One Night (Continued)
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Recap: one week till the wedding and Tessa mysteriously shows up at Booth's house. (He must have forgotten to change the locks. lol)
"Tessa, what are you doing here. I thought I took your key back when we broke up." He said angrily.
"Good thing I made an extra copy, just in case." She said with a grin on her face, twirling the key in her fingers. "Hello, Temperance." Her face got cold.
"Booth, should I go?" Tempe said, looking at him, trying to ignore the fact that her fiancé's ex-girlfriend was sitting on his bed.
"No, you stay here, I'll just see Tessa to the door now." He said holding Tempe's shoulders, "Come on Tessa, you have to go, now." He grabbed her arm and led her downstairs.
"Why do I have to go now? I wanted to stay and talk to you. We need to talk." Tessa protested.
"Because, it's been five months since we've seen each other, I'm getting married in a week, and there's nothing to talk about. If there were something to talk about, it's a little late now, don't you think?" He said, helping her put her coat on.
"I know it's been a while since we've seen each other, but I want us to get back together. I love you." She said, holding on to his biceps.
"Goodbye Tessa," he said, pulling his arm out of her grip and opening the door.
"Fine, I'll leave, but I'll be back. One of these days, I will be back." She said as she walked out. Then, he grabbed the key from her hand and slammed the door behind her.
Then, he went back upstairs and found his fiancé, sleeping peacefully on the bed. When he sat down on the bed, she awoke and sat up. He put his arm around her and said, "Hey, you must be tired. You fell asleep with your clothes on and everything. You go get dressed and I'll get ready for bed too."
"OK, I'll be right back." She said as she rubbed her eyes and headed into the bathroom to get changed. All of a sudden he heard a loud thump from the bathroom.
"Tempe! Tempe, are you OK. Tempe!" he said as he broke down the door to find her lying in a puddle of water on the floor. He turned her over and saw the deep cut on her forehead.
"Oh my God, Tempe!" he screamed as he sat down next to her and held her in his arms. He got up, only to call 911, and went back to holding her in his arms until the paramedics arrived and took her to the emergency room.
It had been two hours since Tempe came to the hospital. The doctors wouldn't tell him anything about her condition. They just told him that she had most likely slipped on the puddle of water, hit her head on the corner of the sink, and been knocked out. But of course he had already figured that out.
He was sitting in the waiting room when the doctor came out with a clipboard and she said, "Mr. Booth?"
"Yes, that's me," he said, standing up and walking toward her. "Is she OK? How is she?"
"Are you a family member?" She asked.
"I'm her fiancé. We're supposed to get married in a week." He said.
"Well, close enough. Follow me Mr. Booth." She said walking through the doors and to the doorway of room 113. "And, yes, she's fine. It's just a minor concussion and seven stitches. But I'm afraid that she will have either a bandage or a scar on her forehead for the wedding, depending on how fast she heals."
"I don't care, just as long as she's OK." He said as she put her hand on the knob and opened the door.
"She's sleeping now, but you can go on in if you want. She'll be happy to see you. She keeps asking about you." She said
"Hey, how you doing?" he asked her when she woke up. He was lying beside her, his left hand caressing her cheek while she slept; his right hand lying on her stomach.
"OK, my head just hurts a lot. What happened, they didn't tell me much and all I remember is slipping and hitting my head. Next thing I know I'm here.
"Well, you slipped and hit your head an the sink. You have a minor concussion and seven stitches on your head. The doctor says that you will either have a bandage or a scar on our wedding day, depending on how fast you heal." He said, pushing her hair out of her face.
"Ow," She said, brining her hand up to her head. "My head."
"Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to hit your head." For a few minutes, there was silence. He hugged her tighter and she cuddled up to him, her head resting on his chest.
"You know, if the doctors say you can go home today, you'll probably have to move in a week earlier." He said, putting his arm around her and pulling her even closer to her. Just then, the doctor who brought him in here walked in.
"Ms. Brennan? I'm Dr. Rocco I've been taking care of you while you were asleep." She went over to Tempe's I.V. and replaced the bag of pain meds. "So, rumor is that you two are getting married. Congratulations, I've been married five years to my husband. I got a flat and he worked at my father's car shop. One day, he asked me out. How'd you to meet?" she went over to the wall and got the stethoscope and checked her B.P.
"We met at work. I'm the F.B.I. agent assigned to the Jeffersonian where Tempe works." Booth said.
"Wow, an F.B.I. agent. What do you do at the Jeffersonian?" the doctor asked.
"I'm a forensic anthropologist there. I study skeletons and determine how the person died." She said, hoping she didn't freak the doctor out too much.
"Wow. You two must get paid more than all the doctors on this floor put together. Well Ms. Brennan, it looks like you're good to go. As long as you have a ride home, you can leave anytime, just sign these papers here and off you go." The doctor said. Tempe signed the papers and the doctor left.
"You do know that it is just my head that is inured, my legs are fine." Tempe protested to the wheelchair she was in.
"I know that. But it is slippery out here and I don't want you to fall again. Plus, this is hospital procedure. If you were a patient, you can't leave unless you are in a wheelchair." Booth said. He knew that wasn't true, he just didn't want her to get hurt again. He would do everything for her. She was going to take a break from work. He knew she wasn't going to be convinced immediately. Unless that fall was worse than it appeared, he would have to work on it. He knew just the way. He drove them home and every five minutes he was asking her if she wanted anything or if her head hurt. They finally made it home and went to bed, but neither of them got a wink of sleep that night.
In the morning, Tempe saw that someone had turned off the alarm on her clock. Booth knew that she would wake up late today so he turned off her alarm. She looked around the house, no Booth. His car wasn't there which meant that he was already at work. He only had one car. Hers was at her apartment. She was in the kitchen when she heard the doorbell. She went to answer it. When she opened the door, she was so mad at booth for leaving her at home.
"Hello Temperance," Tessa said, pushing herself through the doorway and into the house. "How are you today? I heard about your little accident, how unfortunate. To bad you will have to look like…" she looked at Tempe and frowned. "…that" she closed the door behind her.
"Tessa, please, go or I'm calling the police. This has gone to far. You have to leave now." She said.
"Where's big strong Booth to protect you now?" she pushed Tempe into the wall. When she got up, she swung her hand at Tempe's face. Just then, Booth walked in the door.
"Tessa, what are you doing here, again?" he asked as he dropped his bag and went over to hug Tempe, who let go of Tessa's arm.
"I told you I'd be back. I was just about to take out your little girlfriend here, and then you had to walk in and spoil all the fun." Said Tessa.
"How'd you get in here, I took your other key away?" he asked.
"Well, maybe you should teach your girlfriend not to answer the door to a stranger." She said.
"Well, maybe you should leave us alone. Those five months without were the best four month of my life." Said booth, trying to make Tessa mad.
"Maybe I should." Tessa said as she stormed out of the house and speeding down the slick, ice covered roads.
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