A/N: Just thought Hannah would bring a little action into the story and I was really happy that everyone reacted to her! Hope you like this chapter too.

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Booth swore his heart stopped beating for a full second after his eyes fell on Temperance, standing barely two feet away from the door. He tore his eyes from her and turned to see Hannah walking quickly towards the door. He still couldn't believe what had happened in the bathroom and it suddenly dawned on him, as he watched Hannah open the door violently, that if his partner was standing two feet away from him, it probably meant that she had heard everything. He turned to face her. She looked stunned and he immediately hoped that it was good stunned. Their date had gone really well before Hannah had arrived and he hoped that his ex-girlfriend hadn't ruined his chance with Temperance. He gulped.

"I'm sorry." He said, thinking it was the only thing to say.

Temperance simply blinked at him. He wished at that particular moment that he had the ability to read her mind. He needed to know if the things going through it were good or bad. He needed to know what exactly she had heard and how she felt about them. He hoped she hadn't witnessed the kiss.

Relax, Booth. His mind told him. Last time you checked, she couldn't see through walls.

Booth sighed in relief when he saw her open her mouth to talk. Unfortunately for him, no sound came out and she closed it. He sighed again.

"Come on. I'll drive you home." He said, reaching out to take her hand in his.

They silently walked back to the car, both lost in their thoughts.

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The drive back was equally silent. Temperance stared out the window, looking at the lights and buildings as they passed by them. Her heart hurt and she wasn't quite sure why.

She had seen Hannah sneaking in the men's room which was why she had turned around and walked back to the restroom. She had stood outside of it, the absence of a door making it so much easier for her to hear everything going on inside.

She heard him ask her what she was doing there since it was a men's restroom. She heard Hannah reply that it had never stopped them before. She had immediately felt jealous as she understood the meaning under the woman's statement. She had also felt a twinge of disgust at the thought of sex in a public bathroom. It was so unsanitary.

Booth had blurted out that Hannah had dumped him and that had caught her attention. Stepping closer to the entrance, she had listened carefully to see what her reply was going to be. She nearly barged in the room when she heard Hannah say that she had found someone better. How could that woman be so careless?

She couldn't see through walls but she had known the second Hannah had pressed her lips against Booth. She wasn't quite sure how she had known but she had. Maybe it had because of the muffled sound Booth had made or because he had almost yelled "You have got to stop doing that!" or maybe a little bit of both. Whatever the reason had been, she had felt her heart squeeze and she had shuddered at the thought of Booth kissing another woman. Was that what jealousy felt like?

She had listened as Booth told Hannah that he had moved on and she had felt a small wave of happiness sweep through her but the wave crashed the second she had heard:

"Now I actually think that I found one that I really like and can really see myself with."

Her heart had raced faster and she had been pretty sure that her legs were going to give out under her. Booth had found someone? How come he had not told her? The thought never occurred to her that Booth might have been talking about her. She had been about to leave when Hannah had spoke her name.

"Yes, Temperance. I like her now. Not you, not anybody else. Only her."

Booth liked her? How was that possible and most important, when had that happened? Images of previous events that day flashed in front of her eyes: the hand holding, the hair tucking, the picnic, the swim in the lake, the laughter, the look in his eyes, the cake-feeding at the restaurant, the cuddling after dinner. Everything started to make sense. Booth liked her. It was at that particular moment that she realized she might like him too.

Everything else had happened too quickly and before she had known it, Hannah had been dashing out of the men's room, had told her he was all hers and had left. Booth had come out of the bathroom, had looked surprisingly shocked and now, here they were, on their way to her apartment, her heart aching.

She turned to look at Booth who had his eyes fixed on the road ahead of them. She could see him clutching the steering wheel tightly and she wondered if he was mad about something. She placed her hand on his thigh and squeezed it lightly. Booth's head jerk her way.

"Bones... what the?" he said, breathing heavily.

She had startled him and she couldn't help but smile.

"A little tense, Booth?" she asked, teasingly.

His features loosened a little and he smiled.

"Sorry Bones. I was just thinking about Hannah."

"Oh." Temperance replied, pulling her hand off his thigh. "Oh."

Booth's smile faded.

"No Bones, it's not what you think. I was just thinking about what she said to me in the bathroom and it pissed me off. I'm sorry. I don't want you to think that I still love her because I don't. I stopped loving her a long time ago."

Temperance nodded.

