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Booth was being loaded into the ambulance. "Excuse me Miss, do you want to ride in the ambulance with your husband?" Bones didn't even bother to tell the man she wasn't his wife and just nodded her head. The paramedic nodded his head and held out a hand for her to take so he could help her in. She smiled at him and placed her own shaky hand in his and climbed into the ambulance. The entire ride she held onto Booth's hand and told him he was going to be fine and that she would be there for him when she needed him. Booth had opened his eyes once and the sight he saw made his heart flutter. Bones was holding his hand her head hung low and a single tear ran down her cheek. He weakly lifted his hand up and wiped away the tear before his mind went blank. Bones smiled and kissed the back of his hand before she saw his eyes shut again. She looked at the paramedic with worried eyes and he told her that he had lost allot of blood and that, that was the reason why he was unconscious. 'offcourse Brennan you know that come one get yourself together.' Bones thought when the ambulance stopped with shrieking tires. When they got in the emergency Bones was being held back by a nurse, she screamed that she wanted to stay with him that he was her everything and the nurse apologised to her but she couldn't go in there. She promised that if something happened she would come straight away and tell her. Bones let her head drop down in defeat, she felt the nurse put her hand on her shoulder and guided her to a chair.

An hour later Bones still hadn't heard anything about Booth other than that he needed surgery to remove the bullet and to repair the damage it caused. Angela, Hodgins, Zack, Cam and Sweets had arrived half hour earlier and were all seated around her. Angela was holding her hand and Cam was sitting in front of her in between her legs and had her head on her Bones' knees. She smiled down at Cam, they had become very good friends and Angela, Cam and her would always do something on the weekends that is if Bones wasn't doing something with Booth. It was mere fifteen minutes later when the nurse came walking back out.

"Excuse me Mrs. Booth you can see your husband now everything in the surgery went fine, he is still a bit woozy from the drugs but he is awake for now." Angela and the rest had raised their eyebrows when the nurse called Bones, Mrs. Booth.

"Thanks you very much." And it surprised them even more that Bones wasn't correcting the nurse.

"Bren, why did that nurse just call you Booth's wife?" Angela asked now standing up together with Cam and looking at her with confused looks. Bones blushed a little bit; she did like the sound of when the nurse called her Mrs. Booth.

"Uhm, it was the only way I could ride in the ambulance with him and to be able to see him when he is out of surgery." Both Cam and Angela nodded their heads. They both knew Booth and Bones loved each other and they were doing everything they could to make them both see it and admit it to each other.

"Alright sweetie why don't you go and see him and let us know how he's doing. We're gonna go to Jack's and sleep there so if anything changes we can all be here in matter of minutes okay?" Angela moved to hug her and Bones pulled Cam into the hug as well.

"Alright Ange I will." She smiled and started to walk away when Ange and Cam called back that they loved her and to tell Booth as well.

"I will love you too." She blew them a kiss and walked with a nurse to Booth's room. When she arrived Booth was awake and a huge smile graced his lips when he saw Bones. There was a nurse who was checking his vitals and greeted Bones.

"Hi Mrs. Booth I'll be ready in just a tick." Booth eyebrows rose and she gave him a look that said she would tell him when they were alone. The nurse quickly checked his blood pressure and wrote some things down and walked out of the room closing the door behind her.

"Mrs. Booth huh?" Booth said to her with a smirk which made Bones blush a deep crimson colour. To tell the truth Booth actually liked the sound of it and wished she would someday be Mrs. Booth.

"Well the paramedic assumed I was your wife and I just didn't correct him and then they wouldn't tell me anything so I told them I was your wife." She looked up at him and saw a smile on his face which made her smile as well. "How are you feeling?" She made her way over to the chair next to the bed and sad down taking his hand in hers, she felt him squeeze her hand and she smiled at him for making her feel safe.

"Like I've been shot." He told her chuckling. "But I'm good, better now that you're here." And he was on a role, Bones was blushing again and Booth could see it went all the way down her neck and into her shirt where it was forbidden territory. She was about to speak when they heard someone.

