"Ang, Zach said you wanted to see me." Brennan said walking into Angela's office.

"Yeah sweetie, it's important." Angela replied getting to the point.

"Is it about the case?"

"No."

"Then right now I have no need to be in here." Brennan said about to walk out.

"Stop. Bren I need to talk to you." Angela said.

Brennan stood in the door way for a moment contemplating on weather to stay, "Fine, but just for a minuet."

"Okay, you are not going to like this, but someone has to tell you. You and Booth are stopping yourselves of having something wonderful!" Angela said.

"What? Angela this is really not the time to talk about mine and Booth's relationship." Brennan said.

"Yes it is, you two are just hurting yourselves by not being together."

"Booth and I are just partners."

"I know that's not true, you two are not fulling anyone with that, were just partners, crap." Angela said in a, I know it all, voice.

"I have work to be doing." Brennan said leaving. Angela was right, they were just hurting themselves, maybe there conversation wasn't pointless.


It had been a month and still Booth and Brennan were not any closer to finishing the case, only finding more bodies, the same way they found the other, one adult, one baby. With the case and everything else going on, Brennan still found her mind thinking over the conversation Angela and her had a month ago.

"Booth?" Brennan asked, they were at her apartment looking over the case file.

"Yeah Bones?"

"Why exactly did we not get back together?"

Booth looked shocked, he was not excepting her to say that, now he was giving her his full attention now, "What made you ask that Bones?"

"Angela and I were talking, and she was saying that we were hurting ourselves by not being together." Brennan replied.

"Did you tell her about our past?"

"No, that's why I was wondering."

"Bones, you know why we didn't get back together, after all, you are the one who said we shouldn't." Booth said.

"Yes, because if we were in a romantic relationship and one of us got killed on the job, it would be impossible for us to go on living our lives blaming ourselves for the death." Brennan said, "And we have to keep professional, we can't show our feelings for each other at a crime scene."

"Bones, it would be impossible for me to live if you died now, I couldn't live without you again. And for the keeping professional, we do it all the time, do you know how many times a day I just want to kiss you? A lot, but I don't and if we were involved I would not act un-professional." Booth replied taking her hand. "Temperance, there is no reason for us not to be together, so why don't we get together?"

"I. . . I don't know Booth, it could end very badly, what if one of us leaves again, what if one of us dies? I could live like that, there's just to much to risk, I'm not risking you Booth."

"Well there's to much to risk now, it's the same now. Everything you just said applies even if we are not in a relationship. Except for the leaving part, Temperance, I'm never going to leave you, I'll keep my promise that I made way back when. And I haven't broken it, you were the one to leave, so my promise still applies." Booth said giving her a smile.

"I know Booth, but you can't promise that. What if you find someone else who makes you happy, and you forget about me. I'm not going through that."

"I never stopped missing you for ten years, I never found anyone to replace you, and I never will. Temperance, I wanted to wake up and find you in my arms every day."

"I never stopped missing you."

"I know." Booth said smiling at her, Booth moved a piece of her hair from her face lovingly, and leaned in and kissed her. Brennan kissed back, Booth wrapped his hands around her waist to pull her closer. Brennan moaned and pulled her hands around his neck.

Brennan started kissing his neck, she pulled him up and lead him to her bedroom.


Brennan woke up by the beeping of her alarm clock, and rolled over to turn it off when she rolled over to find another person.

"Booth!" Brennan practically yelled.

Booth fell off of the bed. "Geez Bones! You shouldn't wake people up by yelling at them!"

"Sorry Booth, I was just shocked to find you here." Brennan said helping him back up.

"That's fine, it's not exactly like I thought it would be like waking up with you!"

Brennan giggled. "What?" Booth asked.

"Nothing." Brennan replied in between giggling.

"Bones! Tell me what your laughing at."

Brennan shook her head.

"Bones!"

Brennan finally told him, "Fine, you still have your socks on."

"Now, how is that so funny?" Booth asked smiling, as he sat on the bed.

"It just is, I didn't notice it last night, but now that you've kept them on." Brennan replied.

Booth couldn't help but not to kiss her, it had been forever since he had saw her laugh like that. Brennan kissed back, and then started laughing again.

"What is it this time?" Booth asked pulling back.

"You still have your socks on."

Booth pulled them off, "Is that better?"

"Yes." Brennan replied before pulling him in for another kiss.