Brennan stood at the hospital reception desk , becoming more and more agitated.
"I don't understand why I cant see him. I was called and told he was here, and asking for me. "
"Ma'am we have to notify next of kin, but he is in critical condition and cannot have any visitors"
Brennan was now way past agitated she was angry, and feeling very irrational.
"Listen lady, I am going in there whether you like it or not. And I dare you to get security to try and stop me."
"Dr Brennan?"
A thin balding man approached her and placed his hand on her shoulder. Brennan whipped her head around and glared at him. She was not in the mood to be pleasant.
"I am Dr Taylor, the one who called you. I can take you to see him if you want."
"Yes I would like that very much, and please make sure your incompetent nurse over there knows that I will be calling the hospital director first thing in the morning."
Dr Taylor looked at her with kind eyes. He smiled slightly at her.
"I know your worried, but she was just doing her job. I had hoped to be here when you arrived to let you in but the women that was in the accident with agent booth went into cardiac arrest, I went to assist. Unfortunately we were unable to save her.
"Rebecca is dead?"
"Yes Ma'am she is. The Suv was hit when a tractor trailer driver fell asleep at the wheel. They both suffered some very major injuries. "
"I want to see Booth."
Dr Taylor pointed to a door in front of them.
"He is in there, I will leave you alone please just call out to me if you need anything."
Brennan nodded curtly at him, and proceeded toward the room.
When she entered the room she couldn't help but gasp. Big strong Booth lay in the bed. Tubes, and wires coming from everywhere. He looked so frail. Brennan sat gingerly on the side of the bed. She reached towards his face and brushed his cheek with her hand.
"Booth…Im here…your Bones is here."
She waited as his eyes fluttered in recognition. Slowly he opened them. He looked at her, his usual deep and expressive eyes looking empty, finally as he focused and realized that she was in fact there, his eyes lightened them and became the same soulful brown that she had come to love so much. He strained to smile, and opened his mouth to speak. Brennan brought her fingers to his lips.
"Shhhh, there is no need to speak. You need to rest, you need to let your body heal itself."
"Bones…"
"No its alright Booth, im here im not leaving. You're going to be just fine.
Booth shook his head and strained to scowl at her.
"Bones, Rebecca?"
Brennan lowered her eyes. Slowly she shook her head. When she looked back up at him, he had tears glistening in his eyes.
"Bones, if I don't make it…"
"Don't talk like that Booth, you will be fine. You have always been fine."
"Listen Bones, there is a file in my desk, if I don't make it, just read the file ok?"
"I will Booth but you will be fine. Come on this is nothing, you have been through worse than this. You cant let a little car accident get you."
Booth looked into Brennans eyes, and for the first time since coming here she was scared. Scared for him, scared for herself.
"Im tired Bones, Im just so tired."
"Then rest, I am right here. I promise I am not going anywhere."
She took Booths hand and intertwined their fingers.
"Im never going anywhere"
Booth squeezed her hand.
"I love you Bones, I mean I really love you, do you know that?"
"I know Booth, I know."
"Im going to go to sleep now ok?"
"of course, you get some sleep, and I will see you when you wake up."
With the hand that was not intertwined with Booths, Brennan reached up and stroked his cheek again soothing him to sleep. Moving his head slightly Booth placed his lips on the palm of her hand and oh so softly kissed her. He glanced up one last time into her eyes, and then closed his.
Brennan finally let her tears fall.
Suddenly without warning alarms started going off. Lights were flashing on all the equipment. Brennan jumped up.
"HELP, WE NEED HELP IN HERE!"
Reaching for Booths face, she tried to urge him to wake up.
"Booth, come on. Wake up. BOOTH. Don't do this to me. Booth wake up."
With a flurry doctors and nurses came into the room. Yelling orders, at each other and moving things around. Brennan heard nothing. She focused on Booths face.
"Booth, I need you to wake up. Please….For me."
"Ma'am, you need to leave now."
Brennan resisted as much as she could.
"BOOTH GET UP DO YOU HEAR ME. I AM NOT KIDDING GET UP."
Ma'am please we need you to leave, so that we can try and help him."
Finally she let herself be pulled from the room, as she approached the door she turned around.
"BOOTH YOU GET UP, WE HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS YOU AND I. I HAVENT TOLD YOU I LOVE YOU YET. YOU HEAR THAT BOOTH I LOVE YOU."
The nurse closed the door, and Brennan was alone. She could hear all the commotion, but could not pick out the one single voice she wanted to hear. Leaning against the wall she slowly slumped to the floor. Where she stayed, and cried.