"Alright Agent Booth you are going to pretend to be dead." Cullen walked in with his head down in his PDA and didn't notice Bones sitting in the chair. When he looked up and saw the partners holding hands he quickly closed his mouth. "Oh shit, that was supposed to be a secret, Dr. Brennan do you think you can step out for a minute." Bones was about to speak when Booth interrupted her.

"Anything you need to say to me you can say in front of Bones, Sir." Booth's grip on her hand tightened and Bones squeezed back just as hard not wanting to let him go.

"I understand you two are very close but this is a personal matter Agent Booth, there is no need for Dr. Brennan here." Both Booth and Bones always knew Cullen didn't like her but that wasn't a way to talk to Bones and Booth felt his blood boil and his heart rate monitor went up the roof.

"Booth please calm down it's alright... please calm down..." Bones was rubbing soothing circles on his hand. The moment he felt Bones' hand tighten her grip and her voice he relaxed a little and they could all here his heart rate slow down.

"With all due respect Sir, Bones isn't going anywhere she is going to stay right here until I say she can leave." He told Cullen with a strong voice that someone would cringe away from if they didn't know Booth. He turned to look at Bones and saw a tiny tear in the corner of her eyes. He mouthed 'it's alright' and Bones nodded her head and shifted in her seat so she was half leaning on his bed with her head on his shoulder. Booth kissed the top of her head and laid his head on hers. He turned his attention back to Cullen who had been looking rather surprised by the way they acted. He knew they were close but not this close. He nodded his head in defeat and continued.

"Alright Agent Booth, do you remember that case five years ago uhm his name was Steve Wilder who was a suspect in that case were that teenager was killed?"

"All too well Sir what about it?" Booth could feel the hold that Bones had on his hand tighten more if that was possible he squeezed back to reassure her everything was okay.

"Do you remember what he said when we had to let him go and you told him, you would do anything you could to arrest him for that murder?" Cullen who was now standing at the foot of the bed was looking at Bones who was listening to it all.

"Yes he told me the only reason for me to see him again was at my funeral." He felt a slight tremor go through Bones' body and he pulled her tighter against him and kissed her head again.

"Yes, well we are going to fake your death so we can catch the son of a bitch, we've got all the evidence against him now we just can't seem to find him and if we fake your death and put it on the local news he might show up."

"But Sir, what about my son? What about Bones?" When she heard her name she smiled. "And my work? How long will this take?" He moved his arm around Bones and half pulled her onto the bed. Bones was a bit startled by this but didn't object she felt safe with Booth and didn't want to let him go anytime soon. She curled into his side and laid her head on his chest.

"You can write out a list with names of the people you like to know that you aren't really dead. You're work will be put on hold for a while and you won't be able to see Dr. Brennan until this is solved which I don't have an answer to on the time line." Booth heart rate monitor went off the charts again and a nurse came in checking on him. Booth could feel Bones stiffen against his side when Cullen said she wouldn't be able to see Booth for a while.

"Booth please..." Bones whispered and placed a kiss on his chest. They didn't know when their partnership had turned into something more but neither could deny it any longer and no one would stop them from seeing or being with each other. Booth felt tears on his chest and he bent down to whisper in her ear.

"Shh it's okay Bones." His heart rate monitor had calmed down again and the nurse had walked out. "Sir, no matter what you say there is no change in hell that I will not see Bones for week's maybe months if he doesn't show up. I really don't care what you say but I love her and there is no way you are going to stop us from seeing each other." Bones' smile grew even bigger and she kissed his chest again before whispering in his ear "I love you too."

"Agent Booth this isn't a question it's an order." Cullen told him coldly.

"Well Sir if that is the reason than maybe you should find another way to catch Wilder because if you are forbidding me from seeing Bones I will quit." He felt Bones stiffen again, she didn't want him to quit his job for her, she was about to speak when Cullen interrupted her.

"I don't want this to come to that Agent Booth..."

