Back at the Jeffersonian Brennan sulked in her office. She then heard a knock on the door, and looked up to see Sully.

He walked in. "Hey Temperance, I was wondering if you wanted to get some coffee or something, have some time to catch up on things." He asked.

Brennan didn't know what to do. She wanted to talk with him, but as an old friend, which isn't what Sully seemed to have in mind. She also knew that if anything were to start up again with him she'd never have a chance of being with Booth. "Sorry Sully, I'm kind of busy here," she lied, "A lot of paper work, I've been gone for quite a while."

"Alright," he smiled, "Some other time." And he walked out of her office, and was immediately cornered by Angela.

"Come here," Angela said, leading him away from Brennan's office.

"What's going on?" Sully asked.

"I need to talk to you," Angela said. "Okay, here's the deal. You need to leave Brennan alone."

"What?" Sully asked.

"Yes, okay I'm sorry. You're a nice guy and all but there's a problem."

"What's the problem?" Sully was really confused.

"Well Booth loves Brennan." Angela said.

"Oh, I'd sort of realized that before…but he said he was fine with me dating Temperance last time?" Sully said.

"Well…no he wasn't. So the problem is that Booth's told her he loves her, but Brennan being Brennan just can't accept that although she loves him too. So the two of them spent a year apart and now she was going to tell him she loved him too, but then…you came along." Angela was trying to hide her anger because Sully really wasn't a bad guy, just a guy in a bad position.

Sully looked a bit hurt, but he understood. "I guess I've kind of expected this, he always really had the hots for his partner. I'll pack up and tell Temperance good-bye."

"Wow Sully, you really are an amazing guy," Angela said, "It might've been a different story if you had been her partner before Booth. But well…you know, thanks." And with that she walked away, mission accomplished.

Sully stood there for a moment and let the conversation sink in. Then he knew what he had to do. He headed back to Brennan's office.

"Temperance…" he said.

"What Sully," she asked, "I told you I'm busy."

"Yes but I've come to say good-bye," he said sadly.

"What?" Brennan asked sadly, but she was also kind of happy at the same time.

"I've been given another job far away," he lied, "I'll keep in touch though. It was nice to see you again."

Brennan got up from her desk and gave him a hug. "I'll miss you Sully."

"I'll miss you too," he said. That had been one of the hardest thing he had ever had to do, apart from leaving her the first time, but he knew he was leaving her in good hands.

He turned to leave the office and saw an upset Booth looking in from the window. Booth had slowly begun to walk away. Sully turned to Brennan, "You know, Booth's a good guy," he said, "I hear you should give him a chance." Then he left.

Brennan was startled, and then saw Booth through the window. She knew what she had to do.