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A/N: I'm gonna be skipping past some time in the story now. I know the last chapter was 1 week after the previous one, well this one is gonna be even further down the road so I can get my awesome plan with Parker to come to fruition! =) Thanks for all the Story Favorite, Story Alert, and Reviews guys! They mean a lot to me!
It had been two months since I had shocked Sweets into speechlessness by opening myself up. Things were going inexplicably well, all things considered. As Booth would say, we were 'on a roll' in our case solving. All of our cases since coming home had been open and shut cases, which was nice because it gave us more time to focus on our relationship outside of work.
I had spent the majority of the past two months staying at Booth's place. It didn't make sense for us to go to my place because Parker didn't have a bedroom there. All I had was a guest room that he would have found quite sparse, as there were no children's toys in there, or anywhere else in my apartment for that matter. I kept my apartment so that when I needed some quiet time to work on my manuscript I had somewhere to escape to.
"C'mon, Bones! Let's go get breakfast!" I heard Booth call from the front door. Parker had been picked up by his friend's dad earlier that morning.
"Just a minute, Booth. I'll be right there." I walked to my duffel bag in Booth's room and pulled out a pill bottle. I extricated my daily dose of birth control and quickly took it before making my way to the front door where Booth waited, tapping his foot impatiently.
Once we arrived at the diner, we took our normal table and ordered breakfast. Once our food arrived I spent most of my time thinking instead of eating. I looked down at my plate of egg-white scrambled eggs and fruit salad. I pushed some eggs around the plate with my fork before relenting and picking up a small piece and putting it in my mouth. This had been one of those mornings where the thought of food nearly made me want to vomit. It had occurred for the past three mornings, though, thankfully the previous mornings I had eaten alone so Booth hadn't known about my lack of morning sustenance. However, usually by lunch time I was feeling fine enough to eat my own meal as well as half of Booth's fries. I hoped I wasn't coming down with something. There was a new viral outbreak of Streptococcus going around the area.
I took another bite of my eggs as I heard Booth clear his throat. He seemed to be trying to get my attention. How long had I been lost in thought? I looked up at Booth to see a concerned expression flashing across his features. "You okay, Bones? You look a little pale and you haven't eaten much." He nodded towards my nearly untouched plate of food.
I nodded slightly, but stopped immediately when my head started to pound. "I'm fine, although I think I may be coming down with something."
"Maybe you should go see a doctor." He said worriedly.
I shot an irritated glance at him. "When I get to my office I'll call my primary care physician and make an appointment, are you satisfied?" I glared at him. I know his intentions were well, but nonetheless, I hated it when people tried to coddle me like an infant whenever I looked the slightest bit off. "I'm sorry, Booth. You didn't deserve that." I sighed. "I'm just not feeling like my usual self today."
He reached out and encompassed my hand in his, his concern even more evident on his features. "Which is why I want you to go see a doctor. You always minimize your problems by saying 'it's okay' or 'I'll be fine.' I just want to make sure it isn't that new strain of virus. It's getting serious, Bones. People have died from this strain already."
I nodded my head slowly, so as not to aggravate my excruciating headache. "I know, Booth, and I appreciate your concern. I promise I'll make an appointment. I'm sure it's nothing, although I can tell you that none of my symptoms seem to match the ones being reported to the Health Department."
Little did I know, that things were much more serious than I had anticipated, but soon enough I would find out for myself.
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, but it kinda had to be this way to move into things the way I want to. I also apologize for the cliffhanger! I know how much I hate them, so I can imagine that you guys probably get frustrated too! I promise to update again soon! Anybody have any ideas as to what's going on with Brennan?