"Then don't let it come to that Sir. Let me see Bones and I'll pretend I'm dead for as long as you need to catch Wilder." Cullen knew there wasn't any other option and hung his head in defeat.

"Fine but you will be ordered to stay in your house at all times. We will have someone drop of food and all the necessities. And I suggest that Dr. Brennan takes a vacation so that people won't suspect anything." Booth nodded and Cullen walked out.

"Booth I don't want you to put your job on the line for me; I'm not worth it your job is the most important thing to you..." Booth cut her off with a finger on her lips.

"Bones you are the most important thing to me. You are way more important than my job and there is no way I'm not going to see you for week's maybe months now that we know we love each other."

"You are such a stubborn man you know that." She smiled at him and they moved closer to each other till their lips met in a slow and passionate kiss. When they broke apart ten minutes later Bones started to get worried. "Booth what are we going to tell Angela and Cam, Hodgins and Zack?"

"Shh... its okay we will call them tell them the truth make sure they act like I'm dead and you are going to stay with me until this whole ordeal is done with."

"You want me to stay with you for week's maybe months?" She sat up and looked him in the eye.

"Yes Bones I want to spend all my time with you." They both smiled at each other and met in the middle for another slow passionate kiss.

It was two hours later, Booth had fallen asleep an hour ago from the drugs and Bones had stepped out to call Angela.

"Sweetie hi, how is Booth doing is he alright?" A worried Angela answered the phone.

"Ange calm down, Booth is fine but you need to come here we need to tell all of you something and it's very important. Don't let anyone know that Booth is fine I will tell you the rest when you get here but don't let anyone and I mean anyone Ange just Hodgins, Cam and Zack know that he is alright. Do you understand?"

"Yes okay sweetie we are on our way over now." Bones hung up and walked back into Booth's room. She sat down on the edge of the bed and took Booth's hand again. She felt him stir a bit and his grip on her hand tightened. Bones had been reading a magazine when she heard footsteps coming in the direction of the room. Cullen had organized that no one was to come into Booth's room but Bones had told the nurse and security guard that if Angela and the rest arrived that they would send them through. When Angela walked into the room her smile grew, Bones was sitting next to Booth on the bed holding Booth's hand and reading a magazine like a wife would do if their husband would be in hospital.

"Sweetie what is going on why is there a security guard at the door and everything?" Bones held up her hand to quiet Angela down and shook Booth awake gently. When he only stirred and rolled deeper into her side she placed a gentle kiss on his head and whispered in his ear. This didn't go unnoticed by the Squints Cam and Angela smiled brightly at each other both thinking 'finally'.

"Booth... wake up." Booth stirred slightly and slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Bones his smile grew and leaned up to kiss her quickly. Only when he pulled back did he notice the Squints standing in the room with bright smiles.

"Hej guys." Booth's voice was hoarse and sounded tired from all the medications.

"Hej Booth we're so happy that you're okay. We we're so worried." Angela said she walked over to him and gave him a small kiss on his forehead which made Booth and Bones giggle together with Angela. "So what is it with all the security and secrecy?" Boned look at Booth, they were having one of their silent conversations and the rest felt left out. Angela cleared her throat and Bones turned around and smiled at Ange.

"We have to pretend I'm dead." Booth told them like it was the most normal thing to do. "There was a case 5 years ago where the main suspect got away and we've been trying to get evidence together ever since but never really found anything. I told him I would do anything to get justice for the poor girl's death and he said that the only reason I would ever see him was at my own funeral. So that's why we are faking it now, they found enough evidence to convict him and will be locked up forever but we have to fake my death and put it on local news so that he thinks I'm dead and he can show up." Everyone was looking at him with blank eyes; they didn't really know how to take this news and how to pretend he was dead.

"How are we supposed to pretend that you're dead? How is Brennan supposed to do her job?" Cam asked not really understanding the whole ordeal.

"Well just pretend that I'm dead, be sad for a couple days, stay off work, pretend that it's heartbreaking to have lost me and then when we catch him you can stop pretending. Bones will stay with me during that time, I don't want her out there with that lunatic running around especially because I know what he's capable of and because I love her; she is going to move in with me for that period of time."