"Why did you two broke up?"

"I told you already. She got sick of me."

"That's the only reason?"

Booth sighed and shook his head. The lines in front of him became blurry. Was he tearing up?

What the hell? He thought.

"She uh... she cheated on me. Twice. With one of my best friends. My brother Jared, he saw them together and he came to tell me. I confronted her about it. She didn't deny it and told me she was actually thinking of leaving me for him. The same night, she was packing her stuff and leaving my apartment. I never heard from her after that."

Temperance nodded, numbly. Hannah had cheated on Booth? How was that even possible? She knew that if she had been in her shoes, no other man would have been able to make her cheat on him.

"Can we please change the subject, Bones? I don't really like talking about it."

"Sure." She replied, looking away from him and out the window once again.

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Booth pulled the SUV in the parking lot of her apartment building and stopped behind her own car. The parking lot was nearly empty and Booth wondered where all of the tenants in her building had gone. Only three or four cars remained. Booth decided to park the SUV in one of the empty spots. Too bad for the owner of it. He didn't plan on staying a long time anyway.

Temperance followed him out of the vehicle and once again led the way to her apartment. She could hear Booth walking behind her, holding the bag he had insisted to carry. She wondered why he was bothering walking her to her door. It wasn't like she wasn't able to walk on her own. She had a feeling it had something to do with the fact that it was dark and he had afraid she'd get kidnapped or something. She shook her head slightly.

"Why are you shaking your head?" he asked from behind her.

"No reason." She replied as she took out her keys from her pocket and unlocked the door.

They stepped into the building's lobby and stopped into front of the elevator. Temperance pressed the button.

"Are you walking me to my door?"

Booth grinned.

"Of course I am. What kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't?"

Temperance chuckled.

"You don't have to do all of this, Booth. I'm..."

"Capable of walking on your own, I know." He said, finishing her sentence for her. "Just let me do this, okay? Don't question it. I want to do this."

"Yes, Temperance. I like her now. Not you, not anybody else. Only her."

His voice echoed in her ears. She nodded.

The doors chimed open and the two friends stepped in the elevator. Pressing the button to her floor, she turned to Booth.

"You know we could have just taken the stairs. I live on the second floor."

"I know but it's so much quicker that way."

Temperance smiled.

The elevator ride lasted barely ten seconds and the partners stepped out of the shaft at the same time. They slowly back down the hallway, knowing fully well the second they would reach Temperance's door that it would be the end of their wonderful day together.

Unfortunately for them, the door came into sight and Temperance stopped in front of it. She unlocked her door and was about to step in the darkness of her apartment when she felt a hand grab her arm. She swung towards the belonger of the hand.

"What?" she asked, confused.

Booth dropped the bag beside her.

"You think you can just walk in your apartment and leave me standing outside?"

He smiled teasingly at her.

"Well do you want to come in? You know, for coffee or something?"

Booth shook his head.

"I'm sorry but I can't."

"Oh."

She sounded disappointed and Booth felt bad.

"I'm sorry. I have this really early meeting tomorrow morning that I can't miss."

"Okay. So, how does 'date' Booth end his dates?"

She watched as Booth stepped closer to her, invading her personal space in a good way. She fought the urge to snake her arms around his neck, especially when she felt a pair of hands on her hips.

"Depends." Booth replied.

"Depends on what?"

Her voice was low and shaky and Temperance cursed her weakness.

"Well, when I don't feel a particular connection with the girl, I do this..."

He leaned in closer to her and kissed her softly on the cheek. Temperance felt her face grow warm and her heart racing like mad in her chest. She held her breath as he pulled away, wondering what was going to happen next.

"And when the date went amazingly well, I do this..."

Her eyes fluttered close as Booth kissed her softly on the lips. Her hands cupped his elbows.

The kiss ended as quickly as it had started. Booth pulled away and looked at his partner. Leaning close to her ear, he whispered:

"See you tomorrow, Bones."

She opened her eyes to notice that he was gone. She wasn't sure how long she stood there, her feet nailed to the floor, feeling hazy from the kiss.

She heard the door to the apartment across from hers open but she barely paid any attention to it.

"Oh hey Temperance!" her neighbor said, cheerfully, as he locked the door to his apartment, oblivious to Temperance's expression.

His voice brought her back to reality and she shook her head. Noticing that she was still standing in front of her door, she pushed her bag inside with her foot and closed the door behind her.

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