He headed off in the direction of the barn and as he walked through the barn he heard her voice coming from one of the stalls, he slowed his pace and quieted his steps and listened to her talking to the horse. "Is it too soon? Is Angela right?" She hugged the mare. "You are such a good listener, but some times I really wish you could talk.

Booth cleared his throat "Dr. Brennan" Keep it official, it will help you hold it together.

She came out of a stall and just the sight of her caused his heart rate to increase and his breathing was increasing. "Booth?"

"I am sorry to interrupt ma'am, but I need to ask you some questions about the incident next door."

"Ma'am? Booth it is me."

"I understand that ma'am…"

"Go to hell Booth." She walked out of the Barn

"Dr. Brennan if you prefer I can take you to the field off in Louisville to have you answer questions."

She turned on him and was nose to nose with him. "Go ahead Booth, I dare you."

"Temperance, don't you push me."

"Well at least you now remember my name." With that she turned and marched away from him. He caught up to her and grabbed her arm at the elbow spinning her around to face him, but he didn't anticipate her hand coming around and connecting with the side of his face.

He took a deep breath and spun her around and cuffed her. "It didn't have to be this way."

He put her in his SUV and headed back for Louisville with her. The cuffs were uncomfortable and she fidgeted trying to find a comfortable position.

"Bones, you want me to adjust those?" She just stared out the window."

He pulled the SUV over, "lean forward," he told her. He removed the cuffs and she pulled her hands around the front and rubbed her wrists. "I'm sorry."

"Can we just get this over with?"

He got out of the SUV and walked around the back and sat there breathing in and out trying to calm himself. How this woman could get under his skin so fast was beyond him. He walked around the passenger side and opened her door.

"Booth what are you doing?"

"I have no idea." He pulled her out of the SUV and into his arms, one hand around her waist and he slid the other up her back until his hand was cradling her head.

"Booth let go of me." she was pushing against his chest

"No"

He slowly brought their lips together, lightly at first and then more forceful as her struggling lessened. By the end of the kiss they were both gasping for air and clinging to each other. "I'm sorry Bones, but I had to know." He released her and walked back around the SUV and got in. She turned around, "Had to know what Booth?"

"I had to know what I felt that night we made love was real."

"You didn't think it was real?"

"Bones we didn't….never mind can't change it now, it is too late. I am sorry for tonight Bones. Get in and I will take you home and have Sawyer come talk to you tomorrow."

She stood in front of her house watching the tail lights of the SUV disappear. He never made a move to get out to open her door, he never even looked at her. In fact he had not said a word to her since he offered to bring her back home. When she had closed the door she saw his jaw tense and as soon as she took a step back, he hit the gas and pulled away.

He couldn't look at her, if he did it would all crumble down. He just needed to get away from her. He shouldn't have kissed her, all it did was cause an all out assault on every nerve he had in his body and ripped open any wounds that were even beginning to heal. Well, at least now you know where she is, you can try to avoid her or maybe you can transfer again.

As he drove back towards Louisville his thoughts were lost on her. How she felt in his arms, how her lips felt on his, then he drifted back to that night. He never saw the corner until it was too late, he jerked the wheel and the SUV tipped dangerously as he turned sideways and slid across the traffic lanes, only stopping when the guard rail caught it. Booth laid his head back on the head rest and then felt a jolt, he opened his eyes as the SUV swung around and was knocked over the railing and down an embankment. As it came to rest on its top, he saw water coming in from the broken windows. The SUV was sinking, he had to get out and then everything went black.

Brennan sat in the dark of her room and stared out the window. Why couldn't she give in? That night was real. What they felt was real. They broke the laws of physics. Their love created two babies, two little miracles. She saw the hurt on his face tonight after he kissed her and she did nothing to try to take it away, just stood there like an idiot and watched him drive away. Angela was right she was selfish and only thought of herself and what had happened to her. Booth had a horrible childhood, but he never used it to hide behind. When he gave of himself, he gave of himself fully. He didn't use his past to hide from his future. He didn't use it as an excuse not to love her. And as horrible as his father was, he didn't use that to hide from being a father, he used it to make him the kind of father he would have like his to be. As she climbed into bed she knew she needed to try to convince him she was worth the risk again.

Just as she laid her head on her pillow her house phone started to ring. "Hello"

"Temperance, it is Hacker, sorry to call so late."

"Andrew, how did you get…."

"I contacted your attorney. Temperance Agent Booth has been in an accident, he is being airlifted into Louisville right now. You are still his emergency contact."

"Airlifted, how bad is he?"

"I don't know."

She was trying to get dressed as she got the hospital information and phone number from Andrew and she was knocking on her nanny's door as she hung up. She told Sharon what was going on and she headed for Louisville. She was going past the scene just as they were winching the mangled SUV back up onto the roadway. Her eyes widened as she saw the twisted metal that didn't even resemble the vehicle she had been in only a couple of hours before. She just stared until an officer got her attention by knocking on her window and motioning her to move on. As she cleared the scene tears were running down her face. If only she would have stopped him and told him how she felt, if she would have cooperated earlier with him, if, if, if, if. If she would have fought for him back in DC, none of this would have happened and they could be sleeping together safe and sound in their home with their children. He had to make it, he had to be okay, he deserved to have the one thing he wanted more than anything, a family, a family that loved him unconditionally.

She arrived at the hospital and they directed her to Critical Care. The nurses started to turn her away as she wasn't family until she came across the he had her attorney draw up, giving her all privileges of a family member. The nurse stopped her before they entered. "Honey, you need to prepare yourself, he is pretty banged up." She had seen him in pretty bad shape before, but nothing prepared her for this.