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Author's Note1: Thanks to all my reviewers. Ya'll are awesome. I hope everyone likes this chap, considering I'm kinda doped up on asthma meds right now. Oh, and I don't know how facts on surgery times or names of Washington Hospitals, so I just made stuff up. Enjoy!

Twenty-four hours later, Booth was exactly where Angela had predicted he would be. He was sitting next to Bones, holding her hand. He's been sitting with her since she had been moved into her room from recovery. "Come on Bones, wake up. Please." Booth whispered.

Brennan stirred. She opened her eyes and saw Booth sitting next to her. "Booth?" She said groggily.

Booth grinned. "Hey, Bones. It's about time you woke up."

"What do you mean? Where am I?"

"You're at Memorial Hospital."

"Well I'm not staying." Brennan said as she tried to sit up.

Booth put a hand on her shoulder. "Temperance, you were in a major car wreck. You won't be going anywhere until the doctor gives you permission."

"Booth, I'm… oww... Why can't I move my legs?"

"Your left leg broke in the collision."

"But I don't remember it. Booth, when can I go home?"

"Tomorrow, Dr. Brennan." A male voice replied. "I'm Dr. Boreanaz. You were pretty lucky."

"Why do you say that?" Brennan asked.

"One of the paramedics that brought you here is my fiancé. She told me about the condition of you car. You would have died if you hadn't been wearing your seatbelt."

"But I didn't die. So if all that's wrong with me is a broken leg…"

"That's not all that is wrong. We spent eight hours in surgery repairing the damage to your right foot."

"What damage?" Brennan asked sounding worried.

"Some of the bones in your right foot shattered. We fixed the bones, but recovery will be slow. You also have a nasty concussion. The concussion is the reason we want to keep you over night tonight."

"Oh." Brennan yawned.

"Get some rest." Dr. Boreanaz said with a smile. "Someone will be in to check on you in about an hour."

Temperance nodded as the dr. left. She turned to Booth, who was fuming over the time delay between the accident and his phone call from Russ. "Seeley."

He looked up at her. "Yeah, Bones?"

"Please don't leave." Brennan pleaded sleepily.

Booth grinned. "Don't worry, I won't. Now get some sleep. I'll be here when you wake up."

"Ok." Temperance whispered as she fell asleep.

---Booth's POV---

When Temperance was asleep, I placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. "Sleep well, Bones." I whispered. I walked out of the room in search of the doctor; I found him not far down the hall. "Dr. Boreanaz, may I have a word with you?"

The doctor turned with a charm smile that wasn't nearly as charming as my charm smile. "Sure, what do you need?"

"Temperance Brennan is my partner. You just told her that she was in surgery for eight hours."

"Yes, that's correct."

"So why didn't her brother, who is her next of kin, find out until she'd already been in surgery five hours?"

The smile faded. "Agent Booth, I'm not in charge of contacting the family members. I'm a doctor, not a receptionist. I was saving that young woman's life. I was doing my job. So if all you're going to do is lecture me, I'll be leaving. Chew on someone else's ass, because it wasn't my fault." He said turning to leave.

I grabbed his arm, probably shouldn't have done that, but this Bones after all. "Dr. Boreanaz, I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to lecture. Temperance is… Well, she's…" Great, now I was flustered. I never get flustered.

Dr. Boreanaz grinned at me. "You love her, don't you?"

My, my Doctor aren't you direct? I thought. But he was right. "Yeah. I am. How did you guess?"

"You wouldn't have stayed next to her for the past 24 hours waiting for her to wake up if you weren't."

I shrugged. I was feeling bad now for chewing out the nice doctor. "Listen, I'd like to make it up to you. Could I buy you a cup of coffee?"

He shook his head. "No need, if we had switched places, I would have done the exact same thing. So no harm done. You should probably make some phone calls right now while she's asleep."

I nodded. "You're right."

"I'll most likely see you later." He said as he walked away.

I stood in the hall, feeling like an ass. I picked up the phone and dialed Angela's number. She picked up on the second ring. "Hello?"

"Angela. It's Booth."

"Hey Booth, how's Bren? Has she woken up yet?"

"Yeah, she woke up for about ten minutes. They still have her doped up for the pain. But the doctor said she'd be able to go home tomorrow."

"Do you want me to take her home?"

I said the first thing that came to my mind. "No, actually, I was planning on taking her home. I mean, I'm already here so…"

"I get it, Booth. Thanks for calling me."

"Not a problem. Now I have to call Russ."

"He's with Zach and Hodgins right now. So I'll just give Hodgins a call." Angela said.

"Ok, thanks Angela."

"Goodbye, Booth." She replied and hung up the phone.

"Bye." I said to my phone as I flipped it shut and headed back to Bones' room. I had promised to be there when she woke up, and that was exactly where I planned to be.

Author's Note 2: See, Bones is going to be fine. And Seeley will help her with her recovery.

Booth: (mumbles) You should have let me hit him.

Me: Huh?

Booth: You should have let me hit that stupid Doctor.

Me: It wasn't his fault and it wouldn't have helped the situation...

Booth: Yes it would have.

Me: How?

Booth: It would have made me feel better. Oh, by the way...

Me: Yes?

Booth: Bones gets out of the hospital in the next chapter or there will be hell to pay!

Me: EEK! Yes, Sir! (Runs away and starts writing next chapter)