Months had gone by since Temperance had told Booth of her pregnancy and Ortez had made it clear that he wanted to harm the child in which she was carrying. Many things had happened since then. For one thing Temperance was no longer Temperance Brennan but Temperance Booth. She and Seeley had been married a week after she had found out about her pregnancy.
Everything had happened so fast or so it seemed. One moment the two of them couldn't stop arguing with one another and in the next moment the two of them were saving each other's life. Things had changed drastically between the pair. They had once been hateful towards each other and now they were in love, married, and expecting their first child.
Their relationship wasn't the only thing that changed, they had changed as people. She was no longer the scientist who buried herself in her work to escape the harsh reality of the real world. He no longer called her Bones in order to annoy her, but instead he used her first name. It was amazing how they had grown as individuals and as a team.
Temperance and Seeley weren't the only ones who had changed. Angela had changed dramatically herself. She was involved in a serious relationship with a guy who respected her job and the long hours that were sometimes expected of her. Zack had changed a lot as well. He had a girlfriend. Zack was now feeling as though he belonged, which was something that he had so longed for. All of them had changed along with the world and all of its daily changes.
These thoughts were currently owned by Temperance Booth, as she lies on the dirt floor of a basement. Her life and all of the wonderful things in it were flashing before her. After all this time the man who was currently pacing the room had captured her. Ortez had her tied to a pole in the basement of an abandon building. He'd pointed a gun at her on many occasions, but had yet to fire it and she knew exactly why he didn't fire. All Ortez wanted was to panic her husband; he didn't wish to harm her or her child, yet.
She hated this feeling of complete and total fear. Her heart pounded away and her mind rushed trying to find a solution to her current situation. She hoped that nothing happened to her child or herself. She deeply wished that her husband was here with her, but knew that he was not there. She was reminded of what had happened to her on her most recent trip to El Salvador every time Ortez spoke to her. He told her that he was going to kill her and her unborn child and some part believed that he truly would stay true to his word.
She couldn't help the feeling of complete and absolute terror that has washed over her. She had responsibility towards this child, that one year ago would have been the furthest thing from her mind. She had a job to do, she had things to live up to and being in the position that she was in at the moment wasn't helping. Her mind was in overdrive and before she realized it she had dozed off and was only to wake from the sound of gunshot.
She didn't realize until moments had passed that she had been the victim of that shot. She was untied now and being dragged away and driven off. Unconsciousness took hold of her body as the bullet did its biding. She wasn't to wake until she was safe in a hospital bed with her husband stroking her hand soothingly.
"Seeley," She whispered as she slowly regained consciousness.
"How do you feel?" He questioned.
"Like I was shot," She answered.
"I'm just thankful that the guy who shot you didn't aim to well," Booth said in reply to her statement. Temperance had to smile at that. Being kidnapped and shot had been such a terrifying experience, but knowing that by some odd twist of fate she and her child were both fine made her smile.
She was happy that her child was safe which lead her to think back more on the past year. She remembered that one year ago she had been telling Booth that she never wanted children and now here she was, seven months pregnant. Everything felt kind of strange or maybe they were just different.
Temperance stared at her husband and he stared right back at her. Both of them were thinking about all the moments that had led them to where they were at this moment in time. Their partnership had been rough in the beginning, then there had been the extreme jealousy when the other had a date, relationship, or when someone flirted with their partner, and finally the I'm gonna kill you for putting a hit on her. What had started as a working relationship was now a lifelong relationship. They deserved each other because everything with them just fit. They sometimes finished each others statements and they could go from love to hate in seconds. It was actually kind of cute if you looked at it from another person's perspective.
The comfortable silence continued as Seeley stared into Temperance's eyes and she stared right back into his. The silence of the room was interrupted only by the sound of Seeley's cell phone. He said okay a lot but other than that Temperance couldn't hear anything. When he had hung up and put his phone back into his pocket she opened her mouth to ask him what the call was about but Seeley spoke first.
"They caught Ortez," He said answering her unasked question.
"You mean that you didn't go after him after what he did to me?" She sounded insulted. How could Seeley let someone else get this guy?
"Yes," He answered. "I had to stay here and make sure you two were okay, and Collins was afraid that I'd rip Ortez's head off and he told me to stay here with you." He would say anything to make sure she didn't stay mad at him even if only part of it was true.
She forgave him.
"When do I get to leave?" She asked. Tempe hated hospitals but she wasn't the only one, she was very aware of Seeley's hate for them as well. He silently walked out of the room, picked a fight with a nurse, lost the fight with the doctor that the nurse called to her aid, and then silently walked back into the room.
"They're gonna make you stay here for awhile," He answered. The look on her face told him that she wasn't happy about that but knowing that he'd tried to get her out made her smile slightly. Well the thought of her very muscular husband losing a fight to a nurse kind of put the smile on her face.
They sat there for long moments of silence before Seeley grabbed the remote and turned the television on. They watched the news of Ortez being caught by the FBI and everything that had just happened that day, but both were silently wondering what their next adventure would be. Well as the thought came to their minds they vanished it knowing that the baby was gonna be their next adventure. Maybe crime would have to take a vacation.
THE END
This is the end and I have NO intention of writing a sequel because I don't do sequels very well they turn out shity so use your Imagination to figure out what could happen next. I have an idea to write a story about Bones having a sisterwho she meets after all this time so that should be my next project LOL
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