See next chapter ok I know there are going to be people out there who will want to hunt me down for not uploading this sooner...however you have to find me first.

... or maybe not

Angela Montenegro and Camille Saroyan watched in shock as Seeley Booth walked down off the platform collectively their hearts broke as they saw a single tear run down his cheek.

"I thought after everything we'd done after everything I had said and he had said that she would finally for once go with her heart and not her head" Angela muttered. Cam looked over at her then back to Dr. Brennan who was obviously debating internally what to do. Leaving her post that was just outside Angela's office door she headed up to the platform.

"Do you know how long he's kept that inside? He told me last year before his operation that he was in love with you, and I told him to be careful; because if he broke your heart there was no way you'd come back from it. But what I failed to realize then was, what if you broke his? Seeley has always been an optimist he loves without reason and without judgement. His beliefs are who he is. If he believes in something he will not put up with people poking away at those beliefs. You did and still do. He is a Catholic boy his belief in God is as engrained in who he is as science and logic are in you. He has put up with your diatribes about his faith, because he believed in you. What you stood for, who you were and what you did with your work and your life. As a woman who has known him for years he is or at least was head over heels in love with you because you are a scientist you work for the good guys Dr. Brennan. Not a lot of men fall in love with women for their brilliance and intellect. A lot of men fall for what a woman looks like. How skinny she is what cup size her breasts are. Seeley is different he looks at the person as a whole not just their outer beauty but their inner beauty as well. If you can't see how in love with you he has become over what the last six years, and how long he has kept that too himself as not to scare or hurt you. Then you do not deserve that love at all" said Cam she walked away like so many people had done to Brennan in the last few months without waiting for a reply.

Brennan looked over to Angela who was pointing at Booth and mouthing go to her. Could she do that though it wasn't who she was she didn't take those kinds of chances. But you have, with Sully with his boss, when you were trapped with Hodgins you slammed a briefcase into a women's face because she tried to kill him after she had tried to kill you and hadn't succeed because you took a risk one that could have kill you, came a little voice inside her head one that sounded so much like Zack Addy. Before her brain could even process why she had these thoughts and why did they sound like something Zack would say her heart took over for once finally in her life her heart had taken over before her brain had, had the chance. She found herself heading down the stairs and running over to where Booth was. He had some time in the last five minutes slumped down to the ground his head resting on his knees.

"Seeley?" she asked her voice shaking so much she could barely speak. It felt like her heart had stopped beating when he looked up at her there was a completely and utterly crushed look on his face.

"c-could you stand up for a minute please?" she asked she wasn't sure if he would do it, but she was hoping he would. When he did his arms folded tightly across his chest as he looked at anything but her.

"I want to learn, I-I know I don't know how; but you do and you can show me how. I want to learn I want to learn how to love like you do. You've showed me so much and taught me so much about being a person and letting other people in, and know that even if they h-hurt you however unintentional it was you learn from them. I learnt from Zack that I can't shut myself off because although he has a brilliant mind. A person, the wrong kind of person can come along and manipulate that so they do things that are illogical. I have always communicated with people who understand me who view the world like I do. But Zack did that too and l-look what happened to him, that could have been me; I could have done all those horrible things if you had not come into my life and shown me, all the- the things you have. I want to learn, Booth I want you to show me. I-I can't learn this on my own because I don't know how. And I don't know where to start or who to blame I- she was cut off by Booth kissing her only this time she didn't push him away she pulled him closer wrapping her arms around him and absorbing as much of him as she could. When he pulled back he rested his hands on her face.

"I'll teach you Bones and I'll make sure if I ever do anything to hurt you to make you doubt that us doing this is the worst thing in the world that I'll cut off both my arms so I can't touch you or any one again. Ok" Brennan nodded and wrapped her arms around him hiding her face in his shoulder as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I love you Tempe and I don't expect you to say it back to me right now. I'll show you how and one day one day you'll be able to say I love you too." He whispered in her ear.