Chapter 2: All because of a message in a bottle

A/N: I am so sorry that I took so long to update! Also I am a little sad that not many people are reviewing my story! Come on people, I know you like it because it has gotten tons of story alerts and it has been added to a lot of people's favorite stories! I want to thank Hodgins' favorite squint because if it wasn't for her great feed back I would have abandoned this story.

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"I love you too Bones, I have always loved you and I always will" Booth said while holding her and placing a kiss on the top of her forehead.

"I know Booth, it's irrational to know that you love someone the first time you laid eyes on them, but….I know."

He pulled her in closer and kissed her on the lips gently before pulling away. "whatever you want to believe Bones. Whatever you want to believe". he said with a smile.

Brennan smiled back and rested her head on his chest, right above his heart while he stroked her hair.

"Bones, can I ask you a question?" Booth asked in a serious voice.

"Of course."

Booth sat up and lifted Brennan's chin up with his finger so that their eyes met before he asked the question that he so badly needed the answer to.

"What made you change your mind about wanting to be with me?" Booth asked with interest in his eyes.

"It's a long story" she said nuzzling her head back against his chest.

"We have time. Please Bones, tell me. Please?"

The pleading in his voice was too much for her to bare so she gave in to what he wanted.

"Alright Booth, but you have to promise me that you will not laugh or tell me that I am crazy?" she warned him.

"I promise." he said

"That is what you said before when I told you the story of the boy I had a crush on in high school and how he gave me Brainy Smurf for secret Santa. You laughed" She said with a pout.

"Bones, I promise that I will not laugh or call you crazy because whatever made you change your mind about us brought us together and that is all I ever wanted". He said with love in his eyes.

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Six months ago- Indonesian jungle

It was November 20,2010 and Brennan hadn't written to Booth since she arrived to the Maluku islands. She couldn't take it anymore so she decided to sit beside the water and write to him to tell him that she was okay. Brennan received 184 letters from Booth. Brennan didn't respond to any of them. It wasn't that she didn't want to, it was more the fact that it was too painful and she so badly needed the year apart so she could gain perspective of their relationship. Before she left, she told Booth he could write if he wanted, but she couldn't promise him that she would write him back because she needed the time to 'clear her head' as Booth put it. He wrote her every day for the last six months. Brennan felt so guilty and just couldn't stand not talking to him so there she sat under a shaded tree near the water and began to write her letter.

Dear Booth,

I know that I told you that I wasn't going to write to you because I needed this year apart to gain perspective of our relationship, but I just couldn't stand…..

That is when she spotted it; At first it looked like a beer bottle that was discarded by a reckless person, but when Brennan neared it she noticed something very odd about it.

A message in a bottle ? No it couldn't be she thought.

But when Brennan popped the cork out of the bottle and pulled the piece of paper from it, she discovered that it wasn't only indeed a message in a bottle, but that it was a love letter. The letter was dated March 14,2009.

Dear my sweet Jillian,

The other night I dreamt of you, You were beautiful. You were standing on the beach in your favorite red bathing suit staring at the ocean with your long black wavy hair blowing in the summer's wind. I walked over to you and placed my arms around your waist, kissing down your neck. Then out of nowhere I was kissing nothing. You were gone and I was alone. I then closed my eyes and when I opened them I was in that hospital room. You were asleep in bed. You no longer had your beautiful long wavy black hair; instead you wore a colorful scarf. Then the machines started beeping and you were gone. When I awoke I remembered that, that wasn't a dream but the harsh reality of what had happened on June 3,2002. Even though it has been almost seven years since the day you left me, I can't forget about you. I don't want to. I will never move on my dear Jillian because you are the one that made me realize the true definition of love. You made me see that love is when you love that person so much that they are always the first person you think about in the morning, the last person you think about at night, the only person you want to be around , and the one person in this world that you would never change because they are perfect in your eyes. You were and will always be all of those things and so much more. My heart will forever be with you in Heaven.

Your love forever,

Dexter

When Brennan finished reading the letter, her eyes were filled with tears. That man loved that women even after seven years had past since the day she died. Would that be Booth? Would he never move on? Would he rather be alone for the rest of his life instead of not having a life with me? She didn't want to find out. She was going to tell him that she wanted to be with him forever. She then asked herself: Is Booth the first person I think about in the morning? Is Booth the last person I think about at night? Is Booth the only person I ever want to be around? And is Booth the one person in this world that I would never want to change because he is perfect in my eyes? Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes.

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Booth just lied there speechless. He couldn't believe that it took a message in a bottle for her to realize that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. He was absolutely speechless.

"Booth, please say something?"

Nothing

"Booth, please?" she pleaded.