A/N: Hi Guyz, so here is the new chapter. I know it has been a long time since I have updated. What can I say? The real-life happened. I wasn't well for a while, had to undergo blood tests and all...Not COVID, thankfully. Then I had writer's block. Every time I try to write this story, nothing comes to my mind. Now that I can at least write something, I am going to finish this story sooner than I had planned. Not many ideas are coming and I don't want to drag the story unnecessarily and possibly ruin it. Anyways, thanks for reading this story, it's my baby, my first baby. I hope you like this chapter. This might be the last chapter and I hope you enjoy it.

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"God my head hurts!" that was the first thing Booth thought when he woke up. He looked up to see that he was alone in the bed. "Where's Hannah?" he thought. He does not even remember when they got back home. He was so fucking hungover. Booth got out of the bed, wincing with each step as it seems to shoot a jolt of pain through his head. He came out of his room to the living area and saw Hannah sitting on the couch, crying.

"Hannah? What happened?" Booth asked, kneeling in front of her.

Hannah looked at him with blood-shot eyes, tears going down her face. "Seeley, are you in love with Temperance?"

Booth reeled back and fell on the floor. He gulped and said, "I have already told you, Hannah, yes I was in love with Bones, but she did not reciprocate! Why are asking about it today?"

Hannah looked at him and smiled, a little sad smile and said, "You were really drunk yesterday Seeley after your friends went away, you started drinking like crazy and I was worried, so I brought you home. All the way from the car to the house, you were muttering 'I can't lose Bones!' You even tried to call her. And you said that maybe getting into another relationship and getting engaged was a mistake! That maybe you should've waited for her!"

Booth was shocked! "I...I said that?!" He asked, raking his hand through his hair and wincing from the pain when his finger snagged into a tangle of hair.

"Yes. " Hannah answered. She got up and smiled at him.

"It's okay Seeley."

"What? How can you say that?" Booth got up and ignored the pain in his head and shouted. "I don't know why I said all those stuff, please ignore them, Hannah, they don't mean anything. I love you now and we are going to get married and have a family, you will see, everything will be fine!" Booth desperately tried to make her understand.

"No Seeley, I can't ignore that because I am not sure about this engagement myself. " Hannah said, fresh tears falling on her face.

"What?" Booth asked.

"Yes, Seeley. I am sorry. I really like you and maybe even love, but I am no marriage-material. I am not made for marriage, kids, and all that. My job is my passion and I love that I can go anywhere and everywhere without being answerable. I can't give you what you want, even if we do get married, I don't want kids Seeley, I don't think our marriage would last longer! " Hannah said, shaking her head.

Booth was speechless. But he was also surprised that he did not feel any excruciating pain from her rejection. He thought he would be angry if she rejected him, but all he felt was peace, and dare he say, relieved!

"Seeley, say something!" Hannah urged.

"I think you are right, not about you because you don't know how wonderful you are and I am sure when you find the right person for you, you will be happily married and all that. Anybody would be lucky to be with you. But you are right, we will not last long if we get married. I am still in love with Bones! I think I will be in love with her all my life. After all, she is the love of my life!" Booth said surprised as if he was discovering it himself.

"There's that!" Hannah said, trying to lighten the mood. The palpable sense of relief from both was clear. "I never thought that I would enjoy being someone's rebound!"

Booth looked up, "No, please Hannah, don't think like that, please. You are not a consolation prize, not rebound. I do love you but...", he trailed off, unable to put his emotion into words.

"But you love Temperance more. " Hannah said with a nod.

Booth nodded and shame flickered on his face.

"It's alright Seeley. I don't mind being your rebound!" She said with a small laugh.

"Hannah..." Booth said, shame still curling in his belly.

"Oh, please Seeley, lighten up! Look at the plus side, we could have had a shitty marriage, unhappy and then divorced and all that rot. But now we both can be happy." Hannah told Booth, wiping the tears on her face. "I think now we should both freshen-up and I will be out of your hair in an hour." She began to pick up her clothes, that were strewn across the room.

"Where will you go?" Booth asked her.

"Oh! I accepted the offer from Washington! I will have to report tomorrow." Hannah said, still packing her bags.

Boothe went to the washroom after wishing her for the new job. He took out an anvil for the headache. He was still surprised by the feeling of peace and relief coursing to him. Ever since Hannah said yes, there was this pressure and the feeling of loss that he couldn't understand, and now all of that is gone.

Hannah moved out that day and went to the airport. Booth dropped her off and took the rest of the day off to recuperate and get his mind in order. He planned to laze the day out in bed but he had to do something first!

"Booth, are you alright? Hannah called me and told me everything." Brennan asked, after picking up the phone.

"Yeah, am good. Listen, Bones, can we meet tomorrow and talk?" Booth asked.

"Yeah sure, will you be coming tomorrow to the Jeffersonian's?" Brennan asked.

"Yes, I will. "Booth said.

"Okay, see you tomorrow Booth. Goodnight." said softly.

"Goodnight Bones."

A/N: Love it? Hate it? Let me know how you liked this chapter. It was really hard to write. This won't be the last chapter. There will be another one and that will be the last I think.