Tempe followed Booth to the door to his apartment and entered it after he got the door open. Booth walked in setting some food he got at a McDonalds on the way on his kitchen counter and got to his phone messages as Tempe made herself comfortable on the couch.

"Hi daddies," a little voice called over the message machine, "are you busy this weekend? I wanted to see you, mommy says it's ok. Bye." Booth smiled and erased it. A few other messages followed, but nothing of any importance to Booth.

Taking the dinner over to Temperance as she sat staring at him from the couch, he placed her salad in her hands and took a seat next to her.

"Ok, so what's wrong with you crying?" he asked as nicely as possible.

"Nothing Booth." She said taking a bite out of her salad.

"You promised if I got you away from Angela you'd tell me." he said after taking a bite form his hamburger.

"I just had a bad dream is all." She said trying to avoid the topic.

"About what?"

"Your not going to leave me alone until I tell you are you?" she asked giving him a look of confusion.

"nope." Was his simple response.

"Alright, fine." She said giving up, "I've been having dreams lately, I normally don't dream. Well in my dream I'm reliving the two weeks after my parents disappeared, I'm sitting on these swings at a nearby park, its dark, cold, and raining. I'm all alone then I hear Russ calling my name, but I'm so lost in thought I can only muster out one word…" she said trialing off.

"Polo." Booth says more to himself then her.

"How do you know?"

"I heard you say it earlier as you slept." He explained.

"Right, that one word is the only one that leaves my mouth, and then I find myself waving to Russ as he leaves me at an orphanage. I began to think if people you love leave you, then 'what's the purpose of growing close to someone'?" she asks.

"What caused you to cry?" he asked.

"I guess after thinking that I'm pushed into my mom's body coming into the lab, she lay there, nothing but bones. She no longer held her bright smile, she was no longer full of life or…or anything, like all the others, she was dead and drained of all life." she explained near crying again. "Then I think again, why go through all this love all this getting close to someone, when in the end you just end up hurt. Isn't it easier just to forget everyone so you never end up hurt?"

"No, it's not." He answered seriously. "You need people in your life, you need someone to help you through the bad and make everything good again, without other people you're bound to go mad. You need friends and people who love you, sure they may leave you, and you may hurt, but others are there to help you out." He explained wrapping his arms around Tempe as her body began to shake.

"Booth I tried it, I loved my brother, but he left me alone, he abandoned me in my time of need." She let the tears fall, hating every moment of it, she was never one to show emotion, she was always strong, but damn it, the hurt in her had been hidden long enough she needed to let it out and Booth was a close enough friend to do that around,

"He left you because you pushed him away; you pushed him out of your life. He didn't know what to do, but he loved you and he proved it by trying to stay in contact with you," Booth sat there holding her, trying to defend her brother while still staying on her good side.

"Booth, I'm scared to grow too close to someone, I've already pushed it with letting Angela, Hodgins, Zach and you in as my friends, what am I going to do if something horrible happens?" she asked.

"That's just it you don't worry what could happen, you worry about what is happening. Sure anything could go wrong, but know this; another one of us will always be there for you. We love you; you're our friend and always will be. And as long as I have a say I will never leave you, not of my own will." He said giving her a gentle kiss on the forehead as she rested against him.

"Thank you." She mumbled.

"What are friends for?" he asked holding her close.

20 minutes later Booth had picked Tempe up and carried her sleeping form to his bed where she could sleep, he didn't have the heart to wake her up, besides she still needed someone. Leaving her in his room, Booth then cleaned off the coffee table they set there dishes on then fell asleep on the couch.

All that ran through his mind was what Tempe had said, she was scared to grow close to anyone, and he understood that. She hated loosing those she loved, who didn't? Booth lay there realizing he'd do all he could to make her see the world in a better light, that even though you do loose those you love others still remain, he'd always remain.

Around 6:00 the next morning a loud ring woke Booth up, thinking it was Parker, he jumped off of the couch and towards the phone sitting on the table. Probably because he was in a hurry he hadn't noticed it wasn't his phone.

"Booth." He said answering the phone.

"Booth?" a male voice asked on the other line. "Where's Tempie? I thought this was her cell phone."

"Who is this?" Booth asked realizing he now had Tempe's cell to his ear.

"Temperance's brother, Russell, is she there?" he asked growing impatient.

"Yeah, just let me wake her up." He said into the phone, knowing that he was in a very odd position at the moment. Russ most likely thought he and Tempe had slept together. "Bones, wake up, phone call." He said entering his room and shaking her awake. Again she mumbled the one word and tears fell from her eyes and onto her face.

"Who is it?" she asked opening her eyes and sitting upafter begin shaken awake. She wasconfused she was in his bed, that she was wearing the same clothes from the previous night, and he had answered her phone.

"Your brother." He answered handing the phone to her, her face fell, her eyes grew wide, and her stomach grew butterflies, oh what he must be thinking.