Chapter seven

Nova

I stared at Adalae's body. Was she dead did my mom kill her. I watched as Lance crawled over to Adalae and shook her. She groaned in response. I let out a sigh of relief then turned my eyes back to Sweets. He was looking back at me with worry. All of a sudden I was filled with rage.

"Why are you here?" I yelled. "I tried to protect you. If you would have left me, you'd still be safe."

"Did you seriously think I was going to forget about you. I love you Nova. I couldn't live with myself knowing I didn't try everything in my power to take care of you." he said. I couldn't say anything back . I didn't know what to say back.

"aww how sweet." Leah said. I looked at her. I hated her.

"Let them go. They don't belong in this." I pleaded. All she did was laugh. She looked at the other guys in the room and nodded at them. I watched as all her men turned and walked out the room. Leah turned and walked to a table that held a brief case on it.

"Nova, why did you run?" she said running her fingers over the brief case

"I don't want this life." I said. She looked at me. In that moment I felt sorry for her, the hurt in my eyes almost made me apologize to her.

"there's nothing wrong with this life." she said.

"look around you. You have your daughter tied to a chair. You killed your son. How is this life good. What happened to you, Leah. Where did my mom go. Remember when dad was teaching me to ride a bike... And I fell off. You were there to comfort me. And heal me." I said. I felt the tears start flowing down my face as I talked. I could see the pain etched on hers as I brought up all these memories.

"Shut up. That life is gone." she whispered.

"Remember when I had my first love. I was fifteen. He was the boy of my dreams. He took my virginity then left me there to pick my self up. Remember how I came to you. I cried in your lap as you rubbed my hair."

"SHUT UP!" Leah yelled. She opened the brief case and pulled out a gun. I couldn't help but let out a sob. Why did I try to talk to her. She wasn't my mother any more. I turned to look at Sweets; he looked back at me with a tear in his eye. I turned back to look at my mom and saw her walking towards me with the gun in hand.

"Please mom." I begged. She pulled the gun up and pointed it at me. I let out another sob and then closed my eyes. I didn't want to see her pull the trigger. I opened my eyes as I heard sweets scream. At the same moment she pulled the trigger he pushed the gun down. I screamed as I heard the shot go off. Lance was safe. I knew he was. I looked down at my stomach and seen the blood pooling in my shirt. I looked at Lance who was fighting with Leah. I jumped at the sound of another gun shot. Lance stood still. NO! He had been hit. I struggled at the ropes on my arm and I couldn't get free. I stopped when I realized Lance wasn't hit. I watched as Leah fell to the ground and Booth was standing behind her with his gun pointed. Lance turned and ran to me untied the rope on my arms. I could barely talk. I could hardly keep my eyes open anymore. The pain was getting worse. He pulled me out the chair and laid me on his lap.

"nova, stay with me. Please nova." Lance said. His voice sounded far away. I forced my eyes opened. And put my hand on his face.

"lance, I love you" I said. I couldn't fight anymore. I closed my eyes and let the darkness take over.

Sweet's POV-

I sat in the chair beside Nova's bed, holding her hand. The constant beeping of the monitor was the only thing comforting me at the moment. I didn't want any one to bother me... Or Nova. Of course Adalae came in but I didn't pay much attention to her. I'm glad she's okay but all my attention was on Nova. I couldn't lose her. I've lost everyone I've truly cared for. My birth parents, my foster parents, daisy and now I feel like I'm losing Nova. She had to stay with me. I kissed her hand then turned my head to the door as it opened. I stared as Booth sat down in the chair beside me.

"Hey Sweets, how she doing?" he said. I turned my head to look at Nova again.

"No change." I said. Why is he here. He needs to leave.

"just fine." I said. He looked down at his lap then looked back at me. I sighed. There was no reason to be harsh. He saved me...and nova.

"what's wrong booth."I asked. He was fidgety which means he had something on his mind.

"well, Adalae's your best friend right" I nodded to answer his question. He looked nervous.

"what is it," I said,

"well, I think... No. I know I ..love Adalae." he said. I looked at him surprised. She never mentioned anything going on between him and her.

"So whats the problem"

"How do I tell her. We're not actually dating. We've never even talked to each other about this stuff."

"Well you need to tell her straight up but the timing needs to be right as well." I said. He nodded at me then patted my back I watched as he left then closed the door behind him. I turned back to Nova and rubbed her cheek. I laid my head down on her bed. I was tired and I hadn't slept in two days, but I wanted to be here to be sure she was okay. I closed my eyes. I wouldn't sleep I would only rest my eyes.

-Nova-

I opened my eyes to see a sleeping Lance beside me. I looked around me. I was connected to a bunch of monitors. I'm in a hospital, which meant I lived. I put my hand on lances head and ran my fingers through his hair. I could spend the rest of my life with this man. My heart swelled at that thought. I smiled as he picked up his head then rubbed his eyes. When he looked at me his mouth dropped open. He then put both hands on my face then kissed me. He kissed me hard. And I kissed him back. Our lips moved together as one. We were meant to be together. He finally pulled away when the monitor started beeping like crazy.

"Nova, I was so worried about you." he said.

"You had nothing to worry about." I said.

"I'm going to go and get a doctor." he said. I grabbed his hand and he looked at me.

"I love you lance" I said.

"and I love you." he said.

I walked through the door of sweets apartment. It had been two weeks since i got out of the hospital and we just got back from the restaurant. Angela and Hodgins called us all together to announce that they're pregnant, It was good news. But I couldn't imagine anyone every wanting to start a family with me. My mind flew back to the dream I had when I first met Lance. Even though me and Lance where together that dream would never come true. I sat on the bed and took off my heels. Lance sat beside me and began to do the same with his shoes. he smiled at me.

" I can't get over that I have someone who's so beautiful. And you love me that's a bonus," he said. I laughed.

"and I can't believe, I've got a guy willing to risk his life to save mine, not to mention your handsome, loving, caring, educated-" I was interrupted as lance kissed me. this kiss was full of passion. He pushed me on the bed. I knew in that moment I was going to give myself to him.

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