Chapter 5

Hearing the small beeping of the heart monitor woke him from his slumber, yawning and rubbing his neck he slowly sat up. Rubbing his eyes he looked up at her and she was starring right at him.

"Temperance?" He said softly feeling a smile starting to spread across his face. He could feel his eyes watering.

"Seely?" was the only this she managed to croak out. Her throat raw from lack of use, and from the breathing tube she had during surgery.

"Is that really you??" He could see the tears welling up in her eyes. "I thought I was dreaming about seeing you again. Are you really here, or is my mind playing tricks on me again?" She asked her voice shaking.

Booth stood up with such a force that he sent the chair behind him flying. He softly grabbed her hand and placed it on his cheek that was now dampened with tears. "I'm here… I'm here Temperance"

He knew that he was smiling but could feel his tears overflowing and streaming down his cheeks. He could see her breathe a sigh of relief as she choked up. Her tears were now free flowing down her cheeks, he softly placed his finger on her cheek and wiped them. She tried to lean forward as if to grab him and hold him but was stopped by the pain. She winced at the pain and Booth softly placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Easy sweetie you just had surgery, you have to take it slow." Right then he looked into her eyes and could see the sadness in them. He wanted nothing more in this world than to lean down and capture her lips with his. His heart ached at the thought of it. Realizing that she was reaching for him he sat on the bed next to her and leaned over and kissed her on the forward. He could feel her shutter when his lips met her skin.

"I thought I was never going to see you again." She said with sadness dripping from every word. "I was so scared Seely." She stopped suddenly. Booth thought something was wrong so he leaned down to her.

"Are you okay" He said with concern deep in his voice. She nodded and just looked at him. He could see that she didn't want to talk about what had happened to her, at least not yet. And that was okay with him, he was just so happy she was there with him. He knew that her recovery was going to be challenging. He had so many questions though, he could feel the word vomit coming up.

Suddenly feeling the pain from her infected incision her eyes became wide and he could see the panic in her eye. "Where's my baby?" she wretched out. The look in her eyes alerted Booth and his brow furrowed. She began to try to get out of bed ignoring the searing pain that screamed from every part of her body. Booth tried to stop her but she kept struggling against him.

"Temperance, your going to hurt yourself." But she wasn't listening to him. With everything she had she finally pushed him back which made him land with a thud and with that she ripped her IV from her arm. Getting out of bed she felt her incisions screaming at her but it didn't matter. Booth was trying to get back on his feet to stop her but before he could she was out the door and running with a limp down the hall. Booth hastily ran after her calling her name. Running past the nurses he could hear them calling out to Temperance also.

She reached the stairs and began running down them, but it was more like she was letting her feet slide down them instead. Booth was close on her heels trying to talk reason into her while he was panting hard. Finally she reached the floor she wanted, running through the hall way she finally came to stop at the nursery and looked frantically around though the glass. When Booth finally reached her she was slumped over against the wall sobbing uncontrollably. He stopped and kneeled down next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder which she winced at. Hurt Booth pulled his hand back and looked on her face. Finally she looked up at him with sorrow on her face and total panic.

"He still has him Seely." Was all she managed to get out, when a sudden wave of pain overtook her. She fell to the floor. Booth reached out and picked up her small form and pulled her into his chest. Sitting there on the floor with her crying out in his arms he leaned back his head and closed his eyes. Rubbing her hair softly and whispering into her ear.

Soon after the nurses found where they were and gingerly placed her onto a wheelchair. She just sat there crying her eyes out. As soon as they got her into the room they hooked her back up to her IV and injected her with a sedative. Feeling that she was slipping into darkness she reached out for Booth. He was quickly at her side holding her hand. She began to whisper something softly but he couldn't hear her so he leaned down to her mouth.

"You have to find him Seely, you have to find my…our son.." And with that she drifted back to sleep. Booth felt like he had been stabbed in the heart when she said that. He could feel his knees getting weak. Quickly he sat down and stared at the floor, 'she had our child, our child. And I wasn't there to help and protect her. How can I ever forgive myself' he thought to himself quietly. He could feel the threat of him being ill very real. He quickly stood up and walked into the bathroom he got to the toilet and vomited.

Standing back up and cleaning himself up he quickly walked out of the room after he looked at her once more. 'I'll be right back' he thought to himself. Quickly he walked outside and grabbed his cell phone. Dialing, he looked up and saw Angela and Hodgins walking towards him. Angela could see the panic on Booth's face and quickened her pace.

"What's wrong Booth?? Is it Bren, is she okay??" She question him quickly.

"She's okay Angela, I just….. " he trailed off trying to hold back his feelings.

"What? What is it?" She probed.

"I have to find my son Angela." Angela's face dropped with confusion.

"What do you mean?" Angela asked attentively.

"She was pregnant Angela! When she was taken from us she was pregnant…. With my son. I have to find him Angela I have to. I can't let Tempe down again." By this time he was ragged with feelings. He felt his knees give out again almost crashing to the ground he began to cry uncontrollably, he could feel Angela and Jack grabbing him for support from hitting the ground but it was like they weren't there.

"It's going to be okay man." Jack said with sadness evident in his voice. Booth shook them off and began to walk on his own. Walking into the hospital he went to the ER nurse.

"I need everything that Temperance Brennen was wearing when I brought her in here. Its evidence for the FBI now." His face was stern and she knew that he meant business. A few moments later she came back with a plastic bag and handed it to Booth. Who then turned around and handed it to Jack.

"Find out everything you can from this, I'll find out what I can from Temperance when she wakes back up." With that Jack and Angela nodded and headed back out to Jack's vehicle. All while jack was dialing someone up who Booth had assumed was Zack on the other end. Shaking his head he headed back up to her room.

Looking down at her pail form he just stared. He loved her so much, and now she was back with him. He tried to imagine what their son looked like. He knew that a lot of men would have questioned the paternity of the child but if she said it was his that was good enough for him.

"Don't worry, I'll find him." He softy whispered while leaning down and kissing her forehead softly.

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So is it still captivating you attention?? I know I wrote 2 chapters in less than 3 hours. I'm on a roll!!