**Disclaimer: I do not own anything with BONES or any songs in my stories. I just love Booth and Bones love story. **
Author's note: Sorry I didn't write a story after the episode but I didn't feel anything until now. That damn "present" has been eating at me, so now here it is. This is from Booth's PoV. Guess if you didn't see the episode it would be considered a Spoiler.
The Maggots in the Meathead
He arrived at home, just expecting Hannah to be there. Earlier in the day he had told her she could move in. But what he saw when he entered his apartment, it wasn't what he expected. A room full of women, two that he has/had sex with, one that always wanted to jump his bones and the one he always dreamt about making love to for seven years. They were all sitting around drinking wine (except Angela which as odd until he figured out why that was). It was nice seeing all the women in his life getting along and having " a girls night".
It was getting late, Cam and Angela left. Hannah got Booth a house welcoming gift, an old rotary phone. Hannah told him that Dr. Brennan gave her the idea for the gift. Bones started feeling uncomfortable and like a third wheel, so said good night to him and Hannah. When he walked Bones to the door, they said their "See you tomorrows" and she was gone. He had this uneasy feeling, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. He knew Bones and she wouldn't stay for dinner, so that wasn't it. But what was it. It still ate at him at dinner and through out the night.
Hannah went to bed before he did. He told her he wanted to stay up and watch the game, but that wasn't it. He wanted to figure out what was eating at him. Before she went into "their" bedroom, she kissed him on the lips and told him not to stay up too late. He sat on the couch still pondering what was making him feel so uneasy. While watching the game, he looked at the table where his "present" was sitting. Then it dawned on him, it was the phone that was making him feel this way. He was in love with Hannah, but why then was he out here sitting in the living room thinking about Bones and "her" gift. When he could be in his bed having sex with his beautiful girlfriend, but No he was in the living room alone with his thoughts. He cussed at himself, how the hell can I move on when all I think, smell, hear and see is Temperance. It was so much easier in Afghanistan. There wasn't any contact from Bones in seven months.
He looked again at the phone. He just cussed some more.
He decided that he would just go to bed, and be with Hannah to get his mind off that damn phone. Bad idea, Hannah had left the radio on when she fell asleep. He opened the door and the song coming over the radio was, "Careless Whisper" by George Michael.
"I feel so unsure
As I take your hand
And lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And your its good byes
I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whisper of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find
I'm never gonna dance
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me
PLEASE STAY
I'm never gonna dance
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Now that you've gone
Now that you've gone
Now that you've gone
Was what I did so wrong
So wrong that you had to leave me alone"
Which when he heard the song, he only had one thought and it definitely wasn't Hannah, the woman he keeps proclaiming to everyone that he "loves". It was the woman that he would never stop loving for 30, 40, 50 years that he was thinking about and her name wasn't Hannah.
He closed the bedroom door quickly and quietly hoping not to wake Hannah. He went to the liquor cabinet and grabbed his good Scotch. The same Scotch that she had drank straight from the bottle. He forgot about a glass and drank it straight from the bottle. He sat on the couch just staring at the phone and thinking about Bones.
He looked at the clock. It said a quarter after one. By this time, he had finished most of the bottle, another song popped into his hand because of the time on the clock. "Need You Now' by Lady Antebellum.
"… Another shot of whiskey can't stop looking at the door
Wish you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
I just need you now
It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now…."
He cussed at himself again some more. And stared at the phone some more, maybe it was because he was a little drunk but he got off the couch went to the phone and dialed that familiar number.
After the third ring, he realized what he was doing, hung up. Went back to the couch and fell asleep. He mumbled in his sleep, "I am supposed to be happy with Hannah, but there is only one person that has my heart."
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