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Chapter 3

On the car ride back, Booth had been to distracted by the fact that the victim had gone to the same school as Parker, and by the road to focus on her strange behavior. She was glad for the distraction actually, it gave her something else to focus on. Booth invited her back to his place, so that they could eat. He had already picked up the Chinese food, and it was in the back seat.

Brennan's stomach growled several times, she hadn't really felt much like eating... at all today. She had only had a few cups of coffee at the diner before they had to leave to check out the crime scene. This was the first time she had thought about food since yesterday. It was making her kind of happy to be with Booth, if she had gone home she probably would have gone the whole day without eating.

She groaned as her stomach growled for what must have been, the 10th time that night.

"Hungry Bones?" Booth asked, chuckling.

"Yes, very."

"Well, we can dig in as soon as this light turns green..." He said. She was sure they had been stuck at the light for five minutes.

Outside, the rain poured down from the clouds. It was a real storm outside, rain spattered the windshield roughly, even though they were at a stop. But she wasn't very distracted when a sharp pain poked her at her back. She took a deep breath, and tried to sit up straight. Hopefully booth wouldn't notice her discomfort. That would only lead to more questions. More unwanted questions. She shifted uncomfortably in the passenger seat, as he finally pulled into his parking spot outside his apartment.

"Okay, I'll grab the food, and you make a run for it!" he said, as he quickly opened his door and got out to grab the food from the backseat. Brennan opened her door and ran to the small door that lead to his apartment. She opened it and stood inside, looking at Booth run through the rain to bring the food. When he got inside, he was nearly soaked. His hair and face were dripping wet, which was a slightly cute sight to see. Brennan halfheartedly giggled at his foolish appearance as they made their way up the stairs. He turned his key in the knob and opened the door, stepping inside the dark room. Brennan flipped the light switch, and was relieved beyond belief when the lights came on.

Booth set the Chinese food down on the counter, and took off his jacket. He hung it on the back of a chair, and started to open the little white boxes that contained their dinner.

"Come on Bones, let's eat!" He said rubbing his hands together with enthusiasm.

She grabbed a few scoops of rice, and vegetable lo-mien, and sat down on his couch. Booth soon joined her, and turned on the TV.

"Look, were just in time for Thursday night football," He said, nudging her with his elbow.

"I never really understood this game," She said, more focused on her food that the sport game.

"Well it's simple really, one team goes to the..." Brennan didn't mean to, but she tuned him out. How could she focus on something as frivolous as a sport with all that was going on? After she had had a large amount of food, she leaned backwards. But the sharp pain returned worse than before, and she sat up quickly to avoid it. Booth gave her a strange look as she got up off of the couch.

"I'm going to go use the bathroom," She stated.

"Sure, go ahead."

Brennan walked briskly down the hall to his bathroom. She opened the door and turned on the light. Stepping inside, she took off her jacket and looked at herself in the mirror. She turned around, only to find that a large amount of blood was seeping through the back of her shirt. She took the edge of her shirt up with a shaky hand, and looked at her back.

She couldn't hold in the scream that escaped her mouth when she saw what had happened.

{ L i n e b r e a k }

Pittsburgh was just about to score a touchdown when Booth heard a blood curdling scream from where Brennan had gone. Booth dropped his plate at the sudden sound. He stood up and ran towards the bathroom.

"Bones!" He yelled, knocking on the door frantically. He twisted the knob, and opened the door. What he saw was not what he was expecting. Brennan, was hunched over the sink, sobbing. The lower half of her shirt had been rolled up, and was soaked with blood. Her back was covered in several long gashes, still bleeding. Drops of blood had started to accumulate on his bathroom floor.

"Bones, oh my god!" He yelled, going over to her, and grabbing her shoulders. He pulled her away from the sink and saw her cheeks stained with tears, her eyes red.

"What happened to you?" He demanded, shaking her shoulders slightly.

"It-It hurts so bad," She sobbed, tears streaming down her face.

"Bones, we need to get you to a hospital," He said quickly, grabbing a towel from the towel rack to hold over her wounds.

"No," She said, trying to resist him.

"Yes, Bones! You need to-"

"No!" She said pushing him away, and holding onto the bathroom door.

Booth stood there, dumbfounded. She held onto the door and cried. He had never seen her like this before. He went up to her, turned her around slowly, but firmly, and looked into her eyes.

"Bones... What happened?" He asked, wanting to cry himself seeing her in this much pain.

She tried to breath steadily, but let her head fall forward onto his shoulder. She let a few more sobs escape her mouth until she turned her head so that she was facing him.

She took a deep, shaky breath and told him.

"He hurt me."

Cliffhanger anyone?

Next chapter: How does Booth react to Brennan's results at the hospital?