Author's Note – This one is short but sweet. I hope you enjoy.
Max headed straight to the hospital per Booth's request. As he walked into the room, there was a heated exchange going on between Booth and his doctor.
"All your EE whatever tests have come back fine. Being here isn't doing me any good. I AM going home." Booth Yelled.
"Mr Booth you had brain surgery, you have just come out of a coma. You need to stay under our care to monitor your progress." The doctor argued.
"I am not a prisoner I can come and go as I please, and I am going. Try and stop me. I dare you." Booth was right in the doctor's face at this point.
The doctor threw up his hands in defeat and turned to leave the room. He saw Max standing there.
"Maybe you can talk some sense into him." He said while leaving.
"Don't even think about starting Max." Booth fumed.
"Do you really think it is a good idea to leave?" Max questioned.
"I want my life back Max." He said still trying to calm himself down.
"Well, I can see I can't change your mind, but I can remind you that you are still healing, and that this hasn't been your first trip to the hospital. If anything happens again, you may not come back from it." Max lectured.
"I get that, but I feel like something is missing and I am not going to find it here. Just get me out of here and help me Max." Booth pleaded.
"I'll do what I can, but if I see you in any kind of distress I am bringing you straight back here. Tempe is going to kill me as it is."
"She has other things on her mind. She won't care." Booth breathed sounding defeated.
"What the hell are you talking about? Did you two have a fight?" Max asked astonished.
"No. She hasn't been quite herself. It isn't just her, it is everyone. Everybody wants to talk, but no one will talk about the elephant in the room." Booth stated his frustration evident in his voice.
"I see, well, you know you requested that we don't interfere with your memories, that our own interpretations could distort the reality." Max explained.
"I get that, but that was when almost half my life had disappeared. I need to know all the events that transpired over the past few months. It's not just my memory… I don't know how to explain it. My gut tells me something isn't right. I just have to find out what it is." Booth explained.
"I will help, to an extent. I won't interfere, but I will help you get the facts. Maybe that will trigger something. Do know, I will hide behind you when Tempe finds out." Max said with a grin.
The two left the hospital. Max had made sure Dr Sweets destroyed the hypnosis tapes per Booth's request, but there were the tapes from court and the Christmas video. He only hoped he was doing the right thing, he remembered all too clearly the events in the court room. The doctors had removed a portion of his brain where they assumed the seizures had originated from, but they were both taking a tremendous chance.
Their first stop was Caroline's office. She had reservations, but with Booth's puppy dog eyes she conceded and gave him copies of all the recordings and photos of the crime scenes. They returned to Booth's apartment and began reviewing the materials.
Booth started with the crime scene photos. As he slowly filtered through them, things began to click. He could hear his and Bone's conversations as she took the photos. His brain flitted to the events at the hotel. He remembered wandering through the cave while bones worked.
He saw the photos of the entrance of the cave after it collapsed. In his mind, he relived the moments as the rocks crushed him. He remembered seeing her then his mother. He recalled opening his eyes to her, and their painful journey to the waterfall. His confession replayed in his mind. He watched as she climbed to freedom, he heard the words of her own love.
Booth couldn't believe his memories. Is this why she was treating him differently? No it couldn't be. His memory loss must have driven her to someone else's arms.
He watched the video of their rescue. His stomach turned as he saw himself rise from the hole in the ground and the resulting collapse. Later he swallowed bile as he saw her broken and bleeding body being recovered.
What was she thinking going back down there?
He watched the video of his home coming. He saw all the decorations. His heart warmed at all his friends had done. He got flashes of his memory in the apartment, it all moved so fast it was hard to follow. He watched the Christmas video at Angela and Hodgins's house.
He continued getting flashes. He got up and began pacing his apartment. Max looked on with concern. Booth's mind tried piecing together the information. He wandered to the kitchen and then to his bedroom. When his eyes fell upon his bed the visions of him and Bones together assaulted his mind. He felt his body reacting to what he saw. At that moment everything fell into place.
"Take me to the lab." He almost yelled as he made his way to the door.
Max quickly followed. "What's going on?" Max asked excitedly.
"I don't know if I got everything but, I think I remembered what is the most important." He answered.
They arrived at the lab and Booth scanned the area. He didn't see her and headed straight to her office. He didn't bother knocking and just went in. She looked up in shock.
"Booth. What…" She started.
He moved to her and pulled her close and pressed his lips to hers. At first her body was stiff and unprepared, but it didn't take long for her body to react. She melted into his arms. She responded to his kiss. Their passion ignited. When he pulled back both were breathing heavily. He looked into her eyes and saw the tears begin to form.
"You should have told me." He said the hurt evident in his voice.
She looked to the floor. "I wasn't sure how." She said.
He dropped to his knees, his face even with her abdomen. He pressed a gentle kiss to the place where his unborn child grew.
"I love you. I love you both." He said looking up into her eyes.