A/N: I'd like to thank Leanne (Lea aka Leanne). When I started this fic "And Then There Was You" popped into my head. Okay, what a great title. I hadn't realized that I had it tucked into my memory bank. Please go to "Angel" site and read her fic of the same title, ( which I inadvertently stole from her.) Great story. I even reviewed and commented on the title. So, this fanfic of mine is dedicated to you, Lea. Thanks!

"But, I need you, Bones. I've been worried sick over you. I didn't want you to leave. To leave me." Only the FBI agent hadn't said those words. It was only her wishful thoughts which passed through her head.

"You shouldn't have stepped in front of me. You shouldn't have."

"How would I have explained it to your little boy that he had no daddy to go home to? I know how it feels to lose parents. You never get over it. A thank you would suffice, Agent Booth." Her voice was in a sharped whispered tone. She looked away from him and stared at her IV which dripped down the tube and into her vein.

Booth shook his head, rubbed his eyes and leaned back into his chair. "I can see you're getting to be your old self again." He grinned.

"I'm tired, you can go now." She turned to him.

"You sure about that? You really want me to leave?" He ran his fingers through her hair. "Thank you, Temperance. You know, for saving my life."

It was the way he had said her name which melted her heart. The moment was interrupted when a young perky red-headed nurse walked in. Seely cussed silently to himself.

"Hello, Temperance! I'm Alisen and I'll be your nurse for the night. How are we feeling?"

"We're feeling fine," Seely answered sarcastically under his breath.

"Oh, did I interrupt a moment?" She turned her question to Booth and apologized before he could have answered her. "I'm sorry. I do that sometimes, you know, drop in at an inopportune time to check up on my patients while love ones are together."

Booth smiled at her slightly embarrassed.

Alisen rambled on. "Did you want to spend the night here? I could get a cot and and extra pillow, blanket and..."

"Uh, no. Thank you, but, no. It's late and I'd better leave." Booth rose from his chair and stepped back.

"No, really, Mr. Brennan, husbands are allowed for sleep overs," she chirped.

"I'm not her husband," he blurted out and sighed loudly.

"I just thought, well, I can bend the rule. I'm sure your girlfriend would want that. Wouldn't you, Temperance, for him to stay the night?" She turned back and forth at them.

Temperance watched Seely squirmed. Just exactly how would he explain their relationship. Afterall, she needed to know.

"Hey, you got this all wrong. We just work together. Nothing more."

Those words crushed her heart. They worked together. A working relationship. In his eyes, she was not even a friend. She was just someone with no significance other than a co-worker, like an office girl whose desk was located next to his.

"Oh." The young nurse studied him. "You sure fooled me. I was so sure there was something more."

Why can't she just shut up he thought to himself. "Hey, Bones, I'd better go. Glad you're feeling better," he called out as he headed out the door.

Booth found himself in the comfort of his own home. What the hell happened back there? He stripped out of his clothes and jumped into the shower. He leaned his forehead against the cold tile. He retraced his thoughts back to the hospital scene. We work together. What else could he have said to that nurse? He hated perky, bouncy women and the night nurse had annoyed him so much, which is why he blurted out the first thing that came into mind. But then, he really wouldn't had known how to answer her, anyway. A husband or boyfriend? What possessed her to have thought such a thing? Bone's love one? Was it so obvious to an outsider on his feelings for her?

He stepped out of the shower, quickly wiped himself down and put on his boxers. Booth hesitated at first, but, then reached for his telephone and asked the hospital operator to be connected to Bone's room. After the fifth ring, he heard her voice.

"Hey, it's me." He laid flat on his bed and starred at the ceiling in his darkened room.

The familiar sound of his voice made her heart skip a beat. "Hi," she answered softly.

"Just called to say goodnight. How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, thank you."

They were polite to each other unlike their many conversations of bickers and sarcasms.

"Look, about tonight, I'm...I'm sorry I left suddenly. It's just that, I, I...," he stammered.

"It's okay, Booth," she lied. It wasn't okay. She had not wanted him to leave. She wanted him there with her for the night, for him to have held on to her hands until she fell asleep. What would have happened if the nurse had not walked in as his fingers ran through her hair?

"If you need anything, night or day, even if it's all hours of the night, just call, alright?"

"Yes. I'll call. Thank you." Both waited for the other to break the silence. After severals seconds, Booth spoke up.

"I'd better let you go. You need your rest. I shouldn't keep you up. Goodnight, Temp. Whatever your dreams, I hope they are beautiful."

"Goodnight, Seely," she sighed.

"I love you, Bones." He said it unexpectedly, but it was too late for he heard a click on the other end of the line. He placed the telephone back on its base and laid back to close his eyes. Temperance Brennan does things to him he never could have imagined.

TBC - Chapter 5