And now the end is near!!! Officially sad:( I looooooooooved thinking about this chapter this actually might be my favorite!!! I got Bones season 2 on dvd so I am now caught up on everything, it was the best 3 days of my life, Stephen Fry was brilliant! Hope he comes back, Okay now I'm just rambling. Firstly I would like to thank Beagle for voting me as the person who takes the longest to write a chapter, my greatest achievement! Secondly I would like to thank all these wonderful people who have read from start to finish!!
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As soon as she heard the sound of his voice, her eyes flew open and she immediately felt all the tension in her body completely fade away. Before she looked him in the eye she desperately searched for that gunshot wound, when her eyes fell on it, a tear which had been sitting just waiting for a reason to fall, fell. She finally looked up at him, silently questioning him about why he was still here and not on his way to a hospital, but as usual Booth left his own safety far behind him and continued to watch over her.
His face then slowly began to turn paler and paler, every inch of colour just draining away from his tanned features, Brennan looked up at him worriedly. She carefully placed her hand on the knot covered wooden floor and hauled herself up, as she did she suddenly felt small traces of strength leak through and she sat up voluntarily for the first time in hours.
She sat up next to him, shuffling over to him and propping herself up against the snow coloured wall. She looked down at that ominous patch of blood on Booth's shirt and stared at him with the utmost of guilt. He immediately shook his head, dismissing her guilt. She shook her head at his consistant alpha male tendencies and looked him straight in the eye, stunned at his selflessness.
Only seconds later did Russ bolt up to the door, sporting a newly forming black eye and a slow trickle of blood dripping down from his nose. Brennan looked up at her brother searching desperately for any sign of a gun-shot wound, when she found none she let out a sigh of relief. He strolled up to his sister and sat beside her leaning his head back onto the wall behind him, the fatigue now taking its toll. He shifted his eyes over to Booth who now had no colour what so ever, it had all been completely drained from his face. His eyes widened as he averted his gaze towards his sister, looking for answers.
"We need to get him to a hospital, now." Brennan said, making her point very clear.
Russ nodded, wiping the remaining drips of blood from his nose with his sleeve. Suddenly, the sound of screaming sirens and flashing lights of ambulances came hurtling towards them. Brennan's eyes then flashed towards the window and Russ quickly turned around, jogging towards Booth. Brennan stood up to assit her brother, Russ took Booth's right side and Brennan his left, they both wrapped their arms around his waist and pulled him up. His head began lolling forwards and his eyes began to close, this was him beginning to pass dangerously quickly into unconsciousness, Brennan and Russ began shouting to him to keep him awake.
They eventually made it to the bottom of the stairs , when they stepped onto the bottom and looked out the space where the door once was paramedics, FBI agents and police officers where scattered over the street, SUV's came to screeching halts and car doors slammed violently. Neighbours came out onto the street to inspect about all the commotion, standing at the foot of their perfectly cut lawns, hands sheilding their eyes from the glaring sun and staring inquisitively.
Four paramedics rushed towards the threesome, two of them carrying large green bags and the other two were wheeling a gurney over. One name Gary put the brakes on the gurney and took Booth's left arm from Brennan and another called Sam took his right. They carefully laid him down onto the gurney and quickly made their way towards an ambulance with its lights still flashing. Gary desperately tried to keep hold of Booth's attention as they made their way over to the ambulance, but he was beyond attentive. Brennan grabbed hold of Booth's hand in an attempt to keep him conscious, it did, his head turned round to face her even though his eyesight was blurred, he could tell immediately.
Three more car doors were forcefully slammed shut, Brennan looked up immediately to see Angela, Hodgins and Zach staring at her completely perplexed, she waved them over and they all ran towards her. Angela's mouth was agape and was staring at Booth on the gurney in awe, she walked closer to him and her eyes shifted from him to Brennan. Hodgins and Zach where equally amazed and they also stepped closer.
"Oh my god, sweetie is he...you." She tried to say, not able to find the words.
"He got shot?" Hodgins asked finally.
"Good to see your paying attention." Angela said still in shock. "Sweetie...are you okay?" She quizzed.
"If your talking about in the way of my injuries...I'm fine." She replied.
"So your okay?" Zach asked worriedly.
"No...I'm not alright...Booth got shot!" Brennan exclaimed, taking everyone back with her outburst.
Russ stepped forward from behind Angela and took his sister by the shoulders. "Go in the ambulance with Booth, we will meet you at the hospital." Russ ordered.
