Alright, I think I may actually get somewhere this chapter. I just wanted the other chapters to get you all into it, slowly. Anyway, Fourth installment, enjoy! P.S. I Listened to "Never say Never" by The Fray as I wrote this.

Chapter Four

Temperance Brennan leaned forward, eyes glued to the scans Booth had showed her more than a week ago. His words, poking through her mind like a pin, deflating her heart. "Love is not a side effect. A sigh escapes her lips, and she falls back against the cushions of her couch. It's been another week since she's seen him in the Diner. Since sweets pissed him off. Its Understandable that she wouldn't see him if he was busy, the two of them have a lot of paper work to catch up on.

But Brennan can't help but notice, that he is deliberately staying away; which angers her. They are supposed to be best friends, on top of being partners. They are always there for each other. She is angry at him for telling her something as huge as this, and then running in the opposite direction. That's what she does, not him.

Not only is she mad at him, she's mad at herself. She's angry at herself for letting her emotions get in the way. These emotions, she's felt faintly before. Sweets would pull some psychological Bull on her, and say that these feelings are real, and shouldn't be ignored. But what does that say about Booth?

Booth has feelings for her. She's always suspected it. Just because his scans show that he didn't feel them as strongly before his surgery, doesn't mean he never felt them at all. Maybe..just maybe, that book she was reading to him, while he was in a coma, was an eye opener.

She certainly knows that, deep down, it's obvious she feels the same way. Why else would she write a story about the two of them? The two of them in a simpler life, where they were in love, married, and expecting a child. Anyone can read between the lines. It's all implied.

But like everything else, it goes ignored. It's pushed aside because of the fear. The fear of loosing herself to someone else completely, and being abandoned, and left all alone. She's never trusted anyone like she's trusted Booth.

Everything happens eventually, Bones

She remembers him pulling her close to him, after a man she started to trust, and really like, sailed away from her. But Booth was there. Booth is always there. Booth and is alpha male tendencies.

Brennan makes a snap decision then. She puts the scans back into a folder, and grabs her coat from the hook. She leaves her office, even though it's almost midnight, she knows He'll be awake. She drives over to his apartment, and stands outside his door for a good amount of time, trying not to talk herself out of it, and knocks.

No Answer

"Booth?" She knocks again, and finds his door is unlocked.

She turns the knob, and pushes the door open slowly, is creeks and then hits the wall with a thud. Brennan can hear the TV on in the living room, but doesn't see him anywhere.

"Booth?" She calls again, walking in further, and feeling a little panicked.

She notices his apartment is a mess. Clothes everywhere, and dishes all over the counter and sink. She makes a face and walks right up to the couch. There are folders, and papers all over the coffee table, and an empty bottle of beer on the floor. She looks down, and there is Booth. Fast asleep on his couch. His mouth hangs open slightly, and he appears to be drooling a little. Brennan smiles crookedly at how peaceful he looks.

Walking around the couch, she starts to organize his paperwork, placing everything in their correct folder. Every now and then she looks down at Booth, her fingers itching to touch his face. But she looks away and cleans up the rest of the living room, and then washes his dishes. Placing the last dish in a cabinet, she is surprised he hasn't woken up. But then again he's probably exhausted.

Turning off the TV, Brennan lets out a tiny yawn, and makes her way back to Booth. She bends down in front of him, kneeling on her knees. She stares into his face. A stubble is starting to grow again, and she sort of likes this unkempt look. He smells good too, Just like Booth. Just like she's always remembered inhaling when he'd give her a "guy hug".

Before she knows what she's doing, she reaches out a hand, and softly brushes back the hair from his forehead. The contact makes her shiver, but she smiles. Her head turns to the right, looking into his face directly. She smooths her thumb across his cheek. A small smile breaks his lips, as he sleeps, and he lets out a comfortable sigh. A slight panic rises in Brennan, the fear that he might wake up and find her there, but that soon dissipates, as he sighs again, staying peacefully asleep.

Brennan looks around his apartment, and back to him, where she notices his shoes are still on. She gets up and goes to pull his shoes off. There, staring her in the face, is his "cocky" belt buckle. A huge grin spreads across her face. Booth is back. She removes his shoes, also seeing his funky socks, and places the shoes next to the couch.

Of course, the thought that Booth might actually be back for real, makes her doubt herself. What if those scans are right, and now that Booth his back..well..those feelings might be false, and may be gone...

Booth yawns in his sleep and turns onto his back. Brennan lets those thoughts slip out of her mind for now, and watches him for another minute. She sits with her back against the couch, right by his head, and grabs a folder from the coffee table. This paper work, which he must have been looking over and filling out for a couple of hours, will need to be signed by her. She grabs a pen from her inside pocket, realizing that his scans are also there. She places the scans next to the other folders, and begins to read through, and sign the paperwork. After a half hour or so, she feels herself growing really tired.

Her head falls back against Booth's couch, by now he's turned in his sleep again, and his now facing her. She closes her eyes, and falls asleep, with Booths hot breath on the back of her neck.

Brennan made a move, and he wasn't awake to experience it. But you and I know what she did, and confessed silently to herself. Please, please let me know how this chapter was for you. I also listened to "fearless" by Cyndi Lauper towards the end.