Catching up with Reality
Bones Fanfic- I don't own em'. Sure wish I did.
Post Hero in the Hold. Reality finally catches up with Brennan….does she run?
Brennan/Booth (DUH!)
I want to thank everyone for the awesome reviews for the first chapter. This is my first Bones fic and it really means a lot. Hope you enjoy the rest of this story.
Booth's POV
I look at the simple white envelope in my hands. I close my eyes and think back to that day on the helicopter. I remember hearing her yell for me to get in. I remember looking back one last time to make sure that Teddy was really gone. I remember her pulling me into her arms. She held onto me as if our lives depended on it. I remember feeling the sobs as the ripped through her body. It was in that moment I couldn't tell where she began and I ended.
I slowly open my eyes. Sweets and Agent Perrota are staring at me. Sweets has a look of total disbelief, while Agent Perrota looks confused. Cam, Hodgins and Angela all give me a knowing smile of encouragement.
"So Agent Booth, do you know what's in the envelope?"
Oh Sweets! You had to go and ruin my warm fuzzy moment with psychology. I do not give him a response, verbal or otherwise.
"I Do."
I look at Hodgins. For the first time since calling off their wedding, he and Angela share a meaningful and knowing look.
"Come on Jack. Lets show Agent Blo…Perrota the place we call Limbo"
The three exit the platform leaving Cam, Sweets and myself gathered around the table.
"Well I think I'll head back to my office."
Cam gives me a pat on the shoulder and makes her way to the steps.
"Mind if I join you?"
Cam nods her head yes and Sweets follows her to her office.
So here I am. Standing on the platform holding Bones' "Reality" in my hands.
I slowly lift the flap of the envelope. Inside I see what appears to be a page torn out of a book. I instantly recognize the page and what book it is from. I see the very familiar dedication bearing my name. I can't help but smile.
"The back Agent Booth. I think what you are looking for is on the back."
I jump slightly at the sound of Clark Edison's voice. I had forgotten that he was still on the platform. I give him a nod and turn the page over. It is there I find Bones' "Reality".
I carefully read the words. I can tell that they were written with a sense of urgency. Some of them have been smeared by what I assume were her tears. It's in that moment I realize when she wrote this. I remember the puff of dirt coming from a larger pile of dirt. I remember pulling her out of the dirt making sure she was in fact truly alive. I remember holding on to her like there was no tomorrow all the while trying to quell the sobs that insisted on ripping through my body.
I look at the words again, reading them for what feels like the hundredth time.
S-
I love you. I don't know when it happened, or why for that
matter, but it did and for that I am happy. I hate that I am
having to tell you this way. It seems so unfair. I can't
begin to thank you for everything you have given me
over the years. I could make a list, but I don't know if
I have that much time. I will thank you for giving me the
strength to find home. You were right when you told me
that there was more than one type of family. You were…
no are…you are my family. Know that I love you Seely Booth,
alpha male tendencies and all, and know that I will continue
to love you.
If you are reading this, I have either died as a result of the
Gravedigger, or my reality has finally caught up with me.
Either way know that everything I have spoken of is true.
I love you,
Your Bones
I place the page back in the simple white envelope. I make my way out of the lab undetected. It's a beautiful early spring day and I simply see no use in wasting it.