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Anyways, sorry for my current rant! But there is MAJOR SPOILERS in this chapter! It's epsiodes 6x10, 6x11 and some of 6x12!

Enjoy!


Chapter: 9

Prove you wrong;

"So how did she take it when you finally told her about you and Dr. Brennan?"

Booth sighed looking across the table at sweets as they sat in the diner waiting for Bones to arrive. It had been a few weeks since Russ's death and a few weeks since that night in her apartment.

A night he couldn't get out of his mind.

"She wasn't too happy?" Booth said shaking his head hating himself for hurting Hannah by keeping what he and Temperance had been through together.

"That you waited so long to tell her or because of the actual circumstances?" Lance asked leaning on the table with his elbows.

"A little bit of both I guess?" Booth tilted his head back with a soft bellow of frustration. "I didn't tell her everything though," he said with guilt in his voice.

Sweet's widened his eyes and looked at Seeley carefully. "What do you mean? What more is there to tell?" he asked curiously. Sweets knew about what happened outside of his office last year and about Brennan's confession in the car. Hell he witnessed a little bit of what was going on in his office not too long ago. But there was something more? It had to have been bad for him not to tell Hannah, much less him?

"Well?" Sweets said once more.

Booth huffed a little looking out the window –looking for any sign of Bones to make this conversation end? "Just drop it, Sweets."

"Sorry Agent Booth, I can't do that. As your therapist and friend I'm only trying to help –tell me what happened?" Sweet's pried once more seeing Seeley finally look at him with a sigh.

"That night after Russ's funeral… I … I stayed with Bones at her place," he said softly looking down at his coffee cup. As he glanced up he saw Lance open his mouth as Booth put his hand up and shook his head, "nothing happened," he assured him before any assumption was made. "At least I don't think anything happened?"

"What do you mean?" Sweets asked furrowing his brows together genially confused now. "Something else had to have happened or you wouldn't be as confused as you are now or keeping it from your girlfriend?"

"Bones… she… she told me she loved me?" He couldn't look at Lance just yet so Booth averted his eyes over to the window again seeing the snow fall lightly as cars drove by. "At least I think she did?" he said more talking to himself now, "but she was dreaming… I know she was?"

Sweet's jaw dropped slightly to Booth confession. "She told you she loved you?" he said with a happy tone, more happily then he intended.

Booth finally looked at him, "she was dreaming?" he said once more shaking his head again. "She had been crying –upset about Russ –so I carried her to her bedroom and held her –she just… she fell asleep and she must have been dreaming. I don't think it was directed towards me –there's no way it was?" Booth convinced himself finally.

Sweets chuckled, "you honestly think, even with everything that has happened these last few months –that Dr. Brennan doesn't love you?"

"Bones is too rational for that, she doesn't believe in love?"

Sweets grunted and gave Booth a dirty look, "we both know how Dr. Brennan thinks! Even if she hasn't really told you she loves you directly using those words –don't you think her telling you that she made a mistake by not taking your advances last year was enough?"

Booth thought about it for a moment, he knew Sweet's was right. Even if Bones didn't come right out and tell him she loved him –he knew her confession was her own way of telling him in fact that she was in love with him. Seeley just couldn't think about it now –he was with Hannah and he had already upset her by lying to her in the first place he was going to be damned if he hurt her again.

"Bones!" Booth said quickly standing up seeing her walking into the diner.

Sweets was frustrated and flustered now, their conversation wasn't over –not by a long shot but now it would have to be put on hold. As much as he knew Booth couldn't physically harm him he was intimidating enough –when the subject was brought forth again he knew that Agent Booth would do everything in his power to avoid it.

But Sweets wasn't going to give up that easily!

x/x/x/

"So where did all these handbags come from?" Angela asked as she walked onto the platform seeing a bunch of fake designer purses and bags on the tables.

"Booth and I collected them this morning from the back of the store that Mama Lui's shop –their counterfeit." One of the workers at a local Chinese restaurant found a body in the trunk of one of the delivery cars –the somewhat fleshing hands were clutching one of the bags.

"Yeah anyone who knows their Louis Vuitton can see that!" Angela said with a grin picking up a few of the bags inspecting them carefully.

Just as Bones opened her mouth to speak she turned to see Booth swiping his card to walk onto the platform with a distraught look on his face. She tilted her head to the side a little to watch him carefully before removing her gloves to meet him halfway.

"Booth?" she said softly seeing him look at her.

"Caroline just called me," he said holding his phone up in front of him.

"Ok? What's the problem?" she asked as he reached out and grabbed her upper arm pulling her softly to the side of the platform where the others couldn't hear.

