A/N Thanks, again RositaLG!

This is how I picture that phone call.

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It's ironic, isn't it? The one person I could call, the one person I could solicit advice from was the one person who would go to the ends of the earth to protect the man I was calling about. What choice did I have?

"It's Hannah. Do you have a moment to talk?"

"About what?" She replied.

"Seeley"

"Is something wrong with Booth?"

"He asked me to be his wife, Temperance. His wife. I said no. I'm just not the marrying kind."

"Why would Booth ask you if you have previously expressed your sentiments towards marriage?"

"Seeley believes love transcends all, that I know. We had seven months. Just us. We had a bubble around us, thinking we could salvage this, protect it, but something shifted when he returned and I followed. We weren't ready. I mean, what do I really know about Seeley Booth? I know he adores his son, his work and above all else his partner, you. I don't know about his past, his favorite color, his family, why he carries those trinkets with him, why he wears the crazy ties and socks; why you, the closest person to him, don't call him Seeley or why he only calls you Bones."

She stopped me. "I recall you telling me you were a couple, so you share information. Why didn't you ask him?"

I sighed. "Maybe I was afraid of what he would say." Or maybe it was because you already knew the answers. What was the point of sharing them? I thought but didn't say.

"I informed you that Booth would give himself to you completely. The evidence suggests you did not do the same. As you said, he believes in love." She stated as the tone of voice changed.

"I wanted to, Temperance I really did but I realized something. . . He'd already given himself to someone completely."

"Hannah. . . We are partners, close by necessity. He is impulsive; he lets his heart guide him and while I do not understand this, I trust Booth. From previous experience, I can relate to the situation you currently find yourself in. Seven months ago, we parted. I thought about him every day. I could not think of a single moment about my life that Booth did not know about. I thought I didn't have his kind of open heart, I made a mistake. I concluded if we did not speak for the year, we could come back and continue where we left off, our partnership still intact; that did not happen. I made a mistake."

"That's why he came looking for me. A quick fix, perhaps?" What could I say? I think he wanted to love me. I think I wanted to love him too. Even when we think we have our moment, a piece of it can go missing. Love requires the giving up the whole heart and that. . . that was not possible. "I know he is angry, I think you are the only person who could be there for him."

"You are correct. Goodbye Hannah." She hung up.

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Sunglasses are worn to protect the eyes from the sun. Not only that they are used to cover the eyes from last night's hangover, the puffiness of crying and people. Sometimes you realize certain things are better seen without sunglasses. It's a funny thing to share a pair of sunglasses, everyone has a different view of the same thing; It's the same with lenses as all eyes are different. Gray and green lenses maintain true colors, brown causes some color distortion, turquoise enhances contrast, orange increases contrast and depth perception. Others don't wear sunglasses; they look right into the light and are mesmerized with the beauty that nature and the universe created. Some look through the lenses and think the world is as it should be, full of questions, distorted and full of contrast. And just like the sun, some people can radiate warmth and generate enough light for growth and energy while blinding others with dazzling rays they emit.

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