I was at the lab with Hodgins, he had stayed late to work on a case and I had stayed to keep him company, besides he was my ride home.
Hodgins was sitting at his computer, inputting some data about different minerals he had found on the victims clothing and I was sitting next to him sketching a picture that I intended to give to Bren. I was so immersed in what I was doing it took me a few minutes to realise my phone was vibrating on the table. I put down my sketchbook and picked up my phone. I looked at the caller id, Booth. What was Booth calling me for at this time of night?
"Hello." I asked into the speaker, nervous at was coming.
"Angela, it's, it's Bones, she's, she's in the hospital."
"What?" He sounded like he had been crying.
"Booth, she's okay right?" Oh god I hope she's okay.
"Angela, you'd better get here fast. The doc says that she might not have much time." On some subconscious level I could tell that he was beginning to cry but the phone fell out of my hand and I just froze. The next thing I realised was that I was sitting in Hodgins car in front of the hospital and he was waving a hand in front my face.
"Honey, time to go in."
"I'm so scared."
"I am too but she's strong, she will fight this! We don't even know what is wrong yet."
I just sat there silently; I couldn't speak even if I wanted to. He pulled me into an embrace and I just let the tears fall. After what felt like a very long time we entered the hospital and approached the desk.
"Excuse me; I'm looking for my friend's room"
"What's the patient's name?" The receptionist never once looked up from the screen.
"Temperance Brennan."
"I'm sorry, only immediate family is aloud in with her right now."
"What do you mean immediate family only? I just received a phone call from her partner who asked me to come and you are telling me to just leave without seeing her!" By now I was yelling but at least she was paying attention to me and not her stupid computer. Before she had a chance to reply the elevator bell dinged announcing it's arrival and Booth walked out.
"Angela, Hodgins, thank God you guys are here." He looked like his world had just collapsed and I saw the fear in his eyes. It was a fear I had never witnessed from him before and one that I didn't want to see again. It was the fear of losing a loved one. My legs buckled and I hit the ground.
"Oh God! No! No, she has to be okay."
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I walked out of the elevator to see Angela harassing the receptionist; Hodgins was standing at her side watching the scene unfold. As I approached them Angela was staring at me. Thank God they were finally here; I was just about to go outside to call Hodgins to see where they were. I had spoken to him immediately after Angela, apparently she had gone into a state of shock and dropped the phone, which at least explained the loud clanging noise I heard. I told him to get here as fast as possible.
"Angela, Hodgins, thank God you guys are here."
Angela's eyes went wide and she fell to her knees, "Oh God! No! No, she has to be okay."
"No, nothing else has changed since I called you. She is upstairs in a private room, come on I'll take you up."
Angela looked slightly relieved; she stood up with some help from Hodgins. After Angela sent the receptionist a death glare they both followed me without another word. When we had reached Bones' door Hodgins stopped.
"Hodgins?" I shot him a questioning glance.
"I'm sorry. I don't want to see her like this. I will just go find a coffee machine, you guys want anything?"
"No, I'm good thanks."
Angela just shook her head. He took her hand in his and then kissed her.
"I will be in the waiting room if you need me. I'm really sorry Ange."
With that he walked away. Once he turned the corner and was out of sight Angela and I entered the room. Angela took a deep breath at the sight of her friend surrounded by countless wires and machines. She walked straight up to the bedside, pulled up the chair I had previously occupied and took a hold of Bones' right hand. I found another chair that was lying about and took Bones' left hand. We sat like that all night, I only got up when an alarm started to beep rapidly and the doctors came rushing in…
To be continued…