Temperance looked at him worried now –if it was case related he would have said something but this must have been serious? He never mentioned this morning when she met him and Sweets at the diner that there was possibly a warrant that needed to be issued for anything –so what could it be?

"Bones, they pushed up Taffet's final appeal."

Temperance swallowed loudly and blinked a few times before feeling a weight on her chest harden. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that tomorrow we're due in court."

"They can't do that!" she said almost shouting. "They've already sentenced her to death –we gave them evidence – why prolong another hearing?" she said with tears threatening in her eyes.

Booth gripped her upper arms and stilled her as she looked up at him. Angela, Cam and Hodgins were all on the sidelines watching and listening.

"Hey… calm down ok? We've got her – there's nothing more she could say to change their minds, Bones, alright?" he said licking his lips letting go of one of her arms seeing her calm slightly.

"I just don't think its fair is all!" she said softly. "Someone like that… Someone like Heather Taffet shouldn't be given second chances –she been proven guilty hence her finally sentencing –death. The system can be so screwed up sometimes!"

"I agree."

Brennan looked up at Booth shocked –usually he was the one all for justice and although justice was being served correctly –he always believed that the government and law were right. She thought for sure he would disagree with her on this one –that it was freedom of speech to let her have her last word in court. Temperance swallowed softly and smiled at him faintly seeing him do the same.

"We'll be there tomorrow too, sweetie –for support." Angela smiled at her best friend as Bones nodded in thanks. Everyone was silent just looking a one another –Temperance and Seeley staring into one another's eyes as if they were lost forever.

"Am I interrupting something?"

Booth blinked a few times looking away from Bones with the sound of Hannah's voice. Booth smiled and walked down the platform to greet her with a kiss on the lips as she obliged and smiled up at him.

Hannah looked up on the platform at everyone and smiled and nodded –she could see Temperance watching her curiously but the expression on her face was bruised and hurt.

"What are you doing here?" he asked her softly.

Hannah had come back from Los Angeles last week; it was great having her back. Only thing was he was missing something –all that time while she was away he and Bones had grown closer again. Their bond was slowly mending but he knew lately he had been abandoning her again. Even though she never said anything to him about it he knew it was hurting her that their time together was suddenly taken away again.

"My meeting with the Mayor was pushed back until later today, I thought I'd surprise you and see if you wanted to do lunch?" she said with a grin.

"Oh!" He smiled at her and nodded his head, "that sounds great!" he said before looking back up on the platform seeing Bones frown, they had a lunch date today. "Oh wait…" he tried to correct himself seeing Bones walk down the platform to stand before them. "Bones and I …"

Temperance interrupted. "Its fine, Booth. I'm needed here anyways," she pointed behind her.

"You're always needed here, Bones." Booth chuckled.

She smiled and chuckled back, "correct which is why I'm skipping lunch today to work on the case… and… and get ready for tomorrow."

Booth sighed at what tomorrow was going to bring for them, "you still need to eat!" he insisted.

Hannah stood there crossing her arms casually as they argued innocently back and forth. It made her a little uncomfortable now knowing what she knew about the two of them –it didn't ease her mind any either that they worked together alone all the time.

"Booth, I'm not a child. I can take care of myself –I'll get something later," she said matter of fact. Seeing the look on his face made her smile, "I promise I'll get something ok?"

He grinned at her and nodded before turning his attention back to Hannah –who looked slightly irritated at this point.

"I didn't know you had a prior engagement," Hannah said calmly. "We can do lunch another time, Seeley, it's no big deal?" her tone was calm –too calm in fact.

Booth fidgeting for a moment looking back and forth at both women –two women he loved.

One in which he was still in love with.

"No really," Brennan started to say directing her conversation to Hannah –who seemed to have no interest in talking to her. "It's fine –I really must get back to work anyhow," she said softly with a smile to Hannah who wouldn't even look at her.

Temperance frowned at the lack of Hannah's enthusiasm to speak to her? "Thanks, Dr. Brennan," she finally said looking up at Seeley.

Brennan was dumbfounded at this point –did she do something to upset Hannah? Surely she hadn't? Did Booth say something to her about what happened between the two of them? No. No Booth was too smart to do that –although he probably should make her aware –there was no harm done if she didn't know either?

Right?

x/x/x/

Brennan slipped her phone into her bag and looked around the park area for Hannah. She remembered Booth mentioning that she had a meeting with the Mayor sometime today? She had tried to call her several times today already but she never got any answer? Brennan wanted to know what was going on –why was she avoiding her?

"Hannah?" Temperance finally called out seeing the blonde walking in the opposite direction of her.

Hannah glanced back over her shoulder to see Temperance rushing her way. Hannah sighed and took a few deep breaths as she continued to walk in the direction of the Mayor's office.

