Dedicated to the One I Love
Chapter 9
He sat there alone for a long time searching through the song bank for the right song. Finally he found the one he wanted, the one that expressed how he was feeling at that moment. He selected it and with a cursory glance at the clock to make sure it wasn't too late, he sent it.
He somehow felt better after pressing the send button. He couldn't have explained it, except to say that it was almost like a weight had been lifted from his heart. He breathed a deep sigh and remembered what a long day it had been, and how tired he really was. But he didn't move from his chair. He looked down the hall to his bedroom door, knowing he should go to bed. But, he couldn't. It felt wrong to walk into his room and sleep in his bed. So, instead, he walked down the hall and into Parker's empty bedroom.
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Brennan lay in bed, punching the lumps out of her pillow in a futile attempt at comfort. She sighed and dropped her head onto the pillow. She looked at the clock on her bedside table and groaned. Why did the nights seem so long? She forced her eyes closed and willed her mind to settle into sleep.
Some time later, a distant chirp roused her and she opened her eyes to see the screen of her phone flashing. She lifted herself up onto her elbow and reached for the phone. Seeing the alert of a new text, she pressed the button to listen.
"Some things we don't talk about
Better do without
Just hold a smile
We're falling in and out of love
The same damn problem
Together all the while
You can never say never
Why we don't know when
Time and time again
Younger now then we were before
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go
Picture, you're the queen of everything
As far as the eye can see
Under your command
I will be your guardian
When all is crumbling
I'll steady your hand
You can never say never
Why we don't know when
Time and time and time again
Younger now then we were before
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go
We're falling apart
And coming together again and again
We're coming apart
But we pull it together
Pull it together, together again
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go,
Don't let me go…"
Brennan smiled. She held her phone in her hand and fell into the most peaceful sleep she'd had in months. And woke early the next morning at 4am, feeling refreshed though she had only slept five hours. She felt the phone clutched in her hand, and knew the reply she would send.
A/N: The song in this chapter is "Never Say Never" by The Fray