Upon entering the mental institution, Tempe and Booth walked over to a small desk where a woman sat busily writing on her computer. Booth stood back and watched as Tempe began to talk to her.

"Hi, I'm here to see Samantha Banks." She said.

"Are you a family member?" the woman asked kindly.

"Yes, I'm her sister." She lied.

"And who is he?" she asked pointing to Booth.

"My husband." She lied again, getting a small smiled from Booth.

"Alright, here you go." She said handing them both a small sticker. "Just go down the hall, second door on your right and she should be with you soon."

"Thank you." Booth said taking the sticker and placed it on his shirt, then wrapped an arm around Tempe and walked with her. "Come on, honey."

Once past the door Tempe elbowed Booth in the ribs gently, and he gave out a fake cry of pain.

"Jeeze, Bones that really hurt." He said leaning against a wall holding his side.

"Grow up." She said opening the door.

"So we're married huh?" he asked smiling and followed her into a small white room.

"It's the only way I could get you in, family only."

"Whatever. That just proves one thing." He said taking a seat next to her.

"What?" she asked curiously looking over to him.

"You want me." Booth said looking over to her only to see her roll her eyes as he smiled.

Soon the room was granted by another presence as a young woman looking to be around Tempe's age with dirty blonde hair, a tired face wearing a hospital gowned was brought in, sitting across from them behind a glass window.

"Hello, Samantha." Tempe whispered, even though there was glass separating them, they didn't need a phone to talk like in prison.

"T…T…Tempie? Is that you?" the woman asked stuttering looking around in all the wrong directions; and it was at that moment Booth saw how odd her eyes looked almost as if she were blind.

"Yes, Sammie, it's me." she said holding her hand up to the glass.

"Well, hello, Tempie how have you been?" she as nicely as possible, her voice sounding as if her vocals had been cut off a bit.

"I'm doing great, how are you?"

"No better." She said and faked a smile. "Who is he?" she then asked moving her gazer, the best she could, towards Booth.

"This is Special Agent Seeley Booth. He's my partner and friend." She said and introduced them.

"Nice to meet you." She said happily.

"Nice to meet you." Booth said watching as the two friends talked.

"No Angie?" she asked looking around the room.

"No, she's in the hospital."

"What for?"

"She's giving birth."

"Oh wow, that is something." She said getting a little choked up.

"Yeah, she was really happy."

It was silent for a while before Samantha spoke again.

"She got a good man?"

"The best, he cares very much for her, they even married." Tempe said trying to fill her in on everything.

"You tell her, I said to watch out, ok?" she said.

"I will Sam," Tempe nodded and for the first time since the finding over her mothers body Booth found Tempe with a look in her eyes, one he only saw for the second time, but knew it wasn't good.

"I know what it's like. You tell her I said to take care of her baby and make sure it's safe from all harm." Samantha was crying now, "God knows I wish I could have."

"You can't blame yourself." Tempe said looking towards her friend.

"Who can I blame?" she asked and Tempe didn't have an answer. "I'm sick Tempie, really sick."

"How often do you think about it?"

"Every day." She whispered looking downward.

There was another silence and that was soon replaced by a nurse walking in and saying her time was up. Samantha got off of her chair and said her good bye.

"Tell Angie I said hi, and to protect her baby."

"I will good bye Sam."

"Nice meeting you." She said to Booth and left the room, leaving Tempe with slightly watery eyes and Booth with a new understanding. She had once told him that everyone she loved left and he was beginning to understand what she meant, in some way or another she lost them.

"You going to be ok?" Booth asked holding her close as she let a tear roll down her face.

"I'll be fine." She said and pushed away, walking towards the door. "Let's go, we have us a baby to see."

Booth followed her to the car and drove them towards the hospital to see the new child in their life. As Booth drove he would occasionally look over to Tempe and realize she wasn't herself that some how her friends past affected her greatly.

As they drove he once thought about what Angela had told him about Tempe. They had been talking once while working on their first child case, they had been alone and Booth had wanted to know why Tempe had seemed so withdrawn from everything.

Angela had taken him aside and told him something he would never forget.

"Sweetie, there are many things about Bren you will never know and this is one of them. We had some bad experiences and well we each have a way of grieving, she just chooses to not get attached emotionally." Booth had nodded and left, never understanding what the experience was and even now that was a mystery.

The drive was pretty quiet as they pulled up to the parking lot and got out of the car, heading towards the maternity ward looking for Angela's room. Once finding it, Tempe walked in to see her best friend crying, eyes red and puffy, her hair a mess.

"What happened?" Booth asked seeing Tempe already in Angela's embrace.

"Something's wrong with my baby." Angela cried looking over to Hodgins who headed over to Booth.

"What happened?" Tempe asked this time taking a seat Hodgins had occupied moments ago.

"We're not sure, the birth went nicely, but once the doctors were cleaning the baby up they caked it wasn't breathing. They rushed out of here and headed downstairs about an hour ago, they have some sort of lab down there." Hodgins explained looking over to his wife.

"We don't even know the gender yet so we're forced to call my child an 'It'." Angela cried out more.

Twenty minute had passed and Angela had calmed down a bit, but that didn't last long as Tempe whispered something to her.

"You went to see her?" she asked looking at her. "Alone?"

"No, I went with Booth."

"How is she doing?"

"Not good Ange."

"My god, I can't believe she's last this long, I know that mean to say, but five years? That's like forever."

"Who?" Hodgins asked looking over to them curiously.

"Samantha Banks." Tempe said starring at Booth.

"Who's she?"

"A close, but distant friend." Angela said looking at Tempe's wired face.

"That's doesn't make sense."

"Actually yes it does."

"Why is she so important?" Booth asked, knowing it sounded heartless at the time.

"The lie I told Lacey came from Sam." Tempe said.

"She's the reason why I get teary eyed with children cases and the reason why Tempie here is so withdrawn."

"Angela!" Tempe said getting a smile from her friend.

"What happened?" Booth asked curiously.