If they weren't surprised by their actions before he told them all this they were now. Booth had just confessed his feeling for Bones and she didn't say anything just started at him with gooey eyes. "Excuse me?" Angela merely whispered.

"I love her." He told her with a big smile.

"And I love him." Bones said seeing her best friend not totally understanding this.

"How are we suppose to do our jobs with the both of you not being there to do well you know our jobs?" Cam asked them. Zack who had been quiet through this whole ordeal was looking at Bones. He knew that they loved each other but Bones was his. He always had a little mentor crush on her and now that she was with Booth he couldn't believe it and felt a little sad.

"Well take some time off. What do you normally do when someone dies?"

"I uhm break down don't come to work, escape from the world." Cam told him.

"Well then do that and then that way it will be easier to pretend I'm dead." Booth felt Bones lean against him and put her head on his shoulder. He kissed her temple and started to play with her hair.

"Okay people you heard the boss we take two weeks of pretend Booth is dead and after that we will see what we do." Cam had turned towards Angela, Jack and Zack who raised their eyebrows.

"Ange, Booth and I will have a secured line so you can call me anytime you want but we can only stay on the phone five minutes." Cullen had send Agent Smith to Booth's room and explained everything they needed to do and what they had to communicate.

"You will not be able to see us till this guy is caught but with the secured line you will be able to keep in contact with us. When this bastard is caught Agent Smith will come to Hodgins place and tell you guys. After that we can stop pretending I'm dead and we can go back to our normal lives." Booth's voice sounded tired to Bones and could see his eyes dropping.

"I think we're gonna go sweetie looks like you both can use some rest." Angela told them seeing how Booth was already nearly asleep and how tired Bones looked. They hugged goodbye and they would be back in the morning when Agent Smith and Cullen would be there to explain everything to them.

Bones slipped of the bed to sleep in the recliner they organized for her but Booth held onto her hand tightly. "Bones sleep here please." Booth didn't open his eyes just moved over to the side so that Bones could lay next to him. She smiled at him and climbed back onto the bed, Booth moved and pulled her into his side when she put her head on his chest he gave her a kiss on her temple and head and they both fell asleep.

Morning arrived much too soon for both of them they were still cuddled up against each other. Bones woke when she felt Booth place small kisses on her face. She smiled and turned her face further into the crook of his neck and moaned softly. "Bones..." Booth quietly whispered. "Bones wake up..." She smiled and just stayed were she was just to annoy Booth a little. Little did she know that Booth felt her smile on his neck. He went from small kisses on her face to open mouth kisses down her neck when he heard her moan again. Bones lifted her head and brought her lips to his. The kiss was slow and passionate. When she pulled back they both had bright smiles on their faces.

"Morning beautiful, how did you sleep?"

"Mm morning stranger, the best I've ever slept in years." She blushed a little at her own statement but it was true. She had slept more peacefully then she had ever slept and it was because she had Booth's arms around her and she knew he would be there when she woke up. "How did you sleep? Not too much pain?"

Booth smiled at how concerned she was for him. "I slept wonderful because I had you here." And there he went again she blushed deeply and hid her face in his neck again. "Ah come one Bones." He chuckled and lifted her face up so he could look into her eyes. "I love you Bones I want to spend every single night with you. You are everything to me and I can't life without you anymore." Bones had tears rolling down her cheeks and Booth wiped them away with his thumb and placed a soft kiss on each of her eyes.

"I love you too Booth. You mean more to me than anything in the world. More than I could think I would love you. If last night was different and you would not be here I don't know if I would have survived. Please don't do such a stupid thing again please just don't be you." Booth cupped her cheek and looked deeply into her deep blue eyes.

"Bones if you are in danger I will do anything in my power to not let you get hurt. I will be me when it comes to you I love you I couldn't stand it either if something was to happen to you." Before she could say anything else a nurse came walking on to check his vitals.

