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Chapter 1. [Booth's Email]

Sweets,

I know you know that I'm pissed about this, and you better know that if you break the promises you made that these things won't affect what you tell the Bureau about our partnership, or that you will never, EVER bring them up in front of Bones or I'll kick your ass. And don't give me any crap about anger management or threatening you. You know what I mean. As far as my ten things go, you know I don't like to indulge you unnecessarily, but I'm gonna be as honest as possible because you can have some interesting input sometimes. Sometimes. Stop smiling.

1. I'd tell her that I hate when she just assumes that I don't know what something means. I'm smarter than she thinks sometimes. Granted, she's a damn genius, but I do know more about a few things than she thinks.

2. I'd tell her that when she wears her hair down, I can't concentrate on the case. It just looks so soft.

3. I'd want her to know that she's grown so much… emotionally… in the past year or so. I'd love to tell her that, but somehow, I think she'd take it as an insult. Or maybe not an insult, but she'd see it as a flaw that she needed to "fix."

4. I think she'll make a fantastic mother some day. The only way I'd ever be happy having a child with her, though, would be if we were committed to each other. I know that's not happening anytime soon. If she wanted a baby, though, and she still wanted my guys, I'd do whatever she needed. I just want her happy.

5. I'd tell her that the world would be a sad place without her in it.

6. I'd tell her that her friends depend on her. They look up to her. She is trusted, loved, by so many more people than she knows.

7. She's a better person than she thinks she is. Underneath the genius, the logic, the facts, beats a heart of gold.

8. The thing I admire most about her is her undying passion for the victims. She does not give up. She wants justice for each person whose remains show up on her examination table, and she will stop at nothing to get it. When that Bones comes through, those are the times when she takes my breath away. She makes me proud.

9. I'd tell her how afraid I was when I thought I'd lost her three years ago. When I was standing on that dirt hill, and it seemed like miles and miles of nothing, I thought I'd lost her. My heart was crushed.

10. I'm sure you already know this one. I'd tell her I love her. You know it. I know it. Cam knows it. Angela and Hodgins sure as hell know it. But she can't see it. I wish I could make her see. It scares me, Sweets, to hope, but I think that maybe she's beginning to understand love a little bit. I don't know if she'll ever be able to truly love someone… A part of me, a big part, wants nothing more than that. That part of me has faith that someday soon she'll see my love and be able to reciprocate it, or that she'll just be able to see it and accept it, but there's this other nagging part of me, Bones would call it my logical mind, that can't hope for that.

Like I said, Sweets, this is me being honest.

-Booth


AN: I know I said the next installment would be longer, but then I got this idea… You have to tell me what you think of it, though, so I'll know what will be best. The idea is to have the emails in their own little chapters like this one. Booth's, Brennan's, and then two chapters with responses from Sweets… but not in email format… I'd do it in like a private session with each of them where Sweets discusses each point, etc. And then after, we can go to more traditional, longer, story format chapters. What do you think??

Oh, and, once again, THANK YOU! I love having tons of review/alert/favorite messages in my inbox! [With this particular one though, it would really help me out if you could tell me what you think of the chapter formats. ;) If you don't want to leave a review, I'm perfectly happy to accept a pm as well! I just need some feedback!] Thanks so much!

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