She nodded in reply and stepped onto the ambulance, ignoring Sam's outstretched hand and she took a seat beside Booth's gurney. Before they set off they were joined by an intern paramedic with her name tag reading Lara. Booth's eye shot up to her, she smiled shaking her head and looked over at Brennan waggling her eyebrows at him. He smiled shaking his head and winced at the pain in his stomach. Soon after he had given up on the war to keep his eyes open, but he was still conscious and he was partially answering Gary's questions. Some answers came out but other were just a sequence of incoherent mumbles, which could not be translated into English words. Sam examined Brennan's injuries and came to a conclusion that she had a compound fracture of her right wrist and possibly one broken rib but an x-ray would let them be sure.
Lara walked over to where Brennan sat, armed with a cotton ball and some antiseptic, she dipped the cotton ball into the stong smelling liquid and began to dab the many small cuts on Brennan's face. Lara looked at Brennan who had her eyes fixed on Booth and the two paramedics who were tending to him. Lara continued to look at Brennan smiling and dabbing the wounds on her cheeks.
"So, I'm guessing your the girl then?" Lara asked.
"Pardon?" Brennan asked, being pulled from her reverie.
"Your the girl he was talking about. Back at the house, I tried to send him to the hospital to get a x-ray but he insisted on leaving." Lara smiled.
"He did? Sounds like him." Brennan smiled towards her partner.
Lara nodded and placed the bowl of antiseptic back on a tray. The ambulance then came to a halt and the doors swung open, Booth's gurney was quickly rushed out of sight into the trauma room. Brennan looked to Lara silently asking her what to do, she simply shrugged. Brennan gave Lara, Gary and Sam a thankful smile and was led away by an intern to go get an x-ray and to get a cast on her wrist.
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Brennan walked down the long white pristine corridor leading to the waiting room half an hour later with a white plaster cast on her wrist and bandages wrapped around her waist. She walked into the waiting room where she saw Russ, Angela, Hodgins and Zach sitting waiting patiently, she then looked at the two people sitting next them, Parker and Rebecca. She took in a deep breath composing herself and she walked up to the waiting room door, pushing it open with one hand.
When the door opened all six sets of eyes flew to her position at the door, then there was a flurry of excitement, Angela and Russ came rushing towards her fussing over her injuries. They were then joined by Hodgins and Zach who had waited, quite rightly, until all the commotion had settled. Parker and Rebecca were the last to stand, Parker had his gameboy hanging loosely at his side and Rebecca, her eyes slightly red and puffy. Both women smiled at each other and they all took their seats again.
"Ha...Has no one said anything yet?" Brennan asked regretfully.
"No...No word yet." Rebecca piped up from next to Parker.
Brennan's face fell right down to the ground, now that Parker was sitting next to her the guilt began to swell too much for her to handle, she felt as if she was going to hyperventilate. She felt the butterflies flutter around in her stomach and that mixed in a massive cocktail with the guilt which dropped to the pit of her stomach like a tonne of bricks. Angela watched her friend closely, she watched her eyes shift nervously around the floor infront of her, she watched her breathing become fast and irregular.
All six of them sat anxiously in the waiting room, the temperature in the room was very low which made it even more uncomfortable. Many doctors walked pass, each brought a sign of hope to each of them but their faces quickly fell after they walked past. After about half an hour there was still no word, Brennan began to get restless and started pacing around the room. This began to unsettle Angela.
"Bren, sweetie you need to calm down." Angela told her friend.
"I-I...I." For the first time Temperance Brennan was speechless.
She just stood staring into the abyss for many minutes, trying to settle herself down. She took a very deep breath and walked back over to her seat. Russ, Zach and Hodgins went to go get coffee for everyone, to at least bring the temperature in the room up a little bit. Angela shuffled up a few seats and took her best friends free hand. Brennan smiled at her friends worry for her welfare and nodded thankfully. Russ, Hodgins and Zach returned with five coffees and a blackcurrant juice for Parker, who was still very content playing his gameboy. He got the main idea about what was happening but he is only 5 years old, he didn't really understand.
All of a sudden it became deathly silent, all that could be heard was the scuttering around of the nurses and the quiet and indistinct muttering of visitors coming and going.
They had been waiting for almost two hours when Brennan spotted one doctor exiting an elevator and walking towards the waiting room, he made immediate eye contact with Brennan and she knew he was coming. He pushed the glass door open and stepped into the threshold and walked infront of the group. Parker peered up from his gameboy and placed it down on his lap. The doctor peeled of his surgical cap, covered in green and white dots, beginning to untied the messy knots. Brennan stood up, walking slowly and apprehensively towards him, tears beginning to form in the corners of her eyes.