"Morning Mr. and Mrs. Booth how are we this morning?" They still hadn't said anything about them not being married and weren't about to do so either. They both liked the way it sounded so they would just leave it for now. Hopefully one day in the future she would be really Mrs. Booth.

"We are good thank you." Booth and Bones smiled at the young nurse.

"Good okay breakfast will be brought to you in an hour and we can have a nurse send to help you have a shower if you like." The nurse was standing at the foot of the bed and could see Bones tense and raise her eyebrows.

"No thank you that won't be necessary I'll have my wife help me. And can you make sure they bring a second breakfast." He was looking at Bones when he said that she would help him take a shower and could see her visibly relax again. Bones didn't know what to think when the nurse said they would bring another nurse to help him shower. If it was up to her no one would ever see her Booth naked again and it was up to her because she was his now and he was hers and no one was going to stand in between them. Bones sighed thankfully when Booth said that he didn't need a nurse and smiled up at Booth thanking him with a look that he understood. Booth nodded his head and looked back at the nurse to wait her answer.

"Offcourse was their anything in particular that you wanted?"

"Yeah she'll have a coffee with two sugars and cream some fruit and orange juice please." Booth said. Bones pondered at how well he knew her, but then again it didn't surprise her he knew everything about her because he had taken the time to get to know her and knew what would freak her out and what would make her happy. But only one thing would make her happy right now and that was being with Booth forever.

"Alright I'll organize that for you I'll just get you some towels and shampoo and you can take your shower." She walked out of the room to return not more than a minute later with four towels and a little blue and pink toiletry bag. "Here you go I took the liberty to bring more towels and toiletry for your wife as well thought she might want to take a shower as well." She winked at them placed the towels and bags on the chair and walked out before they could thank her.

"Alright you go take a shower I'm just going to call my dad and let him know what happened and yes I'll make sure he keeps quiet." She smiled at him and was about to move off the bed when he took her hand and pulled her back to his side.

"I meant what I said to the nurse Bones. You are going to come into the shower with me." His eyes had that glint in them that told her he was serious and she could only nod her head in agreement. They made their way into the bathroom where Bones helped Booth out of his gown and boxers and Booth helped her out of her clothes. They took their time to explore each other's bodies and when all the clothes were gone they stepped into the shower and washed each other slowly. They shared passionate kisses and nips at each other's bodies. When they were done they got dressed, Bones in the sweat pants and tank top Angela had borrowed her and Booth in sweat pants and a shirt that he had borrowed from Jack. When they walked into the room their breakfast was waiting for them and they quickly ate it.

It was nearly three hours later when Angela, Jack, Cam, Zack, Parker, Rebecca, Cullen and Agent Smith were in the room telling everybody the plan. They would pretend that Booth was dead and would have a fake funeral ten days from now; they were all to show up even Bones. They would say if people asked where she was that she couldn't handle Booth's dead and had locked herself in her home. Agent Smith would bring supplies and everything else they needed and Angela was going to go to Bones' place with Agent Lexton and Agent Baker to pick up clothes and all the other necessities. Booth and Bones were to go to Booth's place later on that day with five agents escorting them for security. Angela would meet them there with the two Agents that were escorting here to Brennan's place.

'- Later that day-'

"Ah, I don't remember being shot hurt this much." Bones was helping Booth into bed without hurting him too much.

"Well whose fault is that, huh?" Looking down at him and raising her eyebrows. "You were the one that was so stupid enough to jump in front of that bullet."

"I told you Bones, when it comes to you I would do anything in my power so that you won't ever get hurt." Bones was putting pillows behind his back and head and let him fall back with a grunt; she was a bit annoyed that Booth thought she couldn't take care of herself.

"Booth I can take care of myself. It is not up to you to take care of me; I was just fine before you came along." He knew all of this was affecting her more then she let on and so didn't take notice of how cold her voice was. He took her hand and pulled her down next to him wrapping his uninjured arm around her.

