Disclaimer: Nah, I'm not saying it this time.

Chapter 7.

When the first light came she was very tired, but she refused to go to sleep as long as Booth was unconscious. He had always protected her, now it was her turn to protect him. She checked the wound, washed the bandage in hot, boiling water and put it on again.

Suddenly she saw him flicker his eyelids and immediately put her hand on his cheek.

"Booth?" she said.

He flickered again with his eyelids and then slowly, amazingly slowly he managed to open them.

"Booth?" she said again.

He closed his eyes again and went unconscious. She hung down her head and started crying again. This wasn't happening to her, to him, to them. Why had they been fighting really? Why? Was it because of the love she had for him, though he didn't knew that. Did he love her? She didn't dare to believe it. Though she had noticed that there were a sexual tension between them. Everytime they were in the same room, sparks would fly and there seemed to be an electricity in the room that she felt.

'I wonder if he felt it too, and if the others had felt it. They must have felt it since they made us jump from the plane' she thought.

She positioned herself in her now usual place with Booth in her lap and put her arms around his head, leaning her head down on top of his head. Her tears flowing freely. She didn't know she had held that much inside, but obviously she had.

His eyelids flickered again but she didn't see it. Then suddenly she felt a hand on the back of her head and turned her eyes down towards his and saw that he was awake now. Fully awake.

"Booth" she whispered.

He barely nodded but she saw it.

"Don't try to speak. Get your rest. I think the worst is over now" she whispered.

He did as she said, but before he closed his eyes and relaxed he pulled her down towards him and brushed his lips against hers, his upperlip meeting her bottomlip. He pulled her closer and deepened the kiss. When their lips parted he smiled faintly and whispered:

"M.J.".

She looked confused.

"I don't know what that means."

"It's from the movie Spiderman" he whispered. "Spiderman hung upside down in the rain when the girl he loved named Mary Jane or M.J. kissed him."

"Well it's not raining now Booth" she said.

"I know but I felt like Spiderman there for a while" he answered and smiled his so called charmsmile.

She saw it and knew that he was going to be okay. When Booth closed his eyes he whispered:

"I heard what you said earlier."

"What?"

"I love you too, since the first time I met you" he said before he dozed off to sleep.

She couldn't believe what she heard. He loved her. She knew then that when he woke up again, she had to tell him again that she loved him too.

She still didn't move from her position, but now she slept a bit. An uncomfortable sleep. When she woke up her back ached but she didn't care. Booth was still sleeping she noticed. She lowered her lips towards his and kissed him gently before pulling back. He started to move a bit, but didn't wake up. She kissed him again, this time deeper with more energy. She felt him kiss her back and she felt his hand on the back of her neck pulling her closer and she let him willingly do it. When they parted for air she looked him into his eyes and said with a clear voice without any hesitation or doubt:
"I love you. Never leave me alone again."

"I promise" he said and pulled her to him for another deep kiss.

They stayed like this for the rest of the day. Booth dozing off every now and then in Brennan's lap. He couldn't think of a better place to rest and gain his strength again. He was lying in the arms of the woman he loved. What better place was there to be? In his world, there were no other place that could compete with it, paradise didn't even come close. Heck the place was paradise for him.

She smiled and watched him sleep. Her fingers were gtracing the lines of his face. Her hands gently caressed his face and hair.

Next morning Booth tried to sit up with the support of Brennan as his backsupport. He even sat up by himself and managed quite alright. Then he decided that he was going to stand up. He didn't manage that. He got dizzy before he even could stand up properly and fell down again. Brennan hurried to him and sat down beside him. He placed his head in her lap and smiled faintly.

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A/N: Too much romance? Not in my opinion.