The next morning Tempe woke up early, got ready and rushed out of the house before David could even wake up or before her brother, sleeping on the couch, could try and stop her from leaving. As she left the house and drove to work, so many questions ran through her head and she wanted answers.
As she arrived at the museum, she made her way to her office only to find it was an hour before anyone would get there, so for the next hour she searched through her office looking for things that could help her remember anything at all.
Suddenly she opened a drawer and came across a photo. Booth and her sat at a table at what appeared to be Sid's. It was taken the same night as the other photo of everybody smiling at the camera, she could tell because Booth and her were wearing the same clothes. In the picture it was just the two of them smiling to the photographer kissing each other.
She starred at the picture and dropped it, something in her life wasn't right, something was different and she knew it had to do with Booth and her.
Around eight Tempe heard footsteps and walked out of her office to see a very tired Angela walking towards her.
"Angela!" she yelled walking over to her friend.
"Sweetie, how are you?" she asked offering her a morning hug. "I was so worried after yesterday I tried to call you."
"I turned my cell off and fell asleep after talking to Russ." She explained following her to her office.
"Well at least your brothers here you know?" she asked dropping a small paper bag on the desk. "You hungry?"
Tempe nodded; she had skipped breakfast, and took a bagel Angela handed her.
"Ange?" she questioned sitting on a chair across from her. "I have questions to ask you. I'm ready to talk about yesterday."
"Tell away, I'll help in anyway I can." She said her eyes wide with wonder.
"Is there something going on between Booth and me?"
"What makes you ask that?" she asked almost choking on her bagel.
"I've been having these dreams where Booth and I are together; first he kissed me at my wedding. Then we were in his bed, at least I think it was his bed and then yesterday…" she trialed off.
"What about yesterday?" Angela asked confused.
Normally Tempe would have kept her mouth shut and not said anything at all, but she begged answers and Angela was her only line to memory. So she figured Angela would keep her secrets, like always, and told her everything.
"I was in that store and had…I think it was a memory. You and I were there shopping and you pulled out this one offit and I said something about it being a little revealing and then you said that Booth would make sure it wasn't on for long."
Tempe watched as Angela's face changed colors and she tried not to show any sign's of life.
"Well sweetie, I think you just need to remember a few more things, they'll make sense within time."
"You can't tell me anything?"
"No, we're not allowed to give out too much information on the things you can't remember because it could affect your memory even coming back at all."
"Can you just tell me one thing?" Tempe asked looking down to her ring on her right hand.
"Depends, what is it?"
"Where did this ring come from?" she asked raising her hand to show her the gold band with a diamond in the middle, no doubt real and expensive.
"Booth." Angela said and left her office and walked towards Hodgins as he arrived.
Tempe was in shock, why would Booth give her an expensive ring? Unless everything really did happen. Tempe got up from the chair and walked towards her own office and sat at her desk, looking over the ring on her finger, wanting to pull it off and look at it, but her instincts told her not too.
Tempe looked up from her desk at the sound of footsteps again and locked eyes with Angela.
"You going to be ok, sweetie?" she asked moving over to her and sat across from her.
"I'm not sure, Ange. This is different. I mean usually I have everything under control, but I can't even remember what happened last week." She said lowering her head, she knew this was unlike her, but for the first time since she dealt with her mother's body she felt vulnerable.
"look sweetie, I know what your going through and I want you to know, Booth, Hodgins, Zach, Russ, David and Booth are here for you."
"Thanks Ange." She said and began to pull the ring off of her finger, feeling her confidence return and her fears leave.
"Don't take that off." Angela said placing her hand over Tempe's, holding the ring in place.
"Why not?" she asked confused.
"Why do you want to?" she asked keeping her hand in place.
"I want to look at it, every part of it."
"You better not."
"Why not?"
"Just trust me, ok?"
"Ange unless you have some other reason behind this, I'm going to look at it." Tempe said pulling her hand away.
"Just call Booth first." She said pulling out her cell phone.
"Why?"
"just because, Bren. Trust me on this; just call him before you look at the ring." Angela said handing her the phone and left the office.
Tempe's hand had left the ring and she starred at the phone Angela had given her, it was ringing him up and as she put the phone to her ear she began to wonder why she had to talk to Booth about taking the ring off.
She would have hung up and done it anyways if it hadn't been for her memory lost; maybe he had something to tell her before she did. Again, Tempe felt vulnerable and wondered if she'd ever get her confidence and life back.
"Booth." He said picking up the phone.
"Hi Booth." She whispered unsure of what to say.
"Hey, Bones how are you feeling?"
"Fine. Look I'm calling because Angela wanted me to tell you I'm taking the ring you gave me off of my finger." She said pulling it off.
"What? Why?" he asked, making her place it back on, but only at the tip of her finger.
"I want to examine it, just to get a look at it; maybe by looking it over I could remember something."
"Bones, look I don't want you too, but I know I can't stop you." There was a silence and Tempe now had the ring in her fist. "Have you looked at it yet?"
"No, I'm just holding it, I'm listening to you." She said truthfully.
"ok, well listen to this, I know no matter what I saw you're going to look at it, so just know that whatever you remember or find it's true. It's all true and it never has, nor will ever change." He said.
"Booth what the hell are you talking about?" she asked confused.
"When I get off of the phone look at it, good. Whatever you see it's true, you'll understand." There was another silence and Tempe slowly opened her fist. "I hope you remember." He said then there was a click, letting her know he was gone.
Tempe closed the phone and opened her hand, starring at the ring; it was gold, 14 karats to be precise. The diamond was real; real expensive. She didn't know much about jewelry, but knew enough to know it was worth a lot. Suddenly a few small words caught her eye.
Moving the ring around so she could get a better look, Tempe read what was engraved on the inside. Her heart sank to her stomach and she jumped out of her desk.
"He can't. No." she whispered and walked out of her office, holding the ring in her hand. ANGELA! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" she asked walking over to her best friend, who knew she had seen it, the only thing in her life that was really good.