Told you I'd be updating alot tonight. Currently drunk with my bro, but this chapter was written before that.... several hours in fact. Hope you like it and I hope that it answers some questions.

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She felt something in her throat. It was extraordinarily annoying and uncomfortable. She see the bright lights through her eyelids before she even opened them and she felt her sticky matted skin and desperately wanted to take a shower.

She opened her eyes and saw that the thing in her throat was a breathing tube. She felt her face and found the tape around her mouth and ripped it off before bracing herself to take out the breathing tube. She knew that Booth would be angry at her for taking it out without a doctor around, but she didn't care.

She pulled on the end of the tube and coughed dryly and loudly as she pulled the tube out of her airways. She tossed the tube to the side and slowly sat up. She was dizzy, but paused long enough to get her head feeling normal again before moving. She felt lethargic, like she hadn't moved in a few days, then again, that is what a knife wound to the chest can do to you, and if not that, then the surgery alone can make it even more painful.

She put a hand to her chest and felt the wound beneath the fabric of the hospital gown. She started to move off of the bed when her arm got stuck by the IV. She pulled it out of her arm with a groan of pain and slid off of the bed placing her feet firmly on the floor. It took her a moment to get her bearings and to remember how to walk considering her legs weren't cooperating all that well, but she used the wall as her guide and made her way out into the hall. She grabbed the back of her gown and twisted it around her body because she was unsure whether she was flashing anyone as she made her way to the nurse's station.

When she arrived, she stumbled over to the desk, "Excuse me?" she asked.

"Yes?" the nurse asked before turning around and realizing who it was, "Doctor Brennan, you should not be out of bed!" the woman cried, "Billy!" she yelled to an orderly, "Get a wheelchair for Doctor Brennan and take her back to her room.

Brennan held her hand up to stop the orderly, "That won't be necessary, Billy. I got here just fine on my own and I can get back just as well."

Billy ignored her instructions and went to retrieve a wheelchair anyway, "Doctor Brennan, when did you wake up?" she asked.

"Just a moment ago." Brennan replied.

"What happened to your breathing apparatus and IV drip?" she asked.

Brennan shrugged, "I took them out. They were clearly both unnecessary." She said gesturing at her able bodied body.

"Doctor Brennan, I must insist that you go back to your room this instant so that we can get you back on your IV." The nurse said emphatically.

Brennan waved her off, "That isn't necessary. I'm looking for my husband, I need to know where he is. I'm sure that he has been here because he worries far too much, but I'm sure that one of my friends asked him to go home for some rest or something." She said.

The nurse looked at her for a moment, "Your husband?" She said.

"Yes, Special Agent Seeley Booth. Where did he go?" she asked impatiently.

"Oh, I thought you knew." She said.

Brennan waited for an explanation but received none, "Knew what?"

"He was shot, Doctor Brennan. He's in the room next to yours. We transferred his room to be closer to yours since he was always sneaking down to see you anyways."

Brennan's eyes widened, "How was he shot? Did Julia come after him as well?"

The nurse shrugged, "I don't know anything about that ma'am. He's in room 3204."

Brennan nodded and began to walk down the hall toward his room when she was intercepted by Billy the orderly, "Please Doctor Brennan, take a seat and I will take you back."

"Room 3204, Billy. This is not a negotiation." She said reluctantly sitting in the chair.

Billy rolled her down the hallway quickly. He could tell that she was not a woman to be reckoned with and just did what she asked of him. He opened the door to Booth's room and rolled her in. He was sitting on the bed flipping through channels when he looked up at her. He quickly sat up, jumped off the bed and ripped his own IV out of his arm. He rushed over to her and kneeled down in front of her, taking her hands in his own, "You're awake?" he asked, smiling.

Brennan nodded her head vigorously. Booth leaned over to look at Billy, "Why wasn't I told that she was awake?" he asked.

"Booth." Brennan said, regaining his attention, "Don't intimidate the boy. I only woke up a few minutes ago. They didn't know that I was awake until I walked down to the nurses station and demanded to know where you were." She said.

He laughed and tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear, "That's my Bones." He smiled.

Booth yet again leaned over and looked at Billy and simply said, "Bye!"

Billy rolled his eyes and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him, "I was so worried about you, Bones."

She smiled, "Everything is fine, Booth. I'm fine. Don't worry about it." She said, "I'm just so happy that we're all safe, you know?" she said. Booth nodded and Brennan leaned down and pressed her lips to his. Booth leaned into her and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him. They broke apart for a moment and she whispered, "I'm so happy I married you." She said, before leaning in again.

Booth pulled back a bit and pushed her shoulders away from him, "Did you just say that you're happy you married me?" he asked with a smile on his face.

Brennan laughed, "Don't make me punch you." She said.

"No." Booth said, the smile fading slightly, "Really, did you say that?" he asked.

"Yes, why? What's wrong?" she asked.

Booth sat back on his heels and looked at her, "I think you should get back to bed and let the doctor take a look at you."

Brennan tilted her head and looked at him, "Wha-? I'm fine Booth. What is wrong?" she asked.

Booth rubbed his face with both hands and sighed, "Bones, we're… we aren't married." He said.

"What are you talking about Booth? Yes, we are." She said defiantly.

His face changed immediately and he stood up, "Come on, Bones. Let's get you back to your room, okay?"

She grabbed his arm and stopped him from reaching the handlebars of the wheelchair, "No, Booth. What is going on. First, I get shot and then I can't remember the last five years, come to find out I have four children and am married to you and now all of a sudden you say that I'm not married to you? What is this a joke? Did you sign the divorce papers or something?" she asked quite angrily.

Booth just stared at her like she had three heads. He squatted down in front of her and held her hands in his again, "Okay, I need you to listen to me closely, Bones. Can you do that?" he asked.

She rolled her eyes, "Of course I can, Booth. I'm not deficient."

Booth took a big breath and then released it, "You and I have never been married. The only child in the picture is Parker and apart from the mistletoe incident, our first and only kiss happened about two minutes ago. You've been in a coma for a week, Bones and I'm worried that you might have had some sort of brain trauma or something."

Brennan sat quietly for a moment and looked at the man in front of her. Surely it couldn't have all just been a dream, it couldn't have been a dream. She pulled her hands away from him and felt the wound on her chest again. Bullet wound, undoubtedly, "Daniel Cooper." She said plainly.

Booth nodded, "Yes, Daniel Cooper shot you in the chest after he shot me." He said.

Brennan thought it through for a moment and then a smile began to form on her lips. Then, she began laughing, "It was all a dream!" she said, throwing her hands to her head.

"You dreamed about us being married?" he asked.

Brennan nodded and looked up at him, her cheeks flushed, "Yes, I suppose I did. It was just, it was really… real, Booth. I believed that it was all really happening. I feel so stupid now."

"Hey," he said taking one of her hands and rubbing the back of it, "There is no need to feel embarrassed. I've had plenty of dreams about having a family with you."

She looked up at him and smiled, "You have?" she asked.

He looked down at her hand and traced the outline of a wedding ring on it, "You and me? A family? Sure I have, it's my number one day dream." He said.

"That was the engraving." She said softly.

"Engraving?" he asked.

She nodded, "On the wedding ring."

Booth laughed, "Well, now I'm going to have to come up with something different." He laughed. He leaned down and kissed her hand softly and stood up, "I can't believe that this is how we are doing this, but I'm in love with you Temperance."

"I'm in love with you too, Seeley Booth, and don't you forget it!" she said poking his chest. She pulled him down into another kiss and smiled.