Hey, sorry it took me so long. I couldn't think of where this was going but I've got it figured out for a while. ;-) I also had exams last week and not a lot of time to write. Thanks for reading last chapter and for the reviews! Now on to the first chapter of 2007!
"Bones…," Booth's voice cracked as the silent tears fell down his face.
Temperance could feel the shaking of his chest as she gripped him tightly. Tears burned at the back of her eyes. She squeezed them firmly shut to prevent their escape.
"I don't wanna not be able to see…," he let a sob escape from his throat. His hand searched the air blindly for her.
She caught it leading him to her face.
He smiled slightly. "I wanna see your face, again."
The tears ran down her cheeks now, pooling into his palm.
She rested her forehead against his, trying to control her emotions.
Glancing around the room, Tempe saw the doctors had left the two alone.
She leaned in closer to him, so close, in fact, their breaths mingled into one. Their lips brushed one another briefly before a shout sprang the two apart.
"Daddy!" The cry came from the small figure standing in the doorway, closely shadowed by another.
Parker Booth ran to his father's bedside, tears of joy on his face.
Temperence lifted him onto the bed in her place, guiding Booth's hands to the young boy's shoulders. She squeezed his arm reassuringly before giving the two privacy.
Walking over to Andrew, he gave her a small smile. With his hands firmly in his pocket, he admired his shoe intensely.
"Sorry to interrupt," he mumbled, his checks growing red.
She lifted his chin so he would look her in the eyes.
"It's alright. Parker needs time with his father," she said reassuringly before walking past him and down the hall.
Angela looked up at her as she entered the waiting room. She smiled at her best friend, noticing her hand clutching Hodgins's tightly.
"Sweetie?" There was a question in Angela's voice as she halfway rose from her chair.
"Don't worry, Ange. Please, sit," Tempe said collapsing on Hodgins's other side. She buried her face in her hands trying to remember to breathe. Hodgins rubbed her back, soothing her as she cried.
Angela got to her feet coming to sit beside her. "Oh, sweetie!" she said, her voice barely audible. She wrapped her arms around Brennan's small frame and let her cry into her shoulder.
"It's so unfair, Ange!" she mumbled into the silk of Angela's blouse.
"I know, honey, I know," Ange replied, squeezing her tight.
Temperance pulled away, sniffling. If there were one thing Brennan prided herself on, it was her self control, and yet, she found herself crying often.
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The cold air stung at the man's face as he ran. Covered from head to toe in all black, he had the perfect cover in the dark of night.
Hunching down and out of sight, he began to crawl his way towards the window. The branches and leaves of the bushes scrapped and clawed at him. Blood trickled down his hands and face where the sharp branches had cut his exposed skin. He chuckled, sucking the blood from his finger.
As he reached just underneath the windowsill, the bright hospital lights momentarily blinded him before his vision cleared and he saw her.
She was slumped over, head in hands, being comforted by the artist. The bug man came soon after offering the two women cups of, what he assumed, was coffee.
The night stalker smiled as he took out his camera, snapping a shot of the scene. If he was to do this right, he must find the opportune location.
'For it to go as planned,' he thought to himself as he lifted the sniper-rifle so he could gaze into the scope. "Temperance Brennan must die!" he let the whisper be carried away in the nightly breeze.
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Hum…..man with gun aka night stalker as he will be referred to for a while till you find out his name…..who is he? What does he want with Brennan? Don't know, ok yes I do, but I'm not telling you, sorry. Thanks for reading and please keep it up! Reviews make me happy!