A/N: Yes I know my last chapter was short, but aren't you happy for another chapter? I could ramble on here, but alas! the story must go on.
Disclaimer: I humbly acknowledge that I have no rights to Bones or any of its characters.
Chapter 2: Everything's Changed
"Sully?" repeated Booth, coming up behind Brennan. "Well I'll be goddamned."
"Welcome back Sully," said Angela.
"Yeah, welcome back," agreed Hodgins. "When did you get back?"
"Last night," replied Sully. He turned to Zack and Cam. "Hi Zack, Cam. I don't mean to be rude but, who are you?" he asked, nodding to the girl next to Zack.
"Oh, I'm sorry,' she said, holding out her hand. "I'm Emma. My brother's told me about you."
"And your brother is…?"
"Seeley. I'm Emma Booth." Brennan came to her senses and finally spoke.
"Emma's the new Angela…in a way. She wants to be a forensic artist," said Brennan quickly. "And…welcome back."
"Thanks Tempe," Sully replied. "Listen, could I talk to you for a sec?" Brennan nodded and started to follow Sully out the door, but Booth stopped her and smiled. She smiled back and shut the door behind her.
"How come you didn't call me?" she asked him.
"From the Caribbean? There was no way," he said.
"No, I mean when you got back, or this morning. You just had to come in and surprise me, when you know I don't like surprises."
"Look, Tempe. I came here to tell you that I was back and…" Sully stepped forward and put his hands on Brennan's shoulders "I want things to back to how they were before I left." Brennan stepped back.
"Sully…" she said softly. "They can't. Everything's changed. Angela and Hodgins are married and I moved on Sully! I'm getting married too. I never thought I would, but I found someone who I would sail away with." Sully looked pained as Brennan held out her left hand and he examined the ring. "I moved on."
"Who is he?" he asked in a strained voice.
"Booth," she whispered. "I'm marrying Booth." As if on cue, Booth stepped out of Brennan's office.
"Is everything alright?" he asked. "We could hear you inside."
"So Booth," said Sully, suddenly changing his mood. "I heard you and Brennan are getting married."
"Yeah. I would've thought you'd be upset about that."
"Why would I be upset about that?"
"Well, you know, you kind of seemed like you wanted to marry her."
"Believe me, I did and still do."
"You didn't do anything about it."
"You waited two years to ask her out!"
"'Her' is still here you know!" Brennan interrupted. Sully and Booth ignored her and she went back into her office.
"Sweetie, what's wrong?" asked Angela, noticing her friend's tears.
"I told Sully about Booth…" she whispered. "And they started fighting. I tried to stop it."
"I'm guessing that this Sully and you were once in a relationship, right?" asked Emma. "And then Sully goes away, Seeley proposes, you accept, Sully comes back and wants you back too." Angela smiled.
"I've trained you well Emma," she said.
"Wait, you're supposed to be teaching her to be a forensic artist," said Cam.
"Well what do you think we do in our down time?" Brennan laughed.
"Yeah, that's pretty much what happened, Emma," she said.
"Ems, we should probably stay out of this," said Zack, speaking for the first time.
"Unless you know another way out of this office, you can't really stay out of it Zack."
"Good point." The room fell into silence except for the sounds of Booth and Sully arguing outside.
"Why can't you just accept that Bones moved on Sully?"
"Moved on? Knowing her it was all just a rebound!" All eyes turned to Brennan and they watched the tears silently but freely roll down her face.
"Rebound? Rebound?? How can you say that Sully? I kept the two-week rule, heck I waited a month and half after you left to ask her out."
"And it took us that long to regain our hearing after that first date…" muttered Brennan while looking at Angela's reddened face.
"Sweetie…" Angela pulled her friend close and Emma buried her face into Zack's shoulder.
A/N: Wow. Tense…I honestly did not expect that. Oh well, please review!!! Oh and do you think I should bring Goodman into this? I mentioned him in the first chapter but what do you think?