Disclaimer: Don't own them, altho if i did i would probably write Fanfic just for fun lol
Warning: Could contain spoilers.. i dunno i live on the other side of the world!
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Brennan knocked on the door and waited, biting her lip. She willed the tears that were gathering in her eyes to go away. Shaking her head, she was about to turn when the door opened.
"Bones," Booth's voice sounded shocked.
Brennan looked at Booth, realizing she had interrupted something.
"Uh, sorry I should have called," she trailed off as Cam came in to view.
"Is everything ok? You kinda look…" Booth started to say.
Brennan shook her head and bit her lip again.
"I'm sorry, I'll just go," she said hurriedly, turned and ran from Booth's door.
She did not stop running until she was five block's from his place. Sitting on a park bench, she pulled out her phone, dialed a number and waited.
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Cam's eyes widened as they scanned the piece of paper in front of her.
"Dr Brennan," she said as she entered Brennan's office. "Are you serious? This has nothing to do with me and Booth does it? Because if it does then I'm sure we could try and find a way around it," she continued as she closed the door to the office and sat in front of Brennan.
"No Cam this is something I need to do," Brennan said looking up and forcing a smile.
"I don't understand. Does this have something to do with why you were at Booth's last night?" Cam asked.
"No, I can assure you, this has nothing to do with that," Brennan replied. If all else fails, lie through your teeth, she thought to herself.
"Ok then. I'm sure you'd like to tell the rest of the team yourself," Cam said standing.
"Thanks Cam and I hope everything goes good for you while you're here," Brennan said.
Cam nodded and left Brennan's office. When she was sure that she was out of sight and listening distance to anyone else, she pulled out her phone and hit number one on her speed dial.
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Brennan looked up as Booth entered her office.
"Booth, to what do I owe this pleasure?" she asked.
Booth turned and closed the door to Brennan's office and sat down in the seat opposite Brennan.
"Cam said you had something that you needed to discuss and that it was serious. I was on my way over anyway I thought I'd ask about last night," Booth said taking a deep breath.
Brennan sighed.
"I resigned this morning. And before you say anything, it has nothing to do with you and Cam and nothing to do with last night. This is just something that I want to do. I was hoping to travel and do some consultancies for overseas law enforcements," she said.
Booth nodded his head.
"Do you wanna tell me the truth now," he said after a while.
Brennan stared at him.
"I don't know what you mean, that was the truth," she replied.
Booth chuckled, "I've known you long enough to know when you're not telling me the truth,"
Brennan sighed again and looked at her hands.
"Dad rang me last night," she whispered so quietly Booth thought he had misheard.
"He asked to meet me and I wasn't sure what to say, I mean I wanted to say yes but…he left me and I hate him for it. I didn't know what to do. So I was coming over to ask you what you thought was best and when I realized you weren't alone…he rang back this morning and I said that I'd meet him but I have to leave the country and Goodman's said that I can't take any more leave without subsequent reason and so I had to resign,"
Booth nodded his head.
"You didn't walk in on anything Bones, you could have stayed Cam was on her way home," Booth said quietly.
Brennan shrugged.
"It's just…weird, one minute we are friends and the next I can't talk to you like I used to coz I'm scared Cam will get the wrong idea and…" Brennan stopped when Booth started laughing. "What is so funny?"
"You," Booth replied.
"I don't…" Brennan began but stopped once again mid-sentence when Booth held up his hands in defense.
"So, where abouts out of the country are you meeting your dad?" He asked.
"Toronto," Brennan replied.
Booth nodded his head and Brennan sighed exasperatingly, which earned her a 'what-was-that-for' look.
"You keep nodding your head like it's gonna make sense to me and I don't know what it means," Brennan said.
"It means that I need to know when you leave, when you're gonna be back, where I can reach you," Booth began. He stopped as realization dawned on him. "You can't meet your dad, it's dangerous,"
Brennan laughed.
"I am going to meet my dad, I've waited 15 years for answers Booth, and you are not going to stop me,"
"Bones…" Booth growled.
"Look, I make a heap of money here, I have enough money to pay for me to 'fall off the side of the earth'. I can make it so that you never find me again. I am not intimidated by many people. I am not going to listen to you because you have some primitive notion to protect me. I am going to Canada to see my dad and if you have a problem with that Booth then the only thing I can suggest to put your mind at rest is to come with me," Brennan snapped.
