As promised, here is Chapter: 6! I'm very excited for you all to read this chapter. I had a fun time writing it. Maybe towards the end it seems a little OOC for Bones, but still after everything they have been through, its what I think she may have done? Then again, this is my view of how Bones/Booth are so to me it fits. Anyhow, a few SPOILERS are in this chapter. Again, I'm sure it will not play out in the show this way, but the idea is the same. ;)

I will shut up now, so you call can read this.

Enjoy! xox.

Chapter: 6;

Stealing Seeley;

Day; Thursday –Christmas Day

Location; Temperance Brennan's Apartment

Time; 2:27 p.m.

"Are you sure you don't want me to help you with anything?" Max Brennan asked watching his daughter from the kitchen table as she stirred the mashed potato's.

Temperance chuckled and tapped the stirring spoon on the side of the pot while turning around to face her father. It was nice spending Christmas with him. She wished Russ could have made it this time, but he had his own family now. What would make this even better was when Booth showed up. Temperance impatiently checked her clock; Booth was almost a half hour late. She called his cell phone twice already and he didn't answer. She never jumped to conclusions, but if he didn't answer his phone for her after her first try, or at least attempt to call her back, she worried. Much like she was now.

She walked over to the table and stood two chairs down from where her father was sitting and smiled at him, "Everything is done actually, now all we have to do is wait for Booth," she said softly tapping her fingers against the back of the chair.

Max could see how antsy she was. He was a father. Her father. Whether his daughter wanted to admit it or not, Booth meant something to her. Maybe he didn't know the extent of just how much but he knew there were feelings there not only on her end but on Booth's as well. They were just jumping around how they felt for each other, it amused Max actually. He knew that when the moment was right they would express how they felt for one another. All he wanted for his daughter was for her to have someone and be happy. She deserved someone who would love her and take care of her; although she was independent she needed someone to give her the emotional –human support that she couldn't provide herself. He knew that Seeley Booth was just that man.

"Booth bringing Parker with him?" Max asked trying to get her mind off of how late Seeley was.

Bones pulled the chair out and sat in it looking over at her father, "Rebecca and her new boyfriend are taking Parker to Miami this year," Bones simply said while resting her elbow on the table and cupping the side of her neck. "I don't think its fair to Booth, he -," she was cut off by the sudden sound of her phone ringing. Temperance jumped up enthusiastically and grabbed her phone walking into the living room leaving Max in the kitchen with a smile on his face. "Booth?"

"Hey -,"

"Where are you? You're a half hour late!" she said softly. "Did you change your mind? Are you not coming over now?" she asked a little hurt.

Booth sighed hearing the hurt tone in her voice, "Of course not Bones. I'm still coming, I'm a block away from your apartment, I had a few things to take care of," he simply said.

"Oh," she said walking over to her window to see if she saw his SUV anywhere in the billion of cars below. "Is everything ok?" she asked concerned.

"Yeah, everything is fine, just some last minute stuff –that's all," he smiled as he stopped at a red light. "Look I'll be there in less then two minutes," he said softly turning his right signal on.

"Ok," she simply said smiling as they both hung the phone up together. She turned around to see her father standing in the living room. "That was Booth, he's on his way."

X/X/X/

Booth tapped his fingers impatiently against the steering wheel waiting for the light to turn green. For Christmas day the traffic was chaotic. Most of the snow started to melt, it was cold out, all the expected weather for December in D.C. Booth looked over at his passenger seat, there was a bottle of wine and a small box wrapped in red shinny paper. It was Bones' present. It took him awhile to figure out the perfect gift for her, that was what took him so long. He had to pick it up; it was something he had specially made for her. He hoped that she would like it; it was a one of a kind gift. She was one of a kind and well she deserved so much more, but nonetheless, Booth hoped that she would like it.

Once the light turned green Booth made a right and drove down Dioxin Street. He slowed the SUV and made another right turn into the parking garage of her apartment building. He didn't see the door man anywhere; did they give him the day off because it was Christmas? Booth didn't think they did things like that, for security reasons. It was the whole point of having a door man to begin with? Booth ignored it and drove on into the parking garage. It was filled with cars; thank goodness he had his own spot next to her car when he came to visit.

Booth pulled into his parking spot and cut the engine off. He fumbled for his phone again and pressed two to speed dial Bones. He heard it ring once and then she picked up, he chuckled, "Hey, I'm here Bones," he said softly gathering the bottle of wine and her gift in his free hand before opening the door and stepping out of the vehicle.

"Do you want me to meet you downstairs?" she asked happily.

"No that's alright. Hey what happened to your doorman? He get the day off?" Booth asked taking two steps away from his SUV balancing the phone between his ear and shoulder before putting the bottle of wine under his arm and holding her gift carefully in his hand.

"No, he should be down there? Will you be able to get in?" she said a little dumbfounded.

He chuckled, "I should have no problem, see you in a minute," he said before flipping his phone shut. He put the phone in the pocket of his black jacket and looked around hearing a car go by up ahead on the second floor of the buildings parking garage. He looked behind him and saw it approach carefully as though the person was looking for a spot. Seeley just continued walking his mind spinning. I hope she likes this! I hope she doesn't think I'm a total sap for thinking to get her something like this? Seeley chuckled at his thoughts and heard squealing tires behind him.

As he turned around he felt pain. The impact of the front bumper of the car hit his legs causing his body to be thrown a few feet from where he was standing. The wine bottle flew even further, it shattered against the concrete and the small box with Bones' gift in it skidded underneath a nearby car.