"Hannah!" Brennan said once more as she caught up with her walking just as quickly as she was. "Can we talk?"

"I really can't talk now, Temperance, I have a meeting in ten minutes with Mayor Adkins." Hannah finally said looking over at her.

Temperance sighed and pushed a little more, "I insist on knowing why you're avoiding me!" she finally said firmly.

Hannah continued to walk without saying a word, hoping that maybe she would get the hint and just leave? It wasn't until Temperance stopped in front of her that she stopped walking completely and was forced to answer her now.

"I'm not avoiding you, Dr. Brennan," she lied. "I've just been very busy today, I'm sorry I missed your calls," she said trying to push past her.

"No, you are Hannah and I want to know why!" Temperance said pushing the issue further. "Did I do something to upset you or to make you mad at me? If I have –I'm sorry –but please tell me…" Bones said dropping her hands to her sides seeing Hannah finally look at her again.

"I found out about you and Seeley…" she blurted out to her.

Brennan's jaw dropped, she swallowed loud and hard as she shifted her weight from foot to the other. "W –what?" she said carefully. "Booth told you?"

Hannah nodded and looked down before starting to walk again leaving Bones behind a few feet. The click of Temperance's heal followed not a second later as she rushed after Hannah grabbing her arm softly to stop her.

"I'm sorry, Hannah!"

Hannah stopped in her tracks and looked at Temperance now, "I wish I could believe that," she said softly.

Bones looked at her confused, "well you should, because I'm genuinely sorry, my intentions were not to hurt you, Hannah." Which was the truth.

"I know that… I'm sorry," she said with a frown. "I'm not so much mad at you as I am Seeley for lying to me this whole time!" she confessed as both women began to walk at a slower pace side by side.

"It's not Booth's fault –he's a good man, I'm sure he just didn't want anything to come between you two," Bones said trying to sound convincing.

"Well it has," Hannah finally said stopping their walk. "I don't know how I'm supposed to react to all of this, you guys work together everyday –you're his best friend and you're in love with him," Hannah said not really caring at this point if she let it all out now or not.

Brennan shook her head trying to correct Hannah –even though there was really no correction needed because Hannah was in fact right… about all of it.

"I would never do anything to come between the two of you, Hannah. What I told Booth was just a natural reaction –it was my adrenaline from the case and my emotions that were running on high that made me confess –say all those things to him." She took a deep breath before speaking again, "I would never do anything to intentionally break you two apart. Booth has always been the one to tell me to let people how you feel –to never hold back before it's too late. I just… I had to tell him," she said dropping her head looking down at her hands before looking up again to meet Hannah's hurt filled eyes.

"I understand that…" Hannah finally said after a minute of silents. "It still doesn't make it any better knowing that not even two months before he and I met and got together –he was still in love with another woman."

Brennan furrowed her brows together listening to Hannah's words before she understood what she meant by "other woman."

"Booth loves you," Tempe finally said trying to make the situation better.

"Does he?" Hannah asked swallowing hard.

"Yes, he does."

"Question is… does he love me like he loved you?"

With that Hannah walked past Temperance leaving her stand in the cold with her thoughts circling her mind. What did Hannah mean by that? It wasn't impossible to love someone like another –right?

No.

She knew that answer already because she knew she could never love another man like she loved Seeley Joseph Booth.

x/x/x/

"So everything went great then with the Mayor?" Seeley asked as he spun slightly in his stool at the Founding Fathers.

Sweets called over the bartender for two more shots, carefully listening to Booth's and Hannah's conversation.

"That's great!" he paused for a moment and spun back around to face the bar, "yeah, I'll be fine!" he chuckled and smiled, "I'll see you in a bit, bye."

"How's Hannah doing?" Sweets asked casually as he and Booth tipped their shot glasses to one another and sucked them down.

"Don't start, Sweets!" Booth said making a face from the shot he just took.

"I was just asking a simple question!"

"No you weren't, you were going to go on about our conversation earlier!" Booth bit back.

What Booth didn't know was that he never hung up his phone and Hannah was still on the line listening to their conversation.

"I was," he confessed with a slight slur as the bar tender sat two more shots down.

Both men took the shots quickly before pounding their shot glasses down.

"Why can't you let it be, Sweets?"

Lance sighed, "Have you ever thought that perhaps you still have feelings for Dr. Brennan?"

Seeley looked at him slightly shocked. "What? No!" he said trying to sound convincing. "Temperance and I are just partners; we'll never be nothing more. I don't have the feelings for like I do for Hannah."

"See there, you called Dr. Brennan, Temperance. That signifies that you -,"

Booth put his hand up to stop him, "no physiotherapist talk tonight alright?"

Lance nodded, "alright, then coming from a friends perspective, I agree that you don't feel the same way about Hannah as you do for Dr. Brennan."

