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Chapter 7: You're Here
Booth was away for a month which was extremely difficult for him… His list with the people that he had killed during his career became bigger and he had new images for his nightmares. But he tried to fill his mind with pictures from his life back home… Parker running through his apartment just to reach him for a hug and the face of his Bones from that last night together… He couldn't stop bringing back to his mind their conversation… And if he wanted to be honest with himself, it was that night which gave him strength to stand up every time he was falling… Booth had managed to call Brennan and Parker twice, he tried to sound happy. He assured them that he was fine and he was making his best to finish his mission. Then he let them tell him their news. He wanted to hear their voices, he closed his eyes and he was trying to remember every single detail… In this way, he could get some sleep at nights…
During this month, Brennan was trying to work as much as she could, but no one helped her. She had worked with the FBI only in two cases and both of them were easy. Plus, she had to work with agent Thomas, who was extremely annoying and he refused to take her with him during the interrogations. As for her work in the lab, Angela, her dad, even Parker was trying to distract her… They would ask her to have lunch or dinner with them, they would keep calling her just to make sure that she would get some sleep and she would be home early. When Parker was at the lab, he was spending a lot of time in her office and they would play, or study, or make jokes. When she was with Parker, she was feeling so much better. The resemblance between her partner and his son was amazing, so were the things that both of them make her think or feel. At some point, she got suspicious, that behind all these was Booth, but she didn't ask anybody to confirm her thoughts.
But now he was back… The first thing he did was to call Parker, his little boy was thrilled to hear him. Booth wanted to see him but it was late and he didn't want to upset him, so he promised him that he would pick him up the next day to spend some time together. Then he informed Cullen that he was back, telling him to call him if a case, where the squints were necessary, came up. His boss sounded concern about him, but at this moment, Booth only wanted to go to the Jeffersonian and see his Bones…
Once he was in his apartment, he took a quick bath, changed and headed to the lab. A few minutes later, he was getting into the Jeffersonian. The first person he saw was Angela, but she was oblivious to his presence so he called her name.
"Hey Ange" she immediately turned, with a huge smile on her face and she gave him a hug
"Hey Booth! How are you?"
"I'm fine"
"Thank God you're back! Things were so boring around here… All the squint are looking forward for a case, because they have nothing to do! The only one who constantly have job is your partner!" she told him with a smirk
"Why I'm not surprised? How is she holding up?"
"Don't worry studly, she is fine, at least physically…"
"What do you mean?"
"Come on Booth, she was worried about you and it was pretty hard for her. I mean, even if she always argues with you for distracting her from her job, she loves it when you do it and it wasn't easy for her to deal with her thoughts without you around."
"Yeah, I get it… Don't worry Ange, you'll get sick of my face the next weeks… Where is she?"
"I thought you'd never ask! Where do you think she is?" she gave him a smile
"I'm glad you're back Booth"
"Me too Ange, me too…" and he was going to the limbo
He opened the door and he saw her… He thought that she was more beautiful that the last time he saw her, although it was obvious that she was tired. He lost the track of time, he was just standing there, on the top of the stairs, just staring at her, dazzled by her. She was completely focused in the remains in front of her, locked in her own world, with this look in her face which didn't allow him to take his eyes off of her. Some minutes later, he snapped out of his thoughts about her and started heading towards her quietly so that he wouldn't scare her.
When he almost reached her, he said in a low and smooth voice full of both happiness and anxiety "Is there any chance that you wanted to see an annoying cocky FBI agent? Because…"
When she heard him, she couldn't believe he was actually there. When she looked at him, she didn't let him finish his words, she just wrapped her arms around his neck and they both hold each other so tight, that they probably couldn't breathe, just to make sure that it wasn't another of their dreams.
Booth didn't expect her reaction, but he was so excited to be there with her. At that moment, neither of them cared about anything else, the whole world had simply faded and after weeks, which seemed endless, they were together again, both safe in each others arms. For the first time in days, they felt alive again and they didn't want this moment to end. She had buried her face in his neck breathing his scent feeling so secure and relieved for him coming back. She was so happy that he was there… No, not happy, this word seemed so small in front of the intensity of her feelings…
Several minutes later, she was the one who broke the silence with such a low voice that she didn't recognize.
