to do. I love Hannah. Do I really? Or am I just in love with the idea of loving her and the life we could have? Either way, I'm living a lie and I can't do it anymore because as much as I might hurt Hannah, I'm hurting more and she can't fix it because she's the problem.

Bones is the one. The one I think of as soon as I wake up, the one I want to drink coffee with in the morning, the one I want to send text messages to during the day, telling her how much I love her, the one I want to take out to dinner, the one I think of before I fall asleep and the one who occupies my dreams, She's the one, the one for me.

Booths Apartment

I enter my Apartment, already feeling the sweat on my brow and my legs making me feel like I might collapse any second. I walk towards the living room, spotting Hannah on the couch and making my way over to sit opposite her on the coffee table. She looks up from her laptop, giving me a small smile before lifting her laptop and placing it next to her so she is able to lean up and kiss me. I silently refuse the kiss, gently pushing back before I start to speak.

"Hannah, we need to talk" She lifts her left eyebrow slightly, tilting her head to the side and giving me a small smirk. I don't understand her response, usually those words are supposed to frighten woman and make them start thinking through things that have happened in the past few days that could've possibly made me say those words, but Hannah's smile grows and she leans forward.

"Is this about my mess? I know I leave my clothes everywhere and I'm supposed to be a woman and be all organised but you know me, always rushing. I'll make sure I clean up more often"

"No, Hannah. This is serious and I need you to listen and not interrupt" Now I see the confusion spreading across her face and I can't help but imagine how Bones would be reacting to this. She would hunch her shoulders while leaning forward, turning her head to face me, her teeth fiercely biting her bottom lip and her eyebrows raised as if she were silently asking me a question. Hannah speaks, breaking me out of my thoughts. I return my attention to Hannah, begging myself to focus on the conversation.

"Okay, Seeley, what is it?"

"When I met you in Afghanistan, I um, I was in a bad place. Not physically, but emotionally and mentally. I'd been a Soldier before and when I was asked to return, I took it as an opportunity to get away from life. Bones-" I notice Hannah's lips part of the mention of Bones' name but I continue "-and I have worked together for 6 years and I've always known that we've had sexual tension but along the way I realised I was falling in love with her. I didn't know if she returned the feelings and I didn't want to say anything because I know how fragile she is and that she wasn't ready for that so I carried on, silently loving her, continuing to care for her. Last year, before leaving for Afghanistan, Sweets told me to gamble so I told Bones how I felt and asked for a chance but she wasn't ready. She said that she couldn't change, and that she doesn't have an open heart, but she has already changed so much and has the most open and caring heart, she just didn't believe it. I told her we could still be Partners, but it hurt, it really hurt and eventually we ended up running away from each other. I went to Afghanistan and she went to the Maluku Islands. Then I met you, and you took away the pain in my heart, you gave me a good time and made me believe in the possibility of a successful relationship. When I returned to DC, the moment I saw her, the feelings that I'd been bottling up all came rushing out again. I never stopped loving her, I tried to move on and in a way, I did, but my heart is still hers and it always will be."

I can see Hannah processing everything I had said, trying to understand what I meant by it. I decided to fasten the process, making it easier for her to understand and easier for me to just say what I need to say.

"I can't be with you Hannah, not when I'm in love with someone else"

"Why did you just realise this now?"

I didn't want to tell Hannah what had just happened with Bones, what's ours is ours but Hannah needed to know, she deserved the truth and it was the only way to explain what I had just said.

"Bones told me she regrets saying no last year and that she doesn't want to have regrets. I can't hurt her Hannah, I promised her I would never leave her or hurt her. This isn't because of Bones though. I've been lying to myself, trying to convince myself that you're all I need and that we could be happy but I'm not happy and I don't want to hurt you but I have to tell the truth."

She stands up quickly, making her lose her balance for a second before regaining it and placing her hands on her hips. I can see the anger in her eyes. I didn't want to hurt her, I didn't want to hurt anyone but I had to do this and unfortunately Hannah doesn't understand this.

"So, what? I was just a fill in until Temperance could figure out how she felt? A consolation prize?"

"No, you made me happy Hannah, you helped me and you loved me and for that, I am forever grateful but you deserve someone who will love you completely and I can't do that for you." By now, I'm standing up as well, looking down at her while she avoids my gaze, instead, fixing her eyes on a picture of the Squints and myself on the shelf.

"I always knew you two had a connection, I could see and feel it every time you were together. You stare into her eyes like you understand what she's thinking just by looking at her and she does the same thing to you."

"I'm sorry Hannah, you can stay here tonight, and I'll find somewhere to go until you've packed."

She simply nodded her head and without saying a word, turned around and headed towards the bedroom. I saw her remove her suitcase from the closet and then she gently closed the bedroom door, leaving me standing behind it before picking up my keys from the coffee table and walking down to the SUV.

I drive to Bones' Apartment, but stopped when I realised that it was 3:00am and she would most likely be sleeping. I didn't want to interrupt her, the case was hard and I could tell she was exhausted so instead I check into a Hotel and go to bed as well.

I'm talking to Bones tomorrow.

I apologise for the lack of B&B but I needed to get Hannah out of the story and decided it would be best to do that now instead of later. Sorry I took so long to get this Chapter out, I wrote it ages ago but I haven't had access to a computer until now.

What will Booth say? Are Brennan's walls already built up again? Keep reading.

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