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Chapter Five: Afterthought

(Brennan POV)

I sat down on my couch, wondering what I must have done wrong to make him deny me like that. Did I insult him in some way because I have differing beliefs from him? Does he not feel the same way about me that I do about him?

No. That can't be it. I know that he feels it too. I know that he loves me, too, no matter how much he denies it.

Then suddenly it was like a light bulb went off in my head. He never said that he didn't love me back. He just said that he couldn't change and stated stupid, unimportant things like he was a scientist and all that crap. But he never said, "I don't love you." Though I didn't exactly say that I loved him, but it was implied by the thought that I wanted to spend the next thirty or forty fifty years with him, and I still do. I don't really believe that I'll ever be able to move on from him. He's the one for me. He's the man that I've been waiting for, the one that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with. I just know it. I mean, I once thought that when I was with Reuben, after I found out that I was pregnant, but he refused to marry me, even after I told him that I was having his child. My baby boy, Parker, who I lost to Reuben after he found out about my gambling problem and sued for custody. Well, that's be over for over five years, thanks to Bones, and I still don't have him back. I'd have to talk to Caroline about that later.

But Bones...Bones would never leave me. He's proven that time and time again, when Cam asked him to go on some cruise with her for a year, he said no and stayed back with me. He'll probably never know how much that meant to me...

And if he even thinks that I would ever leave him, ever, well that just shows how well he knows me. He knows that we've been through too much together for me to ever even think of leaving him. I love him too much. He should know that by now. And, well, I guess he does, but it still doesn't change a thing. He's too scared. I've been telling myself all this time to go slow, give him a little time, but then what do I do? I kiss him and reveal my feelings all at once. I ambushed him! I'm so stupid! I should have just waited a little longer. Maybe after a few days he would realize that Sweets was right when he said we were in love with each other and actually embrace it.

But no, I had to go and kiss him, scaring the hell out of him. I wouldn't be surprised if he were on his way to some remote island in the middle of the pacific ocean right about now.

I sighed and sat back against my couch. I seriously needed to talk to him and straighten all this out.

I reached for the phone and dialed the all too familiar number.

One ring. Two rings. Three rings.

"Booth." he answered, his voice a bit scratchy

"Bones, it's Brennan. We need to talk."

Muahahahahahahahahaha! Cliffhanger! Ain't I evil? XD Review and you get cookies! Oh, and for those of you that read my other stories, or just my story shipwrecked, I will be updating it on Wednesday, a day late, because I have to go to the tattoo parlor with my friend (he's getting the tattoo, not me. Though if I were getting one, it would be of crossbones that read "B&B" on it. Too bad I'm a sixteen year old in NY, though =/ ) so I'm not going to be able to update tomorrow since a tattoo takes hours to finish and tonight my back is killing me so I have to stop writing now. Anyways, reviews= naked 'Bones' character of your choice shows up with cookies at your door. xD