"You're here…"
Once more he felt awful for leaving her alone, even if there was nothing he could do to avoid it, he was determined to do his best to make her feel better.
"Of course I'm here Bones! Where else could I possibly be? I told you that when I would be back I'd come straight here to see you. I promised you! Would I ever lie to you?" as he was talking, she felt guilty for her thought of him leaving her which had crossed her mind numeral times while he was away.
"Thank you"
"I can't find a reason for you to thank me. I have to thank you, for trusting me and waiting for me! Anyway, I couldn't stay away from here. Everything and everyone that I… I care about are exactly here…"
Brennan was dazzled by his words when she suddenly realized that she was still in his arms so she started stepping back. Booth cursed himself for saying something like that, because it obviously scared her and he barely hold himself from telling her not to stop holding him. Once they got apart, they both desperately missed each others touch. But when Brennan looked at his face she noticed that he was injured slightly above his left eye, she got upset and she reached to touch the injured area to take a closer look. Without realizing it, Booth closed his eyes in the perfect sensation of her hand against his skin.
"When we spoke on the phone, you told me that you were fine! Do you actually know what that means? Because from what I see you got hurt! I thought that you didn't lie to me!"
"Oh come on Bones, I didn't lie, it's nothing, just a scratch, it's no big deal…"
"Great! That's what you told me the last time that you broke your hand! So, what did you broke this time?"
"Trust me I'm fine… But you promised me to take care of yourself and I don't think that you did!"
"Don't change the subject! And I don't know what you mean!"
"Of course you do Bones! You promised me to get home early and to eat, but now I come back to find you at the lab late at night and much thinner that I left you! So don't lecture me about telling lies!"
"I… I was extremely busy today and I certainly did not lose weight while you were away!"
"I just wonder what you would do without me! Just so you know we are definitely going to eat some real food today. And remind me to talk to Angela, I told her to drag you out of here if it was necessary but she obviously didn't!"
"Oh so you admit that you forced her to spy me all the time! Do you have any idea how annoying was that?"
"Of course I did Bones! And that's because I didn't trust you and apparently I was right! Actually, I make a lot of people spying you, including Parker and your father…"
"You can't be serious! My father?"
"No, I'm actually teasing you about your father. I would call him but I was pretty sure that he was going to look after you even if I didn't tell him anything! But I was serious about Parker! He felt really proud when I told him…"
"This is ridiculous! There was no chance…" Brennan got interrupted by Booth's phone
"Booth… Yes sir, we will start in a few minutes."
Hanging up the phone he told her cheerfully "Get your things Bones! We have a new case! Bones and Booth back in the field… Isn't this exciting?"
At that Brennan giggled, forgetting their little argument and she started heading to her office to get her bug. "They shouldn't assign you a case since you just came back. You should talk to them, they have to respect you a little more and let you relax, at least for tonight!" he thought that her concern was adorable
"Thanks Bones, that's sweet, but it's not their fault."
"I don't understand… Whose fault is it then?"
"Actually mine. When I was heading to the Jeffersonian to find you, Cullen called me to let me know that someone had probably found a body and they were going to find out if the information was accurate. So he asked me, if I wanted to take care of it and I accepted."
"Why? You should get some rest."
"I'm fine, I want to work, and there was no chance to get some sleep tonight anyway. Plus I know how much you hate working with agent Thomas! Do you remember your description about him? I think you were a little harsh."
"No, my thoughts about him are accurate. But I could manage another case with him. And why you wouldn't sleep tonight?"
"Let's just go find our completely decomposed and totally disgusting body and then go to the dinner! Come on partner!"
"But..."
"No buts! Come on Bones… We have to work our magic again!"
"There's…"
"No such thing as magic… You know, you should…" and their voices faded, leaving behind Angela shaking her head with a huge smile…
Booth is already back! I didn't let you worry for too long... Please tell me what you think!
