Chapter Nineteen

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After another day at the Jeffersonian, Booth and Temperance was back at the apartment. Temperance enjoyed Booth helping her out at the lab, but to be honest he had mostly just been in the way, making it hard for her to concentrate on her job. But she didn't have the heart to tell him; strangely the FBI agent seemed to enjoy himself a little too much.

But as they were sitting in the sofa, staring at the TV Booth had brought there, she was sure something was bothering him. Or was she mistaken, maybe he was just concentrating on the movie?

"Booth?" she tried. No response. She called out his name a second time, louder.

Booth turned his head to look at her.

"Are you alright? you look a little…" Temperance was searching for the right word. How exactly did he look? Sad? No… she couldn't be sure.

"I'm fine, nothing to worry about."

Temperance wasn't convinced. There was a long silence as she kept on looking at him.

"You're right," Booth suddenly said. "There is something we should talk about…"

Temperance suddenly felt scared. What did he mean? She didn't know much about dating, but she was sure the – 'we need to talk' words wasn't a good thing. She was unconsciously expecting the worst.

"Bones?" Booth gave her a puzzled look. He didn't understand why she looked so depressed all of the sudden, he hadn't even begun talking. "Hey Bones?" his voice was soft as he spoke.

Temperance met his look. She shook her head. "Just go, I understand," she mumbled.

Booth was shocked. What the heck was she talking about? Did she think he was going to leave her? Based on what? Suddenly he understood everything. Without saying anything, he pulled her into a hug. "I'm not going anywhere, I'm not like them, I'm not gonna leave you Tempe," he whispered.

He let go of her after a while, looking into her eyes. "Okay?" he asked softly.

Temperance nodded. "Sorry," she mumbled. She felt embarrassed, why had she thought he was going to leave. Didn't she trust him?

Booth gave her a warm smile. But then his face turned serious again. "It's about me… and Lisa," Booth sighed, looking away.

Temperance felt scared again, but in a different way. She was worried about Booth. She carefully placed her hand on his arm. "It's okay, tell me…" she said encouraging.

Booth was quiet. He didn't know how to tell her. He wasn't even sure what really happened. He had his suspicions about what Lisa had done to him. But the thing was, did he believe what Lisa wanted him to believe, or was it true. But at second thought, he knew Lisa, she was nuts. She would do anything, no matter how wrong or sickening it was.

Booth shook his head sadly. He didn't have a reason to not trust her. And the fact that what she'd said was true wasn't making him feel any better. How would Bones react? Would she still like him? Then another horrible thought struck him. What if Lisa had gotten herself pregnant? Then what the hell would he do? What was he going to tell Temperance? The last thing he wanted was to be the father of Lisa's child. But he couldn't ignore the fact that it could actually happen. Booth wanted to cry. What was going to happen with Bones? Their relationship, would everything be shattered because of his damn ex?

"Booth?" Temperance called out. "Seeley?" she reached out her hand and touched his face, forcing him to look at her.

Booth couldn't bring himself to answer. A single sentence could ruin everything. It wasn't the fact that Lisa had used him sexually that bothered him. Of course he hated her for it, or course it made him feel sad, disgusted and all that stuff people normally felt. But it was the thought of how this would affect Bones that was making him so insecure. Would she still look at him the same if he told her? Booth sighed miserably. He had no choice but to tell her, no matter how hard it was.

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Temperance didn't know where she was going, she was so angry she didn't care. She just needed to get rid of the anger that was burning inside of her. It was dark outside and the rain fell lightly on the dark asphalt. She was driving way too fast for this kind of weather, she knew that.

When Booth had finally told her, she just wanted to punch someone. Why hadn't she killed that stupid whore when she'd had the chance? She didn't think she could hate anyone as much as she hated Lisa right now. The last thing she wanted was to take her anger out on Booth. She hoped he understood why she'd run away…

Temperance didn't know how long she'd been driving, but suddenly she found herself outside Angela's apartment building. She hit the brake. She needed to talk to someone. Maybe she should call Booth and explain too.

"Whoa, Sweetie? Something wrong?" Angela's concerned voice interrupted her thoughts as the door swung open.

Temperance didn't answer. She walked passed her best friend into the apartment.

"Yes something is wrong, it's that damned Lisa!" she almost yelled. Angela looked at her a bit taken aback.

"Hi Brennan!" A male voice made Temperance spin around. She almost blushed as she suddenly looked at a half naked Collin. He was only wearing shorts, and that's when she noticed Angela's lack of clothing. She was only wearing a long T.

"Hey," she said, lowering her voice. "Am I interrupting… uh… something?"

Angela smiled, shrugging. "No, it's okay, so what's going on?"

Temperance sat down in the sofa, starting to talk. With every word her voice raised and soon she was yelling again. When she was finished, Angela was upset too. Collin shook his head, muttering something no one could interpret.

"Wait a sec, Sweetie, did you just left him there without explaining?"

Temperance nodded.

Angela got up on her feet, disappeared into the kitchen and came back with a phone in her hand. "Call him; he could think you're mad at him ya know?"

Hesitating, Temperance took the phone and dialled the number. Strange calling my own home number she thought, smiling slightly.

"Brennan's phone, this is…uh…Booth."

"Booth it's me, I'm at Ange's place…" Temperance didn't know what else to say. This whole thing suddenly felt extremely awkward.

"Tell him you love him, that you just had to get away because you were so angry at Lisa," Angela whispered.

"Ange," Temperance wheezed, glaring at her. Angela sighed, muttering something. "Fine, you give me no choice!" she snatched the phone from her best friend.

"Hi Booth, sweetie. I'm sorry, Brennan told me," she said. "Hey, she loves you; she just had to get away. She was mad, at Lisa. Okay?"

"Yeah I know."

"Oh," Angela smiled. She turned to Temperance. "He knows!" she received a puzzled look.

"Listen Booth, she's on her way back. Just hold on a little longer okay?"

She heard him chuckle. "Thanks Angela."

Angela hung up, sitting down next to Temperance again. "Are you going to be okay?"

Temperance nodded. "I should go back," she smiled a little. Angela gave her friend a hug. "Just call me if you need anything," she said. Temperance left the apartment feeling much happier. But it wouldn't last long…

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TBC.

Don't kill me now okay? Thing's aren't as bad as they seem. Lisa is crazy, but she is also a very good liar, yeah, that's all I can tell for now :)

Oh and, things will get a little worse from now on, but I promise, this story will have a nice ending. So things will get much better after this thing that is about to happen. Hope you liked this chapter even though I hate myself for doing this to Booth. Aw!