Booth stared across Brennan's desk as if she had gone crazy.
"Ok," he said.
Brennan snapped her head up and stared at him.
"What?"
"Ok, I'll go with you, when do you leave?"
"It's not that simple,"
"Yes it is,"
"No it's not. I don't know how long I'll be gone for, I don't know where exactly dad is, you'd need to pull so many strings to get unlimited time off work and then there's Parker and Cam," Brennan said standing up and pacing.
Booth watched her and pulled out his phone.
"Cullen, it's Booth," he said into his phone.
Brennan's eyes widened.
"Sir, I was wondering if I need to hand in a written resignation or whether you'd accept it verbally," Booth said. "Of course sir, just one moment," He looked up at Brennan.
"When would this take effect," he asked her.
"I leave tomorrow morning," Brennan whispered.
"Immediately," Booth said into the phone. "Thank you sir, you too,"
Brennan sat down in her chair and put her head in her hands.
"What have you done," she whispered.
"Hold that thought, I have one more phone call to make," Booth replied. "Becca, it's me," he said into the phone.
Brennan gaped at Booth then stood and left the office abruptly, closing the door behind her.
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Angela watched as Booth made his way across the lab. Without speaking to anyone, he made his way to Brennan's office and for the first time in her experience of working with Booth and Brennan, saw him close the door to her office.
She turned to Hodgins who had the same confused expression on his face.
"This morning, Cam went in there and closed the door too. Do you think something went wrong on the McMillan case?" Hodgins asked, coming to stand by Ange.
"I don't know but I hope it's nothing serious," Ange replied.
Five minutes later, Brennan emerged from her office and closed her door after her.
Making her way towards Ange and Hodgins, she smiled at them.
"Where's Zach?" she asked.
"Right here," Zach said emerging from his office.
"I need to talk to you guys about something," Brennan said.
"Uh oh," Angela said.
"I know that you guys are going to be upset but I promise that this won't change anything," Brennan began.
"Oh God, you're pregnant," Angela gasped.
"No," Brennan laughed. "I resigned this morning," she said holding her breath.
"Why?" Angela yelped. "I thought everything was fine,"
"I just need a break from the FBI and the lab, if the position isn't filled by the time I get back from my vacation then I'm welcome back, but I need a holiday," Brennan replied.
"Oh, sweetie, I'll miss you," Angela said, standing and hugging her friend.
"I'll miss you too. I'll miss all of you, but I promise to keep in touch," Brennan said.
Zach gaped at Brennan before turning on his heel and marching out of the room.
"Guess he took it well," Hodgins mumbled.
Brennan smiled and walked towards him. Wrapping her arms around him, she whispered in his ear, "Look after them for me,"
Noticing Booth in the doorway of her office, she pulled back and smiled at them.
"I leave tomorrow, so I guess this is the final good bye for a while," she said.
"Poor Booth," Angela muttered as she watched Brennan walk up the stairs towards her office and the handsome FBI agent.
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"Turns out Rebecca likes the idea of me going away for a while, ever since…you know," he said.
"You shouldn't…this is insane Booth, you can't do this," Brennan said to him.
"I can and I am," Booth replied.
"What about Cam?" Brennan asked.
"What about her? We aren't together anymore so I don't see why what I do has anything to do with her. She's probably already been informed of my resignation," Booth said.
Brennan sighed.
"Fine, my flight to Toronto leaves at 7 tomorrow morning, Air Canada, do you want me to get you a ticket?"
Booth grinned at her and nodded his head.
"I have a few things to sort out though. I have to go and hand in my badge and gun, clear my office, pack a bag," he said.
Brennan nodded.
"I'll see you tomorrow morning then," she said before stalking back into her office.
"Bones," Booth called after her, following her into her office.
"Booth," she said, turning to face him.
Booth leant down and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"I'll see you tomorrow morning," he said, then turning, left her office.
Brennan stood there for a few moments before shaking her head and turning back to the job at hand - packing her office.
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Brennan sorted through the things she had packed and then closed the gym bag. She knew it was insane, to go on a goose chase after her father. She had neglected to tell Booth the full story of the conversation or the fact that Russ had warned her against it. She was sure that Booth would have been upset but for him to throw in his job and precious time with his son and go with her was beyond her comprehension.
She looked over the two bags she was taking. One with a few changes of clothes and other essentials. The other, a small backpack with things she would need close at hand – her new cell phone (which reminded her, she needed to give Booth the number), her wallet, her passport, the plane tickets which had been couriered to her that afternoon and a book that concealed various things between it's pages.