"See, thank you!" Seeley nodded to him.

"However –what I mean by that is, you have a strong connection with Dr. Brennan, you two have been partners for almost seven years now. You've shared your lives together through that time, been there for each other, know each others likes and dislikes –what makes each other happy –what you're greatest fears are…"

"So?"

"So… what does Hannah fear most? Has she ever met your family other then Parker? Does she know that you had a gambling problem? Does she -,"

"Alright I get it," Booth said holding his hand up again. "So what's your point?"

"My point is in the time you've dated Hannah, have you opened up to her like you have with Dr. Brennan? Do you trust and love her enough to let her in like you have with Temperance?"

Booth sat there for a moment pondering his thoughts. Sweets had valid points and Seeley knew the answers to it all.

No.

No he hadn't opened up to Hannah about anything in his personal life, she honestly didn't know much about him other then what she saw. He never told her about his childhood or about his addictions or stories about his past as a sniper.

The only person he ever told those things to was Bones and that was because … because of their connection to one another because of the way he felt about her.

Booth was angry with himself now –Sweets was right, he was right about everything. He was still in love with Temperance, he still had strong feelings for her and he still… wasn't ready to let her go.

"You know what…" Booth said quickly after a few moments of silents as he started to stand and put his jacket on.

"Where you going? I thought we were going to have some male bonding time?" Sweets said quickly.

Seeley took out his wallet and pulled out a few bills throwing them on the bar before taking his last shot swallowing it down hard.

"I'll prove it to you Sweets! I'll prove it to everyone that I love Hannah just as much as I love… loved Bones!"

Booth brushed past him as Lance sat there dumbfounded. Proving that he was in love with his current girl friend –that he loved her just as much as he loved his partner was the wrong thing to do. It would only hurt the people involved –Sweets should have never opened his mouth. It was no telling what Booth was going to do now?

x/x/x/

February 12th 2011

8:57 a.m.

Washington D.C. Court House

Today was the not the day to talk to Booth about what happened between her and Hannah yesterday, although she was sure Hannah had already told him what happened. He didn't seem uncomfortable around her today –no more then usually anyways if anything he was more protective and calm –patient even. She didn't mind it but she wondered what was on his mind right now?

Brennan looked over at Booth as he walked towards her with two coffees in his hand and a small smile pressed on his lips. The worry lines on his forehead increased every time he got closer to her –it was as though he had something to say to her but he held back?

But again Temperance had to keep reminding herself today was the not the day to bring anything about them up.

"Are you nervous?" Sweets said interrupting her thoughts as Seeley came closer handing her a coffee.

"No why would I be nervous?" she said softly seeing the look on Booth's face increase.

"Please don't tell me you -," Booth started before Sweets interrupted.

"The case –what's left of it anyways –I was merely asking Dr. Brennan if she was nervous?"

"Oh, ok." Booth said calmly. He was worried Sweets would pull some stunt today and bring up something between him and Bones and ruin the already ruined day.

"I guess I should ask the two of you the same question? Nervous?" Bones chimed in knowing she had missed something that was going on between them?

Booth chuckled and sipped his coffee before seeing the white prison truck pull up and two guards walk to the back of the truck opening up the doors. It took a moment but it was then that they saw her.

Heather Taffet.

The Gravedigger.

Her orange jump suit was blinding enough but it was when Booth saw something reflecting from the shininess of her chains was when he started to panic. He pulled his gun out seeing Heather wink at him and Bones before the sound of shots being fired and an explosion erupted from behind them.

Booth dropped his coffee grabbing Bones up by the waist as their bodies went flying a few feet from the impact of the explosion. The ringing in his ears caused sharp pains to collide through his brain as he fall on top of Bones covering her body with his own –shielding her from the debris and fire.

Bones buried herself underneath Booth hearing screaming and crying from people all around. She threw her head back seeing Sweets a few feet in front of them on the ground covering himself. The explosion was loud and deafening –Bones could barely make out the words Booth was speaking.

"Bones?" he yelled laying on top of her as he cupped her face with both of his hands. Her eyes were wide open, tears swelling up in them, as she looked up at him in shock He caressed her cheeks with his thumbs, "Bones? Temperance –can you hear me?" his voice was panicked now. He could see blood around her neck from some of the debris that cut her porcelain flesh –he was sure he was bleeding from places as well.

But he wasn't worried about himself right now, he was worried about her.

"Come on, Temperance! Baby, can you hear me?" he shouted again leaning up a little still cupping one of her cheeks while his other hand slipped around her waist.

Unbeknownst to Temperance, Seeley and Lance –Heather Taffet laid a few yards away with a snipers bullet in her skull.


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