The next couple of hours would determine Brennan's fate. The doctors knew that every minute that she remained in that comatose state only endangered her life even more.
It was early morning when Cam, Hodgins, and Sweets arrived at the clinic. "What happened to Dr. B.", a frantic Hodgins asked. "When I got Angela's call this morning I was shocked. Both Sweets and Hodgins were at the Jeffersonian and we decided to head over here to see if there were any news." a worried Cam explained. "It's really hard to believe that Dr. Brennan is in a deep comma." Sweets' shock traveled through his words.
"The x-rays show trauma to her brain. The doctor told us that although her state is critical, she is fighting for her life. Oh…I just want my best friend to wake up."
"She's a strong woman. She will be fine. Ok. You hear me Angela? She'll be Ok." tears rolled down Booth's face. Everyone stayed quiet. No one could think of anything to say.
As the days passed, each of Brennan's friends took turns to watch over her. It was hard for the rest of the team to get Booth to go home and rest when his shift to watch her was over.
"Booth, you should go home. It's my turn to watch her, plus you will take the night shift again. Please go home and shower and rest. Nothing will happen to her while you are at home resting." As Booth made and effort to object, Cam raised an arm to stop him. She dragged him out of the room and got him to head over to his apartment.
At his apartment, Booth couldn't do anything but think about his Bones. He felt a deep pain inside his heart for letting something this bad happen to her. Although he didn't want to sleep, his body forced him to fall asleep in his couch. But even asleep he could only think of her. A smile spread over his face during his sleep.
It was a nice warm day. He and Bones were out at a crime scene investigating a murder. He felt happy to have her by his side and doing what they do best. All he could do was smile at her. She caught sight of his smile and smiled back. Everything seemed so peaceful, but all of a sudden dark clouds covered the sky. Before he knew it she was gone. He ran to look for her, but couldn't find her. He yelled and yelled her name, "Bones!".
Booth sat up and shouted her name, "Bones!". He needed to go back and make sure she was safe.
At the clinic nothing had changed. It had been a week since Brennan entered her comatose state and still no sings of recovery.
Booth strode into the clinic and practically ran to her room. He only slowed down when a nurse made a face at him for running inside the clinic. He felt a slight relief when he saw she was in her bed. Cam had fallen asleep. Booth tugged her awake to let her know he was taking over the shift. A tired Cam could no longer argue with Booth, and so she left the room.
Booth sat there looking at his Bones and praying for her to wake up. As night began to fall, Booth felt the need to lie down next to his Bones. He wanted her to feel that he was there. He fell asleep as soon as he was next to her on the bed. A nurse walked in and saw the peaceful sleeping man. "I wish a hunk like that would sleep next to me.", she said in a low voice before heading out the room.
As the lights of early morning began to arise, Booth was awakened by a groan. Much to his surprise the groaning came form Bones. He jumped out of the bed in excitement. She's waking up, he thought. After a few more groans, she opened her eyes. "Uhm… my head…" she was able to sound the words between groans. Booth was so happy she had woken up, that he couldn't stop smiling. "Bones what took you so long to wake up?". "What… happened? …Where …am I?" Brennan could barely ask. "You were run down by a car. You are in a hospital because you have been in a comma for a week now. But none of that matters now because you are awake now and …" he couldn't hold the urge any longer and kissed her. It was a gentle, but passionate kiss. As Booth trailed off, Brennan just starred at him and said, "Who are you?"