Chapter Eight
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"I can't believe you kissed him!"
"Angela, this is not the right time…"
Angela shrugged. "Maybe not, but Sweetie, I just can't believe you kissed him! How was it?"
Temperance sighed, stopped pacing and turned to Angela. "It was nice," she said.
"Nice? Is that all you can say?"
"Fine! It was… like a dream, it was the most wonderful thing I've ever done and now I can't stop thinking of him, but maybe I should because there's a huge risk he's dying in there. And if he does none of this matters because then I will never get the chance to kiss him again. Are you happy now? Angela, do you understand, he might die!" Temperance blurted out, angrily wiping away new tears.
"Oh sweetie," Angela pulled her friend into a hug. First Temperance hesitated, but then she put her arms around Angela, just staying in her best friends arms for a while.
"It's gonna be alright, he won't die… it's okay…" Angela comforted.
Temperance pulled away, looking at her. "How can you be so sure?"
"Because he loves you, and he's a fighter, he won't leave you Tempe, trust me."
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After what they thought was an eternity, the nurse came up to them as they sat in the waiting room.
"Miss Brennan?" she asked.
"It's Dr. Brennan," Temperance corrected, standing up, Angela did the same.
There was a long silence. Angela was first to talk. "For heavens sake just tell us what's going on? How's Booth? He's okay right? He's awake and everything is going to be okay?"
"Agent Booth is stabilised for now, but we just got the results of the X-rays, and there's a…" The nurse cut herself off, rephrasing it. "We've found the reason to his symptoms; the X-rays show a brain tumour… it's in an early state, and because we were able to find it in time there's still hope… we're going to…" The nurse continued speaking but Temperance wasn't listening anymore. She could literally feel all the color leave her face and she felt dizzy. Booth had a brain tumour? Temperance slowly sat down in the chair again. Too shocked to do anything, she just continued staring at the wall across the room. Tried to focus on something… just something that could keep her from breaking…
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Booth was barely awake. He felt groggy and his head hurt badly. The lights made his eyes ache every time he tried to open them. After a while he gave up and just laid there. If he was still, the pain wasn't so unbearable.
Suddenly he heard someone talk to him; he did the mistake of trying to turn his head. The sudden pain made him wanting to scream out loud, but he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth. His head felt like it was about to explode and he started to feel nauseous because of the pain.
He felt a hand softly touch his head, fingers that were running through his hair. Booth didn't know if he was imagining it, but the light touch made him feel a little better.
"I'm here Seeley, I'm not gonna leave you until you're okay again…"
"Bones?" Booth tried to talk, but failed. He just wanted Temperance to know that he was awake, that he was there with her, but he couldn't.
"Sweetie, I know you love him, but you can't stay here… it can take a long time before he…" he heard Angela's voice say. Bones loved him? Was it possible? Had he died already?
Then another thought crossed his mind and Booth suddenly felt scared. What could take a long time? What was wrong with him? Why hadn't anyone informed him? A thousand of questions went through his head, making the pain even stronger.
"Bones?" he tried. "Temperance, I love you…" he wasn't sure if his words were heard but when he felt someone take his hand, holding it tight, he suddenly felt safe.
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When Booth woke up, the room was in darkness. The only sound that could be heard was the regular beeping from the machines. He opened his eyes, looking around tiredly. His head still hurt terribly much.
"Bones?" he saw her in a chair next to his bed, she had her arms at the edge of the bed and her head resting heavily on them. When she heard her name, she started moving, groaning loudly before suddenly sitting up quickly. Booth felt bad about having wakened her up.
"Booth?" her voice sounded extremely tired as she spoke, and there was something else, was it disbelief?
"Oh god Booth, I thought I'd never hear your voice again..."
"What? I uh… I just passed out…" Booth mumbled weakly.
"Seeley? You've been unconscious for thirteen days, the doctors said…" Temperance's voice trailed off. "They said it'd be a wonder if you'd ever wake up again…"
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TBC.