Pain. Rage. Confusion. Helplessness. A total pit of darkness was the last thing Seeley Booth felt.

X/X/X/

Once Temperance hung up the phone for the second time with Booth she walked into the kitchen and turned the potato's off the stove and placed them in a small white dish. She placed them next to the dish of macaroni and cheese she made especially for Booth on the table. Max walked into the kitchen and chuckled looking at the food she had on the table, "Mac and cheese?" he looked up at his daughter seeing her smile.

"Its for Booth, he –he likes how I make it," she blushed slightly and turned around instantly facing away from her father. Why are you blushing? Its macaroni and cheese … for Booth! Brennan laughed lightly and got the rest of the things to prepare the table, Max walked over and grabbed some glasses and helped her place everything on the table. Bones left the kitchen for a moment and walked down the hall into her bedroom, she looked at herself in the mirror. The red dress she had on was one of her favorites, it was a casual dress, yet one that Booth had never seen her in before.

The somewhat plunging v-neck line complimented her perfect natural cleavage and the rest of the dress was form fitting to every curve of her body. She wore it nicely, just like everything Temperance wore, it was classy and not overly done or overly exposing her body. She looked at the corner of the mirror onto the reflection of her bed. There sat a big box wrapped up in shiny gold paper and a red bow on top. She was proud of her gift to him, it was something she bought him about two months ago, she was meaning to give it to him for his birthday, but he insisted that she didn't get him anything this year.

Usually she would argue over something so silly, but she figured Christmas was the perfect time to give it to him, he couldn't reject it then. She was so caught up in her thoughts she didn't realize that ten minutes had past already. Bones looked at the clock by her bed, 3:02, where the hell is Booth? She thought to herself.

Bones walked out of her bedroom and down the hall seeing her father sitting at the table patiently. She would have laughed at the look on his face, he looked like a seven year old waiting to open his gifts or something, but she was too ticked off because Booth hadn't shown up yet. "Thought you said Booth was on his way up?" he said softly.

Bones walked towards her living room, "That's what he said," she called back walking over to her phone. Just as she picked it up and hit two to speed dial him, his number flashed on her screen. She quickly hit the answer button and put the phone up to her ear, "Booth, where-,"

"If you want to see Seeley Booth again you will not get the FBI involved. You will wait for my second call."

Temperance dropped her phone instantly as her chest felt a hard pressure against it. She couldn't breathe, this couldn't be happening. No, this was some sick joke. It couldn't be real. Max rushed into the living room to see his daughter standing there like she was lost, he waved his hand in front of her, "Temperance, honey, what's wrong?" he asked her hysterically concerned.

She pushed past him and flung her front door open before running down the hall to the stairs. Max ran after her. She could have taken the elevator it would have been quicker, but her adrenaline was pumping and the only thing on her mind at that moment was if this was some sort of joke? Bones pushed the doors open to the parking garage and ran towards the area her car was. She knew Booth usually parked his SUV next to her car. She ran past broken glass that was shattered on the ground, red flowed in a stream on the concrete. Red wine. She looked around frantically as if this was a dream, she needed to wake up. "Booth?" she yelled out.

Her father busted through the doors slightly panting as she jogged his way over towards her. He stopped to look around as well and examine the bottle of broken wine on the ground. "Temperance, what happened?" Max asked her again.

"He's got Booth," she simply said hysterically. She rushed over to his SUV and everything looked fine, nothing was broken into and the doors were still locked. She walked around to the other side and everything looked fine. She looked past her father and on the ground, something red was shining under another car. She ran towards him and got on her hands and knees and slid her body half way under the car to grab the shiny red thing.

"What are you doing?" Max asked her watching her pull herself out from under the car and stand on her feet. She looked at the box, it was a gift. She looked up at her dad for a minute then back at the box. This cant be happening! She thought to herself feeling the tears started to flood down her face. Her heart raced in her chest her breathing became less and less it seemed. She looked down at the small gift box in her hand and blinked away more of her tears.

To: Temperance –Merry Christmas –Your friend, Your Partner, Lo, With Love, Booth

The Your friend, Your Partner and the Lo part were all crossed out and at the end it finally said, With Love, Booth. Bones' heart hurt, it ached it was pounding so hard in her chest. She had no idea what the gift was, but just his simple words, that was a gift enough to her. She closed her eyes and lifted her head. When she opened her eyes she saw more red, a pool of red. Blood. She rushed over to it and looked down, it was Booth's blood. She knew it.

She looked at the gift in her hand again and flipped open the little card that had the To: Temperance –With Love, Booth written on it and fell to her knees. Max rushed over to her side and knelt down beside her and gripped her shoulders. He could see her face red and splotchy the tears flooded down her cheeks like a waterfall. "Temperance, sweetheart," he said loudly shaking her a little. She seemed to be catatonic at that moment. He shook her again, "Temperance!" he said almost shouting.

Her eyes averted up to her father's, "He's got him, t –the –the Gravediggers got Booth!"

Love me? Hate me? What do you think so far? Please R&R! I love getting comment feed back from you all! Oh also, the underline of Your friend, Your Partner and the Lo part is supposed to show you that its crossed out. I cant have a strike in the words so the underline is to show you that. ;) Also its a little OOC for the Gravedigger, but it goes along with Ch.7! Again, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. PLEASE comment and let me know how I'm doing so far and what you think of this chapter! -Chapter: 7 Not Without You is coming soon! xo.