Chapter Twenty four

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Almost a week had passed and Temperance was beginning to think Booth would never make that phone call. Maybe she'd been right after all. Maybe Booth didn't like her anymore and he didn't want to call? What if Lisa was there right now?

She had to admit, Angela's plan was good, but it was useless unless Booth didn't want to tell her what was going on.

Work day was almost over, people were on their ways home, but Temperance had no plan on leaving the Jeffersonian. She still had a lot of work to do.

Hours passed and when Temperance had given up a long time ago, the phone suddenly rang. She reached out to answer, but it had stopped ringing before she had time too. She frowned. That's when she realized what Angela had told her - only one signal.

Temperance was on her feet in a heartbeat. She grabbed her jacket and car keys on her way out. She didn't know if this would work. Maybe Booth really didn't want her back. But right now, she couldn't think of that. The only thing she could think of was making that bitch Lisa pay for what she'd done. And this time, she wouldn't get away!

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Booth hated the thought of keeping Lisa there with him. All he wanted was too throw her out and never have to see her again. But he had to do this, hopefully Temperance would get his message and… well, honestly he didn't know what was going to happen; no one had cared to inform him about the so called plan.

"You want me to stay? I knew you'd realize we belong together, I'm glad you did babe!" Lisa sat down next to Booth in the sofa, moving closer and closer to him.

"Yeah, uh… I'm sorry I didn't realize it earlier," Booth forced himself to say. He saw Lisa smile a huge smile. He wanted to throw up, but faked a smile in return.

Booth glanced at the door. Was someone supposed to come and take Lisa away? Had Temperance called the cops? The FBI? Booth had no idea what to expect but he'd left the door unlocked just in case.

Booth was snapped out of his thoughts as he felt Lisa press her lips against his. He jerked away, but Lisa didn't care and followed his move.

"Don't you want me Seel?" she whispered into his ear.

"Well, uh… maybe we could…. uh… eat something first?" Booth tried.

"That's no fun," Lisa whined, tugging at Booth's shirt.

Booth didn't know what to do. He couldn't stand the thought of Lisa as much as laying one finger on him again.

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Just as he thought he couldn't take it anymore, the door flew opened and Temperance stormed in. Booth turned his head and their eyes met for a few seconds.

Temperance had been so sure of what to do, but now when she was there, looking at Booth, when she saw the pain and confusion in his brown eyes, she was suddenly unsure of how to act.

"What the hell is she doing here? Seeley, get her out of here!" Lisa demanded, first glaring at Temperance, then looking back at Booth.

Suddenly Temperance was snapped out of her trance. She stared at the blonde in Booth's lap, and knew exactly what to do.

Quickly she crossed the room; she grabbed Lisa and dragged her away from Booth. She let go of her with a shove and the blonde fell to the floor. Temperance looked at Booth. She wanted to hug him and tell him everything, but she had to deal with the other woman first.

Lisa was back on her feet and Temperance spun around just in time to feel Lisa grip her arm.

"Trust me, you don't want to mess with me," Temperance said, but Lisa ignored her comment, giving her a challenging look.

Before Lisa had time to react, Temperance punched her face, making her stagger backwards. She tried a kick towards Lisa's stomach, but this time she was prepared and jumped away, running towards Temperance in full speed.

Temperance's mind was racing, trying to find the best way to handle this. When she was finished thinking, Lisa's was attacking her, her hands clutching Temperance's clothes trying to drag her to the floor.

Temperance knew she had to do something, and that's fast. Quickly she spun around so her back was pressed against Lisa's chest. Lisa's lost her grip but immediately tried a new one. But before she could lock her hands around Temperance's throat, she felt her feet leave the ground and the next thing she knew, her back hit the floor. But she was fast, grabbing Temperance's arm she dragged her down with her. An elbow in her face made Temperance loose control for a few seconds and Lisa crawled on top of her, trying to hold her down and the same time hit her face again.

"Let her go or I'll kill you!" Booth's voice made the struggling women stop fighting. Temperance saw Booth pointing his gun at Lisa; his hand was trembling dangerously much.

"Don't do it," Temperance said. "Don't shoot!"

"Why not? I thought you liked this whole gun thing."

"I do! But I don't want you to have another persons' death on your conscience. I can handle this!"

Hesitating Booth lowered the gun. He gave Temperance a worried look. "Are you sure? Because you look a bit beaten up…"

Temperance didn't answer. Instead she used all her strength and rolled Lisa off her. She had to admit, she was surprised at how good the other woman was. She gave Booth a quick look. "Have I ever let anyone kick my ass?" she asked getting up on her feet. Lisa did the same.

Booth couldn't help but smile as he watched them. He knew Temperance would never give up, not until Lisa was unconscious at the floor. And he suddenly remembered Angela's words - someone threatened her, she never wanted to hurt you… He still didn't understand what that meant, but suddenly he knew Temperance still cared about him. She was still his Bones…

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TBC.