"Doctor?" Brennan said shakily.
"Are you Dr. Brennan?" He asked, fiddling around with his surgical cap.
"Yes." She answered, tears now unceremoniously falling down her cheeks.
"Uhm...Agent Booth is asking for you." He smiled, resting all assumptions.
"Thank you doctor." Brennan thanked him and he walked out of the room.
She turned around to see Angela, Russ, Hodgins, Zach, Parker and Rebecca all congratulating each other. Parker had since thrown his gameboy onto his seat and leapt up into his mothers arms, Angela had now become over emotional and was grabbing a tissue from Hodgins' outstretched hand. Russ walked up to his sister and handed her a tissue, she gladly took it and wiped away the remaining tears. He took her hand and everyone made their way towards the elevator.
They arrived at the second floor and strolled over to the nurses station, Russ asked for Seeley Booth and the nurse pointed towards a single room directly in the corner. Brennan fell behind the group, beginning to walked slowly and anxiously. Angela looked back, seeing Brennan standing perfectly still in the middle of the corridor, she span around on her heel. Angela gave her a don't-even-think-about-it look and Brennan followed her friend not willing to argue with her at this moment.
By this time Russ, Hodgins, Zach, Parker and Rebecca had stopped and began staring questionably at the pair. Brennan shrugged her shoulders and Anglea simply shook her head, she then gave Brennan an encouraging nudge in the back, when Brennan didn't budge all that much she literally shoved her infront of the rest of the group. Only millimetres away from the door she decided just to poke her head inside the door and as the doctor said there he was, just sitting waiting. He was strapped up to a monitor, with a needle stuck into his arm, giving him the morphine he needed. Even though he was awake she could tell by the look on his face that he was in pain, every so often his face would screw-up in writhing pain.
His eyes suddenly shot from his inquisitivity to what was actually being pumped into his bloodstream, to the door where Brennan stood, only her right eye visible. She finally stepped in, not being followed by anyone. Her heart began to beat unnaturally fast, its pace accelerating with every passing second. Her mouth began to dry up, with every ounce of moisture drained away leaving her unable to speak. She took a seat on a large cushioned chair beside his bed and looked deep into his eyes. His actions mimiced hers quite equally, he found himself unable to speak either.
But after a few minutes of quite composure Brennan found her ability of speech had returned. "Hi." She said simply, taking in a very deep breath.
"Hey." He said quietly, his voice quite hoarse.
"H...H-how...Are you okay?" Brennan asked in a halted voice.
"Bones...I'm gonna be fine and for the record I'm going to reiterate the fact that this was not your fault." Booth ensured her.
"I know that Booth but...I can't help but feel responsible for my partner being shot because he tried to save my from three nutcases, which you did." She told him, which he felt immensely proud of.
"Hey, I'd gladly take a..." He stopped mid-sentence.
"What?" She asked.
"Nah...It was uhm, nothing, its nothing." He lied.
"Booth." She sighed.
"Fine...I was going to say that I would gladly take a...shot for you." Booth admitted and Brennan felt her heart swell.
Brennan's eyes began to fill with tears again, she couldn't remember the last time she had cried this much. Then a wave of compulsion came, she had the most sudden urge to kiss him. It had been an under-lying urge ever since she had been under lockdown at Booth's, now it had been unleashed. She had no idea how to handle it. One: does she abruptly grab him and kiss him, completely catching him off guard and he ignores her for the rest of their lives or two: he welcomes the idea, Temperance Brennan was stumped.
Booth also had a massive urge to kiss her, although it had been there for the entire duration of their time working together, he had still never told her. He had always been scared. Scared of what she would do, would she disappear from the face of the earth or do the complete opposite. Booth then done the opposite of what his doctors wanted, he forced himself into a sitting position and turned to face his partner. He thought to himself if that he didn't do this now he would probably go insane. He placed his finger under her chin, making her look him in the eye. He moved in closer as she did and he kissed her, she responded immediately much to Booth's relief. It started out slower at first but it intensified, leaving the agonising pain in Booth's stomach far behind.
Brennan was the first to pull away for breath, she sighed deeply and looked up at Booth smiling. He smiled back, concluding the fact the she was not going to run. She ran away from Sully, at the time it was a stupid decision. This was Seeley Booth, the man who is her knight in shining FBI standard issue body armour.
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Good Bye And Goodnight!!! xxx