This is a re-publish of this story. I've edited and improved it and now I'm going to re-post it all in one sitting. Enjoy.

Inspired obviously by It's A Wonderful Life. And since we all know how that goes I'm going to throw in a little of what life will be like in the future. So you'll have that to look forward too.

This is my first fic in a long while… probably half a year or may and I know that may not sound like a lot but I used to post a new story almost every month. Anyway those are good too so check out some of my other work if you'd like. So, without further ado….

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"Booth, no. Please, Booth."

He could hear her and melodic as it cried out his name, even through the pain growing in his chest he thought that his name on her lips was the most wonderful thing in the world.

He wanted to answer her. To place that stubborn strand of hair behind her ear and run his thumb over the worry creases on her forehead. But his body was heavy and he saw the world he knew, the women he cared more for than he could say, go blurry.

Seeley Booth watched as the world around him faded to a bright white and then there was nothing. No sounds. No colors. And worst of all, no Temperance Brennan. He was standing in a white room, he spun around but there was nothing.

"Bones?" He called, stopping and waiting for a response.

"Hello, Agent Booth."

He turned. "Bo-" It wasn't her. Instead, before him stood a women with very familiar facial features and held the body frame of the women he treasured so dearly.

"You know me." She stated, her voice was happy and welcoming as she smiled at him.

"You're Christine Brennan. Bones' mom." He responded. Staring curiously at her. "Am I dead?"

She laughed lightly. "No Booth. I promise you, you are not dead yet."

"Yet?" He pressed, raising his eyebrows at the women who was possibly more beautiful than his Bones. But that must be because of the whole dead-glowy thing, Booth thought.

She approached him slowly and placed her hand in his. "That's still to be decided, my dear. First, there are things you need to see."

"With all do respect, Mrs. Brennan, I think the only thing I need to see is my world and my life." Booth protested angrily, attempting to shrug the woman's warm hand away.

"Seeley," her voice was smooth and pleasant. "I know it's difficult to understand. But I also know that you believe in a God as I do. And you know that He has a plan for us that we must let happen."

Booth nodded. "I know."

"Very good." She smiled and held his hand once more. "Seeley, did you ever watch the movie It's A Wonderful Life?"

"Yeah, of course. Every Christmas my family watched it and now Parker and I do." At the mention of his son Booth's face fell.

Christine squeezed his hand comfortingly. "We'll get to that soon, dear. But anyway, the only reason I ask is because you're going to feel a little déjà vu." She winked at him mischievously, a very un-Bones-like gesture. Booth prodded himself, this wasn't Bones, this was her mother.

Suddenly the room before them got brighter. Booth blinked back the sting of the lights and covered his eyes with his free arm. After a few seconds, he felt his atmosphere change and opened his eyes to the world around him.

"What is this place?" He asked the woman beside him.

She smiled sadly as she regarded what was before them. "A world without you sweetie."

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Hope it piqued your interest. I'll continue really soon, like maybe even tonight. So leave some good reviews.

Next, we'll get to see how everyone's lives are changed.