Finally concluding that she has packed everything she'd need, she went into the bathroom to change for bed.
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Booth paced his lounge in an attempt to empty his head of the thoughts of a certain forensic anthropologist.
News had spread fast about why he was leaving the bureau and many of the rumors included his partner. By mid-afternoon news had spread of her resignation as well, which had started new rumors of the pair of them eloping.
He had packed a small bag, hoping to travel lightly in case they needed to high tail it out of wherever they were going. He had also packed a small backpack that contained items similar to that of his partner. He had two guns and ammunition packed in two separate hard cases, the licenses for both and papers so that he could get them in and out of the States and Canada safely and without raising any suspicion. He also had his wallet and passport and a new cell phone with a disposable number so that it couldn't be traced.
By twenty past one the next morning, he had organized everything so that he didn't need to worry about being away for a long time and crawled into his bed. Falling asleep almost immediately, he smiled as he recalled the sensation of Brennan's soft lips against his.
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Booth knocked on Brennan's door at five thirty in the morning and was surprised to see a very awake Bones open it.
"No need to look so alive," he mumbled as Brennan grabbed her bags and locked the door behind her.
"I've been up for hours going over the last few things. Angela's gonna take care of everything while I'm gone, you know get the mail, stall Russ, clear my messages," she said following a semi-conscious Booth to his car.
"What do you mean stall Russ?" he said suddenly looking more awake.
"He didn't want me to do this. He uh said that it was stupid and we should just forget about dad," Brennan said, climbing into the SUV.
"Why didn't you tell me this yesterday?" Booth said quietly, the underlying anger evident in the question.
"I knew you'd go mental over it. I need to do this Booth please don't try and stop me," Brennan replied, pleading with him.
Booth just shook his head and started the car, pulling out onto the desolate road and heading towards Dulles International.
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Twelve hours later, Brennan collapsed onto the hotel bed and sighed.
"So tell me now how you got a hold of these?" Booth said angrily, closing the door to their room with more force than necessary.
"You'll just get angry," Brennan said, sitting up and looking at him.
"First you don't tell me about Russ, and then you lie to me and now this. You're no better than your father you know that right, this is illegal. This is wrong, this is…" Booth trailed off as he watched Brennan move towards him, both her bags slung over one shoulder.
"I knew I shouldn't have let you come. Just go home Booth, leave me alone," Brennan said to him in an even cold tone.
"Don't ever try and find me understand. You wanted to come. I never made you. These are my conditions and if you can't handle them then go home," she said before opening the door and leaving the room.
"Bones," Booth called after her.
"No Booth," Brennan said turning back towards him. "You're right, I'm no better than he is. So maybe you should leave me to be a criminal,"
"Bones," Booth called again. "I'm sorry," he said silently begging her to come back him.
Brennan just shook her head, turned the corner of the hallway and made her way downstairs.
Booth didn't know what he was doing as he chased after her, finally catching up with her halfway along the busy main street of the town they were in.
"Bones," Booth said, grabbing her arm and spinning her around.
"Booth…oomph," Brennan was cut off as Booth cupped her face and kissed her.
"I'm sorry, I'm an ass, please, you can't do this by yourself," Booth whispered as he pulled away from her, resting his head against hers.
Brennan nodded and looked up at him through her eyelashes.
"You're infuriating you know that right," Booth laughed. "The most annoying, pain in the ass…"
"How is this helping your case," Brennan butted in.
"I think I love you," Booth whispered.
Brennan didn't know what to say. She had never experienced someone telling them they loved her before. Sure, her brother and her parents had told her they loved her but no man had ever said that they were or that they thought that they were in love with her. She smiled as warmness and the comforting feeling of safety swept through her body.
"That's too bad Booth," Brennan said, pulling away from him, she grinned at him. "Coz I happen to know for a fact that I do love you," she said grabbing her bags from where they had been disregarded, on the pavement.
Booth laughed and followed her as she walked back towards the hotel.
"You're amazing, you know that right? You amaze me," Booth said, taking her hand and lacing his fingers through hers.
"I do try," Brennan grinned.
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Ok so yea thats it..random but tell me what you think..i could keep going on it..I'm kinda stuck with I'm Not Dead so if someone wants to suggest something for that too then go right ahead..
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