"I'm sorry Mr. Booth but all of these tests still point to her being a vegetative state." The head nurse flips through the charts once more then lets out a sigh. "I am truly sorry." She places her hand on my shoulder.
"I understand, I just thought…"
"We understand your apprehension but maybe you should go home, maybe take a break from this tedium?"
"I… I…"
"We have a game room downstairs. It is usually for families of terminal patients but I can see if I can get a pass arranged for you."
"I'll think about it." I huff then resume my pacing.
"It will be at the front desk, if you are interested."
I nod then she leaves as quickly as she came.
"Why do you have to be so damned stubborn, huh?" I lean over the bed and glare, "All I ask of you is that you wake up. I don't even care if you hate me, just WAKE UP!"
I glance to my left to find her attempting to rub her forefinger against my arm.
"Don't even start with me missy." I release my hand from her side and her finger instantly drops. "Your ploys at sympathy will not work anymore. What do you want from me? I have told you I love you, told you all my deepest secrets and even cried over you. I have done everything short of dying for you. Is that what you really want? Me dead?" I place my forehead on hers and exhale a sharp breath causing a light spray against her porcelain skin, "Is it? Is it? 'Cause Bones, you're killing me."
My blood begins to boil as the last few days replay over and over in my mind. Does she think I would not do everything in my power to get her to wake up? I have taken a bullet for the woman on numerous occasions, in my book it is clear I would do anything for her.
I take a few deep breaths but my body just increasingly tenses. I have never been angrier with this woman and she has done some really stupid things. And this coma thing… well it just takes the cake!
"I am sorry that Sweets didn't tell you when I wasn't really dead… so you cannot hold that over me." I practically climb on the bed and growl, "Besides that I have no clue what you are so angry about. In the last six months I have done nothing but treat you as the queen you are. I love you. I want to marry you. I admitted it. Happy now? "
I lean back and cross my arms just as the door begins to open.
"Lunch time!" Angela storms in carrying two paper bags. "Sorry studly, no milkshake though." She places the bags on the desk to the side then her eyes dart between Bones and I.
"Did I walk in on something?" She eyes me as I slowly slide off the bed and walk toward the door.
"Just the truth." I look back at the bed and my heart instantly sinks. What was I thinking? Clearly the woman is not ready for the truth.
"Oh." Angela slumps into the chair beside the bed, hoping the tension in the room will lift.
"And Angela?" I turn in the doorway.
"Yes, Studly?"
"When she wakes up, she will know where to find me." I flip a single poker chip and it lands squarely in Bone's outstretched hand.
As the door shuts behind me, I hear Angela ecstatically shouting my name but I continue my slow descent down the hall.
"How may I help you, Sir?" A young nurse asks, reaching her hand out to graze mine.
"Seeley Booth, I was told you had a card for me?"
"Let me see here…" She shuffles her papers then sets a paper down before me.
"Second floor, to the right. It has a bright purple door, you can't miss it." Her tone suddenly shifts from flirtatious to serious.
I nod, glancing down at the note attached to the card,
"To the boyfriend to the young woman in 34-C, although I am assured the tests are correct… we both knew she woke up."
"Booth! Booth!" I hear as my body suddenly hits the tile floor. "You'll never guess what she did! She… she…" Angela frantically shouts as I roll us onto our sides.
"…caught the poker chip." I whisper, pulling us both to our feet.
"Uh huh. How did you know?" She beams.
"How do you think I knew?" I turn and continue down the hall to the elevator.
"But Booth… where are you going?" Angela huffs. "She's awake!"
"Why don't you go and ask her?" I giggle, stepping inside the elevator. "She'll know why."