Okay, guys, I tried to make this longer, but I had to end the chapter there. but, as a special treat, you find out what Booth said to her! I can see some of you jumping off your chairs now (all those who begged me in their reviews). Before yesterday, I wasn't even sure what Booth had said to her, and wasn't going to include it, but you convinced me.

Flashbacks are in Italics.

Disclaimer: You know what goes here.

Chapter 5

Booth slipped out of the door into the hospital corridor. He had told Brennan they had fought prior to the accident, but not what he said. He didn't have the courage to. He didn't want to see that look of hurt and anger on her face again, didn't want to see her run from him. He didn't know what to do.

So he went to consult the one person who knew Brennan the best.

"Okay, I've called Jack and Zack, and they are coming down here." Angela was walking towards him from the direction of the public phones. She caught the look on his face. "What happened? Did she wake up?"

Booth nodded, "She's awake. But – "

"What? But what?" Angela turned to look through the window set into the door.

Booth shook his head, and gestured for her to go in. Angela entered the room, and he sunk onto one of the chairs outside the door.

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"She doesn't remember!" Angela shut the door behind her and sat in the chair next to Booth.

"No. Nothing from when we were talking in my office."

"Not your fight?' she asked curiously.

Booth shook his head.

Angela eyed him sternly, "You have to tell her, Booth! You can't leave her in the dark like this."

Booth looked at her helplessly. "But…"

"But nothing! You know most amnesia heals in time, and how much more pissed is she going to be if she remembers, and knows you didn't tell her?"

"I can't, Ange. I don't want to see that look on her face again."

"Don't try and get my sympathy, buddy. You said something horrible to her, after she revealed her biggest secret to you." She threw her hands in the air. "You didn't even let her explain, did you?"

"What was there to explain?" Booth was stung by her words.

"Everything! You don't know the half of it! And you didn't want to know." Angela caught his gaze, showing him the disappointment in her eyes. "Either you tell her, or I will."

Booth knew she was deadly serious. He didn't have a choice.

"Angela! Booth!" They both turned to see Hodgins and Zack coming towards them up the corridor.

"Hey, guys. You made good time." Angela smiled at them.

"Yeah, well, Hodgins drives in a manner I feel is not entirely beneficial to my health." Zack stated, giving Hodgins a glare.

"Hey, man, it was an emergency. Would you rather we'd taken another half hour to get here?" Hodgins enquired of him. "So, is she all right? Dr. Brennan, I mean."

Angela nodded. "She's going to be fine. She lost a lot of blood, and got a few injuries. She's going to be sore for a while."

Zack and Hodgins both broke into grins.

"That's fantastic! Can we see her?" Zack asked.

Angela nodded, and led the two into the room.

"I'm gonna go grab some coffee, guys." Booth called, and made his way to the cafeteria. God knew he needed something to ready himself for the ordeal that was telling Bones the truth.

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Brennan watched as Booth sank into his desk chair with a groan. "I am so glad that case is over," he said, stretching his hands behind his head, easing his muscles. "Stakeouts are only exciting when something is happening."

Brennan lowered herself onto the chair facing the desk.

"I'm so glad we finally caught the bastard. No more illegal abortions, and no more butchered girls." He shut the open folder lying on his desk with a sigh. "I can't believe those girls actually trusted a slime ball like him."

"They were desperate. All alone, no money, no support. What else could they have done?" She looked at her partner from across the desk.

"You can't tell me you agree with abortion, Bones."

She nodded, "I do, in many circumstances."

Booth stared at her, shocked. "I can't believe you, of all people, agree with abortion."

Brennan didn't meet his gaze, instead looking at her hands folded in her lap. "I have first-hand knowledge of it," she said quietly.

"What? But, how?"

She sighed. "When I was 17, I got pregnant." She looked up at him, her blue eyes sad and hesitant. "I had an abortion."

"What?! Bones, how on earth could you? I don't believe it! You think cosmetic surgery is barbaric and child beauty pageants are ridiculous, but you – " He threw his hands in the air in frustration. "I know you don't want to be a mother, Bones, and that's fine, but you'd stoop so low as to kill a baby?"

She gasped. She couldn't believe he said that. That he believed that.

His face went white. "Bones, I – "

Her eyes narrowed and she stood up abruptly. "Don't bother, Booth."

She ran from the room, eyes rapidly filling with tears.

"Bones!"

In her hospital bed, after her "squints" had left, Brennan sat bolt upright. Her memory had returned. Along with the pain.

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