"Bones it's going to be alright babe. Nothing is going to happen we are going to just fine. As long as we stay here and do what we wanna do it's going to be alright." He winked at her and Bones couldn't hold the giggle that came out of her mouth. "My my, Doctor Brennan did you just giggle?"

"Shut up, you know I am a woman." Smiling at him.

"Ooh I've noticed." Smiling back at her she giggled again at the primal look in his eyes.

"What are we going to do until then Booth? How long with this take? I can't stay away from work for this long you know. It's not that I don't want to spend time with you because you know I do I love you but what am I suppose to do in the all that time?" turning her body towards Booth's she crawled into his side and laid her head on his chest.

"You know I think we will be okay with all this time." Looking up at Booth with questioning eyes.

"What is that suppose to mean?"

"Ah I think you know exactly what I mean Bones."

"Booth you know what the doctor said, you are suppose to take it easy for a week before you can do anything to exciting." Whispering the last word in his ear made him groan.

"Come on Bones don't be a party pooper. We can do other things you know as in exploring." Winking at her she smiled at him, she did think that was a nice thing to do but she didn't want Booth to do anything what would cause him pain.

"Tell you what, we will explore as you put it a week from today."Seeing the disappointed look on his face she continued. "It's not that I don't want to Booth because I do, I really do; I've waited for this for nearly three years. I just don't want you to do something that is going to cause you any pain." The concern in her voice was obvious to Booth and he nodded his head.

It was four days later and Booth and Bones were going as strong as ever. They had some agents rent movies for them and so they stayed in bed every single day watching movies. At this moment they were heavily making out which they did quit often and they became so heated that Bones had to jump of the bed to stop.

"Booth..." She tried to pull away remembering what she said but Booth wouldn't let go of her. "Booth... BOOTH!" She raised her voice but that didn't even seem to stop him from kissing her collarbone and working his way down. Grapping his head in between her hands she forced his eyes to hers. "We can't Booth."

"Yes we can Bones and we are. You make me crazy and I want you now." He grabbed her wrists and held them above her head while he kissed his way down her throat again.

"But Booooooth..." She drew out his name when he bit down on the swell of her breast.

"No buts Bones, we are doing this." Bones was lost in speech and all she could concentrate on was the feeling of Booth's tongue on her breasts. Slowly they peeled each other's clothes off 'If Only' still playing on the TV on the background. Soon the sounds of the movie were drowned by both male and female moans of pleasure.

It was an hour later when Booth collapsed next to Bones who was numb, she never felt this way before, she couldn't feel her legs and her breathing was erratic. "Woow..." She said still trying to get her breathing under control.

"I concur... you're amazing Bones." Kissing her bare shoulder he moved to lay over her again and claimed her lips with his in a slow tortures kiss. If she thought she couldn't move than she had to think again. He had this effect on her that she wanted him every single minute of the day and every day of the week.

The day of the funeral:

"May he rest in peace and may his soul find the light he is destined to be." The priest finished.

Bones and Angela were standing together crying fake tears. Bones was sobbing heavily while Angela tried to comfort her. When they say an unknown man walk towards his 'fake' coffin with a rose in his hand Bones looked behind her to where Booth was dressed in his army uniform and gave him a panicked look. Booth nodded his head and Bones returned it telling him she understood that this was the man they were looking for. He silently told her to walk away so she wouldn't be in any harm. Bones grabbed Angela's arms and gave her a nod which she understood and she grabbed Hodgins' hand who took Cam by the arm and they all walked backwards. But the suspect was walking towards Bones and Booth panicked giving the sign to the back-up team he ran towards Bones and jumped in front of her. The suspect pulled out a gun but Booth was faster and knocked him out cold. The back-up team cuffed him and took him away. Booth turned around and pulled Bones into a tight hug which she responded to burying her face in his neck and kissing it.

"Oh God, I was so scared when he came walking towards me, I don't know what..." Real tears fell down her cheeks and Booth wiped them away with his thumb.

"Shh, it's okay, you're safe now, and he's going to be locked up for a long time." He moved them towards where the rest of the squints were standing and hugged them all in relief that it was over.

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